College of Engineering: Recent submissions
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Assessing Virtual Reality Environment for Remote Telementoring during Open Surgeries
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2022 , Conference)In a telementoring setup for open surgeries, the motion of virtual surgical instruments is superimposed onto the operative field. This assists a mentor to effectively convey to the mentee the information pertaining to the ... -
Telementoring System Assessment Integrated with Laparoscopic Surgical Simulators
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference)Laparoscopic simulators have emerged as effective tools for surgical training. The virtual environment is used in the simulator for the training of procedure-specific surgical skills. These simulators can be enhanced if ... -
Evaluating a Remote Tele-Mentoring Gameplay Setup for Teaching Laparoscopic Suturing Skills
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference)The work presents an evaluation study to investigate the potency of remote tele-mentoring gameplay for training in minimally invasive surgeries, as compared to training through traditional in-person methods for teaching ... -
Intelligent DRL-Based Adaptive Region of Interest for Delay-Sensitive Telemedicine Applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference)Telemedicine applications have recently received substantial potential and interest, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote experience will help people get their complex surgery done or transfer knowledge to local ... -
Online Learning Approach for Jammer Detection in UAV Swarms Using Multi-Armed Bandits
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference)Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) into the 5G cellular network and O- RAN holds great potential for the UAV and communications industries. However, UAV wireless communication systems are susceptible to malicious ... -
Secure Automated Delivery of Critical Goods with RFID-Based Tracking and Authentication
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference)The objective of the project summarized in this paper is to address both the problem of autonomous secure goods delivery to multiple destinations in one trip, while maintaining a complete log of events and transactions. ... -
Supporting Metaverse Applications with Reconfigurable Intelligent Antennas (MARIA)
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2024 , Article)This paper studies the support of Metaverse Applications using Reconfigurable Intelligent Antennas (MARIA). The proposed approach is based on using massive antenna arrays to perform user specific beamforming, in scenarios ... -
Fall Detection Wristband with Optimized Security and Health Monitoring
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2024 , Conference)Several people suffer from sudden falls, which puts them seriously at high risk if they do not get help right away. However, if people own a wearable device, they can utilize it to get them help from a nearest hospital ... -
Real-Time Colonic Disease Diagnosis with DRL Low Latency Assistive Control
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2024 , Article)In recent years, there has been a growing interest in endoscope automation and assisted control methods, with the primary objective of minimizing human error and associated stress. One critical challenge in the implementation ... -
Joint Use of Vital Signs and Cough Sounds for Pandemic Detection
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2024 , Article)In response to the challenges once posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper presents a comprehensive solution that integrates advanced techniques to enhance the detection of infections remotely, using sensors on a wearable ... -
On The Tradeoffs of FSO Communications in UAV Networks Under Varying Weather Conditions
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2024 , Conference)Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are having increasing importance in various application areas. Therefore, efficient communication between UAVs, and between UAVs and ground stations or base stations (BSs), is essential. ... -
Benchmarking Network Performance of Augmented Reality Based Surgical Telementoring Systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2022 , Conference)Telementoring in surgery facilitates the transfer of surgical knowledge from the mentor to the mentee. Augmented Reality (AR) further assists this transfer by overlaying visual cues (e.g., in the form of virtual surgical ... -
Tele-Mentoring Using Augmented Reality: A Feasibility Study to Assess Teaching of Laparoscopic Suturing Skills
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2023 , Conference)The work assesses the efficacy of computer based remote tele-mentoring system (i.e. when the mentor and mentee are physically separated) for teaching minimally invasive surgical skills. The visual cues used for tele-mentoring ... -
Acquisition and Remote Transfer of Operative Field View During Open Surgery
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference)Telementoring in open surgery has emerged as an alternative to on-site teaching. To ensure effective communication between the mentee and the mentor, the view of surgical operations in the operating room needs to be shared ... -
Travel Hopping Enabled Resource Allocation (THEResA) and delay tolerant networking through the use of UAVs in railroad networks
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This paper investigates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones for providing high data rates to mobile relays (MRs) placed on top of high speed train wagons, thus introducing the concept of Travel Hopping Enabled ... -
Preliminary design and evaluation of a remote tele-mentoring system for minimally invasive surgery
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)Background: Tele-mentoring during surgery facilitates the transfer of surgical knowledge from a mentor (specialist surgeon) to a mentee (operating surgeon). The aim of this work is to develop a tele-mentoring system tailored ... -
On Physical Layer Security of Double Shadowed Rician Fading Channels
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)With the proliferation of fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication wireless networks, the investigation into the performance of physical layer secrecy is increasingly becoming the center of attention of recent studies. ... -
Free Space Optics Communication for Ultra-High-Speed Train Running in Evacuated Tube
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)This paper develops a novel communication method for an ultra-high-speed train that runs in an evacuated tube. The proposed method significantly reduces the number of needed base stations to provide adequate coverage and ... -
Evaluation of user-interfaces for controlling movements of virtual minimally invasive surgical instruments
( John Wiley & Sons , 2022 , Article)Background: Recent tele-mentoring technologies for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) augments the operative field with movements of virtual surgical instruments as visual cues. The objective of this work is to assess different ... -
Resource allocation scheme for eMBB and uRLLC coexistence in 6G networks
( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)5G technology is intended to support three promising services with heterogeneous requirements: Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication (uRLLC), enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), and massive Machine Type Communication ...
