Essays about: "JOAKIM OLSSON"

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1. 1. The Innovation Game: A study of the relationship between CEO compensation and R&D spending

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Joakim Edlund; Andreas Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : CEO; Compensation; Risk-taking; Research Development; Options;

   Abstract : While previous research has examined how CEO compensation influences managerial behavior, little is known about whether and how compensation influences R&D spending decisions. Because theoretical models predict that CEOs are disincentivized to undertake projects with uncertain long-term payoffs, scholars argue that CEO compensation should be linked to long-term performance. READ MORE

3. 2. Performance Analysis of GPU and CPU Parallelization on the Kmeans Algorithm

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Joakim Olsson; Stefan Christiansson; [2021]
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   Abstract : The K-means algorithm is one of the more known unsupervised algorithms that aims to partition data points into a specified number of clusters, where each data point belongs to the cluster with the nearest cluster center, which is also known as a centroid. However, a basic implementation of the K-means algorithm, without any optimizations, is ineffective when used in larger applications. READ MORE

4. 3. Laser Lunacy! A Collaborative and Co-located Multiplayer Game Developing a Tool for Children to Practice Collaboration

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : JOAKIM AGNEMYR; ALEXANDRA GARRIDO JAQUE; CARL MÅNSSON; ANTON OLSSON; PAULINA PALMBERG; SPONDON SIDDIQUI; [2020-10-30]
   Keywords : collaboration; collaborative games for children; cooperative learning; gameplay design patterns; social and emotional learning; gameplay design for children; co-located games;

   Abstract : The development and spread of digital platforms have led to many new phenomena. Many of them positive, but many of them also negative. One such negative phenomenon is the increasing amount of time that children spend on platforms such as computers, tablets, and smartphones. READ MORE

5. 4. A Critique of the Learning Brain

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Joakim Olsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Learning Brain; Learning; Cognitivism; Representational Theory of Mind; Computational Theory of Mind; Mentalism; Mind-Brain Identity; Computer Analogy; Scientism; Anthropological Holism; Enactivism; Intentionality; Intentional Action; Phenomenology; Philosophy of Mind; Cognitive Science; Capabilities; Practical Knowledge; Bildung; Wolf Singer; Kurt W. Fischer; Jerry Fodor; Vincent Descombes; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Elizabeth Anscombe; Evan Thompson;

   Abstract : The guiding question for this essay is: who is the learner? The aim is to examine and criticize one answer to this question, sometimes referred to as the theory of the learning brain, which suggests that the explanation of human learning can be reduced to the transmitting and storing of information in the brain’s formal and representational architecture, i.e. READ MORE

6. 5. Knowledge, truth and the life-affirming ideal in Nietzsche’s perspectivism

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Olsson Joakim; [2018]
   Keywords : knowledge; truth; Friedrich Nietzsche; perspectivism; perspective; life-affirming ideal; post-truth; coherentism; epistemology;

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