Předmětem dizertační práce je návrh nových technik pro verifikaci hardwaru, které jsou optimalizovány pro použití v procesu souběžného vývoje hardwaru a softwaru. V rámci tohoto typu vývoje je hardware spolu se software vyvíjen paralelně s cílem urychlit vývoj nových systémů. Současné nástroje pro tvorbu mikroprocesorů stavějící na tomto stylu vývoje obvykle umožňují vývojářům ověřit jejich návrh využitím různých simulačních technik a/nebo za pomoci tzv. funkční verifikace. Společnou nevýhodou těchto přístupů je, že se zaměřují pouze na hledání chyb. Výsledný produkt tedy může stále obsahovat nenalezené netriviální defekty. Z tohoto důvodu se v posledních letech stává stále více žádané nasazení formálních metod. Na rozdíl od výše uvedených přístupů založených na hledání chyb, se formální verifikace zaměřuje na dodání rigorózního důkazu, že daný systém skutečně splňuje požadované vlastnosti. I když bylo v uplynulých letech v této oblasti dosaženo značného pokroku, tak aktuální formální přístupy nemají zdaleka schopnost plně automaticky prověřit všechny relevantní vlastnosti verifikovaného návrhu bez výrazného a často nákladného zapojení lidí v rámci verifikačního procesu. Tato práce se snaží řešit problém s automatizací verifikačního procesu jejím zaměřením na verifikační techniky, ve kterých je záměrně kladen menší důraz na jejich přesnost a obecnost, za cenu dosažení plné automatizace (např. vyloučením potřeby ručně vytvářet modely prostředí). Dále se práce také zaměřuje na efektivitu navrhovaných technik a jejich schopnost poskytovat nepřetržitou zpětnou vazbu o verifikačním procesu (např. v podobě podání informace o aktuálním stavu pokrytí). Zvláštní pozornost je pak věnována vývoji formálních metod ověřujících ekvivalenci návrhů mikroprocesorů na různých úrovních abstrakce. Tyto návrhy se mohou lišit ve způsobu, jakým jsou vnitřně zpracovány programové instrukce, nicméně z vnějšího pohledu (daného např. obsahem registrů viditelných z pozice programátora) musí být jejich chování při provádění stejného vstupního programu shodné. Kromě těchto témat se práce také zabývá problematikou návrhu metod pro verifikaci správnosti mechanismů zabraňujících výskytu datových a řídících hazardů v rámci linky zřetězeného zpracování instrukcí. Veškeré metody popsané v této práci byly implementovány ve formě několika nástrojů. Aplikací těchto nástrojů pro verifikaci návrhů netriviálních procesorů bylo dosaženo slibných experimentálních výsledků.

Poláková, I. Implementation of teleworking. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel Univer-sity, 2016. The diploma thesis deals with the introduction of a methodology for implementa-tion of teleworking, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises. The di-ploma thesis explains concepts related to the areas of telework as one of the flex-ible forms of work. It describes the steps of the implementation process of tele-working. The diploma thesis deals with the choice of tools for teleworking and with legislation of teleworking. It summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking, as well as the financial quantification of the budget related to the implementation of teleworking. Moreover, the diploma thesis sets indicators for measuring the benefits of teleworking.

This research investigates progress in the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into curriculum-based teaching and learning in the Lesotho secondary and high school science classroom, with the aim of establishing how effective e-learning and integration of ICT can be supported. E-learning was perceived by education stakeholders in Lesotho as an effective way to enhance teaching and learning. To this end, Lesotho embarked on three partnership projects, namely SchoolNet, Microsoft STIC and NEPAD e-School Projects. There is a volume of research, international and regional, on e-learning and ICT integration, mainly conducted by European and American researchers. This study by an African author, therefore, fills a gap. Using a variant of action research, the author undertook six studies over four years, investigating the extent of computing infrastructure in schools and ways in which e-learning was implemented in subject-based teaching. In particular, he studied barriers to ICT implementation in Lesotho; advantages and disadvantages of combining e-learning with classroom practice; the perceptions, aptitude and skills of Lesotho science teachers and students; professional development programmes; and preparations for introducing e-learning, including infrastructural issues. Literature studies were conducted, following which pertinent concepts from the literature were used to generate a framework of evaluation categories and criteria for addressing the research questions of this study. The criteria were translated into questions and evaluation statements for data collection instruments for the empirical studies. Triangulation in data collection and analysis was provided by applying multiple and mixed data collection methods: questionnaires, interviews, observations and case studies, to gather data from principals, teachers and students in selected schools across the three projects and in varying regions of Lesotho. The study identified notable progress, but determines that more remains to be done, on an ongoing basis, to support secondary and high schools in Lesotho with implementation plans and strategies. The study concludes with guideline and recommendations for educators. / Computing / D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education)

