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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Improving supply chain visibility within logistics by implementing a Digital Twin : A case study at Scania Logistics / Att förbättra synlighet inom logistikkedjor genom att implementera en Digital Tvilling : En fallstudie på Scania Logistics

BLOMKVIST, YLVA, ULLEMAR LOENBOM, LEO January 2020 (has links)
As organisations adapt to the rigorous demands set by global markets, the supply chains that constitute their logistics networks become increasingly complex. This often has a detrimental effect on the supply chain visibility within the organisation, which may in turn have a negative impact on the core business of the organisation. This paper aims to determine how organisations can benefit in terms of improving their logistical supply chain visibility by implementing a Digital Twin — an all-encompassing virtual representation of the physical assets that constitute the logistics system. Furthermore, challenges related to implementation and the necessary steps to overcome these challenges were examined.  The results of the study are that Digital Twins may prove beneficial to organisations in terms of improving metrics of analytics, diagnostics, predictions and descriptions of physical assets. However, these benefits come with notable challenges — managing implementation and maintenance costs, ensuring proper information modelling, adopting new technology and leading the organisation through the changes that an implementation would entail.  In conclusion, a Digital Twin is a powerful tool suitable for organisations where the benefits outweigh the challenges of the initial implementation. Therefore, careful consideration must be taken to ensure that the investment is worthwhile. Further research is required to determine the most efficient way of introducing a Digital Twin to a logistical supply chain. / I takt med att organisationer anpassar sig till de hårda krav som ställs av den globala marknaden ökar också komplexiteten i deras logistiknätverk. Detta har ofta en negativ effekt på synligheten inom logistikkedjan i organisationen, vilken i sin tur kan ha en negativ påverkan på organisationens kärnverksamhet. Målet med denna studie är att utröna de fördelar som organisationer kan uppnå vad gäller att förbättra synligheten inom deras logistikkedjor genom att implementera en Digital Tvilling — en allomfattande virtuell representation av de fysiska tillgångar som utgör logistikkedjan.  Resultaten av studien är att Digitala Tvillingar kan vara gynnsamma för organisationer när det gäller att förbättra analys, diagnostik, prognoser och beskrivningar av fysiska tillgångar. Implementationen medför dock utmaningar — hantering av implementations- och driftskostnader, utformning av informationsmodellering, anammandet av ny teknik och ledarskap genom förändringsarbetet som en implementering skulle innebära.  Sammanfattningsvis är en Digital Tvilling ett verktyg som lämpar sig för organisationer där fördelarna överväger de utmaningar som tillkommer med implementationen. Därmed bör beslutet om en eventuell implementation endast ske efter noggrant övervägande. Vidare forskning behöver genomföras för att utröna den mest effektiva metoden för att introducera en Digital Tvilling till en logistikkedja.
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Vilka utmaningar och hinder möter större tillverkande företag vid implementering av digital och smart teknik samt hur kan dessa åtgärdas? : En studie kring den pågående digitala transformationen av tillverkningsindustrin

KLINGA, PETTER, STORÅ, ERIK January 2018 (has links)
Den globala industrin har under det senaste decenniet genomgått en enorm digital transformation, där tillämpandet av digitala och smarta verktyg inom företag aldrig har varit mer påtagligt. Under november 2011 presenterades begreppet Industrial 4.0 i en artikel skriven av den Tyska regeringen som beskriver en teknikintensiv strategi för år 2020 och omfattar vad idag betraktas som den fjärde industriella revolutionen. Industri 4.0 utgörs till stor del av integrationsprocessen mellan teknik och övrig verksamhet inom ett tillverkningsföretag, vilket i sin tur ger upphov till teknik såsom; automation, förstärkt verklighet, simuleringar, intelligenta tillverkningsprocesser samt övriga processindustriella IT-verktyg och -system. Flertal forskningsstudier hävdar att Industri 4.0-teknologier har potential att revolutionera sättet företag idag tillverkar produkter, men i och med att begreppet är relativt nytt, abstrakt samt består av väldigt komplexa tekniker och komponenter, är införandet av dessa inom en tillverkningsmiljö för närvarande en stor utmaning för tillverkande företag. Denna studie