cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comment: Microarrays, Empirical Bayes and the Two-Groups Model
Creators: name: Rice, Kenneth
name: Spiegelhalter, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Comment on ``Microarrays, Empirical Bayes and the Two-Groups Model'' [arXiv:0808.0572]
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-STS236A the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Contactless Thermal Characterization of High Temperature Test Chamber
Creators: name: Szucs, Z.
name: Bognar, G.
name: Szekely, Vladimir
name: Rencz, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper the methodology and the results of a contactless thermal characterization of a high temperature test chamber will be introduced. The test chamber is used for fatigue testing of different MEMS devices where the homogenous temperature distribution within the close proximity from the heating filaments is very important. Our aim was to characterize the evolving temperature distribution inside the test chamber. In order to achieve smaller time constant a new contactless sensor card was developed. The contactless thermal characterization method introduced in this paper enables in situ heat distribution measurement inside the test chamber during operation, with the detection of potentially uneven heat distribution.
description: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association (http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838)
Entanglement of two blocks of spins in the critical Ising model
Creators: name: Facchi, P.
name: Florio, G.
name: Invernizzi, C.
name: Pascazio, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the entropy of entanglement of two blocks of L spins at a distance d in the ground state of an Ising chain in an external transverse magnetic field. We numerically study the von Neumann entropy for different values of the transverse field. At the critical point we obtain analytical results for blocks of size L=1 and L=2. In the general case, the critical entropy is shown to be additive when d goes to infinity. Finally, based on simple arguments, we derive an expression for the entropy at the critical point as a function of both L and d. This formula is in excellent agreement with numerical results.
description: published version
Processing and Characterization of Precision Microparts from Nickel-based Materials
Creators: name: Allen, D.
name: Almond, H. J.
name: Bedner, K.
name: Cabezza, M.
name: Courtot, B.
name: Duval, A.
name: Impey, S. A.
name: Saumer, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The objective of this research was to study the influence of electroplating parameters on electrodeposit characteristics for the production of nickel (Ni) and nickel-iron (Ni-Fe) microparts by photoelectroforming. The research focused on the most relevant parameter for industry, which is the current density, because it determines the process time and the consumed energy. The results of the Ni and Ni-Fe characterisations can be divided into two aspects closely linked with each other ; the morphology and the hardness.
description: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association (http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838)
Volume 8: Issue 4: Microgrid Evolution Solutions
Creators: Various
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2020

Volume 8: Issue 4: Microgrid Evolution Solutions
This Special Issue of Electrification Magazine on microgrid evolution covers several interesting topics written by leading experts on timely issues which include space microgrids; transforming a university building into a nanogrid; renewable energy integration in Canadian remote community microgrids; Kythnos microgrid – a 20 year history; an industrial park in China as a green microgrid; networked microgrid operations to support a resilient electric power infrastructure; blockchain for peer-to-peer transactive energy trading in networked microgrids; versatile microgrid management solution for electricity grid; new challenges in the design of microgrid systems: communication networks, cyberattacks, and resilience; and unmanned aerial vehicles in modern power systems.
A 3D radiative transfer framework: III. periodic boundary conditions
Creators: name: Hauschildt, Peter H.
name: Baron, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a general method to solve radiative transfer problems including scattering in the continuum as well as in lines in 3D configurations with periodic boundary conditions. he scattering problem for line transfer is solved via means of an operator splitting (OS) technique. The formal solution is based on a full characteristics method. The approximate $Λ$ operator is constructed considering nearest neighbors exactly. The code is parallelized over both wavelength and solid angle using the MPI library. We present the results of several test cases with different values of the thermalization parameter and two choices for the temperature structure. The results are directly compared to 1D plane parallel tests. The 3D results agree very well with the well-tested 1D calculations.
description: A&A, in press, visualization figure omitted due to size, available at ftp://phoenix.hs.uni-hamburg.de/preprints/3DRT_paper3.pdf
On the Eigenspaces of Lamplighter Random Walks and Percolation Clusters on Graphs
Creators: name: Lehner, Franz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 43A05, 47B80, 60K35

description: We show that the Plancherel measure of the lamplighter random walk on a graph coincides with the expected spectral measure of the absorbing random walk on the Bernoulli percolation clusters. In the subcritical regime the spectrum is pure point and we construct a complete orthonormal basis of finitely supported eigenfunctions.
description: notational improvements and minor corrections, 6 pages; complement to arXiv:0712.3135
Limit laws of entrance times for low complexity Cantor minimal systems
Creators: name: Durand, Fabien
name: Maass, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37A05

