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Cross-Referencing Social Media And Public Surveillance Camera Data For Disaster Response, Chittayong Surakitbanharn,, Calvin Yau, Guizhen Wang, Aniesh Chawla, Yinuo Pan, Zhaoya Sun, Sam Yellin, David Ebert, Yung-Hsiang Lu, George K. Thiruvathukal Oct 2018

Cross-Referencing Social Media And Public Surveillance Camera Data For Disaster Response, Chittayong Surakitbanharn,, Calvin Yau, Guizhen Wang, Aniesh Chawla, Yinuo Pan, Zhaoya Sun, Sam Yellin, David Ebert, Yung-Hsiang Lu, George K. Thiruvathukal

George K. Thiruvathukal

Physical media (like surveillance cameras) and social media (like Instagram and Twitter) may both be useful in attaining on-the-ground information during an emergency or disaster situation. However, the intersection and reliability of both surveillance cameras and social media during a natural disaster are not fully understood. To address this gap, we tested whether social media is of utility when physical surveillance cameras went off-line during Hurricane Irma in 2017. Specifically, we collected and compared geo-tagged Instagram and Twitter posts in the state of Florida during times and in areas where public surveillance cameras went off-line. We report social media content …


Smt-Based Constraint Answer Set Solver Ezsmt+ For Non-Tight Programs, Da Shen, Yuliya Lierler Sep 2018

Smt-Based Constraint Answer Set Solver Ezsmt+ For Non-Tight Programs, Da Shen, Yuliya Lierler

Yuliya Lierler

Constraint answer set programming integrates answer set programming with constraint processing. System Ezsmt+ is a constraint answer set programming tool that utilizes satisfiability modulo theory solvers for search. The truly unique feature of ezsmt+ is its capability to process linear as well as nonlinear constraints simultaneously containing integer and real variables.


Strong Equivalence And Conservative Extensions Hand In Hand For Arguing Correctness Of New Action Language C Formalization, Yuliya Lierler Aug 2018

Strong Equivalence And Conservative Extensions Hand In Hand For Arguing Correctness Of New Action Language C Formalization, Yuliya Lierler

Yuliya Lierler

Answer set programming  is a  declarative programming paradigm used in formulating combinatorial search problems and implementing distinct knowledge representation and reasoning formalisms. It is common that several related and yet substantially different answer set programs exist for a given problem. Uncovering precise formal links between these programs is often of value. This paper develops a methodology for establishing such links. This methodology relies on the notions of strong equivalence and conservative extensions and a body of earlier theoretical work related to these concepts. We use distinct answer set programming formalizations  of an action language C and a syntactically restricted action …


Smt-Based Answer Set Solver Cmodels-Diff (System Description), Da Shen, Yuliya Lierler Jun 2018

Smt-Based Answer Set Solver Cmodels-Diff (System Description), Da Shen, Yuliya Lierler

Yuliya Lierler

Many answer set solvers utilize Satisfiability solvers for search. SMT solvers extend Satisfiability solvers. This paper presents the CMODELS-DIFF system that uses SMT solvers to find answer sets of a logic program. Its theoretical foundation is based on Niemala's characterization of answer sets of a logic program via so called level rankings. The comparative experimental analysis demonstrates that CMODELS-DIFF is a viable answer set solver.


Computer Vision Evidence Supporting Craniometric Alignment Of Rat Brain Atlases To Streamline Expert-Guided, First-Order Migration Of Hypothalamic Spatial Datasets Related To Behavioral Control, Arshad M. Khan, Jose G. Perez, Claire E. Wells, Olac Fuentes Apr 2018

Computer Vision Evidence Supporting Craniometric Alignment Of Rat Brain Atlases To Streamline Expert-Guided, First-Order Migration Of Hypothalamic Spatial Datasets Related To Behavioral Control, Arshad M. Khan, Jose G. Perez, Claire E. Wells, Olac Fuentes

Arshad M. Khan, Ph.D.

The rat has arguably the most widely studied brain among all animals, with numerous reference atlases for rat brain having been published since 1946. For example, many neuroscientists have used the atlases of Paxinos and Watson (PW, first published in 1982) or Swanson (S, first published in 1992) as guides to probe or map specific rat brain structures and their connections. Despite nearly three decades of contemporaneous publication, no independent attempt has been made to establish a basic framework that allows data mapped in PW to be placed in register with S, or vice versa. …


Artificial Intelligence And Role-Reversible Judgment, Stephen E. Henderson, Kiel Brennan-Marquez Dec 2017

Artificial Intelligence And Role-Reversible Judgment, Stephen E. Henderson, Kiel Brennan-Marquez

Stephen E Henderson

As intelligent machines begin more generally outperforming human experts, why should humans remain ‘in the loop’ of decision-making?  One common answer focuses on outcomes: relying on intuition and experience, humans are capable of identifying interpretive errors—sometimes disastrous errors—that elude machines.  Though plausible today, this argument will wear thin as technology evolves.

Here, we seek out sturdier ground: a defense of human judgment that focuses on the normative integrity of decision-making.  Specifically, we propose an account of democratic equality as ‘role-reversibility.’  In a democracy, those tasked with making decisions should be susceptible, reciprocally, to the impact of decisions; there ought to …