Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (DInSAR) is a microwave remote sensing technique that allows us to investigate surface deformation phenomena with a centimeter to millimeter accuracy with a large spatial coverage capability. Firstly applied to investigate single deformation events, the DInSAR algorithms have further been developed to analyze the temporal evolution of the det...

Optical sensing plays an important role in theranostics due to its capability to detect hint biochemical entities or molecular targets as well as to precisely monitor specific fundamental psychological processes. Rare-earth (RE) doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are promising for these endeavors due to their unique frequency converting capability; they emit efficient and sharp visible or...

The spectral capability of early satellite sensors opened new perspectives in the field of archaeological research. The recent availability of hyperspectral and multispectral satellite imageries has established a valid and low cost alternative to aerial imagery in the field of archaeological remote sensing. The high spatial resolution and spectral capability can make the VHR satellite images a ...

Situation calculus has been applied widely in artificial intelligence to model and reason about actions and changes in dynamic systems. Since actions carried out by agents will cause constant changes of the agents’ beliefs, how to manage these changes is a very important issue. Shapiro et al. [22] is one of the studies that considered this issue. However, in this framework, the problem of noisy...

We consider a cooperative relaying system which consists of a number of source terminals, one shared relay, and a common destination with multi-packet reception (MPR) capability. In this paper, we study the stability and delay analysis for two cooperative relaying schemes; the sensing-based cooperative (SBC) scheme and the decision-based cooperative (DBC) scheme. In the SBC scheme, the relay se...

For surveillance applications of wireless sensor networks, analysis of sensing coverage and quality of sensing is crucial. For rough terrains where obstacles block the sensing capability, region-based approaches must be employed to determine the sensing quality. In this paper, we present a method to determine the breach paths and the deployment quality defined as the minimum of the maximum dete...

Recently, smart composites that serve as multi-functional materials have gained popularity for structural and infrastructural applications yielding condition assessment capabilities. An emerging application is the monitoring prediction of fatigue road infrastructure, where these systems may benefit from ability to detect estimate vehicle loads via weigh-in-motion (WIM) sensing without interrupt...

Haptic feedback is appealing for achieving the realistic perception of environmental changes human bodies in human–computer interaction fields. However, existing haptic actuators have some hurdles such as single mode, poor compatibility, or incomplete tactile information. In this study, we proposed a novel way to generate by designing soft electro-hydraulic pneumatic actuator (SEHPA) with dual ...