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Facial Action Unit Detection With Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Siddhesh Padwal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The facial features are the most important tool to understand an individual's state of mind. Automated recognition of facial expressions and particularly Facial Action Units defined by Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is challenging research problem in the field of computer vision and machine learning. Researchers are working on deep learning algorithms to improve state of the art in the area. Automated recognition of facial action units has man applications ranging from developmental psychology to human robot interface design where companies are using this technology to improve their consumer devices (like unlocking phone) and for entertainment like FaceApp. Recent studies …

Automated Recognition Of Facial Affect Using Deep Neural Networks, Behzad Hasani

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Automated Facial Expression Recognition (FER) has been a topic of study in the field of computer vision and machine learning for decades. In spite of efforts made to improve the accuracy of FER systems, existing methods still are not generalizable and accurate enough for use in real-world applications. Many of the traditional methods use hand-crafted (a.k.a. engineered) features for representation of facial images. However, these methods often require rigorous hyper-parameter tuning to achieve favorable results.

Recently, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have shown to outperform traditional methods in visual object recognition. DNNs require huge data as well as powerful computing units …

Edge-Cloud Computing For Iot Data Analytics: Embedding Intelligence In The Edge With Deep Learning, Ananda Mohon M. Ghosh, Katarina Grolinger

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

Rapid growth in numbers of connected devices including sensors, mobile, wearable, and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, is creating an explosion of data that are moving across the network. To carry out machine learning (ML), IoT data are typically transferred to the cloud or another centralized system for storage and processing; however, this causes latencies and increases network traffic. Edge computing has the potential to remedy those issues by moving computation closer to the network edge and data sources. On the other hand, edge computing is limited in terms of computational power and thus is not well suited for …

Deep Learning For Load Forecasting With Smart Meter Data: Online Adaptive Recurrent Neural Network, Mohammad Navid Fekri, Harsh Patel, Katarina Grolinger, Vinay Sharma

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

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Topical Review Of Vulnerability Management For Local Hampton Roads Industry, Gregory W. Hubbard Jr., Matthew Eunice

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

The progress towards an interconnected digital world offers an exciting level of advancement for humanity. Unfortunately, this “online” connection is not safe from the threats and dangers typically associated with physical operations. With the foundation of Cyber Command of DoD cyberspace, the United States Government is taking a prominent stance in cyberspace operations. Like the federal government, both industries and individuals are not immune and are oftentimes unknowingly at risk to cyberattack. This report hopes to bring awareness to common vulnerabilities in multi-user networks by describing a historical background on cyber security as well as outlining current methods of vulnerability …

On The Automorphisms And Isomorphisms Of Mds Matrices And Their Efficient Implementations, Muharrem Tolga Sakalli, Sedat Akleylek, Kemal Akkanat, Vincent Rijmen

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, we explicitly define the automorphisms of MDS matrices over the same binary extension field. By extending this idea, we present the isomorphisms between MDS matrices over $\mathbb{F}_{2^{m}}$ and MDS matrices over $\mathbb{F}_{2^{mt}}$, where $t \ge 1$ and $m>1$, which preserves the software implementation properties in view of XOR operations and table lookups of any given MDS matrix over $\mathbb{F}_{2^{m}}$. Then we propose a novel method to obtain distinct functions related to these automorphisms and isomorphisms to be used in generating isomorphic MDS matrices (new MDS matrices in view of implementation properties) using the existing ones. The …

Wideband Patch Array Antenna Using Superstrate Configuration For Future 5gapplications, Sidra Farhat, Farzana Arshad, Yasar Amin, Jonathan Loo

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this work, four distinct antenna configurations for future-centric 5G applications are proposed. Initially, a single rectangular patch is designed to operate at the frequency of 28 GHz while maintaining a wide operational band. Performance of the antenna is improved by incorporating an array of identical rectangular elements resulting in a higher gain and wider bandwidth. The proposed arrangement consists of three rectangular elements realized using 0.508-mm thick Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 laminate. The bandwidth is further enhanced by increasing the number of radiating elements in the array from three to five. Evolution of the proposed design is concluded by stacking …

Revised Polyhedral Conic Functions Algorithm For Supervised Classification, Gürhan Ceylan, Gürkan Öztürk

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In supervised classification, obtaining nonlinear separating functions from an algorithm is crucial for prediction accuracy. This paper analyzes the polyhedral conic functions (PCF) algorithm that generates nonlinear separating functions by only solving simple subproblems. Then, a revised version of the algorithm is developed that achieves better generalization and fast training while maintaining the simplicity and high prediction accuracy of the original PCF algorithm. This is accomplished by making the following modifications to the subproblem: extension of the objective function with a regularization term, relaxation of a hard constraint set and introduction of a new error term. Experimental results show that …

