Digital Commons Network^™

Handwritten Digit Recognition Using Machine Learning Classifiers, Md Ahiduzzaman

Data Science and Data Mining

This project explores and compares the performance of various machine learning classifiers for handwritten digit recognition using the MNIST dataset. The classifiers include Logistic Regression, k-Nearest Neighbors, and Convolutional Neural Networks. Each classifier is evaluated based on accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and confusion matrix analysis.

Multimodal Deception Detection Via Audio-Text Fusion With Deep Learning And Asr, Xiangyi Li

Master's Projects

Emotion detection plays a crucial role in human-computer interaction, enabling machines to recognize and respond appropriately to human emotional states. This project explores a two-stage approach to emotion detection using multimodal data, first predicting dimensional values (Arousal, Valence, Dominance) from textual and audio inputs, then mapping these representations to discrete emotion categories. We compare this approach with direct categorical classification using transformer-based language models like BERT, RoBERTa, and DeBERTa for text processing, alongside various audio feature extraction methods, including MFCCs and spectrograms. Using the IEMOCAP dataset, we evaluate both approaches across text-only, audio-only, and multimodal configurations. Our findings reveal that …

How Do Selected Biomedical And Health Sciences Journals React To Submissions Of Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Assisted Manuscripts?, Misa Mi, Lin Wu, Yingting Zhang, Wendy Wu

Library Scholarly Publications

Background and Objectives: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) increasingly impacts research and scholarly communication. Given the evolving application of ChatGPT and other AI tools in scholarly communications, health sciences librarians must become cognizant of any existing journal publishing guidelines for AI-created or assisted manuscripts. The study aims to examine how scholarly biomedical and health sciences journals and publishers respond to submissions of these manuscripts and what requirements or policies have been put in place to guide and instruct authors on AI use.

Methods: We first retrieved and consolidated a list of journals representing disciplines in biomedical and health sciences from four …

Artificial Intelligence In Science And Society: The Vision Of Usern, Tommaso Dorigo, Gary D. Brown, Carlo Casonato, Artemi Cerda, Joseph Ciarrochi, Mauro Da Lio, Nicole D'Souza, Nicolas R. Gauger, Steven C. Hayes, Stefan G. Hofmann, Robert Johansson, Marcus Liwicki, Fabien Lotte, Juan J. Nieto, Giulia Olivato, Peter Parnes, George Perry, Alice Plebe, Idupulapati M. Rao, Nima Rezaei, Fredrik Sandin, Andrey Ustyuzhanin, Giorgio Vallortigara, Pietro Vischia, Niloufar Yazdanpanah

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The recent rise in relevance and diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based systems and the increasing number and power of applications of AI methods invites a profound reflection on the impact of these innovative systems on scientific research and society at large. The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), an organization that promotes initiatives to support interdisciplinary science and education across borders and actively works to improve science policy, collects here the vision of its Advisory Board members, together with a selection of AI experts, to summarize how we see developments in this exciting technology impacting science and society in …

Analyzing Political Sentiment On Micro-Blogging Data: A Lexicon And Machine Learning Approach To The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Ava Grey

CMC Senior Theses

This paper explores the trends in sentiment towards U.S. presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump through micro-blogging social media text during the five months leading up to the election. Two datasets of varying sizes and origins were used to contextualize and validate analysis findings. The analyses include both a lexicon-based approach and a machine learning predictive method. Common sentiment analysis techniques like term frequency, term frequency inverse, various lexicons, and n-grams were utilized during the lexicon approach. During the modeling, a random forest was utilized in addition to the methods used during the lexicon approach. Results showed that overall …

Neural-Network Based K-Value Prediction In Clustering Problems Without Distance Computation, Rohhan Rabari

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Clustering remains a pivotal component of unsupervised learning, central to tasks such as data exploration and pattern discovery. However, most conventional clustering algorithms are parametric in nature, requiring one or more parameters to be specified in advance—most notably the number of clusters (k). These predefined parameters can drastically alter the outcome of clustering, leading to unstable or misleading results, particularly when the true structure of the data is unknown. This thesis introduces a novel framework that transforms raw input into a latent vector representation, enabling a neural network to automatically predict the optimal number of clusters without any prior parameter …

