In protein identification, researchers increasingly aim to achieve efficient classification using fewer features. While many feature selection methods effectively reduce the number of model features, they often cause ...
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used for image acquisition in various applications, and object detection is a crucial task for UAV imagery analysis. However, training accurate object detectors requires a la...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used for image acquisition in various applications, and object detection is a crucial task for UAV imagery analysis. However, training accurate object detectors requires a large amount of annotated data, which can be expensive and time-consuming. To address this issue, we propose an active learning framework for single-stage object detectors in UAV images. First, we introduce Diverse Uncertainty Aggregation (DUA), a novel uncertainty aggregation method that aims to select images with a more diverse variety of object classes with high uncertainties. Second, we address the problem of class imbalance by adjusting the uncertainty calculation based on the performance of each class. Third, we illustrate how reducing the number of images for labeling does not necessarily lead to a lower labeling cost. Evaluation of our approach on a common UAV dataset shows that we can perform similarly (within 0.02 0.5mAP) to using the whole dataset while using only 25% of the images and 32% of the labeled objects. It also outperforms Random Selection and some other aggregation methods. Evaluation on VOC2012 show also consistent results utilizing only 25% of the labeling cost to reach a performance within 0.1 0.5mAP of using the whole dataset. Our results suggest that our proposed active learning framework can effectively reduce the annotation cost while improving the performance of singlestage object detectors in UAV image settings. The code is available on: https://***/asmayamani/DUA
The emergence of Aging-Related Bugs (ARBs) poses a significant challenge to software systems, resulting in performance degradation and increased error rates in resourceintensive systems. Consequently, numerous ARB pre...
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Plant diseases can significantly affect crop yield, causing substantial production losses. Early disease detection is crucial for ensuring healthy plant growth and optimizing crop outcomes. Despite notable successes i...
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Throughput analysis for successive interference cancellation-based two-device slotted ALOHA with feedback is studied over Nakagami-m fading channels. Explicit expressions for the state transition probabilities are der...
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The aim of this work is to study two classes of stochastic fractional differential equations via the application of the method of upper and lower solutions combined with the Arzela-Ascoli theorem. We begin by proving ...
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Quadrupedal robots excel in mobility, navigating complex terrains with agility. However, their complex control systems present challenges that are still far from being fully addressed. In this paper, we introduce the ...
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Quadrupedal robots excel in mobility, navigating complex terrains with agility. However, their complex control systems present challenges that are still far from being fully addressed. In this paper, we introduce the use of Sample-Based Stochastic control strategies for quadrupedal robots, as an alternative to traditional optimal control laws. We show that Sample-Based Stochastic methods, supported by GPU acceleration, can be effectively applied to real quadruped robots. In particular, in this work, we focus on achieving gait frequency adaptation, a notable challenge in quadrupedal locomotion for gradient-based methods. To validate the effectiveness of Sample-Based Stochastic controllers we test two distinct approaches for quadrupedal robots and compare them against a conventional gradientbased Model Predictive Control system. Our findings, validated both in simulation and on a real 21Kg Aliengo quadruped, demonstrate that our method is on par with a traditional Model Predictive Control strategy when the robot is subject to zero or moderate disturbance, while it surpasses gradient-based methods in handling sustained external disturbances, thanks to the straightforward gait adaptation strategy that is possible to achieve within their formulation.
Sharding scales throughput by splitting blockchain nodes into parallel groups. However, different shards’ independent and random scheduling for cross-shard transactions results in numerous conflicts and aborts, since...
Sharding scales throughput by splitting blockchain nodes into parallel groups. However, different shards’ independent and random scheduling for cross-shard transactions results in numerous conflicts and aborts, since cross-shard transactions from different shards may access the same account. A deterministic ordering can eliminate conflicts by determining a global order for transactions before processing, as proved in the database field. Unfortunately, due to the intertwining of the Byzantine environment and information isolation among shards, there is no trusted party able to predetermine such an order for cross-shard transactions. To tackle this challenge, this paper proposes Prophet, a conflict-free sharding blockchain based on Byzantine-tolerant deterministic ordering. It first depends on untrusted self-organizing coalitions of nodes from different shards to pre-execute cross-shard transactions for prerequisite information about ordering. It then determines a trusted global order based on stateless ordering and post-verification for pre-executed results, through shard cooperation. Following the order, the shards thus orderly execute and commit transactions without conflicts. Prophet orchestrates the pre-execution, ordering, and execution processes in the sharding consensus for minimal overhead. We rigorously prove the determinism and serializability of transactions under the Byzantine and sharded environment. An evaluation of our prototype shows that Prophet improves the throughput by 3.11× and achieves nearly no aborts on 1 million Ethereum transactions compared with state-of-the-art sharding.
Flight is an energetically expensive task. While aerial insects can effortlessly fly through natural environments, achieving power autonomous flights in insect-scale robots remains a major challenge. In prior works, w...
Flight is an energetically expensive task. While aerial insects can effortlessly fly through natural environments, achieving power autonomous flights in insect-scale robots remains a major challenge. In prior works, we developed soft-actuated insect-scale aerial robots that demonstrated unique capabilities such as in-flight collision recovery and somersaults. However, the soft dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have low efficiency (< 20%) and require a high driving voltage (>600 V). These properties represent formidable obstacles for soft aerial robots to achieve power autonomous flights. In this work, we developed a 127 mg boost circuit that can convert a 7.7 V DC input into a 600 V and 400 Hz output for driving a 120 mg DEA. It has an equivalent capacitance and resistance of 20 nF and 5 $\mathbf{k}\Omega$ , respectively. The DEA is assembled into a 158 mg aerial robot, which can demonstrate liftoff while carrying the boost circuit as a payload. Although the robot remains tethered to an off-board power supply, this result represents a first step towards achieving power autonomy in soft aerial robots.
Bayesian inference for neural networks, or Bayesian deep learning, has the potential to provide well-calibrated predictions with quantified uncertainty and robustness. However, the main hurdle for Bayesian deep learni...
Bayesian inference for neural networks, or Bayesian deep learning, has the potential to provide well-calibrated predictions with quantified uncertainty and robustness. However, the main hurdle for Bayesian deep learning is its computational complexity due to the high dimensionality of the parameter space. In this work, we propose a novel scheme that addresses this limitation by constructing a low-dimensional subspace of the neural network parameters–referred to as an active subspace–by identifying the parameter directions that have the most significant influence on the output of the neural network. We demonstrate that the significantly reduced active subspace enables effective and scalable Bayesian inference via either Monte Carlo (MC) sampling methods, otherwise computationally intractable, or variational inference. Empirically, our approach provides reliable predictions with robust uncertainty estimates for various regression tasks.
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