In this project we intend to develop the methodology of adaptive learning of probabilistic graphical models, specially Bayesian networks, focused on its application to data mining and automatic personalisation. The background software is the Elvira platform [22], in which development the groups in this project took part, through projects TIC971137-C04 and TIC2001-2973-C05. The most important pa...

We report on results of a survey conducted to study attrition of Ph.D. graduate students in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at the University of California at Berkeley. We surveyed Berkeley alumni who entered the department between 1981 and 1991 and left the EECS Ph.D. program before obtaining their degree. The respondents returned an extensive questionnaire ab...

The roles of systems engineering, program and project management, and engineering management are continuously blurred and challenged in complex engineering organizations. The demands made of each of these functions can lead to increasing role confusion in otherwise historically well-defined functions. It is important to understand the reasons for existing practices in defining and utilizing the...

BACKGROUND Loneliness is negatively related to good health and wellbeing, especially among girls. There is little research, however, on factors that may ease the burdens of loneliness in the school setting. Thus, we explored the relationship between girls' loneliness and later school wellbeing adjusted for other adversities. Furthermore, we assessed the significance of having someone whom the g...

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This thesis acknowledges the following people for their support and assistance: First, I would like to thank my advisor, Professor Un-Ku Moon, for allowing me to be part of his research group, and for supporting me financially. I learned alot from his wide knowledge of circuits. I also would like to thank my co-advisor, Professor Gábor C. Temes, for his assistance, and for his jo...

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This article explores the use of AutoScholar Advisor System (Auto-Ad) to provide useful learning support analytics for self-mediated student academic support. The study is part a pilot project enhancing success in four-year undergraduate degree (BEd) programme. Adopting students’ self-authorship as an organising framework and using Auto-Ad implemented on management platform, involved 200 high p...

Contemporary research indicates that Black American men encounter multiple obstacles in higher education settings. Understanding the complexities of how perceive and make sense academic environments requires addressing a number elements influence their success. The purpose this study is to investigate advising challenges faced virtual by during COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative case provides ...