Power-Over-Tether Uas Leveraged For Nearly Indefinite Meteorological Data Acquisition In The Platte River Basin, Daniel Rico, Carrick Detweiler, Francisco Munoz-Arriola

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

The integration of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) has increased in the field of agriculture. These systems can provide data that was previously difficult to obtain to help increase efficiency and production. Typical commercial off the shelf (COTS) UASs have significant limitations in the form of small payloads, and short flight times which inhibit their ability to provide significant quantities of useful data. We present the development of a novel power-over-tether UAS that leverages the physical presence of the tether to integrate sensors at multiple altitudes along the tether. The UAS can acquire data nearly indefinitely to sense atmospheric conditions and …

Hierarchical Anomaly Detection For Time Series Data, Ryan E. Sperl

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

With the rise of Big Data and the Internet of Things, there is an increasing availability of large volumes of real-time streaming data. Unusual occurrences in the underlying system will be reflected in these streams, but any human analysis will quickly become out of date. There is a need for automatic analysis of streaming data capable of identifying these anomalous behaviors as they occur, to give ample time to react. In order to handle many high-velocity data streams, detectors must minimize the processing requirements per value. In this thesis, we have developed a novel anomaly detection method which makes use …

Corrections To ‘‘Glaciernet: A Deep-Learning Approach For Debris-Covered Glacier Mapping’’, Zhiyuan Xie, Umesh K. Haritashya, Vijayan K. Asari, Brennan W. Young, Michael P. Bishop, Jeffrey S. Kargel

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In the above article [1], Figure 2 was incorrect. Unfortunately, we mixed the color label of "CONV $\to $ BN $\to $ ReLu" and "Unpooling" in the CNN structure section of Figure 2. The color label of "CONV $\to $ BN $\to $ ReLu" should be orange while the color label of "Unpooling" should be green. Also, the word "Decoder" is misspelled. That same figure with the same error is also used for the graphic abstract. The corrected figure is given here. None of the sections in the figure is modified. The only change is in the color label of …

การสกัดตารางและรายการบนเว็บเป็นอาร์ดีเอฟ, จุลเทพ นันทขว้าง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ทุกวันนี้ ลิงก์เดต้าได้เติบโตเพิ่มขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็วตามการเติบโตของเว็บ นอกเหนือจากข้อมูลใหม่ที่สร้างขึ้นในรูปแบบซีแมนติกโดยเฉพาะ ส่วนหนึ่งมาจากการแปลงข้อมูลโครงสร้างที่มีอยู่ให้อยู่ในรูปแบบของข้อมูลเปิดระดับห้าดาว อย่างไรก็ตามยังคงมีข้อมูลจำนวนมากในรูปแบบโครงสร้างและกึ่งโครงสร้าง ตัวอย่างเช่นตารางและรายการซึ่งเป็นรูปแบบหลักที่มนุษย์ใช้อ่าน ยังรอการแปลงอยู่ งานวิจัยนี้กล่าวถึงงานวิจัยต่าง ๆ ที่เกี่ยวกับการแปลงตารางและรายการมาเป็นข้อมูลในรูปแบบต่าง ๆ เพื่อให้เครื่องสามารถอ่านได้ นอกจากนี้ยังเสนอวิธีการในการแปลงตารางและรายการเป็นรูปแบบ Resource Description Framework และยังคงเก็บโครงสร้างต้นฉบับที่จำเป็นไว้อย่างละเอียด ซึ่งทำให้สามารถที่จะสร้างข้อมูลโครงสร้างเดิมกลับมาได้ ระบบ TULIP ถูกสร้างขึ้นเพื่อเป็นเครื่องมือสำหรับการพัฒนาซีแมนติกเว็บ วิธีการที่เสนอมีความยืดหยุ่นมากกว่าเมื่อเทียบกับงานอื่น ๆ เดต้าโมเดลของ TULIP สามารถรองรับการเก็บข้อมูลต้นฉบับอย่างครบถ้วน และสามารถนำมาแสดงใหม่ในมุมมองที่แตกต่างไปจากเดิม เครื่องมือนี้สามารถใช้สร้างข้อมูลจำนวนมหาศาลสำหรับเครื่องคอมพิวเตอร์เพื่อให้ใช้งานได้กว้างมากขึ้นกว่าเดิม

