Ville Karavirta

Mail address:

Aalto University
School of Science and Technology
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
P.O.Box 15400
FI-00076 Aalto

Street address:

Computer Science Building, Room B214
Konemiehentie 2. Espoo, Finland

Phone:

+358 9 470 23386

Telefax:

+358 9 470 23293

Email:

ville.karavirta@tkk.fi

 

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Matrix is a portable algorithm simulation framework that allows the user to manipulate visualizations of data structures in order to create algorithm animations.

MatrixPro is a tool for instructors to effortlessly create algorithm animations used in classroom teaching or in electronic learning material.

TRAKLA2 is an exercise system with automatic assessment and feedback for learning data structures and algorithms.

XAAL is an algorithm animation language intended to be used in data exchange between various algorithm animation systems.

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• 2009

• Ville Karavirta (2009) Seamless Merging of Hypertext and Algorithm Animation. ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), vol. 9, issue 2, article 10.
  
  
• Ville Karavirta (2009) Towards Seamless Merging of Hypertext and Algorithm Animation. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 224, pp. 105–114. (bib)
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  @article Karavirta:TowardsMerging {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="Towards Seamless Merging of Hypertext and Algorithm Animation",
  journal="Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science",
  volume="224",
  pages="105–114",
  year="2009",
  note="Proceedings of the Fifth Program Visualization Workshop (PVW 2008)",
  issn="1571-0661"
  }
  
  
  
• Otto Seppälä and Ville Karavirta (2009) Work in Progress: Automatic Generation of Algorithm Animations for Lecture Slides. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 224, pp. 97–103. (bib)
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  @article Seppala:AASlides {
  author = "Otto Seppälä and Ville Karavirta",
  title="Work in Progress: Automatic Generation of Algorithm Animations for Lecture Slides",
  journal="Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science",
  volume="224",
  year="2009",
  issn="1571-0661",
  pages="97–103",
  doi="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2008.12.053",
  publisher="Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.",
  address="Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands"
  }
  
  
  

• 2007

• Ville Karavirta (2007) Algorithm Visualizations as Interactive Learning Material. In: Annual Hecse Poster Session, Helsinki, Finland, May 28 - June 1, 2007, pp. 95. (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:hecse2007 {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="Algorithm Visualizations as Interactive Learning Material",
  keywords="algorithm visualization",
  keywords="algorithm animation",
  keywords="learning",
  keywords="interaction",
  year="2007",
  address="Annual Hecse Poster Session, Helsinki, Finland, May 28 - June 1, 2007",
  pages="95"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta (2007) Integrating Algorithm Animation Systems. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Program Visualization Workshop (PVW 2006). Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands, pp. 79–87. (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:integration {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="Integrating Algorithm Animation Systems",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the Fourth Program Visualization Workshop (PVW 2006)",
  pages="79–87",
  year="2007",
  volume="178",
  series="Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science",
  publisher="Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.",
  address="Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta (2007) Facilitating Algorithm Animation Creation and Adoption in Education. Licentiate's Thesis. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology. (pdf) (bib)
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  @thesis Karavirta:Licentiates {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="Facilitating Algorithm Animation Creation and Adoption in Education",
  type="Licentiate's Thesis",
  organization="Department of Computer Science and Engineering",
  school="Helsinki University of Technology",
  year="2007",
  month="December",
  note="Available online at \urlhttp://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/SVG/publications/karavirta-lis.pdf"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta (2007) XAAL - Extensible Algorithm Animation Language. In: Eliisa Jauhiainen Minna Koskinen ed. Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Tietojenkäsittelytieteiden laitos, Tietojenkäsittelytieteen päivät, Jyväskylä, pp. 20–25. (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:tktpxaal {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="XAAL - Extensible Algorithm Animation Language",
  keywords="algorithm visualization",
  keywords="algorithm animation",
  keywords="algorithm animation language",
  keywords="xaal",
  year="2007",
  publisher="Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Tietojenkäsittelytieteiden laitos",
  address="Tietojenkäsittelytieteen päivät, Jyväskylä",
  pages="20–25"
  }
  
  
  
• Juha Sorva, Ville Karavirta, and Ari Korhonen (2007) Roles of Variables in Teaching. Journal of Information Technology Education, vol. 6, pp. 407–423. (pdf) (bib)
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  @article Sorva:RolesInTeaching {
  author = "Juha Sorva and Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen",
  title="Roles of Variables in Teaching",
  journal="Journal of Information Technology Education",
  volume="6",
  year="2007",
  pages="407–423",
  url="http://jite.org/documents/Vol6/JITEv6p407-423Sorva280.pdf"
  }
  
