{"title":"A Multi-Objective Optimization Model for the Planning of Power Distribution Networks Considering System Reliability","authors":"Haytham M. A. Ahmed, M. Salama","doi":"10.1109/CCECE43985.2019.9052393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE43985.2019.9052393","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a stochastic multi-objective planning model for the network configuration of smart distribution systems (DSs). The primary goal of the proposed model is to determine the network configuration that optimizes both the system cost and reliability. The system reliability is optimized through the minimization of the expected energy not supplied. The model uses a Monte-Carlo simulation (MCS) to enable consideration of the stochastic variations associated with load demands and renewable distributed generators (DGs). The Pareto optimality concept has been used to evaluate the tradeoff between the DS cost and reliability. The proposed model was successfully employed to find the optimal network configuration of a 14-zone DS that included a variety of types of loads and DGs. The Pareto front obtained in the case study provided evaluation for the relationship between the DS cost and reliability.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115036377","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}
Furat Al-Obaidy, Shadi Momtahen, Md. Foysal Hossain, F. Mohammadi
{"title":"Encrypted Traffic Classification Based ML for Identifying Different Social Media Applications","authors":"Furat Al-Obaidy, Shadi Momtahen, Md. Foysal Hossain, F. Mohammadi","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861934","url":null,"abstract":"increasing the deployment of encryption in network protocols and applications poses a challenge for traditional traffic classification approaches. Social media applications such as Skype, WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube etc. as popular representatives of encrypted traffics have attracted big attention to communication and entertainment. Therefore, the accurate identification of them within encrypted traffic has become a big issue and a hot topic to explore them in detail. In this context, Machine Learning (ML) approaches have shown promise in this area especially for detecting and classifying the encrypted traffic data. Therefore, this work is concentrated on the challenges and has explored the ability to use ML algorithms for social media classification from traffic traces and provides a developed solution, which is able to identify the social media sub-class.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131771718","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}
G. S. Vieira, Fabrízzio Soares, S. A. Santos, G. Laureano, J. C. Lima, R. M. Costa, J. P. Félix, T. H. Nascimento
{"title":"Towards Integrated Image Contrast Models in Segmentation of Trees","authors":"G. S. Vieira, Fabrízzio Soares, S. A. Santos, G. Laureano, J. C. Lima, R. M. Costa, J. P. Félix, T. H. Nascimento","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861826","url":null,"abstract":"Computer vision is an area in high demand which is bringing new trends for urban and rural applications. Some examples can be found in autonomous navigation projects, monitoring services, fruits/grain harvesting, pest control, and so forth. However, drastic or even unperceptive changes in the image acquisition process limit the development of these applications, especially for problems that require solutions for uncontrolled environments such as outdoor areas. Thus, the definition of what a machine is looking at is a challenging task. In this study, we dealt with the image segmentation problem in order to develop a method to delineate tree trunks, their branches, and foliage. As tree detection is a crucial topic in mobile robotics, we investigated it to give an initial interpretation of external scenes. We prepared an image dataset to validate the proposal in which two classes were defined, tree and non-tree. The pixels of each image were classified based on the proposed method, and the results show that our method obtained a positive result of 91% accuracy.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133779971","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 Review of Intraoperative Surgeries Error Evaluation Methodologies","authors":"M. Mobini, Parisa Naraei","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861924","url":null,"abstract":"Verifying surgical errors, events, and outcomes while analyzing them is essential to reduce medical errors and decrease the risk in the surgical workflow. This valuable information can be used in the educational fields to provide constructive feedback for surgeons and other staff in the operating room (OR) environment. Specific error tracing techniques and recording tools are required to extract this information. To be able to design a sufficient tool, the first step is defining errors and understanding their descriptions. Thus, this study reviewed several articles related to errors definition and standard error categories. The next step is rating errors for future analyzing. For the error rating tool, the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) rating scale was reviewed. Finally, in order to detect errors in the OR, tools with the ability to record intraoperative surgical information in the video and audio formats were reviewed. The review suggests that monitoring tools should be used during surgeries and extracted information should be used to obtain improved surgical methods in the surgery and in educating future surgeons to achieve a higher level in the rescue mechanism.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132787480","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 Ultra Wide Triple-band Antenna for Biomedical Application","authors":"Sharafat Hossain, N. N. Jui, M. Hossain","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861802","url":null,"abstract":"a miniature size antenna for biomedical applications is proposed in this study. Due to the high dielectric constant of the human body, designing a wideband antenna which is miniature in size and also covers the triple band, is a very challenging one. A single layer PIFA with thin short pin structure, the three consecutive bands 915 MHz ISM band, 1.43 GHz WMTS band and 2.45 GHz ISM band with 100 MHz, 180 MHz, and 200 MHz bandwidth are obtained. The overall dimension of the proposed antenna is 64mm3 while covering such ultra-wideband with remarkable gain for three different bands. Coating with 0.5mm Macor layer, the proposed antenna has characterized inside three-layer phantom. For the three consecutive band, S11 has been recorded -18.5dB, -20dB, -21.5dB with gain -18.9 dB, -21.3 dB, -9.7 dB. Finally, the specific absorption rate (SAR) value has been measured with CST voxel model.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122186489","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}
Naireen Zaheer, Adeeb Shehzaad, S. O. Gilani, J. Aslam, Syed Ali Jafar Zaidi
