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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 13artificial intelligence
- 6machine learning
- 3deep learning
- 3reinforcement learning
- 1Be Right Back
- 1Black Mirror
- 1Ady, Nadia Michelle
- 1Althubaiti, Majed
- 1Bennett, Brendan
- 1Benoit, James RA
- 1Chan, Alan
- 1Davis, Sarah (Sacha) Maren
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Fall 2023
Curiosity appears to motivate and guide effective learning in humans, which has led to high hopes in the machine learning community for machine analogues of curiosity. While a variety of machine curiosity algorithms have been introduced, they are rarely compared with other existing curiosity...
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The Infinite and the Intimate: Exploring AI Narratives and the Centrality of the Couple-Form
DownloadSpring 2021
This thesis explores how the couple form is represented in four filmic objects: Her (2013), Bladerunner 2049 (2017), Ex Machina (2015), and “Be Right Back,” an episode of the TV series Black Mirror. I will argue that each of these films demonstrate that the couple fixates on the discreteness...
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Triage narratives – exploring a widely collected but dramatically underexplored source of emergency department data
DownloadSpring 2023
Emergency departments (ED) around the globe rely on triage to sort which patients can wait safely for care when the demand for service outstrips the resources available. The triage process is typically performed by experienced emergency nurses and can be the earliest documented assessment for...