We propose a new self-supervised CNN pre-training technique based on a novel auxiliary
task called odd-one-out learning. In this task, the machine is asked to identify the unrelated …

The notion of mediation has been the object of growing interest in second language
education in recent years. The increasing awareness of the complex nature of the process of …

Communication is becoming one of the central elements in software development. As a
potential typed foundation for structured communication-centred programming, session …

The world is increasingly populated with interactive agents distributed in space, real or
abstract. These agents can be artificial, as in computing systems that manage and monitor …

Communication is a central elements in software development. As a potential typed
foundation for structured communication-centered programming, session types have been …

A predictive model for streamflow has practical implications for understanding the drought
hydrology, environmental monitoring and agriculture, ecosystems and resource …

Understanding the resilience of vulnerable sectors of social-ecological systems is critical in
an era of escalating global change. The coral reef tourism sector is highly vulnerable not …

As computer systems continue to grow in complexity, the possibility of failure increases. At
the same time, the increase in computer system pervasiveness in day-to-day activities bring …

In concurrent and distributed systems, processes can complete tasks together by playing
their parts in a joint plan. The plan, or protocol, can be written as a choreography: a formal …

As the classical corporate boundaries are beginning to blur internally as well as externally
traditional value chains loose their chain attributes, and are replaced by a web of fluid and …