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Ways of Applying Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques have become more powerful and
easier to use they are increasingly deployed as key components of modern
software systems. While this enables new functionality and often allows better
adaptation to user needs it also creates additional problems for software
engineers and exposes companies to new risks. Some work has been done to better
understand the interaction between Software Engineering and AI but we lack
methods to classify ways of applying AI in software systems and to analyse and
understand the risks this poses. Only by doing so can we devise tools and
solutions to help mitigate them. This paper presents the AI in SE Application
Levels (AI-SEAL) taxonomy that categorises applications according to their
point of AI application, the type of AI technology used and the automation
level allowed. We show the usefulness of this taxonomy by classifying 15 papers
from previous editions of the RAISE workshop. Results show that the taxonomy
allows classification of distinct AI applications and provides insights
concerning the risks associated with them. We argue that this will be important
for companies in deciding how to apply AI in their software applications and to
create strategies for its use
Assessing students' knowledge of owls from their drawings and written responses
Many children learn about and experience animals in the everyday environment where they live and attend school. One way to obtain information about childrenâs understanding of concepts or phenomena is by using their drawings in combination with written responses or interviews. This study assesses how much Slovenian students 10â15 years old (in sixth to ninth grade) know about owls by analysing their drawings and written responses. The study included 473 students. From assessing studentsâ drawings and written responses, it can be concluded that the respondents had some knowledge of owlsâ appearance, their behaviours, diet and habitats. The differences between students in different grades regarding the representations of owls was not statistically significant. Some students had misconceptions about owls, such as the idea that owls can turn their heads 360 degrees, or they confused the long ear-tufts with external parts of the ears. The studentsâ written responses provided additional information on their ideas about owls; particularly about owlsâ specific behaviours, diet, and conservational status. However, some information, such as depicting owlsâ body parts and body proportions or their habitats, was more clearly depicted with drawings. One third of the students drew owls in trees and forests, which makes owls good candidates for promoting forest conservation
Magnetopause boundary structure deduced from the high-time resolution particle experiment on the Equator-S spacecraft
Natural history dioramas for teaching biodiversity on an ecosystem level: pre-service biology teacher education programme
Magnetopause boundary structure deduced from the high-time resolution particle experiment on the Equator-S spacecraft
Spacecraft potential control for Double Star
International audienceThe spacecraft potential of Double Star TC-1 is positive in large parts of the orbits due to the photo-effect from solar EUV irradiation. These positive potentials typically disturb low energy plasma measurements on board. The potential can be reduced, and thereby the particle measurements improved, by emitting a positive ion beam. This method has successfully been applied on several other spacecraft and it has also been chosen for TC-1. The instrument TC-1/ASPOC is a derivative of the Cluster/ASPOC instruments, from which it has inherited many features. The paper describes the adaptations and further developments made for the ion emitters and the electronics. The instrument performs very well and can support higher beam currents than on Cluster. The expected significant improvement of the low energy particle measurements on board was indeed observed. The modifications of the electron distributions are analysed for a one-time interval when the spacecraft was located in the magnetosheath. The change in the potential due to the ion beam was determined, and first studies of the 3-D electron distributions in response to the spacecraft potential control have been performed, which indicate that the method works as expected
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The ECOMA 2007 campaign: Rocket observations and numerical modelling of aerosol particle charging and plasma depletion in a PMSE/NLC layer
The ECOMA series of rocket payloads use a set of aerosol particle, plasma, and optical instruments to study the properties of aerosol particles and their interaction with the ambient plasma environment in the polar mesopause region. In August 2007 the ECOMA-3 payload was launched into a region with Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE) and noctilucent clouds (NLC). An electron depletion was detected in a broad region between 83 and 88 km, coincident with enhanced density of negatively charged aerosol particles. We also find evidence for positive ion depletion in the same region. Charge neutrality requires that a population of positively charged particles smaller than 2 nm and with a density of at least 2Ă108 mâ3 must also have been present in the layer, undetected by the instruments. A numerical model for the charging of aerosol particles and their interaction with the ambient plasma is used to analyse the results, showing that high aerosol particle densities are required in order to explain the observed ion density depletion. The model also shows that a very high photoionisation rate is required for the particles smaller than 2 nm to become positively charged, indicating that these may have a lower work function than pure water ice
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