Accelerating sequential programs on commodity multi-core processors

A recently proposed pipelined multithreading (PMT) technique exhibits wide applicability in parallelizing general sequential programs on multi-core processors. However, significant inter-core communication overhead limits PMT performance and prevents its commercial utilization. A simple and effective clustered pipelined multithreading (CPMT) approach is presented to accelerate sequential programs on commodity multi-core processors. This CPMT technique adopts a clustered communication mechanism that can yield very low average communication overhead by eliminating false sharing as well as reducing communication operation and transit delays in the software-only approach. A single-producer/single-consumer concurrent lock-free clusteredQueue algorithm based on a two-level queue structure is also proposed. The accuracy of CPMT is theoretically demonstrated. The performances of the algorithm and CPMT are evaluated on a commodity AMD Phenom four-core processor. The number of enqueue and dequeue times of the algorithm are 20.8 and 23 cycles given an appropriate parameter, respectively. The speedup of CPMT ranges from 13.1% to 119.8% for typical loops extracted from the SPEC CPU 2000 benchmark suite.     

Reconstructing the World’s Museums

Virtual exploration tools for large indoor environments (e.g. museums) have so far been limited to either blueprint-style 2D maps that lack photo-realistic views of scenes, or ground-level image-to-image transitions, which are immersive but ill-suited for navigation. On the other hand, photorealistic aerial maps would be a useful navigational guide for large indoor environments, but it is impossible to directly acquire photographs covering a large indoor environment from aerial viewpoints. This paper presents a 3D reconstruction and visualization system for automatically producing clean and well-regularized texture-mapped 3D models for large indoor scenes, from ground-level photographs and 3D laser points. The key component is a new algorithm called “inverse constructive solid geometry (CSG)” for reconstructing a scene with a CSG representation consisting of volumetric primitives, which imposes powerful regularization constraints. We also propose several novel techniques to adjust the 3D model to make it suitable for rendering the 3D maps from aerial viewpoints. The visualization system enables users to easily browse a large-scale indoor environment from a bird’s-eye view, locate specific room interiors, fly into a place of interest, view immersive ground-level panorama views, and zoom out again, all with seamless 3D transitions. We demonstrate our system on various museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City—one of the largest art galleries in the world.     

数据驱动的冷却水塔建模与节能优化操作

针对冷却水塔的节能操作给出了一种数据驱动的建模与优化方法。首先,基于冷却水塔实际运行数据,应用非负绞杀变量选择方法给出一个自适应模型用于描述冷却水塔过程,该模型对于冷却水塔出口水温具有良好的预测精度。根据变量选择结果,分析了外界空气温度与湿度对冷却能力的影响。然后,提出了基于模型的冷却水塔风机的优化操作策略,并进行实验将之应用于冷却水塔的操作。研究结果显示,基于模型的优化操作具有较大的节能空间。     

Industrial TiO2 based nacreous pigments as functional building materials: Photocatalytic removal of NO

In this paper, the photocatalytic activity of industrial titanium dioxide (TiO₂) based nacreous pigments was researched as functional building materials for photocatalytic NO remove. Three industrial TiO₂ based nacreous pigments were selected to estimate the photocatalytic activity for NO remove. This study is a good proof that pearlescent pigments can eliminate NO, and its performance is positively correlated with its titanium dioxide content. And this research will widen the application of nacreous pigments in functional building materials, and provide a new way to eliminate in door nitric oxide pollution.     

硅压阻式气压高度计的设计与实现

采用硅压阻式压力传感器,以ATmega88PA为控制器设计了气压高度计。内嵌全温度范围的曲面拟合算法进行温度补偿及线性化处理,解决了压力传感器的温漂和非线性问题,并用海拔高度与气压的关系计算高度。测量结果通过RS-485接口发送给上位机。测试结果表明,该气压高度计压力测量误差优于0.50‰,分辨率为0.01 h Pa,线性度为0.999 9;标准大气环境下高度测量误差为0.16 m,线性度为0.999 8。该气压高度计具有质量小、功耗低、精度高、工作可靠等优点。     

反相高效液相色谱法测定meso-四苯基卟啉钴的纯度

采用反相高效液相色谱法测定合成meso-四苯基卟啉钴的纯度;以甲醇乙腈二氯甲烷(体积比为55∶35∶10)为流动相,ShimpackCLCODS柱(150mm×6.0mmi.d,5μm)为分离柱,流速为1.5mL/min,检测波长420nm;meso四苯基卟啉钴的测定在1.0～10μg/mL时线性关系良好(相关系数r=0.9993),加标回收率为97.03%～101.42%,重复进样的相对标准偏差RSD为0.64%～2.92%(n=5)。方法的准确度高,精密度好,实际应用效果好。     

Communicating Is Crowdsourcing: Wi-Fi Indoor Localization with CSI-Based Speed Estimation

Numerous indoor localization techniques have been proposed recently to meet the intensive demand for location-based service (LBS). Among them, the most popular solutions are the Wi-Fi fingerprint-based approaches. The core challenge is to lower the cost of fingerprint site-survey. One of the trends is to collect the piecewise data from clients and establish the radio map in crowdsourcing manner. However the low participation rate blocks the practical use. In this work, we propose a passive crowdsourcing channel state information (CSI) based indoor localization scheme, C²IL. Despite a crowdsourcing based approach, our scheme is totally transparent to the client and the only requirement is to connect to our 802.11n access points (APs). C²IL is built upon an innovative method to accurately estimate the moving speed solely based on 802.11n CSI. Knowing the walking speed of a client and its surrounding APs, a graph matching algorithm is employed to extract the received signal strength (RSS) fingerprints and establish the fingerprint map. For localization phase, we design a trajectory clustering based localization algorithm to provide precise real-time indoor localization and tracking. We develop and deploy a practical working system of C²IL in a large office environment. Extensive evaluations indicate that the error of speed estimation is within 3%, and the localization error is within 2 m at 80% time in a very complex indoor environment.     

四种杀菌剂对枸杞黑果病的防治效果

枸杞黑果病是枸杞产区的主要病害．发病后造成黑花、黑蕾和黑果，使枸杞产量降低，品质变劣。为探明四种杀菌剂对枸杞黑果病的防治效果及最佳剂量，2003年对下述四种杀菌剂进行了田间药效对比试验，调查防效结果如下：20％三苯基醋酸锡WP450～281g／hm^2(以有效成分计，下同)，20％氟硅唑EC21．08g／hm^21．5％噻霉酮EW16、88～21．08g／hm^2、40％氟硅唑EC450g／hm^2和70％甲基托布津WP787．5g/hm^2对枸杞黑果病防效均在88．25％以上。经LSD检验各处理间防效无显著差异。     

SiC晶须对Si3N4陶瓷基复合材料机械强度的影响

制备了含10vol％,20vol％及30vol％SiC晶须的Si_3N_4基复合材料,对其室温及高温机械强度的测试研究表明,SiC晶须对基体的高温机械性能有明显的增强作用。含20vol％SiC晶须的复合材料1200℃下强度达780MPa,比基体材料提高50％。通过SEM和TEM研究,讨论了SiC晶须增强的原因。     

计算思维影响下的应用型本科计算机基础教学改革探索

当前以计算思维能力培养为切入点的大学计算机课程改革工作已进入一个新的阶段,如何改革计算机基础教学以适应当前形势的发展,是计算机基础教学面临的挑战。以计算思维为导向,对应用型本科院校大学计算机基础课程的目标定位、教学内容、教学过程等教学环节作改革式探索。