This paper investigates task-oriented communication for multi-device cooperative edge inference, where a group of distributed low-end devices transmit the extracted features local samples to powerful server inference. While inference can overcome limited sensing capability single device, it substantially increases overhead and may incur excessive latency. To enable low-latency we propose learni...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of meaning-focused versus form-focused input-oriented and output-oriented task-based instruction on elementary level Iranian EFL Learners’ vocabulary comprehension and recall. For this purpose, a sample of 120 male students from a private school in Tehran was selected through convenience sampling and based on availability. The participants were...

Task difficulty across different macro-genres continues to remain among less attended areas in second language development studies. This study examined the correlation between task difficulty across the descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and expository macro-genres. The three components of task difficulty (i.e., code complexity, cognitive complexity, and communicative stress) were also comp...