J. Bonior, S. Corum, B. McNew, A. Piras, B. Witherspoon, R. Qiu, N. Guo, Zhen Hu
{"title":"Using software-defined radio network testbed to enhance undergraduate education and encourage graduate level studies","authors":"J. Bonior, S. Corum, B. McNew, A. Piras, B. Witherspoon, R. Qiu, N. Guo, Zhen Hu","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196923","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is to encourage undergraduate students to consider graduate level studies. At the Wireless Networking Systems Laboratory our work on a software-defined radio network testbed has gone hand-in-hand with our own REU program. In addition to our successes in encouraging undergraduates to pursue their studies into graduate research we have also used our resources to supplement existing courses with in-class demonstrations and projects.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134369346","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":"Multidisciplinary education and research using computational intelligence","authors":"B. Samanta","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196933","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents computational intelligence (CI) as a tool for multidisciplinary education and research. The importance of CI is emphasized in understanding complex systems and designing proactive adaptive systems in uncertain, unknown, and dynamic environments. Main paradigms of CI are presented. Several novel applications of hybrid CI techniques proposed earlier by the author in engineering, manufacturing, biomedical and health care systems are discussed. The experiences of offering CI as a graduate course and a summer research project involving high school students are also presented. The importance of introducing CI techniques and their multidisciplinary applications as a senior level interdisciplinary engineering elective course and integrating these in research experiences for undergraduates and STEM education is discussed.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132689365","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":"Analytical and measured sustained bandwidth for an FPGA-based processor","authors":"G. R. Morris, A. Silas, K. Abed","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196914","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research has shown that floating-point kernels mapped onto field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based high performance reconfigurable computers (HPRCs) must satisfy a variety of heuristics and rules of thumb to achieve a speedup compared with their software counterparts. One such rule of thumb is that applications with large or irregular stride memory access, e.g., sparse matrix kernels, can run significantly faster on HPRCs. This paper, by way of a simple sparse matrix Jacobi iterative solver, demonstrates why this speedup can occur. Using a well-known off-the-shelf sustained bandwidth measurement tool and a port of that tool onto an FPGA-based computer, this paper reveals that, unlike general purpose processors, FPGA-based processors do not suffer from significant bandwidth degradation at large data sizes as do cache-based general purpose processors. The paper then validates the observations by way of both experimentally measured runtimes and analytically derived runtimes for a simple sparse matrix Jacobi iterative solver. This research clearly validates that 1) unlike a cache-based general purpose processor, the FPGA bandwidth is constant across the entire range of considered sparse data sets, and 2) the experimentally determined runtimes for both the software and FPGA-based Jacobi kernel are in very close agreement.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115093913","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}
Madderi Sivalingam Saravanan, G. Bellarmine, R. J. Rama Sree
{"title":"Analysis of frequent patterns in dyeing processing system using association rule mining algorithms","authors":"Madderi Sivalingam Saravanan, G. Bellarmine, R. J. Rama Sree","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196884","url":null,"abstract":"This article proposes a simple frequent pattern mining algorithm using link structure. The “LinkRuleMiner” has a distinct feature that it has a very limited and precisely predictable main memory cost and runs very quickly in memory based settings. Moreover, it can be scaled up to very large databases using database partitioning. This article analyzes the coloring process of dyeing unit using newly proposed association rule mining algorithm “LinkRuleMiner” using frequent patterns. These frequent patterns have a confidence for different treatments of the dyeing process. These confidences help the dyeing unit expert called dyer to predict better combination or association of treatments. This article also proposes to implement LRM algorithm to the dyeing process of dyeing unit, which may have a major impact on the coloring process of dyeing industry to process their colors effectively without any dyeing problems, such as pales, dark spots on the colored yarn. This article shows that LinkRuleMiner has an excellent performance for various kinds of data to create frequent patterns, outperforms currently available algorithms in dyeing processing systems, and is highly scalable to mining large databases. It is a revised algorithm of HMine that does not need any adjustment of links. The revised algorithm has comparable performance with the original version and can be easily extended to use in parallel environment. Hence this article mainly contributes more on knowledge discovery of various shades of the color in the dyeing process.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131788889","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":"Community detection for large scale social network sites","authors":"Ingyu Lee, Byung-Won On","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196954","url":null,"abstract":"Social networking sites, such as YouTube, Flickr, Livejournal and Orkut, are getting popular with the increasing number of Internet users. As a consequence, community detection on social network sites becomes more important and have been studied by many researchers. However, most of the proposed algorithms are used to detect communities on small scale social networks which limits studying large scale social network sites. In this paper, we are proposing an efficient community detection algorithm for large scale social networks.