2,101 research outputs found
Accurator: Nichesourcing for Cultural Heritage
With more and more cultural heritage data being published online, their
usefulness in this open context depends on the quality and diversity of
descriptive metadata for collection objects. In many cases, existing metadata
is not adequate for a variety of retrieval and research tasks and more specific
annotations are necessary. However, eliciting such annotations is a challenge
since it often requires domain-specific knowledge. Where crowdsourcing can be
successfully used for eliciting simple annotations, identifying people with the
required expertise might prove troublesome for tasks requiring more complex or
domain-specific knowledge. Nichesourcing addresses this problem, by tapping
into the expert knowledge available in niche communities. This paper presents
Accurator, a methodology for conducting nichesourcing campaigns for cultural
heritage institutions, by addressing communities, organizing events and
tailoring a web-based annotation tool to a domain of choice. The contribution
of this paper is threefold: 1) a nichesourcing methodology, 2) an annotation
tool for experts and 3) validation of the methodology and tool in three case
studies. The three domains of the case studies are birds on art, bible prints
and fashion images. We compare the quality and quantity of obtained annotations
in the three case studies, showing that the nichesourcing methodology in
combination with the image annotation tool can be used to collect high quality
annotations in a variety of domains and annotation tasks. A user evaluation
indicates the tool is suited and usable for domain specific annotation tasks
Measuring surface water quality using a low-cost sensor kit within the context of rural Africa
Monitoring water quality is done for a variety of reasons, including to determine whether water is suitable for drinking or agricultural purposes. In rural areas of Africa the traditional way of measuring water quality can be costly and time consuming. In this research, we have developed a low-cost water quality measuring device that designed to operate in the context of rural Africa. Firstly we select appropriate water quality sensors. Secondly we developed a water quality monitoring device that takes the contextual requirements and constraints of rural Africa into account. Lastly the device is evaluated and tested using water samples that were collected in rural Africa
Knowledge management practices for development - Lessons from post-earthquake Nepal. A case-study on using technology to facilitate inclusive data gathering
Responding effectively and appropriately to large scale natural disaster requires information-driven coordinated action between many different stakeholders. Evidence from one NGO engaged in reconstruction work after the 2015 Nepal earthquake sets out some of the knowledge management practice issues faced by an organization performing this work in a challenging geographical environment with low-connectivity. Key issues are identified and a data gathering tool that encourages data-driven bottom-up development practices is presented
Quantum information geometry of driven CFTs
Driven quantum systems exhibit a large variety of interesting and sometimes
exotic phenomena. Of particular interest are driven conformal field theories
(CFTs) which describe quantum many-body systems at criticality. In this paper,
we develop both a spacetime and a quantum information geometry perspective on
driven 2d CFTs. We show that for a large class of driving protocols the
theories admit an alternative but equivalent formulation in terms of a CFT
defined on a spacetime with a time-dependent metric. We prove this equivalence
both in the operator formulation as well as in the path integral description of
the theory. A complementary quantum information geometric perspective for
driven 2d CFTs employs the so-called Bogoliubov-Kubo-Mori (BKM) metric, which
is the counterpart of the Fisher metric of classical information theory, and
which is obtained from a perturbative expansion of relative entropy. We compute
the BKM metric for the universal sector of Virasoro excitations of a thermal
state, which captures a large class of driving protocols, and find it to be a
useful tool to classify and characterize different types of driving. For
M\"obius driving by the SL(2,R) subgroup, the BKM metric becomes the hyperbolic
metric on the unit disk. We show how the non-trivial dynamics of Floquet driven
CFTs is encoded in the BKM geometry via M\"obius transformations. This allows
us to identify ergodic and non-ergodic regimes in the driving. We also explain
how holographic driven CFTs are dual to driven BTZ black holes with evolving
horizons. The deformation of the black hole horizon towards and away from the
asymptotic boundary provides a holographic understanding of heating and cooling
in Floquet CFTs.Comment: 82 pages including references, 14 figure
Interactive dance choreography assistance
Creative support for the performing arts is prevalent in many fields, however, for the art of dance, automated tools supporting creativity have been scarce. In this research, we describe ongoing research into (semi)automatic automated creative choreography support. Based on state-of-the-art and a survey among 54 choreographers we establish functionalities and requirements for a choreography assistance tool, including the semantic levels at which it should operate and communicate with the end-users. We describe a user study with a prototype tool which presents choreography alternatives using various simple strategies in three dance styles. The results show that the needs for such a tool vary based on the dance discipline. In a second user study, we investigate various methods of presenting choreography variations. Here, we evaluate four presentation methods: textual descriptions, 2D animations, 3D animations and auditory instructions in two different dance styles. The outcome of the expert survey shows that the tool is effective in communicating the variations to the experts and that they express a preference for 3D animations. Based on these results, we propose a design for an interactive dance choreography assistant tool
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