การสรุปใจความสำคัญของข้อความแบบสกัดสำหรับข่าวท่องเที่ยวภาษาไทย, ศรัญญา นาทองห่อ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ปัจจุบันเทคโนโลยีทางด้านคอมพิวเตอร์มีความสำคัญต่อการดำเนินชีวิตประจำวันของมนุษย์เป็นอย่างมากและยังถือว่าเป็นเครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการอำนวยความสะดวกให้แก่มนุษย์มากมายโดยเฉพาะทางด้านการสื่อสารผ่านสังคมออนไลน์ เพื่อลดเวลาในการอ่านข่าวหรืออ่านบทความและข่าวออนไลน์ต่างๆ จากการวิจัยที่ผ่านมามีการศึกษาและพัฒนาการสรุปใจความสำคัญของภาษาไทยเป็นจำนวนมาก ในงานวิจัยนี้ได้นำเสนอวิธีการสรุปใจความสำคัญจากข่าวการท่องเที่ยวภาษาไทย 2 วิธีคือการเลือกประโยคจากการจัดกลุ่มประโยคด้วยเคมีนและการเลือกประโยคด้วยวิธีหาคำสำคัญประโยคจากหัวข้อข่าว โดยมีการพัฒนาและสร้างคลังข้อมูลรายการคำประสมเพื่อช่วยเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพในการตัดคำ โดยการทดลองนี้ใช้ข้อมูลข่าวการท่องเที่ยวไทย ทั้งหมด 400 ข่าวสำหรับใช้ทดลองในการสรุปใจความสำคัญ และ 5,000 ข่าวสำหรับการสร้างคลังข้อมูลรายการคำประสม การวัดประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการที่นำเสนอ มีการวัดประสิทธิภาพการสรุปใจความสำคัญโดยการเปรียบเทียบผลจากการสรุปที่ได้จากผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านภาษาไทยเทียบกับผลสรุปที่ได้จากวิธีการที่นำเสนอ จากงานวิจัยนี้ในขั้นตอนการสร้างคำประสมได้คำประสมทั้งหมด จำนวน 2,340 คำ ผลการทดลองพบว่าวิธีตัดคำด้วยคัตคำร่วมกับตัดคำประสมได้ผลดีกว่าการตัดคำจากคัตคำเพียงอย่างเดียว และการสรุปใจความสำคัญโดยใช้การคำนวณค่าน้ำหนักของคำสำคัญโดยหาค่าความถี่ของคำจากหัวข้อข่าวเพียงอย่างเดียวและเลือกประโยคเรียงลำดับจากผลรวมความถี่ของคำสำคัญจากหัวข้อข่าวมีประสิทธิภาพและความแม่นยำสูงสุดโดยมีค่าความแม่นยำ ค่าความระลึกและค่าวัดประสิทธิภาพอยู่ที่ 0.8097 0.8367 และ 0.8216 ตามลำดับและเมื่อใช้คัตคำร่วมกับการตัดคำแบบเอ็นแกรมโดยวิธีการสรุปใจความสำคัญแบบเดียวกันได้ค่าความแม่นยำ ค่าความระลึกและค่าวัดประสิทธิภาพอยู่ที่ 0.8119 0.8398 และ 0.8242 ตามลำดับที่อัตราการบีบอัดร้อยละ 20

Leveraging Peer-To-Peer Energy Sharing For Resource Optimization In Mobile Social Networks, Aashish Dhungana

Theses and Dissertations

Mobile Opportunistic Networks (MSNs) enable the interaction of mobile users in the vicinity through various short-range wireless communication technologies (e.g., Bluetooth, WiFi) and let them discover and exchange information directly or in ad hoc manner. Despite their promise to enable many exciting applications, limited battery capacity of mobile devices has become the biggest impediment to these appli- cations. The recent breakthroughs in the areas of wireless power transfer (WPT) and rechargeable lithium batteries promise the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing (i.e., the transfer of energy from the battery of one member of the mobile network to the battery of …

Two Novel Radar Detectors For Spiky Sea Clutter With The Presence Of Thermal Noise And Interfering Targets, Nouh Guidoum, Faouzi Soltani, Amar Mezache

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In the context of noncoherent detection and high-resolution maritime radar system with low grazing angle, new Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) decision rules are suggested for two Compound Gaussian (CG) clutters namely: The K distribution and the Compound Inverse Gaussian (CIG) distribution, which are considered among the most appropriate models for sea clutter. The proposed decision rules are then modified to deal with the presence of thermal noise and interfering targets. The proposed detectors are investigated on the basis of synthetic data as well as real data of the IPIX radar database. The obtained results exhibit a high probability of …

Detection Of Hand Osteoarthritis From Hand Radiographs Using Convolutionalneural Networks With Transfer Learning, Kemal Üreten, Hasan Erbay, Hadi̇ Hakan Maraş

