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Cognizant Composites: Seamless Integration Of Circuitry And Sensors Into Structural Composites, Reuben Fresquez

Computer Science ETDs

This thesis describes a set of novel techniques for embedding sensors, circuitry, and electronics into structural composites. I leverage recent developments in human computer interaction to create sensors and circuitry that are seamlessly incorporated into structural composites. I fabricate bend and compression sensors, along with circuitry, from textiles, which enables me to add electronic capabilities without impacting the composite’s structural integrity. I describe the construction of these “cognizant composites” and demonstrate their functionality. I also explore techniques for embedding standard electronic components, including microcontrollers, into structural composites. Potential applications of this technology include buildings that can warn occupants if load-bearing …

Novel Approach To Integrate Can Based Vehicle Sensors With Gps Using Adaptive Filters To Improve Localization Precision In Connected Vehicles From A Systems Engineering Perspective, Abhijit Vasili

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Research and development in Connected Vehicles (CV) Technologies has increased exponentially, with the allocation of 75 MHz radio spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) dedicated to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in 1999 and 30 MHz in the 5.9 GHz by the European Telecommunication Standards Institution (ETSI). Many applications have been tested and deployed in pilot programs across many cities all over the world.

CV pilot programs have played a vital role in evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the technology and understanding the effects of the applications over the safety of road users. The …

The Maritime Domain Awareness Center– A Human-Centered Design Approach, Gary Gomez

Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications

This paper contends that Maritime Domain Awareness Center (MDAC) design should be a holistic approach integrating established knowledge about human factors, decision making, cognitive tasks, complexity science, and human information interaction. The design effort should not be primarily a technology effort that focuses on computer screens, information feeds, display technologies, or user interfaces. The existence of a room with access to vast amounts of information and wall-to-wall video screens of ships, aircraft, weather data, and other regional information does not necessarily correlate to possessing situation awareness. Fundamental principles of human-centered information design should guide MDAC design and technology selection, and …

Don't Bite The Bait: Phishing Attack For Internet Banking (E-Banking), Ilker Kara

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

Phishing attacks are based on obtaining desired information from users quickly and easily with the help of misdirecting, panicking, curiosity, or excitement. Most of the phishing web sites are designed on internet banking(e-banking) and the attackers can acquire financial information of misled users with the tactics and discourses they develop. Despite the increase of prevention techniques against phishing attacks day by day, an effective solution could not be found for this issue due to the human factor. Because of this reason, real phishing attack studies are essential to study and analyze the attackers’ attack techniques and strategies. This study focused …

Protection Of Patient Privacy On Mobile Device Machine Learning, Matthew Nguyen

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

An existing StudentLife Study mobile dataset was evaluated and organized to be applied to different machine learning methods. Different variables like user activity, exercise, sleep, study space, social, and stress levels are optimized to train a model that could predict user stress level. The different machine learning methods would test if both patient data privacy and training efficiency can be ensured.

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (Cmmc) Compliance For Dod Contractors, Sierra Burnett

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

The DoD is currently taking a supply-chain risk management strategy to foster cybersecurity. This unique strategy is often referred to as CMMC which stands for “Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification”. The approach requires that all the 300,000 DoD contractors acquire third-party authentication that may attain the requirements for the CMMC maturity level suitable to the work they desire to do for the DoD. CMMC typically examines the organization's capability to safeguard Federal Contract Information as well as CUI. It integrates various cybersecurity standards already in place and plots the best practices alongside processes to five maturity levels that range from the …

Development Of Sensor, Sensory System And Signal Processing Algorithm For Intelligent Sensing Applications, Xingzhe Zhang

Dissertations

Sensors have been receiving significant attention in the last decade and the demand for sensory systems has increased in recent years due to the rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Sensors can improve people’s awareness by providing them with real-time information on the environment and their immediate health conditions. This dissertation presents the fulfilment of three main projects and focuses on the development of a sensor, a sensory system, and a sensor signal recognition system for AI applications by employing printed electronics, analog circuit design, and digital signal processing techniques.

