Instructional Material
Predicting Learners’ Performance Using EEG and Eye Tracking Features
Khedher, Asma Ben (University of Montreal) | Jraidi, Imène (University of Montreal) | Frasson, Claude (University of Montreal)
In this paper, we aim to predict students’ learning perfor-mance by combining two-modality sensing variables, namely eye tracking that monitors learners’ eye movements and elec-troencephalography (EEG) that measures learners’ cerebral activity. Our long-term goal is to use both data to provide ap-propriate adaptive assistance for students to enhance their learning experience and optimize their performance. An ex-perimental study was conducted in order to collet gaze data and brainwave signals of fifteen students during an interac-tion with a virtual learning environment. Different classifica-tion algorithms were used to discriminate between two groups of learners: students who successfully resolve the problem-solving tasks and students who do not. Experimental results demonstrated that the K-Nearest Neighbor classifier achieved good accuracy when combining both eye movement and EEG features compared to using solely eye movement or EEG.
Moment-Based Variational Inference for Markov Jump Processes
Wildner, Christian, Koeppl, Heinz
We propose moment-based variational inference as a flexible framework for approximate smoothing of latent Markov jump processes. The main ingredient of our approach is to partition the set of all transitions of the latent process into classes. This allows to express the Kullback-Leibler divergence between the approximate and the exact posterior process in terms of a set of moment functions that arise naturally from the chosen partition. To illustrate possible choices of the partition, we consider special classes of jump processes that frequently occur in applications. We then extend the results to parameter inference and demonstrate the method on several examples.
A Clinical Approach to Training Effective Data Scientists
Rodolfa, Kit T, De Unanue, Adolfo, Gee, Matt, Ghani, Rayid
Like medicine, psychology, or education, data science is fundamentally an applied discipline, with most students who receive advanced degrees in the field going on to work on practical problems. Unlike these disciplines, however, data science education remains heavily focused on theory and methods, and practical coursework typically revolves around cleaned or simplified data sets that have little analog in professional applications. We believe that the environment in which new data scientists are trained should more accurately reflect that in which they will eventually practice and propose here a data science master's degree program that takes inspiration from the residency model used in medicine. Students in the suggested program would spend three years working on a practical problem with an industry, government, or nonprofit partner, supplemented with coursework in data science methods and theory. We also discuss how this program can also be implemented in shorter formats to augment existing professional masters programs in different disciplines. This approach to learning by doing is designed to fill gaps in our current approach to data science education and ensure that students develop the skills they need to practice data science in a professional context and under the many constraints imposed by that context.
DEFINING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY - Life Learners Limited
Educational technology is an inclusive term for the tools that technologically or electronically support learning and teaching. Educational technology is not restricted to high technology. However, modern electronic educational technology has become an important part of society today. Technology Depending on whether a particular aspect, component or delivery method is given emphasis, a wide array of similar or overlapping terms has been used. As such, educational technology encompasses e-learning, instructional technology, information and communication technology (ICT) in education, EdTech, learning technology, multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer managed instruction, computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), Internet-based training (IBT), flexible learning, web-based training (WBT), online education, digital educational collaboration, distributed learning, computer-mediated communication, cyber-learning, and multi-modal instruction, virtual education, personal learning environments, networked learning,virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), m-learning, and digital education.
DEFINING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY - Life Learners Limited
Educational technology is an inclusive term for the tools that technologically or electronically support learning and teaching. Educational technology is not restricted to high technology. However, modern electronic educational technology has become an important part of society today. Technology Depending on whether a particular aspect, component or delivery method is given emphasis, a wide array of similar or overlapping terms has been used. As such, educational technology encompasses e-learning, instructional technology, information and communication technology (ICT) in education, EdTech, learning technology, multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer managed instruction, computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), Internet-based training (IBT), flexible learning, web-based training (WBT), online education, digital educational collaboration, distributed learning, computer-mediated communication, cyber-learning, and multi-modal instruction, virtual education, personal learning environments, networked learning,virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), m-learning, and digital education.
Lie on the Fly: Strategic Voting in an Iterative Preference Elicitation Process
Dery, Lihi, Obraztsova, Svetlana, Rabinovich, Zinovi, Kalech, Meir
A voting center is in charge of collecting and aggregating voter preferences. In an iterative process, the center sends comparison queries to voters, requesting them to submit their preference between two items. Voters might discuss the candidates among themselves, figuring out during the elicitation process which candidates stand a chance of winning and which do not. Consequently, strategic voters might attempt to manipulate by deviating from their true preferences and instead submit a different response in order to attempt to maximize their profit. We provide a practical algorithm for strategic voters which computes the best manipulative vote and maximizes the voter's selfish outcome when such a vote exists. We also provide a careful voting center which is aware of the possible manipulations and avoids manipulative queries when possible. In an empirical study on four real-world domains, we show that in practice manipulation occurs in a low percentage of settings and has a low impact on the final outcome. The careful voting center reduces manipulation even further, thus allowing for a non-distorted group decision process to take place. We thus provide a core technology study of a voting process that can be adopted in opinion or information aggregation systems and in crowdsourcing applications, e.g., peer grading in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
r/learnmachinelearning - Machine learning video content by Google, Amazon and Micrrosoft
All the courses are good. Each will push its own tool: Amazon AWS, Google GPC & Tensor Flow etc. But you ought to be able to do it without prior knowledge of these. Machine Learning Crash Course does not presume or require any prior knowledge in machine learning. You should be comfortable with variables and coefficients, linear equations, graphs of functions, and histograms. Programming exercises in Machine Learning Crash Course are coded in Python using TensorFlow.
Google Cloud AutoML Vision for Medical Image Classification
The concepts of neural architecture search and transfer learning are used under the hood to find the best network architecture and the optimal hyperparameter configuration that minimizes the loss function of the model. This article uses Google Cloud AutoML Vision to develop an end-to-end medical image classification model for Pneumonia Detection using Chest X-Ray Images. The dataset is hosted on Kaggle and can be accessed at Chest X-Ray Images (Pneumonia). Go to the cloud console: https://cloud.google.com/ Setup Project APIs, permissions and Cloud Storage bucket to store the image files for modeling and other assets.
Finnish online AI course draws more than 140,000 students
A free online course in artificial intelligence (AI) created by the University of Helsinki and technology consultancy Reaktor has drawn 140,000 students from around the world. Launched in spring 2018, the Elements of AI is available in English and Finnish. It was originally envisioned with the ambitious goal of training one percent of the Finnish population -- 55,000 people -- in the fundamentals of AI. Inspired by the Finnish model, Sweden and the Netherlands have created similar courses, with 15 other countries interested in developing comparable course for their citizens. Part of the course's popularity is the fact that it's available online for free and doesn't require any prerequisite technology skills.