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Timing Of Maximal Weight Reduction Following Bariatric Surgery: A Study In Chinese Patients, Ting Xu, Chen Wang, Hongwei Zhang, Xiaodong Han, Weijie Liu, Junfeng Han, Haoyong Yu, Jin Chen, Pin Zhang, Jianzhong Di

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is a well-received treatment for obesity with maximal weight loss at 12–36 months postoperatively. We investigated the effect of early bariatric surgery on weight reduction of Chinese patients in accordance with their preoperation characteristics.

Materials and Methods: Altogether, 409 patients with obesity from a prospective cohort in a single bariatric center were enrolled retrospectively and evaluated for up to 4 years. Measurements obtained included surgery type, duration of diabetic condition, besides the usual body mass index data tuple. Weight reduction was expressed as percent total weight loss (%TWL) and percent excess weight loss (%EWL).

Results: RYGB or …

A Bio-Inspired Transportation Network For Scalable Swarm Foraging, Qi Lu, G. Matthew Fricke, Takaya Tsuno, Melanie E. Moses

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Scalability is a significant challenge for robot swarms. Generally, larger groups of cooperating robots produce more inter-robot collisions, and in swarm robot foraging, larger search arenas result in larger travel costs. This paper demonstrates a scale-invariant swarm foraging algorithm that ensures that each robot finds and delivers targets to a central collection zone at the same rate regardless of the size of the swarm or the search area. Dispersed mobile depots aggregate locally collected targets and transport them to a central place via a hierarchical branching transportation network. This approach is inspired by ubiquitous fractal branching networks such as tree …

F-Measure Optimisation And Label Regularisation For Energy-Based Neural Dialogue State Tracking Models, Anh Duong Trinh, Robert J. Ross, John D. Kelleher

Conference papers

In recent years many multi-label classification methods have exploited label dependencies to improve performance of classification tasks in various domains, hence casting the tasks to structured prediction problems. We argue that multi-label predictions do not always satisfy domain constraint restrictions. For example when the dialogue state tracking task in task-oriented dialogue domains is solved with multi-label classification approaches, slot-value constraint rules should be enforced following real conversation scenarios.

To address these issues we propose an energy-based neural model to solve the dialogue state tracking task as a structured prediction problem. Furthermore we propose two improvements over previous methods with respect …

Teaching Computational Machine Learning (Without Statistics), Katherine M. Kinnaird

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

This paper presents an undergraduate machine learning course that emphasizes algorithmic understanding and programming skills while assuming no statistical training. Emphasizing the development of good habits of mind, this course trains students to be independent machine learning practitioners through an iterative, cyclical framework for teaching concepts while adding increasing depth and nuance. Beginning with unsupervised learning, this course is sequenced as a series of machine learning ideas and concepts with specific algorithms acting as concrete examples. This paper also details course organization including evaluation practices and logistics.

A Novel Low-Power Synchronous Preamble Data Line Chip Design For Oscillator Control Interface, Shih-Lun Chen, Tsun-Kuang Chi, Min-Chun Tuan, Chiung-An Chen, Liang-Hung Wang, Wei-Yuan Chiang, Ming-Yi Lin, Patricia Angela R. Abu

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

In this paper, a novel low-power synchronous preamble data line protocol chip design for serial communication is proposed. The serial communication only uses two wires, chip select (CS) and secure digital (SD), to transmit and receive data between two devices. The proposed protocol aims to use a fewer number of wires for the interface, therefore reducing the complexity as well as the area of the chip design. Moreover, it increases the efficiency through a synchronous serial communication-controlled oscillator. The low-power synchronous preamble data line protocol design was successfully verified using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) as a master device and …

Low Cost Aip Design In 5g Flexible Antenna Phase Array System Application, Wei-Shin Tung, Wei-Yuan Chiang, Chih-Kai Liu, Chiung-An Chen, Pei-Zong Rao, Patricia Angela R. Abu, Wan-Ming Chen, Faisal Asadi, Shih-Lun Chen

