{"title":"Semi-automated estimation of the local flood depth on SAR images","authors":"Abdelhakim Benoudjit, R. Guida","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065898","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of a flooding, a clear cloud-free SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) image proves mainly useful to retrieve flood features that can provide an extensive understanding of the disaster. Among these features, extremely important is the water depth on which this paper will focus by looking for a semi-automated algorithm for its estimation in the neighborhood of a given building from a pair of SAR images. In this study, two SAR images acquired during dry and flooded conditions are necessary, as well as a DSM (Digital Surface Model) to give an a priori knowledge of the height of the building and its footprint. The whole process is divided into two main parts: First, an extraction of the building's double-bounce contribution using Genetic Algorithms, then the computation of the inundated building's height, to eventually evaluate the water level locally in the neighborhood of this building. Thanks to the semi-automation of the double-reflection line retrieval, the execution time of the whole process was reduced from a few minutes (time to manually delineate the double-bounce line) to a few seconds, while keeping an error in the estimated flood depth in the order of a few decimeters (35cm on average).","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130520479","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":"Comparison of ship detectability between TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1","authors":"D. Velotto, B. Tings, Carlos Bentes","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065913","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the detectability of ship signatures in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery acquired by the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X and Sentinel-1 is compared. The comparison takes into account different sensors acquisition parameters and environmental conditions on a large variety of ship size and types. In the first step, ocean targets are detected using the Near Real Time (NRT)-optimized Constant-False-Alarm-Rate (CFAR) algorithm. The optimizations include the ocean/land and false targets discrimination. In the second step, all detected targets are automatically matched in space and time with the recorded Automatic Identification System (AIS) messages. A manual cross-check is performed at the end of the assignments to have a clean SAR ship signature database. Additionally, the local wind field is retrieved from the SAR backscatter of the ocean surface surrounding the detected ships, by applying the Geophysical Model Functions (GMF) inversion XMOD2 for X-band data and CMOD5 for C-band data. Similarly, the local sea state conditions are calculated by the XWAVE and CWAVE empirical model functions. The final detectability model takes into account all SAR-based information, i.e. wind speed and sea state, as well as relevant SAR parameters, e.g. incidence angle. The overall probability of detection are derived for three ship size categories, i.e. small, medium and large, adopting an L2-regularized Logistic Regression classifier trained on detected and nondetected ship samples.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134560810","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}
Jonathan Wright, Q. Stafford-Fraser, M. Mahmoud, P. Robinson, Eduardo Dias, L. Skrypchuk
{"title":"Intelligent scheduling for in-car notifications","authors":"Jonathan Wright, Q. Stafford-Fraser, M. Mahmoud, P. Robinson, Eduardo Dias, L. Skrypchuk","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065957","url":null,"abstract":"The process of driving a car involves a cognitive load that varies over time. Additional load comes from secondary factors not directly associated with the driving process, including navigation devices, entertainment systems and the car's own warnings. In this paper, we present a framework for intelligent scheduling of in-car notifications based on the driver's estimated cognitive load. As the single channel for communication, it reschedules the notifications using a priority queue, and relays them to the driver based on the urgency of the notification and the overall estimated cognitive load being experienced by the driver at any given moment. We evaluate our system using a dataset collected from a car's CAN bus during multiple on-road trials and show that our proposed approach reduces the number of simultaneous calls on the driver's attention during the driving task. We also demonstrate that our intelligent scheduling significantly reduces the maximum cognitive load experienced by the driver and the frequency with which high loads occur.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125159884","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}
L. Mainetti, V. Mighali, L. Patrono, Piercosimo Rametta, M. Stefanizzi
{"title":"An IoT-aware system for elderly monitoring","authors":"L. Mainetti, V. Mighali, L. Patrono, Piercosimo Rametta, M. Stefanizzi","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065906","url":null,"abstract":"The aging population is a global phenomenon, characterized by many interesting challenges. In this context, the Internet of Things technologies could allow to analyze the elderly's behavioral in an unobtrusive way, thus helping to prevent Mild Cognitive Impairment and frailty problems. To this end, this work aims to define a reliable system for controlling the position and the body motility of the elderly in low-cost and low-power way. Movements and body motility are, indeed, good indicators of behavioral changes. The system represents the basis of a complete architecture for behavioral analysis and risk detection developed within the City4Age project, funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115699766","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}
T. V. Mataro, F. Masulli, S. Rovetta, Alberto Cabri, C. Traverso, E. Capris, S. Torretta