syftar alltså till att belysa de utmaningar och hinder som större tillverkande företag möter vid implementering av digital och smart teknik, samt åtgärder för att motverka dessa. Målet med studien är att leverera ett användbart resultat både för aktiva företag inom tillverkningsindustrin i form av stöd vid analys och diskussion av eventuella implementeringsstrategier och -satsningar inom Industri 4.0, men också ge övriga intressenter en uppfattning kring ämnet med tanke på att det, som sagt, är ett abstrakt system. En litteraturstudie genomfördes både för att få en överblick kring ämnet Industri 4.0 och hur det har behandlats i tidigare examensarbeten, avhandlingar samt forskningsstudier, men även för att identifiera tidigare identifierade hinder. Därefter genomfördes fältstudier på två tillverkande företag, Scania och Atlas Copco, samt teknikkonsultföretaget Knightec. Syftet med detta var framförallt att få en mer påtaglig och verklighetsförankrad uppfattning av Industri 4.0 men även verifiera att informationen i den teoretiska delen är relevant i praktiken för en tillverkande verksamhet. Studien påvisade därtill att identifierade utmaningar och hinder återfinns bland flertal organisatoriska områden inom ett tillverkande företag, varav de mest framgående aspekterna omfattade strategi, ledarskap, kunder, kultur, anställda, juridik samt teknik. Resultatet avslöjade vidare att tillverkande företag präglas av bristfälliga planer och strategier för att identifiera samt implementera nya tekniska lösningar, konflikter bland de anställda, svårigheter att integrera kundsystem enhetligt inom produktionen, avsaknad av lämplig teknisk kompetens, juridiska problem vad gäller hantering av data samt svårigheter att integrera nya och gamla teknologier. / The global industry has during the last decade undergone a considerable digital transformation, whereas the application of digital and smart technology within companies has never been more of a relevant field. During November of 2011, the term Industrial 4.0 was presented in an article written by the German government to describe a technology intensive strategy for the year 2020 and signifies what today is defined as the fourth industrial revolution. Industry 4.0 largely consists of the integration process between technology and remaining operations within a manufacturing company, which enables the development of technologies such as; automation, augmented reality, simulations, intelligent manufacturing processes and other process industrial IT-tools and systems. Several research studies has suggested that Industry 4.0 technologies has the potential to revolutionize the way companies today manufacture products, however, since the concept is relatively new, abstract and consists of various complex technologies and components, the implementation process of these within a manufacturing environment is one largest challenges that manufacturing companies are facing. This study therefore aims to highlight the challenges and difficulties that large manufacturing companies are facing when implementing digital and smart technology, as well as provide solutions regarding how they can be overcome. The overall goal is to deliver useful results both for active companies within the manufacturing industry in regards to serving as support when analyzing and discussing possible implementation strategies as well investments related to Industry 4.0, but also to provide surrounding stakeholders with a perception of the subject. At the commencement of the project, a literature study was performed to develop an overview of how Industry 4.0 has been discussed in previous theses and research studies as well as to find previously identified difficulties regarding the implementation process. Finally, a field study was performed at Scania and Atlas Copco and at the technology consulting firm Knightec. The main purpose was to gain a more realistic perspective regarding how digitalization and Industry 4.0 systems are applied and to verify that the information from our theoretical study is relevant and applicable within an actual manufacturing company. The study furthermore revealed that the identified difficulties and challenges can be found within multiple organizational areas of a manufacturing company, whereas the most distinct aspects consisted of strategy, leadership, customers, culture, employees, legal governance as well as technology. The results showed that companies were characterized by an overall lack of strategy to implement new technologies, conflicts with employees during implementation, difficulties to integrate customer orders with production, lack of technical skills in staff, legal issues regarding data storage and difficulties integrating new and old technologies.
