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Util-Dss: Utilization-Based Dynamic Strategy Switching For Improvement In Data Centre Operation, Graham Foster 
Western University
Util-Dss: Utilization-Based Dynamic Strategy Switching For Improvement In Data Centre Operation, Graham Foster
University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Applications are shifting into large scale, virtualized data centres that provide resources on a pay-per-usage basis. With power consumption representing a major operational cost, data centres must prioritize efficiency while still providing enough resources to meet application requirements. To meet variable application demands, a dynamic approach to virtual machine (VM) management is required. This requires: (i) placing newly arrived VMs, (ii) migrating VMs from highly utilized machines to avoid performance degradation, and (iii) migrating VMs from underutilized machines so that they may be deactivated to save power. Here, a management strategy is considered to be policy-set that guides these three ...
Integrated Development And Parallelization Of Automated Dicentric Chromosome Identification Software To Expedite Biodosimetry Analysis, Yanxin Li Western University
Integrated Development And Parallelization Of Automated Dicentric Chromosome Identification Software To Expedite Biodosimetry Analysis, Yanxin Li
University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Manual cytogenetic biodosimetry lacks the ability to handle mass casualty events. We present an automated dicentric chromosome identification (ADCI) software utilizing parallel computing technology. A parallelization strategy combining data and task parallelism, as well as optimization of I/O operations, has been designed, implemented, and incorporated in ADCI. Experiments on an eight-core desktop show that our algorithm can expedite the process of ADCI by at least four folds. Experiments on Symmetric Computing, SHARCNET, Blue Gene/Q multi-processor computers demonstrate the capability of parallelized ADCI to process thousands of samples for cytogenetic biodosimetry in a few hours. This increase in speed ...
An Architecture For Believable Socially Aware Agents, Arvand Dorgoly Western University
An Architecture For Believable Socially Aware Agents, Arvand Dorgoly
University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
The main focus of this thesis is to solve the believability problem in video game agents by integrating necessary psychological and sociological foundations by means of role based architecture. Our design agent also has the capability to reason and predict the decisions of other actors by using its own mental model. The agent has a separate mental model for every actor.
Power Management For Cloud-Scale Data Centers, Yanwei Zhang 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Power Management For Cloud-Scale Data Centers, Yanwei Zhang
Masters Theses
Recent years have seen the rapid growth of large and geographically distributed data centers deployed by Internet service operators to support various services such as cloud computing. Consequently, high electricity bills, as well as negative environmental implications (e.g., CO2 emission and global warming) come along. In this thesis, we first propose a novel electricity bill capping algorithm that not only minimizes the electricity cost, but also enforces a cost budget on the monthly bill for cloud-scale data centers that impact the power markets. Our solution first explicitly models the impacts of the power demands induced by cloud-scale data centers ...
Energy-Efficient Failure Recovery In Hadoop Cluster, Weiyue Xu 
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Energy-Efficient Failure Recovery In Hadoop Cluster, Weiyue Xu
Computer Science and Engineering: Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research
Based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s estimation, only in U.S., billions of dollars are spent on the electricity cost of data centers each year, and the cost is continually increasing very quickly. Energy efficiency is now used as an important metric for evaluating a computing system. However, saving energy is a big challenge due to many constraints. For example, in one of the most popular distributed processing frameworks, Hadoop, three replicas of each data block are randomly distributed in order to improve performance and fault tolerance, but such a mechanism limits the largest number of machine that ...
Interactive Visualization Of New Jersey Gang Data, Manfred Minimair 
Seton Hall University
Interactive Visualization Of New Jersey Gang Data, Manfred Minimair
Manfred Minimair
This article describes the design and functionality of an online visualization software of data from a survey on gang activities in New Jersey municipalities. The visualization enables the user to explore the distribution of numbers of gang sets across different municipalities in New Jersey, and study certain derived information. The purpose of the visualization is to make data from the gang survey easily and universally accessible through some engaging visual display, to facilitate seamless exploration of the data, and to thus foster discourse on the data among experts and the general public. In order to achieve these goals, bubble charts ...
Csc Senior Project: Nlpstats, Michael Mease 
California Polytechnic State University
Csc Senior Project: Nlpstats, Michael Mease
Computer Science
Natural Language Processing has recently increased in popularity. The field of authorship analysis, specifically, uses various characteristics of text quantified by markers. NLPStats serves as a tool designed to streamline marker extraction based on user needs. A flexible query system allows for custom marker requests, adjustment of result formatting, and preprocessing options. Furthermore, an efficiently designed structure ensures that users retrieve information quickly. As a whole, NLPStats enables anyone, regardless of NLP experience, to extract important information about the text of a document.
