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+ | ***Proposed | ||
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+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ====== Concurrent Data Structures ====== | ||
- | Listed in alphabetical order of the supervisor' | + | **Supervisor**: |
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Desirable Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | A traditional data structure is designed so that one operation can be performed on it at a time. This is no longer sufficient for the multicore architectures that have become prevalent in the past few years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The goal of this project is to implement concurrent data structures in C so that | ||
+ | performance testing can be carried out on them. In particular, we would like to make use of Intel' | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Dynamic Interface Detection and Control Project ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Contrary to most industries, fine chemical manufacturing is dominated by batch production methods. Increasing economic, environmental and safety pressures are motivating a turn towards continuous synthesis. Rather than making products in one big flask, continuous synthesis involves performing chemical reactions by flowing reagents through a tube. Working in this way provides more control over the reaction parameters leading to increases in product quality, and process efficiency and safety. The flow chemistry industry for fine chemical production is a relatively new but burgeoning field with a projected market capacity of billions of dollars by 2018. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Extraction of the reaction mixture for purification and/or further processing is an important step in chemical manufacturing. This is a relatively straightforward operation in batch production, but offers several challenges for flowing processes. In order to facilitate continuous liquid extraction we require a sophisticated control system. This project involves designing, constructing and evaluating a pertinent practical problem in the field. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A key step in the process takes place in a clear tube that is mounted vertically. The tube contains two fluids with a boundary between them. During the process material flows into and out of the tube from the top and the bottom. Chemical reactions take place within this tube and It is essential that the position of the boundary be monitored as its position in the tube is used to control the flow of materials into the tube. | ||
+ | |||
+ | One way of solving this problem is to float a marker at the boundary between the two liquids and to monitor this boundary using a video camera. Although this approach solves the problem, it requires the introduction of a specific float within the tube. Can we build a system that monitors the boundary without resorting to the use of an artificial float? | ||
+ | |||
+ | Specific goals of the project include: | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Develop a computer vision system that can detect and monitor the interface between two miscible fluids of different density. | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Evaluate the performance of the system over a range of different (and typical) fluids | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Explore the use of different illuminant/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The successful candidate(s) will have the experience of working with a diverse group of scientists and engineers toward the design and implementation of an automated liquid extraction device with applications across many industries. Upon successful prototyping, | ||
+ | |||
+ | For further information please contact, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Michael Jenkin (jenkin@cse.yorku.ca) or Michal Organ (organ@yorku.ca) | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Attentive Sensing for Better Two-Way Communication in Remote Learning Environments ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | good math skills, knowledge of C and MATLAB programming languages | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the challenges in remote learning is to allow students to communicate effectively with the lecturer. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The goal of this project is to apply attentive sensing technology (www.elderlab.yorku.ca) to this problem. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In particular, working with a senior graduate student or postdoctoral fellow, the successful applicant will: | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Study the problem of detecting hand-raises in the preattentive sensor stream | ||
+ | - Implement algorithms for detecting hand-raises based upon this investigation | ||
+ | - Evaluate these algorithms in a real-classroom setting, using proprietary attentive sensing technology | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Attentive Sensing for Sport Video Recording Markets ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | The goal of this project is to modify York University’s patented attentive sensor technology to the sport video recording market. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The general problem is to use attentive sensing technology (www.elderlab.yorku.ca) to visually detect and track multiple moving agents (e.g., skiers, riders, horses) and to select specific agents for active high-resolution smooth pursuit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The student will work with senior graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists to help modify the attentive sensing technology to operate in these domains. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. | ||
+ | 2. | ||