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Syntaxe et modèles d'une composition non-associative des programmes et des preuves

Munch-Maccagnoni, Guillaume 10 December 2013 (has links) (PDF)
La thèse contribue à la compréhension de la nature, du rôle et des mécanismes de la polarisation dans les langages de programmation, en théorie de la preuve et dans les modèles catégoriels. La polarisation correspond à l'idée que la condition d'associativité de la composition peut être relâchée, comme on le montre à travers un résultat qui relie les duploïdes, notre modèle direct de la polarisation, aux adjonctions. En conséquence, la polarisation sous-tend de nombreux modèles du calcul, ce que l'on souligne encore en montrant comment les modèles par passage de continuation pour des opérateurs de contrôle délimité se décomposent en trois étapes fondamentales. Elle explique également des phénomènes de constructivité en théorie de la démonstration, ce que l'on illustre en donnant une interprétation selon le principe de la formule comme type à la polarisation en général et à une négation involutive en particulier. Notre approche est basée sur une représentation interactive des démonstrations et des programmes à base de termes (calcul L), qui met en évidence la structure des polarités. Celle-ci est basée sur la correspondance entre les machines abstraites et les calculs de séquents, et vise à synthétiser diverses directions : la modélisation du contrôle, de l'ordre d'évaluation et des effets dans les langages de programmation, la quête d'un lien entre la dualité catégorielle et les continuations, et l'approche interactive de la constructivité en théorie de la preuve. On introduit notre technique en supposant uniquement une connaissance élémentaire du λ-calcul simplement typé et de la réécriture.
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Le chunking perceptif de la parole : sur la nature du groupement temporel et son effet sur la mémoire immédiate

Gilbert, Annie 03 1900 (has links)
Dans de nombreux comportements qui reposent sur le rappel et la production de séquences, des groupements temporels émergent spontanément, créés par des délais ou des allongements. Ce « chunking » a été observé tant chez les humains que chez certains animaux et plusieurs auteurs l’attribuent à un processus général de chunking perceptif qui est conforme à la capacité de la mémoire à court terme. Cependant, aucune étude n’a établi comment ce chunking perceptif s’applique à la parole. Nous présentons une recension de la littérature qui fait ressortir certains problèmes critiques qui ont nui à la recherche sur cette question. C’est en revoyant ces problèmes qu’on propose une démonstration spécifique du chunking perceptif de la parole et de l’effet de ce processus sur la mémoire immédiate (ou mémoire de travail). Ces deux thèmes de notre thèse sont présentés séparément dans deux articles. Article 1 : The perceptual chunking of speech: a demonstration using ERPs Afin d’observer le chunking de la parole en temps réel, nous avons utilisé un paradigme de potentiels évoqués (PÉ) propice à susciter la Closure Positive Shift (CPS), une composante associée, entre autres, au traitement de marques de groupes prosodiques. Nos stimuli consistaient en des énoncés et des séries de syllabes sans sens comprenant des groupes intonatifs et des marques de groupements temporels qui pouvaient concorder, ou non, avec les marques de groupes intonatifs. Les analyses démontrent que la CPS est suscitée spécifiquement par les allongements marquant la fin des groupes temporels, indépendamment des autres variables. Notons que ces marques d’allongement, qui apparaissent universellement dans la langue parlée, créent le même type de chunking que celui qui émerge lors de l’apprentissage de séquences par des humains et des animaux. Nos résultats appuient donc l’idée que l’auditeur chunk la parole en groupes temporels et que ce chunking perceptif opère de façon similaire avec des comportements verbaux et non verbaux. Par ailleurs, les observations de l’Article 1 remettent en question des études où on associe la CPS au traitement de syntagmes intonatifs sans considérer les effets de marques temporels. Article 2 : Perceptual chunking and its effect on memory in speech processing:ERP and behavioral evidence Nous avons aussi observé comment le chunking perceptif d’énoncés en groupes temporels de différentes tailles influence la mémoire immédiate d’éléments entendus. Afin d’observer ces effets, nous avons utilisé des mesures comportementales et des PÉ, dont la composante N400 qui permettait d’évaluer la qualité de la trace mnésique d’éléments cibles étendus dans des groupes temporels. La modulation de l’amplitude relative de la N400 montre que les cibles présentées dans des groupes de 3 syllabes ont bénéficié d’une meilleure mise en mémoire immédiate que celles présentées dans des groupes plus longs. D’autres mesures comportementales et une analyse de la composante P300 ont aussi permis