This paper presents a rigorous step towards design-for-assurance by introducing a new class of logically reconfigurable design resilient to design reverse engineering. Based on the non-volatile spin transfer torque (STT) magnetic technology, we introduce a basic set of non-volatile reconfigurable Look-Up-Table (LUT) logic components (NV-STT-based LUTs). STT-based LUT with significantly differen...

Fractional anisotropy (FA) is the most commonly used quantitative measure of diffusion in the brain. Changes in FA have been reported in many neurological disorders, but the implementation of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in daily clinical practice remains challenging. We propose a novel color look-up table (LUT) based on normative data as a tool for screening FA changes. FA was calculated for...

Total Bit = PnXBi t Abstract Compression is very important for system with limited channel bandwidth and/or limited storage size. One of the main components in imagehideo compression is a variable length coding (VLC). This paper would discuss about one of the most popular VLC known as Huffman Coding. In our present work, a real time hardware parallel Huffman decoder has been successfully design...

This thesis presents a complete self-calibrating illumination intensity-invariant colour classification system. We extend a novel fuzzy colour processing technique called Fuzzy Colour Contrast Fusion (FCCF) by combining it with a Heuristicassisted Genetic Algorithm (HAGA) for automatic fine-tuning of colour descriptors. Furthermore, we have improved FCCF’s efficiency by processing colour channe...

This paper introduces a new technique for reducing glitches in logic circuits implemented on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). The technique is based on the principles of path balancing. The main objective was to achieve glitch minimization which, in turn would reduce dynamic power during routing on FPGAs. The glitch aware routing was adopted for simulations tests. The input paths to look...

The leaf area index (LAI), a key parameter used to characterize the structure and function of vegetation canopy, is crucial simulations carbon, nitrogen, water cycles Earth’s system. In this paper, neural network (NN) method coupled with canopy atmospheric radiative transfer (RT) proposed realize LAI retrieval without prior data support complex corrections. look-up table (LUT) top-of-atmosphere...

ii Abstract This report documents the modifications made to the frame processing module of the NUbot vision system for improvement in robot soccer competition and particularly in the variable lighting challenge. The frame processing module involves the classification of images with respect to a look up table (LUT), a new system of secondary colour classification for blue robots that uses edge d...

My colleagues and I are developing and evaluating a new technique for the extraction of environmental information including water-column inherent optical properties (IOPs) and shallowwater bathymetry and bottom classification from remotely-sensed hyperspectral ocean-color spectra. We address the need for rapid, automated interpretation of hyperspectral imagery. The research issues center on dev...

The ongoing exponential increase of genomic data, together with full diploid human genomes, creates new challenges not only for understanding genomic structure, function and development, but also for the storage, navigation and privacy of genomic data. In this paper, we have proposed a modified Direct Differential Coding algorithm. It is a general purposed nucleotide compression algorithm based...

Routers are key building blocks in networks. They need to cope with high data rates in the range of multiple gigabit per second that are flowing through them. Therefore, specifically performance critical functions should be implemented in dedicated hardware units in order to speed up the forwarding task. These units can be embedded within regular workstations or into dedicated router architectu...