100 research outputs found
[Re] Double Sampling Randomized Smoothing
This paper is a contribution to the reproducibility challenge in the field of
machine learning, specifically addressing the issue of certifying the
robustness of neural networks (NNs) against adversarial perturbations. The
proposed Double Sampling Randomized Smoothing (DSRS) framework overcomes the
limitations of existing methods by using an additional smoothing distribution
to improve the robustness certification. The paper provides a clear
manifestation of DSRS for a generalized family of Gaussian smoothing and a
computationally efficient method for implementation. The experiments on MNIST
and CIFAR-10 demonstrate the effectiveness of DSRS, consistently certifying
larger robust radii compared to other methods. Also various ablations studies
are conducted to further analyze the hyperparameters and effect of adversarial
training methods on the certified radius by the proposed framework
Message queue telemetry transport and lightweight machine-to-machine comparison based on performance efficiency under various scenarios
Internet of things (IoT) is been advancing over a long period of time in many aspects. For data transfer between IoT devices in a wireless sensor network, various IoT protocols are proposed. Among them, the most widely used are constrained application protocol (CoAP) and message queue telemetry transport (MQTT). Overcoming the limitations of CoAP, lightweight machine-to-machine (LwM2M) framework was designed above CoAP. Recent statistics show that LwM2M and MQTT are the widely used, but LwM2M is still less used than MQTT. Our paper is aimed at comparing both MQTT and LwM2M on the basis of performance efficiency, which will be achieved by sending same file through both protocols to the server. Performance efficiency will be calculated in two scenarios, i) when the client makes a connection with the server i.e., while initial connection and ii) while sending data file to server i.e., while data transfer. Both the protocols will be tested on the number of packets sent and the variability of packet size throughout the session. Experimental results indicated that LwM2M outperformed MQTT in both above scenarios by almost 69%. Therefore, we concluded by stating that LwM2M is best choice over MQTT, but MQTT can still be used in some situations if necessary
HeRoSwarm: Fully-Capable Miniature Swarm Robot Hardware Design With Open-Source ROS Support
Experiments using large numbers of miniature swarm robots are desirable to
teach, study, and test multi-robot and swarm intelligence algorithms and their
applications. To realize the full potential of a swarm robot, it should be
capable of not only motion but also sensing, computing, communication, and
power management modules with multiple options. Current swarm robot platforms
developed for commercial and academic research purposes lack several of these
critical attributes by focusing only on a few of these aspects. Therefore, in
this paper, we propose the HeRoSwarm, a fully-capable swarm robot platform with
open-source hardware and software support. The proposed robot hardware is a
low-cost design with commercial off-the-shelf components that uniquely
integrates multiple sensing, communication, and computing modalities with
various power management capabilities into a tiny footprint. Moreover, our
swarm robot with odometry capability with Robot Operating Systems (ROS) support
is unique in its kind. This simple yet powerful swarm robot design has been
extensively verified with different prototyping variants and multi-robot
experimental demonstrations
Evolution and Final Fates of a Rotating 25 M Pop III star
In this proceeding, we present the 1-dimensional stellar evolution of two
rotating population III (Pop III) star models, each having a mass of 25
M at the zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS). The slowly rotating model has
an initial angular rotational velocity of 10 per cent of the critical angular
rotational velocity. In contrast, the rapidly rotating model has an initial
angular rotational velocity of 70 per cent of the critical angular rotational
velocity. As an effect of rotationally enhanced mixing, we find that the
rapidly rotating model suffers an enormous mass loss due to the deposition of a
significant amount of CNO elements toward the surface after the main-sequence
phase. We also display the simulated light curves as these models explode into
core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe).Comment: Resubmitted after incorporating minor revision, Part of 3 BINA
conference proceeding
Recent observations of peculiar Gamma-ray bursts using 3.6 m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT)