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

In this paper, a low cost 28 GHz Antenna-in-Package (AIP) for a 5G communication system is designed and investigated. The antenna is implemented on a low-cost FR4 substrate with a phase shift control integrated circuit, AnokiWave phasor integrated circuit (IC). The unit cell where the array antenna and IC are integrated in the same plate constructs a flexible phase array system. Using the AIP unit cell, the desired antenna array can be created, such as 2 × 8, 8 × 8 or 2 × 64 arrays. The study design proposed in this study is a 2 × 2 unit cell …

Developing Employment Environments Where Individuals With Asd Thrive: Using Machine Learning To Explore Employer Policies And Practices, Amy Jane Griffiths, Amy E. Hurley Hanson, Cristina M. Giannantonio, Sneha Kohli Mathur, Kayleigh Hyde, Erik Linstead

Education Faculty Articles and Research

An online survey instrument was developed to assess employers’ perspectives on hiring job candidates with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The investigators used K-means clustering to categorize companies in clusters based on their hiring practices related to individuals with ASD. This methodology allowed the investigators to assess and compare the various factors of businesses that successfully hire employees with ASD versus those that do not. The cluster analysis indicated that company structures, policies and practices, and perceptions, as well as the needs of employers and employees, were important in determining who would successfully hire individuals with ASD. Key areas that require …

Measuring The Perceived Social Intelligence Of Robots, Kimberly A. Barchard, Leiszle Lapping-Carr, R. Shane Westfall, Andrea Fink-Armold, Santosh Balajee Banisetty, David Feil-Seifer

Psychology Faculty Research

Robotic social intelligence is increasingly important. However, measures of human social intelligence omit basic skills, and robot-specific scales do not focus on social intelligence. We combined human robot interaction concepts of beliefs, desires, and intentions with psychology concepts of behaviors, cognitions, and emotions to create 20 Perceived Social Intelligence (PSI) Scales to comprehensively measure perceptions of robots with a wide range of embodiments and behaviors. Participants rated humanoid and non-humanoid robots interacting with people in five videos. Each scale had one factor and high internal consistency, indicating each measures a coherent construct. Scales capturing perceived social information processing skills (appearing …

Functional Morphology Of Gliding Flight Ii. Morphology Follows Predictions Of Gliding Performance, Jonathan Rader, Tyson L. Hedrick, Yanyan He, Lindsay D. Waldrop

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

The evolution of wing morphology among birds, and its functional consequences, remains an open question, despite much attention. This is in part because the connection between form and function is difficult to test directly. To address this deficit, in prior work we used computational modeling and sensitivity analysis to interrogate the impact of altering wing aspect ratio, camber, and Reynolds number on aerodynamic performance, revealing the performance landscapes that avian evolution has explored. In the present work, we used a dataset of three-dimensionally scanned bird wings coupled with the performance landscapes to test two hypotheses regarding the evolutionary diversification of …

Real-Time Road Hazard Information System, Carlos Pena-Caballero, Dong-Chul Kim, Adolfo Gonzalez, Osvaldo Castellanos, Angel A. Cantu, Jungseok Ho

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Infrastructure is a significant factor in economic growth for systems of government. In order to increase economic productivity, maintaining infrastructure quality is essential. One of the elements of infrastructure is roads. Roads are means which help local and national economies be more productive. Furthermore, road damage such as potholes, debris, or cracks is the cause of many on-road accidents that have cost the lives of many drivers. In this paper, we propose a system that uses Convolutional Neural Networks to detect road degradations without data pre-processing. We utilize the state-of-the-art object detection algorithm, YOLO detector for the system. First, we …

A Statistical Impulse Response Model Based On Empirical Characterization Of Wireless Underground Channel, Abdul Salam, Mehmet C. Vuran, Suat Irmak

Faculty Publications

Wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) are becoming ubiquitous in many areas. The design of robust systems requires extensive understanding of the underground (UG) channel characteristics. In this paper, an UG channel impulse response is modeled and validated via extensive experiments in indoor and field testbed settings. The three distinct types of soils are selected with sand and clay contents ranging from $13\%$ to $86\%$ and $3\%$ to $32\%$, respectively. The impacts of changes in soil texture and soil moisture are investigated with more than $1,200$ measurements in a novel UG testbed that allows flexibility in soil moisture control. Moreover, the …

