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Species Distribution Modeling of Citizen Science Data as A Classification Problem with Class-Conditional Label Noise

Creator:: He, Liqiang
Abstract:: Species distribution models (SDM), which quantify the correlation between the distribution of a species and environmental factors, are increasingly used to map and monitor animal and plant distributions in the context of awareness of environmental change and its ecological consequence. For perfect data, this is a straightforward classification problem from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Rebecca A. Hutchinson Species distribution models (SDM), which quantify the correlation between

Similarity inheritance : a model of inheritance for declarative visual programming languages

Creator:: Djang, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Walpole)
Abstract:: Declarative visual programming languages (VPLs), including spreadsheets, make up a large portion of both research and commercial VPLs. Spreadsheets in particular enjoy a wide audience, including end users. Unfortunately, spreadsheets and most other declarative VPLs still suffer from some of the problems that have been solved in other languages, such...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Visual Programming Languages An Abstract Of The Dissertation Of Rebecca Djang for the degree of Doctor

On the Role of Spatial Clustering Algorithms in Building Species Distribution Models from Community Science Data

Creator:: Roth, Mark
Abstract:: This paper discusses opportunities for developments in spatial clustering methods to help leverage broad scale community science data for building species distribution models (SDMs). SDMs are critical tools that inform the science and policy needed to mitigate the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. Community science data span spatial and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

On Avoiding Power-Seeking by Artificial Intelligence

Creator:: Turner, Alexander M.
Abstract:: We do not know how to align a very intelligent AI agent's behavior with human interests. I investigate whether—absent a full solution to this AI alignment problem—we can build smart {\ai} agents which have limited impact on the world, and which do not autonomously seek power. In this thesis, I...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Newcomers’ Barriers. . . Is That All? An Analysis of Mentors’ and Newcomers’ Barriers in OSS Projects

Creator:: Balali, Sogol
Abstract:: Newcomers’ seamless onboarding is important for open collaboration communi- ties, particularly those that leverage outsiders’ contributions to remain sustainable. Nevertheless, previous work shows that OSS newcomers often face several barriers to contribute, which lead them to lose motivation and even give up on contributing. A well-known way to help newcomers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Machine learning for improving the quality of citizen science data

Creator:: Yu, Jun
Abstract:: Citizen Science is a paradigm in which volunteers from the general public participate in scientific studies, often by performing data collection. This paradigm is especially useful if the scope of the study is too broad to be performed by a limited number of trained scientists. Although citizen scientists can contribute...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and meetings. • I would like to thank my collaborators at Oregon State University: Rebecca Hutchinson

Helping end-user programmers find and fix performance problems in visual code

Creator:: Chambers, Chris
Abstract:: End-user programmers often struggle to create programs that run quickly and effectively, which can be a major deterrent in completing their tasks as desired. Current research has primarily focused on catching user mistakes, such as errors or misused formulas. However, end users deal with issues other than just correctness. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Facilitating Code Comprehension by Annotations in Canvas-Based IDE

Creator:: Adeli, Marjan
Abstract:: Developers spend a considerable amount of time comprehending code and building accurate mental models of the code. Understanding the relationships between software features within IDEs is difficult, with information split across different visual hierarchies making navigation cumbersome. Canvas-based IDEs mitigate some of the navigation costs by allowing relevant information to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Exploration of regression models for cancer noncoding mutation recurrence

Creator:: Xu, Tanjin
Abstract:: An important impact of the genome technology revolution will be the elucidation of mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis, leading to improvements in the diagnosis of cancer and the selection of cancer treatment. Integrated with current well-studied massive knowledge and findings about the role of protein-coding mutations in cancer, demystifying the functional...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Engineering Student Perspectives of a New Required Programming Course

Creator:: Garcia Ramirez, Jessica
Abstract:: We present student perceptions of a new first-year engineering programming class that was designed by informed research practices. While the College of Engineering at Oregon State University saw a lot of major switching in the first year, there were not many students switching into computer science (CS). This could have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Species Distribution Modeling of Citizen Science Data as A Classification Problem with Class-Conditional Label Noise

Similarity inheritance : a model of inheritance for declarative visual programming languages

On the Role of Spatial Clustering Algorithms in Building Species Distribution Models from Community Science Data

On Avoiding Power-Seeking by Artificial Intelligence

Newcomers’ Barriers. . . Is That All? An Analysis of Mentors’ and Newcomers’ Barriers in OSS Projects

Machine learning for improving the quality of citizen science data

Helping end-user programmers find and fix performance problems in visual code

Facilitating Code Comprehension by Annotations in Canvas-Based IDE

Exploration of regression models for cancer noncoding mutation recurrence

Engineering Student Perspectives of a New Required Programming Course

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