Academic Articles & Research Papers

Controllable diffusion framework for imbalanced Phi OTDR events classification

Abstract The application of the $$\Phi$$ -OTDR (Phase-Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) system in real-time monitoring of power grid infrastructure has been proven effective in identifying and classifying various anomalies, such as digging...

Deep Learning-Based Prediction of the Axial Capacity of CFRP-Strengthened Concrete Columns

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are widely used to strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) columns due to their high strength, durability, and ease of installation. Accurate prediction of the axial capacity of CFRP-strengthened concre...

Topological Data Analysis: Foundations, Algorithms, and Emerging Applications

Topological data analysis (TDA) has evolved into a flexible and robust paradigm for obtaining qualitative, geometry-inspired insights from high-dimensional, noisy, and complex data. Grounded in algebraic topology, geometry, statistics, and ...

Efficient Deep Learning: A Survey on Making Deep Learning Models Smaller, Faster, and Better

Deep learning has revolutionized the fields of computer vision, natural language understanding, speech recognition, information retrieval, and more. However, with the progressive improvements in deep learning models, their number of paramet...

Deep learning with COTS HPC systems

Scaling up deep learning algorithms has been shown to lead to increased performance in benchmark tasks and to enable discovery of complex high-level features. Recent efforts to train extremely large networks (with over 1 billion parameters)...

TDLearning: Trusted Distributed Collaborative Learning Based on Blockchain Smart Contracts

Massive amounts of data drive the performance of deep learning models, but in practice, data resources are often highly dispersed and bound by data privacy and security concerns, making it difficult for multiple data sources to share their ...

Deep Learning in Mobile and Wireless Networking: A Survey

The rapid uptake of mobile devices and the rising popularity of mobile applications and services pose unprecedented demands on mobile and wireless networking infrastructure. Upcoming 5G systems are evolving to support exploding mobile traff...

Recurrent Neural Networks Based Online Behavioural Malware Detection Techniques for Cloud Infrastructure

Several organizations are utilizing cloud technologies and resources to run a range of applications. These services help businesses save on hardware management, scalability and maintainability concerns of underlying infrastructure. Key clou...

Introducing Deep Learning Self-Adaptive Misuse Network Intrusion Detection Systems

The intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are essential elements when it comes to the protection of an ICT infrastructure. A misuse IDS is a stable method that can achieve high attack detection rates (ADR) while keeping false alarm rates under...

Evaluation of the indirect tensile strength (ITS) of cement-treated clayey soils using XGBoost prediction model

This study develops a data-driven framework using Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) to predict the Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) of cement-treated clayey soils. Using 180 specimens with five input variables - cement content, curing time...

Machine Learning for Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis

Abstract Big data and artificial intelligence has revolutionized science in almost every field – from economics to physics. In the area of materials science and computational heterogeneous catalysis, this revolution has led to the developme...

A nested-block scalable framework for efficient and equitable urban infrastructure management.

Cybersecurity in Smart Grids: Detecting False Data Injection Attacks Utilizing Supervised Machine Learning Techniques

By integrating advanced technologies and data-driven systems in smart grids, there has been a significant revolution in the energy distribution sector, bringing a new era of efficiency and sustainability. Nevertheless, with this advancement...

Q-Learning Based Joint Energy-Spectral Efficiency Optimization in Multi-Hop Device-to-Device Communication

In scenarios, like critical public safety communication networks, On-Scene Available (OSA) user equipment (UE) may be only partially connected with the network infrastructure, e.g., due to physical damages or on-purpose deactivation by the ...

A Sensor-to-API Data Infrastructure for Building Digital Twins: Harmonizing Multi-Rate IoT Energy and Indoor Data Streams for Proactive Analytics

Digital twins are increasingly used in smart buildings to monitor energy use. This requires reliable sensor data, geospatial information, and semantically rich 3D building geometry. However, building sensor data often has inconsistent sampl...

Design, framework and benchmark of safety monitors for black-box classifiers

Abstract The last decade has seen a surging opportunity for developing autonomous systems (e.g., fully autonomous driving, computer-guided robotic surgery, mobile robots for inspections and surveillance, and manufacturing robots) to relieve...

A machine learning based scheme for enhancing the detection of position falsification attacks in vehicular ad hoc networks

Abstract Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are wireless networks established between vehicles and their surrounding infrastructure, enabling the exchange of information. Consequently, many applications that can enhance passengers’ safety a...

Multi-Resolution and Multi-Temporal Satellite Remote Sensing Analysis to Understand Human-Induced Changes in the Landscape for the Protection of Cultural Heritage: The Case Study of the MapDam Project, Syria

This study presents a multi-resolution and multi-temporal remote sensing approach to assess human-induced changes in cultural landscapes, with a focus on the archaeological site of Amrit (Syria) within the MapDam project. By integrating sat...

Evaluation of the Applications of using Global free Digital Elevation Models and GNSS-RTK data for Agricultural purposes in Egypt using Machine Learning

Agriculture is a vital component of Egypt's economy; therefore, using Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) in agricultural planning in Egypt has significant benefits regarding water management, site appropriateness assessment, flood risk mitigat...

MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OBJECTS BASED ON DIGITAL TWINS

Critical infrastructures are fundamental to the seamless operation of modern societies, encompassing sectors such as energy, healthcare, transportation, and communications. Ensuring their reliability, performance, continuous operation, safe...