We propose a modification of generative adversarial networks (GANs) that generate illustrations of human figures from given poses represented by stick figures. In recent years, while various methods that generate images of characters using GANs have been proposed, it is not yet possible for users to freely designate poses of human figures. When generating an image of a character, the pose of the character takes is an important component of its composition. Thus it is necessary fora user who wants to create an illustration to be able to specify the pose easily. We collected a set of illustrations of human figures from the internet, and for each illustration, a simple line drawing that specifies the pose was drawn manually. We constructed a GAN that takes a line drawing as its input and creates an illustration of a person in a pose that matches the line drawing. These networks are learned using the data set we prepared. In this paper, we propose a new network architecture. After constructing two networks both of which have almost the same structure as pix2pix, which is a variant model of GANs, we stack up those networks based on the idea of stack GAN. The experimental results show that, from stick figures representing common poses such as a standing pose, our methods was able to successfully generate images of characters. However, in the case of stick figures having rare poses that were not in the dataset, such as figures raising a hand or lying down, the generated images were blurred and not of a high-quality but still had the desired shapes. By expanding the dataset to include various poses, it is possible to generate diverse poses more precisely.
Extracting useful information generated from educational settings involves the application of data mining, machine learning, and statistics to the large amount of electronic data collected by educational systems. To generate better higher learning outcomes using an intelligent tutoring system, such as an e-learning system, it is necessary to more accurately understand the state of student knowledge. The purpose of student modeling is to estimate the students' skills from log data, such as examination results, and to predict whether or not a student will be able to solve a problem. In this study, we propose a student performance prediction method using convex factorization machines. Factorization machines offer a combination of the advantages of support vector machines and factorization models such as matrix factorization. The results of conventional methods, which predict student performance using factorization machines, exhibited better results than they have before. However, because factorization machines are not convex optimizations, they acquire local minima, which is a disadvantage. Therefore, we used convex factorization machines in order to improve the performance of student modeling predictions.
Tropical peatlands have been experienced human-induced disturbances including drainage constructions, oil palm plantations, and wildfires. Since peat soils consist of large organic matter, it is important for the carbon cycle in the tropical area. This study aimed at the delineating of the distribution of drainage canals using microwave images. As the result of validation, overall accuracy was 56.3 % and about 10 % of the peatland areas detected as the drainage canals. For further study, a Keetch Byram Drought Index-based groundwater table will be revised applying the decreasing effect by drainage canals.