In the first project, a multi-channel stethograph …

Traffic Collision Avoidance System: False Injection Viability, John Hannah, Robert F. Mills, Richard Dill, Douglas D. Hodson

Faculty Publications

Safety is a simple concept but an abstract task, specifically with aircraft. One critical safety system, the Traffic Collision Avoidance System II (TCAS), protects against mid-air collisions by predicting the course of other aircraft, determining the possibility of collision, and issuing a resolution advisory for avoidance. Previous research to identify vulnerabilities associated with TCAS’s communication processes discovered that a false injection attack presents the most comprehensive risk to veritable trust in TCAS, allowing for a mid-air collision. This research explores the viability of successfully executing a false injection attack against a target aircraft, triggering a resolution advisory. Monetary constraints precluded …

Efficient Server-Aided Secure Two-Party Computation In Heterogeneous Mobile Cloud Computing, Yulin Wu, Xuan Wang, Willy Susilo, Guomin Yang, Zoe L. Jiang, Qian Chen, Peng Xu

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

With the ubiquity of mobile devices and rapid development of cloud computing, mobile cloud computing (MCC) has been considered as an essential computation setting to support complicated, scalable and flexible mobile applications by overcoming the physical limitations of mobile devices with the aid of cloud. In the MCC setting, since many mobile applications (e.g., map apps) interacting with cloud server and application server need to perform computation with the private data of users, it is important to realize secure computation for MCC. In this article, we propose an efficient server-aided secure two-party computation (2PC) protocol for MCC. This is the …

Warshipping: Hacking The Mailroom, Jackson Szwast, Bryson Payne

KSU Proceedings on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Everyone knows what package shipping is, but not everyone knows what warshipping is. Corporate mailrooms are rarely considered as part of the cybersecurity attack surface of most organizations, but they offer physical access to millions of uninspected packages daily. UPS shipped 5.5 billion items last year, with their daily average being 21.9 million items and operating through 1,800 locations in 2020. FedEx shipped 6.5 million packages daily and operates 2,150 locations. The United States Postal Service delivered 143 billion pieces of mail in 2019. Increasingly the world’s consumers are relying on e-commerce, and during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, package deliveries …

Generating Synthetic Training Data For Deep Learning-Based Uav Trajectory Prediction, Brendan T. Morris, Stefan Becker, Ronny Hug, Wolfgang Huebner, Michael Arens

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

Deep learning-based models, such as recurrent neural networks (RNNs), have been applied to various sequence learning tasks with great success. Following this, these models are increasingly replacing classic approaches in object tracking applications for motion prediction. On the one hand, these models can capture complex object dynamics with less modeling required, but on the other hand, they depend on a large amount of training data for parameter tuning. Towards this end, we present an approach for generating synthetic trajectory data of unmanned-aerial-vehicles (UAVs) in image space. Since UAVs, or rather quadrotors are dynamical systems, they can not follow arbitrary trajectories. …

Constructing Frameworks For Task-Optimized Visualizations, Ghulam Jilani Abdul Rahim Quadri

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Visualization is crucial in today’s data-driven world to augment and enhance human understanding and decision-making. Effective visualizations must support accuracy in visual task performance and expressive data communication. Effective visualization design depends on the visual channels used, chart types, or visual tasks. However, design choices and visual judgment are co-related, and effectiveness is not one-dimensional, leading to a significant need to understand the intersection of these factors to create optimized visualizations. Hence, constructing frameworks that consider both design decisions and the task being performed enables optimizing visualization design to maximize efficacy. This dissertation describes experiments, techniques, and user studies to …

Research On Cgf-Oriented Intention Recognition Behavioral Modeling Framework, Xu Kai, Yunxiu Zeng, Wansen Wu, Quanjun Yin, Yabing Zha