description: This paper is devoted to the study of limit laws of entrance times to cylinder sets for Cantor minimal systems of zero entropy using their representation by means of ordered Bratteli diagrams. We study in detail substitution subshifts and we prove these limit laws are piecewise linear functions. The same kind of results is obtained for classical low complexity systems given by non stationary ordered Bratteli diagrams.
Manufacturing of A micro probe using supersonic aided electrolysis process
Creators: name: Shyu, R. F.
name: Weng, Litsai
name: Ho, Chi-Ting
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, a practical micromachining technology was applied for the fabrication of a micro probe using a complex nontraditional machining process. A series process was combined to machine tungsten carbide rods from original dimension. The original dimension of tungsten carbide rods was 3mm ; the rods were ground to a fixed-dimension of 50 micrometers using precision grinding machine in first step. And then, the rod could be machined to a middle-dimension of 20 micrometers by electrolysis. A final desired micro dimension can be achieved using supersonic aided electrolysis. High-aspect-ratio of micro tungsten carbide rod was easily obtained by this process. Surface roughness of the sample with supersonic aided agitation was compared with that with no agitation in electrolysis. The machined surface of the sample is very smooth due to ionized particles of anode could be removed by supersonic aided agitation during electrolysis. Deep micro holes can also be achieved by the machined high-aspect-rati tungsten carbide rod using EDM process. A micro probe of a ball shape at the end was processed by proposed supersonic aided electrolysis machining process.
description: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association (http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838)
Can one predict a drop contact angle?
Creators: name: Silvestrini, Marion
name: Tinti, Antonio
name: Giacomello, Alberto
name: Brito, Carolina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of wetting phenomena is of great interest due to the multifaceted technological applications of hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. The theoretical approaches proposed by Wenzel and later by Cassie and Baxter to describe the behaviour of a droplet of water on a rough solid were extensively used and improved to characterize the apparent contact angle of a droplet. However, the equilibrium hypothesis implied in these models means that they are not always predictive of experimental contact angles due to strong metastabilities typically occurring on heterogeneous surfaces. A predictive scheme for contact angle is thus urgently needed both to characterise a surface by contact angle measurements and to design superhydrophobic and oleophobic surfaces with the desired properties, e.g., contact angle hysteresis. In this work a combination of Monte Carlo simulation and the string method is employed to calculate the free energy profile of a liquid droplet deposited on a pillared surface. For the analyzed surfaces, we show that there is only one minimum of the free energy that corresponds to the superhydrophobic wetting state while the wet state can present multiple minima. Furthermore, when the surface roughness decreases the amount of local minima observed in the free energy profile increases.
Rejoinder: Microarrays, Empirical Bayes and the Two-Groups Model
Creators: name: Efron, Bradley
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Rejoinder to ``Microarrays, Empirical Bayes and the Two-Groups Model'' [arXiv:0808.0572]
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/08-STS236REJ the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
The effect of classical noise on a quantum two-level system
Creators: name: Aguilar, Jean-Philippe
name: Berglund, Nils
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60h10, 35P15, 81Q15, 93E03

description: We consider a quantum two-level system perturbed by classical noise. The noise is implemented as a stationary diffusion process in the off-diagonal matrix elements of the Hamiltonian, representing a transverse magnetic field. We determine the invariant measure of the system and prove its uniqueness. In the case of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck noise, we determine the speed of convergence to the invariant measure. Finally, we determine an approximate one-dimensional diffusion equation for the transition probabilities. The proofs use both spectral-theoretic and probabilistic methods.
description: 25 pages
Examining Leadership Support, Hiring of DEI Practitioners and Learning Opportunities in  Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
Creators: Sanchit Vachhar
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

