| Personnel Detection via Fusion of Heterogeneous Sensor Data |
03 Sep 2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Pramod K Varshney; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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 | The aim of this project was to (i) detect and classify personnel and their activities in an indoor environment monitored by different sensors, and (ii) develop novel signal processing approaches for networked sensors. During the course of this project, we have considered the case of video surveillance and have shown improved tracking performance using quality based fusion of data from multiple video sensors. We developed a copula based approach to ... |
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| The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE). Visiting Faculty Research Program 06 March 2007 to 05 March 2009 |
Sep-2009 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Hopkins; Robert C Jr; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE), for and on behalf of Syracuse University, has provided the services for managing the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate Visiting Faculty Research Program and Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. The CASE will place highly qualified and motivated faculty members and graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.) in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines as well as other recognized technical and newly emerges ... |
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| Advanced Course in Engineering (ACE) - Cyber Security Boot Camp |
APR 2008 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Susan Older; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| The goal of the Advanced Course in Engineering on Cyber Security (ACE) was to develop next-generation cyber-security leaders, with a particular emphasis on educating future military leaders. ACE sought the best students at United States colleges and universities for this endeavor. ACE achieved its stated objectives by completely immersing students in the cyber-security discipline for ten weeks, through a combination of intense coursework, open-ended problems, and internship experiences at local ... |
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| Advanced Course in Engineering (ACE) |
APR 2005 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Kamal Jabbour; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Syracuse University completed the requirements for this grant and successfully delivered a turn-key summer Advanced Course in Engineering on Cyber Security at the Rome Research Site. They recruited and selected students, developed the curriculum, hired the faculty, delivered the instruction and evaluated the students. In addition, we placed the students in internship at the lab and affiliated contractors, where they worked on projects related to cyber security challenges of Homeland ... |
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| Coherent Processing Across Multiple Staggered Pulse Repetition Interval (PRI) Dwells in Radar |
FEB 2004 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Tapan K. Sarkar; Jinhwan Koh; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| This report addresses the development of a methodology for dealing with staggered PRI coherent dwells in radar through the application of multirate signal analysis. The performance of multiple PRF systems is discussed along with the discussion of a number of techniques to obtain a spectrum from nonuniformly sampled data. The methods described include: Interpolating in spatial domain by polynomials; Chinese remainder theorem and the clustering algorithm; Least squares method; Multi-resolution ... |
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| Protein-Based Three-Dimensional Memories |
JAN 2002 |
152 pages |
| Authors:
SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Significant progress has been made in the remaining tasks, specifically materials development, protein optimization, computer interface development, and prototype development. The primary goal of the materials effort was to develop a polymer matrix for encapsulation of the protein, characterized by optical clarity, long-term stability, protein compatibility, and resistance to gel dehydration and contraction. Handled via subcontract to Wayne Wang of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, a poly(acrylamide) based hydrogel has ... |
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| Investigation of Software Environment for Configurable Aerospace Command and Control (CACC) Systems |
JAN 2002 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
C. Roger Chen; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| To overcome large scale system design problems conventional approaches that consist of: (1) system functionality definition, (2) partitioning of the system functionality into sub-functional blocks, (3) independent development of each sub-functional block into a sub-system component, and (4) connection of sub-system components to form an entire system, one has to address the foundation of a Configurable Aerospace Command Center (CACC) system, such that it will provide the capability of allowing ... |
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| Turbulent Spot Characterization and the Modeling of Transitional Heat Transfer in Turbines |
02 APR 2001 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
John E. LaGraff; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Optimum design of gas turbine blades depends on accurate prediction of boundary layer transition. The purpose of this research is to obtain more information on the generation. propagation and coalescence of turbulent spots in a transitional boundary layer and examine the effects of free stream turbulence pressure gradient and cross flow. Experimental data from this study may be used to improve existing CFD models, allowing designers to make more accurate ... |
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| Improved Materials for Photochromic Optical Memory Subsystem (POMS) |
MAY 2000 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph Chaiken; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Photochromic materials based on transition metal oxides were synthesized during this effort, and evaluated for potential use in future optical processing components and subsystems. This work grew out of a collaborative university/government discovery that Tungsten Oxides reversibly change physical state when exposed to certain combinations of optical radiation. Various formulations including different dopings, oxide enhancements, microstructure modifications, and deposition methods were investigated as ... |
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| Virtual Distributed Computing Environment |
MAR 2000 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Salim Hariri; Dongmin Kim; Yoonhee Kim; Ilkyeun Ra; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| The next generation of network-centric applications will utilize a large number of computing and storage systems that are connected by global high speed networks. We refer to the environment that provides transparent computing and communication services for large scale parallel and distributed applications as Metacomputing environment. In this report, we present the design and the experimental results with the Virtual Distribute Computing Environment (VDCE) and ... |
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| Design, Development, Benchmarking and Evaluation of Parallel Applications for High Performance Embedded Systems |
JAN 2000 |
302 pages |
| Authors:
Wei-keng Liao; Donald Weiner; Alok Choudhary; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Due to the nature of the algorithms typically employed in applications such as STAP, sensor data fusion, and target detection, it was decided to integrate the signal processing areas of space time adaptive processing and signal detection. In particular, the following algorithms were parallelized: (1) AFRL (Rome) version of a PEI staggered post-Doppler STAP algorithm. This algorithm, comprised of more than 23,000 lines of code, ... |
