Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been proposed as a key enabler to improve the coverage of signals and mitigate frequent blockages in millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications. However, channel state information (CSI) acquisition is one major challenges for practical deployment RIS. The passive RIS without any baseband processing capabilities b...

Designing spaces that are able to balance illumination, glare and solar gains over a whole year is a real challenge, yet a problem faced every day by building envelope designers. To assist them in this search, a full year, climate-based daylighting simulation method was developed, called Lightsolve, meant to be used early on in the design process when façade and space details have not yet been ...

Early stage design provides the greatest opportunities to explore design alternatives and perform trade studies before costly design decisions are made. The goal of this research is to develop a simulation-based framework that enables architectural analysis of complex systems during the conceptual design phase. Using this framework, design teams can systematically explore architectural design d...

In this paper, we present an efficient rapid system design framework for fuzzy systems. Considering hardware and software capability, the given system specification is broken into two components: conceptual and parameter specifications. The conceptual specification contains the system core, which is unchanged throughout the simulation phase and can be implemented in hardware at an early stage. ...

I propose a computational model of industry evolution capable of matching many stylized facts. It views the firm as a myopic but adaptive entity whose survival depends on its ability to perform various activities with greater efficiency than its rivals. In this model, the shakeout pattern arises naturally in the early stage of industrial development. I provide a full comparative dynamics analys...

As the range of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) designed as specific carriers increases, for example for cell targeting and drug delivery, the question on how many NPs are interacting or are taken up by cells is becoming increasingly important for any potential biomedical application. On one hand, the delivered dose of such NPs to the targeted cells is a key parameter in the assessment of their ...

Bbstmcf In designing and specifying a system that will be used to provide telecommunications services to a user population, it is important to identify all major actors involved, and their individual concerns at an early stage and to carry this knowledge through to the design and implementation of the service. Within the RACE EuroBridge pmject efforts are underway to provide a a toolkit and a u...