Accelerating and Improving AlphaZero Using Population Based Training

Improving Web Based Training using an XML content base

In this paper we point out the benefits of using structured content in Web Based Training (WBT) scenarios. Using an XML compliant subset of the DocBook document type definition –enriched with semantics for interactive hypermedia and educational elements– we present a complete publishing workflow for educational online material. Original content is authored in an SGML/XML editor, then processed ...

Improving Security Awareness and Training through Computer-based Training

Security awareness is a critical issue for all organisations that depend upon information technology. However, significant survey evidence suggests that the issue is often given inadequate attention in modern organisations, leading to problems through security incidents. This paper considers various means that can be used to instil greater awareness, and argues that the most effective method is...

using c-test passages for improving reading comprehension ability and incidentally learned vocabulary of iranian efl learners

this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of using c-test passages on the reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning of iranian intermediate efl learners. the participants were 60 male efl learners at kish mehr institute in garmsar. in fact, there were two groups, an experimental group and a comparison group with 30 students in each. the participants were pretested throu...

Accelerating Classifier Training using AdaBoost within Cascades of Boosted Ensembles

This thesis seeks to address current problems encountered when training classifiers within the framework of cascades of boosted ensembles (CoBE). At present, a significant challenge facing this framework are inordinate classifier training runtimes. In some cases, it can take days or weeks (Viola and Jones, 2004; Verschae et al., 2008) to train a classifier. The protracted training runtimes are ...

Improving Online Video Quality and Accelerating Downloads