India has been actively involved in the follow-up observations of optical
afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) for more than two decades, using the
country's meter-class facilities such as the 1.04 m Sampurnanand Telescope, 1.3
m Devasthal Fast Optical Telescope, 2.01 m Himalayan Chandra Telescope along
with many others in the country, utilizing the longitudinal advantage of the
place. However, since 2016, Indian astronomers have embarked on a new era of
exploration by utilizing the country's largest optical telescope, the 3.6 m
Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) at the Devasthal Observatory of ARIES
Nainital. This unique telescope has opened up exciting opportunities for
transient study. Starting from the installation itself, the DOT has been
actively performing the target of opportunity (ToO) observations, leading to
many interesting discoveries. Notable achievements include the contributions
towards the discovery of long GRB 211211A arising from a binary merger, the
discovery of the most delayed optical flare from GRB 210204A along with the
very faint optical afterglow (fainter than 25 mag in g-band) of GRB 200412B. We
also successfully observed the optical counterpart of the very-high-energy
(VHE) detected burst GRB 201015A using DOT. Additionally, DOT has been used for
follow-up observations of dark and orphan afterglows, along with the
observations of host galaxies associated with peculiar GRBs. More recently,
DOT's near-IR follow-up capabilities helped us to detect the first near-IR
counterpart (GRB 230409B) using an Indian telescope. In this work, we summarise
the recent discoveries and observations of GRBs using the 3.6 m DOT,
highlighting the significant contributions in revealing the mysteries of these
cosmic transients.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in the
Bulletin of Li\`ege Royal Society of Sciences as a part of 3
Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA) workshop, 22-24
March 202
Tale of GRB 171010A/SN 2017htp and GRB 171205A/SN 2017iuk: Magnetar origin?
We present late-time optical follow-up observations of GRB 171010A/SN 2017htp
( = 0.33) and low-luminosity GRB 171205A/SN 2017iuk ( = 0.037) acquired
using the 4K4K CCD Imager mounted at the 3.6m Devasthal Optical
Telescope (3.6m DOT) along with the prompt emission data analysis of these two
interesting bursts. The prompt characteristics (other than brightness) such as
spectral hardness, T, and minimum variability time-scale are comparable
for both the bursts. The isotropic -ray and kinetic energies of the plateau
phase of GRB 171205A are found to be less than the maximum energy budget of
magnetars, supporting magnetar as a central engine powering source. The new
optical data of SN 2017htp and SN 2017iuk presented here, along with published
ones, indicate that SN 2017htp is one of the brightest and SN 21017iuk is among
the faintest GRB associated SNe (GRB-SNe). Semi-analytical light-curve
modelling of SN 2017htp, SN 2017iuk and only known GRB associated superluminous
supernova (SLSN 2011kl) are performed using the code. The
model with a spin-down millisecond magnetar as a central engine powering source
nicely reproduced the bolometric light curves of all three GRB-SNe mentioned
above. The magnetar central engines for SN 2017htp, SN 2017iuk, and SLSN 2011kl
exhibit values of initial spin periods higher and magnetic fields closer to
those observed for long GRBs and H-deficient SLSNe. Detection of these rare
events at such late epochs also demonstrates the capabilities of the 3.6m DOT
for deep imaging considering longitudinal advantage in the era of time-domain
astronomy.Comment: Accepted for publication in New Astronomy; Received 21 April 2022,
Revised 13 June 2022, Accepted 1 July 202
Revealing nature of GRB 210205A, ZTF21aaeyldq (AT2021any), and follow-up observations with the 4K4K CCD Imager+3.6m DOT
Optical follow-up observations of optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts are
crucial to probe the geometry of outflows, emission mechanisms, energetics, and
burst environments. We performed the follow-up observations of GRB 210205A and
ZTF21aaeyldq (AT2021any) using the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT)
around one day after the burst to deeper limits due to the longitudinal
advantage of the place. This paper presents our analysis of the two objects
using data from other collaborative facilities, i.e., 2.2m Calar Alto
Astronomical Observatory (CAHA) and other archival data. Our analysis suggests
that GRB 210205A is a potential dark burst once compared with the X-ray
