• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2022

Underwater optical images face various limitations that degrade the image quality compared with optical images taken in our atmosphere. Attenuation according to the wavelength of light and reflection by very small floating objects cause low contrast, blurry clarity, and color degradation in underwater images. We constructed an image data of the Korean sea and enhanced it by learning the characteristics of underwater images using the deep learning techniques of CycleGAN (cycle-consistent adversarial network), UGAN (underwater GAN), FUnIE-GAN (fast underwater image enhancement GAN). In addition, the underwater optical image was enhanced using the image processing technique of Image Fusion. For a quantitative performance comparison, UIQM (underwater image quality measure), which evaluates the performance of the enhancement in terms of colorfulness, sharpness, and contrast, and UCIQE (underwater color image quality evaluation), which evaluates the performance in terms of chroma, luminance, and saturation were calculated. For 100 underwater images taken in Korean seas, the average UIQMs of CycleGAN, UGAN, and FUnIE-GAN were 3.91, 3.42, and 2.66, respectively, and the average UCIQEs were measured to be 29.9, 26.77, and 22.88, respectively. The average UIQM and UCIQE of Image Fusion were 3.63 and 23.59, respectively. CycleGAN and UGAN qualitatively and quantitatively improved the image quality in various underwater environments, and FUnIE-GAN had performance differences depending on the underwater environment. Image Fusion showed good performance in terms of color correction and sharpness enhancement. It is expected that this method can be used for monitoring underwater works and the autonomous operation of unmanned vehicles by improving the visibility of underwater situations more accurately.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2022

The cable component of cable-stayed bridges is gradually impacted by weather conditions, vehicle loads, and material corrosion. The stayed cable is a critical load-carrying part that closely affects the operational stability of a cable-stayed bridge. Damaged cables might lead to the bridge collapse due to their tension capacity reduction. Thus, it is necessary to develop structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques that accurately identify damaged cables. In this work, a combinational identification method of three efficient techniques, including statistical analysis, clustering, and neural network models, is proposed to detect the damaged cable in a cable-stayed bridge. The measured dataset from the bridge was initially preprocessed to remove the outlier channels. Then, the theory and application of each technique for damage detection were introduced. In general, the statistical approach extracts the parameters representing the damage within time series, and the clustering approach identifies the outliers from the data signals as damaged members, while the deep learning approach uses the nonlinear data dependencies in SHM for the training model. The performance of these approaches in classifying the damaged cable was assessed, and the combinational identification method was obtained using the voting ensemble. Finally, the combination method was compared with an existing outlier detection algorithm, support vector machines (SVM). The results demonstrate that the proposed method is robust and provides higher accuracy for the damaged cable detection in the cable-stayed bridge.

• KNOM Review
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

VM (Virtual Machine) live migration은 VM에서 동작하는 서비스의 downtime을 최소화하면서 해당 VM을 다른 서버 노드로 이전시키는 서버 가상화 기술이다. 클라우드 데이터센터에서는 로드밸런싱, 특정 위치 서버로의 consolidation 통한 전력 소비 감소, 서버 유지보수(maintenance) 작업 중에도 사용자에게 무중단 서비스를 제공하기 위한 목적 등으로 VM live migration 기술이 활발히 사용되고 있다. 또한 고장 및 장애 상황이 예측되거나 그 징후가 탐지되는 경우, 예방 및 완화 수단으로 활용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서 우리는 두 가지 선제적(proactive) VNF live migration 방법을 제안하며, 첫 번째 방법은 서버 로드밸런싱에 VNF live migration 기법을 사용하며 두 번째 방법은 고장 예측에 기반하여 고장 회피 목적으로 VNF live migration을 사용한다. 선제적 migration을 위한 예측에 머신러닝(기계학습)을 활용하며 실험을 통해 그 실효성을 검증한다. 특히 두 번째 방법에 대해 vEPC (Virtual Evolved Packet Core)의 고장 상황을 case study한 결과를 제시한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.351-363
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• 2023

