• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.798-801
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11n 표준에 제시된 3가지 블록길이(648, 1,296, 1,944)를 지원하는 효율적인 LDPC (Low-Density Parity Check) 복호기 구조를 제안한다. LDPC 복호기의 핵심 블록인 DFU(Decoding Function Unit)의 연산 복잡도와 하드웨어 복잡도를 효율적으로 감소시킬 수 있도록 최소합 알고리듬과 블록직렬 방식의 layered 구조를 적용하였다. 또한 효율적인 다중 블록길이의 구현을 위해 PCM 값을 저장하는 H-ROM의 최적화 방법을 제안하였으며, 이를 통해 ROM의 크기를 약 42% 감소시켰다. 또한, 레이어 간의 효율적인 메모리 읽기/쓰기 방법을 적용하여 복호기 동작을 최적화시켰다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose a block-based low-power complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor (CIS) with a simple pixel structure for power efficiency. This method, which uses an additional computation circuit, makes it possible to reduce the power consumption of the pixel array. In addition, the computation circuit for a block-based CIS is very flexible for various types of pixel structures. The proposed CIS was designed and fabricated using a standard CMOS 0.18 ${\mu}m$ process, and the performance of the fabricated chip was evaluated. From a resultant image, the proposed block-based CIS can calculate a differing contrast in the block and control the operating voltage of the unit blocks. Finally, we confirmed that the power consumption in the proposed CIS with a simple pixel structure can be reduced.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.571-580
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• 2018

The failure mechanism of tunnel roof is investigated with upper bound theorem of limit analysis. The stochastic settlement and nonlinear failure criterion are considered in the present analysis. For the collapse of tunnel roof, the surface settlement is estimated by the simplified stochastic medium theory. The failure curve expressions of collapse blocks in homogeneous and in layered soils are derived, and the effects of material parameters on the potential range of failure mechanisms are discussed. The results show that the material parameters of initial cohesion, nonlinear coefficient and unit weight have significant influences on the potential range of collapse block in homogeneous media. The proportion of collapse block increases as the initial cohesion increases, while decreases as the nonlinear coefficient and the unit weight increase. The ground surface settlement increases with the tunnel radius increasing, while the possible collapse proportion decreases with increase of the tunnel radius. In layered stratum, the study is investigated to analyze the effects of material parameters of different layered media on the proportion of possible collapse block.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.488-496
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• 2019

The estimation of block erection work time at a dock is one of the important factors when establishing or managing the total shipbuilding schedule. In order to predict the work time, it is a natural approach that the existing block erection data would be used to solve the problem. Generally the work time per unit is the product of coefficient value, quantity, and product value. Previously, the work time per unit is determined statistically by unit load data. However, we estimate the work time per unit through work time coefficient value from series ships using machine learning. In machine learning, the outcome depends mainly on how the training data is organized. Therefore, in this study, we use 'Feature Engineering' to determine which one should be used as features, and to check their influence on the result. In order to get the coefficient value of each block, we try to solve this problem through the Ensemble learning methods which is actively used nowadays. Among the many techniques of Ensemble learning, the final model is constructed by Stacking Ensemble techniques, consisting of the existing Ensemble models (Decision Tree, Random Forest, Gradient Boost, Square Loss Gradient Boost, XG Boost), and the accuracy is maximized by selecting three candidates among all models. Finally, the results of this study are verified by the predicted total work time for one ship among the same series.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a parallel intra-operation unit and a memory architecture for improving the performance of intra-prediction, which utilizes spatial correlation in an image to predict the blocks and contains 17 prediction modes in total. The design is targeted for portable devices applying H.264/AVC decoders. For boosting the performance of the proposed design, we adopt a parallel intra-operation unit that can achieve the prediction of 16 neighboring pixels at the same time. In the best case, it can achieve the computation of one luma $16{\times}16$ block within 16 cycles. For one luma $4{\times}4$ block, a mere one cycle is needed to finish the process of computation. Compared with the previous designs, the average cycle reduction rate is 78.01%, and the gate count is slightly reduced. The design is synthesized with the MagnaChip $0.18{mu}m$ library and can run at 125 MHz.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.217-226
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• 2022

