We present a Resource-Aware Model-Based Optimization framework RAMBO that leads to efficient utilization of parallel computer architectures through resource-aware scheduling strategies. Conventional MBO fits a regression model on the set of already evaluated configurations and their observed performances to guide the search. Due to its inherent sequential nature, an efficient parallel variant c...

Natural rock joints infilled with soil materials may show a reduced shear strength, which influences rock mass stability. The aim of this paper is to experimentally investigate the shear behaviour of infilled rock joints, taking into account joint surface characteristics and the properties of the joint and infill materials. A new model for predicting the shear strength of infilled joints is pre...

Environmental issues have become a topical subject in recent years. Numerous recycling resources can be found in our living environment, such as fallen leaves, wood chips, recovered iron powder, waste newspaper, waste concrete, reservoir silt, etc., which are utilizable waste materials. Related regulations stipulate that the waste blending ratio of recycling green building materials should be h...

With scaling of CMOS technologies to 65nm and below, IC designs are suffering from decreasing yield, increasing variations, and escalating design and manufacturing costs. Regularity in IC design has been recognized as an effective means to combat variability in nanoscale technologies [1]. One methodology to enforce design regularity that produces RET(Resolution Enhancement Technique)-friendly d...

While there have been several proposals of high performance global computing systems, scheduling schemes for the systems have not been well investigated. The reason is difficulties of evaluation by large-scale benchmarks with reproducible results. Our Bricks performance evaluation system would allow analysis and comparison of various scheduling schemes on a typical high-performance global compu...

Compared with other media, programmable bricks provide children with the opportunity to create their own product and, through this process, to express creative thinking. Studies have found that learning robotics or integrating programming bricks into courses can help to develop students’ problem-solving abilities and enhance their learning performance. This study attempted to develop a one-to-o...

We present a simple one-pot co-assembly method for the synthesis of hierarchically structured pigment particles consisting of silica inverse-opal bricks that are doped with plasmonic absorbers. We study the interplay between the plasmonic and photonic resonances and their effect on the visual appearance of macroscopic collections of photonic bricks that are distributed in randomized orientation...

In India, bricks as building materials are mainly prepared by clay using the deposited sediments of rivers, and the radionuclide contents in bricks and brick-making clays should vary with origin and geological condition. Primordial radionuclides in building materials are one of the sources of radiation hazard in dwellings made of these materials. It is important to measure the natural radioacti...