Multi-user Augmented Reality (MuAR) allows multiple users to interact with shared virtual objects, facilitated by exchanging environment information. Current MuAR systems rely on 3D point clouds for real-world analysi...
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Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has been the regnant research area in the domain of Natural Language Processing for the last few decades. Past years’ advancement provides progress in this area of research. The acc...
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In this paper, we propose feature-based federated transfer learning as a novel approach to improve communication efficiency by reducing the uplink payload by multiple orders of magnitude compared to that of existing a...
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In federated learning (FL), the communication constraint between the remote clients and the Parameter Server (PS) is a crucial bottleneck. For this reason, model updates must be compressed so as to minimize the loss i...
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) generate massive amounts of Big Data through both sensory and non-sensory platforms. The data support batch processing as well as stream processing, which are essential for rel...
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) generate massive amounts of Big Data through both sensory and non-sensory platforms. The data support batch processing as well as stream processing, which are essential for reliable operations on the roads and connected vehicles in ITS. Despite the immense potential of Big Data intelligence in ITS, autonomous vehicles are largely confined to testing and trial phases. The research community is working tirelessly to improve the reliability of ITS by designing new protocols, standards, and connectivity paradigms. In the recent past, several surveys have been conducted that focus on Big Data Intelligence for ITS, yet none of them have comprehensively addressed the fundamental challenges hindering the widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles on the roads. Our survey aims to help readers better understand the technological advancements by delving deep into Big Data architecture, focusing on data acquisition, data storage, and data visualization. We reviewed sensory and non-sensory platforms for data acquisition, data storage repositories for archival and retrieval of large datasets, and data visualization for presenting the processed data in an interactive and comprehensible format. To this end, we discussed the current research progress by comprehensively covering the literature and highlighting challenges that urgently require the attention of the research community. Based on the concluding remarks, we argued that these challenges hinder the widespread presence of autonomous vehicles on the roads. Understanding these challenges is important for a more informed discussion on the future of self-driven technology. Moreover, we acknowledge that these challenges not only affect individual layers but also impact the functionality of subsequent layers. Finally, we outline our future work that explores how resolving these challenges could enable the realization of innovations such as smart charging systems on the roads and data centers
Safe, socially compliant, and efficient navigation of low-speed autonomous vehicles (AVs) in pedestrian-rich environments necessitates considering pedestrians' future positions and interactions with the vehicle an...
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Safe, socially compliant, and efficient navigation of low-speed autonomous vehicles (AVs) in pedestrian-rich environments necessitates considering pedestrians' future positions and interactions with the vehicle and others. Despite the inevitable uncertainties associated with pedestrians' predicted trajectories due to their unobserved states (e.g., intent), existing deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithms for crowd navigation often neglect these uncertainties when using predicted trajectories to guide policy learning. This omission limits the usability of predictions when diverging from ground truth. This work introduces an integrated prediction and planning approach that incorporates the uncertainties of predicted pedestrian states in the training of a model-free DRL algorithm. A novel reward function encourages the AV to respect pedestrians' personal space, decrease speed during close approaches, and minimize the collision probability with their predicted paths. Unlike previous DRL methods, our model, designed for AV operation in crowded spaces, is trained in a novel simulation environment that reflects realistic pedestrian behaviour in a shared space with vehicles. Results show a 40% decrease in collision rate and a 15% increase in minimum distance to pedestrians compared to the state of the art model that does not account for prediction uncertainty. Additionally, the approach outperforms model predictive control methods that incorporate the same prediction uncertainties in terms of both performance and computational time, while producing trajectories closer to human drivers in similar scenarios. IEEE
Vehicular edge computing (VEC) allows vehicles to process part of the tasks locally at the network edge while offloading the rest of the tasks to a centralized cloud server for processing. A massive volume of tasks ge...
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The paper proposed a secured and efficient data aggregation mechanism leveraging the edge computing paradigm and homomorphic data encryption technique. The paper used a unique combination of Paillier cryptosystem and ...
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The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has led to an interest in applying it not only in tasks for the general public but also to stringent domains such as healthcare. However, the developers of these next-...
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a family of robust metasurface-oriented wireless power transfer systems with improved efficiency and size compactness. The effect of geometric and structural features o...
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a family of robust metasurface-oriented wireless power transfer systems with improved efficiency and size compactness. The effect of geometric and structural features on the overall efficiency and miniaturisation is elaborately studied, while the presence of substrate losses is, also, considered. Moreover, to further enhance the performance, possible means for reducing the operating frequency, without comprising the unit-cell size, are proposed. Design/methodology/approach: The key element of the design technique is the edge-coupled split-ring resonators patterned in various metasurface configurations and optimally placed to increase the total efficiency. To this goal, a rigorous three-dimensional algorithm, launching a new high-order prism macroelement, is developed in this paper for the fast evaluation of the required quantities. The featured scheme can host diverse approximation orders, while it is drastically more economical than existing methods. Hence, the demanding wireless power transfer systems are precisely modelled via reduced degrees of freedom, without the need to conduct large-scale simulations. Findings: Numerical results, compared with measured data from fabricated prototypes, validate the design methodology and prove its competence to provide enhanced metasurface wireless power transfer systems. An assortment of optimized 3 x 3 and 5 x 5 metamaterial setups is investigated, and interesting deductions, regarding the impact of the inter-element gaps, the distance between the transmitting and receiving components and the substrate losses, are derived. Also, the proposed vector macroelement technique overwhelms typical implementations in terms of computational burden, particularly when combined with the relevant commercial software packages. Originality/value: Systematic design of advanced real-world wireless power transfer structures through optimally selected metasurfaces with fully controllable electro
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