Large-Scale Semantic Classification: Outcome of the First Year of Inria Aerial Image Labeling Benchmark

Marcel Breuer was in the first year of architectural technicians to graduate from Bauhaus School. The peculiar education he received there allowed him to explore the concept of design in its broadest sense. In his European stage we find, on the most private and small scale, unique solutions for furniture. In his first American stage we see a strong commitment with solutions related to the residential land and, when he earned international recognition, he developed large scale solutions for his public non-residential buildings and urban equipments in locations all over the world. It is strange to see that an architect like him did not have the opportunity to materialize any of his proposals associated with the public space. The 1945 Cambridge Servicemen’s Memorial project, also known as the Memorial War, is the most significant one he developed in his last years in Cambridge. Had it been built, it would have been a valuable example of modernity and contemporary reinterpretation of the monument in the public space.

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Perspectives on putting a large scale first year interdisciplinary project module online.

10.26226/morressier.60ddad35e537565438d6c49b ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fiona Truscott ◽

Emanuela Tilley ◽

Kate Roach ◽

John Mitchell

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

First Year ◽

Interdisciplinary Project

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E-Learning at Politecnico di Torino

Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch060 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 690-702

Author(s):

Salvatore Barbagallo ◽

Roberto Bertonasco ◽

Fulvio Corno ◽

Laura Farinetti ◽

Marco Mezzalama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Distance Education ◽

Large Scale ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

First Year ◽

Preliminary Evaluation ◽

Full Time ◽

Large Scale System ◽

Part Time ◽

E Learning ◽

Real Challenge

Politecnico di Torino has been actively experimenting distance education scenarios since 1992, through the development of innovative methodologies and tools. The real challenge today, however, is to move from small settings to a large-scale system able to suit the needs of a broad number of users belonging to different categories, from traditional students to part-time or full-time workers, from students living far from Torino to people with participation restriction due to disability. The emphasis then, is not only on the innovation of methodologies and technologies, but on their effective and economically sustainable use in a complex and multi-faceted setting. This chapter describes the services introduced in this direction and gives a preliminary evaluation after the first year of delivery.

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Assessing the Composition Program on Our Own Terms

Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-667-9.ch010 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 167-184

Author(s):

Sonya Borton ◽

Alanna Frost ◽

Kate Warrington

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Large Scale ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Composition ◽

English Departments ◽

Large Scale Assessment ◽

University Of Louisville ◽

Spellings Commission ◽

The University ◽

Theoretical Foundations

As Jacqueline Jones Royster articulated at the 2006 Conference on College Composition and Communication, English departments are already assessing themselves and should resist suggestions by the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education that a standardized method of assessing students and programs in higher education is needed. In the fall of 2006, the University of Louisville was due to be reviewed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The First-Year Composition program chose to conduct an internal assessment in the fall of 2004. This chapter details the Composition program assessment conducted at the University of Louisville and includes a comprehensive analysis of its rationale, theoretical foundations, methodologies, and results. This chapter also articulates the difficulties of such a large-scale assessment as well as the uniquely local challenges faced during the process.

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Faraday rotation measures of Northern hemisphere pulsars using CHIME/Pulsar

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ◽

10.1093/mnras/staa1658 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 496 (3) ◽

pp. 2836-2848 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

C Ng ◽

A Pandhi ◽

A Naidu ◽

E Fonseca ◽

V M Kaspi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Northern Hemisphere ◽

Faraday Rotation ◽

Large Scale ◽

Galactic Plane ◽

High Signal ◽

First Year ◽

Systematic Analysis ◽

Intensity Mapping ◽

Rotation Measure ◽

High Cadence

ABSTRACT Using commissioning data from the first year of operation of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment’s (CHIME) Pulsar backend system, we conduct a systematic analysis of the Faraday Rotation Measure (RM) of the Northern hemisphere pulsars detected by CHIME. We present 55 new RMs as well as obtain improved RM uncertainties for 25 further pulsars. CHIME’s low observing frequency and wide bandwidth between 400 and 800 MHz contribute to the precision of our measurements, whereas the high cadence observation provides extremely high signal-to-noise co-added data. Our results represent a significant increase of the pulsar RM census, particularly regarding the Northern hemisphere. These new RMs are for sources that are located in the Galactic plane out to 10 kpc, as well as off the plane to a scale height of ∼16 kpc. This improved knowledge of the Faraday sky will contribute to future Galactic large-scale magnetic structure and ionosphere modelling.

