Connectivity networks have been recently used for classification of neurodegenerative diseases, e.g., mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In typical connectivity network-based classification, features are often extracted from (multiple) connectivity networks and concatenated into a long vector for subsequent feature selection and classification. However, some useful network topological information...

The use of computers is gaining importance in education today. Experimental Mathematics is particularly suitable for teaching (and learning) mathematics in a computer supported learning environment. In this manuscript, we show how Experimental Mathematics works in the classroom. We demonstrate that computers can be used in each phase of the whole learning process (formulating definitions, probl...

We present generalization bounds for the TS-MKL framework for two stage multiple kernel learning. We also present bounds for sparse kernel learning formulations within the TS-MKL framework.

Recently, it has been proposed to combine multiple kernels using a weighted linear sum. In certain applications, different kernels may be using different input representations and these methods do not consider neither the cost of acquiring them nor the cost of evaluating the kernels. We generalize the framework of MULTIPLE KERNEL LEARNING (MKL) for this cost-conscious methodology. On 12 benchma...

Instead of selecting a single kernel, multiple kernel learning (MKL) uses a weighted sum of kernels where the weight of each kernel is optimized during training. Such methods assign the same weight to a kernel over the whole input space, and we discuss localized multiple kernel learning (LMKL) that is composed of a kernel-based learning algorithm and a parametric gating model to assign local we...

Parenting practices tend to influence young children's cognitive and academic skills development (Gregory and Rimm-Kaufman, 2008). Early forms of academic skills have been thought to be a result from everyday interactions and activities with parents at home, and this is true for early mathematics skills (Anderson, 1997; Tudge and Doucet, 2004). Unfortunately, a gap has been reported in the qual...

background: a great deal of attention has been given to the study of learning disorders. hence, the aim of this research was to study the effect of emotion regulation training in decreasing emotion failures and self-injurious behaviors among students suffering from specific learning disorder. methods: this was an experimental study with the pre-test, post-test and a control group. research popu...