  
  

• 2006

• Erik Fallenius, Ville Karavirta, and Ari Korhonen (2006) TRAKLA2: A Practising Environment for Data Structures and Algorithms. Posteri: Ohjelmoinnin perusopetuksen kehittämisseminaari, 13.10.2006 Turku. (bib)
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  @misc Fallenius:TRAKLA2Poster {
  author = "Erik Fallenius and Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen",
  title="TRAKLA2: A Practising Environment for Data Structures and Algorithms",
  keywords="trakla2",
  keywords="algorithm simulation",
  keywords="automatic assessment",
  year="2006",
  howpublished="Posteri: Ohjelmoinnin perusopetuksen kehittämisseminaari, 13.10.2006 Turku"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta (2006) Algoritmianimaatiojärjestelmien tiedonvaihto. In: Lea Kutvonen and Päivi Kuuppelomäki eds. Tietojenkäsittelytieteen päivät 2006. Helsingin Yliopisto, Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos. Helsinki, Finland, pp. 25–30. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:tktp {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="Algoritmianimaatiojärjestelmien tiedonvaihto",
  booktitle="Tietojenkäsittelytieteen päivät 2006",
  pages="25–30",
  year="2006",
  address="Helsinki, Finland",
  organization="Helsingin Yliopisto, Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen (2006) Automatic Tutoring Question Generation During Algorithm Simulation. In: Anders Berglund and Mattias Wiggberg eds. Proceedings of the 6th Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education, Koli Calling. pp. 95–100. (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:VirtualTutor {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen",
  title="Automatic Tutoring Question Generation During Algorithm Simulation",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 6th Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education, Koli Calling",
  year="2006",
  pages="95–100"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Lauri Malmi (2006) On the use of resubmissions in automatic assessment systems. Computer Science Education, 16 (3), September. pp. 229–240. (pdf) (bib)
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  @article Karavirta:Resubmissions {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi",
  title="On the use of resubmissions in automatic assessment systems",
  journal="Computer Science Education",
  year="2006",
  publisher="Routledge",
  volume="16",
  number="3",
  pages="229–240",
  month="September",
  url="http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=R77P7107U31V846J"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Lauri Malmi (2006) Taxonomy of Algorithm Animation Languages. In: SoftVis '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Software visualization. ACM Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 77–85. September. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:AALTaxonomy {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi",
  title="Taxonomy of Algorithm Animation Languages",
  booktitle="SoftVis '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Software visualization",
  isbn="1-59593-464-2",
  pages="77–85",
  location="Brighton, United Kingdom",
  publisher="ACM Press",
  address="New York, NY, USA",
  year="2006",
  month="September"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Otto Seppälä (2006) Ohjelmoinnin perusopetuksen verkostohanke. Poster in Methods, Materials and Tools for Programming Education. May. (pdf) (bib)
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  @misc Korhonen:MMTPoster {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Otto Seppälä",
  title="Ohjelmoinnin perusopetuksen verkostohanke",
  howpublished="Poster in Methods, Materials and Tools for Programming Education",
  month="May",
  year="2006"
  }
  
  
  
• Guido Rößling, Thomas Naps, Mark S. Hall, Ville Karavirta, Andreas Kerren, Charles Leska, Andrés Moreno, Rainer Oechsle, Susan H. Rodger, Jaime Urquiza-Fuentes, and J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide (2006) Merging interactive visualizations with hypertextbooks and course management. SIGCSE Bulletin, 38 (4), pp. 166–181. (pdf) (bib)
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  @article Roessling:VizCoSH {
  author = "Guido Rößling and Thomas Naps and Mark S. Hall and Ville Karavirta and Andreas Kerren and Charles Leska and Andrés Moreno and Rainer Oechsle and Susan H. Rodger and Jaime Urquiza-Fuentes and J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide",
  title="Merging interactive visualizations with hypertextbooks and course management",
  journal="SIGCSE Bulletin",
  volume="38",
  number="4",
  year="2006",
  issn="0097-8418",
  pages="166–181",
  url="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1189136.1189184",
  publisher="ACM Press",
  address="New York, NY, USA"
  }
  
  
  

