The document describes a spiking chemical sensor (SCS) that uses an ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) to detect neurogenic ion concentration changes associated with nerve activity. The SCS encodes the chemical sensing data as spike rates using an integrate-and-fire circuit. This allows the SCS to be used in an array format to generate spatiotemporal maps of chemical activity around nerve bundles. Simulation results show the SCS provides a linear response to pH and hydrogen ion concentration changes encoded in spike rate. The SCS uses minimal power and has a compact pixel footprint, making it suitable for neurochemical imaging applications.
IJCER (www.ijceronline.com) International Journal of computational Engineerin...ijceronline
This document summarizes a study that compares methods for detecting epileptic seizures from EEG signals. It presents Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Independent Component Analysis (ICA) for feature extraction, and Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Neural Networks (NN) for classification. DWT decomposes signals into time-frequency components while ICA separates independent signal sources. The methods are tested on EEG data from epileptic patients, evaluating specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of seizure detection. DWT & NN achieved 99.5% accuracy between normal and seizure signals, outperforming ICA. Future work could apply these methods to other datasets and compare detection performance.
SRGE Workshop on Intelligent system and Application, 27 Dec. 2017 in the framework of the int. conf of computer science, information systems, and operation research, ISSR, Cairo University
Classification of EEG Signal for Epileptic Seizure DetectionusingEMD and ELMIJTET Journal
Abstract—This paper proposes the classification of EEG signal for epilepsy diagnosis. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which occurs due to synchronous neuronal activity in brain. Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD), Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) are the techniquedelivered in the proposed method.Input EEG signal, which is available in online as Bonn Database is decomposed into five Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) using EMD.Higher Order Statistical moments such as Variance, Skewness and Kurtosis are drawn out as features from the decomposed signals. Extreme Learning Machine is used as a classifier to classify the EEG signals with the taken features, under various categories that include healthy and ictal, interictal and ictal, Non seizure and seizure, healthy, interictal and ictal. The proposed method gives 100%accuracy, 100%sensitivity in discriminating interictal and ictal, non seizure and seizure, healthy and ictal, healthy, interictal and ictal, 100% specificity in classifying healthy and ictal, interictal and ictal and 100% and 99%accuracy in case of discriminating interictal and ictal, non seizure and seizure.
Ffeature extraction of epilepsy eeg using discrete wavelet transformAboul Ella Hassanien
This document summarizes a presentation on feature extraction of epilepsy EEG signals using discrete wavelet transforms. The presentation discusses EEG data acquisition from public datasets containing healthy and epileptic patient recordings. It then describes using discrete wavelet transforms to decompose EEG signals into different frequency sub-bands, and extracting statistical features from each sub-band like maximum, minimum, mean, standard deviation, and entropy. These extracted features are used to classify EEG signals as normal or epileptic. The approach decomposes signals into 5 sub-bands corresponding to delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges to capture characteristics of different brain states for epilepsy identification.
This document describes the development of a low-power wireless sensor network for monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. It consists of laser spectroscopic sensor nodes that measure CO2 concentrations with high sensitivity and selectivity. Laboratory tests showed temperature induced drift affecting long-term sensor performance. The researchers stabilized sensor temperature in a controlled chamber, eliminating drift. They demonstrated a proof-of-concept two-node network operating continuously for 8 hours, with the data revealing details about human activity levels in the lab over time. Future work includes developing real-time calibration to address drift and deploying a large-scale field network for long-term trace gas monitoring.
This document describes a wireless sensor network for monitoring environmental carbon dioxide (CO2) levels using laser-based sensor nodes. The network aims to provide high spatial resolution real-time CO2 concentration data with unprecedented sensitivity and selectivity. Laboratory and field tests of a two-node and three-node network demonstrated the long-term stability and cross-correlation performance of the sensor nodes, which achieved temperature drift correction. Future work involves deploying a larger sensor network for long-term trace gas monitoring in environmental field studies.
This document summarizes research on improving EEG-fMRI data quality through automated peak identification and ballistocardiographic (BCG) artifact correction. The researchers developed a peak detection method called ppDTW that identifies ERP peaks more accurately than conventional methods. They also investigated BCG artifact removal using source separation techniques like independent component analysis (ICA) and canonical correlation analysis (CCA). The goal is to obtain high quality simultaneous EEG-fMRI data through improved temporal and spatial localization of brain activity.
IJCER (www.ijceronline.com) International Journal of computational Engineerin...ijceronline
This document summarizes a study that compares methods for detecting epileptic seizures from EEG signals. It presents Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Independent Component Analysis (ICA) for feature extraction, and Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Neural Networks (NN) for classification. DWT decomposes signals into time-frequency components while ICA separates independent signal sources. The methods are tested on EEG data from epileptic patients, evaluating specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of seizure detection. DWT & NN achieved 99.5% accuracy between normal and seizure signals, outperforming ICA. Future work could apply these methods to other datasets and compare detection performance.
SRGE Workshop on Intelligent system and Application, 27 Dec. 2017 in the framework of the int. conf of computer science, information systems, and operation research, ISSR, Cairo University
Classification of EEG Signal for Epileptic Seizure DetectionusingEMD and ELMIJTET Journal
Abstract—This paper proposes the classification of EEG signal for epilepsy diagnosis. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which occurs due to synchronous neuronal activity in brain. Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD), Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) are the techniquedelivered in the proposed method.Input EEG signal, which is available in online as Bonn Database is decomposed into five Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) using EMD.Higher Order Statistical moments such as Variance, Skewness and Kurtosis are drawn out as features from the decomposed signals. Extreme Learning Machine is used as a classifier to classify the EEG signals with the taken features, under various categories that include healthy and ictal, interictal and ictal, Non seizure and seizure, healthy, interictal and ictal. The proposed method gives 100%accuracy, 100%sensitivity in discriminating interictal and ictal, non seizure and seizure, healthy and ictal, healthy, interictal and ictal, 100% specificity in classifying healthy and ictal, interictal and ictal and 100% and 99%accuracy in case of discriminating interictal and ictal, non seizure and seizure.
Ffeature extraction of epilepsy eeg using discrete wavelet transformAboul Ella Hassanien
This document summarizes a presentation on feature extraction of epilepsy EEG signals using discrete wavelet transforms. The presentation discusses EEG data acquisition from public datasets containing healthy and epileptic patient recordings. It then describes using discrete wavelet transforms to decompose EEG signals into different frequency sub-bands, and extracting statistical features from each sub-band like maximum, minimum, mean, standard deviation, and entropy. These extracted features are used to classify EEG signals as normal or epileptic. The approach decomposes signals into 5 sub-bands corresponding to delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges to capture characteristics of different brain states for epilepsy identification.
This document describes the development of a low-power wireless sensor network for monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. It consists of laser spectroscopic sensor nodes that measure CO2 concentrations with high sensitivity and selectivity. Laboratory tests showed temperature induced drift affecting long-term sensor performance. The researchers stabilized sensor temperature in a controlled chamber, eliminating drift. They demonstrated a proof-of-concept two-node network operating continuously for 8 hours, with the data revealing details about human activity levels in the lab over time. Future work includes developing real-time calibration to address drift and deploying a large-scale field network for long-term trace gas monitoring.
