Nuno Cid Martins, Bernardo Marques, Paulo Dias, B. Sousa Santos
{"title":"Expanding the Horizons of Situated Visualization: The Extended SV Model","authors":"Nuno Cid Martins, Bernardo Marques, Paulo Dias, B. Sousa Santos","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020112","url":null,"abstract":"To fully leverage the benefits of augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) in supporting users, it is crucial to establish a consistent and well-defined situated visualization (SV) model. SV encompasses visualizations that adapt based on context, considering the relevant visualizations within their physical display environment. Recognizing the potential of SV in various domains such as collaborative tasks, situational awareness, decision-making, assistance, training, and maintenance, AR/MR is well-suited to facilitate these scenarios by providing additional data and context-driven visualization techniques. While some perspectives on the SV model have been proposed, such as space, time, place, activity, and community, a comprehensive and up-to-date systematization of the entire SV model is yet to be established. Therefore, there is a pressing need for a more comprehensive and updated description of the SV model within the AR/MR framework to foster research discussions.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43198228","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":"Is My Pruned Model Trustworthy? PE-Score: A New CAM-Based Evaluation Metric","authors":"César G. Pachón, D. Renza, D. Ballesteros","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020111","url":null,"abstract":"One of the strategies adopted to compress CNN models for image classification tasks is pruning, where some elements, channels or filters of the network are discarded. Typically, pruning methods present results in terms of model performance before and after pruning (assessed by accuracy or a related parameter such as the F1-score), assuming that if the difference is less than a certain value (e.g., 2%), the pruned model is trustworthy. However, state-of-the-art models are not concerned with measuring the actual impact of pruning on the network by evaluating the pixels used by the model to make the decision, or the confidence of the class itself. Consequently, this paper presents a new metric, called the Pruning Efficiency score (PE-score), which allows us to identify whether a pruned model preserves the behavior (i.e., the extracted patterns) of the unpruned model, through visualization and interpretation with CAM-based methods. With the proposed metric, it will be possible to better compare pruning methods for CNN-based image classification models, as well as to verify whether the pruned model is efficient by focusing on the same patterns (pixels) as those of the original model, even if it has reduced the number of parameters and FLOPs.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43467322","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}
Vladislav Kholkin, Olga Druzhina, Valerii Vatnik, Maksim Kulagin, Timur Karimov, Denis Butusov
{"title":"Comparing Reservoir Artificial and Spiking Neural Networks in Machine Fault Detection Tasks","authors":"Vladislav Kholkin, Olga Druzhina, Valerii Vatnik, Maksim Kulagin, Timur Karimov, Denis Butusov","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020110","url":null,"abstract":"For the last two decades, artificial neural networks (ANNs) of the third generation, also known as spiking neural networks (SNN), have remained a subject of interest for researchers. A significant difficulty for the practical application of SNNs is their poor suitability for von Neumann computer architecture, so many researchers are currently focusing on the development of alternative hardware. Nevertheless, today several experimental libraries implementing SNNs for conventional computers are available. In this paper, using the RCNet library, we compare the performance of reservoir computing architectures based on artificial and spiking neural networks. We explicitly show that, despite the higher execution time, SNNs can demonstrate outstanding classification accuracy in the case of complicated datasets, such as data from industrial sensors used for the fault detection of bearings and gears. For one of the test problems, namely, ball bearing diagnosis using an accelerometer, the accuracy of the classification using reservoir SNN almost reached 100%, while the reservoir ANN was able to achieve recognition accuracy up to only 61%. The results of the study clearly demonstrate the superiority and benefits of SNN classificators.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":"68 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135657947","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}
Malak Al-hassan, Bilal Abu-Salih, Ahmad K. Al Hwaitat
