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2. Proceedings of the Canadian Symposium on Instructional Technology (Calgary, Alberta, May 24-26, 1972).
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National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario).
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A Symposium was held in May of 1972 to assist in the resolution of the varied problems effecting the advance of educational technology. Most of the papers presented at the symposium dealt with the current situation of various aspects of computer assisted instruction (CAI) throughout Canada. Other papers covered CAI centralization, minicomputers, co-operative research projects, educational games, educational management simulations, logic instruction, program design, language standards, group use of CAI, teacher-authored instruction, and "do-it-yourself programing." The concluding speaker noted that a very small amount of hard data was presented in the papers and emphasized that the fate of CAI will be determined by cost-benefit analysis. (MC)
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- 1972
3. Proceedings of the Ontario Universities Computing Conference (4th Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 21-23, 1973.)
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Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto.
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This conference provided an opportunity for those interested in the delivery of computer services to universities to gain a better perspective of computer technology in education, in a context of financial crisis and structural change. The focus was upon five broad areas. The first of these dealt with the role of the computer in a changing university threatened by fiscal problems. A second area of concern centered around the general intellectual and socio-cultural impact of the computer. Another series of papers treated the contributions computers make to specific curricular areas and a fourth dealt with the technical aspects and cost considerations of computers. The final topic covered the need for cooperative ventures in computing, both between disciplines and between universities. (PB)
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- 1973
4. National Policies for Information Processing (With Special Attention to the Canadian Experience).
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Gotlieb, Calvin C.
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A study was made of the aims governments have with respect to computers and what methods they have at their disposal for achieving these aims. The Canadian experience provided an example. In general, throughout the world, governmental objectives with regard to computers come under three headings: (1) to use computers effectively in governmental operations, (2) to promote an indigenous computer industry, and (3) to direct and regulate computer growth. The methods available for promoting these objectives involve passing legislation and allocating money. In Canada, a redefinition of the powers and a desire to establish a distinctive "Canadian" approach has resulted in a conscious and intense study of information processing and related technologies. However, although it is not difficult to agree on general principles and goals, it is enormously difficult to translate these principles into programs which further national goals. In Canada, the federal government has adopted a decentralized approach of computer services, while at the provincial level, the trend is toward centralization. The general position in Canada is that computer services and software industries are to remain largely unregulated; the problem of whether to participate in a computer network remains unresolved. (WCM)
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- 1974
5. JURIVOC: Canadian Bilingual Legal Vocabulary. Presentation and Demonstration, COLING 76, June 28-July 2, Ottawa, Canada.
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The use of computers in bilingual vocabulary processing and the task of compiling a Canadian bilingual legal dictionary are discussed. A model for automating lexicography and an analysis of the variables of bilingual communication are presented. It is emphasized that both human decision-making and computer manipulation are involved in this type of activity. The focus of this work is legal vocabulary which is written, formal, and of standard use in Canada since 1867. (SW)
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- 1976
6. Calendar of Events.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,COMPUTER science ,IMAGE processing ,INFORMATION technology ,IMAGING systems - Abstract
This article presents information about various conferences related to computer science. The NYU Symposium on Database Design will be held in Washington Square, New York during May 18-19, 1978. The Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing will be held in Chicago, Illinois from May 30, 1978 to June 2, 1978. The 8th IFORS International Conference on Operational Research will be held in Toronto, Ontario during June 19-23, 1978. The Workshop on Alternatives for the Control, Certification, Support, and Environment for the DOD Common High Order Language will be held at the University of California in Irvine, California during June 20-22, 1978.
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- 1978
7. Information Science in Graduate Library Programs.
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Tague, Jean
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Examines the definitions of information science, the general development of information science education, and its present status in graduate library education in Canada, including specific lists of courses offered and a list of information science topics. (CWM)
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- 1979
8. Acm forum.
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Wright, William E., Hopkinson, John, Raben, Joseph, Wills, John A., and Mazlack, Lawrence J.
