The Steep Road to Happily Ever After: An Analysis of Current Visual Storytelling Models

Visual storytelling is an intriguing and complex task that only recently entered the research arena. In this work, we survey relevant work to date, and conduct a thorough error analysis of three very recent approaches to visual storytelling. We categorize and provide examples of common types of errors, and identify key shortcomings in current work. Finally, we make recommendations for addressing these limitations in the future.Comment: Accepted to the NAACL 2019 Workshop on Shortcomings in Vision and Language (SiVL

Los Derechos Fundamentales en Iberoamérica

Los derechos fundamentales presuponen la existencia de una Constitución que posea fuerza normativa, esto es, que se cumpla razonablemente en la práctica. Pues, aunque a menudo se piense lo contrario, en la cultura jurídica occidental suelen identificars

National Library Week Essay Contest

This week, the Collin College libraries join libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the dynamic changes that are happening in today’s libraries. April 9-15 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are more about what they do, for and with library users, as opposed to what they have for patrons. Libraries aren’t only a place of quiet study, but also creative and engaging community centers where people can collaborate using new technologies, learn how to use a 3D printer or just relax. Our library offers access to a variety of print and digital resources, including online databases with thousands of articles, and ebooks. Service to the community has always been the focus of the library. Libraries level the playing field for people of any age who are seeking the information and access to technologies that will improve their quality of life. Libraries are many things to many people. They work with elected officials, small business owners, students and the public at large to discover and address the needs of their communities. Whether through offering ebooks and technology classes, materials for English-language learners, programs for job seekers or offering a safe haven in times of crisis, libraries and librarians listen to the community they serve, and they respond. The Collin Libraries are celebrating National Library Week by having an essay writing contest where students can write about how libraries have transformed their lives. For more information, visit the Collin College Libraries or see the information here

The Relationship Between Debt to GDP and the Wealth Gap

The debt to GDP ratio has been used as a key indicator for economists, governments and investors as a general measure of a country\u27s ability to repay debt. The primary focus of our analysis was to see if there was correlation between the United States debt to GDP ratio and the wealth gap. We found this topic to be highly interesting and theoretical about the current social and political structure of the world today. According to Ray Dalio the founder of Bridgewater Associates the wealth gap today is at levels that have not been seen since 1935. He also states that along with the increasing wealth gap there is an increase in populist movements amongst the country, which was also the case in times before World War 2. We were highly interested in these claims and decided to investigate further. Although we will not be able to conduct any regressions on the claims of increased populism, we are able to analyze the current situation of the American wealth gap. To conduct our study we decided that to obtain an accurate measure of the wealth gap, we would need independent variables for the share of wealth obtained by the top 1% of all Americans, and the share of wealth owned by the bottom 50% of all Americans. Our initial prediction was that a larger debt to GDP ratio would increase the wealth gap. We ran a series of regressions to test this hypothesis. We then found statistically significant information to back up our hypothesis. Multicollinearity was present in our regression analysis but limited to a minimal amount

Latent Neural Differential Equations for Video Generation

Generative Adversarial Networks have recently shown promise for video generation, building off of the success of image generation while also addressing a new challenge: time. Although time was analyzed in some early work, the literature has not adequately grown with temporal modeling developments. We propose studying the effects of Neural Differential Equations to model the temporal dynamics of video generation. The paradigm of Neural Differential Equations presents many theoretical strengths including the first continuous representation of time within video generation. In order to address the effects of Neural Differential Equations, we will investigate how changes in temporal models affect generated video quality