Sequence classification is an important problem in many real-world applications. Unlike

Proteins are the molecular tools of living cells and the path to unraveling their function is through modeling and understanding their structure. Many diseases occur when a protein loses its intended function due to inability ...

Clustering is a fundamental machine learning problem which seeks to discover groups of data based on a notion of similarity. Clustering is ill-posed as the notion of an optimal clustering is subjective to the application ...

This thesis presents an experimental investigation of the Narrow Gap Improved Electroslag (ESW-NG) welding method when applied on HPS 70W high-performance steel and the associated tests required for qualification of the ...

In the Information Technology field, Ontology is concerned with the use of formal representation to describe concepts and relationships in a domain of knowledge. Using ontologies, organizations can facilitate processes ...

In 2007, National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced a contest for a new American cryptographic hash function standard, called SHA-3. At the time of writing, after eliminating 37 algorithms in Round 1, ...

This thesis presents finite element analyses of tapered FRP poles in ABAQUS and associated parametric studies in order to evaluate the effect of various properties on the overall static and dynamic response of the poles. ...

This dissertation investigates the environmental perception of autonomous underwater robots. Autonomous underwater robots have received increasing attention among scientific and engineering societies for their superior ...

Cloud computing technology has significantly changed the computing diagram. Ever since Amazon Web Service (AWS) began offering IT infrastructure services in 2006, cloud computing technology keeps maturing, developing, and ...

Making decisions over multivariate time series is an important topic which has gained significant interest in the past decade. A time series is a sequence of data points which are measured and ordered over uniform time ...