Innovations in Analyzing Manuscript Images and Using them in Digital Scholarly Publications

Evellum began developing software for the digital analysis and presentation of medieval manuscripts nearly fifteen year ago, when there were very few design and delivery options available to programmers. In the early years, it was not apparent how it would be best to deliver such products nor exactly how they would function and be used, and the question of longevity plagued us. Today there is the TEI to help standardize the mark-up of text and to offer a greater guarantee of longevity than was previously possible, and internet browsers are capable of facilitating the delivery of programmes that integrate text, image and video. Two products designed by Evellum are described here, with comments on the pedagogical issues that have helped determine their shape

Modelling fungal colonies and communities:challenges and opportunities

This contribution, based on a Special Interest Group session held during IMC9, focuses on physiological based models of filamentous fungal colony growth and interactions. Fungi are known to be an important component of ecosystems, in terms of colony dynamics and interactions within and between trophic levels. We outline some of the essential components necessary to develop a fungal ecology: a mechanistic model of fungal colony growth and interactions, where observed behaviour can be linked to underlying function; a model of how fungi can cooperate at larger scales; and novel techniques for both exploring quantitatively the scales at which fungi operate; and addressing the computational challenges arising from this highly detailed quantification. We also propose a novel application area for fungi which may provide alternate routes for supporting scientific study of colony behaviour. This synthesis offers new potential to explore fungal community dynamics and the impact on ecosystem functioning

Insights on the role of forest cover and on the changes in forest cover on thirty-five endangered mammal species distributions

The changes in forest cover can determine the survival of terrestrial endangered mammal species in the wild. This study assessed the impacts of forest cover changes on endangered mammal species distribution at global scale aiming to understand how the changes in forest cover may have impacted the distributions of 35 endangered small and large-body terrestrial mammals. There were used forest data obtained from time-series analyses of Landsat images between 2000 and 2014, species occurrence records collected by observations between 2000 and 2015 of Global Biodiversity Information Facility and species range data of International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN) of the year 2015, to test the ‘natural and resource conditions’ hypothesis. Hypothesis on ‘natural and resource conditions’ produced models with high prediction accuracy of above 70 percent for 88 percent of 35 species models. The changes in forest cover explained species occurrences in 10 percent of all species models. In average, 59 percent of species occurrence records overlapped with species range data. The 51 percent of all species had no occurrence records between 2000 and 2015. Species and forest data collection as well as transnational cooperation for conservation of species roaming in the wild in upland forested areas and in cross-border areas may be critical for endangered mammal species conservation

A methodology for the capture and analysis of hybrid data: a case study of program debugging

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Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Annual Report 2019-20

Despite the world-wide pandemic (COVID-19) that forced University operations into a remote working environment, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management continued to assist students with educational access and support services to help ensure student success. Fall 2019 started off with the largest freshman class in GSU history with 263 students being admitted, orientated and enrolled. The freshman class also included the largest number of freshman honors students, 85% of the honors cohort returned to GSU for Fall 2020. New graduate enrollment grew 19% and new international enrollment by 18% for Fall 2020. GSU’s Men’s and Women’s soccer debuted in Fall 2019 as a member of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference of the NAIA. Also during the Fall 2019 semester, GSU’s Board of Trustees approved the purchase of the Slate CRM System. In February 2020, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management underwent many changes with divisional restructuring with the departure of Dr. Aurelio Valente, Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. The division is now led by Corey Williams, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, and Paul McGuinness, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Athletics. Student Affairs and Enrollment Management (SAEM) is within Academic Affairs under the leadership of Elizabeth A. Cada, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. In March 2020, due to the covid-19 pandemic, the University moved to remote learning to ensure the safety of our students and staff. Although campus remained opened to support learning and accommodate students in Prairie Place, SAEM services were moved to an online format to ensure the safety of individuals and continued accessibility of services. Virtual services included online open houses, admitted student day programs, preadmissions appointments, financial aid counseling, freshman, transfer and graduate orientation programs, online student events, career services and counseling and wellness programs. The Dean of Students Office assisted in the establishment of the Student Emergency Fund to help support students with financial need, collaborated with the mRelief nonprofit organization that connects individuals to SNAP benefits (also known as food stamps) and administered the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act fund which distributed relief to students – during Spring and Summer - 1.1 million was award to 1166 students. In addition to the COVID-19 funds, the Office of Financial Aid awarded over $48,226,000 to GSU students. Auxiliary Services and University Housing (ASUH) assisted with the renovation of the Jaguar Dining Center which started in mid-March of this year. ASUH along with Arena, partnered with a vendor and leased an outdoor self-operating kitchen facility to prep all the meals and deliver to Prairie Place residents at the Convenience Store located in Prairie Place. These are just several of the many divisional highlights of the 2019-2020 academic year. This annual report provides information about the breadth of programs and services sponsored by Student Affairs and Enrollment Management professionals

MPJ: MPI-like message passing for Java

Recently, there has been a lot of interest in using Java for parallel programming. Efforts have been hindered by lack of standard Java parallel programming APIs. To alleviate this problem, various groups started projects to develop Java message passing systems modelled on the successful Message Passing Interface (MPI). Official MPI bindings are currently defined only for C, Fortran, and C++, so early MPI-like environments for Java have been divergent. This paper relates an effort undertaken by a working group of the Java Grande Forum, seeking a consensus on an MPI-like API, to enhance the viability of parallel programming using Java

An emerging paradigm or just another trajectory? Understanding the nature of technological changes using engineering heuristics in the telecommunications switching industry

The theoretical literature on technological changes distinguishes between paradigmatic changes and changes in trajectories. Recently several scholars have performed empirical studies on the way technological trajectories evolve in specific industries, often by predominantly looking at the artifacts. Much less - if any - empirical work has been done on paradigmatic changes, even though these have a much more profound impact on today's industry. It follows from the theory that such studies would need to focus more on the knowledge level than on the artifact level, raising questions on how to operationalize such phenomena. This study aims to fill this gap by applying network-based methodologies to knowledge networks, represented here by patents and patent citations. The rich technological history of telecommunications switches shows how engineers in the post-war period were confronted with huge challenges to meet drastically changing demands. This historical background is a starting point for an in-depth analysis of patents, in search of information about technological direction, technical bottlenecks, and engineering heuristics. We aim to identify when such changes took place over the seven different generations of technological advances this industry has seen. In this way we can easily recognize genuine paradigmatic changes compared to more regular changes in trajectory.technological trajectories; patents; network analysis; telecommunication manufacturing industry