afterglow data. Also, comparing results with other known and well-studied dark
GRBs samples indicate that the reason for the optical darkness of GRB 210205A
could either be intrinsic faintness or a high redshift event. Based on our
analysis, we also found that ZTF21aaeyldq is the third known orphan afterglow
with a measured redshift except for ZTF20aajnksq (AT2020blt) and ZTF19abvizsw
(AT2019pim). The multiwavelength afterglow modelling of ZTF21aaeyldq using the
afterglowpy package demands a forward shock model for an ISM-like ambient
medium with a rather wider jet opening angle. We determine circumburst density
of = 0.87 cm, kinetic energy = 3.80 erg
and the afterglow modelling also indicates that ZTF21aaeyldq is observed
on-axis () and a gamma-ray counterpart was missed
by GRBs satellites. Our results emphasize that the 3.6m DOT has a unique
capability for deep follow-up observations of similar and other new transients
for deeper observations as a part of time-domain astronomy in the future.Comment: Accepted for Special Issue of Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy,
2022, Astrophysical jets and observational facilities: National perspective,
05 -09 April 2021, ARIES Nainita
A long gamma-ray burst from a merger of compact objects
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are flashes of high-energy radiation arising from
energetic cosmic explosions. Bursts of long (>2 s) duration are produced by the
core-collapse of massive stars, those of short (< 2 s) duration by the merger
of two neutron stars (NSs). A third class of events with hybrid high-energy
properties was identified, but never conclusively linked to a stellar
progenitor. The lack of bright supernovae rules out typical core-collapse
explosions, but their distance scales prevent sensitive searches for direct
signatures of a progenitor system. Only tentative evidence for a kilonova has
been presented. Here we report observations of the exceptionally bright
GRB211211A that classify it as a hybrid event and constrain its distance scale
to only 346 Mpc. Our measurements indicate that its lower-energy (from
ultraviolet to near-infrared) counterpart is powered by a luminous (~1E42
erg/s) kilonova possibly formed in the ejecta of a compact binary merger.Comment: original version, accepted for publication after revisio
Molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases using cytological specimens
Pathologists have an important role in the diagnosis of infectious disease (ID). In many cases, a definitive diagnosis can be made using cytopathology alone. However, several ancillary techniques can be used on cytological material to reach a specific diagnosis by identifying the causative agent and consequently defining the management of the patient. This review aims to present the effectiveness of the application of molecular studies on cytological material to diagnose IDs and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various molecular techniques according to the type of cytological specimen and the infectious agents.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
SN 2016iyc : a Type IIb supernova arising from a low-mass progenitor
In this work, photometric and spectroscopic analyses of a very low-luminosity Type IIb supernova (SN) 2016iyc have been performed. SN 2016iyc lies near the faint end among the distribution of similar supernovae (SNe). Given lower ejecta mass (Mej) and low nickel mass (MNi) from the literature, combined with SN 2016iyc lying near the faint end, one-dimensional stellar evolution models of 9–14 M⊙ zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS) stars as the possible progenitors of SN 2016iyc have been performed using the publicly available code mesa. Moreover, synthetic explosions of the progenitor models have been simulated, using the hydrodynamic evolution codes stella and snec. The bolometric luminosity light curve and photospheric velocities produced through synthetic explosions of ZAMS stars of mass in the range of 12–13 M⊙ having a pre-supernova radius R0 = (204–300) R⊙, with Mej = (1.89–1.93) M⊙, explosion energy Eexp = (0.28–0.35) × 1051 erg, and MNi &lt; 0.09 M⊙, are in good agreement with observations; thus, SN 2016iyc probably exploded from a progenitor near the lower mass limits for SNe IIb. Finally, hydrodynamic simulations of the explosions of SN 2016gkg and SN 2011fu have also been performed to compare intermediate- and high-luminosity examples among well-studied SNe IIb. The results of progenitor modelling and synthetic explosions for SN 2016iyc, SN 2016gkg, and SN 2011fu exhibit a diverse range of mass for the possible progenitors of SNe IIb
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