• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.158-167
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• 2017

Internet-based social and interactive video applications have become major constituents of the envisaged applications for next-generation multimedia networks. However, inherently dynamic network conditions, together with varying user expectations, pose many challenges for resource allocation mechanisms for such applications. Yet, in addition to addressing these challenges, service providers must also consider how to mitigate their operational costs (e.g., energy costs, equipment costs) while satisfying the end-user quality of service (QoS) expectations. This paper proposes a heuristic solution to the problem, where the energy incurred by the applications, and the monetary costs associated with the service infrastructure, are minimized while simultaneously maximizing the average end-user QoS. We evaluate the performance of the proposed solution in terms of serving probability, i.e., the likelihood of being able to allocate resources to groups of users, the computation time of the resource allocation process, and the adaptability and sensitivity to dynamic network conditions. The proposed method demonstrates improvements in serving probability of up to 27%, in comparison with greedy resource allocation schemes, and a several-orders-of-magnitude reduction in computation time, compared to the linear programming approach, which significantly reduces the service-interrupted user percentage when operating under variable network conditions.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.77-92
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• 2020

When automatic speech recognition (ASR) is provided as a cloud service, it is easy to collect voice and application domain data from users. Harnessing these data will facilitate the provision of more personalized services. In this paper, we demonstrate our transfer learning-based knowledge service that built with the user-generated data collected through our novel system that deliveries personalized ASR service. First, we discuss the motivation, challenges, and prospects of building up such a knowledge-based service-oriented system. Second, we present a Quadruple Transfer Learning (QTL) method that can learn a classification model from a source domain and transfer it to a target domain. Third, we provide an overview architecture of our novel system that collects voice data from mobile users, labels the data via crowdsourcing, utilises these collected user-generated data to train different machine learning models, and delivers the personalised real-time cloud services. Finally, we use the E-Book data collected from our system to train classification models and apply them in the smart TV domain, and the experimental results show that our QTL method is effective in two classification tasks, which confirms that the knowledge transfer provides a value-added service for the upper-layer mobile applications in different domains.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.64-70
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• 2015

차세대방송 산업이 UHD방송서비스로 전환되면서 UHDTV영상 표준이 제정되고 UHTV가 급격히 시청자에게 보급 된지 3년이 지나고 있다. 이러한 방송 산업의 전환기에서 UHDTV의 화질이 기존의 HDTV의 화질을 4배 향상을 할 수 있다는 이론적 배경에서 국내방송 매체는 지상파를 제외하고 유료방송을 중심으로 UHD방송 상용화 서비스를 하고 있지만 UHDTV화질은 현실적으로 표준에 대응하지 못하고 있는 가운데 일반 시청자는 기존HD방송의 화질을 UHDTV로 시청할 수밖에 없는 현실이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 최근 화질개선을 위한 기술 환경에 변화에 따라 UHDTV 영상표준을 분석하고 UHD방송 매체별 UHDTV 영상표준 적용실태 조사와 UHDTV 영상표준에 따른 UHD 방송 대역폭을 분석한다. 또한 시청자측면에서 UHDTV화질에 직접적인 영향과 관계되는 현재의 HDMI 인터페이스 기술의 한계성을 분석하고 그 결과에 따라 현재의 UHDTV 영상표준 대응과 UHDTV화질 향상을 위한 요소기술을 적용함으로써 UHD 방송환경에서 새로운 플랫폼의 성공적 정착을 할 수 있는 Super MHL 인터페이스 기술을 대안으로 제시하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.83-102
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• 2011