Development Of An Augmented Reality Based Facility Layout Planning And Optimization, Tan Chee Hau

Student Works (2020-2029)

This study presents an augmented reality (AR) based facility layout planning (FLP) system with an optimization algorithm to assist facility layout designers in decision making. AR is a technology that blends virtual data such as 3 Dimensional (3D) model into the actual world. FLP is about the allocation of facilities to achieve smooth, efficient and effective processes. FLP’s research can be divided into the procedural approach, algorithmic approach, Virtual Reality (VR) and AR-based approaches. AR-based FLP effectively addressed the traditional FLP issues such as facilitating the addition of a new machine in an existing production floor, rearrangement of machines’ sequence, …

Security, Privacy And Trust For Smart Mobile- Internet Of Things (M-Iot): A Survey, Vishal Sharma, Ilsun You, Karl Andersson, Francesco Palmieri, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Jaedeock Lim

Publications

With an enormous range of applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) has magnetized industries and academicians from everywhere. IoT facilitates operations through ubiquitous connectivity by providing Internet access to all the devices with computing capabilities. With the evolution of wireless infrastructure, the focus from simple IoT has been shifted to smart, connected and mobile IoT (M-IoT) devices and platforms, which can enable low-complexity, low-cost and efficient computing through sensors, machines, and even crowdsourcing. All these devices can be grouped under a common term of M-IoT. Even though the positive impact on applications has been tremendous, security, privacy and trust are …

An Enhancement Of Age And Gender Classification Accuracy With Hybrid Handcrafted And Deep Features Using Hierarchical Extreme Learning Machine, Mohammad Javidan Darugar

Student Works (2020-2029)

Age and gender classification are some of the essential algorithms that have many use cases in our everyday life. For example, in robotics, field robots can interact with a human base on their gender in data analysis, to have statistics about age and gender of audiences in social events, YouTube video analysis, and many other applications. In this research, we have addressed limitations in deep neural networks, which by overcoming this limitation, we can gain better accuracy and performance. Our study has several other possible applications which are not limited only to age and gender classification. This dissertation is about …

Analytic Provenance For Software Reverse Engineers, Wayne C. Henry

Theses and Dissertations

Reverse engineering is a time-consuming process essential to software-security tasks such as malware analysis and vulnerability discovery. During the process, an engineer will follow multiple leads to determine how the software functions. The combination of time and possible explanations makes it difficult for the engineers to maintain a context of their findings within the overall task. Analytic provenance tools have demonstrated value in similarly complex fields that require open-ended exploration and hypothesis vetting. However, they have not been explored in the reverse engineering domain. This dissertation presents SensorRE, the first analytic provenance tool designed to support software reverse engineers. A …

Dictionary-Based Diabetes Distress Detection Mechanism Using Facebook Reactions, Marian Cynthia Martin

Student Works (2020-2029)

Over the last decade, the internet has paved the way for Facebook to become the digital hub for social networking transforming the ways of sharing information carrying rich and valuable information of users’ perspectives. Facebook support groups compromised of online diabetes communities facilitates users to connect to different people with similar conditions and share information wrapped in their own sentiments and emotions. Diabetes being a major life threatening health issue, results in diabetes distress among the online diabetes community. However, the detection of diabetes distress had been carried out manually using surveys and questionnaires, accentuating the lack of studies in …

Ansible: Select-To-Edit For Physical Widgets, Benjamin M. Crowder

Theses and Dissertations

Ansible brings select-to-edit functionality to physical widgets. When programming sets of physical widgets, it can be bothersome for a programmer to remember the name of the software object that corresponds to a specific widget. Click-to-edit functionality in GUI programming provides a physical action--moving the mouse to a widget and clicking a button on the mouse--to select a virtual widget. In a similar vein, when programming physical widgets, it is natural to point at a widget and think, "I want to program that one." Ansible allows physical user interface programmers to "click" on a physical widget by making a physical action: …