This document describes a wireless sensor network for monitoring environmental carbon dioxide (CO2) levels using laser-based sensor nodes. The network aims to provide high spatial resolution real-time CO2 concentration data with unprecedented sensitivity and selectivity. Laboratory and field tests of a two-node and three-node network demonstrated the long-term stability and cross-correlation performance of the sensor nodes, which achieved temperature drift correction. Future work involves deploying a larger sensor network for long-term trace gas monitoring in environmental field studies.
This document summarizes research on improving EEG-fMRI data quality through automated peak identification and ballistocardiographic (BCG) artifact correction. The researchers developed a peak detection method called ppDTW that identifies ERP peaks more accurately than conventional methods. They also investigated BCG artifact removal using source separation techniques like independent component analysis (ICA) and canonical correlation analysis (CCA). The goal is to obtain high quality simultaneous EEG-fMRI data through improved temporal and spatial localization of brain activity.
Wavelet Based Feature Extraction Scheme Of Eeg Waveformshan pri
This document presents a project on wavelet based feature extraction of electroencephalography (EEG) signals. It discusses using wavelet transforms as an alternative to discrete Fourier transforms for feature extraction from EEG data. The objectives are to improve quality of life for those with disabilities through neuroprosthetics applications of brain-computer interfaces. Wavelet transforms provide advantages over short-time Fourier transforms like multi-resolution analysis and the ability to analyze non-stationary signals. The document outlines the methodology, which includes EEG signal acquisition, wavelet decomposition, coefficient computation, and signal reconstruction in MATLAB.
IJCER (www.ijceronline.com) International Journal of computational Engineerin...ijceronline
The document discusses FPGA implementation of a wavelet-based technique for denoising EEG signals. It begins by introducing EEG signals and their clinical uses. It then describes using the wavelet transform to perform data reduction and preprocessing of five classes of EEG signals (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Theta) generated in MATLAB. Several iterations were performed to find suitable wavelet coefficients that could correctly classify all five EEG classes. Finally, the resulting parameters were implemented on an FPGA.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
This document summarizes a research paper that aims to estimate human consciousness levels using electroencephalography (EEG) and wavelet analysis. The paper describes collecting EEG signals from electrodes placed on a subject's forehead and earlobe. The signals are filtered to extract beta waves associated with consciousness. Wavelet decomposition is then applied using Daubechies wavelets to further analyze consciousness levels. Results found good agreement between estimated consciousness from EEG signals and a subject's actual cognitive state under different drug conditions.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Analysis of EEG data Using ICA and Algorithm Development for Energy Comparisonijsrd.com
This Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal analysis very useful in clinical research and brain computer interface application. EEG signal (brain wave) recordings are highly susceptible from artifacts which are originated from the non-cerebral origin of the brain. EEG detection and rejection of artifacts are necessary for acquiring correct information from EEG signal. Emotiv, Epoc headset can record 16 channels from the scalp of the electrode. EEGLAB allows analysis of EEG signal through Event related potential (ERP) analysis, Independent component analysis (ICA), and time/frequency analysis. Independent component analysis (ICA) may be suitable method for detecting artifacts. We analyzed EEG data which are recorded using emotiv epoc in a different situation for a single person. EEG data are preprocessed by EEGLAB and decomposes the data by the ICA. Using statistical method, analyzed the all the dataset and finding the relationship among the dataset. T- Test shows that EEG pattern is unique in a person. EEG data is divided into different frequency band to find the relationship between the dataset. Also develop the algorithm for calculating energy of dataset for each channel. Comparing the energy for each dataset and each channel to find the maximum and minimum value of energy. In higher frequency range (13-100 Hz) dataset D (meditation) contains maximum value of energy for most channels among all datasets.
1. This document discusses neuron activation signals in the brain and how they relate to EEG measurements and blood oxygen levels. It describes how EEG maps different frequency bands to cognitive states and activities. It also discusses how external brain-computer interfaces can be used for medical applications by recording EEG signals or stimulating neurons.
2. The document speculates that remote wireless devices could potentially scan and map EEG signals without electrodes, enabling covert abuse. It suggests such devices could target brain regions to induce artificial sensations like tinnitus. However, the speculation about covert abuse technology is presented without evidence.
3. The document raises ethical concerns about potential misuse of brain mapping and stimulation technologies but presents speculative claims about covert abuse devices without clear supporting
This document discusses a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit that can recover a clock signal from USB data without using a crystal oscillator as a reference.
It begins by outlining the USB specification and challenges of clock recovery from USB data. It then introduces an adaptive PLL architecture that can control its loop bandwidth to enhance locking performance.
The circuit implementation is described, using a Hogge phase detector to extract the clock signal from the non-return-to-zero (NRZI) encoded USB data. Simulation results show the circuit can recover the 48MHz clock within 10 seconds, meeting USB specifications.
Performance Comparison of Known ICA Algorithms to a Wavelet-ICA MergerCSCJournals
This document summarizes a research paper that compares the performance of different independent component analysis (ICA) algorithms and a new technique called Cycle Spinning Wavelet-ICA Merger (CTICA) for removing artifacts from electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. It finds that CTICA performs as well as other ICA algorithms like FastICA, JADE, and Radical at denoising EEG signals. The document provides background on EEG signals, common artifacts that contaminate EEG signals, existing techniques like ICA and wavelet transforms for removing artifacts, and prior research combining ICA and wavelets. It also describes the two datasets and methodology used to test CTICA's performance.
Feature Extraction Techniques and Classification Algorithms for EEG Signals t...Editor IJCATR
This document reviews techniques for extracting features and classifying EEG signals to detect human stress levels. It discusses EEG signals and how they can provide information about mental states. It also reviews common feature extraction methods like DCT and DWT that can preprocess EEG data by transforming it from the time to frequency domain. Classification algorithms like KNN, LDA, and Naive Bayes that can classify EEG data are also examined. The document proposes a system to use a Neurosky Mindwave EEG headset to record raw EEG signals, preprocess them with DWT, and classify stress levels using a combination of classifiers.
1. The document discusses neuron activation signals in the brain and how they relate to EEG oscillations and blood oxygen levels. Neuron activation produces changes in blood oxygenation that can be measured by fMRI.
2. It describes how external interfaces like BCIs can record and stimulate neuron activity to restore lost functionality. BCIs can non-invasively record EEG maps or use implants to stimulate neurons.
3. It speculates that remote wireless devices could scan EEG maps using electromagnetic radiation, enabling covert abuse. Meditation changes neuron circuits and activity, strengthening neurocoherence.
The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES)theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Researchers propose transporting viscous oil via pipeline by forming an emulsion of heavy crude oil, water, and fine particles. This Pickering emulsion would have a lowered viscosity equivalent to oil with an API gravity over 20, making it easily transportable. A variety of particle types and sizes can be used to form a stable layer encapsulating the oil or water droplets. Adding 15-30% water to the oil produces an emulsion suitable for pipeline transport, providing a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly method of moving viscous oil compared to current dilution and separation processes.
