26 research outputs found
Interactive Image Generation with Relevance Feedback on GANs
No full textFinding information such as images that match the users need is a demanding task. The user
has to be aware of the right keywords to search with and the underlying collection might
not contain the intended images for all users. We propose a methodology to overcome these
limitations by generating images matching the users needs instead of retrieving them from a
collection. The methodology combines generative adversarial networks (GANs) capable of
generating photorealistic images with relevance feedback from users. The methodology was
evaluated with 29 user experiments where users were given a set of image retrieval tasks to
find images not present in the collection of images. The images generated using the system
were compared to the baseline images the users picked from a set of images representing image
search results. The results from the study show that image quality was improved significantly
across all image domains (cats, cars, beds, faces) and relative improvement was greater the
less the starting image had in common with the target. The results suggest that generating
images can be more useful than retrieving them from an existing collection
Generating Images Instead of Retrieving Them : Relevance Feedback on Generative Adversarial Networks
No full textFinding images matching a user’s intention has been largely basedon matching a representation of the user’s information needs withan existing collection of images. For example, using an exampleimage or a written query to express the information need and re-trieving images that share similarities with the query or exampleimage. However, such an approach is limited to retrieving onlyimages that already exist in the underlying collection. Here, wepresent a methodology for generating images matching the userintention instead of retrieving them. The methodology utilizes arelevance feedback loop between a user and generative adversarialneural networks (GANs). GANs can generate novel photorealisticimages which are initially not present in the underlying collection,but generated in response to user feedback. We report experiments(N=29) where participants generate images using four differentdomains and various search goals with textual and image targets.The results show that the generated images match the tasks andoutperform images selected as baselines from a fixed image col-lection. Our results demonstrate that generating new informationcan be more useful for users than retrieving it from a collection ofexisting information.Peer reviewe
Microtransactions and Their Usage
No full textThe main idea for this thesis came from the author’s personal knowledge and interest in the gaming in-dustry. The author is strongly interested in studying the ongoing phenomenon of microtransactions. The author actively follows the latest trends and news happening in the industry and has encountered multiple times news or discussions regarding microtransactions. Seeing topics actively brought to daylight re-garding them, the author wanted to figure out how commonly microtransactions are bought and used by active consumers of video games.
This thesis will focus on video games and respectively to microtransactions that are offered in the most newly released games. The objective of this thesis is to study microtransactions, their popularity, and the reasons behind their success. During the research process, qualitative data were collected in form of a questionnaire from the survey participants regarding the usage of microtransactions. Desk research was done to gather and study data through different materials available from various online sources including academic literature and online journal articles.
One of the main research questions is to find out how popular these microtransactions are with the users, where the built questionnaire acted as a tool to gather data towards this question. The thesis also takes a brief look at the present video games market and their popularity in the entertainment industry and looks through the legal aspects affecting them.
Based on the findings it can be pointed out that microtransactions are commonly bought between active users. Players are most willing to pay for a cosmetic form of microtransactions and games where micro-transactions are bought often, are presenting a free-to-play business model
Musiikkia lyhytelokuvaan
No full textTämän opinnäytetyön aiheena on musiikkiraidan tekeminen lyhytelokuvaan ”Otus syvältä”. Opinnäytetyö koostuu taiteellisesta työstä sekä kirjallisesta raportointiosasta. Itse lyhytelokuva kuvattiin kesällä 2018 ja musiikki että loppuleikkaus valmistuivat opinnäytetyötä varten samana syksynä.
Lopputulos oli tekijän mielestä onnistunut, ja prosessia varten kerätty tieto antoi hyvää näkökulmaa elokuvamusiikin säveltämiseen ja rohkaisi lopulta kokeilemaan jotain hänelle täysin erilaista.
Tässä kirjallisessa osuudessa käydään läpi työn kulkua aina musiikin ideoinnista loppuleikkaukseen. Tätä ennen tutustutaan hieman elokuvamusiikin historiaan sekä elokuvamusiikin säveltämisen prosessiin. Lopuksi on pohdintaa ja päätelmiä työn kulusta ja lopputuloksesta.The subject of this thesis was to compose a soundtrack for the short film ”Creature from the Deep - Otus syvältä”. This thesis consists of the artistic part and the written report. The short film itself was shot in the summer of 2018 and the music and final cut was finished in time for this thesis the next autumn.
The author feels that the outcome was successful and the information gathered from the process gave good insight on the movie music composing process and encouraged the author to test something completely different.
