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Analyzing the Flow of Information from Initial Publishing to Wikipedia
This thesis covers my efforts at researching the factors that lead to a research paper being cited by Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites on the internet for quickly learning about a specific topic. ...
Yawn Detection Using Support Vector Machine Classification
A model to detect yawning in a video sequence from a regular camera is proposed. Landmark detectors are able to quickly and accurately estimate the pose of a face with various amounts of light and facial expressions. We ...
A Novel Continuum Manipulator
(2015-09-21)
We address the problem of controlling continuum manipulators and evaluate Reinforcement Learning to produce a control policy for a robotic platform. Our approach discretizes the state and action spaces to reduce the training ...
Medial-Axis Biased Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees
(2012-05-09)
RRTs (Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees) have shown wide applications in robotics.
RRTs are a type of sampling-based motion planners
that expand to fill the space starting from one or more root configurations.
RRTs are excellent ...
An AI System for Coaching Novice Programmers
(2015-10-23)
Rapidly giving students meaningful feedback is a key component in an effective educational experience. A common problem in modern education is scalability, as class size increases the ability of the instructor to rapidly ...
Analyzing TnSeq Data to Predict Insertion Counts in M. tuberculosis
TnSeq is a genetic method used to evaluate the essentiality of genes in bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It uses random insertions by the Himar1 transposon and high throughput sequencing to determine the most ...
Human-Computer Interaction in Study Room Reservation Systems
Study rooms provide a key resource for college students. However, many study spaces require reservations ahead of time to manage high demand. A reservation system serves to control the flow and population of a building to ...
A Computer Vision and Maps Aided Tool for Campus Navigation
Current study abroad trips rely on students utilizing GPS directions and digital maps for navigation. While GPS-based navigation may be more straightforward and easier for some to use than traditional paper maps, studies ...
Challenges in Research Experimentation with Open-source Platforms for Serverless Computing
Cloud computing technology has enabled enterprises in all societal domains to achieve remarkable growth by harnessing data and computation power without an upfront investment in computer infrastructure or any expense in ...
Few Shot Learning to Improve Deep Medical Model Transfer
The advent of machine learning has changed the way healthcare providers care for their patients. Utilizing data driven models, healthcare workers are now able to predict and account for symptoms in patients before they ...