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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
- 2Abdi Oskouie, Mina
- 2Birkbeck, Neil Aylon Charles
- 2Cai, Zhipeng
- 2Chen, Jiyang
- 2Chowdhury, Md Solimul
- 2Chubak, Pirooz
- 83Machine Learning
- 76Reinforcement Learning
- 42Artificial Intelligence
- 37Machine learning
- 24Natural Language Processing
- 23reinforcement learning
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Fall 2023
Smartphone users rely on mobile applications (apps) to perform various functionalities. However, if an app is developed inefficiently, such that it over-consumes energy, it could negatively impact user experience and lead to poor user reviews. To ensure that an app does not consume energy...
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Fall 2022
As one of the main tasks in studying causality, the goal of Causal Inference is to determine "whether" (and perhaps "how much") the value of a certain variable (i.e., the effect) would change, had another specified variable (i.e., the cause) changed its value. A prominent example is the...
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Spring 2015
Believable, realistic video game character behaviour continues to lag behind the improvements in graphics, stories and game play in video games. In this dissertation we focus on the use of two techniques, emotional gaits and emotional incidents, as a way to add easily identifiable, non-verbal,...
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Fall 2024
Large Language Models (LLMs), including Vision Large Language Models (VLLMs), herald the coming of a new research epoch in machine learning and computational linguistics. Despite most LLMs being predominantly trained on English, their proficiency in various languages has been confirmed by many...
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Fall 2016
Current medical imaging professional training uses an apprenticeship model with students following an established doctor and viewing their cases, in what is called a practicum. This posses an issue as students are limited to the cases available during their practicum. To resolve this automated...
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Fall 2022
Imperfect information games model many large-scale real-world problems. Hex is the classic two-player zero-sum no-draw connection game where each player wants to join their two sides. Dark Hex is an imperfect information version of Hex in which each player sees only their own moves. Finding Nash...
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Fall 2023
A new microprocessor within a given processor architecture may introduce performance-improving features that either can only be accessed through novel instructions or require new code-generation techniques to be beneficial. In response, compilers must be extended/improved to make use of these new...
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Spring 2022
Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources worldwide. Almost half of this growth is projected to be behind-the-meter (BTM) installations — typically PV systems mounted on the rooftop of a home or a commercial building. Today, utilities neither have...