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Attention and Depth Hallucination for RGB-D Face Recognition with Deep Learning
ace recognition approaches that are based purely on RGB images rely solely on intensity information, and therefore are more sensitive to facial variations, notably pose, occlusions, and environmental changes such as ... -
A Series and Parallel Tuned DC-DC Resonant Converter with Hybrid Modulation
Series and parallel tuned resonant converters have traditionally been operated at a constant frequency by employing Phase-Shift Modulation (PSM). It provides excellent efficiency from full - load to near no - load while ... -
Frequency Domain Modelling of Series LC- Parallel LC Resonant Converter with Capacitive Output Filter
Multi-element DC-DC resonant converters have been a topic of interest over the past several years. The need for reduced sizes of passive components in the converter, has stimulated substantial research towards the high- ... -
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON MODULATION OF A DUAL ACTIVE BRIDGE CONVERTER
In recent years, the single-phase Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter has gained significant importance as it has simple power circuit, bi-directional power flow, and zero voltage switching (ZVS) operation. Although, numerous ... -
Design and Analysis of a Low Q Three-phase Series Resonant Converter
Renewable energy applications require highly efficient DC-DC converter stages that can work under a wide range of operating conditions. Resonant DC-DC converters have extensively been used for many applications due to their ... -
Stable Leader-Follower Systems: A Passivity Perspective for Telerobotics and Vehicle Platooning
Advances in computing, more affordable hardware electronics, and reliable communications have led to development of cutting-edge robotic applications where two or more subsystems interact in a leader-follower arrangement ... -
Behavioral Modelling of the Transient and CdV/dt Induced Turn-on of a Hybrid High Power Switch Unit
The use of hybrid power switches is a practical and effective method of improving the performance of high power switching devices. An emerging strategy is to combine high power Si IGBTs with SiC MOSFETs to take advantage ... -
Security by Design: Reducing Information Exchange in Multi-Agent Search Tasks
Intrinsic to multi-agent systems is the trait of inter-agent dependency on information exchange. During safety-critical tasks, errors in information exchange between agents can lead to vulnerable system behaviour. Consequently, ... -
ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION, AND PRACTICAL DESIGN OF A SPLIT-PHASE DICKSON SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER FOR HIGH CURRENT APPLICATIONS
The Switched-Capacitor Converter (SCC) topology has been gaining attention from researchers because of their advantages of higher power density, better switch utilization, and low component stress. However, SCCs have a ... -
TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE GAN-BASED LLC RESONANT CONVERTER FOR WIDE INPUT VOLTAGE, HIGH OUTPUT CURRENT AC-DC AND DC-DC APPLICATIONS
The industry driving toward smaller, and more efficient electronics has led to the development of Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) in today’s most popular industrial applications. Resonant converters, among a variety of ... -
Techniques for Enabling High-Order Modulation Formats in Short-Reach Optical Communication Networks Based on Directly Modulated Lasers
The need to satisfy bandwidth-hungry applications with a growing number of internet users has raised the requirements for capacity and reach in optical communication systems. Recent advances in field modulation and digital ... -
Observation Points based Multi-modal Fusion Systems for Skeleton Action Recognition
Current methods for skeleton-based action recognition compute features based on the given skeleton joint information. We show that introducing new observation points in skeleton motion sequences and using them to create ... -
ProCam Calibration using Single Pose of 2D Planar Target
This thesis presents a simple and user friendly method for calibrating a procam system from a single pose of a 2D planar target. The camera intrinsic parameters, projector intrinsic parameters, procam system's extrinsic ... -
Novel Structures and Materials for Broadband Antennas
Presented in this thesis are advancements made in the fields of broadband antennas, reconfigurable antennas and emerging materials in applied electromagnetics. Firstly, the investigation of a millimeter-wave log-periodic ... -
Finding Failures in Real-Time Systems Using Realistic Model Scheduling
Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) has developed into an increasingly accepted and established research field. With the widespread use of MDE development methods, the need for analysis of models becomes imperative. One form ... -
Generalized Force Estimation using Machine Learning and Deep Learning with EMG and Motion Data
Human movements are accomplished by muscle contractions, resulting in force exertion. Accurate estimation of the generated force is desired in many applications such as robotics, prosthesis control, and sports. The surface ... -
Quality Estimation for Scarce Scenarios within Mobile Crowd Sensing Systems
Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS) is a paradigm that exploits the presence of a crowd of moving human participants to acquire, or generate, data from their environment. As part of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, MCS serves ... -
HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES: CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES AND MUTLI-SOURCE TOPOLOGIES
With the increasing global awareness and call for reduced dependence on fossil fuels and their polluting byproducts, energy efficient electric vehicles are gaining more attention for replacing internal combustion engine ... -
Generalization of a Constraint Based Intrusion Detection System
In a world rampant with cyber crime, Intrusion Detection System(IDS) provides an effective way to grapple with cyber attacks. An IDS is used to monitor the network traffic and generate alerts for any malicious activities ... -
MODELLING AND EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS HAVING ONE OR TWO RECEIVERS
This thesis presents a study on the modelling of wireless power transfer systems and techniques to improve system efficiency. Using time domain modelling, useful modes of operation are identified, and performance graphs ...
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