Software and hardware co-design of lightweight authenticated ciphers ASCON for the internet of things by Jing WANG, Lesheng HE, Zhonghong LI, Luchi LI, Hang YANG

“…ASCON was the most promising algorithm to become an international standard in the 2021 NIST lightweight authenticated encryption call for proposals.The algorithm was designed to achieve the best performance in IoT resource-constrained environments, and there was no hardware IP core implementation based on this algorithm in the open literature.A software-hardware collaborative implementation method of ASCON was proposed, which improved the speed and reduced the memory footprint of ASCON in IoT security authentication applications through hardware means such as S-box optimization, prior calculation and advanced pipeline design.As a comparison, ASCON has been transplanted on the common IoT embedded processor platform.The results showed that the described method was more than 7.9 times faster, while the memory footprint was reduced by at least 90%.The schemes can be used for the design and implementation of IoT security application-specific integrated circuits or SoCs.…”
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Learned Shrinkage Approach for Low-Dose Reconstruction in Computed Tomography by Joseph Shtok, Michael Elad, Michael Zibulevsky

“…Our numerical simulations indicate that the proposed algorithm can manage well with noisy measurements, allowing a dose reduction by a factor of 4, while reducing noise and streak artifacts in the FBP reconstruction, comparable to the performance of a statistically based iterative algorithm.…”
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WSNs data acquisition by combining expected network coverage and clustered compressed sensing. by Zhouzhou Liu, Yangmei Zhang, Yang Bi, Jingxuan Wang, Yuanyuan Hou, Chao Liu, Guangyi Jiang, Shan Li

“…Combined with an optimized network coverage algorithm, a node scheduling strategy is introduced to focus on critical observation areas while minimizing overall energy consumption. …”
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Predictive model for determining the indications for automated 3D ultrasound for screening patients at low risk of developing breast tumors by A. E. Garanina, A. V. Kholin

“…The developed algorithms will help optimize screening and referral for additional examinations, which is of practical importance for improving diagnostics and optimizing healthcare resources.…”
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Photovoltaic Farm Power Generation Forecast Using Photovoltaic Battery Model with Machine Learning Capabilities by Agboola Benjamin Alao, Olatunji Matthew Adeyanju, Manohar Chamana, Stephen Bayne, Argenis Bilbao

“…To address these limitations, the proposed model integrates an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) with a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) prediction algorithm, utilizing historical temperature and irradiance data for accurate and efficient forecasting. …”
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Variable-Rate Nitrogen Application in Wheat Based on UAV-Derived Fertilizer Maps and Precision Agriculture Technologies by Alexandros Tsitouras, Christos Noulas, Vasilios Liakos, Stamatis Stamatiadis, Miltiadis Tziouvalekas, Ruijun Qin, Eleftherios Evangelou

“…Variable-rate nitrogen (VR-N) application allows farmers to optimize nitrogen (N) input site-specifically within field boundaries, enhancing both economic efficiency and environmental sustainability. …”
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FUR-DETR: A Lightweight Detection Model for Fixed-Wing UAV Recovery by Yu Yao, Jun Wu, Yisheng Hao, Zhen Huang, Zixuan Yin, Jiajing Xu, Honglin Chen, Jiahua Pi

“…Finally, a wavelet frequency–domain-optimized reverse feature fusion mechanism (WT-FORM) is proposed. …”
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Outcomes among children and adults at risk of severe dengue in Sri Lanka: Opportunity for outpatient case management in countries with high disease burden. by Champica K Bodinayake, Ajith DeS Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Niroshana J Dahanayake, Gaya B Wijayaratne, Nayani P Weerasinghe, Madureka Premamali, Tianchen Sheng, Bradly P Nicholson, Harshanie A Ubeysekera, Ruvini Mp Kurukulasooriya, Aruna D de Silva, Truls Østbye, Christopher W Woods, L Gayani Tillekeratne

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>One-half of patients hospitalized with acute dengue progressed to develop DHF and a very small number developed DSS or severe dengue. Developing an algorithm for triaging patients to ambulatory versus inpatient management should be the future goal to optimize utilization of healthcare resources in dengue-endemic countries.…”
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A novel pulse-current waveform circuit for low-energy consumption and low-noise transcranial magnetic stimulation by Xinhua Tan, Ao Guo, Jiasheng Tian, Yingwei Li, Yingwei Li, Jian Shi

“…This study proposes a novel, non-resonant, high-frequency switching design controlled by high-frequency pulse-width modulation (PWM) voltage excitation to achieve ideal pulse-current waveforms that minimize both clicking noise and heat generation from the TMS coil.MethodFirst, a particle swarm optimization algorithm was used to optimize the pulse-current waveform, minimizing both the resistance loss and clicking noise (vibration energy) generated by the TMS coils. …”
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A Centralized Multi-Agent DRL-Based Trajectory Control Strategy for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Enabled Wireless Communications by Getaneh Berie Tarekegn, Rong-Terng Juang, Belayneh Abebe Tesfaw, Hsin-Piao Lin, Huan-Chia Hsu, Robel Berie Tarekegn, Li-Chia Tai