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Large-Scale Variation in Growth of Black Brant Goslings Related to Food Availability

The Auk ◽

10.1093/auk/118.4.1088 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 118 (4) ◽

pp. 1088-1095 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

James S. Sedinger ◽

Mark P. Herzog ◽

Brian T. Person ◽

Morgan T. Kirk ◽

Tim Obritchkewitch ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Grazing Pressure ◽

The Arctic ◽

First Year ◽

Principal Mechanism ◽

Density Dependent ◽

Brood Rearing ◽

Branta Bernicla ◽

Black Brant ◽

Arctic Coast

AbstractWe examined variation in growth of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) goslings among two colonies on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in southwestern Alaska and the Colville River Delta on Alaska's Arctic coast. We simultaneously measured abundance and quality of a key food plant, Carex subspathacea, and grazing pressure on that plant at the three colonies. Our goal was to measure variation in gosling growth in relation to variation in grazing pressure and food abundance because growth of goslings is directly linked to first-year survival, and consequently is the principal mechanism for density-dependent population regulation. Goslings grew substantially faster on the arctic coast and were nearly 30% larger than those on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta at four to five weeks old. Faster growth on the arctic coast was associated with 2× greater standing crop of C. subspathacea during brood rearing than on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Dispersal rates are high enough (Lindberg et al. 1998) to rule out local adaptation and genetic variation as explanations for observed variation in growth. Our results are consistent with lower survival of goslings from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta during their first fall migration and stronger density-dependent regulation on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta than on the Arctic coast.

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Health Impacts of Large-Scale Floods: Governmental Decision-Making and Resilience of the Citizens

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00021282 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 23 (S2) ◽

pp. s70-s73 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Dick Q.P. Fundter ◽

Bas Jonkman ◽

Steve Beerman ◽

Corsmas L.P.M. Goemans ◽

Rosanna Briggs ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Large Scale ◽

Health Impact ◽

Population Based ◽

Chronic Illnesses ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Natural Resistance ◽

First Year ◽

The Public ◽

Life Saving

AbstractDuring the 15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Amsterdam, May 2007 (15WCDEM), a targeted agenda program (TAP) about the public health aspects of large-scale floods was organized. The main goal of the TAP was the establishment of an overview of issues that would help governmental decision-makers to develop policies to increase the resilience of the citizens during floods. During the meetings, it became clear that citizens have a natural resistance to evacuations. This results in death due to drowning and injuries. Recently, communication and education programs have been developed that may increase awareness that timely evacuation is important and can be life-saving. After a flood, health problems persist over prolonged periods, including increased death rates during the first year after a flood and a higher incidence of chronic illnesses that last for decades after the flood recedes. Population-based resilience (bottom-up) and governmental responsibility (top-down) must be combined to prepare regions for the health impact of evacuations and floods. More research data are needed to become better informed about the health impact and consequences of translocation of health infrastructures after evacuations. A better understanding of the consequences of floods will support governmental decision-making to mitigate the health impact. A top-10 priority action list was formulated.

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Aerial Image Based Heading Correction for Large Scale SLAM in an Urban Canyon

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ◽

10.1109/lra.2017.2725439 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 2232-2239 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hyunchul Roh ◽

Jinyong Jeong ◽

Ayoung Kim

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Urban Canyon ◽

Aerial Image

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