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COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER systems ,COMPUTER industry ,INTERACTIVE computer terminals ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The article focuses on developments related to computing. In recent discussions of academic computing and computer science, concern has been expressed over adequacy of university facilities. In the Fall of 1980 a survey was undertaken to determine the approximate level of support for interactive computing in four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The primary finding of the survey was that, on the average, approximately two-thirds of student jobs are submitted from interactive terminals and one-third are submitted on punch cards. The level of interactive computing support was found to be largely independent of university enrollment or number of computer science majors, and modestly dependent on the stature of the institution. The recent notes on spelling checkers in computing presumes simplistically that the correspondence of a lexical string with its counterpart in a dictionary is sufficient warrant of its acceptability. While this concept may suffice for checking numbers, it fails with words, which are not abstractions represented by symbols but attempts to encode sounds.
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- 1982
9. Proceedings of the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (7th, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 8-12, 1983).
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Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group. and Verhille, Charles
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The papers in this document follow the order of the meeting and consist of two guest lecturers and reports from four working groups; two topic group presentations are noted but not included. One lecture, delivered by Peter Hilton, discusses the nature of mathematics today and implications for mathematics teaching, while, in the other paper, Stephen I. Brown explores the nature of problem generation in the mathematics curriculum. Working group reports concern statistical thinking, training in diagnosis and remediation for teachers, mathematics and language, and the influence of computer science on the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. Topic groups heard presentations by Daniel Kahneman on intuitions and fallacies in reasoning about probability and by Tom Kieren on mathematics curriculum development in Canada. A list of participants is given. (MNS)
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- 1983
10. Computer Literacy and Children.
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Abernethy, Janet
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Public libraries have vital role to play in introducing computer technology through provision of equipment, programs, and elementary instruction to users of all ages. Creative and resourceful approaches to budgeting and establishing policies and procedures will be required. Canadian public libraries (Oakville, Etobicoke, Aurora, Toronto) provide examples of established programs. (EJS)
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- 1984
11. The Demographics of Candidates for Faculty Positions in Computer Science.
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Ralston, Anthony
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JOB applications ,EMPLOYEE recruitment ,TEACHERS ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER training - Abstract
This article describes demographics related to the recruitment and selection of candidates for computer science faculty positions. Not counting applications that were inquiries only and never got to the full curriculum vitae stage, there were 438 applications that arrived from October 1993 to April 1994. A large majority of these arrived between December 15, 1993, and February 15, 1994. The names of references but not the references themselves with applications were enquired. Then emailed for references for 80 of the applicants. Of these, 20 were good enough to make "invitable" list of those who might be invited for a visit. Nine candidates were invited, of whom one declined the invitation. Of the 30 whose degrees were obtained before 1985, 12 were from universities in parts of the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe and two were from universities in former Yugoslavia. The applicants' Ph.D.'s were from 151 different universities, 94 in the U.S., 11 in Canada, and 1 from countries in the European Union. The university from which the greatest number of applicants received their degrees was the University of Illinois, with the University of Maryland and the University of Massachusetts.
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- 1996
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12. Research on Young Women in Computer Science: Promoting High Technology for Girls.
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Crombie, Gail
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When the public school system of Ontario, Canada, began offering an all-female computer science course for girls in grade 11, female enrollment in computer science increased to approximately 40%. This increased enrollment level has been maintained for 3 years. The new course's effects on girls' attitudes were examined in a survey of 184 grade 11 students enrolled in the Ontario computer science course. The sample included 45 girls enrolled in all-female sections of the course and 114 boys and 25 girls enrolled in mixed-gender sections of the course. Girls from the all-female classes and boys reported similar levels of perceived teacher support and similar levels of confidence and intrinsic value, whereas girls from the mixed-gender classes reported less perceived support, lacked the confidence of their peers, and did not enjoy working with computers as much as boys or the girls from the all-female sections of the course did. A successful summer camp program to increase elementary students' understanding of and skills in science and engineering was described along with efforts to promote high technology for girls. The strategy included building a consensus with a local high-technology firm to develop a proactive enrollment strategy and positive learning environment and talking with female students to diminish sex stereotypes. (Contains 5 figures and 8 references.) (MN)
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- 1999
13. Electronic Social Networks, Teaching, and Learning
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Pidduck, Anne Banks
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This paper explores the relationship between electronic social networks, teaching, and learning. Previous studies have shown a strong positive correlation between student engagement and learning. By extending this work to engage instructors and add an electronic component, our study shows possible teaching improvement as well. In particular, enthusiastic teachers and learners have a more positive attitude toward their work and studies.
