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Identifying metabolic indicators of phytoplankton and comparing the temporal changes in algal community composition in two Lake Ontario areas of concern
(2021-12-01)
Freshwater algal blooms transition into harmful algal blooms (HABs) when cyanobacteria produce toxins that impact ecosystem health. The point at which algal blooms transition into HABs is not fully understood, but I believe ...
Peer evaluation with graph neural networks
(2021-12-01)
Peer assessment systems are rising in various social contexts, such as peer grading in large (online) classrooms, peer review in conferences, peer art evaluation, etc. However, peer assessments might not be as accurate as ...
Automatic knobs-tuning for DB2 using deep reinforcement learning
(2021-12-01)
Modern database management systems have hundreds of different configuration parameters (knobs) that control various aspects of how they behave and perform. These knobs must be properly tuned in order to maximize the ...
Empirically detecting colour: can we use solar cells as colour sensors?
(2021-08-01)
The purpose of this thesis was to explore the possibility of using solar cells as a colour sensor. Colour sensors already exist, yet they are either costly or fail at correctly sensing monochromatic light. Our experiment ...
Simulating a virtual drilling task using audio, visual, and mouse movement cues during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021-04-01)
This work examined whether a real-world drilling task can be successfully simulated using combinations of appropriate audio, visual cues, and basic haptic stimuli obtained with mouse movements instead of a haptic device. ...
Visualization, Digital Humanities, and the Problem of Instrumentalism
(2021-06-01)
In this paper we present the concept of “slow analytics” that attempts to ridge the gap between humanities tasks and visualization. Often within Technological disciplines the pursuit of speed and efficiency are paramount. ...
A Vision-Based System For Non-Intrusive Posture Correction Notifications
(2021-05-20)
Sedentary lifestyle and the prolonged sitting associated with it may have negative health consequences and poor sitting posture only exacerbates that. In this thesis I propose a software application for monitoring a computer ...
A Framework for Interactive Conference Posters
(2021-05-25)
In this paper, we present a complete framework for extending conference posters with interactive content. Poster content will become interactive, allowing viewers to manipulate visualizations, and save them for later. We ...
The Role of Interactive Visualization in Fostering Trust in AI
(IEEE, 2021-12-10)
The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies across application domains has prompted our society to pay closer attention to AI's trustworthiness, fairness, interpretability, and accountability. In order ...
An Online System for Visualizing UOIT Class Schedules
(2021-06-02)
The objective of this thesis is to design a system that will enable users to visualize aspects of a schedule so that the information can be interpreted in a meaningful way. The concept of visualizing data has allowed many ...