Block Level Social Contacts in Low-Cost Flats

Low computational cost integrity for block ciphers

Encryption algorithms supply confidentiality to communications between parties. However, only under certain circumstances, encryption might also supply integrity validation. For those situations, where encryption algorithms do not supply any integrity protection, additional mechanisms must be implemented (hash functions, digital signature). In this way, many solutions have been proposed in the ...

PILS: Low-Cost Water-Level Monitoring

Leveraging Laptops: Resources for Low-Cost Low-Level AI

The ubiquity and capability of off-the-shelf laptop computers offer AI educators remarkable opportunities to reach broadly across the subfields of AI. By leveraging student laptops, instructors can make so-called low-level subfields of artificial intelligence – for example, computer vision and robotics -almost as accessible as investigations into higher-level topics that might rely less on sens...

A Low-Cost Parallel VLSI Architecture for Low-Level Vision

111 this work a nlassively parallel VLSI architectu re is discussed: PAPRICA, a mesh connected machine that can also simulate a pyramidal architecture. Its computational paradigm is based on the lnatchiug operator as defined in nlathematical morphology. This description is equivalent to the Cellular Automata paradigm, which can simplify the design of PAPRICA applications in low-level vision. PA...

Energy Conservation through Social Competitions in Blocks of Flats

Buildings are responsible for a large fraction of the world’s total electrical consumption. Energy awareness of residents, by means of timely electrical consumption feedback through smart metering, aims to reduce the waste of energy. Further savings can be achieved by leveraging social norms and entertainment to drive sustainable behavior. In this paper, we investigate two important pillars in ...