Selected Publications

Computing in Music and Art

• B. Manaris, D. Krehbiel, P. Roos, T. Zalonis, "Armonique: Experiments in Content-Based Similarity Retrieval Using Power-Law Melodic and Timbre Metrics", Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2008), Philadelphia, PA, pp. 343-348, Sep. 2008.

• P. Machado, J. Romero, and B. Manaris, "Experiments in Computational Aesthetics – An Iterative Approach to Stylistic Change in Evolutionary Art", in The Art of Artificial Evolution, pp. 381-416, Springer-Verlag, Dec. 2007.

• P. Roos and B. Manaris, "A Music Information Retrieval Approach Based on Power Laws," Proceedings of 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI-07), Patras, Greece, vol. 2, pp. 27-31, Oct. 2007.

• B. Manaris, P. Roos, P. Machado, D. Krehbiel, L. Pellicoro, and J. Romero, "A Corpus-Based Hybrid Approach to Music Analysis and Composition," Proceedings of 22nd Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-07), Vancouver, BC, pp. 839-845, Jul. 2007.

• B. Manaris, J. Romero, P. Machado, D. Krehbiel, T. Hirzel, W. Pharr, and R.B. Davis, "Zipf's Law, Music Classification and Aesthetics," Computer Music Journal 29(1), MIT Press, pp. 55-69, Spring 2005. (Abstract)

• B. Manaris, P. Machado, C. McCauley, J. Romero, and D. Krehbiel, "Developing Fitness Functions for Pleasant Music: Zipf's Law and Interactive Evolution Systems," EvoMUSART2005 – 3rd European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art, Lausanne, Switzerland, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Applications of Evolutionary Computing, LNCS 3449, Springer-Verlag, pp. 498-507, Mar. 2005.

• P. Machado, J. Romero, M.L. Santos, A. Cardoso, and B. Manaris, "Adaptive Critics for Evolutionary Artists," EvoMUSART2004 – 2nd European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art, Coimbra, Portugal, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Applications of Evolutionary Computing, LNCS 3005, Springer-Verlag, pp. 437-446, Apr. 2004.

• P. Machado, J. Romero, B. Manaris, A. Santos, and A. Cardoso, "Power to the Critics - A Framework for the Development of Artificial Critics," Proceedings of 3rd Workshop on Creative Systems, 18th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2003), Acapulco, Mexico, pp. 55-64, Aug. 2003.

• B. Manaris, D. Vaughan, C. Wagner, J. Romero, and R.B. Davis, "Evolutionary Music and the Zipf–Mandelbrot Law: Progress towards Developing Fitness Functions for Pleasant Music," EvoMUSART2003 – 1st European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art, Essex, UK, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Applications of Evolutionary Computing, LNCS 2611, Springer-Verlag, pp. 522-534, Apr. 2003.

• B. Manaris, T. Purewal, and C. McCormick, "Progress Towards Recognizing and Classifying Beautiful Music with Computers - MIDI-Encoded Music and the Zipf-Mandelbrot Law," Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2002 Conference, Columbia, SC, pp. 52-57, Apr. 2002.

Natural Language Processing

• B. Manaris, L. Pellicoro, G. Pothering, and H. Hodges, "Investigating Esperanto's Statistical Proportions Relative to Other Languages Using Neural Networks and Zipf's Law," Proceedings of the 2006 IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence And Applications (AIA 2006), Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 2006.

• D. Lyle and B. Manaris, "SUITEDasher – A Multilingual Keyboard and Mouse Interface for Motor-Impaired Users," Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2005), Las Vegas, NV, CD-ROM, Jul. 2005.

• B. Manaris, V. MacGyvers, and M. Lagoudakis, "A Listening Keyboard for Users with Motor Impairments—A Usability Study," International Journal of Speech Technology 5(4), pp. 371-388, Dec. 2002.

