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Structure from Infrared Stereo Images
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-02)With the rapid growth in infrared sensor technology and its drastic cost reduction, the potential of application of these imaging technologies in computer vision systems has increased. One potential application for IR ... -
A Study of Segmentation and Normalization for Iris Recognition Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Iris recognition systems capture an image from an individual's eye. The iris in the image is then segmented and normalized for feature extraction process. The performance of iris recognition systems highly depends on ... -
Study of Various Detection Mechanisms for Photoacoustic Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-01)Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a developing imaging technique that has been researched for several clinical applications including oncology, neurology, dermatology and ophthalmology. PAI combines the benefits of pure optical ... -
A study of volumetric contact modelling approaches in rigid tyre simulation for planetary rover application
(Inderscience, 2014-01-01)For planetary rover applications, a volumetric contact modelling approach is used to capture the dynamics of the rigid tyre/soil interface. The volumetric contact model allows for determining closed-form expressions for ... -
A Study on Urban Water Reuse Management Modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This research deals with urban water reuse planning and management modeling in the context of sustainable development. Rapid urbanization and population growth have presented a great challenge to urban water resources ... -
Studying CNN representations through activation dimensionality reduction and visualization
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-01)The field of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) aims to explain the decisions of DNNs. Complete DNN explanations accurately reflect the inner workings of the DNN while interpretable explanations are easy for humans ... -
Studying Economic Sanctions Using The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-28)The methodology of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) is improved to show how a Graph Model can account for strength of sanctions, to introduce a trigger option to simplify a model, and to connect a Graph Model ... -
Subject-Specific Assistive Control of a Stroke Rehabilitation Robot
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-23)The branch of medicine known as rehabilitation involves an injured patient employing repetitive practices under the supervision of a physiotherapist in an effort to help the patient recover motor control. But during stroke ... -
Supporting Caregivers in Complex Home Care: Towards Designing a Voice User Interface
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-10)Despite significant advancements in the development of digital health tools and the rising provision of health care services in the home, information management and communication has yet to be standardized through digitization ... -
Supporting Situation Awareness and Workspace Awareness in Co-located Collaborative Systems Involving Dynamic Data
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Co-located technologies can provide digital functionality to support collaborative work for multiple users in the same physical space. For example, digital tabletop computers — large interactive tables that allow users to ... -
A survey of mathematics-based equivalent-circuit and electrochemical battery models for hybrid and electric vehicle simulation
(Elsevier, 2014-06)In this paper, we survey two kinds of mathematics-based battery models intended for use in hybrid and electric vehicle simulation. The first is circuit-based, which is founded upon the electrical behaviour of the battery, ... -
Sustainable Conflict Resolution: Modelling, Analysis, and Strategic Insights
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)New methodological contributions for modelling and analyzing conflicts evolving over time are developed to provide strategic insights into the sustainability of equilibria. More specifically, key characteristics of evolving ... -
Symbolic Integration of Multibody System Dynamics with Finite Element Method
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-06)A general procedure integrating the finite element method with multibody system dynamics using symbolic computation is presented. It takes advantage of both the nodal formulation and the graph-theoretical approach, so it ... -
Symbolic Modelling and Simulation of Wheeled Vehicle Systems on Three-Dimensional Roads
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-26)In recent years, there has been a push by automotive manufacturers to improve the efficiency of the vehicle development process. This can be accomplished by creating a computationally efficient vehicle model that has the ... -
Symmetry Induction in Computational Intelligence
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-06)Symmetry has been a very useful tool to researchers in various scientific fields. At its most basic, symmetry refers to the invariance of an object to some transformation, or set of transformations. Usually one searches ... -
Synthetic Correlated Diffusion Imaging for Prostate Cancer Detection and Risk Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common form of cancer among men worldwide and the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in 112 countries. While the overall 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer is very ... -
System of Systems Engineering for Policy Design
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-02)A system of systems (SoS) framework is proposed for policy design that takes into account the value systems of multiple participants, harnesses the complexity of strategic interactions among participants, and confronts the ... -
Systematic Characterization Framework of Row-Column Ultrasound Imaging Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-30)3-D ultrasound imaging offers unique opportunities in the field of non-destructive testing that cannot be easily found in A-mode and B-mode images. To acquire a 3-D ultrasound image without a mechanically moving transducer, ... -
A Systems Approach for Rural Energy Intervention Design in India: Integrating Women, Resources, Technologies, and Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-16)One of the greatest challenges facing a developing country such as India is how to meet the domestic energy needs of a substantial and growing rural population in an ecologically sustainable manner. Over the past three ... -
Task-Parameterized Transformer for Learning Gripper Trajectory from Demonstrations
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-26)The goal of learning from demonstration or imitation learning is to teach the model to generalize across unseen tasks based on available demonstrations. This ability can be important for the stable performance of a robot ...