Research Overview On Modeling And Solution Of Aerospace Tt&C Scheduling Problem, Qingqing Yan, Huairong Shen, Qiongling Shao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The research of Aerospace TT&C Scheduling (ATT&CS) is very important, because of its support for TT&C scheme decision-making and TT&C resource net constructing. The classification and resolution flow of the ATT&CS problem were introduced. Then, the modeling methods and related key techniques, such as designing of object function, analysis of constraints, and priority determining, were analyzed. The solving algorithms and conflict resolution methods were summed up, and the major categories of algorithm were evaluated. The main content of scheduling evaluation research was summarized. The possible future researches for related techniques were discussed based on the analysis of development and …

Overview Of Development And Current Progress In Maritime Simulation Research, Xinping Yan, Wu Bing, Wang Yang, Xiaoyang Wei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Maritime simulation plays an essential role in security of ship navigation, the innovation of the administration and the improvement of management ability. The traditional maritime simulation was surveyed, and the scope of maritime simulation was specified. Moreover, the research related to maritime simulation was overviewed under the proposed scope of maritime simulation. To gain a deeper insight into the research domain, maritime simulation was scrutinized in two dimensions. From the perspective of the simulation scale, modeling characters, and user requirements, maritime simulation was divided into macro, medium and micro scales; whereas in the viewpoint of comprehensive safety …

Principe Of Behavior Computing On Emotional Game, Guofeng Zhang, Wang Niu, Xiong Hu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Emotions is analyzed by mathematical statistics as an influence factor on behavior interaction in the current behavioral game researches. On the face of the status quo, premising emotion rationality that is the alternative to results rationality, a fresh emotional game computing principle was proposed by building emotion behavior schemata function. The suggested thought was applied to a modified ultimatum game computing, an emotional equilibrium outcome was obtained, and the psychological mechanism of the brave behavior was revealed. Meanwhile, the basic principle of pattern recognition to behavior selection mode was established. According to the constraint conditions of …

Simulation And Analysis Of Wind Turbine Echoes, Weikun He, Yuluo Shi, Xiaoliang Wang, Yuzhao Ma, Renbiao Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Wind turbines can have serious effect on ATC radar, communication and navigation equipments. Thus electromagnetic scattering features of wind turbine and its echo simulation technology are of vital significance to wind farm clutter suppression and ensure air traffic safety. Based on the model of wind turbine scattering points superposition, the radar echo simulation of the wind turbine was studied. Meanwhile, the effect of azimuth angle and elevation angle of the incident wave on the echoes were considered and the model of radar echo signal for any observation points was established. In addition, the characteristics of time domain, …

Full-Scale Dynamic Simulation For Structure Safety And Schedule Coupling Of Rcc Gravity Dams, Sherong Zhang, Chengbo Du, Wenqi Sa, Gaohui Wang, Wang Chao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: By establishing the dynamic mapping relationship between the set of the construction state and the set of the emulation state of numerical simulation model, the method of three dimension and full-scale dynamic simulation for structure safety and schedule coupling during construction process was built. The method was used to dynamically analyze structure safety under any construction schedule condition of dam. VTK was utilized to realize three dimension and full-scale dynamic visualization for structure safety and schedule status coupling of RCC gravity dam during construction process. A three dimension and full-scale dynamic simulation and visualization system for structure safety and …

Research Of Radio Frequency Environment Algorithms For Radar System Of System Combat Simulation, Xinjun Zhao, Quanmin Wang, Yongxian Zou, Yufei Jia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In weapons and equipment system of system simulation, radar systems are usually necessary composition. A complete radar combat system generally consists of radar models and electromagnetic (EM) environment models, and the reliability of simulation results was decided by these two elements. Despite of various radars, the EM environment simulation, especially radio frequency(RF) environment simulation, could be synthesized into a common and general purpose model, and support various radar simulation system. Based on RF environment effects analysis and their algorithms, a synthesized RF environment effect model was proposed, which could provide calculation for RF radar simulation. Two simulation examples involving …

Modeling And Simulation Of Wx And Interference Display Of Aew Radar Simulator, Xiaojun Chu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Three are two bottlenecks during training: irregular form display simulation of weather target and display simulation of electromagnetic interference in AEW radar training simulator. The weather target display was realized by building weather controlling model and irregular form of weather target based on Bezier Curve and path developed was simulated by VC++. Interference display of AEW radar was realized by building model of various interference patterns and rejecting operation was simulated by building operating model. A lot of difficulties of PPI for AEW radar training simulator were settled: such as random distribution of weather target, irregular form of …