This written part goes through the whole process all the way from brainstorming of the music to the final cut. First, there is a short dive to the history of movie music in general and also to the process of composing movie music. Finally, thoughts and reflections about the work process and the end results are presented
Testing of a Base Station Software Release
No full textThis thesis is written in a diary format, and it focuses on testing of a base station software release. The goal of this thesis is to explain the testing process of one such release. The work for this thesis was done in Nokia Home of Radio which is located in Oulu.
This diary goes through the daily work of a test engineer. The author of this thesis will go through the testing process for this particular software release. This process is reported with short daily reports and with weekly analyses.
At the end of this thesis there will be a conclusion that includes my final thoughts about this thesis and the work that was put into it
Wage policies and the integration of immigrants
No full textMost Nordic countries struggle with the integration of low-skilled immigrants. Relying on research from primarily the Nordics, we discuss to what extent minimum wage reductions can improve labour market prospects for immigrants, whether unskilled and low-pay jobs serve as stepping stones to more qualified and higher-paid jobs and how wages of incumbent workers would be affected by lower minimum wages. We argue that targeted minimum wage reductions aimed at new, previously non-existing jobs and increased differentiation of minimum wages according to experience provide an appropriate balance between the conflicting goals of high employment and low wage inequality.This is a slightly longer version of Ek and Skedinger (2019), We thank Pernilla Andersson Joona, the editors, participants at the seminar arranged by Nordregio on November 6, 2018, and an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments and suggestions. The second author gratefully acknowledges financial support from Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse and the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.</p
Bob Fossen Pippin : aikakautensa maaginen, synkkä helmi
No full textTämä tutkielma on kirjoitettu osana tanssinopettajan tutkinnon (AMK) opinnäytetyökokonaisuutta. Taiteellinen osa opinnäytetyöstä on ryhmäkoreografia Anecdote, yhteistyössä Jeremi Vahteran kanssa. Teos lukeutui toukokuussa 2017 Turun Taideakatemian Köysiteatterissa järjestetyn Köydet irti! -festivaalin ohjelmistoon.
Opinnäytetyön kirjallinen osio käsittelee Bob Fossen (1927–1987) ohjaamaa ja koreografioimaa Pippin–musikaalia (1972), kertoen kyseisen musikaalin historiasta ja sen syntymisestä, käyden läpi sen rakenteen ja juonikuvaelman sekä perehtyen tarkemmin musikaalissa nähtävään ”Glory” ja ”Charles Manson Trio” koreografioihin.
Kirjoitettu teksti pohjautuu kirja- ja internetlähteisiin, jotka sisäistettyään kirjoittaja pyrkii avaamaan lukijalle tarpeellisimmat tiedot musikaalista.This study is written as a partial fulfilment of the Dance Teacher Degree, at the Turku University of Applied Sciences. The artistic choreographic part of the degree is a group performance work called Anecdote. It was a part of the Köydet Irti!-festival May 2017 at the Turku Arts Academy’s Köysiteatteri.
The written part of the thesis is about musical named Pippin (1972), which was directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse (1927-1987). This written part will focus on the birth and the history of this musical as well as going through its storyline. The author will also inspect and analyze more closely “Glory” and “Charles Manson Trio” choreographies.
This written study is mostly based on written sources, mainly books and internet or newspaper articles. After the writer assimilated the knowledge from the sources, he summarized the most important points and wrote them onto this study
REMALE : Maskuliinisuutta muokkaamassa
No full textOpinnäytetyön aiheena on suunnitella miesten vaatemallisto REMALE, johon yhdistetään feminiinisiä ja maskuliinisia piirteitä leikkauksen, materiaalin ja värien kautta. Tavoitteena on rikkoa perinteistä käsitystä maskuliinisesta pukeutumista ja tuoda miesten vaatteisiin feminiininen lisä.
Työn kirjallisessa osuudessa käydään läpi maskuliinisuuden ja feminiinisyyden käsitteitä ja yhteiskunnan rakenteita niiden takana käyttäen alan tutkimuksia, kirjallisuutta ja artikkeleita lähteenä. Lisäksi työssä tutustutaan miesten muodin historiaan. Hankittua kirjallista tietoa sovelletaan suunnitteluprosessiin ja vahvistamaan tekijän ammattitietämystä.
Tämän jälkeen suunnitellaan ja toteutetaan seitsemän vaatekappaleen mallisto, jossa hyödynnetään jo olemassa olevaa sekä kirjallisessa osuudessa hankittua tietoa. Malliston ei ole tarkoitus olla kaupallinen, eikä sitä suunnitella spesifioidulle asiakasryhmälle. Lopuksi arvioidaan mallisto ja pohditaan koko opinnäytetyöprosessia.The subject of the thesis is to design a menswear collection REMALE which combines feminine and masculine features through cut, material and colour. The goal is to break the traditional idea of menswear and bring a feminine side to men’s clothing.
