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Multi-Modal Ocular Recognition in presence of occlusion in Mobile Devices
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The existence eyeglasses in human faces cause real challenges for ocular, facial,
and soft-based (such as eyebrows) biometric recognition due to glasses reflection, shadow,
and frame occlusion. In this regard, two operations ...
Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Image Segmentation based on Partial Differential Equations
(2020)
As the resolution of digital images increases significantly, the processing of
images becomes more challenging in terms of accuracy and efficiency. In this dissertation,
we consider image segmentation by solving a partial ...
Deep Open Representative Learning for Image and Text Classification
(2020)
An essential goal of artificial intelligence is to support the knowledge discovery process from data to the knowledge that is useful in decision making. The challenges in the knowledge discovery process are typically due ...
Lightweight cryptographic protocols for mobile devices
(2020)
In recent years, a wide range of resource-constrained devices have been built and integrated into many networked systems. These devices collect and transfer data over the Internet in order for users to access the data or ...
Design Guidelines, Scan Behavior and Characteristic Mode Analysis for a Class of Ultra-Wideband Microstrip Patch Antennas
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Ultra-wideband (UWB), low-profile microstrip patch antennas and phased arrays have their niche in many wireless communication and medical applications. In recent years, the U-slot patch antenna established itself as a ...
Framework for Automatic Identification of Paper Watermarks with Chain Codes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
In this dissertation, I present a new framework for automated description, archiving, and
identification of paper watermarks found in historical documents and manuscripts. The early
manufacturers of paper have introduced ...
Practical Memristor Emulator Circuit Development Techniques for Analog Applications
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Emerging memristor technology is drawing widespread attention during recent
time due to its potential diverse applications in nanoelectronic memories, logic and neu
romorphic computer architectures, digital and analog ...
Distributed Perimeter Firewall Policy Management Framework
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
A perimeter firewall is the first line of defense that stops unwanted packets (based on
defined firewall policies) entering the organization that deploys it. In the real world, every
organization maintains a perimeter ...
Cost Optimization and Load Balancing of Intra and Inter Data Center Networks to Facilitate Cloud Services
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
For cloud enterprise customers that require services on demand, data centers (DC)
must allocate and partition data center resources in a dynamic fashion. We consider the
problem of allocating data center resources for ...
Internet of Things (IoT) Applications With Diverse Direct Communication Methods
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical objects or things that are
embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity - which enable
the object to collect and exchange data. Rapid proliferation ...
Application-Aware Network Design Using Software Defined Networking for Application Performance Optimization for Big Data and Video Streaming
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation investigates improvement in application performance. For applications, we consider two classes: Hadoop MapReduce and video streaming. The Hadoop
MapReduce (M/R) framework has become the de facto standard ...
Understanding and Adapting to Crowd Behavior: A Study of Wireless Networks and Entrepreneurial Crowdfunding
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
The advances of the future will demand scholars have a systemic vision to solve problems. Integration across disciplines is needed to study, explain, inquire and discover
beyond the traditional borders of academic areas. ...
Learning Efficient Deep Feature Extraction For Mobile Ocular Biometrics
(2020)
Ocular biometrics uses physical traits from eye regions such as iris, conjunctival vasculature, and periocular for recognizing the person. Ocular biometrics has gained popularity amongst research and industry alike for its ...
Data center resource management with temporal data center resource management with temporal dynamic workload
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-19)
The proliferation of Internet services drives the data center expansion in both size
and the number. More importantly, the energy consumption (as part of total cost of ownership
(TCO)) has become a social concern. When ...
Towards Data Optimization in Storages and Networks
(2015-08-04)
We are encountering an explosion of data volume, as a study estimates that data
will amount to 40 zeta bytes by the end of 2020. This data explosion poses significant
burden not only on data storage space but also access ...
MAC layer resource allocation algorithms for OFDM/TDMA wireless networks
(2014-09-30)
In wireless networks employing OFDMA/TDMA, orthogonal channels and timeslots
are available resources that should be distributed between users fairly and in a
collision-free manner. Furthermore, the available resources ...
Design and validation of wearable wireless sensors
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2013-03-14)
Recent years have seen an increase in research and development efforts towards
wearable and implantable health monitoring systems. Such systems are needed to provide
real-time information about patients to physicians, ...
A New Approach for Fast Processing of SPARQL Queries on RDF Quadruples
(2015-06-19)
The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a standard model for representing
data on the Web. It enables the interchange and machine processing of
data by considering its semantics. While RDF was first proposed with the ...
Achieving Optimal Schedule by Network Flow Techniques
(2015-08-11)
Scheduling plays an important role in protocol design and performance optimizations for
wireless or wired networks. This dissertation studies how to achieve optimal performance
for two fundamental scheduling problems ...
Dynamic Virtual Network Restoration with Optimal Standby Virtual Router Selection
(2015)
Network virtualization technologies allow service providers to request partitioned,
QoS guaranteed and fault-tolerant virtual networks provisioned by the substrate network
provider (i.e., physical infrastructure provider). ...