{"title":"DSpamOnto: An Ontology Modelling for Domain-Specific Social Spammers in Microblogging","authors":"Malak Al-hassan, Bilal Abu-Salih, Ahmad K. Al Hwaitat","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020109","url":null,"abstract":"The lack of regulations and oversight on Online Social Networks (OSNs) has resulted in the rise of social spam, which is the dissemination of unsolicited and low-quality content that aims to deceive and manipulate users. Social spam can cause a range of negative consequences for individuals and businesses, such as the spread of malware, phishing scams, and reputational damage. While machine learning techniques can be used to detect social spammers by analysing patterns in data, they have limitations such as the potential for false positives and false negatives. In contrast, ontologies allow for the explicit modelling and representation of domain knowledge, which can be used to create a set of rules for identifying social spammers. However, the literature exposes a deficiency of ontologies that conceptualize domain-based social spam. This paper aims to address this gap by designing a domain-specific ontology called DSpamOnto to detect social spammers in microblogging that targes a specific domain. DSpamOnto can identify social spammers based on their domain-specific behaviour, such as posting repetitive or irrelevant content and using misleading information. The proposed model is compared and benchmarked against well-proven ML models using various evaluation metrics to verify and validate its utility in capturing social spammers.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49358242","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}
C. Hang, Yi-Zhen Tsai, Pei-Duo Yu, Jiasi Chen, C. Tan
{"title":"Privacy-Enhancing Digital Contact Tracing with Machine Learning for Pandemic Response: A Comprehensive Review","authors":"C. Hang, Yi-Zhen Tsai, Pei-Duo Yu, Jiasi Chen, C. Tan","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020108","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has severely impacted daily life worldwide. As potential solutions, various digital contact tracing (DCT) strategies have emerged to mitigate the virus’s spread while maintaining economic and social activities. The computational epidemiology problems of DCT often involve parameter optimization through learning processes, making it crucial to understand how to apply machine learning techniques for effective DCT optimization. While numerous research studies on DCT have emerged recently, most existing reviews primarily focus on DCT application design and implementation. This paper offers a comprehensive overview of privacy-preserving machine learning-based DCT in preparation for future pandemics. We propose a new taxonomy to classify existing DCT strategies into forward, backward, and proactive contact tracing. We then categorize several DCT apps developed during the COVID-19 pandemic based on their tracing strategies. Furthermore, we derive three research questions related to computational epidemiology for DCT and provide a detailed description of machine learning techniques to address these problems. We discuss the challenges of learning-based DCT and suggest potential solutions. Additionally, we include a case study demonstrating the review’s insights into the pandemic response. Finally, we summarize the study’s limitations and highlight promising future research directions in DCT.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41383338","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":"Semantic Hierarchical Indexing for Online Video Lessons Using Natural Language Processing","authors":"Marco Arazzi, M. Ferretti, Antonino Nocera","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020107","url":null,"abstract":"Huge quantities of audio and video material are available at universities and teaching institutions, but their use can be limited because of the lack of intelligent search tools. This paper describes a possible way to set up an indexing scheme that offers a smart search modality, that combines semantic analysis of video/audio transcripts with the exact time positioning of uttered words. The proposal leverages NLP methods for topic modeling with lexical analysis of lessons’ transcripts and builds a semantic hierarchical index into the corpus of lessons analyzed. Moreover, using abstracting summarization, the system can offer short summaries on the subject semantically implied by the search carried out.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48274921","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":"Adaptive KNN-Based Extended Collaborative Filtering Recommendation Services","authors":"Luong Vuong Nguyen, Quoc-Trinh Vo, Tri-Hai Nguyen","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020106","url":null,"abstract":"In the current era of e-commerce, users are overwhelmed with countless products, making it difficult to find relevant items. Recommendation systems generate suggestions based on user preferences, to avoid information overload. Collaborative filtering is a widely used model in modern recommendation systems. Despite its popularity, collaborative filtering has limitations that researchers aim to overcome. In this paper, we enhance the K-nearest neighbor (KNN)-based collaborative filtering algorithm for a recommendation system, by considering the similarity of user cognition. This enhancement aimed to improve the accuracy in grouping users and generating more relevant recommendations for the active user. The experimental results showed that the proposed model outperformed benchmark models, in terms of MAE, RMSE, MAP, and NDCG metrics.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48269570","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":"Perspectives on Big Data, Cloud-Based Data Analysis and Machine Learning Systems","authors":"Fabrizio Marozzo, Domenico Talia","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020104","url":null,"abstract":"Huge amounts of digital data are continuously generated and collected from different sources, such as sensors, cameras, in-vehicle infotainment, smart meters, mobile devices, social media platforms, and web applications and services [...]","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135693122","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. Hameed, Nithesh Naik, Sufyan Ibrahim, Nisha S. Tatkar, M. Shah, D. Prasad, P. Hegde, P. Chłosta, B. Rai, B. Somani