The document discusses bistable digital logic devices for all optical circuits. It begins with background on how optical architectures could replace electrical ones to overcome limitations of Moore's Law. It then introduces an optical logic gate scheme using a photonic resonant tunneling device based on a photonic crystal nanocavity. This device exhibits single wavelength bistability due to saturable absorption, which could be used to implement digital logic gates. The document also discusses two wavelength bistable switching and concludes that while optical devices are not yet as fast as electronic ones, emerging photonic crystal technologies may enable faster and more efficient all optical computing.
This document discusses how to increase the resonant frequency of a microstrip patch antenna by decreasing the dielectric constant of the substrate. It presents the design calculations for a rectangular microstrip patch antenna operating at 2.1 GHz with an alumina substrate of dielectric constant 9.8 and height 1.5 mm. The results show that as the dielectric constant of the substrate decreases, from 11.8 to 9.8 to 6.8 to 4.8, the resonant frequency increases from 1.93 GHz to 2.1 GHz to 2.5 GHz to 2.93 GHz respectively, without changing any other antenna parameters. This suggests that compact microstrip patch antennas can be achieved by adjusting the dielectric constant.
The document discusses compressive wideband power spectrum analysis for EEG signals using FastICA and neural networks. It first provides background on EEG signals and how they are measured. It then describes using FastICA to extract independent components from EEG signals related to detecting epileptic seizures. The independent components are then used to train a backpropagation neural network for effective detection of epileptic seizures. The proposed method involves preprocessing EEG signals, performing spectral estimation using FastICA, and classifying brain activity patterns using the neural network.
Comparison of fnir with other neuroimaging modalities relation between eeg sy...M. Raihan
The document discusses neuroimaging techniques such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). fNIRS uses near-infrared light to monitor changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin in the brain in response to neural activity. It provides a portable, low-cost way to monitor brain activity and oxygenation levels during cognitive tasks. The document discusses how fNIRS works, its applications in detecting brain activity and lie detection by measuring hemodynamic responses in the prefrontal cortex. It also compares fNIRS to other neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and discusses its potential for use in brain-computer interfaces.
A self localization scheme for mobile wireless sensor networksambitlick
This document describes a self-localization scheme for mobile wireless sensor networks. The scheme selects optimal relay nodes to transmit location information from anchor nodes to sensor nodes beyond one-hop range. The relay nodes are selected based on maintaining proximity to anchor nodes as they move. This allows accurate tracking of anchor node positions while reducing energy consumption by activating only selected relay nodes. Sensor nodes then use the location data from three relay nodes to triangulate their own position. The scheme enables energy-efficient self-localization of mobile sensor nodes in wireless networks.
Este documento describe varios sistemas de sonido activos para eventos de diferentes tamaños, desde fiestas medianas hasta recitales. El KR200S es adecuado para 700 personas y el KR400S puede manejar hasta 1000 personas. Los sistemas KH4 y KS4 se usan para lugares amplios como recitales. Los subs KO40 y KO70 complementan estos sistemas para proveer mayor presión de sonido. El documento también incluye precios de los sistemas y una oferta de descuento para el lector.
There is nowadays a growing need for sensing devices offering rapid and portable analytical functionality in real-time as well as massively parallel capabilities with very high sensitivity at the molecular level. Such devices are essential to facilitate research and foster advances in fields such as drug discovery, proteomics, medical diagnostics, systems biology or environmental monitoring.
In this context, an ideal solution is an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor sensor platform based on silicon nanowires to be integrated in a CMOS architecture. Indeed, in addition to the expected high sensitivity and superior signal quality, such nanowire sensors could be mass manufactured at reasonable costs, and readily integrated into electronic diagnostic devices to facilitate bed-site diagnostics and personalized medicine. Moreover, their small size makes them ideal candidates for future implanted sensing devices. While promising biosensing experiments based on silicon nanowire field-effect transistors have been reported, real-life applications still require improved control, together with a detailed understanding of the basic sensing mechanisms. For instance, it is crucial to optimize the geometry of the wire, a still rather unexplored aspect up to now, as well as its surface functionalization or its selectivity to the targeted analytes.
This project seeks to develop a modular, scalable and integrateable sensor platform for the electronic detection of analytes in solution. The idea is to integrate silicon nanowire field-effect transistors as a sensor array and combine them with state-of-the-art microfabricated interface electronics as well as with microfluidic channels for liquid handling. Such sensors have the potential to be mass manufactured at reasonable costs, allowing their integration as the active sensor part in electronic point-of-care diagnostic devices to facilitate, for instance, bed-side diagnostics and personalized medicine. Another important field is systems biology, where many substances need to be quantitatively detected in parallel at very low concentrations: in these situations, the platform being developed fulfills the requirements ideally and will have a strong impact and provide new insights, e.g. into the metabolic processes of cells, organisms or organs.
Wavelet Based Feature Extraction Scheme Of Eeg Waveformshan pri
This document presents a project on wavelet based feature extraction of electroencephalography (EEG) signals. It discusses using wavelet transforms as an alternative to discrete Fourier transforms for feature extraction from EEG data. The objectives are to improve quality of life for those with disabilities through neuroprosthetics applications of brain-computer interfaces. Wavelet transforms provide advantages over short-time Fourier transforms like multi-resolution analysis and the ability to analyze non-stationary signals. The document outlines the methodology, which includes EEG signal acquisition, wavelet decomposition, coefficient computation, and signal reconstruction in MATLAB.
IJCER (www.ijceronline.com) International Journal of computational Engineerin...ijceronline
The document discusses FPGA implementation of a wavelet-based technique for denoising EEG signals. It begins by introducing EEG signals and their clinical uses. It then describes using the wavelet transform to perform data reduction and preprocessing of five classes of EEG signals (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Theta) generated in MATLAB. Several iterations were performed to find suitable wavelet coefficients that could correctly classify all five EEG classes. Finally, the resulting parameters were implemented on an FPGA.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
This document summarizes a research paper that aims to estimate human consciousness levels using electroencephalography (EEG) and wavelet analysis. The paper describes collecting EEG signals from electrodes placed on a subject's forehead and earlobe. The signals are filtered to extract beta waves associated with consciousness. Wavelet decomposition is then applied using Daubechies wavelets to further analyze consciousness levels. Results found good agreement between estimated consciousness from EEG signals and a subject's actual cognitive state under different drug conditions.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Analysis of EEG data Using ICA and Algorithm Development for Energy Comparisonijsrd.com
This Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal analysis very useful in clinical research and brain computer interface application. EEG signal (brain wave) recordings are highly susceptible from artifacts which are originated from the non-cerebral origin of the brain. EEG detection and rejection of artifacts are necessary for acquiring correct information from EEG signal. Emotiv, Epoc headset can record 16 channels from the scalp of the electrode. EEGLAB allows analysis of EEG signal through Event related potential (ERP) analysis, Independent component analysis (ICA), and time/frequency analysis. Independent component analysis (ICA) may be suitable method for detecting artifacts. We analyzed EEG data which are recorded using emotiv epoc in a different situation for a single person. EEG data are preprocessed by EEGLAB and decomposes the data by the ICA. Using statistical method, analyzed the all the dataset and finding the relationship among the dataset. T- Test shows that EEG pattern is unique in a person. EEG data is divided into different frequency band to find the relationship between the dataset. Also develop the algorithm for calculating energy of dataset for each channel. Comparing the energy for each dataset and each channel to find the maximum and minimum value of energy. In higher frequency range (13-100 Hz) dataset D (meditation) contains maximum value of energy for most channels among all datasets.