This capping paper delves into the multifaceted landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, focusing on three critical dimensions: leadership support, the work of DEI practitioners, and the effectiveness of learning opportunities. With DEI gaining prominence in organizational agendas, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis based on an extensive literature review. The paper explores how organizations define and prioritize DEI, emphasizing the pivotal role of leadership in shaping and sustaining inclusive

environments. It delves into the responsibilities and challenges faced by DEI practitioners, providing insights into the dynamics that influence their work. Additionally, the paper evaluates the impact of DEI training initiatives, aiming to discern their effectiveness in fostering behavioral change. Through a comprehensive literature review, this paper contributes nuanced perspectives to the ongoing discourse on DEI, offering valuable insights for scholars, practitioners, and organizational leaders.
Optical spectroscopy of some simple free radicals
Creators: name: Cheung, Allan Shi-Chung
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis reports studies of the electronic spectra of some gaseous oxide molecules. The (0,0) band of the C⁴ Σ⁻ - X⁴ Σ⁻ electronic transition of V0 has been recorded by intermodulated laser-induced fluorescence at a resolution of about 100 MHz over the range 17300 - 17427 cm⁻¹. The hyper- fine structure caused by the ⁵¹V nucleus (I = 7/2) is almost completely resolved. Internal hyperfine perturbations between the F₂ and F₃ electron spin components (where N = J – ½ and J + ½ , respectively) occur in both electronic states; these are caused by hyperfine matrix elements of the type ΔJ = ±1. The C⁴ Σ⁻ state has many local electronic-rotational perturbations, and also suffers from large spin-orbit perturbations by distant electronic states, for which it has been necessary to introduce a second spin-rotation parameter, Y[sub=s], and the corresponding isotropic hyperfine parameter, b[sub=s]. The background theory for this new hyperfine parameter and the calculation of its matrix elements are described. The A⁴π – X⁴ Σ⁻ electronic transition of V0 in the near infra-red has been recorded at Doppler-limited resolution by Fourier transform spectroscopy, and rotational analyses performed for the (0,0) band at 1.5μ and the (0,1) band in 1.18 μ. The hyperfine structure is prominent in the A⁴π ⁴n[sub=5/2] – x⁴ Σ⁻ subband, and in many of the spin satellite branches. As shown by the value of the Fermi contact hyperfine parameter in the A⁴π its electron configuration is (4sσ)¹ (3dδ)¹ (4pπ)¹ in the single configuration approximation. Laser-induced fluorescence spectra of gaseous FeO have proved that the bands whose P and R branches have been analysed rotationally by Harris and Barrow (and which are known to involve the ground state) are Ω'= 4 – Ω''= 4 transitions. The electron configuration (4sσ)¹ (3dδ)³ (3dπ)² ⁵ Δ[sub=i], is the only reasonable assignment for the ground state of FeO. The rotational structure of the 000-000 band of the 2490 Å system of ¹⁵N0₂ (2²B₂ - X²A₁) has been analysed from high dispersion grating spectrograph plates. The band is found to be slightly predissociated, exactly as in the ¹⁴N0₂ isotope, which suggests that it might be usable for laser separation of the isotopes of nitrogen.
Remarks on string solitons
Creators: name: Loginov, E. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider generalized self-duality equations for U(2r) Yang-Mills theory on R^8 with quaternionic structure. We employ the extended ADHM method in eight dimensions to construct exact soliton solutions of the low-energy effective theory of the heterotic string.
description: 8 pages, LaTeX, no figures
X-ray crystallographic studies of eight organic compounds
Creators: name: Pauptit, Richard A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: ABSTRACT Part one of this thesis contains the x-ray crystal structure analyses of six compounds related to natural product chemistry. The first three analyses were performed in order to identify two isomers, separated by chromatography, that were potential intermediates in the syntheses, of stemodin. and aphidicolin, and differed only in the orientation of a cyclobutyl moiety. The first eluted isomer was shown to be a β-cyclobutyl tricyclic enone (C₂₂H₃₂O₃ monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, a = 11.832(1), b = 11.423(1), c = 14.637(1) Å, β = 98.71(2)°, Z = 4, solved by direct methods and refined to R = 0.034 for 2052 observed reflections). The second eluted isomer was the c-cyclobutyl species (C₂₂H₃₂O₃, monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, a = 15.722(4), b = 7.463(2), c = 17.213(6) Å, β =- 104.67(1) ⁰, Z = 4, solved by direct methods- and- refined to R = 0.040 for 702 observed reflections). The third analysis was of the p-bromobenzoate derivative of the second eluted isomer, and confirmed the c-cyclobutyl structure (C₂₉H₃₇BrO₄, triclinic, space group PT, a = 11.023(2), b = 11.877(1), c = 10.900(1) Å, α = 90.461(8), β = 111.57(1), ƴ = 80.51(1)°, Z = 2, solved by Patterson methods and refined to R = 0.032 for 2715 observed reflect ions). The fourth structure was also a p-bromobenzoate derivative of a system involving a four-membered ring, and was undertaken to verify the 1,4-homoenol structure of camphor-1,4-homoenol p-bromobenzoate (C ₁₇H₁₉BrO₂, orthorhombic, space group P2₁2₁2₁, a = 6.875(1), b = 8.522(2), c = 26.658(6) Å, Z = 4, solved by both direct and Patterson methods and refined to R =0.045 for 697 observed reflections). The last two structures of this part proved to be crystallographically difficult. One was the previously unknown structure of raucubaine, an indole alkaloid isolated from the plant Rauwolfia salicifolia griseb. (C₂₀H2₂₄N₂0₃, monoclinic, space group P2₁, a = 7.2179(3), b = 12.8169(7), c = 9.1996(2) Å, β = 93.040(3)°, Z = 2, solved by direct methods (with great difficulty) and refined to R = 0.046 for 1700 observed reflections). The other was a sugar that had remained unsolved for fourteen years (C₂₄H₂₄Cl₂O₈, monoclinic, space group P2₁, a = 5.752(3), b = 15.436(3), c = 13.698(3) Å, β = 93.74(3)°, Z = 2, solved by direct methods (with great difficulty) and refined to R = 0.042 for 898 observed reflections). Part two contains two optically active structures as part of a project concerning spontaneous resolution in binaphthyl systems: the first being naphthidine (C₂₀H₁₆N₂, tetragonal, space group P4₁2₁2 or P4₃2₁2, a = 7.945(1), c = 24.264(5) Å, Z = 4, solved by direct methods and refined to R = 0.068 for 548 reflections) and the other 1, 1'-binaphthyl (C₂₀H₁₄, tetragonal, space group P4₁2₁2 or P4₃2, a = 7.164(2), c = 27.70(1) Å, Z = 4, solved by direct methods and refined to R = 0.030 for 562 observed reflections). These structures are compared to those of several related compounds.
Algorithm and Implementation Co-Design for Learning and Inference Slides and Transcript
Creators: Marian Verhelst
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