Visual structural inspections are an inseparable part of post-earthquake damage assessments. With unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) establishing a new frontier in visual inspections, there are major computational challenges in processing the collected massive amounts of high-resolution visual data. We propose twin deep learning models that can provide accurate high-resolution structural components and damage segmentation masks efficiently. The traditional approach to cope with high memory computational demands is to either uniformly downsample the raw images at the price of losing fine local details or cropping smaller parts of the images leading to a loss of global contextual information. Therefore, our twin models comprising Trainable Resizing for high-resolution Segmentation Network (TRS-Net) and DmgFormer approaches the global and local semantics from different perspectives. TRS-Net is a compound, high-resolution segmentation architecture equipped with learnable downsampler and upsampler modules to minimize information loss for optimal performance and efficiency. DmgFormer utilizes a transformer backbone and a convolutional decoder head with skip connections on a grid of crops aiming for high precision learning without downsizing. An augmented inference technique is used to boost performance further and reduce the possible loss of context due to grid cropping. Comprehensive experiments have been performed on the 3D physics-based graphics models (PBGMs) synthetic environments in the QuakeCity dataset. The proposed framework is evaluated using several metrics on three segmentation tasks: component type, component damage state, and global damage (crack, rebar, spalling). The models were developed as part of the 2^nd International Competition for Structural Health Monitoring.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.409-423
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• 2023

North Korea is carrying out reclamation activities in tidal flat areas distributed throughout the west coast. Previousremote sensing research on North Korean tidal flats either failsto reflect recent trends or focuses on identifying and analyzing tidal flats. Thisstudy aimsto quantify the impact of recent reclamation activitiesin North Korea's coastal areas and contribute knowledge useful for determining the best remote sensing methods for coastal areas with limited accessibility, such as those in North Korea. Using Landsat-8 OLI images from 2014-2022, we analyzed land cover changesin an area on the west coast of Pyeonganbuk-do where reclamation activities are underway. Unsupervised classification using the normalized difference water index and the random forest classification technique were each used to divide the study area into classification groups, and changes in their areas over time were analyzed. The resultsshow a clear decrease in the water area and a tendency to increase cultivated area,supporting the evidence that North Korea'sreclamation isfor agricultural land expansion.Along coasts behind seawalls, the water area decreased by nearly half, and the cultivated area increased by over 2,300%, indicating significant changes and highlighting the anthropogenic nature of the cover changes due to reclamation. Both methods demonstrated high accuracy, making them suitable for detecting cover changes caused by reclamation. It is expected that further quality research will be conducted through the use of high-resolution satellite images and by combining data from multiple satellites in the future.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2023

The overuse of pesticides in agricultural sectors exposes people to food contamination. Pesticides are toxic to humans and can have both acute and chronic health effects. To protect food consumers from the adverse effects of pesticides, a rapid monitoring system of the residues is in dire need. Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) on a screen-printed electrode (SPE) is a leading and promising electrochemical sensing approach for the detection of several residues including pesticides. Despite the huge development in analytical instrumentation developed for contaminant detection in recent years such as HPLC and GC/MS, these conventional techniques are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Additionally, the imprinted SPE detection system offers a simple portable setup where all electrodes are integrated into a single strip, and a more affordable approach compared to MIP attached to traditional rod electrodes. Recently, numerous reviews have been published on the production and sensing applications of MIPs however, the research field lacks reviews on the use of MIPs on electrochemical sensors utilizing the SPE technology. This paper presents a distinguished overview of the MIP technique used on bare and modified SPEs for the detection of pesticides from four recent publications which are malathion, chlorpyrifos, paraoxon and cyhexatin. Different molecular imprint routes were used to prepare these biomimetic sensors including solution polymerization, thermal polymerization, and electropolymerization. The unique characteristics of each MIP-modified SPE are discussed and the comparison among the findings of the papers is critically reviewed.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.325-335
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• 1996

표고의 외관 특징들은 표고의 재배 시 생육상태의 정량적 측정을 위해서, 표고의 건조 시 건조 성능을 나타내는 정량적 지표로서, 그리고 건표고의 품질을 판정하는 요인으로서 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 논문에서는 컴퓨터 시각시스템 및 신경회로망 기술을 적용하여 표고의 갓 및 내피에 고루 분포되어 있는 외관특징을 정량적으로 추출하는 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 기존의 영상 처리 과정에서 유도되는 경험적 판정규칙 또는 명확한 수치적 판정조건에 의한 등급판정은 입력데이타의 결핍 또는 애매모호성에 따른 오차가 발생하기 쉽다. 신경회로망을 이용한 영상인식 기능을 도입함으로써 다양하고 애매모호한 표고의 외관 영상특징들을 효율적으로 처리하여 기존 영상처리 알고리즘에서 발생하는 오차를 개선하였다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 알고리즘은 표고의 갓과 내피면의 인식 및 특징 분할, 꼭지부의 검출, 제거 및 재생 등을 포함한다. 제안한 알고리즘에 의거하여 건표고의 등급판정에 주요한 품질인자들을 추출하고 정량화 하였다. 그리고 알고리즘의 개발은 흑백의 다치입력영상을 이용하여 수행하였다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2009

