Development of an undergraduate course – Internet-based instrumentation and control

The objective, strategy, and implementation details of a new undergraduate course, Internet-based Instrumentation and Control, are presented. The course has a companion laboratory that is supported by the National Science Foundation and industry. The combination is offered to senior-level undergraduate engineering students interested in sensing, instrumentation, control, and web programming that want to learn more about the integration of these technologies for solving real-world engineering problems. The course will also be offered to gifted high school seniors with similar interests and can serve as a vehicle to attract them to engineering disciplines. Preliminary assessment of the first offering of the course is encouraging and has shown that the course has achieved success in helping students understand concepts and master basic technologies for developing Internet-based automatic systems.     

Foveation-Based Error Resilience and Unequal Error Protection over Mobile Networks

By exploiting new human-machine interface techniques, such as visual eyetrackers, it should be possible to develop more efficient visual multimedia services associated with low bandwidth, dynamic channel adaptation and robust visual data transmission. In this paper, we introduce foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection techniques over highly error-prone mobile networks. Each frame is spatially divided into foveated and background layers according to perceptual importance. Perceptual importance is determined either through an eye tracker or by manually selecting a region of interest. We attempt to improve reconstructed visual quality by maintaining the high visual source throughput of the foveated layer using foveation-based error resilience and error correction using a combination of turbo codes and ARQ (automatic reQuest). In order to alleviate the degradation of visual quality, a foveation based bitstream partitioning is developed. In an effort to increase the source throughput of the foveated layer, we develop unequal delay-constrained ARQ (automatic reQuest) and rate compatible punctured turbo codes where the punctual pattern of RCPC (rate compatible punctured convolutional) codes in H.223 Annex C is used. In the simulation, the visual quality is significantly increased in the area of interest using foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection; (as much as 3 dB FPSNR (foveal peak signal to noise ratio) improvement) at 40% packet error rate. Over real-fading statistics measured in the downtown area of Austin, Texas, the visual quality is increased up to 1.5 dB in PSNR and 1.8 dB in FPSNR at a channel SNR of 5 dB.     

网络电视的发展及其对远程教育的影响

计算机网络技术的发展给电视节目的播出方式带来了巨大的变化，网络电视这一传播媒体应运而生。从而改变了目前广播电视媒体信息单向传播的缺陷。介绍了网络电视的发展，就网络电视对远程教育的影响进行了探讨。     

VOD在有线电视网的实现

从视频点播系统的结构及组成和在有线电视网络中VOD系统的结构模式与应用两个方面，详细地阐述了如何利用有线电视网络实现视频点播，主要从以下3个方面介绍关于视频点播系统VOD技术：①视频点播VOD的技术原理；②视频点播系统的结构及组成；③有线电视视频点播系统的结构模式与应用。     

互联网技术和国际互联网

本文先是说明internet、Internet和intranet各自的涵义和相互的区别 ,并简单介绍互联网的几项基本规约 ,包括IP、TCP、UDP、FTP、TFTP、SMTP和HTTP。其次说明WWW及其使用的超文本 /超媒体、浏览器和客户 /服务器技术的作用 ,解释Internet的骨干网和接入网以及内部网与防火墙。最后推测Internet的应用发展前景。     

SKYPE在远程英语教学方面的实时应用

SKYPE系统是目前世界上最流行的互联网远程视频、音频、文字实时交互平台，其音频、视频传播实时非常清晰，这对将远程教育拓展到家庭，特别是对推动远程英语教育的广泛性和普遍性能够起到很大的作用，本文就该平台的基本功能和性能做了介绍，并在远程英语教育方面的应用提出了实践的方法。     

互联网对中国企业未来的影响及对策

以可靠翔实的数据、案例分析了互联网技术的发展对中国企业未来的影响 ,揭示了中国企业互联网的应用现状 ,并针对目前存在的问题提出了我们自己应该采取的对策     

A theory of personalisation of appearance: quantitative evaluation of qualitatively derived data

Using qualitative data, Blom and Monk (2003) derived a theory of why people choose to personalise the appearance of their PCs and mobile phones. This paper describes some quantitative data that provide some support for, and some modifications to, the theory. Individuals having personal home pages were recruited to fill in a questionnaire that assesses dispositions to personalise and its effects. In addition the 82 home pages were inspected to assess the extent of personalisation. This correlated significantly with the dispositions 'Frequency of Use' and 'Knowledge of Personalisation'. The questionnaire items corresponding to effects were factor analysed. A four-factor solution suggested item groupings similar, but not identical, to those used in the theory. There are significant positive correlations between the extent of personalisation and cognitive effects and enduring emotional effects. The value of quantitative data for confirming and refining a qualitative theory is discussed.     

物联网技术于人文艺术之应用

近年来,物联网(Internet of Things,IoT)产业受到许多的关注,世界各国均视其为潜在无限商机的高科技产业,并投入大量的资源从事研发与推广。由于物联网的应用非常广泛,且透过物联网技术人类得以提升生活质量,让生活更加便利,因此,本论文首先简介物联网的背景及应用,并介绍其基本概念与架构。接着,本论文以「无线感测真菌人文树道」为例,针对物联网技术应用于人文艺术领域进行说明,并详细叙述其所使用到之各项软件、韧体及硬件技术,透过真菌的感测、无线通信及异质网络连网功能的设计,使真菌网络成为物联网在人文艺术应用的一个重要典范。     

基于网络图像的阿奇姆博多拼图

拼图是使用不同形式的素材进行组装的合成艺术.文中介绍了一种崭新的拼图创作方法,通过挑选主题相关的网络图像的前景抠图来表现一幅输入图像,能够生成奇异的具有阿奇姆博多风格的拼图.鉴于网络图像数据的海量规模,总能够找到合适的前景抠图来匹配输入图像的各个分割部分;通过将挑选的前景抠图按照一定的规则进行组装,使其在整体上可以从形状和颜色表现输入图像,而在局部每个前景抠图仍然可以辨识.实验结果和用户体验表明,采用文中方法可以有效地生成具有娱乐性的阿奇姆博多拼图.