Tracy Anne Hammond

Tracy Anne Hammond
Texas A&M University | TAMU · Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD

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Additional affiliations
May 1996 - August 2000
Goldman Sachs
Position
  • Telecommunications Analyst
Description
  • Developed Telephony, CTI, VPR, and Speech Recognition applications
September 2000 - August 2006
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Position
  • Research Assistant
August 2006 - present
Texas A&M University
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
Description
  • Director
Education
September 2002 - June 2004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field of study
  • Finance Technology Option, Sloan School of Management
September 2000 - February 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field of study
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
September 1998 - February 2000
Columbia University
Field of study
  • Computer Science

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Publications (296)
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This survey explores the Mamba framework as a novel solution to the limitations of CNNs and ViTs in computer vision, effectively capturing long-range dependencies with linear complexity. We outline Mamba's computational advantages, key contributions, and applications, while also identifying potential challenges with future research opportunities in...
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Monitoring activities of daily living (ADLs) plays an important role in measuring and responding to a person’s ability to manage their basic physical needs. Effective recognition systems for monitoring ADLs must successfully recognize naturalistic activities that also realistically occur at infrequent intervals. However, existing systems primarily...
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The past several decades have seen significant advances in monitoring older adults' health and well-being. However, creating viable, practical monitoring systems for informing caregivers requires understanding which behaviors and signs to track and what approaches best present that information. To investigate how technology can be leveraged to bett...
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In this work-in-progress paper we explored the effect of active learning software FossilSketch, and variations in learning modes on Hispanic students' learning. Our institutional data showed that Hispanic students have consistently lower GPAs at graduation, and their average grades are lower across all geological courses, compared to all other ethn...
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Students’ math motivation can predict engagement, achievement, and career interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, it is not well understood how personality traits and math anxiety may be linked to different types or qualities of math motivation, particularly during high-stress times such as the COVID-19 pandem...
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Background Sketching exists in many disciplines and varies in how it is assessed, making it challenging to define fundamental sketching skills and the characteristics of a high‐quality sketch. For instructors to apply effective strategies for teaching and assessing engineering sketching, a clear summary of the constructs, metrics, and objectives fo...
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Despite the role that Software Quality Assurance (SQA) plays in developing a quality software product, the techniques taught in undergraduate software engineering (SE) courses are learned superficially. This is evident from new professionals entering industry who lack the skills to consistently implement SQA practices [2] The purpose of this study...
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When job seekers are unsuccessful in getting a position, they often do not get feedback to inform them on how to develop a better application in the future. Therefore, there is a critical need to understand what qualifications recruiters value in order to help applicants. To address this need, we utilized eye-trackers to measure and record visual d...
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The shift to virtual has changed our society and left an impact on nearly every part of our lives. Although it brought many challenges, global remote access also opened up a world of educational and professional opportunities for many people who did not have them before. In this work, we detail the findings of a study collecting feedback on inclusi...
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Gaze input has been a promising substitute for mouse input for point and select interactions. Individuals with severe motor and speech disabilities primarily rely on gaze input for communication. Gaze input also serves as a hands-free input modality in the scenarios of situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs). Hence, the performan...
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Background Stakeholders from multiple sectors are increasingly aware of the critical need for identifying sustainable interventions that promote healthy lifestyle behaviors. Activity-friendly communities (AFCs) have been known to provide opportunities for engaging in physical activity (PA) across the life course, which is a key to healthy living an...
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Computer science ( CS ) majors are in high demand and account for a large part of national computer and information technology job market applicants. Employment in this sector is projected to grow 12% between 2018 and 2028, which is faster than the average of all other occupations. Published data are available on traditional non-computer science-sp...
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Different people react differently to disasters, hazards, and risks depending on how they view those risks. Various factors can influence these risk perceptions, including demographic characteristics, such as gender and previous experience. Disaster education (DE) has been identified as a method to positively influence risk perception and reduce di...
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Text entry is extremely difficult or sometimes impossible in the scenarios of situationally-induced impairments and disabilities, and for individuals with motor impairments (physical impairments and disabilities) by birth or due to an injury. As a remedy, many rely on gaze typing with dwell-based selection as it allows for hands-free text entry. Ho...
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italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Contribution: This study identifies which entry-level computer science (CS) resume items are most important and compares the ratings of student and recruiter participants to investigate the accuracy of student beliefs. To the authors’ knowledge, this s...
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Despite the utility of gaze gestures as an input method, there is a lack of guidelines available regarding how to design gaze gestures, what algorithms to use for gaze gesture recognition, and how these algorithms compare in terms of performance. To facilitate the development of applications that leverage gaze gestures, we have evaluated the perfor...
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Children’s fine motor skills are linked not only to drawing ability but also to cognitive, social-emotional, self-regulatory, and academic development Suggate et al. Journal of Research in Reading, 41(1), 1–19 (2018), Benedetti et al. (2014), Liew et al. Early Education & Development, 22(4), 549–573 (2011), Liew (2012) and Xie et al. (2014). Curren...
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The implementation of temporal dynamic variables improves the accuracy of spatial accessibility measurements. However, in previous studies, the temporal dynamics were partially incorporated, and a few snapshots were subjectively selected to demonstrate temporal changes of spatial accessibility, which may not represent the entire variation. In this...
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Risk perceptions can influence how people prepare, react, and respond to a natural hazard. For dependent populations with increased vulnerability, such as youth, adolescents, and young adults, hazard education programs can influence their risk perceptions and increase their hazard awareness. However, most school curriculum does not include in-depth...
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Since 1950, tornadoes have accounted for nearly one third of disaster-related fatalities in the United States, the third high- est after floods and lightning. The largest share of fatalities occurred in the state of Texas, which also accounts for about 7 percent of the overall property damage from tornadoes. An increasing proportion of tornadoes oc...
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Introduction Hurricane Harvey (2017) forced the closure of hemodialysis centers across Harris County, Texas (USA) disrupting the provision of dialysis services. This study aims to estimate the percentage of hemodialysis clinics flooded after Harvey, to identify the proportion of such clinics located in high-risk flood zones, and to assess the sensi...
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Forenames serve as proxies for gender labels that activate gender stereotypes and gender socialization. Unlike rigid binary gender categories, they differ in the degree to which they are perceived as “masculine” or “feminine.” We examined the novel hypothesis that the ability of a forename to signal gender is associated with gender role behavior in...
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Human ecology has played an essential role in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. With standing water as a significant factor contributing to mosquito breeding, artificial containers disposed of as trash—which are capable of holding standing water—provide suitable environments for mosquito larvae to develop. The development of these larvae furth...