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Practical Improvements For Pivot And Surface Irrigation, Jonathan A. Holt
Practical Improvements For Pivot And Surface Irrigation, Jonathan A. Holt
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Irrigation is critical to meeting global food and fiber demands. Optimizing agricultural irrigation may help sustain production levels, while reducing its demand for water. This research evaluated precision sprinklers and drip irrigation for pivots, five pivot track mitigation tools, three scientific irrigation scheduling (SIS) methods, sensors for surface irrigation cutoff, and automating surface systems to implement surge irrigation. With pivots and surface irrigation being the most common methods for irrigation in the West, small improvements from these tools could result in significant water savings.
Low energy precision application (LEPA) sprinklers and mobile drip irrigation (MDI) were tested on two pivots. …
Optimizing Resource Utilization, Efficiency And Scalability In Deep Learning Systems, Xiaofeng Wu
Optimizing Resource Utilization, Efficiency And Scalability In Deep Learning Systems, Xiaofeng Wu
Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations
This thesis addresses the challenges of utilization, efficiency, and scalability faced by deep learning systems, which are essential for high-performance training and serving of deep learning models. Deep learning systems play a critical role in developing accurate and complex models for various applications, including image recognition, natural language understanding, and speech recognition. This research focuses on understanding and developing deep learning systems that encompass data preprocessing, resource management, multi-tenancy, and distributed model training. The thesis proposes several solutions to improve the performance, scalability, and efficiency of deep learning applications. Firstly, we introduce SwitchFlow, a scheduling framework that addresses the limitations …