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Inverse Dynamics Modelling of Paralympic Wheelchair Curling
(Human Kinetics, 2017-01-13)Paralympic wheelchair curling is an adapted version of Olympic curling played by individuals with spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and lower extremity amputations. To the best of the authors’ ... -
Investigating Data Exploration Techniques Involving Map Based Geotagged Data in a Collaborative Sensemaking Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-11)The recent advancement in Global Positioning Systems (GPS) using satellite and geotagging has opened many opportunities for data-driven decision-making in fields such as emergency response, military intelligence, oil ... -
Investigating Driver Experience and Augmented Reality Head-Up Displays in Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)Autonomous driving is on the horizon. Partially automated vehicles recently started to emerge in the market, and companies are dedicated to bringing more automated driving capabilities to the vehicles in the near future. ... -
Investigating the Application of Opposition-Based Ideas to Ant Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-13)Opposition-based learning (OBL) was recently proposed to extend di erent machine learning algorithms. The main idea of OBL is to consider opposite estimates, actions or states as an attempt to increase the coverage of ... -
Investigating the Impact of Proximity and Visual Conation Modes on Enhancing Engagement with Public Large Interactive Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-20)Deployment of large interactive displays (LIDs) to public spaces has provided new ways for passersby to gain information. This medium plays the role of transmitter for information visualizations designed to communicate ... -
Investigating the Impact of Table Size on External Cognition in Collaborative Problem-Solving Tabletop Activities
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)Tables have been used for working and studying for years, and people continue using tables to work with digital artifacts. Collaborative tabletop activities such as planning, designing, and scheduling are common on ... -
Investigating user activities and the corresponding requirements for information and functions in autonomous vehicles of the future
(Elsevier, 2020-11-01)The potential benefits of autonomous vehicles, including safety, convenience, fuel economy, and low emissions can only be achieved when consumers are comfortable with the vehicle design. There are only a limited number of ... -
Investigation of Piano Soundboard Voicing Techniques and Their Impact on Tone
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-26)This thesis acts as a first step in connecting the sub jective description of piano tone with quantitative measurements of changes in the vibrational and acoustical properties of a piano. Voicing techniques used by piano ... -
Issues in Computer Vision Data Collection: Bias, Consent, and Label Taxonomy
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Recent success of the convolutional neural network in image classification has pushed the computer vision community towards data-rich methods of deep learning. As a consequence of this shift, the data collection process ... -
Joint Action Storyboards: A Framework for Visualizing Communication Grounding Costs
(ACM, 2021)Building and maintaining common ground is vital for effective collaboration in CSCW. Moreover, subtle changes in a CSCW user interface can significantly impact grounding and collaborative processes. Yet, researchers and ... -
Kernel Methods and Measures for Classification with Transparency, Interpretability and Accuracy in Health Care
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)Support vector machines are a popular method in machine learning. They learn from data about a subject, for example, lung tumors in a set of patients, to classify new data, such as, a new patient’s tumor. The new tumor is ... -
Keyframe-based monocular SLAM: design, survey, and future directions
(Elsevier, 2017-12-01)Extensive research in the field of monocular SLAM for the past fifteen years has yielded workable systems that found their way into various applications in robotics and augmented reality. Although filter-based monocular ... -
The Keystone XL Pipeline Dispute: A Strategic Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)TransCanada Corporation has proposed the Keystone XL pipeline project to transfer crude bitumen from the oil sand fields in northern Alberta, Canada, to oil refineries located in the southern part of the United States. ... -
KimiaNet: Training a Deep Network for Histopathology using High-Cellularity
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-11)With the recent progress in deep learning, one of the common approaches to represent images is extracting deep features. A primitive way to do this is by using off-the-shelf models. However, these features could be improved ... -
Laser Interference Fringe Tomography - A Novel 3D Imaging Microscopy Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-28)Laser interference fringe tomography (LIFT) is within the class of optical imaging devices designed for volumetric microscope applications. LIFT is a very simple and cost-effective three-dimensional imaging device which ... -
Learned Legendre Predictive State Estimator for Control
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)This thesis introduces a novel method for system model identification, specifically for state estimation. The method uses a 2 or 3 layer neural network developed and trained with the methods of the Neural Engineering ... -
Learning and Decision Making in Social Contexts: Neural and Computational Models
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-19)Social interaction is one of humanity's defining features. Through it, we develop ideas, express emotions, and form relationships. In this thesis, we explore the topic of social cognition by building biologically-plausible ... -
Learning and Leveraging Neural Memories
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Learning in the Neural Engineering Framework (NEF) and the Semantic Pointer Architecture (SPA) has been recently extended beyond the supervised Prescribed Error Sensitivity (PES) to include the unsupervised Vector Oja ... -
Learning Compact Representations for Efficient Whole Slide Image Search in Computational Pathology
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-24)Digital pathology has enabled us to capture, store, query and analyze scanned biopsy samples as digital images. The widespread adoption of digital pathology has spurred the digitization of tissue biopsy samples, known as ... -
Learning Discriminative Representations for Gigapixel Images
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-11)Digital images of tumor tissue are important diagnostic and prognostic tools for pathologists. Recent advancement in digital pathology has led to an abundance of digitized histopathology slides, called whole-slide images. ...