This paper provides an overview of the SWARM-BOTS project, a robotic project sponsored by the Future and Emerging Technologies program of the European Commission. The paper illustrates the goals of the project, the robot prototype and the 3D simulator we built. It also reports on the results of experimental work in which distributed adaptive controllers are used to control a group of real, or s...

PURPOSE Recent studies have shown that the risk of cerebro- and cardiovascular events (CVEs) is higher in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) than in those with essential hypertension (EH), and that silent brain infarction (SBI) is a risk factor and predictor of CVEs. Here, we evaluated the relationship between findings from laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG), a recently introduced non-invasi...

To date, CAPTCHAs have served as the first line of defense to prevent unauthorized access by (malicious) bots web-based services, while at same time maintaining a trouble-free experience for human visitors. However, recent work in literature has shown that sophisticated using advancements Machine Learning (ML) can easily bypass existing CAPTCHA-based defenses. This introduces CAPTURE, novel CAP...

AIMS To compare rates and predictors of documented hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes patients treated with either basal insulin supported oral therapy (BOT), conventional therapy (CT) or supplementary insulin therapy (SIT) in primary care. METHODS Data from 10,842 anonymous patients (mean age ± SD: 54 ± 8 yrs) on BOT, 2,407 subjects (56 ± 7 yrs) on CT, and 7,480 patients (52 ± 10 yrs) using SI...

We describe an approach for simulating human game-play in strategy games using a variety of AI techniques, including simulated annealing, decision tree learning, and case-based reasoning. We have implemented an AI-bot that uses these techniques to form a novel approach for planning fleet movements and attacks in DEFCON, a nuclear war simulation strategy game released in 2006 by Introversion Sof...

Metaschedulers can distribute parts of a Bag-of-Tasks (BoT) application among various resource providers in order to speed up its execution. The expected completion time of the user application is then calculated based on the run time estimates of all applications running and waiting for resources. However, due to inaccurate run time estimates, initial schedules are not those that provide users...

Networks of compromised machines called botnets are one of the most threatening adversaries over the Internet due in large part to the difficulty of identifying botnet traffic patterns. We have witnessed that existing signature-based detection and protection methods are ineffective in dealing with new unknown bots. By slightly modifying the code of an existing bot, bot commanders can bypass mos...

We examined the utility of frame-of-reference (FOR) training and behavioral observation training (BOT) for enhancing rating accuracy in a field study involving Canadian military personnel. Participants were randomly assigned to either (a) FOR training, (b) FOR training + BOT, or (c) control training. Participants were assessed on a variety of training program evaluation criteria, including rati...