{"title":"User-driven Call Admission Control for VoIP over WLAN with a Neural Network based cognitive engine","authors":"N. Baldo, P. Dini, Jaume Nin-Guerrero","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604128","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we deal with the problem of user-driven Call Admission Control for Voice over IP communications in a Wireless LAN environment. We argue that state-of-the-art solutions to this problem are suboptimal, since they leverage on analytical models whose assumptions are not necessarily verified in the scenario considered. To overcome this problem, we propose a cognitive solution based on Multilayer Feed-forward Neural Networks. According to our solution, the mobile station learns from past experience how application-layer service quality depends on the wireless link conditions. Our performance evaluation, carried out both by simulation and testbed experiments, shows that this solution effectively outperforms state-of-the-art strategies in performing a correct admission decision.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129564519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paris Kaimakis, S. I. Hill, W. Fitzgerald, J. Bacon
{"title":"3D multi-car tracking based on monocular video","authors":"Paris Kaimakis, S. I. Hill, W. Fitzgerald, J. Bacon","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604140","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a system that can reliably track multiple cars in congested traffic environments. Our system's key basis is the implementation of a sequential Monte Carlo algorithm, which introduces robustness against problems arising due to the proximity between vehicles. By directly modelling occlusions and collisions between cars we obtain promising results on an urban traffic dataset. Extensions to this initial framework are also suggested.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114643393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of network effects on the Kalman filter and accumulated state density filter","authors":"F. Govaers, Christoph Fuchs, N. Aschenbruck","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604110","url":null,"abstract":"Command and control applications are important especially in tactical scenarios. For such scenarios wireless multi-hop networks may be deployed as they can be used even when there is no infrastructure left. Due to the specific characteristics of these networks the problem of Out-of-Sequence (OoS) measurements for tracking applications arises. In this paper, we present an exhaustive, realistic evaluation of OoS measurements induced by network protocol effects. To this end, we compare a standard Kalman filter to an accumulated state density filter. The results show that in wireless multi-hop networks a filter that can deal with OoS measurements is needed.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124929265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting relations in news-media content among EU countries","authors":"I. Flaounas, Nick Fyson, N. Cristianini","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604092","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the complex relations existing within news content in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU). In particular we are interested in detecting and modelling any biases in the patterns of content that appear in news outlets of different countries.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125091670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Essen, G. Luedtke, P. Warok, W. Koch, M. Schikora, K. Wild
{"title":"Millimeterwave radar network for foreign object detection","authors":"H. Essen, G. Luedtke, P. Warok, W. Koch, M. Schikora, K. Wild","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604116","url":null,"abstract":"Millimeterwave radar sensors are netted to cover a sufficient region of an airport and deliver as well information on position as classification of debris. To be able to miniaturize the antenna assembly, which is critical for the vicinity of a runway, the 220-GHz radar band is used. Use of this band also allows to achieve a wide signal bandwidth and consequently a high range resolution.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116172952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real-world particle filtering-based speech enhancement","authors":"F. Mustière, M. Bolic, M. Bouchard","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604235","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a viable particle filtering (PF) solution for single microphone speech enhancement in real-world conditions, i.e., operating at low SNR in nonstationary noise environments, while remaining computationally tractable. The enhancement takes place in the subband domain with elementary PFs in each band. To efficiently handle complex noise situations, the noise spectrum is modelled in each band as a white Gaussian noise sequence with a time-varying gain. Two solutions are proposed to estimate these time-varying average subband noise levels: they are either drawn internally by the PFs, or they are obtained by external dedicated noise power spectral density estimation - both methods are found to yield very close results. Several subband decompositions are tested, and a robust way of incorporating perceptual constraining is introduced. The assembled PF-based architecture is then compared with state-of-the-art enhancement algorithms in various conditions, and is found to outperform them according to seven objective speech quality measures.