Hybrid Spread-Spectrum Tcp For Combating Fraudulent Cyber Activities Against Reconnaissance Attacks, Simon Enoch Yusuf, Olumide Longe 
Kennesaw State University
Hybrid Spread-Spectrum Tcp For Combating Fraudulent Cyber Activities Against Reconnaissance Attacks, Simon Enoch Yusuf, Olumide Longe
The African Journal of Information Systems
The inefficiencies of current intrusion detection system against fraudulent cyber activities attracts the attention of computer gurus, also known as “hackers” to exploit known weakness on a particular host or network. These hackers are expert programmers who mainly focus on how the Internet works, and they interact with each other to know its strengths and weaknesses. Then they develop advanced tools which an average attacker with little background can use to know the liveness, reachability and running service on the network. Once an attacker identifies these details, he can accurately launch an effective attack and get maximum benefit out of ...
Broad Vision: The Art & Science Of Looking, Heather Barnett, John R. A. Smith 
Claremont Colleges
Broad Vision: The Art & Science Of Looking, Heather Barnett, John R. A. Smith
The STEAM Journal
Undergraduate students and academic staff from diverse disciplines in the arts and sciences investigated questions of mediated vision through a year-long interdisciplinary research project at the University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. The Broad Vision project explored the perception and interpretation of microscopic worlds, and investigated the benefits and challenges of working across disciplinary divides in a university setting. This article describes the three-phase model for interdisciplinary learning and research developed through the project, providing a valuable case study for inquiry based art/science education.
Automated Homebrewing System Controlled By An Android Device, Djuan K. Blue Jr 
Georgia State University
Automated Homebrewing System Controlled By An Android Device, Djuan K. Blue Jr
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
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Efficacy Of Smartphone Technology On Improving Asthma Control And Compliance, Dustin Nelson, Lauren Macks, Gregory Paine, Forouzan Poursoltan, Tirhas Mekonnen, Melody R. Hartzler 
Cedarville University
Efficacy Of Smartphone Technology On Improving Asthma Control And Compliance, Dustin Nelson, Lauren Macks, Gregory Paine, Forouzan Poursoltan, Tirhas Mekonnen, Melody R. Hartzler
Pharmacy and Nursing Student Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Poster Session
Asthma is the fifth most costly disease in the U.S., estimated to cost over $50 billion annually. This large cost is due to the large number of hospitalizations, ER visits, and doctor’s office visits. Improving patient adherence to asthma medications would decrease these costs significantly by preventing most hospital and doctor’s office visits. AsthmaSense® is a free to download smartphone application available on both iTunes and Android marketplaces. AsthmaSense® will allow patients to record when they take their medications, as well as send them reminders to take their medications.
Digitization And Digital Preservation 101: The Basics, Danelle J. Orange 
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Digitization And Digital Preservation 101: The Basics, Danelle J. Orange
Faculty
No abstract provided.
Wireless Sensor Network For Wine Fermentation, Kerry Scharfglass, Andrew Lehmer California Polytechnic State University
Wireless Sensor Network For Wine Fermentation, Kerry Scharfglass, Andrew Lehmer
Computer Engineering
This project implements an automated temperature monitoring system for wine fermentation which is affordable, easy to use, and scalable to typical small winery setups. To realize these requirements, we implemented the system as a wireless sensor network utilizing commercial off-the-shelf hardware. Temperature and system diagnostic information is communicated wirelessly in a peer-to-peer network topology such that all information flows toward an aggregating server. The server makes the temperature information available over the Internet via a web application and alerts the winemaker by email when the temperature has left acceptable bounds that the winemaker may configure. This project also involved materials ...
Tacky Golf, Robert Crosby California Polytechnic State University
Tacky Golf, Robert Crosby
Computer Science
This project implements a simple miniature golf game in 3d for the iPhone. Using a modular approach the game engine was written in several modules to handle its various functions and for cross platform potability. Four major modules are described in detail about their design choices and how they work. Ultimately the game and its engine are intended to be sold on the Apple App store and to be used for future games and applications on the iPhone.
Teaching Introductory Programming Concepts: A Comparison Of Scratch And Arduino, Anne Beug California Polytechnic State University
Teaching Introductory Programming Concepts: A Comparison Of Scratch And Arduino, Anne Beug
Master's Theses and Project Reports
Computing has become an integral part of modern America. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that between 2008 and 2018, the United States will have 1.4 million job openings in computing fields [1]. Since the early 2000's (just after the "dot com bust"), the number of students enrolled in computing majors (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, etc.) dropped precipitously by over 50%, only starting to rise again in 2009 [2]. One way to rectify to this gap between demand and supply is to start training students in computational thinking during high school. While the Computer Science Advanced Placement AB ...
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