LTRG
Research Group
Learning Transformation Research Group
The Learning Transformation Research Group (LTRG) at Virginia Tech aims to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in K-12 curricula.
ACM
SIGSIM
ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) on SImulation and Modeling (SIM)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSIM aims to promote and disseminate the advancement of high quality state-of-the-art in Modeling and Simulation (M&S) across a broad range of interests and disciplines.
CS @ VT
Computer Science
Virginia Tech
The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech consists of more than 80 faculty members and offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
Software Products Developed
| Software Name: | Security Tips |
| Description: | This universal iOS app provides Security and Privacy Tips and Guidelines for Use of iOS Mobile Devices by the U.S. Senators and U.S. Senate Employees. |
| Platform: | iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch |
| Release Date: | Annually from 2015 (v1.0) to 2020 (v5.0) (for internal U.S. Senate use) |
| Developed By: | Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | WVTF RadioIQ |
| Description: | Anywhere in the world, at any time…. listen to RADIO IQ or WVTF Public Radio, your Virginia connection to the best public radio news, information, and cultural programming from our award winning newsroom, NPR, and the vast universe of public radio content. |
| Platform: | iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch |
| Release Date: | June 2016 (v1.0); Sept. 2016 (v1.1); Jan. 2018 (v2.0); Oct. 2018 (v2.1) |
| Developed By: | Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | VT ABP Ordering |
| Description: | Au Bon Pain customer order printing at Virginia Tech. |
| Platform: | iPad |
| Release Date: | Since Jan. 2016 twice a year |
| Developed By: | Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | CandyBot |
| Description: | An educational game designed to support middle school students’ learning about fractions and functions by using symbols to represent functions that transform inputs into desired outputs. |
| Platform: | All iPads and iPad Minis with iOS version 6.0 or higher |
| Release Date: | April 2, 2015 |
| Developed By: | Serdar Aslan, Anderson Norton, Osman Balci, and Steven Boyce |
| Award: | Awarded the Best Educational App of 2015 by Balefire Labs. |
| Software Name: | CandyDepot |
| Description: | CandyDepot is an educational game designed for elementary and middle school mathematics students and their teachers. |
| Platform: | iPad and iPad Mini |
| Release Date: | v1.0: August 27, 2013 v2.0: November 11, 2017 |
| Developed By: | Version 1.0: Serdar Aslan, Anderson Norton, and Osman Balci Version 2.0: Taiwen Jin, Anderson Norton, Osman Balci, and Serdar Aslan |
| Software Name: | VTGemini |
| Description: | A universal iOS app providing guided emergency response and notification for the Virginia Tech community. |
| Platform: | iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch |
| Release Date: | April 29, 2013 |
| Developed By: | Kyle L. Schutt, Osman Balci, and Carl Harris |
| Software Name: | CandySpan |
| Description: | A simple, fun puzzle game that challenges your “working memory”, which can be used by researchers and educators to measure your current skill level. |
| Platform: | iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch |
| Release Date: | January 20, 2013 |
| Developed By: | Serdar Aslan, Kirby Deater-Deckard, and Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | CandyFactory Educational Game |
| Description: | A digital game that teaches the concept of fractions to middle school students based on splitting operations with partitioning and iterating. |
| Platform: | iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch |
| Release Date: | For all iOS devices: July 14, 2011 For iPad, Version 2.0: April 30, 2014 |
| Developed By: | Serdar Aslan, Anderson Norton, and Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | Web-based Evaluation Environment (EE) |
| Description: | A web-based client-server software system enabling geographically dispersed people to conduct complex evaluation projects. |
| Platform: | Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) |
| Release Date: | 2002 |
| Developed By: | Robin J. Adams, David S. Myers, and Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | Evaluation Environment (EE) |
| Description: | An integrated set of software tools providing computer-aided assistance in conducting complex evaluations. |
| Platform: | NextStep, OpenStep, Windows NT, 95, 98, 2000, and XP |
| Release Date: | 1998 |
| Developed By: | Anders I. Bertelrud and Osman Balci |
| Software Name: | Visual Simulation Environment (VSE) |
| Description: | An integrated development and execution environment for object-oriented visual modeling and simulation applications. |
| Platform: | NextStep, OpenStep, Windows NT, 95, 98, 2000, and XP |
| Release Date: | 1997-2002 |
| Developed By: | Anders I. Bertelrud, Charles M. Esterbrook, and Osman Balci |