• 2005

• Petri Ihantola, Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Jussi Nikander (2005) Taxonomy of effortless creation of algorithm visualizations. In: Proceedings of the 2005 international workshop on Computing education research. ACM Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 123–133. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Korhonen:ICER {
  author = "Petri Ihantola and Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Jussi Nikander",
  title="Taxonomy of effortless creation of algorithm visualizations",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 2005 international workshop on Computing education research",
  year="2005",
  isbn="1-59593-043-4",
  pages="123–133",
  location="Seattle, WA, USA",
  url="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1089786.1089798",
  publisher="ACM Press",
  address="New York, NY, USA"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta (2005) XAAL - Extensible Algorithm Animation Language. Master's Thesis. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology. (pdf) (bib)
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  @thesis Karavirta:Masters {
  author = "Ville Karavirta",
  title="XAAL - Extensible Algorithm Animation Language",
  school="Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology",
  year="2005",
  type="Master's Thesis",
  month="December",
  note="Available online at \texttthttp://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/SVG/publications/karavirta- masters.pdf"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Lauri Malmi (2005) Different Learners Need Different Resubmission Policies in Automatic Assessment Systems. In: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Finnish / Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education. University of Joensuu. pp. 95–102. November. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:clustering {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi",
  title="Different Learners Need Different Resubmission Policies in Automatic Assessment Systems",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 5th Annual Finnish / Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education",
  pages="95–102",
  year="2005",
  month="November",
  organization="University of Joensuu"
  }
  
  
  
• Lauri Malmi, Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Jussi Nikander (2005) Experiences on Automatically Assessed Algorithm Simulation Exercises with Different Resubmission Policies. Journal of Educational Resources in Computing, 5 (3), September. (bib)
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  @article Malmi:JERIC {
  author = "Lauri Malmi and Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Jussi Nikander",
  title="Experiences on Automatically Assessed Algorithm Simulation Exercises with Different Resubmission Policies",
  journal="Journal of Educational Resources in Computing",
  year="2005",
  volume="5",
  number="3",
  month="September"
  }
  
  
  
• Thomas L. Naps, Guido Rößling, Peter Brusilovsky, John English, Duane Jarc, Ville Karavirta, Charles Leska, Myles McNally, Andrés Moreno, Rockford J. Ross, and Jaime Urquiza-Fuentes (2005) Development of XML-based Tools to Support User Interaction with Algorithm Visualization. SIGCSE Bulletin, 37 (4), December. pp. 123–138. (bib)
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  @article Naps:XMLWG {
  author = "Thomas L. Naps and Guido Rößling and Peter Brusilovsky and John English and Duane Jarc and Ville Karavirta and Charles Leska and Myles McNally and Andrés Moreno and Rockford J. Ross and Jaime Urquiza-Fuentes",
  title="Development of XML-based Tools to Support User Interaction with Algorithm Visualization",
  journal="SIGCSE Bulletin",
  volume="37",
  number="4",
  year="2005",
  issn="0097-8418",
  pages="123–138",
  doi="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1113847.1113891",
  publisher="ACM Press",
  address="New York, NY, USA",
  month="December"
  }
  
  
  
• Otto Seppälä, Ari Korhonen, and Ville Karavirta (2005) MatrixPro - Luentotyökalu tietorakenteiden ja algoritmien opetukseen. In: ReflekTori 2005 – Tekniikan opetuksen symposium. TKK Dipoli, pp. 1–5. lokakuu. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Reflektori05:MP {
  author = "Otto Seppälä and Ari Korhonen and Ville Karavirta",
  title="MatrixPro - Luentotyökalu tietorakenteiden ja algoritmien opetukseen",
  booktitle="ReflekTori 2005 – Tekniikan opetuksen symposium",
  pages="1–5",
  year="2005",
  address="TKK Dipoli",
  month="lokakuu",
  url="http://www.dipoli.tkk.fi/ok/p/reflektori/verkkojulkaisu/pdf/f7_otto_seppala.pdf"
  }
  
  
  