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As an important cognitive behavior in Computer Generated Forces (CGF), Intention Recognition reasons the temporal relations between actions of friends and enemies to recognize their true intentions, and provides the observer with far more focused decision-making ability. In order to further formalize the modeling of CGF-oriented intention recognition, the paper reviews the worldwide research development from 1980s, along with the designs and implementations of different methods. Following the theory of Situation Awareness, the paper analyzes the situation awareness process of CGF, its impacting factors and constraints and proposes a generalized intention recognition framework considering different problem characteristics, constraints and …

Identification Of Main Steam Temperature System Based On Improved Particle Swarm Optimization, Zhenqian Cao, Yin Jiang, Jinhua Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Establishing an accurate mathematical model of main steam temperature is the basis of improving the performance of control system. Aiming at the problems of early maturity and slow convergence in traditional particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm in model identification, an improved PSO algorithm with shrinkage factor is proposed. The algorithm improves the global optimization capability and convergence speed of the algorithm by adjusting the shrinkage factor. The on-site operating data of a 350 MW circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler in a power plant in Shanxi province are used in the identification of the main steam model parameters, and the …

Dqn-Based Path Planning Method And Simulation For Submarine And Warship In Naval Battlefield, Xiaodong Huang, Haitao Yuan, Bi Jing, Liu Tao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To realize multi-agent intelligent planning and target tracking in complex naval battlefield environment, the work focuses on agents (submarine or warship), and proposes a simulation method based on reinforcement learning algorithm called Deep Q Network (DQN). Two neural networks with the same structure and different parameters are designed to update real and predicted Q values for the convergence of value functions. An ε-greedy algorithm is proposed to design an action selection mechanism, and a reward function is designed for the naval battlefield environment to increase the update velocity and generalization ability of Learning with Experience Replay (LER). Simulation results …

Research On Path Tracking Control Strategy Of Four-Wheel Steering Intelligent Vehicle, Jingbo Zhao, Liangpeng Zhu, Chengye Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the instability of path tracking control of intelligent vehicle at high speed, a path tracking control strategy of four-wheel steering combined with differential braking is proposed. In the upper layer, the front wheel active steering controller is designed based on the path tracking model. In the lower layer, the integrated controller of active rear steering and additional yaw moment is designed using the sliding mode control method. The additional yaw moment is transformed into the control of single wheel by designing differential braking distribution strategy. Simulation results show that the tracking accuracy of the combined control strategy …

Fixed-Time Event-Triggered Formation Control For Multiple Uavs, Ye Shuai, Guoping Jiang, Yingjiang Zhou, Liu Shang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the quadrotor UAV formation control problem, an event-triggered fixed time formation control algorithm of multi quadrotor UAV system is studied. For the attitude loop control problem of UAV, the switching fixed time sliding surface is selected to make the system reach the equilibrium point in a fixed time when the system state is on the sliding surface. A fixed-time sliding mode controller is designed so that the system state which is not on the sliding surface can reach the sliding surface within a fixed time. In view of the position loop control problem of UAV, the event-driven …

Virus Propagation And System Simulation Based On Cellular Automata Model, Lijuan Zhang, Fuchang Wang, Zhengang Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A susceptible-latent-infected-cured-immune virus spreading model is established according to the characteristics of epidemic transmission and the actual urban spatial map model. Individuals in the environment are regarded as agents, and the spreading mechanism is established according to the principle of cellular. The effects of different strategies and different characteristics of virus spreading on epidemic have been studied. The role and effect of important factors on epidemic prevention and control method are discussed, and the model is validated taking Shijiazhuang epidemic as an example . The results show that the number of initial latent, the infectivity of disease, vaccination proportion …