2018 ISSCC Short Courses
Abstract- As deep learning comes with significant computational complexity, only relatively recently has this technology become feasible on power-hungry server platforms. In the past few years, we have seen a trend from server-based processing towards embedded processing of the computation for deep learning networks. It is crucial to understand that this evolution is not enabled by either novel architectures or novel deep learning algorithms alone. The breakthroughs clearly come from a close co-optimization between algorithms and implementation architectures. In this presentation, we will review a wide range of recent techniques to a) make the learning algorithms implementation-aware and b) make the hardware implementations algorithm-aware.
Bio- Marian Verhelst is assistant professor at MICAS – KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research focuses on embedded machine learning, low-power sensing, and processing for the internet of things. Marian is member of the Young Academy of Belgium, the ISSCC and DATE executive committees, and is an associate editor of JSSC.
Euteliidae Grote 1882
Creators: name: Pohl, Greg
name: Anweiler, Gary
name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Kondla, Norbert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Euteliidae

description: 61. Euteliidae Medium-sized (approximately 30 mm wingspan) moths, usually with brightly colored, patterned wings. They have an unusual resting posture, with the wings rolled and held out from the body. Th is is a small group of primarily tropical moths, with 16 species in three genera in North America, one of which reaches AB. Most feed on sumacs and poison-ivy (Rhus spp.). 1720 * R Marathyssa inficita (Walker, 1865) L Jun – – G T: Forbes (1954) L: None C: NFRC, UASM
description: Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on pages 251-252, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629
description: {"references": ["Forbes WTM (1954) Th e Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states, Part III. Noctuidae. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Memoirs 329: 1 - 433."]}
Hybrid-Design of Analog-to-Digital Converters Slides and Transcript
Creators: Seng-Pan U
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

