Brock University Digital Repository

Brock University's Digital Repository is an online archive showcasing and preserving the Brock community's scholarly output as well as items from the Library's Archives & Special Collections. Researchers can disseminate their work by depositing it in this Open Access repository, which provides free, immediate access to users while also allowing Brock scholars to track downloads and views of their scholarship. The Digital Repository is also the home of the Brock University E-Thesis Portal.

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The Press, Volume 24, Issue 13, December 2, 1987
(1987-12-02) Pavelka, Rita (Editor); Kelly, Brian (News); Nesbitt, Mark (Arts); Gerber, Matt (Sports); Pellow, John (Photos); Woodward, Paula (Ad Manager); Wilson, Taylor (Circulation Manager); Arnold, Moira (Production Manager); Shaw, John K. (Illustrator)
The Press, Volume 24, Issue 13 includes: Professors argue about the best use of Brock computer system; major accessibility problems; Brock’s architecture is crumbling; SWAP work abroad program in Australia feature; Brock student takes pilgrimage to Israel story; BUSU members’ pet peeves.
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Leveraging the Latent Space for Model Understanding and Optimization
(Brock University) Park, Brendan; Li, Yifeng; Department of Computer Science
In recent years, the field of machine learning has seen massive growth in both the size and quality of models and performance on tasks such as classification or image generation. However, these models are typically limited by two key factors. First, models such as those used in tasks of text-to-image generation lack interpretation. Second, models that leverage the latent space to represent data struggle to capture high-level details. This often results in reconstructions which do not accurately represent the original data. First, to address the issue of interpretability in text-to-image models, we introduce WINOVIS, a novel dataset designed to probe models in their ability to interpret textual prompts. This approach reframes the task of pronoun disambiguation from a single mode of natural language to a multi-model problem involving both visual and textual understanding. Second, we turn our focus to models in image generation such as the VQ-VAE which often struggle to reconstruct images capturing the finer details of the original input image. By introducing lightweight and straightforward modifications to the VQ-VAE’s loss function and dictionary selection process, we enable the reconstruction of images that retain high-level details often absent from the reconstructions produced by the traditional VQ-VAE.
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The Press, Volume 24, Issue 12, November 25, 1987
(1987-11-25) Pavelka, Rita (Editor); Kelly, Brian (News); Nesbitt, Mark (Arts); Gerber, Matt (Sports); Pellow, John (Photos); Woodward, Paula (Ad Manager); Wilson, Taylor (Circulation Manager); Arnold, Moira (Production Manager); Shaw, John K. (Illustrator); Haun, Richard (Typesetter); Carr, Sonja (Typesetter); Richter, Dan (Writer)
The Press, Volume 24, Issue 12 includes: BUSU Prez Vedova attacks the Press for a “misinformation’ campaign regarding the student centre: “There has been nothing but negative coverage of what we’re trying to do.”; The Press responds to accusations of censorship in editorial; Brock President and nominee Earp and White respond to BUSU proposal of the student centre; BUSU candidates showcase.
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Niagara ship papers collection, 1874-1905
(2025-03-25) Cameron, Chantal
The collection contains documents related to three Great Lakes ships that were built in the Niagara area: “Arctic”; “Grimsby”; and “Inez”.
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Letter to Mrs. Hill from her niece B.A. Tom, January 1, 1861
(2025-03-25) Cameron, Chantal
A letter to Mrs. Hill, Smithville, Gainsborough, District Niagara, Upper Canada, America, dated at Lank St. Breward [Cornwall, England], January 1, 1861, from her niece B.A. Tom. The letter is 6 pages and contains mostly family news. The author writes a great deal about the health of family members and the deaths of many of them. She also comments on the weather and the harvest. The envelope contains postmarks from Bodmin, London, Hamilton, and Smithville. There is also a stamp that reads “insufficiently stamped”. The postage stamp is six pence.