+ | 3. | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Mining Software Repositories Data====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Short Description: | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Model-based Design and Development of Embedded Systems with Code Generation Tools====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background: | ||
+ | such as Arduino. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Project Description: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Model-based design with code generation tools can be used for simulation, rapid prototyping, | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======C2000 Concerto Microcontrollers====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background: | ||
+ | strong C programming skills, solid knowledge of microcontrollers | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Description: | ||
+ | two cores on a single-chip with on-chip low latency interprocessor communication between the two cores: a C28x 32-bit control core for | ||
+ | real-time control with faster/more loops and small sampling window; | ||
+ | and an ARM 32-bit Cortex-M3 host core for communications and general purpose. The selected student will evaluate the capabilities of the | ||
+ | C2000 Concerto family of microcontrollers through testing and investigating open source software for real-time control applications | ||
+ | that runs on C2000 Concerto Microcontrollers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Real-Time Bidding Platform====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background: | ||
+ | (CSE3221), strong Ubuntu/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Description: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ======Circuit and Board Design for a Pulsed Ground Penetrating Radar====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Description: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background** A background in undergraduate-level electronics is very important. | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Some projects proposed in earlier semesters: | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ------------------ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Tracking and Activity Recognition Through Consensus in Distributed Camera Networks====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background: ** Computer Vision or Signal and Systems Course preferred; Matlab; Interest in Signal/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Short Description: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [1] A. Mohammadi and A. Asif, Distributed Particle Filter Implementation with Intermittent/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | [2] A. Mohammadi and A. Asif, Decentralized Sensor Selection based on the Distributed Posterior Cramer-Rao Lower Bound, in proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Information Fusion, Singapore, 2012. pp. 1668-1675. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== 3D Drawing System with Leap Motion finger tracker ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Leap Motion, leapmotion.com, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== 3D Drawing System with 3Gear gesture tracker ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | The 3Gear system, threegear.com, | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Tilt Target Selection on Touchscreen Phones ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Touchscreen mobile devices commonly use a built-in accelerometer to sense movement or tilting actions of the device. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Readings**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Attentive Sensing for Better Two-Way Communication in Remote Learning Environments ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | good math skills, knowledge of C and MATLAB programming languages | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the challenges in remote learning is to allow students to communicate effectively with the lecturer. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The goal of this project is to apply attentive sensing technology (www.elderlab.yorku.ca) to this problem. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In particular, working with a senior graduate student or postdoctoral fellow, the successful applicant will: | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Study the problem of detecting hand-raises in the preattentive sensor stream | ||
+ | - Implement algorithms for detecting hand-raises based upon this investigation | ||
+ | - Evaluate these algorithms in a real-classroom setting, using proprietary attentive sensing technology | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Attentive Sensing for Sport Video Recording Markets ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | The goal of this project is to modify York University’s patented attentive sensor technology to the sport video recording market. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The general problem is to use attentive sensing technology (www.elderlab.yorku.ca) to visually detect and track multiple moving agents (e.g., skiers, riders, horses) and to select specific agents for active high-resolution smooth pursuit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The student will work with senior graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists to help modify the attentive sensing technology to operate in these domains. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. | ||
+ | 2. | ||