“…The trajectory of the aerial base stations is then continuously adjusted through a centralized multi-agent deep reinforcement learning algorithm to optimize communication performance. We evaluated our proposed system using real channel measurement data, i.e., amplitude and phase signal information. …”
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Improving the Integrity of a Voting Process with Biometric Authentication and Data Encryption by Walter M. Molina, Lino R. Mac Kay, Daniel Subauste

“…Throughout the years, the voting process has under-gone a digital transformation, aiming to achieve greater control and optimize time while ensuring the integrity of each vote. …”
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Accelerated Tensor Robust Principal Component Analysis via Factorized Tensor Norm Minimization by Geunseop Lee

“…Experimental results demonstrate that our algorithm achieves significantly faster performance than existing reference methods known for efficient computation while maintaining high accuracy in recovering low-rank tensors for applications such as color image recovery and background subtraction.…”
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Fast Processing of Massive Hyperspectral Image Anomaly Detection Based on Cloud-Edge Collaboration by Yunchang Wang, Jin Sun, Yang Xu, Zhihui Wei, Shangdong Zheng, Zebin Wu

“…With the improvement of hyperspectral image resolution, existing anomaly detection algorithms find it challenging to quickly process large volumes of hyperspectral data while fully exploiting spectral information. …”
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A Study on Multi-ship Avoidance System for Unmanned Surface Vehicles Using the Quaternion Ship Domain and Collision Risk Index by Dong-Hun Lee, Mu-Yeong Seo, Hyo-Geun Lee, Won-Jun Yoo, Sanghyun Kim, Kwang-Jun Paik

“…This paper proposes a multi-ship collision avoidance algorithm that integrates the quaternion ship domain (QSD) and collision risk index (CRI) to assess collision risk and generate optimal avoidance trajectories. …”
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A Time- and Space-Integrated Expansion Planning Method for AC/DC Hybrid Distribution Networks by Yao Guo, Shaorong Wang, Dezhi Chen

“…A modified graph attention network (MGAT)-based deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm is used for optimization, balancing economic and reliability objectives. …”
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Utilizing weak graph for edge consolidation-based efficient enhancement of network robustness by Wei Ding, Zhengdan Wang

“…We compare the proposed algorithm with optimal and approximate algorithms across graphs of varying scales. …”
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Zynq FPGA-Based Acceleration of Kernelized Correlation Filters via High-Level Synthesis of a Custom DFT Block by Enver Çavuş, Mustafa Yetiş

“…Within this framework, a custom combined DFT and inverse DFT IP, named CDFT, is developed and optimized on the Programmable Logic (PL) side of the Xilinx ZCU102 FPGA, whereas the rest of the KCF algorithm is run with customized Petalinux build on the (Processing System) side. …”
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Local Search-Based Metaheuristic Methods for the Solid Waste Collection Problem by Haneen Algethami

“…The routing solver in the Google OR-tools solver is utilised with three well-known metaheuristic methods for neighbourhood exploration: a guided local search (GLS), a tabu search (TS), and simulated annealing (SA), with two initialisation strategies, Clarke and Wright’s algorithm and the nearest neighbour algorithm. Results showed that optimal solutions are found in faster computational times than using only an IP solver, especially for large instances. …”
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An Improved Differential Evolution Method Based on the Dynamic Search Strategy to Solve Dynamic Economic Dispatch Problem with Valve-Point Effects by Guangyu Chen, Xiaoqun Ding

“…DE is the main optimizer in the method proposed. While chaotic sequences are applied to obtain the dynamic parameter settings in DE, dynamic search strategy which consists of two steps, global search strategy and local search strategy, is used to improve algorithm efficiency. …”
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Research on the cooperative offloading strategy of sensory data based on delay and energy constraints by Peiyan YUAN, Saike SHAO, Ran WEI, Junna ZHANG, Xiaoyan ZHAO

“…The edge offloading of the internet of things (IoT) sensing data was investigated.Multiple edge servers cooperatively offload all or part of the sensing data initially sent to the cloud center, which protects data privacy and improves user experience.In the process of cooperative offloading, the transmission of the sensing data and the information exchange among edge servers will consume system resources, resulting in the cost of cooperation.How to maximize the offloading ratio of the sensing data while maintaining a low collaboration cost is a challenging problem.A joint optimization problem of sensing data offload ratio and cooperative scale satisfying the constraints of network delay and system energy consumption was formulated.Subsequently, a distributed alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) via constraint projection and variable splitting was proposed to solve the problem.Finally, simulation experiments were carried out on MATLAB.Numerical results show that the proposed method improved the network delay and energy consumption compared to the fairness cooperation algorithm (FCA), the distributed optimization algorithm (DOA), and multi-subtasks-to-multi-servers offloading scheme (MTMS) algorithm.…”
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