Computer Science & Engineering: Recent submissions
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Ontologies for better project planning
( Editora Mundos Sociais , 2016 , Article)Providing accurate estimation during project planning is crucial to meet the time lines of the project, however, with all the emphasis we put when estimating the activities in a project, we still have difficulties in ... -
Multispectral image denoising using optimized vector NLM filter
( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we present a Stein's Unbiased Risk Estimator (SURE) approach for Non-Local Mean filter to denoise multispectral images. We extend this filter to the vector case in order to take advantage from the additional ... -
A survey on educational ontologies and their development cycle
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Conference Paper)Nowadays, the grid of Internet has demonstrated to be plentiful and tremendous data source of information, where diverse domains can be reached and mined. Semantic web is part of the Internet grid where knowledge is provided ... -
Arabic named entity recognition-a survey and analysis
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2016 , Conference Paper)As Arabic digital data has been increasing in abundance; the need for processing this information is growing. Named entity recognition (NER) is an information extraction technique that is vital to the processes of natural ... -
Visualizing electricity consumption in Qatar
( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Conference Paper)Data related to electricity consumption is a global problem, particularly here in Qatar. Thus, a customized tool to analyze this data is made. The aim of this research is to present a new software, which would help the ... -
An educational ontology-based M-learning system
( International Association of Online Engineering , 2016 , Article)Smart devices applications can assist young children in improving their learning capabilities and comprehension skills. However most of learning applications are built without taking into consideration the effective needs ... -
RF energy harvesting communications: Recent advances and research issues
( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Book chapter)Green radio communications has got a lot of attention in recent years due to its telling effects on telecom business and environment. On the other side, energy harvesting (EH) communication has emerged as a potential ... -
Image stitching system with scanning microscopy for histopathological applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Histopathological analysis of biopsy or surgical specimen is a common clinical practice for diagnostic purposes. Essentially, the process involves slicing the biopsy or surgical sample into very thin slices, placing them ... -
Energy conservation-based thresholding for effective wavelet denoising of partial discharge signals
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2016 , Article)Recent studies have shown that wavelet transform can effectively be used for noise reduction in the context of partial discharge (PD) signal detection and classification. Several thresholding approaches for wavelet denoising ... -
An Arabic mobile educational system
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Digital devices and computer software can assist children in improving their learning capabilities and comprehension skills. However most of these items are built without taking into consideration the effective needs and ... -
Using block cipher for confidentiality of images in cloud-based systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)This paper deals with outsourcing of computing to cloud servers where clients' images are computed and stored. It proposes a technique that obfuscates images before sending them to servers. Cloud servers can perform ... -
Performance of eigenvalue based spectrum sensing in full-duplex cognitive radio networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Spectrum sensing is a key component in any cognitive radio network. Recently full-duplex communication, i.e., the ability to transmit and receive at the same time at the same frequency, has become feasible. Residual self ... -
EPC Gen-2 UHF RFID tags with low-power CMOS temperature sensor suitable for gas applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a passive RFID tag with an embedded temperature sensor intended for the EPC Gen-2 protocol operating in the 902-928 MHz ISM band. The design is implemented as a node of a low cost temperature sensors ... -
Association rule mining on five years of motor vehicle crashes
( EDP Sciences , 2016 , Conference Paper)Every year, road accidents kill more than a million people and injure more than 20 million worldwide. This paper aims to offer guidance on road safety and create awareness by pinpointing the major causes of traffic accidents. ... -
QU-IR at SemEval 2016 Task 3: Learning to rank on Arabic community question answering forums with word embedding
( Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Resorting to community question answering (CQA) websites for finding answers has gained momentum in the past decade with the explosive rate at which social media has been proliferating. With many questions left unanswered ... -
Towards energy efficient and quality of service aware cell zooming in 5G wireless networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)This paper presents an energy efficient and quality of service aware dynamic cell zooming algorithm for dense heterogeneous networks. The exponential growth of mobile data traffic would lead to dense deployment of small ... -
Changing Dynamics of network security involving hacking/cracking with next generation firewalls (NGFW)
( IGI Global , 2016 , Book chapter)With increasing number of users on the internet, risk of security and probability of vulnerable attacks are increasing day by day. For every user connected to network, security attacks like hacking and cracking are very ... -
Transformer health index estimation using orthogonal wavelet network
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)The Health Index represents a practical tool that combines the results of operating observations, field inspections, and site and laboratory testing to manage the asset and prioritize investments in capital and maintenance ... -
Work in progress: Use of mobile technology to deliver training in blended learning and independent study formats
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)As citizens of countries and employees become comfortable using mobile technology, there is an opportunity for the workplace to deliver training using mobile technology. Using mobile learning allows employees to learn just ... -
Exploring the effect of image enhancement techniques on COVID-19 detection using chest X-ray images
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Computer-aided diagnosis for the reliable and fast detection of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a necessity to prevent the spread of the virus during the pandemic to ease the burden on the healthcare system. Chest ...