Scam Slayer : A Gamification For Creating A Cyber Scam Awareness, Xin Lyu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study explores how gamified learning can enhance the ability to recognize and prevent online fraud. The research team developed a role-playing educational game, Scam Slayer, using Ren’Py, integrating five common fraud scenarios and an Anti-Fraud Assistant to create an immersive and reflective learning experience. Analysis of a pre-game survey with 400 participants and a post-game survey with 40 players shows significant improvements in fraud recognition and alertness, with no demographic differences in learning outcomes. Participants also reported high satisfaction with the game’s narrative and educational value, suggesting that gamified learning can serve as an effective complement to traditional online …

Automated Infinite Combos Detection System For Collectible Card Game, Amornpong Trakarnkulphun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In Collectible Card Games, resources management is one of the most effective strategy. However, there are some combinations of cards which produce unlimited resources called infinite combos. Too-cheap infinite combos that can be played early in the game break game environment, because the player who executes the combo immediately wins. To solve the problem, game designers usually restrict a part of the combos from being played. Due to the large number of cards in the card pool, it is difficult to search for these combos and solve this problem before a release date of a card set. This research aims …

Pipeline For Non-Self-Intersecting Racetrack Generation In Racing Games, Chatrtime Chatramornrat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Procedural content generation (PCG) allows racing games to supply new racetracks automatically, but straightforward generators can produce layouts with unrealistically tight bends or self-crossings that compromise playability. This thesis introduces a racetrack generation pipeline that connects chain–code–based synthesis with a dedicated post-processing stage for resolving intersections. Candidate layouts are first assembled from image–based differential chain codes and adjusted so that each forms a closed loop. Regions where the centreline crosses itself are then identified and repaired by cutting and joining overlapping branches and applying locally constrained smoothing, so that the overall course geometry is kept intact. Finally, geometric descriptors such …

Gitcofl : Design And Implementation Of A Git-Based Federated Learning Framework Utilizing Container-Based Technology, Chokchai Faroongsarng

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) necessitates training paradigms that are both robust and privacy-preserving. Traditional centralized federated learning (CFL) suffers from single points of failure and communication bottlenecks, while decentralized federated learning (DFL) introduces communication complexities and lacks integrated version control. This paper proposes GitCoFL, a novel framework that leverages Docker containers and a Git server as an independent, external medium for model weight communication and storage. This architecture provides inherent flexibility, enabling efficient operation in both CFL and DFL settings. Using CIFAR-10 benchmarks with MobileNet and using FedAvg for federation algorithms, GitCoFL achieves competitive F1 score when …

Quality Of Life Prediction For Driving Route Planning System Using Image Recognition And Deep Learning, Intouch Prakaisak

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Assessing travel-related Quality of Life (QoL) is a significant challenge due to its reliance on subjective human perception, which is difficult to measure. Traditional studies are often constrained by the limited scope of costly, manual data collection. The significant contribution of this research is the introduction of a new framework that can analyze tourist perception on a large and systematic scale. The novelty of this work lies in the utilization of Google Street View (GSV) as a large-scale visual data source, coupled with the use of a sequence-based model to analyze travel routes, which allows for the simulation of the …

A Benchmarking Study Of Grover's Algorithm For Solving Boolean Sat With Quantum Circuits, Jirapas Unison Jipipob

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study explores how well Grover's Algorithm performs in solving the Boolean Satisfiability Problem (SAT) using quantum circuits. The algorithm is implemented with IBM's Qiskit framework and compared to classical brute-force methods. Experiments focus on 3-SAT, 4-SAT, and 5-SAT problems, using quantum simulators and IBM quantum hardware. The results show that Grover's Algorithm is more efficient, offering a theoretical quadratic speedup over classical methods. However, practical issues like limited qubit availability, hardware noise, and optimization challenges impact its current performance. The data highlights the potential for quantum computing to scale and solve NP-complete problems. This research shows how quantum computing …

Out-Of-Domain Tuberculosis Detection From Chest X-Ray Images Using Meta Learning With Soft Labels, Kanokphat Jinanarong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Automated tuberculosis screening from chest x-ray images could greatly benefit regions with limited medical resources. However, currently available methods could not handle this problem well due to the difference in chest x-ray images in each region caused by the difference in machine and demographics, the possible noise in the available labels, and other reasons. We therefore propose a new machine learning algorithm that could detect tuberculosis with great accuracy on any other data sources by learning from completely different data sources. We used a model-agnostic meta-learning together with a soft label approach, utilizing the meta-gradient to dynamically adjust the soft …

