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Brembilla, E. (author), Wang, Taoning (author), Theodoropoulou, Panagiota (author), Beck, Wouter (author)The presence of sensor networks to monitor environmental conditions and the automation of blinds and lighting systems controls is now commonplace in buildings, especially public ones with a high number of occupants. However, implementing control algorithms that are sufficiently reactive to variable sky conditions and that actually meet...conference paper 2024
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Shubham, Shubham (author), Avallone, F. (author), Brandetti, L. (author), Wright, Nigel (author), Ianakiev, Anton (author)This study investigates the impact of struts and a central tower on the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) at chord-based Reynolds numbers of 8.12e4. A 2-bladed H-Darrieus VAWT is used, featuring a 1.5m diameter, a solidity of 0.1 and a blade cross-section of symmetrical NACA 0021. The turbine design...conference paper 2024
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Yong, Wen Pin (author), Menke, Hannah (author), Maes, Julien (author), Geiger, S. (author), Bakar, Zainol Affendi Abu (author), Lewis, Helen (author), Buckman, Jim (author), Bonnin, Anne (author), Singh, Kamaljit (author)Microporosity is commonly assumed to be non-connected porosity and not commonly studied in geoengineering industry. However, the presence of micropores plays a key role in connecting macropores and it can contribute significantly to the overall flow performance. In this study, targeted CO<sub>2</sub> storage carbonate fields in Southeast Asia...conference paper 2024
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Mattioli, F. (author), Figoli, Fabio (author), Stappers, P.J. (author)As design research matures, more designers pursue a PhD. In its turn, the PhD itself is changing from a solitary preparation for a career in academia toward an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary and international experience and a greater variety of jobs. These developments call for greater opportunities for PhD candidates to build their...conference paper 2024
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Frascara, Jorge (author), Gardien, Paul (author), Noël, Guillermina (author), Rosenberg, Daniel (author), Stappers, P.J. (author), Wilde, Danielle (author)Design skills and methods have been at the conceptual foundation of the design discipline(s) for at least the past half century. Over this period, design has also changed, focusing on new outcomes, serving new goals, and addressing different scales and broader application areas. On the one hand, there is a large set of methods and tools; on the...conference paper 2024
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Procaccini, Marco (author), Sahebi, Amin (author), Barbone, Marco (author), Luk, Wayne (author), Gaydadjiev, G. (author), Giorgi, Roberto (author)Processing graphs on a large scale presents a range of difficulties, including irregular memory access patterns, device memory limitations, and the need for effective partitioning in distributed systems, all of which can lead to performance problems on traditional architectures such as CPUs and GPUs. To address these challenges, recent...conference paper 2024
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Dupont, Samuel (author), Kastelik, Jean-Claude (author), Vanhamel, J. (author), Dekemper, Emmanuel (author)Diffraction of optical waves by an acoustic grating is a well-known phenomenon that enables the design of very versatile devices useful in photonic systems. For example, Acousto-Optic Tuneable Filters (AOTFs) can be dynamically tuned by radio-frequency signals. Among possible material choice, tellurium dioxide crystal is often used for practical...conference paper 2024
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Zhao, Y. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Tao, Q. (author)Deep learning-based methods have achieved prestigious performance for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction, enabling fast imaging for many clinical applications. Previous methods employ convolutional networks to learn the image prior as the regularization term. In quantitative MRI, the physical model of nuclear magnetic resonance...conference paper 2024
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Yu, Fuyang (author), Wang, Zhen (author), Li, Dongyuan (author), Zhu, P. (author), Liang, Xiaohui (author), Wang, Xiaochuan (author), Okumura, Manabu (author)Cross-modal retrieval, as an important emerging foundational information retrieval task, benefits from recent advances in multimodal technologies. However, current cross-modal retrieval methods mainly focus on the interaction between textual information and 2D images, lacking research on 3D data, especially point clouds at scene level,...conference paper 2024
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Anghel, R.I. (author), Vetrivel, Swaathi (author), Turcios Rodriguez, E.R. (author), Sameshima, Kaichi (author), Makita, Daisuke (author), Yoshioka, Katsunari (author), Hernandez Ganan, C. (author), Zhauniarovich, Y. (author)Remotely Triggered Black Hole (RTBH) is a common DDoS mitigation approach that has been in use for the last two decades. Usually, it is implemented close to the attack victim in networks sharing some type of physical connectivity. The Unwanted Traffic Removal Service (UTRS) project offers a free, global, and relatively low-effort-to-join and...conference paper 2024