1. This document discusses neuron activation signals in the brain and how they relate to EEG measurements and blood oxygen levels. It describes how EEG maps different frequency bands to cognitive states and activities. It also discusses how external brain-computer interfaces can be used for medical applications by recording EEG signals or stimulating neurons.
2. The document speculates that remote wireless devices could potentially scan and map EEG signals without electrodes, enabling covert abuse. It suggests such devices could target brain regions to induce artificial sensations like tinnitus. However, the speculation about covert abuse technology is presented without evidence.
3. The document raises ethical concerns about potential misuse of brain mapping and stimulation technologies but presents speculative claims about covert abuse devices without clear supporting
This document discusses a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit that can recover a clock signal from USB data without using a crystal oscillator as a reference.
It begins by outlining the USB specification and challenges of clock recovery from USB data. It then introduces an adaptive PLL architecture that can control its loop bandwidth to enhance locking performance.
The circuit implementation is described, using a Hogge phase detector to extract the clock signal from the non-return-to-zero (NRZI) encoded USB data. Simulation results show the circuit can recover the 48MHz clock within 10 seconds, meeting USB specifications.
Performance Comparison of Known ICA Algorithms to a Wavelet-ICA MergerCSCJournals
This document summarizes a research paper that compares the performance of different independent component analysis (ICA) algorithms and a new technique called Cycle Spinning Wavelet-ICA Merger (CTICA) for removing artifacts from electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. It finds that CTICA performs as well as other ICA algorithms like FastICA, JADE, and Radical at denoising EEG signals. The document provides background on EEG signals, common artifacts that contaminate EEG signals, existing techniques like ICA and wavelet transforms for removing artifacts, and prior research combining ICA and wavelets. It also describes the two datasets and methodology used to test CTICA's performance.
Feature Extraction Techniques and Classification Algorithms for EEG Signals t...Editor IJCATR
This document reviews techniques for extracting features and classifying EEG signals to detect human stress levels. It discusses EEG signals and how they can provide information about mental states. It also reviews common feature extraction methods like DCT and DWT that can preprocess EEG data by transforming it from the time to frequency domain. Classification algorithms like KNN, LDA, and Naive Bayes that can classify EEG data are also examined. The document proposes a system to use a Neurosky Mindwave EEG headset to record raw EEG signals, preprocess them with DWT, and classify stress levels using a combination of classifiers.
1. The document discusses neuron activation signals in the brain and how they relate to EEG oscillations and blood oxygen levels. Neuron activation produces changes in blood oxygenation that can be measured by fMRI.
2. It describes how external interfaces like BCIs can record and stimulate neuron activity to restore lost functionality. BCIs can non-invasively record EEG maps or use implants to stimulate neurons.
3. It speculates that remote wireless devices could scan EEG maps using electromagnetic radiation, enabling covert abuse. Meditation changes neuron circuits and activity, strengthening neurocoherence.
The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES)theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Researchers propose transporting viscous oil via pipeline by forming an emulsion of heavy crude oil, water, and fine particles. This Pickering emulsion would have a lowered viscosity equivalent to oil with an API gravity over 20, making it easily transportable. A variety of particle types and sizes can be used to form a stable layer encapsulating the oil or water droplets. Adding 15-30% water to the oil produces an emulsion suitable for pipeline transport, providing a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly method of moving viscous oil compared to current dilution and separation processes.
The document discusses bistable digital logic devices for all optical circuits. It begins with background on how optical architectures could replace electrical ones to overcome limitations of Moore's Law. It then introduces an optical logic gate scheme using a photonic resonant tunneling device based on a photonic crystal nanocavity. This device exhibits single wavelength bistability due to saturable absorption, which could be used to implement digital logic gates. The document also discusses two wavelength bistable switching and concludes that while optical devices are not yet as fast as electronic ones, emerging photonic crystal technologies may enable faster and more efficient all optical computing.
This document discusses how to increase the resonant frequency of a microstrip patch antenna by decreasing the dielectric constant of the substrate. It presents the design calculations for a rectangular microstrip patch antenna operating at 2.1 GHz with an alumina substrate of dielectric constant 9.8 and height 1.5 mm. The results show that as the dielectric constant of the substrate decreases, from 11.8 to 9.8 to 6.8 to 4.8, the resonant frequency increases from 1.93 GHz to 2.1 GHz to 2.5 GHz to 2.93 GHz respectively, without changing any other antenna parameters. This suggests that compact microstrip patch antennas can be achieved by adjusting the dielectric constant.
The document discusses compressive wideband power spectrum analysis for EEG signals using FastICA and neural networks. It first provides background on EEG signals and how they are measured. It then describes using FastICA to extract independent components from EEG signals related to detecting epileptic seizures. The independent components are then used to train a backpropagation neural network for effective detection of epileptic seizures. The proposed method involves preprocessing EEG signals, performing spectral estimation using FastICA, and classifying brain activity patterns using the neural network.
Comparison of fnir with other neuroimaging modalities relation between eeg sy...M. Raihan
The document discusses neuroimaging techniques such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). fNIRS uses near-infrared light to monitor changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin in the brain in response to neural activity. It provides a portable, low-cost way to monitor brain activity and oxygenation levels during cognitive tasks. The document discusses how fNIRS works, its applications in detecting brain activity and lie detection by measuring hemodynamic responses in the prefrontal cortex. It also compares fNIRS to other neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and discusses its potential for use in brain-computer interfaces.
A self localization scheme for mobile wireless sensor networksambitlick
This document describes a self-localization scheme for mobile wireless sensor networks. The scheme selects optimal relay nodes to transmit location information from anchor nodes to sensor nodes beyond one-hop range. The relay nodes are selected based on maintaining proximity to anchor nodes as they move. This allows accurate tracking of anchor node positions while reducing energy consumption by activating only selected relay nodes. Sensor nodes then use the location data from three relay nodes to triangulate their own position. The scheme enables energy-efficient self-localization of mobile sensor nodes in wireless networks.
Este documento describe varios sistemas de sonido activos para eventos de diferentes tamaños, desde fiestas medianas hasta recitales. El KR200S es adecuado para 700 personas y el KR400S puede manejar hasta 1000 personas. Los sistemas KH4 y KS4 se usan para lugares amplios como recitales. Los subs KO40 y KO70 complementan estos sistemas para proveer mayor presión de sonido. El documento también incluye precios de los sistemas y una oferta de descuento para el lector.