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| Semiconductor Cylinder Fiber Fabrication |
OCT 1999 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Philipp Kornreich; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| This report describes the fabrication of optical fiber that has an optically active material between the core and cladding. The materials used are CdTe, Cd3P3, and carbon. Processes are described for the deposition of these materials onto the glass rods used to form the fiber core. Also described is the collapsing process used to make the fiber perform. Absorption data for the fibers produced is given. ... |
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| Classical Combinatorial Sequential Machine Components Implemented with Quantum Devices |
MAY 1998 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel J. Pease; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| The majority of work today relating to quantum computing has provided results that are almost incomprehensible to even the most advanced computer architect. This paper uses the recent research results of quantum mechanical logic as building blocks to derive a computer architecture based on quantum devices that is consistent with existing system architectures. The new and admittedly exotic nature of quantum computing notwithstanding, this work presents a quantum mechanical analog ... |
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| Propagation of a Gaussian-Beam in a Bacteriorhodopsin Fill |
MAR 1998 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Q. W. Song; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Presented is a computational study on the Gaussian-beam propagation in the bio-optical material bacteriorhodopsin with considerations of the material's intensity-dependent absorption and refractive index modulation. The beam focusing size, focusing position, intensity change in the material and their dependence on the incident beam parameters are simulated. Results of the simulation have application to the limits on memory storage in bacteriorhodopsin. |
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| Analysis of Optically Active Material Fibers |
MAR 1998 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Philipp Kornreich; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| This report describes a method of producing, and test results of, optical fibers having an optically active material at the core/cladding boundary. Two fibers were made and tested. The first has a thin AlCu alloy strip running the length of the fiber, the width of the strip covering approximately fifteen degrees of arc as seen looking at the fiber's cross section. The second has a thin ... |
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| Service Characteristics Based High Speed Multimedia Transport Protocol |
OCT 1997 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
C. Roger Chen; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| This effort consists of three phases. Phase I will focus on conceptual design, modeling, and investigation of quality of service requirements for application environments. Phase II is centered on the actual development and system implementation of the protocol in a UNIX network programming environment. The final phase consists of the development and implementation of applications which will exploit the use of the new multimedia ... |
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| DIAMONDS: Engineering Distributed Object Systems |
OCT 97 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Evan Cheng; Gary Craig; Nataraj Nagaratnam; Arvind Srinivasen; Jo Tsai; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| This report describes DIAMONDS, a research project at Syracuse University, that is dedicated to producing both a methodology and corresponding tools to assist in the development of heterogeneous distributed software. The design is based on cooperative fine grained objects and a concrete design notation, odl. The mapping of the design and programming model to the run time computational model incrementally composes tightly coupled objects into coarse grained abstractions. The resulting ... |
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| PLZT Ceramic Based Electro-Optic Beam Steering Device for Optical Interconnection and Pathway Adjustment |
FEB 96 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Q. W. Song; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| An optical steering device based on a substrate of PLZT ceramic has been developed. On-substrate resistors were fabricated by evaporating a less conductive metal, and the resistance was controlled by varying the length of the metal film bar that connects two adjacent electrodes. A steering ability was experimentally demonstrated, which is in agreement with both the predicted estimation and the precise computer simulation. A fast time response and good beam ... |
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| High-efficiency Electro-Optic Grating on PLZT Ceramic Wafer for Optical Switching |
APR 94 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Q. W. Song; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| A high diffraction efficiency electro-optic phase grating is fabricated by depositing transparent interdigital electrodes on a PLZT ceramic wafer. The underlying principle is the electrical field induced periodic change in refractive index of the wafer. The diffraction efficiency is controlled by an applied DC voltage. The zero-order light is completely shut off when the first- order diffraction reaches its maximum, with a voltage of 14OV. The preliminary analysis and experimental ... |
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| MMIC GaAs Bonding Investigation |
JUN 92 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
H. Brumberger; J. Chaiken; P. A. Dowben; J. A. Schwarz; J. T. Spencer; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| Results of an investigation into methods of applying thin film technology to improve Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) fabrication and packaging technologies are discussed. Progress in parallel research efforts to better understand the bonding of III-V compounds to substrates, to develop novel thin film deposition methods, and to design and synthesize new source compounds for III-V materials are reported. Techniques investigated include graphoepitaxy, upside-down structures, Ti bonding ... |
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| MBE Grown Copper-Aluminum Alloy Films |
MAY 92 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Philipp Kornreich; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| This document reports on the design and construction of a Molecular Beam Epitaxy system to grow and characterize aluminum/copper films, for electromigration studies. The growth of Al/Cu films in an evaporation system and reduction of the oxygen content of these films is discussed. Also, a novel approach to the modeling of electromigration in circuit metallization is presented. Aluminum, copper, metallization, electromigration |
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| Ambiguity Function Analysis for Bistatic Radar |
FEB 85 |
195 pages |
| Authors:
Pramod K. Varshney; Donald D. Weiner; Harry Schwarzlander; Mohamed Slamani; Tzeto Tsao; SYRACUSE UNIV NY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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| The ambiguity function and its plot provide a qualitative assessment of the suitability of different radar signalling waveforms. The concept of the ambiguity function for bistatic radar is investigated in this report. The manner in which the bistatic geometry affects the ambiguity function is derived. A number of illustrative examples are provided to show the effects. The concept of the ambiguity function based on sampled signals is investigated. Expressions for ... |
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