Author:Gouws, JF; Majozi, TDate:Jun 2008Wastewater minimization in batch processes has gained much attention in the very recent past. Mainly 2 reasons lie behind this heightened interest. Firstly, batch operations are inherently flexible, which renders them ideal for volatile ...Read more
Author:Venter, Karien; Muronga, KhangweloDate:Jul 2016The Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) methodology has in the past decade proven extremely valuable in providing rich contextual information about the driver, the vehicle and driving environment. Internationally the uptake of the methodology ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, CP; Kleynhans, WDate:Oct 2014Maritime Domain Awareness is an initiative started to help each sea-bordering country improve its understanding of its Exclusive Economic Zone. A country that improves its Maritime Domain Awareness ensures that activities such as piracy and ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, Colin P; Kleynhans, Waldo; Salmon, BP; Mdakane, Lizwe W; Meyer, Rory GVDate:Jul 2018Deep Learning has become a common applied technique to improve results in a variety of detection scenarios, including Synthetic Aperture Radar ship detection. One of the most common Deep Learning techniques, Convolutional Neural Networks, ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, Colin P; Kleynhans, Waldo; Salmon, BP; Mdakane, Lizwe W; Meyer, Rory GVDate:Jul 2017A major task in any discrimination scenario requires the collection and validation of as many examples as possible. Depending on the type of data this can be a time consuming process, especially when dealing with large remote sensing data ...Read more
Author:Thimiri Govindaraj, Deepak BDate:Nov 2021Optimizing Drug discovery and Translation is one of the key tracks in Global Challenges Annual meeting 2019 and is the critical factor in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 Good Health and Well Being. WHO reports Cancer is the second ...Read more
Author:Henriques, R; Lelek, M; Fornasiero, EF; Valtorta, F; Zimmer, C; Mhlanga, MusaDate:31 Aug 2010Super-resolution microscopy using photoswitchable molecules requires fast and efficient software for single molecule detection, localization, drift correction and visualization. However, there is still a dearth of freely available, flexible ...Read more
Author:Abdul Gaffar, MY; Nel, Willem AJ; Naicker, K; Steyn, J; Alanazi, T; Alzamil, ADate:Apr 2011This paper describes the design and working principles of an experimental multimode radar with a stepped-frequency Synthetic Range Profiling (SRP) and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) capability for the purpose of operator-based ...Read more
Author:Badenhorst, J; Davel, MHDate:Nov 2015We experiment with a new method to create synthetic models of rare and unseen triphones in order to supplement limited automatic speech recognition (ASR) training data. A trajectory model is used to characterise seen transitions at the spectral ...Read more
Author:Dludla, Angeline G; Bembe, MJ; Byambaakhuu, B; Abdulai, M-S; Jeung Rho, JDate:Sep 2013The recent growth of ubiquitous computing brings to the networking discipline new classes of home, campus, and mobile networks. This would enable education service providers to provide services to learners anywhere, anytime and not only through ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Rudolph; Pretorius, LDate:Oct 2015Introducing a new technology into a complex sociotechnical system will have planned as well as unplanned impact. Dynamic interaction between the technology, people, and environment may result in counter intuitive systemic effects. Modelling ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Rudolph; Pretorius, LDate:Nov 2015One of the requirements for effective Command and Control is good situation awareness. As situation awareness is a complex phenomenon due to social and cognitive interaction factors, its modelling, prediction and calculation can be difficult. ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Rudolph; Molekoa, Malinkeng M; Mouton, FrancoisDate:Nov 2018Cyber-attacks pose a major modern era threat to organisations that use networks (e.g., corporate networks and the Internet) to facilitate and improve business processes. The complexity of Internet vulnerability and increasing value of information ...Read more
Author:Chown, GA; Wright, Jarrad G; Van Heerden, Renier P; Coker, MDate:Nov 2017This paper explores the relationship between system inertia and Rate of Change of Frequency (RoCoF) in a changing world with increased penetration of non-synchronous renewable energy power generation (wind and solar PV). Research performed ...Read more
Author:Mauwa, H; Bagula, A; Zennaro, M; Pietrosemoli, E; Lysko, Albert A; Brown, TXDate:Nov 2016Access to the television white space by white space devices comes with a major technical challenge: white space devices can potentially interfere with existing television signals. Two methods have been suggested in the literature to help white ...Read more
Author:Van Der Merwe, A; Kotzé, PaulaDate:Feb 2009Process models are used in different application domains to capture knowledge on the process flow. Process reference models (PRM) are used to capture reusable process models, which should simplify the identification process of process models ...Read more
Author:Grobler, TL; Ackermann, ER; Olivier, JC; Van Zyl, AJDate:Sep 2011Systematic Luby Transform (fountain) codes are investigated as a possible incremental redundancy scheme for EDGE. The convolutional incremental redundancy scheme currently used by EDGE is replaced by the fountain approach. The results of the ...Read more
Author:Roopchund, R; Andrew, Jerome E; Sithole, Bruce BDate:Jan 2023The water treatment industry needs customized solutions. Despite the advancement of water treatment technologies, proposed designs must pass pilot trials before industrial implementation. Technology piloting is costly and time-consuming. Water ...Read more
Author:Gonçalves, Duarte P; Serfontein, Christian JDate:Nov 2022This article examines current and emerging threats to infrastructure as South Africa transitions from the National Key Points Act (NKPA), Act No. 102 of 1980 to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA), Act No. 8 of 2019. The aim is ...Read more
Author:Meyer, I; Ford, Merryl; Marais, Mario A; Dlamini, Sifiso BDate:Jun 2017Many ICT4E projects fail once the implementation team withdraws. Although there are multiple reasons for this, the problem often lies with integration of the project into the day-today institutional arrangements of the education system. This ...Read more