Pictorial communication systems convert natural language text into pictures to assist people with limited literacy. We define a novel and challenging problem: picture layout optimization. Given an input sentence, we seek the optimal way to lay out word icons such that the resulting picture best conveys the meaning of the input sentence. To this end, we propose a family of intuitive “ABC” layout...

This study addresses the design of electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical systems by topology optimization. The layout of the structure and the electrode are simultaneously optimized. A novel, continuous, material-based description of the interface between the structural and electrostatic domains is presented that allows the optimization of the interface topology. The resulting topol...

GPUs are able to provide a tremendous computational power, but their optimal usage requires the optimization of memory access. The many threads available can mitigate the long memory access latencies, but this usually demands a reorganization of the data and algorithm to reach the performance peak. The addressed problem is to know which data layout produces a faster evaluation when dealing with...

Computer-aided design of modern robotic manufacturing cells involves solution of a number of complicated optimization problems that are related to equipment selection, scheduling, routing and path planning. The paper deals with three of them: optimal selection of robotic tools, optimal clustering of welding dots among robots, and optimal layout design. A number of efficient genetic algorithms a...

For most practical purposes, true topology optimization of a braced frame should be synchronized with its sizing. An integrated layout optimization is formulated here to simultaneously account for both member sizing and bracings’ topology in such a problem. Code-specific seismic design spectrum is applied to unify the earthquake excitation. The problem is solved for minimal structural weight un...