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Panic Detection in Human Crowds using Sparse Coding
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Recently, the surveillance of human activities has drawn a lot of attention from the research community and the camera based surveillance is being tried with the aid of computers. Cameras are being used extensively for ... -
Parallelizing Legendre Memory Unit Training
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-14)Recently, a new recurrent neural network (RNN) named the Legendre Memory Unit (LMU) was proposed and shown to achieve state-of-the-art performance on several benchmark datasets. Here we leverage the linear time-invariant ... -
Parameter estimation of an electrochemistry-based lithium-ion battery model
(Elsevier, 2015-09-30)Parameters for an electrochemistry-based Lithium-ion battery model are estimated using the homotopy optimization approach. A high-fidelity model of the battery is presented based on chemical and electrical phenomena. ... -
Parameter identification in dynamic systems using the homotopy optimization approach
(Springer, 2011-12)Identifying the parameters in a mathematical model governed by a system of ordinary differential equations is considered in this work. It is assumed that only partial state measurement is available from experiments, and ... -
Parametric Importance Analysis and Design Optimization of a Torque Converter Model Using Sensitivity Information
(SAE International, 2012-04-16)Torque converters are used as coupling devices in automobile powertrains involving automatic transmissions. Efficient modeling of torque converters capturing various modes of operation is important for powertrain design ... -
Pattern Discovery and Disentanglement for Clinical Data Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-10)In recent years, machine learning approaches have important empirical successes on analysing data such as images, signals, texts and speeches with applications in biomedical and clinical areas. However, from the perspective ... -
Perception of Compliance in Laparoscopic Surgery
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-21)Laparoscopic surgery provides major benefits to patients in terms of decreased pain and post-operative hospital stays, but also increases their risks of intra-operative injuries because of the reduction in feedback in the ... -
Performance Improvement of an Optical Coherence Tomography System by use of an Optical Pupil Slicer
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-08)Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) is a dispersed interferometric technology used to obtain tomographic images, typically of tissue for medical applications. OCT is a competing technology with confocal ... -
Performance of Brain-Computer Interfacing Based on Tactile Selective Sensation and Motor Imagery
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-11-03)A large proportion of users do not achieve adequate control using current non-invasive Brain-computer Interfaces (BCI). This issue has being coined “BCI-Illiteracy”, and is observed among BCI modalities. Here, we compare ... -
Physician and Pharmacist Medication Decision-Making in the Time of Electronic Health Records: Mixed-Methods Study
(JMIR, 2018-07)Background: Primary care needs to be patient-centered, integrated, and interprofessional to help patients with complex needs manage the burden of medication-related problems. Considering the growing problem of polypharmacy, ... -
Physics-Based Models, Sensitivity Analysis, and Optimization of Automotive Batteries
(SAE International, 2014-04-01)The analysis of nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery performance is very important for automotive researchers and manufacturers. The performance of a battery can be described as a direct consequence of various chemical and ... -
Plausibility of Image Reconstruction Using a Proposed Flexible and Portable CT Scanner
(Bentham Open, 2012-06-04)The very hot and power-hungry x-ray filaments in today's computed tomography (CT) scanners constrain their design to be big and stationary. What if we built a CT scanner that could be deployed at the scene of a car accident ... -
Player Agency, Decision-Making, and Morality in Cinematic Choice-Based Adventure Games
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)Cinematic choice-based adventure games (CCAGs) offer examples of complex decision-making and player agency through plot construction and player choices. These games are a perfect example and opportunity to explore players’ ... -
Player tracking and identification in broadcast ice hockey video
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-19)Tracking and identifying players is a fundamental step in computer vision-based ice hockey analytics. The data generated by tracking is used in many other downstream tasks, such as game event detection and game strategy ... -
Polymer Based Nanocomposites as Multifunctional Structure for Space Radiation Shielding: A Study of Nanomaterial Fabrications and Evaluations
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-18)Radiation shielding in space missions is critical in order to protect astronauts and other payloads from radiation damage. Low atomic-number materials such as hydrogen are proved to be efficient in shielding ionizing ... -
Polymer NdFeB Hard Magnetic Scanner for Biomedical Scanning Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-23)Micromirror scanners are the most significant of the micro-optical actuator elements with applications in portable digital displays, automotive head-up displays, barcode scanners, optical switches and scanning optical ... -
Power asymmetry in conflict resolution with application to a water pollution dispute in China
(Wiley, 2015-10-01)The concept of power asymmetry is incorporated into the framework of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) and then applied to a water pollution dispute in China in order to show how it can provide strategic ... -
Predicting drivers' direction sign reading reaction time using an integrated cognitive architecture
(IEEE, 2019-04-04)Drivers' reaction time of reading signs on expressways is a fundamental component of sight distance design requirements, and reaction time is affected by many factors such as information volume and concurrent tasks. We ... -
Predicting Sea Ice Concentration with Calibrated Uncertainty Quantification using Passive Microwave and Reanalysis Data
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)The adoption of deep learning (DL) techniques in the domain of remote sensing, and specifically sea ice concentration (SIC) prediction, using passive microwave (PM) data and atmospheric climate data has seen a growing ... -
Prediction and Detection of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease using Plantar Pressure Data
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement and is characterized by symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, and Freezing of Gait (FOG). FOG is a walking disturbance seen in more ...