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132975175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bayesian and pairwise local similarity discriminant analysis","authors":"Peter Sadowski, L. Cazzanti, M. Gupta","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604118","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate three extensions to the generative similarity-based classifier called local similarity discriminant analysis (local SDA): a Bayesian approach to estimating the pmfs based on the assumption that similarities are multinomially distributed and on the Dirichlet prior distribution; a pairwise-similarity formulation of local SDA that accounts for all local pairwise similarities to estimate the pmfs; a combined Bayesian pairwise-similarity approach. We discuss how the proposed extensions afford more modeling flexibility than standard local SDA and less cumbersome model training than previously-published local SDA regularization strategies. Experiments with five benchmark similarity-based classification datasets show that the increased modeling flexibility and lighter computational burden of the proposed extensions are coupled with the good classification performance of the local SDA classification paradigm.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133041817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the spectrum occupancy perception of cognitive radio terminals in realistic scenarios","authors":"M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604131","url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive radio terminals sense the spectrum to detect temporarily unoccupied spectrum gaps and transmit. The behavior of a network of cognitive radio terminals therefore depends on the spectrum occupancy perceived by each terminal at its local environment. In this context, this work explores (via empirical measurements) the spectrum occupancy that would be perceived by a cognitive radio terminal over a rich diversity of practical scenarios, including indoor environments as well as outdoor locations in high points and at the ground level (in open areas and between buildings). The impact of considering various locations on the spectral activity perceived by a cognitive radio terminal is determined, analyzed and quantified. The variety of considered scenarios provides a broader view and understanding of dynamic spectrum occupancy under different realistic scenarios of practical interest.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128392662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracking the flu pandemic by monitoring the social web","authors":"Vasileios Lampos, N. Cristianini","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604088","url":null,"abstract":"Tracking the spread of an epidemic disease like seasonal or pandemic influenza is an important task that can reduce its impact and help authorities plan their response. In particular, early detection and geolocation of an outbreak are important aspects of this monitoring activity. Various methods are routinely employed for this monitoring, such as counting the consultation rates of general practitioners. We report on a monitoring tool to measure the prevalence of disease in a population by analysing the contents of social networking tools, such as Twitter. Our method is based on the analysis of hundreds of thousands of tweets per day, searching for symptom-related statements, and turning statistical information into a flu-score. We have tested it in the United Kingdom for 24 weeks during the H1N1 flu pandemic. We compare our flu-score with data from the Health Protection Agency, obtaining on average a statistically significant linear correlation which is greater than 95%. This method uses completely independent data to that commonly used for these purposes, and can be used at close time intervals, hence providing inexpensive and timely information about the state of an epidemic.","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"182 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123158912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Speaker-independent negative emotion recognition","authors":"M. Kotti, F. Paternò, Constantine Kotropoulos","doi":"10.1109/CIP.2010.5604091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIP.2010.5604091","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to provide a method able to distinguish between negative and non-negative emotions in vocal interaction. A large pool of 1418 features is extracted for that purpose. Several of those features are tested in emotion recognition for the first time. Next, feature selection is applied separately to male and female utterances. In particular, a bidirectional Best First search with backtracking is applied. The first contribution is the demonstration that a significant number of features, first tested here, are retained after feature selection. The selected features are then fed as input to support vector machines with various kernel functions as well as to the K nearest neighbors classifier. The second contribution is in the speaker-independent experiments conducted in order to cope with the limited number of speakers present in the commonly used emotion speech corpora. Speaker-independent systems are known to be more robust and present a better generalization ability than the speaker-dependent ones. Experimental results are reported for the Berlin emotional speech database. The best performing classifier is found to be the support vector machine with the Gaussian radial basis function kernel. Correctly classified utterances are 86.73%±3.95% for male subjects and 91.73%±4.18% for female subjects. The last contribution is in the statistical analysis of the performance of the support vector machine classifier against the K nearest neighbors classifier as well as the statistical analysis of the various support vector machine kernels impact","PeriodicalId":171474,"journal":{"name":"2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126686016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}