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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Other Electrical and Computer Engineering"”.
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Workplace Posture Assessment and Biofeedback with Kinect
… in a clean environment. However, an occluded and cluttered background, which is typical in an office setting, imposes a great challenge for a computer vision system to detect desired objects. In this thesis, we design and propose components that assess good posture using information gathered …
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A Study of Dempster-Shafer's Theory of Evidence in Comparison to Classical Probability Combination
… A three feature based classifier (peaks, corners and edges) ATR system is presented. These classifiers are assumed to be independent. The results of both the weight-based Maximum Likelihood and Dempster-Shafer’s Theory of Evidence data fusion techniques are presented. Using Dempster-Shafer an …
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Renewable Energy Integration in NYC Subway: Solar Panels (Under Railroads and at the Subway's Edge) & Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) Near Tracks
<p>As urban populations continue to expand, the demands on public transit systems in densely populated regions like New York City are escalating. Multiple cities face the dual challenge of increasing ridership and the imperative to minimize their environmental footprints.According to Law 97 in NYC, …
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Brief Study of Classification Algorithms in Machine Learning
… of this study is to briefly learn the theory and implementation of three most commonly used Machine Learning algorithms: k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN), Decision Trees and Naïve Bayes. All these algorithms fall under the Classification algorithm category of Unsupervised Machine Learning. This paper …
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Wireless Coupled Feed Structure for Additively Manufactured Conformal Antennas
… directly onto 3D surfaces using conductive inks and dielectric pastes. Instance, the traditional antenna radomes that had the purpose of protecting the antenna on its inside can now become the antenna itself. With the components on the surface of the structure, instead of inside if it, a direct …
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Potential Ignition Sources from Residential Electric Cooktops
… cooktop range with cast iron plate installed, and an electric coil cooktop range with a temperature-limiting control sensor. The latest research was reviewed to select a representative sample of fuels commonly noted as the first fuel ignited in kitchen fires. The nine selected fuels included …
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Unique Image Representation as a Tensor
… can be used in various machine learning, AI , and other tasks where data features are used. Popular convolutional layer used in various neural networks reduces information and can not reconstruct original image. In this thesis , we present several examples where these coefficients are used in …
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Enhancing FPGA Synthesis for Space Applications: Performance Evaluation of ScaleHLS in the ADAPT Project
… designs to improve computational efficiency and resource utilization.</p> <p>The research details the process of adapting ADAPT's computational algorithms for FPGA using ScaleHLS, emphasizing the tool's effectiveness in streamlining the code-to-hardware translation. A performance evaluation …
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On the Feasibility of Utilizing Commercial 4G LTE Systems for Misson-Critical IoT Applications
<p>Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services including e-healthcare, intelligent transportation systems, smart grid, and smart homes to smart cities to smart workplace, are poised to become part of every aspect of our daily lives. The IoT will enable billions of sensors, …
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Internet of Things: Architecture and Services for Healthcare
… devices (“things”) to sense, communicate and share information, thus generating a variety of applications and services in Healthcare. IoT is implemented in multiple domains like Smart city, energy and smart grid, Smart home, weather forecasting, Agriculture, Market and Transportation, …
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Development of an Imager System Optimized for Low-Power, Limited-Bandwidth Space Applications
A relatively new picosatellite standard, CubeSats have traditionally been used for simple educational missions. As CubeSats become more complex and utilize more complex sensors such as imagers, they gain enhanced credibility as satellite platforms. Imaging systems on CubeSats have the potential to …
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Bearing Fault Detection and Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks
… <p>In recent years, artificial intelligence and deep learning have been successfully applied to fault detection. In this thesis, convolutional neural networks (CNN) are employed for bearing fault detection and classification. Computer simulations results demonstrate that the CNN based …
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Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Applied to Flight Training
Between 1994 and 2003 spatial disorientation resulted in at least 202 aircraft accidents, 184 of them resulting in fatalities. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) provides a cost effective and safe way to simulate spatial disorientation and potentially test pilot’s vestibular system prior to …
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TouchSPICE: Physical-Virtual Circuit Emulator
… to students in two different methods, lectures and laboratory exercises. Lectures focus on auditory and visual learning and are largely passive learning. Lab experiments allow students to physically interact with the circuits, and learn visually through viewing output waveforms from simulators …
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Towards a Strawberry Harvest Prediction System Using Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
… is approaching, so they can allocate resources and hire workers as efficiently as possible. Existing methods are subjective and labor intensive, and require the expertise of a professional forecaster. Cal Poly’s EE department has been collaborating with the Cal Poly Strawberry Center to …
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Blockchain based Framework for Secure and Decentralized Energy Trading - Transforming Local Energy Markets for Sustainable Communities
… energy resources (DERs) can produce, store, and trade energy. Peer-to-peer(P2P) and decentralized energy trading (ET) can be implemented between the participants within or across microgrids. Several solutions based on the existing technologies have been proposed worldwide for the integration …
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Lidar remote sensing of aerosol and ozone profiles and application to air quality studies in New York City area
<p>Ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) and PM2.5 (Particulate Matter with a diameter less than 2.5 μm) are the main pollutants in New York City (NYC) due to high levels of anthropogenic emissions, complex urban meteorology, and regional transport. However, vertical distribution observations are still lacking. …
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Electricity Price Forecasting Using a Convolutional Neural Network
… variables from weather to natural gas prices, and accurate price forecasting could help both suppliers and consumers plan effective business strategies. Statistical analysis with autoregressive moving average methods and computational intelligence approaches using artificial neural networks …
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