There is nowadays a growing need for sensing devices offering rapid and portable analytical functionality in real-time as well as massively parallel capabilities with very high sensitivity at the molecular level. Such devices are essential to facilitate research and foster advances in fields such as drug discovery, proteomics, medical diagnostics, systems biology or environmental monitoring.
In this context, an ideal solution is an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor sensor platform based on silicon nanowires to be integrated in a CMOS architecture. Indeed, in addition to the expected high sensitivity and superior signal quality, such nanowire sensors could be mass manufactured at reasonable costs, and readily integrated into electronic diagnostic devices to facilitate bed-site diagnostics and personalized medicine. Moreover, their small size makes them ideal candidates for future implanted sensing devices. While promising biosensing experiments based on silicon nanowire field-effect transistors have been reported, real-life applications still require improved control, together with a detailed understanding of the basic sensing mechanisms. For instance, it is crucial to optimize the geometry of the wire, a still rather unexplored aspect up to now, as well as its surface functionalization or its selectivity to the targeted analytes.
This project seeks to develop a modular, scalable and integrateable sensor platform for the electronic detection of analytes in solution. The idea is to integrate silicon nanowire field-effect transistors as a sensor array and combine them with state-of-the-art microfabricated interface electronics as well as with microfluidic channels for liquid handling. Such sensors have the potential to be mass manufactured at reasonable costs, allowing their integration as the active sensor part in electronic point-of-care diagnostic devices to facilitate, for instance, bed-side diagnostics and personalized medicine. Another important field is systems biology, where many substances need to be quantitatively detected in parallel at very low concentrations: in these situations, the platform being developed fulfills the requirements ideally and will have a strong impact and provide new insights, e.g. into the metabolic processes of cells, organisms or organs.
Modeling ion sensitive field effect transistors for biosensor applicationsiaemedu
The document summarizes ion sensitive field effect transistors (ISFETs) and their potential applications as biosensors. It discusses the basic principles of ISFET operation, which involves a chemically sensitive insulator layer that interacts with ions in solution and modulates the transistor's threshold voltage. The threshold voltage is dependent on properties like pH, allowing ISFETs to function as ion sensors. The document reviews modeling of ISFETs and compares their operation to metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). ISFETs offer advantages over conventional ion sensors like robustness, low cost, and potential for integration into microfluidic devices.
Nanobiosensors can detect biomolecules on the nano-scale using biological recognition elements connected to transducers. They utilize various types of bio-receptors like antibodies, enzymes, cells that interact with target analytes. This interaction is then converted to optical, electrical, mechanical or magnetic signals via transducers. Nanobiosensors have applications in medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food safety testing and more. Some examples include nanowire field effect transistors to detect viruses, graphene oxide immunosensors for disease biomarkers, and magnetic nanoparticle sensors for bacteria.
The revolution of nanotechnology in molecular biology gives an opportunity to detect and manipulate atoms and molecules at the molecular and cellular level.
Blood pH is tightly regulated in the human body and generally lies between 7.3-7.5. pH monitoring is important in medical diagnosis and treatment, including for major diseases, surgeries, and drug effects. Various methods exist for measuring pH, including glass electrodes, metal-metal oxide electrodes, pH sensitive FETs, conductimetric sensors, and fiber optic sensors. Each method has advantages and limitations for different applications such as invasiveness, accuracy, and ability for continuous monitoring. Temperature also affects pH measurement so calibration is required.
The document summarizes the design and fabrication of a CMOS ISFET for pH measurement. It describes the objectives of the research which are to simulate the ISFET using TCAD, design masks for fabrication, fabricate the ISFET using CMOS compatible materials and processes, and characterize the fabricated device. Key steps included TCAD simulation of the process and device, mask design involving 6 masks, and fabrication using a silicon wafer and processes like oxidation, diffusion, etching, and metallization.
Slides giving an overview on pH and its measurement.
Contains information about pH meters, its calibration, maintenance , types of ph electrode and modern definition of pH
This document describes a new ultrafast Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) technique developed for real-time in vivo brain imaging of songbirds. The technique uses an amplified ultrafast laser and single-shot streak camera to measure the time of flight of photons through brain tissue. This allows for a 3D reconstruction of brain activity from space and time sampling of the reflectance signal. Preliminary results show the brain tissue response to hypercapnia stimulations can be detected.
1) A wearable brain cap is presented that can measure EEG signals without requiring electrical contact with the head using integrated contactless electrodes.
2) The cap is made of flexible polymeric material and the contactless electrodes may be obtained using a new electroactive gel that can read the EEG signals.
3) This cap aims to overcome the discomfort of typical EEG caps and electrodes that require electrolytic gel and time-consuming attachment by providing a fully wearable and portable system for brain-computer interface applications.
INVITEDP A P E RSilicon-Integrated High-DensityElectro.docxvrickens
INVITED
P A P E R
Silicon-Integrated High-Density
Electrocortical Interfaces
This paper examines the state of the art of chronically implantable
electrocorticography (ECoG) interface systems and introduces a novel modular
ECoG system using an encapsulated neural interfacing acquisition chip (ENIAC)
that allows for improved, broad coverage in an area of high spatiotemporal
resolution.
By Sohmyung Ha, Member IEEE, Abraham Akinin, Student Member IEEE,
Jiwoong Park, Student Member IEEE, Chul Kim, Student Member IEEE,
Hui Wang, Student Member IEEE, Christoph Maier, Member IEEE,
Patrick P. Mercier, Member IEEE, and Gert Cauwenberghs, Fellow IEEE
ABSTRACT | Recent demand and initiatives in brain research
have driven significant interest toward developing chronically
implantable neural interface systems with high spatiotempo-
ral resolution and spatial coverage extending to the whole
brain. Electroencephalography-based systems are noninva-
sive and cost efficient in monitoring neural activity across the
brain, but suffer from fundamental limitations in spatiotem-
poral resolution. On the other hand, neural spike and local
field potential (LFP) monitoring with penetrating electrodes
offer higher resolution, but are highly invasive and inade-
quate for long-term use in humans due to unreliability in
long-term data recording and risk for infection and inflamma-
tion. Alternatively, electrocorticography (ECoG) promises a
minimally invasive, chronically implantable neural interface
with resolution and spatial coverage capabilities that, with
future technology scaling, may meet the needs of recently
proposed brain initiatives. In this paper, we discuss the chal-
lenges and state-of-the-art technologies that are enabling
next-generation fully implantable high-density ECoG inter-
faces, including details on electrodes, data acquisition front-
ends, stimulation drivers, and circuits and antennas for
wireless communications and power delivery. Along with
state-of-the-art implantable ECoG interface systems, we
introduce a modular ECoG system concept based on a fully
encapsulated neural interfacing acquisition chip (ENIAC).
Multiple ENIACs can be placed across the cortical surface,
enabling dense coverage over wide area with high spatio-
temporal resolution. The circuit and system level details of
ENIAC are presented, along with measurement results.
