Essays about: "usefulness of science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words usefulness of science.

1. 1. Evaluation of Application and Platform ContinuousDeployment Strategies and Tools over Edge Clusters

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : André Lundqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was the investigation of using Cloud Native tools in an On-prem Edge Deployment. Edge Computing allows software with explicit demands on latency, data management and reliability to utilize Cloud Computing by moving the compute power to the location of need while leaving the management in the Cloud. READ MORE

3. 2. Power in the Age of the Green Energy Transition: Multinational Corporations, the State, and Cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Wilma Arvidsson; [2023]
   Keywords : cobalt; Democratic Republic of Congo; Glencore; multinational corporations; green energy transition; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the power balance between states and multinational corporations, and how the green energy transition impacts this balance, a connection commonly overlooked by researchers. I have sought to remedy this gap by conducting a qualitative case study of the relationship between the Democratic Republic of Congo, which holds the majority of global cobalt reserves, and major cobalt producer Glencore. READ MORE

4. 3. MLpylint: Automating the Identification of Machine Learning-Specific Code Smells

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik

   Author : Peter Hamfelt; [2023]
   Keywords : Code Smell; Machine Learning; Static Code Analysis; Software Quality; Technical Debt;

   Abstract : Background. Machine learning (ML) has rapidly grown in popularity, becoming a vital part of many industries. This swift expansion has brought about new challenges to technical debt, maintainability and the general software quality of ML systems. READ MORE

5. 4. Worlding Communication: The Foregrounding of Novel Communication Barriers in Literature

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Serra Hughes; [2022]
   Keywords : novel communication barriers; Eric Hayot; novum; world literature; estrangement; metadiegetic structures; Jürgen Habermas; Darko Suvin; language; linguistic novelty;

   Abstract : Novel communication barriers, innovative obstacles to mutual understanding that deviate from the norms of the actual world, are a recurring yet understudied presence in aesthetic worlds of all kinds. Some examples of this are Dana’s twentieth-century way of speaking that travels back in time with her in Kindred, or Americans under Japanese occupation struggling to speak through cultural and linguistic barriers in an alternate historical timeline in The Man in the High Castle, or the unique obstructions to communication in the alien encounters of Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness or Ted Chiang’s “The Story of Your Life. READ MORE

6. 5. Investigating Attitudes of A Persuasive Eco-feedback Design for Digital Tasks

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Stella Biliou; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; Eco-Feedback; Persuasive Systems Design; Human-Computer-Interaction; Monitor systems; Environmental friendly; Persuasive Potential Questionnaire; UTAUT; UX Design;

   Abstract : Sustainable development as a research topic is becoming more prevalent across different fields. From a computer science perspective sustainability can incorporate anything from how to develop low-resource-use algorithms to human-computer-interaction oriented applications for behavior change. READ MORE