d’isoler l’effet de la position du groupe temporel (dans l’énoncé) sur les processus de mise en mémoire. Les études ci-dessus sont les premières à démontrer le chunking perceptif de la parole en temps réel et ses effets sur la mémoire immédiate d’éléments entendus. Dans l’ensemble, nos résultats suggèrent qu’un processus général de chunking perceptif favorise la mise en mémoire d’information séquentielle et une interprétation de la parole « chunk par chunk ». / In numerous behaviors involving the learning and production of sequences, temporal groups emerge spontaneously, created by delays or a lengthening of elements. This chunking has been observed across behaviors of both humans and animals and is taken to reflect a general process of perceptual chunking that conforms to capacity limits of short-term memory. Yet, no research has determined how perceptual chunking applies to speech. We provide a literature review that bears out critical problems, which have hampered research on this question. Consideration of these problems motivates a principled demonstration that aims to show how perceptual chunking applies to speech and the effect of this process on immediate memory (or “working memory”). These two themes are presented in separate papers in the format of journal articles. Paper 1: The perceptual chunking of speech: a demonstration using ERPs To observe perceptual chunking on line, we use event-related potentials (ERPs) and refer to the neural component of Closure Positive Shift (CPS), which is known to capture listeners’ responses to marks of prosodic groups. The speech stimuli were utterances and sequences of nonsense syllables, which contained intonation phrases marked by pitch, and both phrase-internal and phrase-final temporal groups marked by lengthening. Analyses of CPSs show that, across conditions, listeners specifically perceive speech in terms of chunks marked by lengthening. These lengthening marks, which appear universally in languages, create the same type of chunking as that which emerges in sequence learning by humans and animals. This finding supports the view that listeners chunk speech in temporal groups and that this perceptual chunking operates similarly for speech and non-verbal behaviors. Moreover, the results question reports that relate CPS to intonation phrasing without considering the effects of temporal marks. Paper 2: Perceptual chunking and its effect on memory in speech processing: ERP and behavioral evidence We examined how the perceptual chunking of utterances in terms of temporal groups of differing size influences immediate memory of heard speech. To weigh these effects, we used behavioural measures and ERPs, especially the N400 component, which served to evaluate the quality of the memory trace for target lexemes heard in the temporal groups. Variations in the amplitude of the N400 showed a better memory trace for lexemes presented in groups of 3 syllables compared to those in groups of 4 syllables. Response times along with P300 components revealed effects of position of the chunk in the utterance. This is the first study to demonstrate the perceptual chunking of speech on-line and its effects on immediate memory of heard elements. Taken together the results suggest that a general perceptual chunking enhances a buffering of sequential information and a processing of speech on a chunk-by-chunk basis.
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Možnosti využití úkolově orientovaného přístupu v praxi OSPOD / Application possibilities of a task centred aprroach in the department of social and legal protection of children practice

Sedláková, Eliška January 2019 (has links)
140 Abstract GOALS: Intention of my diessertation work was to answer the main research question: "What is the utilazation rate of TCA when working with involuntary clients of social workers from CPS in the capital city of Prague and selected CPS in Vysocina region?". Theoretical starting-points: Basic signs of TCA are partnerships and strenghten. In terms of TCA the success depends on How people can actively participate and understand the process of helping. Clients role is active and he is participating everything what has been happening in the whole process of helping. Task centered approach says, that experience from your own decision is more usefull then just assuming how the future situation could be. TCA holds the idea, which just a little success build up self-confidence and self-esteem. Accomplishing of goals and achieving of another goal motivates a client. When smaller goals are set up there is a much more chance for possitive result of the whole advisory process. METHODS: Semistructured questionnaire has been used. The questionnaire have 47 questions, which are based on operationalization of main research question. RESULTS: The outcome of questionnaire investigation method is that the workers don`t use TCA, but in general in their practice we are able to identify some of the elements of approach.