• 2004

• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, Lauri Malmi, and Kimmo Stålnacke (2004) MatrixPro - A Tool for Demonstrating Data Structures and Algorithms Ex Tempore. Joensuu, Finland. (pdf) (bib)
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  @misc Karavirta:MPPoster {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi and Kimmo Stålnacke",
  title="MatrixPro - A Tool for Demonstrating Data Structures and Algorithms Ex Tempore",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies",
  pages="892–893",
  year="2004",
  address="Joensuu, Finland"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, Lauri Malmi, and Kimmo Stålnacke (2004) MatrixPro – A Tool for On-The-Fly Demonstration of Data Structures and Algorithms. In: Proceedings of the Third Program Visualization Workshop. Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK, The University of Warwick, UK, pp. 26–33. July. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:MatrixPro {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi and Kimmo Stålnacke",
  title="MatrixPro – A Tool for On-The-Fly Demonstration of Data Structures and Algorithms",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the Third Program Visualization Workshop",
  pages="26–33",
  year="2004",
  address="The University of Warwick, UK",
  month="July",
  publisher="Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK"
  }
  
  
  
• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Petri Tenhunen (2004) Survey of Effortlessness in Algorithm Visualization Systems. In: Proceedings of the Third Program Visualization Workshop. The University of Warwick, UK, pp. 141–148. July. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:survey {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Petri Tenhunen",
  title="Survey of Effortlessness in Algorithm Visualization Systems",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the Third Program Visualization Workshop",
  pages="141–148",
  year="2004",
  address="The University of Warwick, UK",
  month="July"
  }
  
  
  
• Ari Korhonen, Lauri Malmi, Panu Silvasti, Ville Karavirta, Jan Lönnberg, Jussi Nikander, Kimmo Stålnacke, and Petri Ihantola (2004) Matrix - A Framework for Interactive Software Visualization. Laboratory of Information Processing Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology. TKO-B 154/04. Research Report. (pdf) (bib)
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  @techreport Korhonen:MatrixFramework {
  author = "Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi and Panu Silvasti and Ville Karavirta and Jan Lönnberg and Jussi Nikander and Kimmo Stålnacke and Petri Ihantola",
  title="Matrix - A Framework for Interactive Software Visualization",
  institution="Laboratory of Information Processing Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology",
  year="2004",
  type="Research Report",
  number="TKO-B 154/04",
  address="Finland"
  }
  
  
  
• Lauri Malmi, Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, Jussi Nikander, Otto Seppälä, and Panu Silvasti (2004) Visual Algorithm Simulation Exercise System with Automatic Assessment: TRAKLA2. Informatics in Education, 3 (2), pp. 267–288. (pdf) (bib)
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  @article Malmi:TRAKLA2 {
  author = "Lauri Malmi and Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Jussi Nikander and Otto Seppälä and Panu Silvasti",
  title="Visual Algorithm Simulation Exercise System with Automatic Assessment: TRAKLA2",
  journal="Informatics in Education",
  year="2004",
  volume="3",
  number="2",
  pages="267–288"
  }
  
  
  

• 2003

• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, and Lauri Malmi (2003) MatrixPro. Computer program. Helsinki University of Technology, November. (pdf) (bib)
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  @misc Karavirta:MatrixProProgram {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi",
  title="MatrixPro",
  howpublished="Computer program",
  publisher="Helsinki University of Technology",
  month="November",
  year="2003",
  url="http://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/MatrixPro/"
  }
  
  
  
• Ari Korhonen, Lauri Malmi, Panu Silvasti, Jussi Nikander, Petri Tenhunen, Pekka Mård, Harri Salonen, and Ville Karavirta (2003) TRAKLA2. Computer program (http://trakla.cs.hut.fi/). (pdf) (bib)
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  @misc Korhonen:TRAKLA2-URL {
  author = "Ari Korhonen and Lauri Malmi and Panu Silvasti and Jussi Nikander and Petri Tenhunen and Pekka Mård and Harri Salonen and Ville Karavirta",
  title="TRAKLA2",
  year="2003",
  howpublished="Computer program (http://trakla.cs.hut.fi/)",
  url="http://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/TRAKLA2/"
  }
  
  
  

• 2002

• Ville Karavirta, Ari Korhonen, Jussi Nikander, and Petri Tenhunen (2002) Effortless Creation of Algorithm Visualization. In: Proceedings of the Second Annual Finnish / Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education. pp. 52–56. October. (pdf) (bib)
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  @inproceedings Karavirta:effortless {
  author = "Ville Karavirta and Ari Korhonen and Jussi Nikander and Petri Tenhunen",
  title="Effortless Creation of Algorithm Visualization",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the Second Annual Finnish / Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education",
  year="2002",
  pages="52–56",
  month="October"
  }