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Fine-Tuning Daria: Exploring The Implications Of Temperature, Epochs, & Corpus Size On Gpt-2 Screenplay Generation, Rebecca Lawson

IPHS 300: AI for Humanity

GPT-2 has a number of hyper parameters that can be tuned to adjust the generated text, including temperature, number of epochs, size of the training text corpus, batch size, and number of samples generated. Since GPT-2 is a new AI model, the effects of fine-tuning are still relatively unknown and unexplored. This paper summits experiments adjusting these GPT-2 parameters and how they affect the text output that the model generates.

Gpt-2 Journalism: Can Ai Produce Mike Royko’S Writing?, Teddy Kamin

IPHS 300: AI for Humanity

To begin, newspapers are vital for the Fourth Estate which means that newspapers are the check to the checks and balances of government. The past decade has not been a very good time for newspapers, as they have been caught in the digital revolution. More and more newspapers are shutting down because of online competition, drop in ad revenue, declining circulation among young readers, and the hunger for the fastest news, 24/7. Newspapers and their effect on society are indispensable. Newspapers, staffed by hard-working, truth-seeking reporters who aren’t afraid of doing whatever it takes to bring justice, earned the title …

The Library Of Appalachian Preaching At Marshall University, Robert Ellison

English Faculty Research

This note discusses the Library of Appalachian Preaching, an online project that provides access to sermons and other addresses delivered in Appalachia, or elsewhere by preachers with some kind of connection to the region. It describes the scope of the project, provides an overview of the Library’s website, and suggests several research topics and areas of inquiry that might emerge from the materials included in the project.

Art Imitates Life: The Representation (Or Lack Thereof) Of Black Women In Video Games, Bug Gadson

Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works

The key focus of this essay is to compare the representation of black women in media, primarily in television and film, to the representation of black female characters in video games. Using black feminist theory, this essay illustrates the treatment of black female characters in gaming. The particular and deliberate methods of writing black female characters in video games are used to highlight white video game characters and their narratives, instead of giving life and dimension to the black female characters themselves. The hostile and unsafe environments in gaming spaces are cultivated through upholding these harmful stereotypes of black women, …

Attitudes Towards Abortion In The United States: How Public Opinion Compares To Government’S Decision Making, Thaise Sudano

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Billy Pilgrim Was Unstuck In Time, And Kurt Vonnegut Was Ahead Of His: How Combining Sentiment And Readerly Analysis Is The Future Of Literary Studies, Madeline Vonk

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Killed By Division: Sentiment Analysis Towards Juan Guaido By Venezuelan Opposition Factions Between 2019-2021, Raul Romero

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Discovering Ghost Paintings Using Ai And Neural Networks And Its Importance In The Art World, Ani A. Parnagian

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Global Trends In Entertainment During Heights Of The Pandemic: Is Variation In Streaming Service Revenue ($) For Disney+, Netflix, And Hulu Correlated To The Variation In Total World Covid-19 Cases?, Lindsay Pantell

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Five Books, Same Story: Understanding Percy Jackson Through Sentiment Analysis, Huijin Mao

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

It’S The End Of The World As We Know It: Climate “Doomism” And Activism On Twitter, Lara Knopf

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Jane Ai-Sten: What Is Sentiment Analysis’S Connection To Best-Selling Literature?, Casey Leach

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Today’S Divide In Country Music: Is It Justified?, Sara Campagna

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Innovation Or Exploitation? Issues And Ethics Of Using Blockchain Technology To Protect And Maintain The Identities Of Unhoused Persons, Anna Barrett

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

Learning About Metadata And Machines: Teaching Students Using A Novel Structured Database Activity, Andrew Iliadis, Tony Liao, Isabel Pedersen, Jing Han

Journal of Communication Pedagogy

Machines produce and operate using complex systems of metadata that need to be catalogued, sorted, and processed. Many students lack the experience with metadata and sufficient knowledge about it to understand it as part of their data literacy skills. This paper describes an educational and interactive database activity designed for teaching undergraduate communication students about the creation, value, and logic of structured data. Through a set of virtual instructional videos and interactive visualizations, the paper describes how students can gain experience with structured data and apply that knowledge to successfully find, curate, and classify a digital archive of media artifacts. …

The Power Of Voice: Using Audio Podcasts To Teach Vocal Performance And Digital Communication, Amanda Hill

Journal of Communication Pedagogy

Today’s students often speak through mediated technologies. Thus, understanding how nonverbal cues impact meaning-making is key to understanding effective communication across mediums. This case study explores a group project where students created audio podcasts to teach others about a specific aspect of communication studies while considering the way sound and vocal performance affect the transference of the message. This article examines the use of audio podcasts as a vehicle for teaching university students about the power of paralinguistic and chronemic nonverbal behaviors.

Matthew Brown Fellowship Brochure, Matthew Brown

Brown, Matthew, 1776-1853

In the early 2000s, the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, Pennsylvania established the Matthew Brown Fellowship. In the words of this informational brochure, the Fellowship is a "college-aged ministry program" that seeks to "increase this church's involvement with its oldest friend, the College, and to extend its ministry...to meet the growing needs throughout the greater Washington Community."

Eportfolio Task, Steven Bookman, Wiktoria Dumara, Isaiah Jimenez, Lizabeth Singh

Open Educational Resources

This document outlines a task that can be used to assist students in creating an electronic profile utilizing e-portfolio.

Brain Stew, Cullen Landolt, Mya Horn, Kenneth Miller, Aimee Pieper

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Brain Stew is an UMSL publication distributed bi-weekly in both digital and print formats. Its mission is to provide for the Pierre Laclede Honors College a forum for uncensored free thought, commentary, and creativity, as well as news and event listings from PLHCSA and other related campus organizations. The current Brain Stew staff consists of editors Cullen Landolt, Mya Horn, Kenny Miller and Aimee Pieper, with Dan Gerth serving as the faculty supervisor. During the semester, these people write their own content as well as garner submissions from Honors College students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The result is The Most …

Diary Of An Afghan Woman Collection - September 2021

TSOS Interview Gallery

Four women share with us their daily lives in Afghanistan. Join them as they express their love for the country, the people, and each other; and as they share with you their deepest fears and most intimate moments.

They refuse to be silenced as they journey through this new, uncharted chapter in Afghanistan's history.

We at TSOS are honored to provide a platform for their voices to be heard. We will post entries as we receive them. For safety purposes, names have been changed and only avatars (designed with input from each woman) will be used.

ZOYA

Zoya is a …