As a testbed for various structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies, a super-tall structure - the 610 m-tall Guangzhou Television and Sightseeing Tower (GTST) in southern China - is currently under construction. This study aims to explore state-of-the-art wireless sensing technologies for monitoring the ambient vibration of such a super-tall structure during construction. The very nature of wireless sensing frees the system from the need for extensive cabling and renders the system suitable for use on construction sites where conditions continuously change. On the other hand, unique technical hurdles exist when deploying wireless sensors in real-life structural monitoring applications. For example, the low-frequency and low-amplitude ambient vibration of the GTST poses significant challenges to sensor signal conditioning and digitization. Reliable wireless transmission over long distances is another technical challenge when utilized in such a super-tall structure. In this study, wireless sensing measurements are conducted at multiple heights of the GTST tower. Data transmission between a wireless sensing device installed at the upper levels of the tower and a base station located at the ground level (a distance that exceeds 443 m) is implemented. To verify the quality of the wireless measurements, the wireless data is compared with data collected by a conventional cable-based monitoring system. This preliminary study demonstrates that wireless sensing technologies have the capability of monitoring the low-amplitude and low-frequency ambient vibration of a super-tall and slender structure like the GTST.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 옥외 광고 매체로 성장하고 있는 디지털 사이니지와 스마트폰의 연동을 통한 개인 맞춤형 모바일 광고 서비스를 제안한다. 광고 콘텐츠 제공업체가 디지털 사이니지에 제공하는 광고 콘텐츠에 광고 메타데이터를 추가로 전송하면 디지털 사이니지 주변에 위치하는 스마트폰은 사용자가 선호하는 광고에 대한 메타테이터만을 수신할 수 있다. 스마트폰앱에서는 수신된 광고 메타데이터를 활용하여 개인 맞춤형 전자잡지를 자동 생성하게 된다. 사용자는 이 전자잡지를 통해 제품 정보를 검색하고, 내용 수정 및 공유할 수도 있다. 디지털 사이니지에서 제공되는 광고 도달 범위를 사용자의 스마트폰까지 확장함과 동시에 개인이 원하는 광고만을 제공할 수 있다는 측면에서 조만간 실용화가 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.837-846
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• 2013

최근 무선랜은 Wi-Fi를 채용한 스마트폰에 대한 활용 증가에 따라 무선랜에 기반을 둔 새로운 신규 기술들이 연구 되고 있다. IEEE802의 11번째 워킹 그룹에서 개발된 표준인 비면허대역(ISM)을 기반으로 802.11 b/g/a는 보편화된 무선랜 기술들이다. 용량을 극복한 IEEE 802.11n의 블루레이나 비압축 비디오전송에 한계를 극복한 IEEE802.11ac와 TVWS(TV White Space)를 이용한 IEEE802.af들의 기술에 대한 표준화들이 활발히 연구 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 기술들을 바탕으로 운영되는 AP(Access Point)에 보안을 고려하여 전송성능을 측정하고 기존의 무선랜 환경과 비교 분석한다. 분석결과 보안설정을 적용하여 전송성능을 측정했을 경우 장애물이 있는 환경에서 기존의 전송성능보다 안정적이며, 전송시간의 단축을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.332-343
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• 2016

Objectives: Study purpose was to investigate perception on diet, diet problems and related factors among young adult women using focus group interviews (FGI) based on the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Methods: Eight groups of FGI were conducted with 47 female undergraduate or graduate students. Guide for FGI included questions regarding perception on optimal diet, diet problems and cognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors of SCT. FGI were video, audio-taped, transcribed and analyzed by themes and sub-themes. Results: Subjects showed irregular eating habits (skipping breakfast, irregular meal time) and selection of unhealthy foods as the main diet problems. Regarding cognitive factors related to optimal diet, subjects mentioned positive outcome expectations (e.g., health promotion, skin health, improvement in eating habits, etc.) and negative outcome expectations (e.g., annoying, hungry, expensive, taste). Factors that promoted optimal diet were mainly received from information from mobile or internet and access to menu or recipes. Factors that prevented optimal diet included influence from friends, lack of time and cooking skills. Behavioral factors for optimal diet included behavioral capability regarding snacks, healthy eating and smart food selection. Subjects mentioned mass media (mobile, internet, TV) as the influential physical environment, and significant others (parents, friends, grandparents) as the influential social environment in optimal diet. For education topics, subjects wanted to learn about healthy meals, basic nutrition, disease and nutrition, and weight control. They wanted to learn those aspects by using mobile or internet, lectures (cooking classes), campaign and events. Conclusions: Study results might be used for planning education regarding optimal diet for young adult women. Education programs need to focus on increasing positive outcome expectations (e.g., health) and behavioral capability for healthy eating and food selection, reducing negative outcome expectations (e.g., cost, taste) and barriers, making supportive environments for optimal diet, and incorporating topics and methods found in this study.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2014