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. Hand osteoarthritis leads to specific structural changes in the joints, such as asymmetric joint space narrowing and osteophytes (bone spurs). Conventional radiography has traditionally been the primary method of visualizing these structural changes and diagnosing osteoarthritis. We aimed to develop a computerized method that is capable of determining the structural changes seen in radiography of the hand and to assist practitioners in interpreting radiographic changes and diagnosing the disease. In this retrospective study, transfer-learning-based convolutional neural networks were trained on a randomly selected dataset containing 332 radiography images of hands from an …

Context-Aware System For Glycemic Control In Diabetic Patients Using Neural Networks, Owais Bhat, Dawood A. Khan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Diabetic patients are quite hesitant in engaging in normal physiological activities due to difficulties associated with diabetes management. Over the last few decades, there have been advancements in the computational power of embedded systems and glucose sensing technologies. These advancements have attracted the attention of researchers around the globe developing automatic insulin delivery systems. In this paper, a method of closed-loop control of diabetes based on neural networks is proposed. These neural networks are used for making predictions based on the clinical data of a patient. A neural network feedback controller is also designed to provide a glycemic response by …

A Power And Area Efficient Approximate Carry Skip Adder For Error Resilient Applications, Sujit Patel, Bharat Garg, Shireesh Kumar Rai

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The compute-intensive multimedia applications on portable devices require power and area efficient arithmetic units. The adder is a prime building block of these arithmetic units and limits the overall performance. Therefore, this paper analyzes the logic operations of the state-of-the-art adders and presents a novel low complexity adder segment with new carry prediction logic by removing the redundant logic and sharing the common operations. Further, a new power and area efficient approximate carry skip (PAEA-CSK) adder is proposed using the novel adder segment. The effectiveness of the proposed PAEA-CSK adder is evaluated and compared over the existing adders by implementing …

Rule Extraction And Performance Estimation By Using Variable Neighborhoodsearch For Solar Power Plant In Konya, Yusuf Uzun, Muci̇z Özcan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The use of renewable energy sources in the production of electricity has become inevitable in order to reduce the greenhouse gases left in the atmosphere that cause the Earth to warm up. Although countries on a national basis have implemented a number of policies to support electricity generated from renewable energy sources, investments to produce electricity without a license on a local basis are not desirable. Those who want to invest medium and small scale for the most reason expect that this work will be supported by real data. Although the electricity generated by renewable investments is generated by simulation …

Robust Optimal Operation Of Smart Distribution Grids With Renewable Basedgenerators, Omid Zare, Sadjad Galvani, Murtaza Farsadi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Modern distribution systems are equipped with various distributed energy resources (DERs) because of the importance of local generation. These distribution systems encounter more and more uncertainties because of the ever-increasing use of renewable energies. Other sources of uncertainty, such as load variation and system components? failure, will intensify the unpredictable nature of modern distribution systems. Integrating energy storage systems into distribution grids can play a role as a flexible bidirectional source to accommodate issues from constantly varying loads and renewable resources. The overall functionality of these modern distribution systems is enhanced using communication and computational abilities in smart grid frameworks. …

Assessment Of Environmental Factors Affecting Software Reliability: A Survey Study, Alper Özcan, Çağatay Çatal, Cengi̇z Toğay, Bedi̇r Teki̇nerdoğan, Emrah Dönmez

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Currently, many systems depend on software, and software reliability as such has become one of the key challenges. Several studies have been carried out that focus on the impact of external environmental factors that impact software reliability. These studies, however, were all carried out in the same geographical context. Given the rapid developments in software engineering, this study aims to identify and reinvestigate the environmental factors that impact software reliability by also considering a different context. The environmental factors that have an impact on software reliability as reported in earlier studies have been analyzed and synthesized. Subsequently, a survey study …

Prominent Quality Attributes Of Crisis Software Systems: A Literature Review, Ahmet Ari̇f Aydin

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Developing software systems to meet user-demanded functionality is critical. Achieving the design goals by providing the needed functionality is a necessary task, and it is about figuring out a proper set of quality attributes and implementing each one by reflecting a complete set of quality attributes. This study presents popular quality attributes of crisis software systems by conducting a literature review. Each crisis software system has been studied by concentrating on crisis management phases where the system is used, design purposes, and the data processing style. The findings of this research shed light on the crisis software development process by …

A Mechanism Of Qos Differentiation Based On Offset Time And Adjusted Burstlength In Obs Networks, Viet Minh Nhat Vo, Trung Duc Pham, Thanh Chuong Dang, Van Hoa Le

