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The Queer and Feminist Worlds of Witches & Magical Beings in Feminist YA Graphic Novels
(MAI, 2023-03-30)The figure of the witch currently offers a compelling manifestation of the desires and anxieties of our social moment particularly around gender, equity, and misogyny. With this current reemergence of the witch figure in ... -
Witches in Swamps, Sirens at Sea, Leviathans of the Deep: Feminist Figures that Haunt our Social Media World
(University of Waterloo, 2024)This article considers the resurgence of the monstrous feminine in digital culture, focusing on the memetic manifestation of witches, sirens, and leviathans. We trace the histories of these figures in the digital present, ... -
Design of practical computer vision system with real-time object detection capability
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-07)Computer vision nowadays relies heavily on machine learning techniques to interpret useful information from images or videos. Object detection is one such computer vision technique for identifying and locating objects ... -
Whodunit: Classifying Code as Human Authored or GPT-4 generated- A case study on CodeChef problems
(Mining Software Repositories, 2024-04-15)Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, built on large language models like GPT-4, are revolutionizing how programming tasks are performed, raising questions about whether code is authored ... -
A novel cohesive zone modelling approach to represent mixed mode loading and bond line thickness effects
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-02-28)Accurate representation of the traction-separation response for mixed mode loading in a cohesive zone model (CZM) is critical to predicting the response of adhesive joints in a number of applications, including transportation ... -
Voicing Dissonance: Resistant Soundscapes in 1960s Feminist Experimental Film
(University of California Press, 2015-10-01)This article examines how sound was used as an effective tool of formal resistance in the work of influential feminist filmmakers, Carolee Schneemann (United States), Gunvor Nelson (Sweden), and Joyce Wieland (Canada). ... -
The Psychogeographies of Site-Specific Art
(HAL Open Science, 2018-07-16)Contemporary efforts at urban revitalization have encouraged an increased production of site-specific public art events that temporarily inhabit popular city hubs. These “pop up†interventions range from loosely assembled ... -
Finding the Win: Transforming STEM Learning and Information-Seeking Experiences
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2023-07)Transformative learning focuses on the idea that learners can adjust their thinking based on new information. This chapter explores how a STEM librarian can use transformative learning theory and pedagogy to change student ... -
Sizing-Design Method and Performance Improvement for Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-06)Electrification of the energy system through renewable sources is an effective solution to combat the adverse effects of climate change. Despite the potential, integrating renewables into the electrical grid faces a ... -
Natural Language Processing using Deep Learning for Classifying Water Infrastructure Procurement Records and Calculating Unit Costs
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-06)This thesis introduces a novel ontology-based deep learning classification model specifically tailored for civil engineering applications, focusing on automating the extraction and classification of water infrastructure ... -
Environmental DNA barcoding as a method of amphibian species detection compared to conventional monitoring techniques in southern Ontario vernal pools
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-06)Ongoing monitoring is vital for the conservation of amphibian species and is conducted through conventional auditory and visual surveys. A molecular method, termed environmental DNA (eDNA) barcoding, may offer a more ... -
Materializing Data: New Research Methods for Feminist Digital Humanities
(Open Library of Humanities, 2020-11-24)This paper argues that materializing data may be a useful methodology in intersectional feminst digital humanities, because it requires close attention not only to the content of data and the contexts in which it is produced, ... -
Living whose best life? An intersectional feminist interrogation of postfeminist #solidarity in #selfcare
(NECS European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, 2021-06-05)This article argues that one of the many ways that white supremacy functions within digital culture is to obscure the realities of social inequity via neoliberal dictums for self-improvement and individ-ualist calls to ... -
“All Your Faves Are Problematic”: The Performative Spectatorship of Drunk Feminist Film
(Duke University Press, 2022-09-01)This article looks at the work of the Drunk Feminist Film (DFF) collective from Toronto, Canada. DFF screenings offer interactive in‐person and online events that combine watching popular Hollywood films with simultaneous ... -
Meme-ifying Data: The Rise of Public Health Influencers on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter during Covid-19
(DIGSUM, 2023-09-01)This article argues for the importance of the memetic tactic of bricolage within contemporary social media science communication for its capacity to curate and distill approachable, accessible, and shareable Covid-19 ... -
Dwelling as Method: Lingering in/with Feminist Curated Data Sets on Instagram
(DIGSUM, 2024)This article proposes and delineates “digital dwelling” as one method of grappling with a central methodological challenge that we, as feminist researchers, face of how researchers might account for the multiple entanglements ... -
Feminist Shadow Networks: 'Thinking, Talking, and Making' as Praxes of Relationality and Care
(Open Library of Humanities, 2023-10-17)In the face of the constraints and pressures of the neoliberal university, this article argues for the importance of feminist shadow networks as a response to the unequal academic grounds on which scholars and students are ... -
Volunteer Participation in Ecological Restoration: Motivations, Organizations, and Conviviality
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-28)The state of ecosystems worldwide are increasingly dire. Ecological restoration is a practice that has the potential to remedy ecosystem degradation. Engaging people in ecological restoration can help ensure project success, ... -
Smooth and Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning for Multi-Axis Machine Tools
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-26)This thesis presents novel methods for feedrate optimization and toolpath smoothing in CNC machining. Descriptions of the algorithms, simulation test cases, and experimental results are presented. Both feedrate optimization ... -
Task-Parameterized Transformer for Learning Gripper Trajectory from Demonstrations
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-26)The goal of learning from demonstration or imitation learning is to teach the model to generalize across unseen tasks based on available demonstrations. This ability can be important for the stable performance of a robot ...