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Analysis and coordination of mixed-criticality cyber-physical systems

Maurer, Simon January 2018 (has links)
A Cyber-physical System (CPS) can be described as a network of interlinked, concurrent computational components that interact with the physical world. Such a system is usually of reactive nature and must satisfy strict timing requirements to guarantee a correct behaviour. The components can be of mixed-criticality which implies different progress models and communication models, depending whether the focus of a component lies on predictability or resource efficiency. In this dissertation I present a novel approach that bridges the gap between stream processing models and Labelled Transition Systems (LTSs). The former offer powerful tools to describe concurrent systems of, usually simple, components while the latter allow to describe complex, reactive, components and their mutual interaction. In order to achieve the bridge between the two domains I introduce the novel LTS Synchronous Interface Automaton (SIA) that allows to model the interaction protocol of a process via its interface and to incrementally compose simple processes into more complex ones while preserving the system properties. Exploiting these properties I introduce an analysis to identify permanent blocking situations in a network of composed processes. SIAs are wrapped by the novel component-based coordination model Process Network with Synchronous Communication (PNSC) that allows to describe a network of concurrent processes where multiple communication models and the co-existence and interaction of heterogeneous processes is supported due to well defined interfaces. The work presented in this dissertation follows a holistic approach which spans from the theory of the underlying model to an instantiation of the model as a novel coordination language, called Streamix. The language uses network operators to compose networks of concurrent processes in a structured and hierarchical way. The work is validated by a prototype implementation of a compiler and a Run-time System (RTS) that allows to compile a Streamix program and execute it on a platform with support for ISO C, POSIX threads, and a Linux operating system.
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Le chunking perceptif de la parole : sur la nature du groupement temporel et son effet sur la mémoire immédiate

Gilbert, Annie 03 1900 (has links)
Dans de nombreux comportements qui reposent sur le rappel et la production de séquences, des groupements temporels émergent spontanément, créés par des délais ou des allongements. Ce « chunking » a été observé tant chez les humains que chez certains animaux et plusieurs auteurs l’attribuent à un processus général de chunking perceptif qui est conforme à la capacité de la mémoire à court terme. Cependant, aucune étude n’a établi comment ce chunking perceptif s’applique à la parole. Nous présentons une recension de la littérature qui fait ressortir certains problèmes critiques qui ont nui à la recherche sur cette question. C’est en revoyant ces problèmes qu’on propose une démonstration spécifique du chunking perceptif de la parole et de l’effet de ce processus sur la mémoire immédiate (ou mémoire de travail). Ces deux thèmes de notre thèse sont présentés séparément dans deux articles. Article 1 : The perceptual chunking of speech: a demonstration using ERPs Afin d’observer le chunking de la parole en temps réel, nous avons utilisé un paradigme de potentiels évoqués (PÉ) propice à susciter la Closure Positive Shift (CPS), une composante associée, entre autres, au traitement de marques de groupes prosodiques. Nos stimuli consistaient en des énoncés et des séries de syllabes sans sens comprenant des groupes intonatifs et des marques de groupements temporels qui pouvaient concorder, ou non, avec les marques de groupes intonatifs. Les analyses démontrent que la CPS est suscitée spécifiquement par les allongements marquant la fin des groupes temporels, indépendamment des autres variables. Notons que ces marques d’allongement, qui apparaissent universellement dans la langue parlée, créent le même type de chunking que celui qui émerge lors de l’apprentissage de séquences par des humains et des animaux. Nos résultats appuient donc l’idée que l’auditeur chunk la parole en groupes temporels et que ce chunking perceptif opère de façon similaire avec des comportements verbaux et non verbaux. Par ailleurs, les observations de l’Article 1 remettent en question des études où on associe la CPS au traitement de syntagmes intonatifs sans considérer les effets de marques temporels. Article 2 : Perceptual chunking and its effect on memory in speech processing:ERP and behavioral evidence Nous avons aussi observé comment le chunking perceptif d’énoncés en groupes temporels de différentes tailles influence la mémoire immédiate d’éléments entendus. Afin d’observer ces effets, nous avons utilisé des mesures comportementales et des PÉ, dont la