{"title":"Breaking Barriers: Unveiling Factors Influencing the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers","authors":"B. Hameed, Nithesh Naik, Sufyan Ibrahim, Nisha S. Tatkar, M. Shah, D. Prasad, P. Hegde, P. Chłosta, B. Rai, B. Somani","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020105","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) is an emerging technological system that provides a platform to manage and analyze data by emulating human cognitive functions with greater accuracy, revolutionizing patient care and introducing a paradigm shift to the healthcare industry. The purpose of this study is to identify the underlying factors that affect the adoption of artificial intelligence in healthcare (AIH) by healthcare providers and to understand “What are the factors that influence healthcare providers’ behavioral intentions to adopt AIH in their routine practice?” An integrated survey was conducted among healthcare providers, including consultants, residents/students, and nurses. The survey included items related to performance expectancy, effort expectancy, initial trust, personal innovativeness, task complexity, and technology characteristics. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. A total of 392 healthcare professionals participated in the survey, with 72.4% being male and 50.7% being 30 years old or younger. The results showed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and initial trust have a positive influence on the behavioral intentions of healthcare providers to use AIH. Personal innovativeness was found to have a positive influence on effort expectancy, while task complexity and technology characteristics have a positive influence on effort expectancy for AIH. The study’s empirically validated model sheds light on healthcare providers’ intention to adopt AIH, while the study’s findings can be used to develop strategies to encourage this adoption. However, further investigation is necessary to understand the individual factors affecting the adoption of AIH by healthcare providers.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44139862","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}
Owen Tamin, E. Moung, J. Dargham, Farashazillah Yahya, A. Farzamnia, F. Sia, Nur Faraha Mohd Naim, L. Angeline
{"title":"On-Shore Plastic Waste Detection with YOLOv5 and RGB-Near-Infrared Fusion: A State-of-the-Art Solution for Accurate and Efficient Environmental Monitoring","authors":"Owen Tamin, E. Moung, J. Dargham, Farashazillah Yahya, A. Farzamnia, F. Sia, Nur Faraha Mohd Naim, L. Angeline","doi":"10.3390/bdcc7020103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7020103","url":null,"abstract":"Plastic waste is a growing environmental concern that poses a significant threat to onshore ecosystems, human health, and wildlife. The accumulation of plastic waste in oceans has reached a staggering estimate of over eight million tons annually, leading to hazardous outcomes in marine life and the food chain. Plastic waste is prevalent in urban areas, posing risks to animals that may ingest it or become entangled in it, and negatively impacting the economy and tourism industry. Effective plastic waste management requires a comprehensive approach that includes reducing consumption, promoting recycling, and developing innovative technologies such as automated plastic detection systems. The development of accurate and efficient plastic detection methods is therefore essential for effective waste management. To address this challenge, machine learning techniques such as the YOLOv5 model have emerged as promising tools for developing automated plastic detection systems. Furthermore, there is a need to study both visible light (RGB) and near-infrared (RGNIR) as part of plastic waste detection due to the unique properties of plastic waste in different environmental settings. To this end, two plastic waste datasets, comprising RGB and RGNIR images, were utilized to train the proposed model, YOLOv5m. The performance of the model was then evaluated using a 10-fold cross-validation method on both datasets. The experiment was extended by adding background images into the training dataset to reduce false positives. An additional experiment was carried out to fuse both the RGB and RGNIR datasets. A performance-metric score called the Weighted Metric Score (WMS) was proposed, where the WMS equaled the sum of the mean average precision at the intersection over union (IoU) threshold of 0.5 (mAP@0.5) × 0.1 and the mean average precision averaged over different IoU thresholds ranging from 0.5 to 0.95 (mAP@0.5:0.95) × 0.9. In addition, a 10-fold cross-validation procedure was implemented. Based on the results, the proposed model achieved the best performance using the fusion of the RGB and RGNIR datasets when evaluated on the testing dataset with a mean of mAP@0.5, mAP@0.5:0.95, and a WMS of 92.96% ± 2.63%, 69.47% ± 3.11%, and 71.82% ± 3.04%, respectively. These findings indicate that utilizing both normal visible light and the near-infrared spectrum as feature representations in machine learning could lead to improved performance in plastic waste detection. This opens new opportunities in the development of automated plastic detection systems for use in fields such as automation, environmental management, and resource management.","PeriodicalId":36397,"journal":{"name":"Big Data and Cognitive Computing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49503171","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}