KEYWORDS | BRAIN Initiative; electrocorticography; neural
recording; neural stimulation; neural technology
I. INTRODUCTION
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuro-
technologies (BRAIN) Initiative envisions expanding our
understanding of the human brain. It targets development
and application of innovative neural technologies to ad-
vance the resolution of neural recording, and stimulation
toward dynamic mapping of the brain circuits and process-
ing [1], [2]. These advanced neurotechnologies will enable
new studies and experiments to augment our current unde ...
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Mapping Inhibitory Neuronal Ircuits By Laser Scanning Photostimula TionTaruna Ikrar
1) The document describes a technique called laser scanning photostimulation (LSPS) combined with whole-cell patch clamp recording to map local inhibitory neuronal circuits.
2) LSPS uses laser pulses to selectively activate neurons via glutamate uncaging, allowing mapping of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs onto recorded neurons from many stimulation sites.
3) An example is provided showing excitatory synaptic input maps for a fast-spiking inhibitory interneuron in mouse somatosensory cortex, revealing strong input from layer 4 and deeper layers.
The document discusses using artificial neural networks for electronic noses. It begins with an abstract that provides background on neural networks and their use in pattern recognition. The document then discusses how electronic noses work, using an array of chemical sensors and neural networks to identify chemicals. It provides details on the components of electronic noses, including different types of sensors, and how neural networks are trained and used for identification. Applications discussed include using electronic noses for medical diagnosis by analyzing odors from the body. The document concludes that further work involves comparing neural network analysis to other techniques and evolving electronic nose prototypes into field systems.
This document describes a new experimental setup that combines atomic force microscopy (AFM) and micro-electrode arrays (MEAs) to measure the mechanical properties of living cardiac myocytes during contraction and relaxation. The system uses MEAs to non-invasively record the extracellular electrical activity of cardiomyocytes as a timing reference for AFM nanoindentation measurements. This allows quantification of dynamic changes in cell morphology and elasticity with high temporal and spatial resolution during the cardiac cycle. Initial experiments using this integrated AFM-MEA platform demonstrated its ability to measure minimal changes in cardiac myocyte mechanics synchronized to the electrical activity recording.
Nanosensor networks with electromagnetic wireless communicationajeesh28
This document discusses nanosensor networks with electromagnetic wireless communication. It begins by introducing nanotechnology and nanosensors, which can detect chemicals, infectious agents, and other phenomena at the nanoscale. It then discusses how networks of nanosensors could expand detection capabilities by covering larger areas. The document outlines two main communication approaches for nanosensors - molecular communication and nano-electromagnetic communication - and focuses on the latter. It describes potential architectures for integrated nanosensor devices and classifications of physical, chemical, and biological nanosensors based on the phenomena they measure.
Tracking times in temporal patterns embodied in intra-cortical data for cont...IJECEIAES
Brain-machines capture brain signals in order to restore communication and movement to disabled people who suffer from brain palsy or motor disorders. In brain regions, the ensemble firing of populations of neurons represents spatio-temporal patterns that are transformed into outgoing spatio-temporal patterns which encode complex cognitive task. This transformation is dynamic, non-stationary (time-varying) and highly nonlinear. Hence, modeling such complex biological patterns requires specific model structures to uncover the underlying physiological mechanisms and their influences on system behavior. In this study, a recent multi-electrode technology allows the record of the simultaneous neuron activities in behaving animals. Intra-cortical data are processed according to these steps: spike detection and sorting, than desired action extraction from the rate of the obtained signal. We focus on the following important questions about (i) the possibility of linking the brain signal time events with some time-delayed mapping tools; (ii) the use of some suitable inputs than others for the decoder; (iii) a consideration of separated data or a special representation founded on multi-dimensional statistics. This paper concentrates mostly on the analysis of parallel spike train when certain critical hypotheses are ignored by the data for the working method. We have made efforts to define explicitly whether the underlying hypotheses are actually achieved. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to define the embedded memory order of NARX recurrent neural networks to the hand trajectory tracking process. We also demonstrate that this algorithm can improve performance on inference tasks.
The document discusses smart sensors and silicon technology. It defines smart sensors as sensors with integrated electronics that can perform logic functions, two-way communication, and make decisions. The document outlines the advantages of using silicon technology for smart sensors, such as reduced cost and size. It describes various types of silicon sensors that can measure physical and chemical variables like pressure, temperature, light, and chemicals. The document presents the general architecture of a smart sensor and discusses design considerations like signal conditioning, data conversion, and control processors. It provides examples of smart sensors developed for applications like infrared detection, acceleration measurement, and multisensing.
Cyclic Sleep Wake Up Scenario for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networksijircee
This document proposes a cyclic sleep wake up scenario for wireless body area sensor networks to improve energy efficiency and extend network lifetime. The scenario involves having one sensor node in an active monitoring state while other nodes sleep, then cyclically switching the active node so all nodes can save power. Simulation results show this approach increases network lifetime compared to a normal setup without sleep cycling. The scenario is implemented using MATLAB and evaluated based on parameters like transmission range, sensor power consumption, data rate, and number of sensor nodes.
Cochlear implant acoustic simulation model based on critical band filtersIAEME Publication
This document summarizes a research paper that proposes a new acoustic simulation model for cochlear implants based on critical band filters. The model uses a 16-channel critical band finite impulse response (CB-FIR) filter bank to analyze input speech signals. The filters decompose signals into different frequency bands corresponding to the human auditory system. Spectral energies are computed from the filter outputs to identify the most significant channels for stimulation. Temporal information is extracted through envelope detection. The model is tested on phonemes from the TIMIT speech database. Results show the model can provide stimulation to electrodes with minimal channel interaction by selecting only the most significant channels carrying speech information. The proposed model could help improve speech perception for cochlear implant users.
In this paper designing of a battery operated portable single channel electroencephalography (EEG) signal acquisition system is presented. The advancement in the field of hardware and signal processing tools made possible the utilization of brain waves for the communication between humans and computers. The work presented in this paper can be said as a part of bigger task, whose purpose is to classify EEG signals belonging to a varied set of mental activities in a real time Brain Computer Interface (BCI). Keeping in mind the end goal is to research the possibility of utilizing diverse mental tasks as a wide correspondence channel in the middle of individuals and PCs. This work deals with EEG based BCI, intent on the designing of portable EEG signal acquisition system. The EEG signal acquisition system with a cut off frequency band of 1-100 Hz is designed by the use of integrated circuits such as low power instrumentation amplifier INA128P, high gain operational amplifiers LM358P. Initially the amplified EEG signals are digitized and transmitted to a PC by a data acquisition module NI DAQ (SCXI-1302). These transmitted signals are then viewed and stored in the LAB VIEW environment. From a varied set of experimental observation it can be said that the system can be implemented in the acquisition of EEG signals and can stores the data to a PC efficiently and the system would be of advantage to the use of EEG signal acquisition or even BCI application by adapting signal processing tools.