composante N400 qui permettait d’évaluer la qualité de la trace mnésique d’éléments cibles étendus dans des groupes temporels. La modulation de l’amplitude relative de la N400 montre que les cibles présentées dans des groupes de 3 syllabes ont bénéficié d’une meilleure mise en mémoire immédiate que celles présentées dans des groupes plus longs. D’autres mesures comportementales et une analyse de la composante P300 ont aussi permis d’isoler l’effet de la position du groupe temporel (dans l’énoncé) sur les processus de mise en mémoire. Les études ci-dessus sont les premières à démontrer le chunking perceptif de la parole en temps réel et ses effets sur la mémoire immédiate d’éléments entendus. Dans l’ensemble, nos résultats suggèrent qu’un processus général de chunking perceptif favorise la mise en mémoire d’information séquentielle et une interprétation de la parole « chunk par chunk ». / In numerous behaviors involving the learning and production of sequences, temporal groups emerge spontaneously, created by delays or a lengthening of elements. This chunking has been observed across behaviors of both humans and animals and is taken to reflect a general process of perceptual chunking that conforms to capacity limits of short-term memory. Yet, no research has determined how perceptual chunking applies to speech. We provide a literature review that bears out critical problems, which have hampered research on this question. Consideration of these problems motivates a principled demonstration that aims to show how perceptual chunking applies to speech and the effect of this process on immediate memory (or “working memory”). These two themes are presented in separate papers in the format of journal articles. Paper 1: The perceptual chunking of speech: a demonstration using ERPs To observe perceptual chunking on line, we use event-related potentials (ERPs) and refer to the neural component of Closure Positive Shift (CPS), which is known to capture listeners’ responses to marks of prosodic groups. The speech stimuli were utterances and sequences of nonsense syllables, which contained intonation phrases marked by pitch, and both phrase-internal and phrase-final temporal groups marked by lengthening. Analyses of CPSs show that, across conditions, listeners specifically perceive speech in terms of chunks marked by lengthening. These lengthening marks, which appear universally in languages, create the same type of chunking as that which emerges in sequence learning by humans and animals. This finding supports the view that listeners chunk speech in temporal groups and that this perceptual chunking operates similarly for speech and non-verbal behaviors. Moreover, the results question reports that relate CPS to intonation phrasing without considering the effects of temporal marks. Paper 2: Perceptual chunking and its effect on memory in speech processing: ERP and behavioral evidence We examined how the perceptual chunking of utterances in terms of temporal groups of differing size influences immediate memory of heard speech. To weigh these effects, we used behavioural measures and ERPs, especially the N400 component, which served to evaluate the quality of the memory trace for target lexemes heard in the temporal groups. Variations in the amplitude of the N400 showed a better memory trace for lexemes presented in groups of 3 syllables compared to those in groups of 4 syllables. Response times along with P300 components revealed effects of position of the chunk in the utterance. This is the first study to demonstrate the perceptual chunking of speech on-line and its effects on immediate memory of heard elements. Taken together the results suggest that a general perceptual chunking enhances a buffering of sequential information and a processing of speech on a chunk-by-chunk basis.
108

Intégration hétérogène III-V sur silicium de microlasers à émission par la surface à base de cristaux photoniques

Sciancalepore, Corrado 06 December 2012 (has links) (PDF)
La croissance continue et rapide du trafic de données dans les infrastructures de télécommunications, impose des niveaux de débit de transmission ainsi que de puissance de traitement de l'information, que les capacités intrinsèques des systèmes et microcircuits électroniques ne seront plus en mesure d'assurer à brève échéance : le développement de nouveaux scenarii technologiques s'avère indispensable pour répondre à la demande de bande passante imposée notamment par la révolution de l'internet, tout en préservant une consommation énergétique raisonnable. Dans ce contexte, l'intégration hétérogène fonctionnelle sur silicium de dispositifs photoniques à émission par la surface de type VCSEL utilisant des miroirs large-bandes ultra-compacts à cristaux photoniques constitue une stratégie prometteuse pour surmonter l'impasse technologique actuelle, tout en ouvrant la voie à un développement rapide d'architectures et de systèmes de communications innovants dans le cadre du mariage entre photonique et micro-nano-électronique.