Enhancing Large Language Models For Legal Question Answering : A Case Study On The Land And Building Tax Act In Thailand, Nattapat Tantapong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Thailand's Land and Buildings Tax Act requires interpreting multiple legal instruments. However, general-purpose large language models often produce answers that lack both accuracy and verifiable legal citations, which are essential for legal reasoning. This study investigates whether curriculum-structured fine-tuning enables small Thai-aligned models (8B parameters) to perform comparably to large commercial models. The research constructs a domain-specific corpus of 8,410 Q&A pairs with 30,612 hard-negative triplets, then evaluates four curriculum designs and four adapter ranks using retrieval completeness and answer quality metrics. The experimental results reveal two key findings. First, hard-negative retrieval training improves Multi-HitRate@5 by 2.6% and Multi-MRR@5 by …

Large Language Model-Based Framework For Mental Health Support Conversation In Thai, Radchaneeporn Changpun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

As mental health support needs continue to rise in Thailand, access to professional care remains constrained. LLM-based chatbots present a scalable alternative, though most current systems are limited to single-turn, solution-focused interactions. This thesis introduces a Large Language Model-Based Framework for Mental Health Support Conversations in Thai, organizing dialogues around five fundamental mental health counseling stages: rapport building, problem identification, goal setting, working, and termination. Drawing from Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The framework was assessed against three single-agent baseline models using LLM-simulated users, with positive user reaction rates evaluated by LLMs. Results demonstrated a 79.01% …

Diffusion Model-Based Synthetic Image Augmentation For Enhancing Vehicle Detection Model Performance, Pawaris Parnphotong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A critical challenge for modern object detection models is the significant performance degradation encountered in adverse weather or poor lighting conditions. This issue primarily stems from the imbalance of training datasets, which are predominantly composed of normal daytime scenes, resulting in reduced robustness when models face challenging scenarios. Although traditional data augmentation techniques exist, they are limited to pixel-level adjustments and inherently restricted in generating data diversity. Consequently, this research proposes an approach utilizing diffusion models to generate realistic synthetic images that simulate new atmospheric and environmental conditions. To maximize the efficiency of synthetic data generation, we investigated a crucial …

A Hybrid Hardware Modeling, Simulation, And Generation Framework : A Case Study Of Risc-V Out-Of-Order Superscalar Cpu Design, Tanawin Devaveja

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

We present Kathryn, a novel framework that simplifies hardware design through a hybrid design flow and an integrated hybrid simulation approach. As specialized hardware demand grows, managing design complexity, precise control flow, and parallelism control remains challenging. Kathryn alleviates these issues by abstracting control logic and still maintaining designers’ cycle-accurate control ability. Moreover, Kathryn provides hardware-aggregation features, helping designers manage complex hardware component structures. As a result, in a simple RISC-V design, the model written in Kathryn shows a 2.6x reduction in lines of code compared to those of Verilog. [1] Moreover, in an Out-of-Order design, the model on Kathryn …

Endoplanar: Deformable Planar-Based Gaussian Splatting For Surgical Scene Reconstruction, Thatphum Paonim

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Precise modeling of deformable anatomical structures from stereoscopic endoscopic footage plays a critical role in advancing surgical guidance and robotic automation within image-assisted medical procedures. Recent advances in Gaussian splatting have demonstrated real-time visualization capabilities with notable quality on endoscopic data; however, traditional 3D Gaussian representations introduce volumetric artifacts that compromise geometric fidelity and depth accuracy. We address these challenges through EndoPlanar, a deformable planar Gaussian framework that projects volumetric primitives onto planar surfaces. This planar formulation facilitates bias-free depth calculation and normal vector derivation—capabilities that remain elusive with standard ellipsoidal representations. We further incorporate a regularization mechanism to ensure …