FLOC: Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Set Analysis in Energy Harvesting Opport...IJCNCJournal
Limited energy resources and sensor nodes’ adaptability with the surrounding environment play a significant role in the sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks. This paper proposes a novel, dynamic, selforganizing opportunistic clustering using Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Analysis- based Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling methodology in order to overcome the CH decision-making problems and network lifetime bottlenecks. The asynchronous sleep/awake cycle strategy could be exploited to make an opportunistic connection between sensor nodes using opportunistic connection random graph. Every node in the network observe the node gain degree, energy welfare, relative thermal entropy, link connectivity, expected optimal hop, link quality factor etc. to form the criteria for Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Set. It makes the node to evaluate its current state and make the decision about the required action (‘CH’, ‘CM’ or ‘relay’). Our proposed scheme leads to an improvement in network lifetime, packet delivery ratio and overall energy consumption against existing benchmarks.
FLOC: HESITANT FUZZY LINGUISTIC TERM SET ANALYSIS IN ENERGY HARVESTING OPPORT...IJCNCJournal
Limited energy resources and sensor nodes’ adaptability with the surrounding environment play a
significant role in the sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks. This paper proposes a novel, dynamic, selforganizing opportunistic clustering using Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Analysis- based Multi-Criteria
Decision Modeling methodology in order to overcome the CH decision-making problems and network
lifetime bottlenecks. The asynchronous sleep/awake cycle strategy could be exploited to make an
opportunistic connection between sensor nodes using opportunistic connection random graph. Every node
in the network observe the node gain degree, energy welfare, relative thermal entropy, link connectivity,
expected optimal hop, link quality factor etc. to form the criteria for Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Set. It
makes the node to evaluate its current state and make the decision about the required action (‘CH’, ‘CM’
or ‘relay’). Our proposed scheme leads to an improvement in network lifetime, packet delivery ratio and
overall energy consumption against existing benchmarks.
Plasmonic wave assessment via optomechatronics system for biosensor applicationIJECEIAES
Transduction biosensor (mass-based, optical and electrochemical) involves analysis, recognition and amplification in the acquired sample. In this work, the plasmonic-based biosensor was employed without using tags. It is crucial to determine angles of Brewster (Ɵb) and critical (Ɵc) for generating plasmonic resonance (Ɵr). The objective is to verify a cost-effective plasmonic biosensor through Fresnel simulation and experimentation of a developed optomechatronics system. The borosilicate glass, Au and Air layers were simulated with the Winspall 3.02 simulator. The optomechatronics system consists of: 1-optics (650 nm laser, slit, polarizer, photodiode), 2-mechanical (bipolar stepper motors, gears, stages) and 3-electronics (PIC18F4550, liquid crystal display (LCD) and drivers). Later, the software performs angular interrogation by reading the reflected beam from a rotating prism at 0.1125. Experimentation to simulation accuracy indicates that percentage differences for Ɵr and Ɵc are 1% and 0.2%, respectively. In conclusion, excellence verification was successfully achieved between experimentation and simulation. It proved that the lowcost optomechatronics system is capable and reliable to be deployed for the biosensor application.
This document summarizes a research article about a capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) designed for capacitive MEMS sensors. The CDC uses a two-step process: 1) A switched-capacitor preamplifier converts the capacitance to a voltage. 2) A self-oscillated noise-shaping integrating dual-slope converter digitizes the output into a multi-bit digital stream by using time resolution rather than amplitude resolution. Experimental results on a prototype show the CDC achieves 17-bit resolution while consuming 146 μA from a 1.5V power supply, allowing pressure sensing at 1 Pa resolution.
Energy-Efficient Protocol for Deterministic and Probabilistic Coverage in Sen...ambitlick
This document describes a new probabilistic coverage protocol (PCP) for sensor networks that can employ both deterministic and probabilistic sensing models. The PCP aims to be general, efficient in terms of energy consumption, and able to provide probabilistic coverage of a target area above a given threshold. It is shown to work with common disk sensing models as well as more realistic probabilistic models. Through simulations, the PCP is found to outperform other protocols in aspects like number of active sensors, total energy consumed, and network lifetime.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
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Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
This talk will cover ScyllaDB Architecture from the cluster-level view and zoom in on data distribution and internal node architecture. In the process, we will learn the secret sauce used to get ScyllaDB's high availability and superior performance. We will also touch on the upcoming changes to ScyllaDB architecture, moving to strongly consistent metadata and tablets.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
Session 1 - Intro to Robotic Process Automation.pdfUiPathCommunity
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"Scaling RAG Applications to serve millions of users", Kevin GoedeckeFwdays
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Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
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"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
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Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
2. This paper is organised as follows. First, one of the target signal association with different categories of organs or muscle
applications is explained, specifically spatio-temporal selectiv- groups.
ity in nerve bundle interfacing, which was the motivation for Development of chemFETs by ISFET modification has been
making an array of spiking chemical sensors. The advantages reported in [10]. Fig. 3 shows calibration curves conducted
of chemical neural sensing and the circuit used are also using potassium chemFETs from IMT, Neuchatel Switzerland.
specified. This is followed by the circuit implementation in The results demonstrate the appropriateness of ISFET based
weak inversion CMOS and explanation of how sensor linearity potassium sensors for sensing concentrations well within the
is achieved for both pH and hydrogen ion concentration. range observed during neural conduction (typically 5mM -
Implementation of the ISFET sensor in standard CMOS 150mM [8]).
technology is also explained followed by a discussion and
concluding remarks.
II. T HEORY
A. Neural Conduction
Based on nerve conduction theory, the membrane of a
“firing” neuron exchanges ions with the surrounding extra-
cellular space, through so called ion-pumps. The firing of
a group of nerves in one or more fascicles (a group of
nerves) creates ionic currents that flow between the fascicles
to the extracellular space [8], which generate detectable ENG
signals. Thus, localised ionic concentration variations taking
place during an action potential occurrence can be detected
using modified ISFETs (i.e chemFETs), tailored for specific Fig. 3. Potassium chemFET calibration curve.
ion selectivity, close to the active nodes of Ranvier, Fig. 1.
The potential benefits of neurochemical sensing using arrays
versus conventional bioelectric recording methods include C. Integrate and Fire
increased myoelectric interference immunity, fascicle-specific Integrate and fire as its name suggests integrates a sensory
monitoring, and distinction between sensory and motor signals current on a capacitive node creating a spike or digital pulse
when both take place in a nerve bundle [4]. after a threshold has been reached resetting the capacitor. As
a result sensor information, in this case concetration of ions,
action potential
50 30
is conveyed in the frequency domain (spike rate), i.e. pulse
Membrane potential (mV)
position modulation (PPM).
depolarization
Conductance (mS/cm2)
repolarization Encoding the sensor data in the spike domain has the advan-
0
tages of improved versatility in dynamic range (i.e. tradability
between dynamic range and response time), robustness in sig-
nal integrity, in addition to inherent compatibility to address-
-70
0 event encoding. AER is an established, asynchronous method
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 of relaying single-bit data from multiple pixels by transmitting
hyperpolarisation -10
time (ms)
address-events i.e. the pixel co-ordinates of the active pixel.
