Publications by authors named "C C Tennant"

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  • - The study explores how incisor size and curvature in primates can indicate dietary differences, utilizing a new method called dental topographic analysis alongside traditional measures and statistics.
  • - Researchers measured various dimensions and shapes of incisors in 107 modern anthropoid primates and found significant dietary distinctions, with no notable sexual differences.
  • - Results suggest that the Relief Index (RFI) and linear measurements are reliable indicators of diet in primates, highlighting the need for a detailed approach when applying these findings to fossil species.
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Particle accelerators play a crucial role in scientific research, enabling the study of fundamental physics and materials science, as well as having important medical applications. This study proposes a novel graph learning approach to classify operational beamline configurations as good or bad. By considering the relationships among beamline elements, we transform data from components into a heterogeneous graph.

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This work investigates the efficacy of deep learning (DL) for classifying C100 superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavity faults in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab. CEBAF is a large, high-power continuous wave recirculating linac that utilizes 418 SRF cavities to accelerate electrons up to 12 GeV. Recent upgrades to CEBAF include installation of 11 new cryomodules (88 cavities) equipped with a low-level RF system that records RF time-series data from each cavity at the onset of an RF failure.

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The ideal of the self-driving car replaces an error-prone human with an infallible, artificially intelligent driver. This narrative of autonomy promises liberation from the downsides of automobility, even if that means taking control away from autonomous, free-moving individuals. We look behind this narrative to understand the attachments that so-called 'autonomous' vehicles (AVs) are likely to have to the world.

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Efficient processing of large-scale time-series data is an intricate problem in machine learning. Conventional sensor signal processing pipelines with hand-engineered feature extraction often involve huge computational costs with high dimensional data. Deep recurrent neural networks have shown promise in automated feature learning for improved time-series processing.

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