Background: Intraosseous anesthesia is the process by which an anesthetic solution, after penetration of the cortical bone, is directly injected into the spongiosa of the alveolar bone supporting the tooth. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the traditional inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) and computerized intraosseous anesthesia in the surgical extraction of impacted lower third molars, compare their side effects systemically by monitoring heart rate, and assess patients' a posteriori preference of one technique over the other. Methods: Thirty-nine patients with bilaterally impacted third molars participated in this study. Each patient in the sample was both a case and control, where the conventional technique was randomly assigned to one side (group 1) and the alternative method to the contralateral side (group 2). Results: The traditional technique was faster in execution than anesthesia delivered via electronic syringe, which took 3 min to be administered. However, it was necessary to wait for an average of 6 ± 4 min from the execution to achieve the onset of IANB, while the latency of intraosseous anesthesia was zero. Vincent's sign and lingual nerve anesthesia occurred in 100% of cases in group 1. In group 2, Vincent's sign was recorded in 13% of cases and lingual anesthesia in four cases. The average duration of the perceived anesthetic effect was 192 ± 68 min in group 1 and 127 ± 75 min in group 2 (P < 0.001). The difference between the heart rate of group 1 and group 2 was statistically significant. During infiltration in group 1, heartbeat frequency increased by 5 ± 13 beats per minute, while in group 2, it increased by 22 ± 10 beats per minute (P < 0.001). No postoperative complications were reported for either technique. Patients showed a preference of 67% for the alternative technique and 20% for the traditional, and 13% of patients were indifferent. Conclusion: The results identified intraosseous anesthesia as a valid alternative to conventional anesthesia in impacted lower third molar extraction.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.55-68
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• 2016

2015 개정 정보과 교육과정에서는 문제해결과 프로그래밍 단원을 나선형으로 조직하면서 학교급 별로 블록형과 텍스트형 프로그래밍 언어의 사용을 제안하였다. 본 연구는 프로그래밍 학습에서 알고리즘 작성이 프로그래밍 학습에 도움을 주는지, 블록형 프로그래밍 학습이 텍스트형 프로그래밍 후행학습에 긍정적 전이효과가 있는지를 확인하기 위한 목적으로 진행되었다. 목적 달성을 위해 초등학생 15명을 대상으로 블록형과 텍스트형 프로그래밍 학습을 진행하였다. 연구 결과, 한정된 방법으로 알고리즘을 작성하는 것은 학습자들의 사고 표현을 가로막을 수 있지만 블록형 프로그래밍 학습은 텍스트형 프로그래밍 학습에 긍정적 전이가 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 초등학교부터 계열성 있는 프로그래밍 교육을 위한 방안을 제시하였다는 것에 의의가 있다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1021-1046
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• 2017

The assessment of slope stability is an essential task in geotechnical engineering. In this paper, a three-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis (FEA) was employed to investigate the performance of different shear pin arrangements to increase the stability of a soil block resting on an inclined plane with a low-interface friction plane. In the numerical models, the soil block was modeled by volume elements with linear elastic perfectly plastic material in a drained condition, while the shear pins were modeled by volume elements with linear elastic material. Interface elements were used along the bedding plane (bedding interface element) and around the shear pins (shear pin interface element) to simulate the soil-structure interaction. Bedding interface elements were used to capture the shear sliding of the soil on the low-interface friction plane while shear pin interface elements were used to model the shear bonding of the soil around the pins. A failure analysis was performed by means of the gravity loading method. The results of the 3D FEA with the numerical models were compared to those with the physical models for all cases. The effects of the number of shear pins, the shear pin locations, the different shear pin arrangements, the thickness and the width of the soil block and the associated failure mechanisms were discussed.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.159-174
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• 2012

This paper presents a study on a high-performance design for a block cipher algorithm implemented on modern many-core graphics processing units (GPUs). The recent emergence of VLSI technology makes it feasible to fabricate multiple processing cores on a single chip and enables general-purpose computation on a GPU (GPGPU). The GPU strategy offers significant performance improvements for all-purpose computation and can be used to support a broad variety of applications, including cryptography. We have proposed an efficient implementation of the encryption/decryption operations of a block cipher algorithm, SEED, on off-the-shelf NVIDIA many-core graphics processors. In a thorough experiment, we achieved high performance that is capable of supporting a high network speed of up to 9.5 Gbps on an NVIDIA GTX285 system (which has 240 processing cores). Our implementation provides up to 4.75 times higher performance in terms of encoding and decoding throughput as compared to the Intel 8-core system.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2014

특이치 분해는 다양한 분야의 데이터 집단에서 고유한 특성을 찾는 특징 추출 분야에 많이 활용되고 있다. 하지만 특이치 분해의 복잡 행렬 연산은 많은 연산 시간을 요구한다. 본 논문에서는 특이치 분해의 대표적인 알고리즘인 one-sided block Jacobi를 고속 처리하기 위해 2차원 멀티코어 시스템을 이용하여 효율적으로 병렬 구현하고 성능을 향상시킨다. 또한, one-sided block Jacobi 알고리즘의 다양한 행렬 ($128{\times}128$, $64{\times}64$, $32{\times}32$, $16{\times}16$)을 서로 다른 2차원 PE 구조에 구현하고 성능 및 에너지를 분석함으로써 각 행렬에 대한 최적의 멀티코어 구조를 탐색한다. 더불어 동일한 행렬의 one-sided block Jacobi 알고리즘에 대해 선택된 멀티코어 구조와 상용 고성능 그래픽스 프로세싱 유닛 (GPU)과의 성능 비교를 통해 제안한 2차원 멀티코어 방법의 잠재 가능성을 확인한다.