K+ conductance
This reduces bandwidth and therefore also power, as it is an
Fig. 2. Change in conductance in sodium and potassium when an action event-driven (data-dependant) architecture, in addition to being
potential occurs [9] easily scalable for sparse data sets [7]. Relaying the chemical
information in this fashion using an array of SCSs allows for
energy efficient spatio-temporal mapping of potassium varia-
B. Ion Sensing
tions across the nerve bundles for the applications mentioned.
Considering there is an outflow of potassium ions for each
action potential, having an array of chemFETs in close prox- III. C IRCUIT D ESCRIPTION
imity with the nerve bundles allows for detection in variation Fig. 4 shows the schematic of the SCS (excluding the AER
of potassium concentration as the action potential propagates. handshake switches). The circuit comprises of a custom ISFET
Fig. 2 depicts the measured change in ionic conductance device, the H-Cell module [11] and a leaky integrate and fire
when potassium and sodium ions are flowing in and out neuron [6]. The ISFET device sinks an output current which
of the neuron during an action potential. Chemical spatio- is dependant on the pH of the solution. This is due to the
temporal mapping of these events along the nerve allows both binding of hydrogen ions to the silicon nitride surface (CMOS
identification of signal direction, but also neuron diameters by passivation layer) above the gate forming a capacitive coupling
the speed of propagation. The first allows for discrimination with the Ag/AgCl reference electrode [2]. The ISFET is biased
between motor or sensory signals and the latter allows for in the weak inversion region of operation to minimise power
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3. Vdd
on node V02 to discharge through device M12, allowing for
M2 IO M11
Vo1
M18 the capacitor to start charging up again and spike shown in
M4
Vspk
Fig. 5. This time is tunable by adjusting voltage Vrf r . C
is the integrating capacitor and V is the voltage at which
M9 M15
M1 M3 M10
M17
Isensor Ifb
Vmem
the neuron spikes, i.e. the threshold level at time tchrg =
C.V /Isensor . What can be observed from this equation is
M5 M8 M14
IISFET Ileak
Vin Vo2
that when Isensor << C.V.frf r then fspike increases linearly
Ireset
Q1 Vsf
M6 M13
Vref M16
C
M7
(with sense current), but as the sense current continues to
Vrfr
increase then fspike converges to the maximum spiking rate
M12
(i.e. frf r ). Thus, operating the circuit in the linear region of
operation (where the hydrogen ion concentration is propor-
tional to the sense current), gives a linear relation with spike
rate when the current range is smaller than C.V.frf r . When
Fig. 4. Circuit schematic of chemical pixel sensor. The circuit comprises of operating at current ranges which make the frequency plateau
the H-cell with the ISFET sensor and a leaky integrate and fire neuron circuit.
at frf r the current to spike-frequency relation is compressive.
3 Considering that the sense current to pH relation given by Eqn.
3, is exponential, operating with similar input currents in this
2.5
region also yield a linear relationship with pH.
2
Isensor .frf r
fspike = (4)
Voltage (V)
1.5 Isensor + C.V.frf r
1 V
The feedback current If b serves to limit the short-circuit
currents in the inverters during switching and therefore reduc-
0.5
ing the power consumption. Furthermore, the voltage bias Vsf
0 defines the neurons threshold voltage [6].
trfr tchrg
−0.5
10 20 30 IV. S IMULATED RESULTS
time (msec)
This circuit was simulated using the Spectre simulator
Fig. 5. Spike generation period set by charging and discharging of capacitive (v5.1.41usr2) under the Cadence IC design environment with
nodes. foundry supplied models for a commercial 0.35μm CMOS
process. The ISFET was implemented using a spice behavioral
macro-model derived from fabricated devices. The circuit bias
consumption and exploit the exponential device characteristic. conditions used are as follows: Vref =874 mV, Vsf =Vrf r =400
The output current relation to hydrogen ion concentration is mV and I0 =100 nA. These were chosen assuming γ=324 mV,
given by Eqn. 1 and to pH by Eqn. 3, where Kchem is a giving an ISFET current of 11.6 nA for pH 7. The spike
pH independent constant, n the sub-threshold slope factor, Ut frequency dependence on hydrogen ion concentration is shown
is the thermal voltage and a is a dimensionless sensitivity in Fig. 6.b, with frequency increasing linearly with the ISFET
parameter relating the ISFET’s sensitivity to the Nernstian sense current and Fig. 6.a shows spike trains produced for
relationship. The function of the H-cell is to linearise the 3 different pH values. Fig. 6.c shows the spike frequency
drain current to hydrogen ion concentration relationship, as dependence on the pH of the test solution, during operation in
analysed in [11]. This sensor current is fed directly into the the “compressive region”, yielding a linear relationship. The
leaky I&F circuit, where the current magnitude representation peak power consumption at the maximum spike frequency of
is translated into the frequency domain (spike rate). operation was 35μW at 3.3 V supply voltage.
Vref
a
IISF ET = I0 e nUt Kchem [H + ] n (1) V. ISFET FABRICATION
The ISFET sensors are based on standard MOSFET struc-
−γ tures with the polysilicon gate being extended to create the
Kchem = e nUt (2) sensing surface of charge, mainly hydrogen ions, binding to
the silicon nitride passivation layer. The methodology used to
Vref 2.3apH
IISF ET = I0 e nUt Kchem e n (3) design the ISFETs is adopted by Hammond et al [3] where by
the polysilicon gate is connected via the metal layers to the
The spike-rate dependence on the sense current is expressed top metal layer covered by silicon nitride passivation. This is
in Eqn. 4, where Isensor is the linearised sense-current output left floating to be biased by an external reference electrode.
(from the H-Cell) and is assumed to be considerably larger The layout of the SCS is shown in Fig 7 with the device
than the leakage current Ileak . The maximum frequency, cross section shown on the bottom. The ISFET sensor is
frf r = 1/trf r , is determined by the time taken for the charge designed with a large gate area to minimise 1/f noise. The
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4. 100μm
Transient Response 48μm
a.
4.0 net35 (H=1.00e−08)
V (V)
−.5
4.0 net35 (H=1.00e−07)
65μm
V (V)
−.5 I&F circuit ISFET sensor
52μm
4.0 net35 (H=1.00e−06)
V (V)
−.5
17.0 22.5 28.0 33.5 39.0 44.5 50.0
b. time (ms)
frequency(VT("/net35"))
5
10
Active device area
Passivation (sensing surface)
Y0 ()
SiN
SiO2
Al
Top metal layer
SiO2
0
10
10−10 10−9 10−8 10−7 10−6 10−5 10−4 10−3 p-type substrate
G
H ()
c. ISFET
B S D
frequency(VT("/net9"))
9.75
Fig. 7. Layout of the chemical pixel.
Y0 (E3)
University of Cyprus for providing access to fabricating silicon
8.0
and Dr. Peter van der Wal of IMT Neuchtel, Switzerland, for
0 2.5 5.0 7.5
VPH ()
10.0 12.5 15.0 their potassium chemFET test prototypes.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to acknowledge Amir Eftekhar and
Li Xiaoying for their contributions, Dr. Julius Georgiou of the
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