Research On Dynamic Real-Time Infrared Complicated Scene Generation Technology, Zhifeng Lu, Gao Wen, Zehua Hong, Lai Peng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The dynamic IR scene real-time generation technique is one of the key techniques in IR imaging HWIL simulation. On the basis of the external rendering, the dynamic IR complex scene real-time generation technique was proposed to break through the bottleneck of mutual restriction between imaging fidelity and real-time generation to ensure the real-time performance of the HWIL simulation systems. This technique has no minus effects on imaging fidelity, and moreover, it meets the real-time performance requirements of the HWIL simulation systems. This technique can be applied to the varied IR imaging simulation systems. This research plays an important role …

Modeling Of Collaborative Maintenance Operation Process Based On Resource Competition, Zhili Zhang, Xiangyang Li, Qinhe Gao, Liang Feng, Ma Chao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The maintenance process of large-scale complex equipment usually requires the collaborative operations of multi operators, which makes the monopolistic maintenance resources become certain competition when allocated and utilized by operators. Based on the analysis of the characteristics and collaborative modes of collaborative maintenance operation process (CMOP), the behavior analysis and state change description of related maintenance objects, operators and resources were performed with colored Petri net. Then considering the consumption of maintenance time, the collaborative maintenance operation process model of large-scale complex equipment was established based on resources competition mechanism. The relevant strategies to avoid resources competition and concurrent …

Research Of Joint Simulation Platform Supporting Interoperability Of Lvc, Jihong Cai, Duzheng Qing, Baodi Xie

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to meet the requirements of armament test & training, a way to realize LVC simulation interoperability was proposed as what the advanced countries did and related key technologies including architecture, common object model description, middleware design, time management on WAN were illustrated in detail. Joint simulation (Josim in short) platform achieved significant progress for integration of Live/Virtual/Constructive simulations, and greatly enhanced the abilities of interoperability, reusability and composability for simulation resources. Some further research emphases in the area were given.

Simulation Research Of Adaptive K Value Location Privacy Protection In Augmented Reality, Yang Yang, Ruchuan Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the development of wireless communication and augmented reality technology, the application of LBS is wide. It provides enormous convenience to people life. It may obtain user location information at anytime and anywhere. So user location privacy safety suffers huge threats. Therefore, data safety is worth paying attention in LBS. The advantages and disadvantages of the existing location privacy protection methods in LBS were analyzed, and adaptive K value location privacy protection method was proposed according to different privacy level. This method used k-anonymity method and pseudonym method hand in hand. It used trusted third party as location privacy …

Simulation Experiment Of Ultrasonic Assisted Grinding Along Axial Direction On Basis Of Deform-3d, Wang Yan, Zhang Sheng, Wang Shuai, Yang Lin, Jianhua Xie

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Grinding process can be regarded as cumulative cutting effect of a large number of random scattered grits, a novel simulation method concerning ultrasonic vibration assisted single grit grinding was put forward. The single grit grinding of axial ultrasonic vibration was simulated in Deform-3D. The simulation results demonstrate that the maximum temperature in ultrasonic vibration grinding zone is less than that of ordinary grinding zone under the same grinding conditions; Both the normal and tangential force of vibration assisted grinding are less than the ordinary grinding. Grinding temperature and force ratio increase as the increase of abrasive velocity, on the …

Dynamics Analysis Of Gyrowheel For Its Micro-Spacecraft Attitude Control Application, Zhang Han, Zhang Yu, Zhao Hui

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Gyrowheel has the advantage of small size, light weight by its high level of system integration, and it has been attempted to be applied in micro-satellite attitude control system. A linear dynamics model of GyroWheel was built, and then pole-zero analysis was carried out to obtain its basic dynamic characteristics which is different with dynamic tuned gyros (DTG). It is indicated that gyrowheel has two feature frequencies in addition to the precession and nutation frequencies outside. The correctness of the analytical model is proved by the ADAMS model and its simulation. The controlled object characteristic analysis foundation is …