In our previous work Li et al., in Proc of 3rd IEEE Int Workshop on Engineering of Automatic & Automation Systems, Potsdam, Germany, 2006, pp 25–34; Li et al., in Proc Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization, Granada, Spain, 2006, pp 123–134, we introduced automated self-assembly programming paradigm (ASAP2) using unguided selfassembly and swarm-inspired methodologie...

The incidence of thin-film-guided, in-plane unguided waves at oblique angles on straight discontinuities of dielectric slab waveguides, an early problem of integrated optics, is being reconsidered. The 3-D frequency domain Maxwell equations reduce to a parametrized inhomogeneous vectorial problem on a 2-D computational domain, with transparent-influx boundary conditions. We propose a rigorous v...

The Cambridge Rocketry Simulator can be used to simulate the flight of unguided rockets for both design and operational applications. The software consists of three parts: The first part is a GUI that enables the user to design a rocket. The second part is a verified and peer-reviewed physics model that simulates the rocket flight. This includes a Monte Carlo wrapper to model the uncertainty in...

We present a system that uses evolutionary optimization to suggest new story-world events that, if added to an existing interactive story, would most improve the average interactive experience, according to author-supplied criteria. In doing so, we aim to apply some of the ideas from drama-managed storytelling, such as authorial aesthetic control, in an unguided setting more akin to emergent st...

This study seeks to explore perspectives of EFL teachers with regard the experience viewing experts’ videos and without guidance in an online platform how this is mirrored their reflective practice. Twelve pre-service watched eight expert teaching real ESL/EFL classes different contexts over world. The participants wrote journals, responded questions embedded a post-treatment questionnaire. Qua...

We consider the use of virtual humans and an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) for the teaching of cultural social conventions. Our learning environment is a serious game that requires the learner to establish trust and reach agreements with virtual characters of a different culture. An intelligent tutoring system provides culturally focused learning support during and after the meetings with t...

Human operators of real-world co-robots, such as excavator, require extensive experience to skillfully handle these complicated machines in uncertain safetycritical environments. We consider the problem of human-robot collaborative learning and task execution, where efficient human-robot interaction is critical to safely and efficiently accomplish complex tasks in uncertain environments. Our co...

As sharing agreements are being ratified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for various spectrum bands for commercial broadband use, it also opens up an equally challenging problem of enforcing these policies. The efficacy of an enforcement system greatly depends on the accuracy of evidential information and the speed of adjudication. The inherent unguided and unbounded nature of ra...

Free space optical (FSO) communication link is a line of sight (LOS) wireless link between the nodes separated by an unguided medium such that visible and infrared bands of the spectrum are used as data carrier. Recent past has witnessed huge revival of research interest in this field so as to make FSO commercially viable and looking into this prospective, data modulation techniques are one of ...