Music Generation Using Large Language Models : A Case Study On Traditional Thai Music, Sutusta Kunasorn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study presents a framework for music generation using Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on the creation of symbolic compositions in the style of traditional Thai music. The framework integrates prompting techniques, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-agent collaboration to guide the model in producing melodies that reflect Thai musical characteristics. ABC notation is used as the primary representation, allowing LLMs to process musical structure in a text-based format. The system incorporates curated Thai musical examples and theoretical knowledge to support culturally informed generation, while multiple agents work together to compose, evaluate, and refine musical ideas using rubric-based criteria adapted from …

Advancing Voice Spoofing Detection In Thai : A Comprehensive Dataset And Performance Analysis On Speaking Styles And Channel Effects, Ticho Urai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Voice authentication is increasingly used in applications such as banking and call center verification, but it faces serious risks from spoofed voices. Recent advances in text-to-speech (TTS) and voice cloning make it possible to generate highly natural fake speech, creating an urgent need for robust anti-spoofing systems. While most prior work focuses on English, little research addresses the Thai language. To fill this gap, we present the Chula Spoofed Speech (CSS) dataset, a large-scale Thai corpus containing 1.3M utterances of both bona fide and synthetic speech. The synthetic samples are generated using five state-of-the-art TTS systems from the same utterances …

Multi-Modal Graph Learning For Vision Language Model In General And Medical Domains, Xinyue Hu

Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Multi-modal learning has gained significant attention in deep learning for its ability to integrate and process information from multiple modalities, such as text, images, and videos. By leveraging complementary information from different modalities, it enables a more comprehensive understanding of complex data in various tasks. Simultaneously, graph learning, a prominent paradigm that models structured data as graphs, captures both local and global dependencies, providing a natural framework to represent intricate interactions and contextual relationships. When combined with multi-modal learning, these graph-based approaches have the potential to enhance feature representation and reasoning by effectively fusing heterogeneous data, leading to more robust …

Optimizing Port Logistics Through Generative Ai: Revolutionizing Efficiency And Resilience In The Maritime Industry, Minodora Badea, Olga Bucovetchi, Adrian V. Gheorghe, Gabriel Raicu

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

The maritime industry faces growing challenges in optimizing port logistics due to increasing trade volumes, environmental regulations, and supply chain disruptions. This comprehensive literature review examines the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI), with particular focus on generative AI, in enhancing efficiency and resilience in port operations. Through systematic analysis of 23 peer-reviewed studies published between 2021-2025, this review synthesizes advancements in real-time data integration, machine learning, digital twins, IoT, and autonomous systems that collectively improve operational decision-making, risk management, and environmental sustainability. Key findings reveal that machine learning applications achieve 90% effectiveness ratings in operational optimization, while predictive analytics …

A Systematic Review And Taxonomy For Privacy Breach Classification: Trends, Gaps, And Future Directions, Clint Fuchs, John Hastings

Research & Publications

In response to the rising frequency and complexity of data breaches and evolving global privacy regulations, this study presents a comprehensive examination of academic literature on the classification of privacy breaches and violations between 2010-2024. Through a systematic literature review, a corpus of screened studies was assembled and analyzed to identify primary research themes, emerging trends, and gaps in the field. A novel taxonomy is introduced to guide efforts by categorizing research efforts into seven domains: breach classification, report classification, breach detection, threat detection, breach prediction, risk analysis, and threat classification. An analysis reveals that breach classification and detection dominate …

Novel Generative And Language Model Architectures With Applications, Edison Mucllari

Theses and Dissertations--Mathematics

This dissertation investigates novel architectures to address fundamental challenges in machine learning, particularly focusing on transformer models, recurrent neural networks, GAN and continual learning and their applications in natural language processing and computer vision. We propose the Neumann-Cayley Gated Recurrent Unit (NC-GRU), which leverages a Neumann series-based Scaled Cayley transformation to maintain orthogonal weight matrices, effectively mitigating exploding gradients problems while improving long-term memory retention across prediction tasks. We demonstrate the practical applications of NC-GRU by implementing our proposed architecture into an autoencoder to derive neural molecular fingerprints. Building upon these advancements, we turn our attention to the transformer architecture, …