The written part of the thesis explores the themes of masculinity and femininity and the social
structure behind them by using studies, literature and articles as sources. The thesis goes through the
history of menswear and the acquired information is applied to the design process as well as to strengthen author’s professional knowledge.
After this, a seven piece clothing collection is designed using the already existing and acquired knowledge. The collection is not a commercial one, and it is not designed to a specific customer group.
Finally, the author evaluates the completed clothing collection and the whole design process
Digitaalisen animaation toteutus
No full textOpinnäytetyö käsittelee digitaalisen animaation luontia. Valmis video toimii lyriikka- tai musiikkivideona videon tilaajalle, Volucrine-yhtyeelle. Työssä keskitytään lähinnä
animaation tekemiseen yksin; kuinka se toteutetaan mahdollisimman tehokkaasti ja miten toimitaan mahdollisissa ongelmatilanteissa. Opinnäytetyössä käytetyt ohjelmat
ovat Adoben Photoshop sekä After Effects.
Opinnäytetyö on kirjoitettu koko animaatioprosessin kannalta, joka käsittää grafiikan piirtämisen Photoshopissa ja animoimisen After Effectissä. Koko työprosessi kuvataan loogisesti alusta loppuun. Samalla pyritään selvittämään Photoshopin ja After Effectsin yhteistyökäyttöä, sekä projektin muutosten vaikutusta työprosessiin.
Työn tekijä pitää erittäin tärkeänä tapaa jolla Photoshop ja After Effects toimii yhdessä. Myös sovellusten avonainen tapa käsitellä projekteja on erittäin tärkeä ja tämän projektin tapauksessa lähes ehdoton.The subject of this thesis is the creation of a digital animation. The video made for this study acts as a lyric or music video to a band, the Volucrine. This work focuses mainly on making the animation itself; how the work process is carried out as efficiently as possible and how to deal with eventual problem situations. The programmes used in this thesis are Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.
This thesis is written in terms of the entire animation process which comprises of drawing graphics in Photoshop and animating in After Effects. The whole work process is described logically, from the beginning to the end. At the same time this thesis seeks to determine the co-operation between Photoshop and After Effects, and clarify the impact that the changes made in the project has on the work process.
The author thinks that the way how Photoshop and After Effects work together, is very important. In addition, the open way the applications can be used in dealing with different projects is very important, and in this thesis project almost a indispensable requirement
Käyttäjähallinnan toteuttaminen full stack -verkkosovellukseen
No full textOpinnäytetyössä suunniteltiin ja toteutettiin käyttäjähallinta opiskelijan omaan verkkosovellukseen. Sovellus sai alkunsa opiskelijan aiemmin suorittamalla projektikurssilla ja opiskelija on jatkanut sen kehittämistä itsenäisesti kurssin jälkeen. Sovelluksen kehityksessä on käytetty yleisiä ja hyviksi havaittuja teknologioita, joita on verkkosovellusten kehityksessä käytetty kansainvälisesti paljonkin.
Työssä toteutettiin sovellukseen käyttäjähallinta, joka kattaa oleellisimmat ja tyypillisimmät käyttäjähallintaan liittyvät toiminnot. Käyttäjä pystyy rekisteröimään käyttäjätilin sovellukseen käyttäen sähköpostiosoitettaan. Tämän jälkeen käyttäjä pystyy kirjautumaan sisään, kirjautumaan ulos, vaihtamaan sähköpostiosoitteensa, vaihtamaan salasanansa, palauttamaan käyttäjätilinsä unohtuneen salasanan ja poistamaan käyttäjätilinsä palvelusta.
Käyttäjähallinnassa huomioitiin sekä teknisiä vaatimuksia että pohdittiin vaatimuksia myös lain näkökulmasta. Opinnäytetyössä tunnistettiin myös parannuskohteita, kuten oman sähköpostipalvelimen käyttöönotto sovellusta varten. Opinnäytetyössä kerrytettiin arvokasta tietoa ja osaamista, jota tarvitaan sovelluskehityksessä.In this bachelor’s thesis a user management system was planned and implemented for the author’s own web application. The work on the application began as part of a course the author completed earlier and has continued working privately on the project since then. The application has been developed using technologies that have been tried and found to be feasible, which have also been used extensively around the world to develop web applications.
In this study a user management system was implemented, which comprises most relevant functionalities and features. User can register an account using their email address. After that the user can log in, log out, change their email address, change their password and delete their user account.
Technical requirements and requirements mandated by national and international laws were taken into consideration in this study. Some needs for improvement were recognized as well in this study, such as utilizing an own email server. Relevant and valuable information and skills were developed and acquired while conducting this study
