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Hierarchical Object Detection applied to Fish Species

Gathering information of aquatic life is often based on timeconsuming methods utilizing video feeds. It would be beneficial to capture more information cost-effectively from video feeds. Video based object detection has an ability to achieve this. Recent research has shown promising results with the use of YOLO for object detection of fish. As underwater conditions can be difficult and thus fish species are hard to discriminate. This study proposes a hierarchical structure-based YOLO Fish algorithm in both the classification and the dataset to gain valuable information. With the use of hierarchical classification and other techniques. YOLO Fish is a state-of-the-art object detector on Nordic fish species, with an mAP of 91.8%. The algorithm has an inference time of 26.4 ms, fast enough to run on real-time video on the high-end GPU Tesla V100.Hierarchical Object Detection applied to Fish SpeciespublishedVersio

Hierarchical Fish Species Detection in Real-Time Video Using YOLO

Master's thesis in Information- and communication technology (IKT590)Information gathering of aquatic life is often based on time consuming methods with a foundation in video feeds. It would be beneficial to capture more information in a cost effective manner from video feeds, and video object detection has an opportunity to achieve this. Recent research has shown promising results with the use of YOLO for object detection of fish. As under-water conditions can be difficult and fish species hard to discriminate, we propose the use of a hierarchical structures in both the classification and the dataset to gain valuable information. With the use of hierarchical classification and other techniques we present YOLO Fish. YOLO Fish is a state of the art object detector on nordic fish species, with an mAP of 91.8%. For a more stable video, YOLO Fish can be used with the object tracking algorithm SORT. This results in a complete fish detector for real-time video

Sliding-Block Anagram Puzzle

Here is a project that might appeal to the anagrammers among Word Ways readers. Anagramming is not my game, but maybe others can come up with something clever

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Analogy Mining for Specific Design Needs

Finding analogical inspirations in distant domains is a powerful way of solving problems. However, as the number of inspirations that could be matched and the dimensions on which that matching could occur grow, it becomes challenging for designers to find inspirations relevant to their needs. Furthermore, designers are often interested in exploring specific aspects of a product-- for example, one designer might be interested in improving the brewing capability of an outdoor coffee maker, while another might wish to optimize for portability. In this paper we introduce a novel system for targeting analogical search for specific needs. Specifically, we contribute a novel analogical search engine for expressing and abstracting specific design needs that returns more distant yet relevant inspirations than alternate approaches

Design-by-Analogy Using the WordTree Method and an Automated WordTree Generating Tool

Design-by-Analogy is an approach that is widely embraced by engineers and designers seeking innovative designs. The identification of analogies for use in engineering design problems is usually a spontaneous action that is brought about by accident and not by a systematic design process applied during the idea generation stage of new product development. A Design-by-Analogy method developed to lead designers systematically to analogies that can be useful for solving design problems is the WordTree Method. The WordTree Method uses the semantic relationships between verbs, extracted from design problems, to lead engineers and designers to potentially useful analogies. The WordTree Method is a relatively new design method, and as with any new design method, there is room for improvement. In this thesis, a tool called WordTree Express (WTE) was developed to automate the generation of the database-based WordTrees used during the application of the WordTree Method. This tool (WTE) showed, from an experiment, that its implementation had a positive effect on the opinions of the engineers and designers who used it for solving a design problem. The effects found from surveying the participants suggested that the participants were more likely to apply the method in their future design problems with the WTE tool than when they applied the method without the WTE tool. Although the WTE tool did not show statistical significance (p<0.1) in increasing the number of analogies identified by the participants, compared to the non-automated method, it did enable the process of identifying analogies to be done faster. Tools designed to perform tasks faster and more efficiently usually tend to have a positive effect on its users. Different ontologies were studied for their value in the application to Design-by-Analogy in engineering. Recommendations for further work advancing the WordTree Method and contributions to Design-by-Analogy are presented in the future work section

The Gamut: A Journal of Ideas and Information, No. 27, Summer 1989

CONTENTS OF ISSUE NO. 27, SUMMER, 1989 Louis T. Milic: Editorial, 2 The New Library of the Past Diana Orendi Hinze: Expiation and Repression, 4 German literature and the Nazi past J. Heywood Alexander: Our Redeemed, Beloved Land , 16 Bands, songs, Lincoln! and the Civil War. Sylvia Whitman: Mountain Nurses, 25 Kentucky\u27s Frontier Nursing Service for mother and child. Ron Haybron: Fraud in Science, 33 Can we place our trust in the heirs of Galileo and Pasteur? Pat Martaus: Feminist Literary Criticism, 45 Social reform or academic language game? J. E. Vacha: Constance and the Con, 51 The unlikely friendship between a Cleveland career girl and Sing Sing\u27s celebrated editor inmate. Poetry Ken Waldman: Three Lessons in Taking Off Clothes, 62 The Non Sequitur at the Intersection of Market and Vine, 63 William Virgil Davis: Still Life, 64 Stratagem, 64 Carolyn Reams Smith: Know Old Caleb, 65 Killing Old Caleb For Grandma Mary, 66 B. A. St. Andrews: The Alchemists, 68 Victoria Neufeldt: Catching Up With the Language, 69 Revising Webster\u27s New World Dictionary Hannah Gilberg and the editors: A Good Bowl-and a Work of Art, 80 A Portfolio of Ceramics by Theresa Yondo Review P K. Saha: The Verbal Workshop, 87 A review of The Wordtree , a thesaurus of ideas Back Matter Ken Roby: Rescuing Bentley, 95https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/gamut_archives/1024/thumbnail.jp