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  • Publication
    Comparative Study of Parallelism and Pipelining of RGB to HSL Colour Space Conversion Architecture on FPGA
    ( 2020-03-20)
    Pakhlen Ehkan
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    Siew, Soon Voon
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    RGB colour model is a basic colour model and complements together to produce full colour range but it is unable to produce sufficient information for digital image analysis. However, HSL is capable to provide other useful information such as colour in degree, saturation of the colour and brightness of colour. In this work, RGB to HSL mathematical conversion algorithm is implemented on FPGA chip. Parallelism and pipelining capabilities of FPGA helps to speed up conversion performance. The RGB to HSL equation is implemented by using two architectures which are parallel and 7-stages pipeline architectures. The designed parallel and pipeline converters have one clock and seven clock cycle of data latency respectively. The parallel and pipeline architectures for RGB to HSL converter have been achieved rate of accuracy by hardware verification up to 99% and 98% and possessed maximum operating frequency merit of 50 MHz and 120 MHz respectively.
  • Publication
    Deep-Learning Assisting Cerebral Palsy Patient Handgrip Task Translation
    ( 2021-07-26) ; ;
    Phaklen Ehkan
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    Muslim Mustapa
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    An electro-encephalography (EEG) brain-computer interface (BCI) can provide the brain and external environment with separate information sharing and control networks. EEG impulses, though, come from many electrodes, which produce different characteristics, and how the electrodes and features to enhance classification efficiency have been chosen has become an urgent concern. This paper explores the deep convolutional neural network architecture (CNN) hyper-parameters with separating temporal and spatial filters without any pre-processing or artificial extraction processes. It selects the raw EEG signal of electrode pairs over the cortical area as hybrid samples. Our proposed deep-learning model outperforms other neural network models previously applied to this dataset in training time (∼40%) and accuracy (∼6%). Besides, considerations such as optimum order for EEG channels do not limit our model, and it is patient-invariant. The impact of network architecture on decoder output and training time is further discussed.
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    Toward Adaptive and Scalable Topology in Distributed SDN Controller
    The increasing need for automated networking platforms like the Internet of Things, as well as network services like cloud computing, big data applications, wireless networks, mobile Internet, and virtualization, has driven existing networks to their limitations. Software-defined network (SDN) is a new modern programmable network architectural technology that allows network administrators to control the entire network consistently and logically centralized in software-based controllers and network devices become just simple packet forwarding devices. The controller that is the network's brain, is mostly based on the OpenFlow protocol and has distinct characteristics that vary depending on the programming language. Its function is to control network traffic and increase network resource efficiency. Therefore, selecting the right controllers and monitoring their performance to increase resource usage and enhance network performance metrics is required. For network performance metrics analysis, the study proposes an implementation of SDN architecture utilizing an open-source OpenDaylight (ODL) distributed SDN controller. The proposed work evaluates the deployment of distributed SDN controller performance on three distinct customized network topologies based on SDN architecture for node-to-node performance metrics such as delay, throughput, packet loss, and bandwidth use. The experiments are conducted using the Mininet emulation tool. Wireshark is used to collect and analyse packets in real-time. The results obtained from the comparison of networks are presented to provide useful guidelines for SDN research and deployment initiatives.
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