{"title":"An efficient solution to the socialist millionaires' problem","authors":"Maryam Hezaveh, C. Adams","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946602","url":null,"abstract":"We present a two-round protocol to solve the socialist millionaire problem based on the homomorphic property of the Goldwasser-Micali (GM) cryptosystem. We require the proposed protocol to be secure against active and passive attacks. However, homomorphic encryption schemes are malleable by design [14][1]. To tackle this problem we apply an authenticated encryption scheme, called Encrypt-then-MAC, to our protocol [3]. We analyze the security of the proposed protocol, and we show that an active adversary, who has access to the ciphertext on the communication channel and the decryption oracle, cannot forge another ciphertext which leads him to guess the plaintext (IND-CCA2 security). Moreover, the active adversary cannot modify the ciphertext which leads to a desired modification of the plaintext to affect the outcome of the protocol (NM-CCA2 security). Note that our solution can be applied to other problems which are solvable with an exclusive- or homomorphic property.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"221 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124749314","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":"Review and development of MMC employed in VSC-HVDC systems","authors":"Hadi Alyami, Y. Mohamed","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946676","url":null,"abstract":"The business case for MMC-HVDC is becoming popular in power transmission systems. Despite their superior potential compared to the AC and LLC-HVDC technologies, MMC-MTDC grid is yet to be efficiently realised in practice. Operation, control and modelling in such VSC-based schemes are arguably the most challenging research and development problems that academia and industry are presently engaged in. This paper endeavours to review the VSC technology on HVDC applications. Simulation cases of two-terminal symmetrical monopole point-to-point MMC-HVDC that later upgraded to three-terminal radial-configured MMC-HVDC are developed on PSCAD/EMTDC to argue the review and to show the flexibility of MMC-HVDC schemes upon severe transient conditions.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130515441","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}
Hamza Ghandorh, Justin MacKenzie, R. Eagleson, S. Ribaupierre
{"title":"Development of augmented reality training simulator systems for neurosurgery using model-driven software engineering","authors":"Hamza Ghandorh, Justin MacKenzie, R. Eagleson, S. Ribaupierre","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946843","url":null,"abstract":"Neurosurgical procedures are complicated processes, providing challenges and demands ranging from medical knowledge and judgment to the neurosurgeons dexterity and perceptual capacities. Deliberate training of common neurosurgical procedures and underlying tasks is extremely important. One effective method for the training is to enhance the required surgical training tasks through the use of neurosurgical simulators. Development of neurosurgical simulators is challenging due to many reasons. In this work, we proposed to facilitate the development of new augmented reality neurosurgical simulator systems through the adoption of model-driven engineering. Our developed systems involve the interactive visualization of three-dimension brain meshes in order to train users and simulate a targeting task towards a variety of predetermined virtual targets. We present our results in a way which highlights two new design artifacts through our MDE approach.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130539020","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}
F. Khodayar, F. López, C. Ibarra-Castanedo, X. Maldague
{"title":"Implementation of advanced signal processing techniques on Line-Scan Thermography data","authors":"F. Khodayar, F. López, C. Ibarra-Castanedo, X. Maldague","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946669","url":null,"abstract":"In the last few years, composite materials have found an important niche of application in several industries, mainly because of their improved mechanical properties (higher stiffness, strength and resistance to fatigue). In this context, sandwich-composites, a special class of composite materials - are commonly used in the aerospace industry to manufacture lighter components. The increasing use of this type of materials in the aerospace sector has opened the necessity of inspection methods to evaluate its physical integrity and quality. Line Scan Thermography (LST) is one of the emerging technologies aimed to detect and evaluate subsurface defects present in the sandwiches composite structures. As a non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) technique, LST is a dynamic technique suited to inspect large and complex aerospace components. However, its performance to detect deeper and smaller defects is negatively affected due to the different sources of noise present in the collected thermal images. In this paper is studied the application of advanced signal processing techniques on LST data obtained from the inspection of a large composite component, which contains different types of internal defects located at a variety of depths. To evaluate the ability of each technique to reduce the noise, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the maximum signal contrast of each defect has been computed for further analysis.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123950664","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 software tool for generating optimized multipartite table parameters","authors":"R. Muscedere, M. Mirhassani","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946811","url":null,"abstract":"Multipartite table methods offer a high speed, low area implementation of commonly used functions for up to 24 bits of accuracy. Currently the parameters which dictate the configuration of these tables are chosen using a worst-case rounding approximation scheme which often generates sub-optimal results. This paper will show that it is possible to perform a full exhaustive search to find the minimum table size by efficiently coding the table generator and error calculation algorithms which can further reduce the previous published results by up to 25%.