Purpose: The modern IT can give enormous impacts on the agricultural production and consumption. However, farmer's ability to use IT devices has been known as one of the critical factors on success of IT in agriculture. This survey study was performed to evaluate the informatization status of farmers and to draw a strategy to develop and distribute a ubiquitous agricultural information system. Methods: A survey questionnaire with 19 questions on the degree of IT devices such as computers and smartphones and their utilization were developed. The survey was questioned 3 groups of farmers in Gyounggi Province and analyzed statistically by the ${\chi}^2$ test. Results: The order of IT devices distribution were computers, smartphones, smart TVs and tablet PCs in all groups. The ratios of ownerships of the devices are 97.7, 78.6%, 31.4%, 17.8% respectively. The active farmers in this survey showed higher informatization level than that of native and the general farmers. Conclusions: The ubiquitous agricultural information system was judged to be developed for the computer because spread and use of it exceeds the other devices. Also, the information system based on the smartphone could be a complementary way if the rapid of the smartphones continues and proper education on use of the phone is provided.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1373-1392
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• 2015

Placing sensors at appropriate locations is an important task in the design of an efficient structural health monitoring (SHM) system for a large-scale civil structure. In this paper, a hybrid optimization algorithm called virus monkey algorithm (VMA) based on the virus theory of evolution is proposed to seek the optimal placement of sensors. Firstly, the dual-structure coding method is adopted instead of binary coding method to code the solution. Then, the VMA is designed to incorporate two populations, a monkey population and a virus population, enabling the horizontal propagation between the monkey and virus individuals and the vertical inheritance of monkey's position information from the previous to following position. Correspondingly, the monkey population in this paper is divided into the superior and inferior monkey populations, and the virus population is divided into the serious and slight virus populations. The serious virus is used to infect the inferior monkey to make it escape from the local optima, while the slight virus is adopted to infect the superior monkey to let it find a better result in the nearby area. This kind of novel virus infection operator enables the coevolution of monkey and virus populations. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed VMA is demonstrated by designing the sensor network of the Canton Tower, the tallest TV Tower in China. Results show that innovations in the VMA proposed in this paper can improve the convergence of algorithm compared with the original monkey algorithm (MA).

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.117-129
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• 2009

This paper studied the safety management network system of infrastructure which constructed smart sensors, closed-circuit television(CCTV) and monitoring system. This safety management of infrastructure applied to bridge, cut slop and tunnel, embankment etc. The system applied to technologies of standardization guidelines, data acquirement technologies, data analysis and judgment technologies, system integration setup technology, and IT technologies. It was constructed safety management network system of various infrastructure to improve efficient management and operation for many infrastructure. Integrated safety management network system of infrastructure consisted of the real-time structural health monitoring system of each infrastructure, integrated control center, measured data transmission using i of tet web-based, collecting data using sf ver, early alarm system which the dangerous event of infrastructure occurred. Integrated control center consisted of conference room, control room to manage and analysis the data, server room to present the measured data and to collect the raw data. Early alarm system proposed realization of warning and response within 5 minute or less through development of sensor-based progress report and propagation automation system using the media such as MMS, VMS, EMS, FMS, SMS and web services of report and propagation. Based on this, the most effective u-Infrastructure Safety Management System is expected to be stably established at a less cost, thus making people's life more comfortable. Information obtained from such systems could be useful for maintenance or structural safety evaluation of existing structures, rapid evaluation of conditions of damaged structures after an earthquake, estimation of residual life of structures, repair and retrofitting of structures, maintenance, management or rehabilitation of historical structures.