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128693426","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":"Optimizing the Performance of the Wavelet-Correlation system identification method","authors":"S. Wilson","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196993","url":null,"abstract":"The Wavelet-Correlation method of system identification is derived as adaptation of the Correlation method. The Wavelet-Correlation method of identification has proven to be effective in estimating transfer functions particularly when a system is influenced by a disturbance. In order to optimize the accuracy of the transfer function estimates created by the Wavelet-Correlation method, the order of the filters to be identified, the number of offspring wavelets used to compute the wavelet functions, the scale parameters, and the type of filters were varied. Through the changing of various parameters, optimum identification can occur.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133568047","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":"Implementation of an Adaptive Voting Scheme using synchronized phasor measurements","authors":"R. Quint, M. K. Thomas","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196901","url":null,"abstract":"This paper summarizes implementation of an Adaptive Voting Scheme (AVS), which uses Wide Area Measurements (WAMs) from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) to make a classification of the operating state of the power system using decision trees to prevent critical transmission line misoperations. Using commercially available products on the market, this scheme was proved effective and efficient for implementation in a power system setting. Laboratory testing involved functionality testing of a Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) for both PMU collection as well as a user-defined decision tree function. A hardware- and software-based PDC solution were determined to be effective means of determining the operating state of the system. Different relaying configurations including a Master-Slave and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) set were tested and proved efficient for performing voting logic and breaker tripping.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"50 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134283238","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":"Total transfer capability enhancement with optimal number of FACTS controllers using hybrid TSSA","authors":"S. Chansareewittaya, P. Jirapong","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6197079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6197079","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, hybrid tabu search and simulated annealing (TSSA) with search space managing methods are proposed to determine the optimal number and allocation of FACTS controllers to enhance power transfer capability of power transactions between generators and loads in power systems. Particular optimal allocation includes optimal locations and parameter settings. Two types of FACTS controllers including thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC) and static var compensator (SVC) are used individually. The objective function is formulated as maximizing total transfer capability (TTC) and minimizing power losses. Power transfer capability determinations are calculated based on the optimal power flow (OPF) technique. Split and non-split search space managing methods are used to improve the solution searching capability. Test results on IEEE 118-bus system and the practical Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) 58-bus system show that the proposed hybrid TSSA with optimal number of FACTS criteria and the split search space managing method give higher TTC and less number of FACTS controllers than those from evolutionary programming (EP) and non-split search space method.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132880826","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":"A multi-objective method to balance energy consumption and performance for energy-based target localization in wireless sensor networks","authors":"Zhenxing Luo, T. Jannett","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196991","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we utilized a multi-objective approach to balance energy consumption and performance in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) that use a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) approach for energy-based target localization. First, we developed measures that allow energy consumption and performance to be balanced in one-dimensional sensor arrays. Next, we extended these methods for two-dimensional arrays, employing approximations that facilitate computation of the energy consumption. Simulations were run to generate the Pareto-optimal fronts for both one-dimensional and two-dimensional sensor arrays. The Pareto-optimal fronts are useful in determining optimum points in practice.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125806384","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":"Gaussian models for observed dispersion in high redshift gamma ray bursts","authors":"T. Weldon, R. Adams, K. Daneshvar","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6197075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6197075","url":null,"abstract":"Astronomical observations of gamma-ray bursts commonly exhibit dispersive behavior where high-energy gamma rays arrive significantly later than low-energy photons. Although certain quantum gravity theories suggest such dispersion, the underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Nevertheless, a quadratic polynomial model has been proposed for the frequency-dependent photon velocity. Substituting this model into the Helmholtz equation then leads to a number of candidate forms of the underlying differential equations, where additional terms in the Maxwell equations model the observed dispersion. Unfortunately, this quadratic dispersion model results in unusual behavior such as superluminal velocity. Therefore, a new Gaussian dispersion model is also proposed. This Gaussian model closely approximates the quadratic model at low frequencies while avoiding the superluminal behavior of quadratic models.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127350546","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}