Major:The Narrative Theatre - A Creativity Enhancement Environment

表征是创造过程中的核心结构。探索替代表示可以显著提高所创建的构件的质量，并且使用多个表示使创建者能够广泛地考虑他们所探索的问题空间的多面性。叙事为研究创作过程中的多种表征提供了一个理想的实验室，因为故事可以用丰富的文本(静态的、单一模式的表征)来表达，并在动画故事中重新呈现，伴随着叙事和口头对话(动态的、多模态的表征)。这项研究的目标是设计、构建和实证评估一个互动的创造力环境，以促进探索创造过程中的替代表征。特别是，拟议的工作将专注于叙事剧场，这是一个以叙事为中心的互动创意环境。该项目将产生对创造力的认知描述，这将为下一代创意环境的设计提供信息。通过促进同时有效和吸引人的丰富互动，它将在教育和培训技术中得到广泛应用。该项目将增加妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的参与。它将使不同群体参与叙事剧场的用户研究，让妇女参与研究的所有方面，通过参与正式和非正式的研究宣传努力培训本科生，并通过与STAR联盟的互动，增加妇女和代表性不足群体对计算机科学的参与。

Representation is a central construct in the creative process. Exploring alternate representations can significantly increase the quality of artifacts created, and using multiple representations enables creators to broadly consider the multifaceted nature of the problem spaces they explore. Narrative offers an ideal laboratory for investigating multiple representations in the creative process because stories can be expressed in rich text (a static, uni-modal representation) re-represented in animated stories with accompanying narration and spoken dialogue (a dynamic, multimodal representation). The objective of the proposed research is to design, build, and empirically evaluate an interactive creativity environment that facilitates the exploration of alternate representations in the creative process. In particular, the proposed work will focus on the Narrative Theatre, an interactive narrative-centered creativity environment.The project will yield a cognitive account of creativity that will inform the design of next-generation creativity environments. By promoting rich interactions that are simultaneously effective and engaging, it will find broad application in education and training technologies. The project will increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities. It will involve a diverse population in the Narrative Theatre user studies, it will involve women in all aspects of the research, it will train undergraduates through involvement in formal and informal research exposure efforts, and it will increase the participation of women and underrepresented groups in computer science through interaction with the STARS Alliance.