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- 2010
14. The worlds and modalities of engagement of design participants: A qualitative case study of three medical innovations
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Lehoux, Pascale, Hivon, Myriam, Williams-Jones, Bryn, and Urbach, David
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INDUSTRIAL design , *CASE studies , *MEDICAL innovations , *COMPUTER science , *MEDICAL equipment , *ENGINEERING , *MEDICINE - Abstract
Individuals with different backgrounds such as engineering, medicine, industrial design, business, healthcare management and computer science often contribute to the design of a medical innovation. But how do such heterogeneous design participants actually combine their expertise to develop a medical device? Adapting Bucciarelli’s concept of “object worlds”, which recognises that those who contribute to a design process inhabit different worlds and see the object of design differently, this paper examines the perspectives of 8 design participants who contributed to the design process of three Canadian medical devices. In-depth analyses of semi-structured interviews clarified what design participants saw through their particular “lens”, how their responsibilities, knowledge and motivations combined and how they engaged into the design process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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15. Representative Landscapes in the Forested Area of Canada.
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Cardille, Jeffrey, White, Joanne, Wulder, Mike, and Holland, Tara
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ECOSYSTEM management ,FORESTS & forestry ,COMPUTER science ,ECOLOGICAL zones ,REMOTE sensing - Abstract
Canada is a large nation with forested ecosystems that occupy over 60% of the national land base, and knowledge of the patterns of Canada's land cover is important to proper environmental management of this vast resource. To this end, a circa 2000 Landsat-derived land cover map of the forested ecosystems of Canada has created a new window into understanding the composition and configuration of land cover patterns in forested Canada. Strategies for summarizing such large expanses of land cover are increasingly important, as land managers work to study and preserve distinctive areas, as well as to identify representative examples of current land-cover and land-use assemblages. Meanwhile, the development of extremely efficient clustering algorithms has become increasingly important in the world of computer science, in which billions of pieces of information on the internet are continually sifted for meaning for a vast variety of applications. One recently developed clustering algorithm quickly groups large numbers of items of any type in a given data set while simultaneously selecting a representative-or 'exemplar'-from each cluster. In this context, the availability of both advanced data processing methods and a nationally available set of landscape metrics presents an opportunity to identify sets of representative landscapes to better understand landscape pattern, variation, and distribution across the forested area of Canada. In this research, we first identify and provide context for a small, interpretable set of exemplar landscapes that objectively represent land cover in each of Canada's ten forested ecozones. Then, we demonstrate how this approach can be used to identify flagship and satellite long-term study areas inside and outside protected areas in the province of Ontario. These applications aid our understanding of Canada's forest while augmenting its management toolbox, and may signal a broad range of applications for this versatile approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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16. "Wat For Ever:" Student-Oriented Computing at the University of Waterloo.
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Campbell, Scott
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FORTRAN ,IBM 7040 (Computer) ,COMPILERS (Computer programs) ,TWENTIETH century ,UNIVERSITY faculty ,COMPUTER science ,NINETEEN sixties ,HISTORY ,COMPUTER programming ,INTELLECTUAL life - Abstract
In 1965, four undergraduates at the University of Waterloo wrote Watfor, a fast student-oriented Fortran compiler for the school's IBM 7040, largely because the available Fortran compiler was slow and offered weak diagnostic and debugging tools. This article describes the birth and evolution of the Watfor family and explores how it fits into the University of Waterloo's unique-within-Canada cooperative education program and pedagogical philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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17. Perceived chances for promotion among women associate professors in computing: individual, departmental, and entrepreneurial factors.
