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Viola Margaret (Lyons) George
No full textposted: Le Necrologue, digwiddi; funeral arrangements by Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home
Energy efficient edge computing computation offloading with DVFS using reinforcement learning for time-critical IoT applications
No full textInternet of Things (IoT) is an emerging domain that explores technologies providing ordinary and tiny physical devices with ways to connect to the internet, collect, process, and share data that is changing the way people interact with things around them. It provides the pervasively connected infrastructure to support innovative applications and services that automate otherwise intensely laborious manual efforts. IoT devices often generate a huge amount of data. Traditionally, these devices offload data to centralized cloud servers to provide the computational resources for processing known as Cloud Com- puting (CC). This approach suffers from several shortcomings such as network latency, higher network bandwidth requirement, privacy and security concerns, etc. Edge Com- puting (EC) complements the powerful centralized cloud servers by providing powerful processing capability close to the data source, minimizing network latency and securing data privacy. Energy consumption is one of the most vital issues for battery-powered tiny IoT devices. In recent years, the energy consumption problem has received a lot of attention from the IoT community in applying various techniques to reduce energy consumption while meeting the computational demand. In any computing device, the processor is the highest energy-consuming unit. Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) has been commonly used in processors to reduce power consumption. In this thesis, we propose an offloading technique with DVFS using reinforcement learning in an edge computing environment to reduce the energy consumption of IoT devices. Experimental results show that this technique can reduce energy consumption while achieving the computational goals of the application and services. The proposed scheme has sub- stantial energy savings when compared with the native Linux governors. It reduces energy consumption by 5% and 9.5% on an average when compared against ondemand and conservative governors respectively
Shirley Caroline (MacLeod) Farrell
No full textposted: SaltWire, Feb. 22, 2022; funeral arrangements by C. L. Curry Funeral Service
Lucina Maria (Long) Avery
No full textposted: Le Necrologue, Necro Canada; funeral arrangements by Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home
Mary Catherine Fraser
No full textposted: SaltWire, Mar. 29, 2022; funeral arrangements by C. L. Curry Funeral Services; "Cassie"; former St.F.X. staff (Morrison Hall Dining Room
Isabel (Cameron) Delaney
No full textposted: SaltWire, Mar. 4, 2022; funeral arrangements by C. L. Curry Funeral Service
Eileen Audrey (Sangster) Pellerin
No full textposted: SaltWire, Feb. 7, 2022; funeral arrangements by G. W. Giffin Funeral Home; also of New Harbou
Donald Peter MacNeil
No full textposted: SaltWire, Feb. 7, 2022; funeral arrangements by MacIsaac Funeral Home; "Donnie"; former St.F.X. staff (Director of Maintenance
Empowering teachers and students through arts integration in core subjects: Facilitating universal engagement through universal design
No full textThere is no denying that the landscape of education is changing at a rapid pace. Today’s classrooms are filled with brilliant learners who have their own distinct sets of interests, cultures, and learning preferences. The ways in which they access, engage in, and represent their learning is unique to who they are as individuals. While all students must have access to and need to be engaged with their learning, research has shown that traditional ways of teaching and learning often exclude some students. Research has also shown that Universal Design for Learning is a culturally responsive and inclusive framework for education that provides equal opportunities for all learners to succeed. To implement Universal Design for Learning effectively in their classrooms, educators require professional learning opportunities that provide them with practical information, exemplars, and tools that they can implement immediately to create inclusive classrooms for diverse learners. Building upon my first Master’s project on the integration of visual arts to support social emotional-learning across the curriculum, the overarching goal of this project is to enable educators to utilize Universal Design for Learning to infuse visual arts into the core subjects in a way that promotes the creativity, engagement, and learning of all students in inclusive classrooms. To support educators, an online professional development series entitled ‘Empowering Teachers and Students through Arts Integration in Core Subjects: Facilitating Universal Engagement through Universal Design’ was developed. This professional development series is comprised of six self-directed, professional learning modules. It is my hope, as an artist, educational leader, and champion of inclusive education, that these modules will inspire elementary educators to integrate UDL-based visual arts lessons into the core subjects to create inclusive classrooms that celebrate the unique strengths, challenges, of interests of each and every learner
Christopher Ryan MacInnis
No full textposted: Necro Canada, Le Necrologue; funeral arrangements by C. L. Curry Funeral Services; also of Edmonto