This research investigates progress in the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into curriculum-based teaching and learning in the Lesotho secondary and high school science classroom, with the aim of establishing how effective e-learning and integration of ICT can be supported. E-learning was perceived by education stakeholders in Lesotho as an effective way to enhance teaching and learning. To this end, Lesotho embarked on three partnership projects, namely SchoolNet, Microsoft STIC and NEPAD e-School Projects. There is a volume of research, international and regional, on e-learning and ICT integration, mainly conducted by European and American researchers. This study by an African author, therefore, fills a gap. Using a variant of action research, the author undertook six studies over four years, investigating the extent of computing infrastructure in schools and ways in which e-learning was implemented in subject-based teaching. In particular, he studied barriers to ICT implementation in Lesotho; advantages and disadvantages of combining e-learning with classroom practice; the perceptions, aptitude and skills of Lesotho science teachers and students; professional development programmes; and preparations for introducing e-learning, including infrastructural issues. Literature studies were conducted, following which pertinent concepts from the literature were used to generate a framework of evaluation categories and criteria for addressing the research questions of this study. The criteria were translated into questions and evaluation statements for data collection instruments for the empirical studies. Triangulation in data collection and analysis was provided by applying multiple and mixed data collection methods: questionnaires, interviews, observations and case studies, to gather data from principals, teachers and students in selected schools across the three projects and in varying regions of Lesotho. The study identified notable progress, but determines that more remains to be done, on an ongoing basis, to support secondary and high schools in Lesotho with implementation plans and strategies. The study concludes with guideline and recommendations for educators. / Computing / D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education)

La investigación realizada a los sistemas de seguridad electrónica de edificios, plantea como objetivo principal el reconocimiento de tres gestos de un lenguaje corporal del personal de vigilancia, y la consecuente activación de alarma en forma automática. Inicialmente se realizó una encuesta dirigida a las administraciones y personal de edificios, para saber cuales eran las ocurrencias que vulneraban la seguridad de un edificio multifamiliar, luego se observaron y analizaron las imágenes capturadas por una cámara de vigilancia ubicada en la recepción, identificando las ocurrencias más vulnerables y gestos asociados a dichos eventos; se seleccionaron tres gestos que en forma inconsciente realizaba el personal de vigilancia ante dichas situaciones. A determinados cuadros que comprenden estas imágenes se le aplicaron técnicas de procesamiento espacial, con ayuda de una iluminación artificial que era más intensa en la parte posterior del sujeto de análisis, consiguiéndose la definición de una silueta binarizada en el entorno Matlab, técnicas como selección del plano rojo, plano de bits más significativo, invertir imagen y transformaciones morfológicas tipo cerradura, definieron una silueta que ayudó a desarrollar un algoritmo matemático para generar una señal eléctrica en el puerto serial USB del ordenador, donde se conectó físicamente una plataforma de hardware Arduino que activa la alarma. La elección de esta plataforma se debió a que Matlab cuenta con un grupo de instrucciones para Arduino, con el objetivo de lograr una comunicación sincronizada entre ordenador e interface. Las técnicas utilizadas reconocieron 62,5% de los eventos descritos en las encuestas realizadas y que no son mencionadas en temas de investigación similar. Para lograr el objetivo fue necesario analizar un cuadro por segundo. The research poses as their main objective the three gestures recognition of a body language of surveillance personnel and the consequent activation of alarm automatically. It was initially carried out a survey of the administration and the offices of the buildings to know which were the occurrences that violate the security of a multi-family building, then were observed and analyzed images captured by a surveillance camera located in the reception, identifying the most vulnerable occurrences and gestures associated with these events; were selected three gestures that unconsciously performs surveillance personnel before such situations; to certain pictures that comprise these images were applied spatial processing techniques, with the help of an artificial lighting that was more intense in the back of the subject of analysis, getting the definition of a silhouette binarized in the Matlab environment, techniques such as plane selection red, more significant bit plane, to invest an image and convolution close type, defined a silhouette that allowed to develop a mathematical algorithm that generated an electrical signal in USB serial port of the computer, where it is physically connected a hardware platform Arduino that active the alarm.This platform choice is due to the fact that Matlab has a group of instructions for Arduino, achieving an orderly communication between computer and interface. The techniques used recognized 62.5 % of the events described in the surveys carried out and which aren’t mentioned in similar research topics. To achieve the objective was necessary to analyze a picture per second.

<p>There are no commercially available wearable shoe in-sole sensors that are capable of measuring and distinguishing between shear and compression forces. Companies have already developed shoe sensors that simply measure pressure and make general inferences on the collected data with elaborate software [2, 3, 4, 5]. Researchers have also attempted making sensors that are capable of measuring shear forces, but they are not well suited for biomedical applications [61, 62, 63, 64]. This work focuses on the development of a novel wearable sensor system that is capable of identifying and measuring shear and compression forces through the use of capacitive sensing. Custom hardware and software tools such as materials test systems and capacitive measurement systems were developed during this work. Numerous sensor prototypes were developed, characterized, and optimized during the scope of this project. Upon analysis of the data, the best capacitive measurement system developed in this work utilized the CAV444 IC chip, whereas the use of the Arduino-derived measurement system required data filtering using median and Butterworth zero phase low pass filters. The highest dielectric constant reported from optimization experiments yielded 9.7034 (+/- 0.0801 STD) through the use of 60.2% by weight calcium copper titanate and ReoFlex-60 silicone. The experiments suggest certain sensors developed in this work feasibly measure and distinguish between shear and compressional forces. Applications for such technology focus on improving quality of life in areas such as managing diabetic ulcer formation, preventing injuries, optimizing performance for athletes and military personnel, and augmenting the scope of motion capture in biomechanical studies.</p>