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Fox, Mary and Xiao, Wenbin
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,COLLEGE teachers ,ECONOMIC indicators ,BUSINESSWOMEN ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
This article expands understanding of gender and advancement in academic science by going into a new dimension of inquiry: Focusing on women associate professors in computing, it assesses the relationship between perceived chances for promotion to full professor and indicators of entrepreneurship, as part of key sets of individual and departmental independent variables that are also addressed. Data from a national survey of women in academic computing indicate that time spent in entrepreneurial activity does not predict excellent/good (compared to fair/poor) chances for promotion perceived by these women faculty, nor does the quantity/quality of entrepreneurial activity that they report for their home units. Departmental reward structures reported as favoring entrepreneurial activity negatively predict perceived chances for promotion. Other key individual and departmental characteristics also predict chances for promotion: faculty members' age, collaboration, family characteristics, departmental climate, and US (compared to Canadian) location. Findings from interviews with a small subset of respondents to the survey illuminate the survey findings on the role of entrepreneurial factors in perceived chances for advancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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18. Identifying the Trends and Impact of Graduate Attributes on Employability: A Literature Review
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Osmani, Mohamad, Weerakkody, Vishanth, Hindi, Nitham M., Al-Esmail, Rajab, Eldabi, Tillal, Kapoor, Kawaljeet, and Irani, Zahir
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Graduate employability has become an issue since there are broad mismatches between the acquired graduate skills from university and the required skills by employers. While previous researches have outlined the salient skills that need to be embedded in graduate education, to date no studies have attempted to methodically identify and synthesize the literature on graduate attributes. In this paper a total of 39 relevant studies on graduate skills and attributes in the subject areas of business and management, accounting, and computer science were extracted from Scopus® (database). This revealed a total of 53 graduate attributes, with some being highly used, such as communication, teamwork, problem solving, technological skills, creativity, interpersonal skills, leadership skills, self-management and flexibility/adaptability. The majority of studies used a quantitative survey method to collect and rank graduate attributes, and Australia emerged as the most active country in researching the domain.
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- 2015
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19. Studying the Publication Pattern of Canadian Computer Scientists.
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Li Zhang
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COMPUTER science research , *SCHOLARLY publishing , *CONFERENCE papers , *COMPUTER science periodicals , *COMPUTER scientists , *COMPUTER science conferences , *BIBLIOMETRICS - Abstract
This study explored the publication pattern of Canadian computer scientists and compared the impact of conference papers and journal articles published by these researchers. It was found that conference proceedings are the preferred venue for scholarly communication, but the impact of conference papers is not comparable to that of journal articles. The potential reasons for the lower impact of conference papers are discussed, and possible approaches to improve the current scholarly communication system in computer science are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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20. Exploring Media Literacy and Computational Thinking: A Game Maker Curriculum Study
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Jenson, Jennifer and Droumeva, Milena
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While advances in game-based learning are already transforming educative practices globally, with tech giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google taking notice and investing in educational game initiatives, there is a concurrent and critically important development that focuses on "game construction" pedagogy as a vehicle for enhancing computational literacy in middle and high school students. Essentially, game construction-based curriculum takes the central question "do children learn from playing games" to the next stage by asking "(what) can children learn from constructing games?" Founded on Seymour Papert's constructionist learning model, and developed over nearly two decades, there is compelling evidence that game construction can increase student confidence and build their capacity towards ongoing computing science involvement and other STEM subjects. Our study adds to the growing body of literature on school-based game construction through comprehensive empirical methodology and evidence-based guidelines for curriculum design. There is still debate as to the utility of different software tools for game construction, models of scaffolding knowledge, and evaluation of learning outcomes and knowledge transfer. In this paper, we present a study we conducted in a classroom environment with three groups of grade 6 students (60+ students) using Game Maker to construct their own games. Based on a quantitative analysis and a qualitative discussion we organize results around several core themes that speak to the field of inquiry: levels of computational literacy based on pre- and post-tests; gender-based attitudes to computing science and programming based on a pre- and post-survey; and the relationship between existing media literacy and performance in programming as part of the game construction curriculum. Significant results include some gender differences in attitudes towards computers and programming with boys demonstrating slightly higher confidence and performance. We discuss the complex reasons potentially contributing to that, particularly against a diverse ecology of overall media use, gameplay experience, and access to technology at home. Finally, we theorize game construction as an educational tool that directly engages foundational literacy and numeracy, and connects to wider STEM-oriented learning objectives in ways that can benefit both boys and girls in the classroom.