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123210958","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 new on-line observer-based controller for wheeled non-holonomic mobile robots","authors":"M. F. Hassan, E. Aljuwaiser, R. Badr","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946753","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new on-line observer-based controller is developed to implement trajectory tracking for wheeled non-holonomic mobile robots. The proposed approach is designed to track a user-specified trajectory which is not required to be pre-specified. A novel estimation technique is presented leading to short transient estimation period with reasonable overshoot which are hard to achieve using available estimators. The tracking and regulation functions are implemented using a two-component control strategy based on the estimated states. Applications of the proposed technique to different case studies are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed approach.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114740195","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}
B. Salvatierra, D. H. Dominguez, D. Chacón-Troya, Walter H. Orozco
{"title":"Power quality analysis of a low-voltage grid with a solar photovoltaic system","authors":"B. Salvatierra, D. H. Dominguez, D. Chacón-Troya, Walter H. Orozco","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946776","url":null,"abstract":"The generation of electricity through renewable sources has exponentially increased in recent years in response to environmental pollution caused by fossil fuels. When we talk about renewable energy is difficult not to refer to solar photovoltaic technology due to its high rate of growth compared to their peers and potential. This is associated with the fact that the Ecuadorian government is implementing a process of changing the production and country's energy matrix where one of the fundamental pillars is to eliminate dependence on fossil resources and promote the use of renewable energy. Therefore, this makes clear that it is important and needed to study the effects and possible problems that entails the use of photovoltaic systems connected to the network. In this context, this work focuses on power quality by connecting photovoltaic plants to low-power electrical distribution networks. The evaluated system is composed of a group of panels of different technologies connected to a communication unit that forms the connection point of the photovoltaic system and the electric network. Measurement and data acquisition in real time of the implemented system and the respective analysis was made by considering the existing regulations. Finally, a mathematical analysis was performed in order to analyze the impact of the most important variables on power quality.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127890754","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 secure scan chain using a phase locking system and a reconfigurable LFSR","authors":"Yahia Ouahab, R. Rashidzadeh, R. Muscedere","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946810","url":null,"abstract":"Scan chains are exploited to develop attacks on cryptographic hardware to extract secret information. For a scan-enabled chip, the probability of success increases if a user has unlimited access to apply test patterns to the Circuit-Under-Test (CUT) and observe the responses. In this paper, two layers of security have been proposed to protect scan architecture against hackers. A tester authentication method utilizing a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) to encrypt the operating frequency of both CUT/Tester is presented. Moreover, the CUT authenticates the tester to grant access to the scan chain. In the test mode, the direct access to the scan flip-flops is not granted to protect their secret information against attackers. A built-in self-test scheme (BIST) using a reconfigurable LFSR is designed to test the scan flip-flops in the test mode.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125649306","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 novel approach in Smart Ventilation using wirelessly controllable dampers","authors":"A. Forest, Amir Shabani","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946706","url":null,"abstract":"Smart Ventilation is of great interest for both improving occupants' comfort and for energy savings. Smart ventilation using Variable Air Volume (VAV) devices is not very practical in the residential market nor retrofit situations, and existing remote controlled vents create waste by replacing existing covers. We propose a novel approach by design of a wirelessly controllable dampers that could be used in a home or in a retrofit project and also smarten the existing VAVs in commercial buildings. By using different parameters for opening and closing, the remote damper is able to adjust and modulate airflow based on any users' needs to improve their comfort and consequently reduces the energy costs.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125774916","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":"Multimodal CMOS based biosenors for Lab-on-Chip applications: A new multidisciplinary approach","authors":"Saghi Forouhi, E. Ghafar-Zadeh, R. Dehghani","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2017.7946825","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel multimodal CMOS based Lab-on-Chip system for life science applications. This system consists of an array of sensors using integrated capacitive and thermal techniques. Herein we put forward the proposed circuitries, demonstrate simulation results and discuss the advantages of the proposed system for cellular monitoring purposes. Based on these results and discussions, the proposed system offers great advantages for cellular monitoring purposes.","PeriodicalId":238720,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127921874","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}