Special Topics in Information Technology

This open access book presents nine outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in...

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Main Author: Pernici, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2020
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer
Edition:1
Series:SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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ISBN:3030320936, 9783030320935, 3030320944, 9783030320942
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  • 2.1.3 Radio-over-Copper -- 2.1.4 Contribution -- 2.2 The Genesis of the A-MIMO-RoC Architecture -- 2.3 Theoretical Feasibility and Challenges of A-MIMO-RoC -- 2.4 A-MIMO-RoC: Numerical Analysis and Simulations Works -- 2.5 A-MIMO-RoC Prototype and Experimental Results -- 2.5.1 Experimental Settings -- 2.5.2 A-MIMO-RoC for LTE Versus Cable IF -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Electronics -- 3 Chirp Generators for Millimeter-Wave FMCW Radars -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Digital PLL with Two-Point Modulation Scheme -- 3.3 Adaptive Digital Pre-distortion -- 3.4 Implemented Prototype -- 3.4.1 DTC Design and Control -- 3.4.2 DCO Design and Control -- 3.5 Measurements -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Modeling and Simulation of Spiking Neural Networks with Resistive Switching Synapses -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Brain-Inspired Computing -- 4.3 Resistive Switching in RRAM Devices -- 4.4 Synapse Circuits with RRAM Devices -- 4.4.1 1T1R Synapse -- 4.4.2 4T1R Synapse -- 4.5 Spiking Neural Networks with RRAM Synapses -- 4.5.1 Unsupervised Pattern Learning by SRDP -- 4.5.2 Associative Memory with 1T1R RRAM Synapses -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part III Computer Science and Engineering -- 5 Learning and Adaptation to Detect Changes and Anomalies in High-Dimensional Data -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Related Works -- 5.3 Problem Formulation -- 5.4 Data as Random Vectors -- 5.4.1 Detectability Loss -- 5.4.2 QuantTree -- 5.5 Data Featuring Complex Structures -- 5.5.1 Sparsity-Based Anomaly Detection -- 5.5.2 Multiscale Anomaly-Detection -- 5.5.3 Dictionary Adaptation for ECG Monitoring -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Enhancing Video Recommendation Using Multimedia Content -- 6.1 Introduction and Context -- 6.2 Problem Formulation -- 6.3 Brief Overview of Ph.D. Research -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References
  • 7 Dynamic Application Autotuning for Self-aware Approximate Computing -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Autonomic Computing and Application Autotuning -- 7.3 The mARGOt Autotuning Framework -- 7.3.1 Problem Definition -- 7.3.2 Application-Knowledge -- 7.3.3 Interaction with the Application -- 7.3.4 Runtime Application-Knowledge Learner -- 7.4 Experimental Results -- 7.4.1 Evaluation of the Reactive Adaptation -- 7.4.2 Evaluation of the Proactive Adaptation -- 7.4.3 Evaluation of the Runtime Learner -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 CAOS: CAD as an Adaptive Open-Platform Service for High Performance Reconfigurable Systems -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The CAOS Platform -- 8.2.1 CAOS Design Flow -- 8.2.2 CAOS Infrastructure -- 8.3 Architectural Templates -- 8.3.1 Master/Slave Architectural Template -- 8.3.2 Dataflow Architectural Template -- 8.3.3 Streaming Architectural Template -- 8.4 Experimental Results -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV Systems and Control -- 9 A General Framework for Shared Control in Robot Teleoperation with Force and Visual Feedback -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 Research Challenges -- 9.2 Robust Impedance Shaping of Redundant Teleoperators -- 9.2.1 Model Predictive Sliding Mode Control -- 9.2.2 Robust Impedance Shaping -- 9.3 Virtual Force Feedback -- 9.4 Occlusion-Free Visual Feedback -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References
  • Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Ph.D. Program in Information Technology -- Telecommunications Area -- Electronics Area -- Computer Science and Engineering Area -- Systems and Controls Area -- Contents -- Part I Telecommunications -- 1 Advances in Wave Digital Modeling of Linear and Nonlinear Systems: A Summary -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Part I: Rethinking Definitions of Waves -- 1.2.1 Mono-Parametric Definitions of Wave Variables -- 1.2.2 Biparametric Definitions of Wave Variables -- 1.3 Part II: Modeling Nonlinear One-Port and Multi-port Elements -- 1.3.1 Canonical Piecewise-Linear Representation of Curves in the Wave Digital Domain -- 1.3.2 Wave Digital Modeling of Nonlinear Elements Using the Lambert Function -- 1.3.3 Wave Digital Modeling of Nonlinear 3-Terminal Devices for Virtual Analog Applications -- 1.4 Part III: Modeling Connection Networks -- 1.4.1 Modeling Sallen-Key Audio Filters in the Wave Digital Domain -- 1.4.2 Modeling Circuits with Arbitrary Topologies and Active Linear Multiports Using Wave Digital Filters -- 1.4.3 Generalized Wave Digital Filter Realizations of Arbitrary Reciprocal Connection Networks -- 1.5 Part IV: Implementation of Circuits with Multiple Nonlinearities -- 1.5.1 Wave-Based Analysis of Large Nonlinear Photovoltaic Arrays -- 1.5.2 Wave Digital Modeling of the Diode-Based Ring Modulator -- 1.5.3 Linear Multi-step Discretization Methods with Variable Step-Size in Nonlinear Wave Digital Structures -- 1.6 Part V: New Applications of WD Principles -- 1.6.1 Wave Digital Implementation of Robust First-Order Differential Microphone Arrays -- 1.7 Conclusions and Future Works -- References -- 2 Enhancing Indoor Coverage by Multi-Pairs Copper Cables: The Analog MIMO Radio-over-Copper Architecture -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Indoor Propagation and C-RAN Architectures -- 2.1.2 Analog Fronthauling Architectures