{"title":"Automated Classification of Retinal Diseases in STARE Database Using Neural Network Approach","authors":"Naireen Zaheer, Adeeb Shehzaad, S. O. Gilani, J. Aslam, Syed Ali Jafar Zaidi","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861588","url":null,"abstract":"The optics of the eye create a visual image of the visual world on the retina. Incoming light signal is converted into a neural signal, which in turn is processed by the visual cortex in brain. A healthy retina is crucial for reliable vision. It is vulnerable to organ-specific and systemic diseases as numerous imperative ailments manifest themselves in the retina. Retinal dystrophies and degenerations are often the cause of visual loss and complete blindness in severe cases, hence early diagnosis and appropriate treatment can avert the loss. Various retinal diagnostic techniques performed manually by the ophthalmologist are conventional procedures followed in numerous parts of the world. Since human intervention is highly prone to errors, these strategies don’t generally ensure high level of accuracy. Consequently, computerized procedures are significantly crucial for useful applications in the ophthalmology. The purpose of this research was to develop an automated diagnostic system that will be able to identify patients with retinal disorders from images using neural network. This study comprises of four main sections. Data related to retinal pathologies was taken from a publicly available fundus image database. Collected data was then pre-processed by applying exclusion and inclusion criteria on categorized diseases and then visualized using MATLAB. Neural network technique along with three different activation functions (Sigmoid, Gaussian and ArcTan) were used to classify multiple retinal diseases allowing timely detection of such ailments with high accuracy. Sigmoid and Gaussian function gave best performances across all performance metrics. Accuracy calculated for Sigmoid was 0.92, for Gaussian 0.90 and for ArcTan 0.46","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125955639","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":"PCB Fabricated Passive RF Balun for 3 T MRI Applications","authors":"A. Dianat, A. Attaran, R. Muscedere, B. Chronik","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861585","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, a passive balun for 3 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners operating at 128 MHz was designed and analyzed to successfully convert a balanced input signal from a dipole/loop antenna into an unbalanced output signal connected to preamplifiers or transmission line. The lumped circuit element, mathematical modeling and simulations and measurement results for the balun performance are shown. The proposed balun is intended to be integrated in electric and magnetic field probes for time domain monitoring of the time-varying RF signals during medical device testing. The implemented balun is fabricated on a low-cost, copper cladded, four-layer FR4 printed circuit board (PCB) with overall footprint of 13.4 mm $times 14$ mm. A comparison among the ADS momentum simulations and the measured results indicates good agreement with the measured insertion and return losses of better than -1.5 dB and -15 dB, respectively.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123862720","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":"An Overview of Wind-Solar System Output Power","authors":"Fawaz. M. Alhaddad, H. Aly, M. El-Hawary","doi":"10.1109/CCECE43985.2019.9052396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE43985.2019.9052396","url":null,"abstract":"Renewable energy is playing a compromising role in the new generation of sustainable energy and promising to increase more and more. Wind and solar energies are among the top renewal resources today. Wind speed and solar radiation fluctuate so the generated power also fluctuates. It is better to forecast the wind and solar generated power for more efficient use. In this paper, we survey established work on wind and solar output power forecasting, as well as some control techniques used to improve the system performance. Also, we highlight a hybrid system of wind and PV.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121970274","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}
Alireza E. Khosroshahi, Liwei Wang, Hoda Dadashzadeh, Hossein Ardi, Amir Farakhor, A. M. Shotorbani
{"title":"A Two-Stage Coupled-Inductor-Based Cascaded DC-DC Converter with a High Voltage Gain","authors":"Alireza E. Khosroshahi, Liwei Wang, Hoda Dadashzadeh, Hossein Ardi, Amir Farakhor, A. M. Shotorbani","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861768","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new high step-up cascaded DC-DC converter is presented. The first stage of the proposed converter is a buck-boost converter with modified converter topology. The second stage is a boost converter with coupled inductor and voltage multiplier cells. The energy stored in the leakage inductor of the coupled inductor is recycled by a passive voltage clamp to a capacitor thereby improving the efficiency. Besides, the blocking voltage across the MOSFET switch is reduced in the proposed topology due to voltage clamp circuit. Thus, a low on-resistance (R$_{DS-on}$) switch can be used to reduce conduction loss. The steady-state analysis of the proposed converter is presented in the paper. Finally, the proposed converter is simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK to verify the converter performance.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125975202","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":"Power-Management based on Reconfigurable Last-Cache level on Non-volatile Memories in Chip-Multi processors","authors":"Furat Al-Obaidy, Arghavan Asad, F. Mohammadi","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2019.8861762","url":null,"abstract":"with technology scaling and increasing parallelism levels of new embedded applications, multi-cores in chip-multiprocessors (CMP) has been increased. In this context, power consumption acts a critical issue concern in future CMPs with restricted of battery lifetime. For future CMPs architecting, 3D stacking of Last Level Cache (LLC) has been recently introduced as a new methodology to combat the performance challenges of 2D integration. However, the 3D design of LLCs incurs more leakage power utilization compared to conventional cache architectures in 2Ds due to dense integration. We present in this work a power-efficient reconfigurable hybrid last level cache architecture for future CMPs. The proposed hybrid architecture SRAM memory is incorporated with STT-RAM technology by using the characteristics for both new and traditional technologies. The experimental results show that the designed method minimizes power consumption under multi-programmed and multithreaded applications.","PeriodicalId":352860,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123939867","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}