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- 2016
21. Teaching Computational Modeling in the Data Science Era.
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Giabbanelli, Philippe and Mago, Vijay
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TEACHING experience ,DATA science ,DATA mining ,RESEARCH universities & colleges ,MATHEMATICAL models ,COMPUTER science - Abstract
Integrating data and models is an important and still challenging goal in science. Computational modeling has been taught for decades and regularly revised, for example in the 2000s where it became more inclusive of data mining. As we are now in the ‘data science’ era, we have the occasion (and often the incentive) to teach in an integrative manner computational modeling and data science. In this paper, we reviewed the content of courses and programs on computational modeling and/or data science. From this review and our teaching experience, we formed a set of design principles for an integrative course. We independently implemented these principles in two public research universities, in Canada and the US, for a course targeting graduate students and upper-division undergraduates. We discuss and contrast these implementations, and suggest ways in which the teaching of computational science can continue to be revised going forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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22. Revisiting public health informatics: patient privacy concerns.
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Birnbaum, David, Gretsinger, Kathryn, Antonio, Marcy G., Loewen, Elizabeth, and Lacroix, Paulette
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RIGHT of privacy ,MEDICAL ethics laws ,MEDICAL ethics ,PRIVACY ,COMPUTER science ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,INFORMATION science ,MASS media ,PUBLIC health ,RESPONSIBILITY ,RISK management in business ,ADULT education workshops ,KNOWLEDGE management ,ELECTRONIC health records - Abstract
Purpose Expanding networks of data portals and repositories linked to electronic patient record systems, along with advances in information technology, have created both new opportunities in improving public health and new challenges in protecting patient privacy. The purpose of this paper is to review stakeholder perspectives and provide a framework for promoting implementation of current privacy protection improvement recommendations.Design/methodology/approach This paper summarizes a workshop session discussion stemming from the 2017 Information Technology and Communication in Health (ITCH) biennial international conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The perspectives within health service research, journalism, informatics and privacy protection were represented.Findings Problems underlying gaps in privacy protection in the USA and Canada, along with then-current changes recommended by public health leaders as well as Information and Privacy Commissioners, were identified in a session of the 2015 ITCH conference. During the 2017 conference, a workshop outlined the current situation, identifying ongoing challenges and a lack of significant progress. This paper summarizes that 2017 discussion identifying political climate as the major impediment to progress on this issue. It concludes with a framework to guide the path forward.Originality/value This paper provides an international perspective to problems, resources and solution pathways with links useful to readers in all countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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23. The Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression (CAN-BIND): magnetic resonance imaging protocols.
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MacQueen, Glenda M., Hassel, Stefanie, Arnott, Stephen R., Addington, Jean, Bowie, Christopher R., Bray, Signe L., Davis, Andrew D., Downar, Jonathan, Foster, Jane A., Frey, Benicio N., Goldstein, Benjamin I., Hall, Geoffrey B., Harkness, Kate L., Harris, Jacqueline, Lam, Raymond W., Lebel, Catherine, Milev, Roumen, Müller, Daniel J., Parikh, Sagar V., and Rizvi, Sakina
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS , *DIAGNOSIS of mental depression , *BEHAVIOR therapy , *BIOMARKERS , *COMBINED modality therapy , *COMPUTER science , *MENTAL depression , *DRUGS , *HEALTH , *INFORMATION science , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *MEDICAL protocols , *NEURORADIOLOGY , *PATIENT compliance , *QUALITY control , *INFORMATION resources , *TRANSCRANIAL magnetic stimulation , *SAMPLE size (Statistics) , *TREATMENT effectiveness - Abstract
Studies of clinical populations that combine MRI data generated at multiple sites are increasingly common. The Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression (CAN-BIND; www.canbind.ca) is a national depression research program that includes multimodal neuroimaging collected at several sites across Canada. The purpose of the current paper is to provide detailed information on the imaging protocols used in a number of CAN-BIND studies. The CAN-BIND program implemented a series of platform-specific MRI protocols, including a suite of prescribed structural and functional MRI sequences supported by real-time monitoring for adherence and quality control. The imaging data are retained in an established informatics and databasing platform. Approximately 1300 participants are being recruited, including almost 1000 with depression. These include participants treated with antidepressant medications, transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive behavioural therapy and cognitive remediation therapy. Our ability to analyze the large number of imaging variables available may be limited by the sample size of the substudies. The CAN-BIND program includes a multimodal imaging database supported by extensive clinical, demographic, neuropsychological and biological data from people with major depression. It is a resource for Canadian investigators who are interested in understanding whether aspects of neuroimaging — alone or in combination with other variables — can predict the outcomes of various treatment modalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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24. Teaching Robotics during COVID-19: Machine Learning, Simulation, and AWS DeepRacer
