History of visual systems in the Systems Engineering Simulator

The Systems Engineering Simulator (SES) houses a variety of real-time computer generated visual systems. The earliest machine dates from the mid-1960's and is one of the first real-time graphics systems in the world. The latest acquisition is the state-of-the-art Evans and Sutherland CT6. Between the span of time from the mid-1960's to the late 1980's, tremendous strides have been made in the real-time graphics world. These strides include advances in both software and hardware engineering. The purpose is to explore the history of the development of these real-time computer generated image systems from the first machine to the present. Hardware advances as well as software algorithm changes are presented. This history is not only quite interesting but also provides us with a perspective with which we can look backward and forward

Further thoughts on precision

Background: There has been much discussion amongst automated software defect prediction researchers regarding use of the precision and false positive rate classifier performance metrics. Aim: To demonstrate and explain why failing to report precision when using data with highly imbalanced class distributions may provide an overly optimistic view of classifier performance. Method: Well documented examples of how dependent class distribution affects the suitability of performance measures. Conclusions: When using data where the minority class represents less than around 5 to 10 percent of data points in total, failing to report precision may be a critical mistake. Furthermore, deriving the precision values omitted from studies can reveal valuable insight into true classifier performancePeer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio

Credit Cards

You see this piece of plastic everywhere. From the gas station to the bookstore, the supermarket to the mall. You know what it is and can readily identify it if quizzed. Have you figured it out yet? It’s a credit card, one of the most important financial tools in your wallet—a tool many students don’t know how to utilize. We talked with Tom Gannon, vice president of public policy at MasterCard Worldwide, to gain insight on how college-aged kids should (or shouldn’t) be using credit cards

Robonaut. Robosim

This slide presentation reviews the capabilities and features of robonaut, a highly dexterous anthropomorphic robotic system, and RoboSim, a computer simulation of the capabilities of Robonaut

A clinical comparison of residual astigmatism produced by back surface aspheric hard lenses versus back surface spherical hard lenses

A clinical comparison of residual astigmatism produced by back surface aspheric hard lenses versus back surface spherical hard lense

Campus Recruitment: A Four-Year Program Profile

A hospitality recruiter profile survey is replicated nine years after the initial study to ascertain if any meaningful changes have occurred among recruiters that might have an effect upon college students and the interviewing process today