Research On Accurate Gesture Recognition Algorithm In Complex Environment Based On Machine Vision, Xu Sheng, Wenyu Feng, Zhicheng Liu, Xintao Tu, Minrui Fei, Kun Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the issue of cross infection caused by elevator public buttons during COVID-19, a software algorithm based on machine vision for non-contact control of public buttons by gesture recognition is designed. In order to improve the accuracy of gesture recognition, an improved YOLOv4 algorithm is proposed. A Ghost module is designed based on attention mechanism, and the ResBlock module in YOLOv4 is improved to Ghost module. The experimental results show that, in the task of gesture recognition, the detection speed is improved by 14% and the detection accuracy is improved by 0.1% compared with the original model. The …

Simulation Of Civil Aircraft Takeoff Scenario Based On Mbse, Liangyu Zhao, Junjie Ye, He Qi, Guo Wei, Zhao Yong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the interactions and flaws of design being difficult to be fully discovered, the requirements being hard to be traced, the early verification of system design being difficult to be realized and so on, a Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) method is adopted to realize the simulation of civil aircraft take-off scenario. Based on the analysis of civil aircraft takeoff scenario requirements, the civil aircraft takeoff scenario simulation architecture, take-off scenario discrete logic model, and continuous physical simulation model are established. The method of fusing the SysML model and Simulink model and the 3D visualization of simulation data …

An Equivalent Method Of Uav Simulating High-Altitude Reconnaissance Equipment Optical Imaging, Jiangang Tu, Xu Cheng, Wang Hui, Zenghui Shen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the situation that the actual image of enemy reconnaissance equipment is difficult to be obtained, and the process of using similar equipment of our army is complicated and expensive in the detection of the camouflage effect of our important military targets, an equivalent detection method of using the UAV aerial photography to generate the high-altitude optical reconnaissance images is proposed. The number of pixels in the equivalent image is determined by comparing the acquisition height and the optical imaging device’s parameters of the UAV and the high-altitude reconnaissance equipment. The compressed pixel value is calculated through the …

Joint Distribution Location-Routing Problem And Large Neighborhood Search Algorithm, Zhenping Li, Yuwei Zhao, Yuwei Zhang, Lining Xing, Ren Teng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on the characteristics of two-echelon, multi-center, and heterogeneous fleets in urban logistics joint distribution system, the two-echelon joint distribution location routing problem is studied. The problem is formulated into a mixed integer programming model to minimize the total costs. An adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm (ALNS) for solving the model with multiple deletion and insertion operators is proposed to obtain neighborhood solution. The selection probability of each operator is adjusted according to the neighborhood solution to accelerate the convergence speed. Several test examples are generated based on the benchmark of location-routing problem. Both ALNS algorithm and Gurobi software …

Modeling And Simulation Of Crowd Multi-Perception Behavior Model In Closed Public Places, Ma Jun, Hu Jun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The social forces-based multi-agent modeling method is used to build the crowd simulation models in most of the existing crowd behavior simulation software systems. From the perspective of cognitive psychology, combined with the spatial logic model of the generalized influence of the crowd obtained by the author’s previous research, and based on the sigmoid function, the mathematical model of the individual visual and auditory perception of the crowd is constructed. Taking the typical subway transfer hall as an example, the objective function of large passenger volume evacuation optimization is established to construct the crowd evacuation simulation model. The simulation …

High Performance Simulation Method And Test Platform For Full Envelop Of Flight Vehicle, Jianlin Wang, Sufang Chen, Tie Ming, Liu Jing, Zhang Jun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to meet the needs of the overall performance simulation and verification of the vehicle with large subsamples and massive states, a high-performance simulation method is proposed, in which a parallel simulation architecture based on high-performance computers is established, the technologies and software such as decoupling of simulation tasks, real-time monitoring of simulation, concurrent conflict control and automatic aggregation of large-scale test results are realized, and a test platform for the large-scale parallel verification of flight performance is developed. Simulation results show that the method has high acceleration ratio and scalability, and can complete the verification efficiently, …

