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Electricity generation from renewable sources is radically increasing in an effort to achieve the Sustainable Energy for All objective of doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. However, the current grid has difficulty accommodating variable power sources like wind and solar. To accelerate the integration of renewable distributed power generation there is a need for...
Since the success of the Mars Pathfinder, a new chapter of space exploration began focusing on reducing the complexity of the rover and making it more autonomous, multifunctional, lightweight even at extreme adversities. A student based design for a competition allowed the researchers in this paper to explore a design that would meet those requirements. This paper presents the design of a six wheeled,...
Assistive technologies are helping people without speech or functional writing to communicate through alternative methods and devices. The area of study that covers these technologies is called alternative communication. The goal of this paper is to present a new solution that allows people with special needs to use all the features of the keyboard and mouse via sensors connected to a user's body...
Real-time monitoring of physiological data can reduce the likelihood of injury in noncombat military personnel and first-responders. MIT Lincoln Laboratory is developing a tactical Real-Time Physiological Status Monitoring (RT-PSM) system architecture and reference implementation named OBAN (Open Body Area Network), the purpose of which is to provide an open, government-owned framework for integrating...
Current industrial systems need to interact with the surrounding environment in order to provide more efficiency. In such systems, used software applications must be strong enough to answer run-time needs. Context-aware applications seem to be an appropriate solution that can satisfy adaptation to the continuous changes. Safe reconfigurations require the respect of tasks deadlines and the avoidance...
Inferring activities on smartphones is a challenging task. Prior works have elaborated on using sensory data from built-in hardware sensors in smartphones or taking advantage of location information to understand human activities. In this paper, we explore two types of data on smartphones to conduct activity inference: 1) Spatial-Temporal: reflecting daily routines from the combination of spatial...
Controlling a UAV in an emergency situation is a challenging task and it requires a highly skilled person. With modern technologies it is possible to design a UAV which can be controlled by anyone regardless of their skills. The objective of this study is to develop an intelligent quadrotor flight controller for autonomous navigation to aid humans. The intelligent flight controller is realized by...
In the last two decades the use of technology in art projects has proliferated, as is the case of the interactive projections based on movement used in artistic performances and installations. However, the artists responsible for creating this work typically have to rely on computer experts to implement this type of interactive systems. The tool herein presented, MotionDesigner, intends to assist...
Communication faults can lead to irreparable damages. Faulty messages increase the risk of accidents in distributed industrial environments. When the risk is high, safety standards force communication over safety protocols. For each new controller, input and output device, a new implementation of a safety protocol is required. Its validation must strictly follow safety standards, which imposes fault...
As mobile software development becomes more mainstream, universities recognize a need to integrate mobile platform programming into the curriculum. This integration requires an understanding of mobile software development that defines it not just as a collection of topics but that acknowledges cross-topic areas that serve as the basis for specific interests. This paper presents a platform-agnostic...
This study is about the disastrous flooding of an Indian metropolitan area of Chennai when the rain had nearly broken the record of 100-years with 374 mm rain falling on December 1, 2015, virtually breaking the November monthly average of 407.4 mm in a day. This city with a population of approximately 6.7 million people came to a standstill. Astonishingly, one of the biggest software development hubs...
A real-time simulator is an essential tool for swiftly designing and verifying embedded time-sensitive and/or real-time applications in both academia and industry. An FPGA-based wireless extensible hardware-in-the-loop (WEX-HIL) real-time simulator was developed for designing subsystems of an electrical vehicle (EV). The WEX-HIL platform is capable of providing a design and test environment of virtual...
Traditional STEM education models in electrical engineering and computer science rely on structured classes, laboratories, and textbooks to transfer key concepts. Even though this process meets most of the ABET objectives, it does not respond well to current workforce needs that require widely accessible programs that will provide a large pool of graduates with STEM backgrounds, analytical and programming...
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and fault injection testing are widely used in automotive industry to validate hardware and software architectures as best practice and in fulfillment with international functional safety standards. Time and economical investments can constitute an obstacle to the development of effective testing systems, especially for small and medium automotive industries. This paper...
Hydro-Québec operates 63 hydroelectric power plants and owns 668 dams, as well as 98 control structures. In order to ensure their safety and proper operation, Hydro-Québec's Research Institute (IREQ) develops robotic technologies that can perform diagnosis and intervention tasks underwater. Over the last 20 years, several generations of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) have been developed...
Software is eating the world. But how will we write all the programs to control everything from sensors to data centers? Program synthesis provides an answer. It increases the productivity of programmers by enabling them to capture their insights in a variety of forms, not just in standard code. In this tutorial, we focus on some challenges in programming networks, and we show how program synthesis...
Personal assistant agents have various abilities to support the user's tasks in the background. They are expected to be run on laptops, portable devices and even on IoT devices. Since their abilities are sometimes restricted by their running environments and hardware, is not always easy for single personal assistance agent to accomplish all the tasks. This paper presents our design and implementation...
In 1986, this author presented a paper at a conference, giving a sampling of computer and network security issues, and the tools of the day to address them. The purpose of this current paper is to revisit the topic of computer and network security, and see what changes, especially in types of attacks, have been brought about in 30 years. This paper starts by presenting a review of the state of computer...
The functional diagnosis expert system based on knowledge base in the form of neuro-fuzzy network was proposed in this paper. Current values of diagnostic parameters are measured by sensors. The hybrid expert diagnostic system with neuro-fuzzy network knowledge base supports decisions in the situation when the diagnosis algorithm is not known and is formed from the initial data in the form of production...
In this work we present our work towards the development of an ultra-fast power-based interrogation platform for its use with photonic bandgap (PBG) sensing structures. These structures are designed to have a characteristic spectral feature (a PBG edge), which will be shifted when a change of the refractive index is produced on their upper cladding. The interrogation is simply made using a filtered...
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