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International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and Holowka, Peter
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COVID-19 presented a challenge to the traditional methods of teaching programming and robotics in a secondary school environment. When campuses were closed around the world in the spring of 2020, it was not possible for students to access the computer labs nor the robotics equipment that was traditionally used to facilitate the instruction of robotics programming units. This paper presents a design research project in which two secondary institutions in Canada and Turkey collaborated to teach computer science and robotics programming, specifically reinforcement learning, through the use of an online simulation environment. The two student cohorts in the study both were successful in developing reinforcement learning models for autonomous vehicles, despite not having any prior experience in machine learning nor artificial intelligence. The implications of this work are that physical robotics kits and dedicated robotics spaces are not essential to the teaching of programming and robotics. This is especially relevant to marginalized communities that do not have the resources to support robotics instruction, further exacerbating the digital divide.
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- 2020
25. Machine Learning Applications of Convolutional Neural Networks and Unet Architecture to Predict and Classify Demosponge Behavior.
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Harrison, Dominica, De Leo, Fabio Cabrera, Gallin, Warren J., Mir, Farin, Marini, Simone, and Leys, Sally P.
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CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks ,MACHINE learning ,DEEP learning ,COMPUTER science ,TIME series analysis ,TELECOMMUNICATION cables - Abstract
Biological data sets are increasingly becoming information-dense, making it effective to use a computer science-based analysis. We used convolution neural networks (CNN) and the specific CNN architecture Unet to study sponge behavior over time. We analyzed a large time series of hourly high-resolution still images of a marine sponge, Suberites concinnus (Demospongiae, Suberitidae) captured between 2012 and 2015 using the NEPTUNE seafloor cabled observatory, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. We applied semantic segmentation with the Unet architecture with some modifications, including adapting parts of the architecture to be more applicable to three-channel images (RGB). Some alterations that made this model successful were the use of a dice-loss coefficient, Adam optimizer and a dropout function after each convolutional layer which provided losses, accuracies and dice scores of up to 0.03, 0.98 and 0.97, respectively. The model was tested with five-fold cross-validation. This study is a first step towards analyzing trends in the behavior of a demosponge in an environment that experiences severe seasonal and inter-annual changes in climate. The end objective is to correlate changes in sponge size (activity) over seasons and years with environmental variables collected from the same observatory platform. Our work provides a roadmap for others who seek to cross the interdisciplinary boundaries between biology and computer science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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26. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategies in Engineering and Computer Science.
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Amer, Adan, Sidhu, Gaganpreet, Alvarez, Maria Isabel Ramirez, Ramos, Juan Antonio Lopez, and Srinivasan, Seshasai
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COMPUTER engineers ,COMPUTER science ,MINORITIES ,ACADEMIA ,SUSTAINABLE development - Abstract
This article delves into the issues of equity, diversity, and inclusiveness (EDI) in the engineering disciplines in Canada and Spain and presents the challenges faced by underrepresented individuals and ways to promote an inclusive and diverse environment. Two strategic lines are identified: (a) facilitating university education access to underrepresented and minority groups and (b) guiding such students during university training to set them up for successful future careers. Accordingly, this article shows how the strategies mentioned above are implemented in some selected Canadian and Spanish universities, clearly distinguishing the approach taken in the two countries. In Canada, there is a more decentralized approach to addressing EDI issues, wherein the universities devise their agendas independently. In Spain, on the other hand, there is a stronger and more direct involvement of the government to ensure a comprehensive, system-wide approach to tackling EDI issues in academia. This article helps education policymakers to devise and implement pragmatic strategies for achieving EDI and the relevant UN-defined sustainable development goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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