EECS Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Design and implementation of a remote assistance application for persons with visual impairments
(Wichita State University, 2021-07)Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired (BVI) confront numerous problems when completing regular duties or exploring new places. Getting assistance from strangers is not always desirable in such situations. With ... -
Advanced control strategies of PMSM based wind energy conversion systems
(Wichita State University, 2021-07)Wind energy conversion system (WECS) is a system helps to produce the electrical energy by transforming the incoming air stream. This system has two basic steps. First step is the mechanical power which comes from the ... -
Boolean algebra based interdependency modeling for reliability evaluation of a cyber enabled power system
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)The development of new technology and changes in the climatic conditions brought some new methods in the generation of power. Along with these came the advancements of communication and control infrastructure of cyber which ... -
Mask - aware face recognition system
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)This work presents a novel approach to face recognition that recognizes faces both with and without facial masks worn during the Covid-19 pandemic. The two-fold contribution of this study are: evaluation of the hand-crafted ... -
In-hospital mortality prediction for patients with congestive heart failure using long short-term memory and gated recurrent units
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Mortality prediction is a determinant factor in Intensive Care Units (ICU). The high costs associated with a patient’s stay in an ICU can place a burden on any health care system around the world. The ability to accurately ... -
A method for generating near optimal t-closed equivalence classes
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)A huge volume of data emanates from various digital sources, this data having sensitive information is being stored and released for purposes that serve the common good through the advancement of knowledge. Organizations ... -
Modeling criminal prediction schemes on smart contracts
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Criminals are increasingly using the blockchain to commit fraud and fund physical-world crimes. The blockchain is particularly advantageous for criminals due to its trustless, decentralized, and pseudonymous properties. ... -
Using decoy documents to detect masquerade attacks
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Privacy, security and integrity of data are becoming ever more important in a connected world. While every effort is being made to keep cyber criminals away from sensitive information, sometimes they succeed in bypassing ... -
Devil’s DGA
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Botnets are a collection of devices that have been infected with malware to grant control to a cyber attacker over that device. Botnets are primarily operated over the internet, where the devices can contact the cyber ... -
A fast time series power flow method for active distribution system control applications
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Power system balancing, where supply of energy has to equal demand all time, is a very important constraint for electric power systems. In recent years, number of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and penetration of ... -
A hybrid physics aware learning based transmission line resistance estimation algorithm for dynamic line rating application
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)The worldwide push towards a more intelligent, connected and reliable electric power delivery system has led to the propagation of a wide range of new technologies and ideas within the power grid infrastructure. Thus, the ... -
Short term forecasting of solar power with machine learning and time series techniques
(Wichita State University, 2020-12)Solar electric generation is the fastest-growing and lowest-cost form of electric generation today. Since solar power generation is variable, nonlinear, and unpredictable, it is posing technical and economic challenges to ... -
Deep learning for optimal dynamic control of the internet of things
(Wichita State University, 2020-12)In recent years, industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has gained considerable attention in both industry and academia. In manufacturing sector, factories use the real-time big data collected from their IoT-enabled machines ... -
Anfis-fuzzy logic based UPQC in interconnected microgrid distribution systems: Modelling, simulation and implementation
(Wichita State University, 2020-12)This study focuses on the improvement of the power quality in interconnected power distribution systems using connected microgrids. The power quality issues at the secondary distribution level are addressed using a ... -
Modeling the evolution of open quantum systems
(Wichita State University, 2020-07)The motivation for the research is to find a method to describe the evolution of an open single qubit system since the Schrödinger equation cannot be used. Therefore, to do this, the single qubit is first coupled to another ... -
A method for t-close anonymization in the presence of multiple numerical sensitive attributes
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Privacy Preserving Data Publishing is an area of research focused on developing methods of anonymizing sensitive relational data such that it can be published without compromising the privacy of the individuals the data ... -
Optimization of electric vehicle charging schedule using distributed network computing
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)In recent years, the number of electric vehicles has increased dramatically, and the forecast shows that this speed of growth will accelerate even more over the next ten years. The significant growth in the number of ... -
Automated testing to detect status data loss in android applications
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Mobile applications are increasing in a significant amount, each to address the requirements of many users. However, the quick developments and enhancements are resulting in many underlying defects. When user installs an ... -
Algorithms and frameworks towards sensing data in smart cities
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)The concept of smart cities (SCs) has been evolved in recent years in gaining signi cant importance for intelligent development and sustainable socio-economic growth of cities. The wide use of information and communication ... -
A brain-inspired framework for evolutionary artificial general intelligence
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)From the medical field to agriculture, from energy to transportation, every industry is going through a revolution by embracing artificial intelligence (AI); nevertheless, AI is still in its infancy when compared to the ...