• B. Manaris, R. McCauley, and V. MacGyvers, "An Intelligent Interface for Keyboard and Mouse Control—Providing Full Access to PC Functionality via Speech," Proceedings of 14th International Florida AI Research Symposium (FLAIRS '01), Key West, FL, pp. 182-188, May 2001.

• B. Manaris, V. MacGyvers, and M. Lagoudakis, "Speech Input for Mobile Computing Devices," Proceedings of 12th International Florida AI Research Symposium (FLAIRS '99), Orlando, FL, pp. 286-292, May 1999.

• B. Manaris, "Natural Language Processing: A Human-Computer Interaction Perspective," In Advances in Computers (Marvin V. Zelkowitz, ed.), vol. 47, pp. 1-66, Academic Press, New York, 1998.

• B. Manaris and A. Harkreader, "SUITEKeys: A Speech Understanding Interface for the Motor-Control Challenged," Proceedings of The Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS ’98), Marina del Ray, pp. 108-115, Apr. 1998.

• B. Manaris and B. Slator, "Interactive Natural Language Processing – Building on Success," IEEE Computer 29(7), pp. 28-32, Jul. 1996.

• B. Manaris and W. Dominick, "NALIGE: A User Interface Management System for the Development of Natural Language Interfaces," International Journal of Man–Machine Studies 38(6), pp. 891-921, Jun. 1993.

• G. Rambally and B. Manaris, "A Natural Language Interface for the VAX/VMS Operating System," Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon Conference, Tampa, FL, pp. 511-515, Apr. 1987.

CS Education Research

• C.W. Starr, B. Manaris, and R.H. Stalvey, "Bloom's Taxonomy Revisited: Specifying Assessable Learning Objectives in Computer Science", Proceedings of the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’08), Portland, OR, pp. 261-265, Feb. 2008.

• B. Manaris, "Dropping CS Enrollments: or The Emperor's New Clothes?", Inroads (the ACM SIGCSE Bulletin), pp. 6-10, Dec. 2007.

• B. Manaris, M. Wainer, A.E. Kirkpatrick, R.H. Stalvey, C. Shannon, L. Leventhal, J. Barnes, J. Wright, J. B. Schafer, D. Sanders, "Implementations of the CC’01 Human-Computer Interaction Guidelines using Bloom’s Taxonomy," Computer Science Education Journal 17(1), pp. 21-57, Mar. 2007. (e-print available upon request.)

• B. Manaris and R. McCauley, "Incorporating HCI into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Bloom’s Taxonomy Meets the CC’01 Curricular Guidelines," Proceedings of 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2004), Savannah, GA, pp. T2H10 - T2H15, Oct. 2004.

• R. McCauley and B. Manaris, "Computer Science Education at the Start of the 21st Century - A Survey of Accredited Programs," Proceedings of the 2002 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2002), Boston, MA, pp. F2G10-F2G15, Nov. 2002.

• R. McCauley and B. Manaris. "Computer Science Education: An Information Resource for Curriculum Development and Program Enhancement," Proceedings of the 30th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2000), Kansas City, MO, pp. T4A19- T4A24, Oct. 2000.

• R. McCauley, U. Jackson, and B. Manaris. "Establishing an Early Foundation in Software Engineering – Framework, Experiences and Results," Journal of Software Engineering Education 88(4), pp. 403-408, Oct. 1999.

• B. Manaris and I. Russell, "Pedagogic Resources for Artificial Intelligence in the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum," Florida AI Research Symposium (FLAIRS ’96), Key West, FL, pp. 468-472, May 1996.

• R. McCauley, U. Jackson and B. Manaris, "Documentation Standards in the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum," Proceedings of the 27th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’96), Philadelphia, PA, pp. 242-246, Feb. 1996.

• B. Manaris and C. Jones, "Internet Navigation and Resource Location: The Future is Here," Proceedings of ASCUE Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, pp. 128-137, Jun. 12-16, 1994.