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Quality of service (QoS) differentiation is an integral component of any networking system, particularly, with the current and future great diversity of users? applications and their manifold requirements. In optical burst switching (OBS) networks, there are two approaches for QoS differentiation: one is based on offset time and the other is based on burst length. This paper presents a mechanism of QoS differentiation based on both offset time and burst length, in which the offset times are calculated to achieve a complete isolation of data loss between priority classes and the burst length is adaptively adjusted according to the feedbacked …

Diagnosis Of Speed Sensor Faults In An Induction Machine Based On A Robustadaptive Super-Twisting Observer, Mohammed Zakaria Kari, Abdelkader Mechernene, Sidi Mohammed Meliani, Ibrahim Guenoune

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The present paper aims to determine a robust sensor fault-tolerant controller based on fuzzy logic using a robust adaptive super-twisting observer for the control of an induction machine and an inverter set by a state estimation method. The speed sensor is considered in the present case. The modular structure of the fault-tolerant control (FTC) scheme allows integrating this sensor within the existing closed-loop system, and the observer can therefore be designed independently. This article presents a new method to develop a fuzzy decision system that provides faulttolerant control. This paper also aims at detecting the mechanical speed sensor faults. The …

A Novel S-Box-Based Postprocessing Method For True Random Number Generation, Erdi̇nç Avaroğlu, Taner Tuncer

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The quality of randomness in numbers generated by true random number generators (TRNGs) depends on the source of entropy. However, in TRNGs, sources of entropy are affected by environmental changes and this creates a correlation between the generated bit sequences. Postprocessing is required to remove the problem created by this correlation in TRNGs. In this study, an S-box-based postprocessing structure is proposed as an alternative to the postprocessing structures seen in the published literature. A ring oscillator (RO)-based TRNG is used to demonstrate the use of an S-box for postprocessing and the removal of correlations between number sequences. The statistical …

Harmonic Effects Optimization At A System Level Using A Harmonic Power Flowcontroller, Reza Mehri, Hossein Mokhtari

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Increase of nonlinear loads in industries has resulted in high levels of harmonic currents and consequently harmonic voltages in power networks. Harmonics have several negative effects such as higher energy losses and equipment life reduction. To reduce the levels of harmonics in power networks, different methods of harmonic suppression have been employed. The basic idea in all of these methods is to prevent harmonics from flowing into a power network at customer sides and the point of common coupling (PCC). Due to the costs, none of the existing mitigating methods result in a harmonic-free power system. The remaining harmonic currents, …

Increasing Performance Of Classifiers For Ssvep-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces Using Extension Methods, Ethan Douglas Webster

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) provide an alternative communication method that does not require standard physical mediums (speech, typing, etc.). These systems have been implemented to provide additional communication and control options for people with certain motor disabilities. Classification is an important part of BCI systems and consists of inferring user commands from brain activity. Supervised classification methods often achieve higher accuracy, but unsupervised classification methods are useful when training is not practical for the user. This thesis focuses on unsupervised classification algorithms used for a BCI speller application and presents extensions for two existing classifiers that improve classification accuracy and thus …

Sequentially-Closed And Forward-Closed String Rewriting Systems, Yu Zhang

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

In this dissertation we introduce the new concept of sequentially-closed string rewriting systems which generalizes forward-closed string rewriting systems and monadic string rewriting systems. We also investigate subclasses and properties of finite and regular sequentially-closed systems and forward-closed systems.

Invariant-Based Online Software Anomaly Detection And Selective Regression Testing, Yizhen Chen

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Software has been extensively used in various domains to provide online services. With the growing popularity of these types of applications, the quality of the software has a great impact on many of our daily activities [1]. Reliable software executions that deliver expected outcomes are essential for quality services. Software is considered abnormal when its behavior deviates from what is expected at any point during its execution. When anomalous behavior propagates to an exit point of the software and produces an incorrect output or an unexpected termination of the execution, it is considered a software failure. An anomaly may or …

Smart Communities: From Sensors To Internet Of Things And To A Marketplace Of Services, Stephan Olariu, Nirwan Ansari (Editor), Andreas Ahrens (Editor), Cesar Benavente-Preces (Editor)

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Our paper was inspired by the recent Society 5.0 initiative of the Japanese Government that seeks to create a sustainable human-centric society by putting to work recent advances in technology: sensor networks, edge computing, IoT ecosystems, AI, Big Data, robotics, to name just a few. The main contribution of this work is a vision of how these technological advances can contribute, directly or indirectly, to making Society 5.0 reality. For this purpose we build on a recently-proposed concept of Marketplace of Services that, in our view, will turn out to be one of the cornerstones of Society 5.0. Instead of …