Advances in knowledge discovery and data mining Part II

19th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2015, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 19-22, 2015, Proceedings, Part II</p

A Radial Basis Function Neural Network using biologically plausible activation functions

Este proyecto se centra en el diseño, la implementación y la evaluación de Redes Neuronales de Función de Base Radial (RBFNN), comparando el modelo gaussiano con una nueva versión que utiliza la función de activación Ricker. La forma de esta función ha sido observada en las señales de neuronas de distintas partes del cerebro humano, a menudo produciendo una señal negativa (inhibitoria) conocida como inhibición lateral. Se han desarrollado dos modelos de RBFNN, incorporando técnicas de Machine Learning (ML) y estadística como la regularización L2 y el algoritmo sigest para mejorar su rendimiento. También se implementan técnicas adicionales, como la estimación de un parámetro k sobredimensionado y la AIC backward selection, para mejorar la eficiencia. En este estudio, los modelos desarrollados se prueban con conjuntos de datos de diferente naturaleza, evaluando su rendimiento con datos sintéticos y realistas, y midiendo sus resultados con problemas de varios niveles de ruido y dificultad. Además, también se realiza una comparación de los modelos para observar qué RBFNN funciona mejor en determinadas condiciones, así como para analizar la diferencia en el número de neuronas y el parámetro de suavizado estimado. La evaluación experimental confirma la eficacia de los modelos RBFNN, proporcionando estimaciones precisas y demostrando su adaptabilidad con problemas de dificultad variable. El análisis comparativo revela que el modelo Ricker tiende a exhibir un rendimiento superior en presencia de altos niveles de ruido, mientras que ambos modelos tienen un rendimiento similar en condiciones de bajo ruido. Estos resultados sugieren la potencial influencia de la inhibición lateral, que podría ser explorada en más profundidad en futuros estudios.This project focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (RBFNN), comparing the gaussian model with a new version using the Ricker Wavelet activation function. The shape of this wavelet has been observed in the signals of neurons from different parts of the human brain, often producing a negative (inhibitory) signal known as lateral inhibition. Two RBFNN models have been developed, incorporating Machine Learning (ML) and statistical techniques such as L2 regularization and the sigest algorithm for improved performance. Additional techniques, such as estimating an oversized k parameter and using AIC backward selection, are implemented to enhance efficiency. In this study, the developed models are tested with datasets of different nature, evaluating their performance with synthetic and realistic data and measuring their results with problems of various levels of noise and difficulty. Furthermore, a comparison of the models is also made in order to observe which RBFNN performs better on certain conditions, as well as to analyze the difference in the number of neurons and the estimated smoothing parameter. The experimental evaluation confirms the effectiveness of the RBFNN models, yielding accurate estimations and demonstrating their adaptability to problems of varying difficulty. Comparative analysis reveals that the Ricker model tends to exhibit superior performance in the presence of high levels of noise, while both models perform similarly under low noise conditions. These results suggest the potential influence of lateral inhibition, which could be explored further in future studies

Internet of Things Applications - From Research and Innovation to Market Deployment

The book aims to provide a broad overview of various topics of Internet of Things from the research, innovation and development priorities to enabling technologies, nanoelectronics, cyber physical systems, architecture, interoperability and industrial applications. It is intended to be a standalone book in a series that covers the Internet of Things activities of the IERC – Internet of Things European Research Cluster from technology to international cooperation and the global "state of play".The book builds on the ideas put forward by the European research Cluster on the Internet of Things Strategic Research Agenda and presents global views and state of the art results on the challenges facing the research, development and deployment of IoT at the global level. Internet of Things is creating a revolutionary new paradigm, with opportunities in every industry from Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Computer, Electronics Telecommunications, Automotive, Aeronautics, Transportation Energy and Retail to apply the massive potential of the IoT to achieving real-world solutions. The beneficiaries will include as well semiconductor companies, device and product companies, infrastructure software companies, application software companies, consulting companies, telecommunication and cloud service providers. IoT will create new revenues annually for these stakeholders, and potentially create substantial market share shakeups due to increased technology competition. The IoT will fuel technology innovation by creating the means for machines to communicate many different types of information with one another while contributing in the increased value of information created by the number of interconnections among things and the transformation of the processed information into knowledge shared into the Internet of Everything. The success of IoT depends strongly on enabling technology development, market acceptance and standardization, which provides interoperability, compatibility, reliability, and effective operations on a global scale. The connected devices are part of ecosystems connecting people, processes, data, and things which are communicating in the cloud using the increased storage and computing power and pushing for standardization of communication and metadata. In this context security, privacy, safety, trust have to be address by the product manufacturers through the life cycle of their products from design to the support processes. The IoT developments address the whole IoT spectrum - from devices at the edge to cloud and datacentres on the backend and everything in between, through ecosystems are created by industry, research and application stakeholders that enable real-world use cases to accelerate the Internet of Things and establish open interoperability standards and common architectures for IoT solutions. Enabling technologies such as nanoelectronics, sensors/actuators, cyber-physical systems, intelligent device management, smart gateways, telematics, smart network infrastructure, cloud computing and software technologies will create new products, new services, new interfaces by creating smart environments and smart spaces with applications ranging from Smart Cities, smart transport, buildings, energy, grid, to smart health and life. Technical topics discussed in the book include: • Introduction• Internet of Things Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda• Internet of Things in the industrial context: Time for deployment.• Integration of heterogeneous smart objects, applications and services• Evolution from device to semantic and business interoperability• Software define and virtualization of network resources• Innovation through interoperability and standardisation when everything is connected anytime at anyplace• Dynamic context-aware scalable and trust-based IoT Security, Privacy framework• Federated Cloud service management and the Internet of Things• Internet of Things Application

The Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DGO2022) Intelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens June 15-17, 2022

The 23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research theme is “Intelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens”. Data and computational algorithms make systems smarter, but should result in smarter government and citizens. Intelligence and smartness affect all kinds of public values - such as fairness, inclusion, equity, transparency, privacy, security, trust, etc., and is not well-understood. These technologies provide immense opportunities and should be used in the light of public values. Society and technology co-evolve and we are looking for new ways to balance between them. Specifically, the conference aims to advance research and practice in this field. The keynotes, presentations, posters and workshops show that the conference theme is very well-chosen and more actual than ever. The challenges posed by new technology have underscored the need to grasp the potential. Digital government brings into focus the realization of public values to improve our society at all levels of government. The conference again shows the importance of the digital government society, which brings together scholars in this field. Dg.o 2022 is fully online and enables to connect to scholars and practitioners around the globe and facilitate global conversations and exchanges via the use of digital technologies. This conference is primarily a live conference for full engagement, keynotes, presentations of research papers, workshops, panels and posters and provides engaging exchange throughout the entire duration of the conference

Scientific Advances in STEM

Following a previous topic (Scientific advances in STEM: from professors to students; https://www.mdpi.com/topics/advances_stem), this new topic aims to highlight the importance of establishing collaborations among research groups from different disciplines, combining the scientific knowledge from basic to applied research as well as taking advantage of different research facilities. Fundamental science helps us to understand phenomenological basics, while applied science focuses on products and technology developments, highlighting the need to perform a transference of knowledge to society and the industrial sector