Research On Simulation And Optimization Of Maintenance Support Mode And Human Resources Auocation For Complex Equipment, Junhai Cao, Yiming Guo, Chuang Zhang, Qingyi Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the single maintenance support mode of the army’s complex equipment and the strong randomness of human resource allocation, the military-level equipment maintenance process is taken as the research object, the complex equipment maintenance plan, maintenance support mode, human resource configuration, and maintenance process flow are analyzed. The simulation model of a complex equipment maintenance workshop is constructed, the influence of maintenance plans, maintenance support modes, and human resource allocation on indicators of “maintenance support time” and “human resource satisfaction rate” is explored, the internal laws is analyzed and the manpower optimal allocation for the maintenance of …

Survey Of Evolutionary Behavior Tree Algorithm, Yang Jie, Zhang Qi, Junjie Zeng, Quanjun Yin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Evolutionary behavior tree method is an agent behavior modeling method which uses evolutionary algorithm to generate and optimize behavior tree model. Based on the background knowledge of behavior tree and evolutionary algorithm, three kinds of evolutionary behavior tree algorithms based on genetic programming, grammar evolution and hybrid algorithm as well as corresponding improved algorithms are described, and the advantages and disadvantages of different algorithms are analyzed and compared. The specific applications of evolutionary behavior tree in combat simulation, game artificial intelligence, robotics and other fields are summarized. The future development trends of evolutionary behavior tree are proposed and discussed …

Research On Experimental Method Of Joint Operation Simulation Based On Human-Machine Hybrid Intelligence, Ma Jun, Jingyu Yang, Wu Xi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the difficulties that the joint operation simulation experiment methods are mainly for guiding equipment evaluation and demonstration, which is difficult to effectively support the research of operation problems, a joint operation simulation experiment method based on human-machine hybrid intelligence is proposed. The classification, generation and accumulation process of the knowledge in joint operation simulation experiment are clarified. Through the detailed descriptions of experimental interaction process, experimental operation process, experimental driving mode, simulation operation mode, supporting system structure, etc., a joint operation simulation experiment framework based on man-machine hybrid intelligence is constructed. It provides a new method …

Optimized-Xgboost Early Warning Of Wind Turbine Generator Front Bearing Fault, Le Wei, Xiaodong Hu, Yin Shi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to identify the abnormal running state of the generator in time, a wind turbine generator front bearing fault early warning method based on Bayesian optimized extreme gradient boosting algorithm is proposed. The historical data collected by SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) are preprocessed by effective data preprocessing methods. The temperature prediction model of the front bearing of wind turbine generator is constructed based on the Bayesian-optimized XGBoost (eXtreme Gradient Boosting) algorithm and the fault early warning threshold of the front bearing of the wind turbine generator is determined based on the 3σ criterion. The experimental …

Reusability Analysis And Application For Complex System Simulation Model, Zhu Feng, Yiping Yao, Wenjie Tang, Li Jin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Model reuse is an important way to improve the development efficiency of complex system simulation application. At present, there are few researches on the reusability of simulation model and its impact on the development efficiency of complex system simulation application integration by using qualitative/quantitative methods. A simulation model reusability analysis method is proposed. By introducing the simulation application integration development speedup ratio, the simulation model reusability analysis mathematical model is constructed, and the requirements of model interface, model testing and information description for improving model reusability are analyzed qualitatively. Through two typical case studies, the influence of reusable simulation …

Scheduling Optimization Research Based On Tabu Algorithm For Uncertainty Carrier Aircraft Support, Yangkai Meng, Wang Zheng, Jiali Fan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the scheduling stability of ship-borne and reduce the uncertainty risk during the operation, the deck scheduling mathematical model is designed. For the refueling uncertainty, the equipment failure distribution function is established, and the research method of guarantee operation risk factor value and fault opportunity influence factor is proposed. The uncertainty target function calculation model is derived and solved using the improved taboo algorithm to obtain the scheduling optimization scheme. Simulation experimental results verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed research method.