+ | 3. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Continuation of a Path Diagram to Syntax Application ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Recommended Background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical technique that is becoming increasingly popular in the educational and behavioral sciences. SEM allows researchers to test the validity of hypothesized models involving complex relationships among multiple variables. Collected data is used to estimate the parameters of the equations and assessing the fit of the model. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The software required is an application that allows researchers to define their hypothesized models visually and will output the correct syntax for the analytical software of their choosing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To date a promising functional application has been developed in JAVA by a Computer Science student as a 4080 project. The existing software allows the user to draw a path diagram and outputs code for the R package sem. There are a number of improvements to be made (refinements and additions to graphical user interface) and then the application needs to be extended to output syntax appropriate for additional software applications (openMX, MPlus and EQS). Though this project may not begin at “the first stages” of the software lifecycle, this scenario is likely common in the software development market. In addition, the student will be working with a primary “client” who is far less technically advanced, which is also reflective of real-world situations. | ||
+ | |||
+ | More details {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Enabling SaaS access to an experimental AI planner ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required Background**: | ||
+ | 3402 -- Functional & Logic Programming, | ||
+ | 3101 -- Design and Analysis of Algorithms, | ||
+ | 4302 -- Compilers and Interpreters. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Description**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | The components are various Unix executables and LISP programs that need to interact in complex ways. The components may be residing in different servers in different universities. Currently integration is performed manually, at the expense of usability. Thus, we aim at constructing a module that: (a) integrates involved components to deliver output in one call, (b) exports a unique web interface (preferably following WSDL/SOAP) to be easily accessed by custom front-end tools by anyone, anywhere, (c ) offers a simple front-end for human users. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Learning objectives: | ||
+ | * Understand the technologies and process involved in turning native code into a web-service (" | ||
+ | * Study a state-of-the-art AI planner and understand its workings. | ||
+ | * Exercise scripting skills. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Predicting Angular Error in Rigid Registration ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Description**: | ||
+ | navigation. Several (seemingly) different approaches for predicting | ||
+ | distance errors in registration are known, but for some surgical | ||
+ | procedures, the angular error in registration is more important. | ||
+ | This project will validate an approach for predicting angular | ||
+ | error in registration; | ||
+ | simulated and actual registration data for testing purposes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Calibration of a Tracked Pointer ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Description**: | ||
+ | navigation systems. A typical pointer has a tracked target on one | ||
+ | end and a sharp or ball tip on the other end. Finding the location | ||
+ | of the tip relative to the target is a calibration problem. One | ||
+ | solution to the calibration problem involves pivoting the pointer | ||
+ | about the tip while tracking the target; if the tip is kept | ||
+ | stationary, then the target moves on the surface of a sphere. | ||
+ | Fitting the tracking data to the surface of a sphere yields the | ||
+ | location of the tip as the sphere center. Unfortunately, | ||
+ | calibrated tip position obtained using such a spherical calibration | ||
+ | has high variance. This project will investigate how much variance | ||
+ | there is in the calibrated tip position, and methods for reducing | ||
+ | the variance of the calibrated tip position. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== A privacy safeguard framework for sharing photos on Facebook ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Supervisor**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **Description**: | ||
+ | One of the major privacy concerns in Online Social Networks is photo sharing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Required prerequisite background**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Desired prerequisite**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ____ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | (These projects were proposed in Summer 2011. | ||
+ | Listed in alphabetical order of the supervisor' | ||
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- | Simulation for Forest Fire Detection | + | ===Simulation for Forest Fire Detection=== |
Supervisor: Rob Allison | Supervisor: Rob Allison | ||
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- | Study of self-motion perception in microgravity | + | ===Study of self-motion perception in microgravity=== |
Supervisor: Rob Allison | Supervisor: Rob Allison | ||
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- | Stereoscopic cinema calculator | + | ===Stereoscopic cinema calculator=== |
Supervisor: Rob Allison | Supervisor: Rob Allison | ||
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- | Computer pointing devices and the speed-accuracy tradeoff | + | ===Computer pointing devices and the speed-accuracy tradeoff=== |
Supervisor: Scott MacKenzie | Supervisor: Scott MacKenzie | ||
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- | One key text entry | + | ===One key text entry=== |
Supervisor: Scott MacKenzie | Supervisor: Scott MacKenzie | ||
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- | The Algorithmics Animation Workshop | + | ===The Algorithmics Animation Workshop=== |
