Computer Science & Engineering: Recent submissions
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Detection and severity classification of COVID-19 in CT images using deep learning
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Detecting COVID-19 at an early stage is essential to reduce the mortality risk of the patients. In this study, a cascaded system is proposed to segment the lung, detect, localize, and quantify COVID-19 infections from ... -
Vibration Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Harvesting of vibration energy from the ambient environment, such as vibrations experienced by bridges due to vehicle movements, wind, earthquakes, has become an essential area of study by many scientists aiming to design ... -
Determining the Outdoor Air Ventilation with Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as a Tracer Gas
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Insufficient ventilation can lead to occupant complaints of discomfort and reduced productivity as human and building generated pollutants build up. Some combinations of these elevated pollutants may have short or long-term ... -
On Dependability Traffic Load and Energy Consumption Tradeoff in Data Center Networks
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Mega data centers (DCs) are considered as efficient and promising infrastructures for supporting numerous cloud computing services such as online office, online social networking, Web search and IT infrastructure out-sourcing. ... -
Virtual Reality Glove for Falconry
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Falconry hunting is an Arabic traditional sport and has great significance in Qatari society, as it is a major part of their culture. Falconry is about hunting small birds or animals, by using different types of falcons. ... -
Towards a multimodal classification of cultural heritage
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)The humanity has always learned from the previous experiences and thus for many reasons. The national heritage proves to be a great way to discover and access a nation's history. As a result, these priceless cultural items ... -
Evaluation of Hardware Accelerators for Lattice Boltzmann based Aneurysm Blood Flow Measurement
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Clipping is a potential treatment for ruptured/unruptured brain aneurysm patients. In order to determine the profitable treatment and also clip's location, surgeons need to have the measurements such as velocity and blood ... -
An Enhanced Dynamic-programming Technique For Finding Approximate Overlaps
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)The next generation sequencing technology creates a huge number of sequences (reads), which constitute the input for genome assemblers. After prefiltering the sequences, it is required to detect exact overlaps between the ... -
On the group proportional fairness of frequency domain resource allocation in L-SC-FDMA based LTE uplink
( IEEE , 2010 , Conference Paper)Localized single carrier frequency division multiple access (L-SC-FDMA) has been selected as the uplink transmission scheme in 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) due to its low Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) over OFDMA in ... -
Efficient online WiFi delivery of layered-coding media using inter-layer network coding
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference Paper)A primary challenge in multicasting video in a wireless LAN to multiple clients is to deal with the client diversity - clients may have different channel characteristics and hence receive different numbers of transmissions ... -
The impact of inter-layer network coding on the relative performance of MRC/MDC WiFi media delivery
( ACM , 2011 , Conference Paper)A primary challenge in multicasting video in a wireless LAN is to deal with the client diversity - clients may have different channel characteristics and hence receive different numbers of transmissions from the AP. A ... -
Outage optimal resource allocation for two-hop multiuser multirelay cooperative communication in OFDMA upstream
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference Paper)We investigate an outage optimal adaptive resource allocation scheme for the upstream of two-hop OFDMA based decode-and-forward cooperative relay systems. The objective of this work is to design resource allocation strategy, ... -
On the fairness of frequency domain resource allocation in Wireless Mesh Networks A survey
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference Paper)This article presents a concise survey of fairness-aware frequency domain resource allocation techniques in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Wireless mesh networks have emerged as a key technology for next generation application ... -
Characterization of the indoor-outdoor radio propagation channel at 2.4 GHz
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference Paper)We present the site-specific signal strength measurement results for path loss, shadowing, and fading in 2.4GHz band under typical harsh environment (high temperature 4050 C and humidity 8090%). We use spectrum analyzer ... -
Utility-based uplink scheduling algorithm for enhancing throughput and fairness in relayed LTE networks
( IEEE , 2010 , Conference Paper)Relaying is one of the key techniques considered by the 3GPP LTE-Advanced as part of 4G cellular technologies, aiming to increase the coverage and capacity of the network especially for the edge nodes. In this work, we ... -
QUMESH: Wireless mesh network deployment and configuration in harsh environment
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)The link delivery probability in a wireless mesh network is most accurately determined only by experiment, as it depends on many factors, including environment characteristics, transmission power, distance between transmitter ... -
Evidence theory-based approach for epileptic seizure detection using EEG signals
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)Electroencephalogram (EEG) is one of the potential physiological signals used for detecting epileptic seizure. Discriminant features, representing different brain conditions, are often extracted for diagnosis purposes. ... -
Performance analysis for truncated ARQ based DSFBC-CO-OFDM communication scheme
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference Paper)We develop and analyze an ARQ (Automatic Repeat reQuest) based distributed space-frequency block code-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing protocol for cooperative communications (DSFBC-CO-OFDM). At PHY layer, space ... -
Wireless body area sensor networks signal processing and communication framework: Survey on sensing, communication technologies, delivery and feedback
( Science Publication , 2012 , Article)Problem statement: The Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs) is a wireless network used for communication among sensor nodes operating on or inside the human body in order to monitor vital body parameters and movements. ... -
On the joint scheduling and intra-cell interference coordination in multi-relay LTE uplink
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)The relay-assisted Long Term Evaluation (LTE) cellular system is one of the most promising technologies to enhance the throughput and coverage of the access network. Injection of relays in a cell opens many issues of ...
