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Chang, Brian (author), Yang, Liufei (author), Sensi, M. (author), Achterberg, M.A. (author), Wang, F. (author), Rinaldi, M. (author), Van Mieghem, P.F.A. (author)We introduce a Markov Modulated Process (MMP) to describe human mobility. We represent the mobility process as a time-varying graph, where a link specifies a connection between two nodes (humans) at any discrete time step. Each state of the Markov chain encodes a certain modification to the original graph. We show that our MMP model...conference paper 2022
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Yang, Sha (author), Ballschmiede, Conrad (author), Gilka-Bötzow, Albrecht (author), Koenders, Eduardus A.B. (author)Low density load bearing structural concrete members with improved thermal insulation properties, composed of lightweight aggregate (LWA) and foam concrete is investigated, which expands the application range of lightweight structural materials. This study aims to characterize a lightweight aggregate concrete with a foamed cementitious matrix ...conference paper 2021
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Yang, Jingbin (author), Sun, Zhenping (author), Yanliang, Ji (author), Li, Biyun (author), Pang, Min (author)As an internal curing material, superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) can effectively reduce the risk of volume shrinkage of cement-based materials. By preparing the cement paste mixed with SAPs, the amount of pre-absorbed water and the water-cement ratio of paste on the water absorption-release behavior in the fresh cement paste were studied by using...conference paper 2021
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Gu, Chunping (author), Ji, Yongjie (author), Yang, Yang (author), Liu, Jintao (author), Ni, Tongyuan (author)Sewage sludge ash (SSA) is the combustion residue of the sewage sludge obtained from wastewater treatment plants. In China, SSA normally contains high content of SO3, which may cause detrimental effect on the volume stability of cement-based materials. This study investigated the effect of sulfate-rich SSA (SR-SSA) on the volume deformation and...conference paper 2021
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Yang, Kai (author), Ye, Guang (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Water molecules exist as two spin isomers, differing by the relative orientation of the nuclear spins of the two hydrogen atoms: either antiparallel (para-water, S=0) or parallel (ortho-water, S=1) [1]. The transition between these nuclear spin states can be achieved through magnetic symmetry breaking via a field gradient across the spins...conference paper 2021
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Pang, Min (author), Sun, Zhenping (author), Ji, Yanliang (author), Yang, Jingbin (author), Wang, Peiming (author), Xu, Yaling (author), Li, Huanhuan (author), Liu, Jiaying (author), Li, Fei (author)Characteristics of fly ash(FA) blended mortars (50%, 70% and 90%) at different curing ages (28 days and 180 days) under ammonium chloride solution(ACS) leaching were investigated. Mass loss under leaching, initial CaO content, Ca(OH)2 content(CH), content of chemical bonded water, and hydration degree of blended pastes were tested by XRF and DSC...conference paper 2021
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Allen, G.M. (author), Yang, J. (author), Pera, Maria Soledad (author), Gadiraju, Ujwal (author)We present pathways of investigation regarding conversational user interfaces (CUIs) for children in the classroom. We highlight anticipated challenges to be addressed in order to advance knowledge on CUIs for children. Further, we discuss preliminary ideas on strategies for evaluation.conference paper 2021
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Arous, Ines (author), Dolamic, Ljiljana (author), Yang, J. (author), Bhardwaj, Akansha (author), Cuccu, Giuseppe (author), Cudré-Mauroux, Philippe (author)Explainability is a key requirement for text classification in many application domains ranging from sentiment analysis to medical diagnosis or legal reviews. Existing methods often rely on "attention" mechanisms for explaining classification results by estimating the relative importance of input units. However, recent studies have shown that...conference paper 2021
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Nadeem, A. (author), Verwer, S.E. (author), Moskal, Stephen (author), Yang, Shanchieh Jay (author)Attack graphs (AG) are a popular area of research that display all the paths an attacker can exploit to penetrate a network. Existing techniques for AG generation rely heavily on expert input regarding vulnerabilities and network topology. In this work, we advocate the use of AGs that are built directly using the actions observed through...conference paper 2021
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Yang, Kai (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Water molecules exist as two spin isomers, differing by the relative orientation of the nuclear spins of the two hydrogen atoms: either antiparallel (para-water, S=0) or parallel (ortho-water, S=1) [1]. The transition between these nuclear spin states can be achieved through magnetic symmetry breaking via a field gradient across the spins...conference paper 2021
