Yi Shang

EvoAE -- A New Evolutionary Method for Training Autoencoders for Deep Learning Networks

2015

Although deep learning has achieved outstanding performances on several difficult machine learning applications, there are multiple issues that make its application on new problems difficult: speed of training, local minima, and manual selection of hyper-parameters. …

Effect of Independent Digital Reading on Reading Comprehension in the Primary Grades: A Longitudinal Study

2019 · Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting

The importance of independent reading in children's reading development is well established by research and professional wisdom. Independent digital reading (IDR) is also increasingly integrated into classroom instruction. The present study examines the effect of …