There is growing interest in bio(logy)-inspired approaches that are inspired by the principles of biology and that can solve difficult problems. In this paper, we propose a new computational algorithm that is inspired by molecular mechanics for the solution of complex problems. There is a deep and useful connection between mechanics mechanics and combinatorial optimization. This connection expo...

Nanoelectronics is the development of electronic devices with dimensions between one and ten nanometers. If Moore’s law continues to hold, it could be possible to construct Avogadro Computer, i.e. an architecture that efficiently employs 10 elements to perform computation, sometimes about 2020 [3]. Shorter-time prediction says that chips will contain 10 transistors and will operate at 10-15 GHz...

Unsupervised projection approaches can support Intrusion Detection Systems for computer network security. The involved technologies assist a network manager in detecting anomalies and potential threats by an intuitive display of the progression of network traffic. Projection methods operate as smart compression tools and map raw, high-dimensional traffic data into 2-D or 3-D spaces for subseque...

A narrowband MEMS direction finding sensor has been developed based on the mechanically coupled ears of the Ormia Ochracea fly. The sensor consists of two wings coupled at the middle and attached to a substrate using two legs. The sensor operates at its bending resonance frequency and has cosine directional characteristics similar to that of a pressure gradient microphone. Thus, the directional...

Modern optoelectronics needs development of new materials characterized not only by high optical transparency and electrical conductivity, but also by mechanical strength, and flexibility. Recent advances employ grids of metallic micro- and nanowires, but the overall performance of the resulting material composites remains unsatisfactory. In this work, we propose a new strategy: application of ...

In this paper, we propose a new approach to recognize 2D faces. This approach is based on experiments performed in the field of cognitive science to understand how people recognize a face. To extract features, the image is first decomposed on a base of wavelets using four-level Difference Of Gaussians (DOGs) functions which are a good modeling of human visual system; then different Regions Of I...

Inspired by the roles of hair cells in nature, this study aims to develop and characterize two new sets of novel flow sensors. One set of sensors developed and studied in this work are flow sensors fabricated using carbon nanomaterials. These sensors are made by embedding carbon nanotubes (CNT) and carbon nanohorns (CNH) into a polymeric substrate and then tested by flowing a conductive aqueous...

We present a time domain approach to explore a sound transformation paradigm for musical performance. Given a set of sounds containing a priori desired qualities and a population of agents interacting locally, the method generates both musical form and matter resulting from sonic trajectories. This proposal involves the use of bio-inspired algorithms, which possess intrinsic features of adaptiv...

Effective image segmentation remains a challenging process as it constitutes a critical step to higher level image processing applications such as pattern recognition. In this paper,we present bio-inspired formulationto perform unsupervised image segmentation. Specifically,we used the Quantum PSO, the hybrid Gravitational PSO algorithm, a cooperative gravitational approach and the bees approach...

2.1 Fabrication of microstructures (silicon spikes) Single crystal n-type Si (1 0 0) wafers were subjected to laser irradiation in a vacuum chamber evacuated down to a residual pressure of 10 -2 mbar. A constant pressure of 500 Torr was maintained during the process through a precision micro valve system. The irradiating laser source was constituted by a regenerative amplified Ti:Sapphire (λ = ...