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Balayn, A.M.A. (author), SOILIS, P. (author), Lofi, C. (author), Yang, J. (author), Bozzon, A. (author)Global interpretability is a vital requirement for image classification applications. Existing interpretability methods mainly explain a model behavior by identifying salient image patches, which require manual efforts from users to make sense of, and also do not typically support model validation with questions that investigate multiple...conference paper 2021
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Zhang, F. (author), Yang, Y. (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author)Acoustic Emission (AE)-based crack tracking is a promising approach to locate cracks in concrete structures. Different from conventional AE, this approach uses AE activities during crack closure. But, AE activities during crack closure may be influenced by the number of load cycles and loading speed. This may challenge the applicability of AE...conference paper 2021
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Zarate Garnica, G.I. (author), Zhang, F. (author), Yang, Y. (author), van der Veen, C. (author), Lantsoght, E.O.L. (author), Naaktgeboren, M. (author), Fennis, S.A.A.M. (author)Proof load testing can be an interesting method to assess existing bridges for which analytical methods are unable to provide an accurate assessment. In a proof load test, a load representative of the factored live load is applied to the bridge. If the bridge can carry this load without distress, the proof load test is success-ful, and the...conference paper 2021
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Wang, Ke (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, Yongsheng (author), Li, Jian (author), Huang, Quanyi (author)In China, storm surge disasters cause severe damages in coastal regions. One of the most critical tasks is to predict affected regions and their relative damage levels to support decision-making. This study develops a two-stage retrieval model to search the most similar past disaster case to complete prediction. Based on spatial attributes of...conference paper 2021
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Arous, Ines (author), Yang, J. (author), Khayati, Mourad (author), Cudre-Mauroux, Philippe (author)Scientific peer review is pivotal to maintain quality standards for academic publication. The effectiveness of the reviewing process is currently being challenged by the rapid increase of paper submissions in various conferences. Those venues need to recruit a large number of reviewers of different levels of expertise and background. The...conference paper 2021
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Najafian, S. (author), Draws, T.A. (author), Barile, Francesco (author), Tkalcic, Marko (author), Yang, J. (author), Tintarev, N. (author)Recent research has shown that explanations serve as an important means to increase transparency in group recommendations while also increasing users' privacy concerns. However, it is currently unclear what personal and contextual factors affect users' privacy concerns about various types of personal information. This paper studies the effect...conference paper 2021
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Liu, Hao (author), Ye, Hanting (author), Yang, J. (author), Wang, Q. (author)Motivated by the trend of realizing full screens on devices such as smartphones, in this work we propose through-screen sensing with visible light for the application of fingertip air-writing. The system can recognize handwritten digits with under-screen photodiodes as the receiver. The key idea is to recognize the weak light reflected by the...conference paper 2021
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Yang, Q. (author), Simão, T. D. (author), Tindemans, Simon H. (author), Spaan, M.T.J. (author)Safe exploration is regarded as a key priority area for reinforcement learning research. With separate reward and safety signals, it is natural to cast it as constrained reinforcement learning, where expected long-term costs of policies are constrained. However, it can be hazardous to set constraints on the expected safety signal without...conference paper 2021
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Li, Zhenghui (author), Le Kernec, Julien (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Romain, Olivier (author), Zhang, Lei (author), Yang, Shufan (author)In personnel recognition based on radar, significant research exists on statistical features extracted from the micro-Doppler signatures, whereas research considering other domains and information such as phase is less developed. This paper presents the use of deep learning methods to integrate both phase and magnitude features from range...conference paper 2021
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Arcondoulis, Elias J. G. (author), Liu, Yu (author), Yang, Yannian (author), Ragni, D. (author), Rubio Carpio, A. (author), Avallone, F. (author)View Video Presentation: https://doi-org.tudelft.idm.oclc.org/10.2514/6.2021-2226.vid<br/><br/>The mechanisms responsible for vortex shedding reduction, due to the application of a porous coating to a smooth cylinder placed in uniform flow, are still uncertain despite several numerical and experimental studies. To help understand these...conference paper 2021