Ai-Generated Messaging For Life Events Using Structured Prompts: A Comparative Study Of Gpt With Human Experts And Machine Learning, Christopher Lynch, Erik Jensen, Ross Gore, Virginia Zamponi, Kevin O'Brien, Brandon Feldhaus, Katherine Smith, Joseph Martínez, Madison H. Munro, Timur E. Ozkose, Tugce B. Gundogdu, Ann Marie Reinhold, Hamdi Kavak, Barry Ezell

VMASC Publications

Large Language Models (LLMs) play an increasingly integrated and pivotal role in generating diverse types of texts, such as social media messages, emails, narratives, and technical reports, among other textual communication forms. As AI-generated messaging filters into human communication, a systematic exploration of their effectiveness for mimicking human-like communication of life events is needed. In this study, we employ a zero-shot structured narrative prompt to generate 24,000 life event messages for birth, death, hiring, and firing events using OpenAI's GPT-4. From this dataset, we manually classify 2880 messages and evaluate their validity in conveying these life events through the form …

Facial Chick Sexing: An Automated Chick Sexing System From Chick Facial Image, Marta Veganzones Rodriguez, Thinh Phan, Arthur F.A. Fernandes, Vivian Breen, Jesus Arango, Michael T. Kidd, Ngan Le

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Chick sexing, the process of determining the gender of day-old chicks, is a critical task in the poultry industry due to the distinct roles that each gender plays in production. While effective traditional methods achieve high accuracy, color, and wing feather sexing is exclusive to specific breeds, and vent sexing is invasive and requires trained experts. To address these challenges, we propose a novel approach inspired by facial gender classification techniques in humans: facial chick sexing. This new method does not require expert knowledge and aims to reduce training time while enhancing animal welfare by minimizing chick manipulation. We develop …

Qlorax: Heuristic-Guided Fine-Tuning Of Llama-2 For Domain Adaptation In Entrepreneurship, Gaurob Saha

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a study on the fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) for domain-specific applications using limited data. We fine-tuned the LLaMA-2 (7B) model on a curated entrepreneurial dataset containing 3,545 human-written question-answer pairs, of which 3,095 were used for training and 450 were reserved for evaluation. A complete fine-tuning and evaluation pipeline was developed, which included clustering human-written answers, generating centroid-based summaries for each cluster, and evaluating the model's generated responses through cosine similarity.

Training was carried out over five epochs, with model performance evaluated after each epoch. The fine-tuned model demonstrated strong semantic alignment with human-written content, …

Exploratory Data Analysis (Eda) And Predictive Machine Learning (Ml) For Buildings’ Energy Fault Detection, Akshith Nukala

Theses and Dissertations

Building energy load fault detection is a critical challenge in energy usage analysis. It helps uncover energy wastage, machinery/appliance degradation or inefficiency, and failures or faults in buildings’ HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems. Early identification of machinery failure and energy wastages due to operational maintenance negligence in large sites such as campus buildings is indispensable for achieving energy efficiency. This is crucial for saving patrol and minimizing the response time to restore the building appliances or systems to their optimal state.

Advancements in state-of-the-art AI/ML data-driven algorithms and techniques enabled us to build accurate, efficient and scalable fault …

Exploring Brent-Kung Adders In Balanced Ternary Cmos Logic, Astrea J.C. Rojas

Theses and Dissertations

The modern computer operates on a 64-bit architecture. These devices can store large numbers and precise decimals, but more advanced devices are needed to support progressing technologies every day. A more efficient system with higher speeds and larger operable numbers would be a key to optimization of computation as we know it. The ternary device, operating in base-3, has the potential to be that optimization. However, binary technology has such precedent and research that it is a difficult gap to span to compare the ternary system to the modern binary system. With a more advanced adder and optimized gates using …

Survey-Weighted Ordinal Modeling Of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Severity Through Social Determinants Of Health, Jaylene Viveros Cruz

Selected Full-Text Master Theses 2021-

Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a condition that describes the spectrum of disease and liver injury attributed to the consumption of alcohol. ALD diagnosis is heavily dependent on alcohol use, making it challenging to test for, as alcohol use is often self-reported, and early-stage ALD can present asymptomatically. This study aims to explore how social determinants of health associated with alcohol use behaviors predict ALD-related liver stress risk. MEC participants included in the two two-year cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2014-2014 and 2015-2016, were assigned liver stress labels based on clinical thresholds for ALD diagnosis. …