본 논문은 홈 네트워크 구축에 있어서 저속의 PLC(Power Line Communication) 통신기술을 활용하여 지능형 홈 네트워크 시스템을 구축하였으며, UPnP 브릿지를 통하여 TCP/IP 기반의 원격 제어 및 모니터링 시스템을 설계하였다. 또한, 지능형 홈 네트워크 내부의 제어 모듈에 대한 통신은 저속 저력선 기반의 SCP( Simple Control Protocol)을 설계하여 각 장치들 사이를 연결하여 제어 할 수 있도록 구현 하였다. PLC 기반의 지능형 홈 네트워크 내부에 새로운 UPnP 장치가 연결 되었을 때는 등록된 UPnP 장치의 정보에 따라 UPnP 브릿지를 통하여 장치를 모니터링 하도록 기능을 구현하였다. 전력선 통신 기반의 장치 제어 및 각 장치에 대한 UPnP 장치로의 구현은 TCP/IP 기반의 원격 제어 및 장치 관리가 효율적이며, 홈 네트워크상의 다양한 장치에 대한 장치 정보를 쉽게 모니터링 하고 관리할 수 있는 기능을 제공한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.968-980
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• 2023

The dynamic structural responses are sensitive to the time-frequency content of seismic waves, and seismic input motions in time-history analysis are usually required to be compatible with design response spectra according to nuclear codes. In order to generate spectra-compatible input motions while maintaining the intrinsic non-stationarity of seismic waves, an improved time-domain approach is proposed in this paper. To maintain the nonstationary characteristics of the given seismic waves, a new time-frequency envelope function is constructed using the Hilbert amplitude spectrum. Based on the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) obtained from given seismic waves through variational mode decomposition, a new corrective time history is constructed to locally modify the given seismic waves. The proposed corrective time history and time-frequency envelope function are unique for each earthquake records as they are extracted from the given seismic waves. In addition, a dimension reduction iterative technique is presented herein to simultaneously superimpose corrective time histories of all the damping ratios at a specific frequency in the time domain according to optimal weights, which are found by the genetic algorithm (GA). Examples are presented to show the capability of the proposed approach in generating spectra-compatible time histories, especially in maintaining the nonstationary characteristics of seismic records. And numerical results reveal that the modified time histories generated by the proposed method can obtain similar dynamic behaviors of AP1000 nuclear power plant with the natural seismic records. Thus, the proposed method can be efficiently used in the design practices.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2020년도 학술발표회
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• pp.13-13
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• 2020

'20년 3월 현재 전국 3,502개 읍면동 중 73개 읍면동이 지하수를 상수원으로 급수 중이며, 48개 산업단지에서 지하수를 주 수원으로 사용 중이다. 또한 급수 소외지역의 물 공급을 위해 주로 사용되는 소규모수도시설 14,811개 중 12,073개(81.5%)는 지하수를 이용하고 있으며, 그 위치는 전국에 산재해 있다. 이처럼 지하수는 댐, 저수지 및 하천과 더불어 생·공용수의 중요한 수원이라 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 급수 소외지역의 주요 수원인 지하수위 현황을 이용한 가뭄 모니터링 및 전망 기법을 개발하고자 하였다. 국가 지하수관측망 중 10년 이상 장기 관측 자료를 보유한 253개 관측소의 일단위 관측자료를 기반으로, 과거 관측수위 분포를 핵밀도함수로 추정하고 Quantile Function을 이용해 현재 수위의 높고 낮은 정도를 Percentile 값으로 산정하였다. 관측소별 지하수위 Percentile은 티센망을 이용해 167개 시군별로 공간평균하고 Percentile의 범위에 따른 가뭄등급을 설정하여 지하수 가뭄 정도를 모니터링 할 수 있는 기법을 제시하였다. 또한 지하수 가뭄을 전망하기 위해 강수와 지하수위의 거시적인 응답특성을 이용하였다. 관측소별로 추정된 핵밀도함수의 누적확률을 표준정규분포의 Quantile로 변환하여 표준지하수지수I(Standardized Groundwater level Index, SGI)를 산정하고, 시군별로 공간을 일치시킨 1~12개월 지속기간별 표준강수지수(Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI)와의 상관관계를 이용해 NARX(nonlinear autoregressive exogenous) 인공신경망 예측모형을 구축하였다. 이를 통해 기상청 정량전망 강수량을 이용해 전국의 1~3개월 후 지하수 가뭄을 빠르게 전망할 수 있는 체계를 구축하고, 생·공용수 분야 국가 가뭄 예·경보의 미급수지역 가뭄현황 및 전망에 활용중이다.