Supervisor: Andy Mirzaian | Supervisor: Andy Mirzaian | ||
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- | ====Selenium/ | + | ===Selenium/ |
Supervisor: Jonathan Ostroff | Supervisor: Jonathan Ostroff | ||
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- | Automated Reasoning System for Quantified Propositional Logic | + | ===Automated Reasoning System for Quantified Propositional Logic=== |
Supervisor: Zbigniew Stachniak | Supervisor: Zbigniew Stachniak | ||
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- | NABU Network Emulator | + | ===NABU Network Emulator=== |
Supervisor: Zbigniew Stachniak | Supervisor: Zbigniew Stachniak | ||
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Background : The NABU Network was designed and implemented by a Canadian company NABU Manufacturing between 1981 and 1983. The underlying idea behind the network was to link home personal computers to cable television networks which would supply a continuous, high speed stream of computer programs and information (at the rate of 6.5 Mbits per second) to almost an unlimited number of users. Cable television was a uniquely ideal technology for NABU to deliver software and data to home computers because of its high bandwidth and networking capabilities. After the official launch on Ottawa Cablevision in October of 1983, the NABU Network was introduced by Ottawa' | Background : The NABU Network was designed and implemented by a Canadian company NABU Manufacturing between 1981 and 1983. The underlying idea behind the network was to link home personal computers to cable television networks which would supply a continuous, high speed stream of computer programs and information (at the rate of 6.5 Mbits per second) to almost an unlimited number of users. Cable television was a uniquely ideal technology for NABU to deliver software and data to home computers because of its high bandwidth and networking capabilities. After the official launch on Ottawa Cablevision in October of 1983, the NABU Network was introduced by Ottawa' | ||
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- | Robotic tangible user interface for large tabletops | + | ===Robotic tangible user interface for large tabletops=== |
Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | ||
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Tangible user interfaces provide the user with object that they can touch and use as input devices. One example is the use of (tracked) toy houses to perform a city planning task on a large surface. This project implements a new form of tracking/ | Tangible user interfaces provide the user with object that they can touch and use as input devices. One example is the use of (tracked) toy houses to perform a city planning task on a large surface. This project implements a new form of tracking/ | ||
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- | Better Layout Mechanisms for User Interfaces Toolkits | + | ===Better Layout Mechanisms for User Interfaces Toolkits=== |
Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | ||
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The layout mechanisms for many GUI toolkits are hard to understand and often difficult to use. This project investigates new, easy-to-understand layout mechanisms and evaluates an implementation of one of them in a comparative user study. Platform: any modern GUI toolkit. | The layout mechanisms for many GUI toolkits are hard to understand and often difficult to use. This project investigates new, easy-to-understand layout mechanisms and evaluates an implementation of one of them in a comparative user study. Platform: any modern GUI toolkit. | ||
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- | Predicting Visibility Obstructions for a 6DOF Tracker | + | ===Predicting Visibility Obstructions for a 6DOF Tracker=== |
Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | ||
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Previous work of the supervisor generated a novel and highly accurate Virtual Reality tracking system based on (eye-safe) laser diodes. The speed and accuracy of this system matches or exceeds the specification of all competing commercial systems. However, this system works only in 5 or 6-sided immersive display environment. Recent work has adapted the system to track successfully with as little as one large display wall and has also characterized the accuracy more comprehensively. The next step is to generalize the system to work in normal rooms, which may have lamps, shelves, etc. Here, visibility obstructions play a significant role and predicting these obstructions can be used to increase the tracking accuracy. This project will simulate a new method for visibility obstruction prediction to detect how big an increase in accuracy can be expected. | Previous work of the supervisor generated a novel and highly accurate Virtual Reality tracking system based on (eye-safe) laser diodes. The speed and accuracy of this system matches or exceeds the specification of all competing commercial systems. However, this system works only in 5 or 6-sided immersive display environment. Recent work has adapted the system to track successfully with as little as one large display wall and has also characterized the accuracy more comprehensively. The next step is to generalize the system to work in normal rooms, which may have lamps, shelves, etc. Here, visibility obstructions play a significant role and predicting these obstructions can be used to increase the tracking accuracy. This project will simulate a new method for visibility obstruction prediction to detect how big an increase in accuracy can be expected. | ||
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- | Extensions to a 3D Modeling System | + | ===Extensions to a 3D Modeling System=== |
Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger | Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger |
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