Massively parallel Lucas Kanade optical flow for real-time video processing applications

This paper deals with dense optical flow estimation from the perspective of the trade-off between quality of the estimated flow and computational cost which is required by real-world applications. We propose a fast and robust local method, denoted by eFOLKI, and describe its implementation on GPU. It leads to very high performance even on large image formats such as 4 K (3,840 × 2,160) resolution. In order to assess the interest of eFOLKI, we first present a comparative study with currently available GPU codes, including local and global methods, on a large set of data with ground truth. eFOLKI appears significantly faster while providing quite accurate and highly robust estimated flows. We then show, on four real-time video processing applications based on optical flow, that eFOLKI reaches the requirements both in terms of estimated flows quality and of processing rate.     

A virtual service placement approach based on improved quantum genetic algorithm

Despite the critical role that middleboxes play in introducing new network functionality, management and innovation of them are still severe challenges for network operators, since traditional middleboxes based on hardware lack service flexibility and scalability. Recently, though new networking technologies, such as network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN), are considered as very promising drivers to design cost-efficient middlebox service architectures, how to guarantee transmission efficiency has drawn little attention under the condition of adding virtual service process for traffic. Therefore, we focus on the service deployment problem to reduce the transport delay in the network with a combination of NFV and SDN. First, a framework is designed for service placement decision, and an integer linear programming model is proposed to resolve the service placement and minimize the network transport delay. Then a heuristic solution is designed based on the improved quantum genetic algorithm. Experimental results show that our proposed method can calculate automatically the optimal placement schemes. Our scheme can achieve lower overall transport delay for a network compared with other schemes and reduce 30% of the average traffic transport delay compared with the random placement scheme.     

Workflows for Heliophysics

In this paper we describe how we have introduced workflows into the working practices of a community for whom the concept of workflows is very new, namely the heliophysics community. Heliophysics is a branch of astrophysics which studies the Sun and the interactions between the Sun and the planets, by tracking solar events as they travel throughout the Solar system. Heliophysics produces two major challenges for workflow technology. Firstly it is a systems science where research is currently developed by many different communities who need reliable data models and metadata to be able to work together. Thus it has major challenges in the semantics of workflows. Secondly, the problem of time is critical in heliophysics; the workflows must take account of the propagation of events outwards from the sun. They have to address the four dimensional nature of space and time in terms of the indexing of data. We discuss how we have built an environment for Heliophysics workflows building on and extending the Taverna workflow system and utilising the myExperiment site for sharing workflows. We also describe how we have integrated the workflows into the existing practices of the communities involved in Heliophysics by developing a web portal which can hide the technical details from the users, who can concentrate on the data from their scientific point of view rather than on the methods used to integrate and process the data. This work has been developed in the EU Framework 7 project HELIO, and is being disseminated to the worldwide Heliophysics community, since Heliophysics requires integration of effort on a global scale.     

EPC融合组网中Pool技术部署研究

在2G／3G核心网分组域网络现状、EPC网络架构、SGSN／MMEPool关键技术及其对比的基础上,从产业环境因素和网络部署因素2方面合理划分EPC融合组网阶段场景,并得出不同阶段场景下Pool技术部署原则和互操作建议。     

基于RISC架构的多串口网口通信管理装置

介绍了一种工控行业基于精简指令集计算机（RISC）架构的多串口网口通信管理装置在水电厂计算机监控系统中的设计及应用。阐述了该装置的硬件结构、软件结构、功能设置和实际应用等方面的内容,可以根据编程规范对该装置进行二次开发,具有一定工程有效性。     

基于Hyperion数据的铜矿信息直接和间接提取方法研究

针对不同的地表覆盖条件,研究基于Hyperion星载高光谱数据的砂页岩型铜矿信息提取方法。首先对Hyperion L1级数据进行波段筛选、坏线修复、大气纠正和几何纠正等预处理,然后分别针对不同的植被覆盖情况使用不同的信息提取方法。在岩石裸露区,直接使用光谱角制图法;在植被覆盖区,使用铜金属离子的积累导致的植被生理异常作为间接标志来识别铜矿信息,生理异常使用高光谱植被指数来计算。结果表明,综合使用这两种方法的互补信息能够便于提取复杂地表覆盖情况下的铜矿信息。     

面向对象有限元并行计算框架PANDA的多物理场耦合服务

针对结构分析软件面向多物理场的应用,分析讨论面向对象有限元并行计算框架PANDA的多物理场耦合服务设计,即多物理场分析类型的扩充能力、不同物理场间的数据传递和多物理场耦合分析的求解策略.在PANDA提供的多物理场耦合服务的基础上,开展热-力耦合分析功能的程序开发,实现热弹性分析功能.热弹性分析算例计算结果与ANSYS的...     

Retrieving ocean surface current by 4-D variational assimilation of sea surface temperature images

In this article we propose a new method to estimate ocean mesoscale structures of the surface current velocity by processing sea surface satellite images. Assuming that the intensity level can be described by a transport-diffusion equation, the proposed approach is based on variational assimilation of image observations within a simple transport-diffusion model. This approach permits to retrieve the current velocity field from a sequence of satellite images. Results of processing synthetic data and real NOAA-AVHRR satellite images are presented and commented.