Next generation of awareness and security systems must integrate pre-existing subsystems with novel capabilities, including: virtual-reality and advanced interfaces, behavior and situation modeling, and data mining, on the common basis of 3D modeling and simulation. Through modeling and simulation of known behaviors, such a system may recognise the weak signals of risky situations, and promptly...

We present a novel pedestrian representation based on a new model of pedestrian motion coupled with a geometric optimization method. The model of pedestrian motion seeks to capture the underlying physiological and psychological factors which give rise to the fundamental diagram — the phenomenon that pedestrian speed reduces as density increases. The optimization method computes collision-free v...

We describe a new computational method, FRODA (framework rigidity optimized dynamic algorithm), for exploring the internal mobility of proteins. The rigid regions in the protein are first determined, and then replaced by ghost templates which are used to guide the movements of the atoms in the protein. Using random moves, the available conformational phase space of a 100 residue protein can be ...

Many people are concerned about keeping their skins fine. Fine skins with fine-grained textures bring fine impressions, while dry and dirty skins bring poor impressions. Thus, condition of skin is an important factor to determine his/her impression. It is important to show various skins/faces/textures stored in databases to various people, and collect subjective feedbacks from them, to analyze ...

the micro milling operation is one of the manufacturing processes, which can produce 3d parts in the range of less than a millimetre. miniaturization of components results in increasing the ratio of surface area to volume of components, which in turn increases the role of surface on the component performance. therefore, anticipating the relationship between micro milling parameters and surface ...

Primate vision is an active process that constructs a stable internal representation of the 3D world based on 2D sensory inputs that are inherently unstable due to incessant eye movements. We present here a mathematical framework for processing visual information for a biologically-mediated active vision stereo system with asymmetric conformal cameras. This model utilizes the geometric analysis...

During Cochlear Implant Surgery, the right placement of the implant and the minimization of the surgical trauma to the inner ear are an important issue with recurrent fails. In this study, we reproduced, using simulation, the mechanical insertion of the implant during the surgery. This simulation allows to have a better understanding of the failing cases: excessive contact force, buckling of th...

The output maneuvering problem involves two tasks. The first, which is the geometric task, is to force the output to converge to a desired path parametrized by a continuous scalar variable θ. The second task is to satisfy a desired speed assignment along the path. The main concern is to satisfy the geometric task. However, the speed assignment will ensure that the output follows the path with s...

It is shown how to exactly simulate many-body interactions and multiqubit gates by coupling finite dimensional systems, e.g., qubits with a continuous variable. Cyclic evolution in the phase space of such a variable gives rise to a geometric phase, depending on a product of commuting operators. The latter allows one to simulate many-body Hamiltonians and nonlinear Hamiltonians, and to implement...

In this paper, we use an analytic model to calculate the losses in the metallized polypropylene film capacitors. The model is validated experimentally for capacitors having the same capacitance but different geometry. For each group of capacitors a temperature distribution in the roll is assumed with the aim of optimizing its thermal performance. It appears that the heating of a long capacitor ...