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Li, Xinqi (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Zhao, Y. (author), van Gemert, J.C. (author), Tao, Q. (author)Quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an increasingly important diagnostic tool for cardiovascular diseases. Yet, co-registration of all baseline images within the quantitative MRI sequence is essential for the accuracy and precision of quantitative maps. However, co-registering all baseline images from a quantitative...conference paper 2024
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Zhu, P. (author), Wang, Zhen (author), Okumura, Manabu (author), Yang, J. (author)Textbook question answering is challenging as it aims to automatically answer various questions on textbook lessons with long text and complex diagrams, requiring reasoning across modalities. In this work, we propose MRHF, a novel framework that incorporates dense passage re-ranking and the mixture-of-experts architecture for TQA. MRHF...conference paper 2024
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Lu, Zehao (author), Wang, Shihan (author), Ren, Xiao Long (author), Costas, Rodrigo (author), Metze, T.A.P. (author)Numerous research efforts have centered on identifying the most influential players in networked social systems. This problem is immensely crucial in the research of complex networks. Most existing techniques either model social dynamics on static networks only and ignore the underlying time-serial nature or model the social interactions as...conference paper 2024
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Gao, W. (author), Peters, R.Y. (author), Stoter, J.E. (author)This paper discusses the reconstruction of LoD2 building models from 2D and 3D data for large-scale urban environments. Traditional methods involve the use of LiDAR point clouds, but due to high costs and long intervals associated with acquiring such data for rapidly developing areas, researchers have started exploring the use of point clouds...conference paper 2024
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Xu, Longxiang (author), León Sánchez, C.A. (author), Agugiaro, G. (author), Stoter, J.E. (author)Nowadays, our society is in the transit to adopt more sustainable energy sources to reduce our impact on the environment; one alternative is solar energy. However, this is highly affected by the surroundings, which might cause shadowing effects. In this paper, we present our method to perform shadowing calculations in urban areas using semantic...conference paper 2024
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Tavio Y Cabrera, E.J. (author), Della Santina, C. (author), Borja, Pablo (author)The compliant nature of soft robots is appealing to a wide range of applications. However, this compliant property also poses several control challenges, e.g., how to deal with infinite degrees of freedom and highly nonlinear behaviors. This paper proposes a hybrid controller for a pneumatic-actuated soft robot. To this end, a model-based...conference paper 2024
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Chen, J. (author), Dwarka, V.N.S.R. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author)We present a matrix-free parallel iterative solver for the Helmholtz equation related to applications in seismic problems and study its parallel performance. We apply Krylov subspace methods, GMRES, Bi-CGSTAB and IDR(s), to solve the linear system obtained from a second-order finite difference discretization. The Complex Shifted Laplace...conference paper 2024
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Castañeda, Theophil Spiegeler (author), Horstman, Bart (author), Capsi-Morales, Patricia (author), Della Santina, C. (author), Piazza, Cristina (author)Adopting compliant structures holds the potential to enhance the robustness and interaction capabilities of the next generation of bionic limbs. Although researchers have proficiently explored this approach in the design of artificial hands, they devoted little attention to the development of more proximal joints. This work presents a...conference paper 2024
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Sebahi, Yassine (author), Jabeen, F. (author), Treur, Jan (author), Taal, H. Rob (author), Roelofsma, Peter H.M.P. (author)This paper presents an approach to enhancing neonatal care through the application of artificial intelligence (AI). Utilizing network-oriented modeling methodologies, the study aims to develop a network model to improve outcomes in neonatal respiratory support. The introduction sets the stage by outlining the significance of neonatal...conference paper 2024
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Li, T. (author), Xu, L. (author), Erkin, Z. (author), Lagendijk, R.L. (author)With the fast development of e-commerce, there is a higher demand for timely delivery. Logistic companies want to send receivers a more accurate arrival prediction to improve customer satisfaction and lower customer retention costs. One approach is to share (near) real-time location data with recipients, but this also introduces privacy and...conference paper 2024