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Design of a low noise, limited area and full on-chip power management for CMOS pixel sensors in high energy physics experiments

Wang, Jia 03 September 2012 (has links) (PDF)
What are the elementary particles and how did the universe originate are the main driving forces in the high energy physics. In order to further demonstrate the standard model and discover new physics, several detectors are built for the high energy physics experiments. CMOS pixel sensors (CPS) can achieve an attractive tradeoff among many performance parameters, such as readout speed, granularity, material budget, power dissipation, radiation tolerance and integrating readout circuitry on the same substrate, compared with the hybrid pixel sensors and charge coupled devices. Thus, the CPS is a good candidate for tracking the charged particles in vertex detectors and beam telescopes.The power distribution becomes an important issue in the future detectors, since a considerable amount of sensors will be installed. Unfortunately, the independent powering has been proved to fail. In order to solve the power distribution challenges and to provide noiseless voltages, this thesis focuses on the design of a low noise, limited area, low power consumption and full on-chip power management in CPS chips. The CPS are firstly introduced drawing the design requirements of the power management. The power distribution dedicated to CPS chips is then proposed, in which the power management is utilized as the second power conversion stage. Two full on-chip regulators are proposed to generate the analog power supply voltage and the reference voltage required by correlated double sampling operation, respectively. Two prototypes have verified these regulators. They can meet the requirements of CPS. Moreover, the power management techniques and the radiation tolerance design are also presented in this thesis.
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IoMT-Based Accurate Stress Monitoring for Smart Healthcare

Rachakonda, Laavanya 05 1900 (has links)
This research proposes Stress-Lysis, iLog and SaYoPillow to automatically detect and monitor the stress levels of a person. To self manage psychological stress in the framework of smart healthcare, a deep learning based novel system (Stress-Lysis) is proposed in this dissertation. The learning system is trained such that it monitors stress levels in a person through human body temperature, rate of motion and sweat during physical activity. The proposed deep learning system has been trained with a total of 26,000 samples per dataset and demonstrates accuracy as high as 99.7%. The collected data are transmitted and stored in the cloud, which can help in real time monitoring of a person's stress levels, thereby reducing the risk of death and expensive treatments. The proposed system has the ability to produce results with an overall accuracy of 98.3% to 99.7%, is simple to implement and its cost is moderate. Chronic stress, uncontrolled or unmonitored food consumption, and obesity are intricately connected, even involving certain neurological adaptations. In iLog we propose a system which can not only monitor but also create awareness for the user of how much food is too much. iLog provides information on the emotional state of a person along with the classification of eating behaviors to Normal-Eating or Stress-Eating. This research proposes a deep learning model for edge computing platforms which can automatically detect, classify and quantify the objects in the plate of the user. Three different paradigms where the idea of iLog can be performed are explored in this research. Two different edge platforms have been implemented in iLog. The platforms include mobile, as it is widely used, and a single board computer which can easily be a part of network for executing experiments, with iLog Glasses being the main wearable. The iLog model has produced an overall accuracy of 98% with an average precision of 85.8%. Smart-Yoga Pillow (SaYoPillow) is envisioned as a device that may help in recognizing the importance of a good quality sleep to alleviate stress while establishing a measurable relationship between stress and sleeping habits. A system that analyzes the sleeping habits by continuously monitoring the physiological changes that occur during rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) stages of sleep is proposed in the current work. In addition to the physiological parameter changes, factors such as sleep duration, snoring range, eye movement, and limb movements are also monitored. The SaYoPillow system is processed at the edge level with the storage being at the cloud. SaYoPillow has 96% accuracy which is close to other existing research works. This research can not only help in keeping an individual self-aware by providing immediate feedback to change the lifestyle of the person in order to lead a healthier life, but can also play a significant role in the state-of-the-art by allowing computing on the edge devices.

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