{"title":"An assistive mobile system supporting blind and visual impaired people when are outdoor","authors":"T. V. Mataro, F. Masulli, S. Rovetta, Alberto Cabri, C. Traverso, E. Capris, S. Torretta","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065886","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present the TARSIUS system, based on mobile technology and aimed at enhancing visually-impaired and blind people's capabilities in visual scene understanding and geolocation while are outdoor. The system components are the TARSIUS app for mobile devices, a web server, and the Remote Assistance Center. Its interface is optimized for the perceptual characteristics of its users. Moreover, the TARSIUS navigation sub-system not only leverages the GPS system, but also Bluetooth LE/iBeacon tags placed along the streets at points of interest and dangerous paths and areas.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"188 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121254245","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":"The role of materials and products characterization in the additive manufacturing industry","authors":"D. Caputo, P. Aprea, N. Gargiulo, B. Liguori","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065965","url":null,"abstract":"Physical and chemical properties of raw materials used in additive manufacturing deeply influence process outcomes in terms of product quality. Therefore, a good production policy should mandatorily consider the availability of measurement facilities that provide ad hoc characterizations of raw materials. At the same time, structure and defect analysis is a crucial step in the optimization of AM process as well as for the quality control of final products. For this reason, a laboratory of materials and products characterization has been identified as one of key-facilities of the Digital Manufacturing Hub that the University of Napoli Federico II is establishing at CeSMA (Centro di Servizi Metrologici e tecnologici Avanzati) as support for the development of an additive manufacturing industry in Campania Region and Southern Italy.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125898422","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}
D. Rostohar, Jörg Koerner, R. Boedefeld, A. Lucianetti, T. Mocek
{"title":"How new laser development can help laser shock peening penetration to widen industrial applications?","authors":"D. Rostohar, Jörg Koerner, R. Boedefeld, A. Lucianetti, T. Mocek","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065959","url":null,"abstract":"Despite obvious benefits to fatigue behavior of Laser Shock Peened components, this technology is still only applied in very limited cases in aviation and nuclear power industry. Limited number of lasers suitable for this treatment, their cost, size and working conditions are the most limiting factors. In this paper, we propose a new approach in the laser architecture which should overcome mentioned limitations of existing laser sources and as a consequence enable wider application of Laser Shock Peening.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"336 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122538759","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}
Gianluca Roveda, Moses A. Koledoye, Enea Parimbelli, J. Holmes
{"title":"Predicting clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic bleeding: A secondary analysis of the CRASH-2 dataset","authors":"Gianluca Roveda, Moses A. Koledoye, Enea Parimbelli, J. Holmes","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065901","url":null,"abstract":"Severe bleeding is one of the main causes of death in hospitals for patients with trauma. Early treatment using tranexamic acid, timely transfer to the intensive care unit and prompt surgical interventions are key factors determining short-term survival and clinical outcomes. The aim of this research is to apply machine learning methods to predict clinical outcomes for patients with severe bleeding from trauma, in order to inform clinical decision making in the hospital setting. The presented study consists in a secondary analysis of the CRASH-2 (Clinical Randomisation of an Antifibrinolytic in Significant Haemorrhage) study data. This dataset contains 20,207 patient entry and outcome data. Machine learning methods have been used to create prognostic models for the prediction of outcomes such as death, significant head injury, need for a surgical operation and admission into the ICU. Results show that patients admitted in the ICU have a higher mortality rate as compared to other patients, highlighting the need for a more detailed analysis of the causes of death in the ICU. Another meaningful result is that a significant head injury can be predicted from a patient's hospital entry data, which may have a significant impact on early treatment decisions and, eventually, improve outcomes.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"238 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114430269","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}
M. Terzi, Chiara Masiero, A. Beghi, Marco Maggipinto, Gian Antonio Susto
{"title":"Deep learning for virtual metrology: Modeling with optical emission spectroscopy data","authors":"M. Terzi, Chiara Masiero, A. Beghi, Marco Maggipinto, Gian Antonio Susto","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065905","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual Metrology is one of the most prominent Advanced Process Control applications in Semiconductor Manufacturing. The goal of Virtual Metrology is to provide estimations of quantities that are important for production and to assess process quality, but are costly or impossible to be measured. Virtual Metrology solutions are based on Machine Learning approaches. The bottleneck of developing Virtual Metrology solutions is generally the feature extraction phase that can be time-consuming, and can deeply affect the estimation performance. In particular, in presence of data with additional dimensions, such as time, feature extraction is typically performed by means of heuristic approaches that may pick features with poor predictive capabilities. In this work, we propose the usage of modern Deep Learning approaches to bypass manual feature extraction and to provide high-performance automatic Virtual Metrology modules. The proposed methodology is tested on a real industrial dataset related to Etching. The dataset at hand contains Optical Emission Spectroscopy data and it is paradigmatic of the feature extraction problem under examination.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129525891","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}
D. Rossi, E. Modica, A. Maglione, I. Venuti, Ambra Brizi, F. Babiloni, G. Cartocci
{"title":"Visual evaluation of health warning cues in anti smoking PSAs images","authors":"D. Rossi, E. Modica, A. Maglione, I. Venuti, Ambra Brizi, F. Babiloni, G. Cartocci","doi":"10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065948","url":null,"abstract":"Visual stimuli are a significant part of our daily experience, it is an open issue which one are able to catch our attention or interest. In the present study, we aimed to better understand how an anti-smoking Public Service Announcement (PSA) can gain this focus of attention by the mean of an eye tracker device during the vision of a series of PSAs. We propose here a non-dimensional index of Visual Interest (VI) that can describe the visual pattern of 40 subject (divided based on their age), highlighting if an Area Of Interest (AOI) is salient or not in the stimuli proposed. We selected 3 PSAs images that contain a health warning related to smoking habits (such as a tracheostomy, or guy in the act of coughing). The results of the analysis showed a significant enhancement of VI in the AOI with a strong health warning message (tracheostomy), irrespective of the dimension of the AOI taken into account (p < 0.01); in particular, this hold true for the adult sample population. The VI index proposed here, therefore represents a good estimator of the importance of an AOI inside an image.","PeriodicalId":173474,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124617593","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}