2018 ISSCC Tutorials
Abstract - Traditionally, ADC architectures have been sorted into distinct categories such as FLASH, SAR, pipeline, and delta-sigma. Recently, improvements in ADC power, speed, and resolution have been enabled by hybrid approaches that combine techniques from many ADC architectures. Further, this trend of hybrid design is extended beyond the choice of quantizer to include a mix of circuit topologies in key ADC building blocks. The resulting degrees of freedom allow designers to fully optimize their converters, leading to performance levels beyond what can be achieved with conventional architectures. This tutorial will start with a general overview of key ADC architectures (e.g. Flash, SAR, pipeline and delta-sigma), highlighting basic operation and design trade-offs. Second, the architectural hybrid designs in consideration of various quantizer options will be discussed. Last, illustrative examples of hybrid circuit topologies and techniques will be discussed, with emphasis on design choices that enabled performance benefits for the specific application of interest.
Bio - Seng-Pan (Ben) U received the dual Ph.D. degree from the University of Macau (UM) and Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal in 2002. He is currently Professor and Deputy Director of the State-Key Laboratory of Analog & Mixed-Signal (AMS) VLSI of UM. He is also the co-founder & corporate R&D director and Macau site general manager of Synopsys Macau Ltd (Former Chipidea Microelectronics Macau).
He has co-authored 200+ publications, 4 books and co-held 14 US patents. He was A-SSCC 2013 tutorial speaker for energy-efficient data converters and SSCS Distinguished Lecturer (2014-2015). He was the co-recipient of the 2014 ESSCIRC Best paper award, and also the advisor for student awards of the SSCS Pre-doc Achievement Award, ISSCC Silk-Road Award, and A-SSCC Student Design Contest in the data converter field. He was the 1st recipient from Macau of the National science & technology (S&T) award and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation award. He has received 7 Macau S&T Awards, 2 business awards, and the government Honorary Title of Value. He is currently IEEE Fellow, was also elected as the Scientific Chinese of the Year 2012, and was recently appointed as a member of the S
Water permeation pathways in laminated organic single-crystal devices
Creators: name: Nouchi, Ryo
name: Ishihara, Yoshiaki
name: Ikeda, Susumu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Water permeation pathways in electronic devices should be eliminated for the suppression of operational instabilities. We investigated possible pathways in field-effect transistors based on a laminated single crystal (SC) of an organic semiconductor, rubrene. Water-induced instabilities were found to be more obvious with a thicker rubrene SC. Furthermore, under our simulation conditions, molecular dynamics calculations of water diffusion on a rubrene SC showed that no water molecules penetrated the SC. These findings indicate that a space at the SC/substrate interface is a dominant pathway. The present study clearly shows the importance of conformality of SC lamination onto the underlying substrate.
description: Accepted version
Letter from Kathleen Raine to Percy Jarrett, January 14, [1981]
Creators: name: Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945
subject: Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/52672
subject: Authors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688
subject: Jarrett, Percy W.
subject: Scholars
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1106878
subject: Jarrett, Elizabeth
subject: Critics
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/883769
subject: Skelton, Robin
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/51853
subject: Philobiblion (Bookseller : Victoria, B.C.)
subject: Book industries and trade
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/836171
subject: Skelton, Sylvia
subject: Periodicals--Publishing
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1058100
subject: Poets, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067870
subject: Periodical editors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1058064
subject: Poets
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067778
subject: English poetry--Manuscripts
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/912320

description: Part of a collection of letters from award-winning British poet and scholar Kathleen Raine to Percy Jarrett, owner of the dealership Philobiblion which specialized in literary books and manuscripts. Most of the letters discuss the negotiation of sales of Raine’s manuscript material (of which Irvine Library at the University of California was the primary buyer), the periodical Temenos, that Raine co-founded; and Jarret’s son-in law Robin Skelton, who was a poet and Professor of English Literature at the University of Victoria. In this letter, Raine agrees with Jarrett on refusing the latest offer for manuscript material, and gives a summary of each of her books coming out in the coming year.
Absolute Parameters of Young Stars: PU Pup
Creators: name: Erdem, A.
name: Surgit, D.
name: Banks, T. S.
name: Ozkardes, B.
name: Budding, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present combined photometric and spectroscopic analyses of the southern binary star PU Pup. High-resolution spectra of this system were taken at the University of Canterbury Mt. John Observatory in the years 2008 and again in 2014-15. We find the light contribution of the secondary component to be only $\sim$2\% of the total light of the system in optical wavelengths, resulting in a single-lined spectroscopic binary. Recent TESS data revealed grazing eclipses within the light minima, though the tidal distortion, examined also from HIPPARCOS data, remains the predominating light curve effect. Our model shows PU Pup to have the more massive primary relatively close to filling its Roche lobe. PU Pup is thus approaching the rare `fast phase' of interactive (Case B) evolution. Our adopted absolute parameters are as follows: $M_1$ = 4.10 ($\pm$0.20) M$_{\odot}$, $M_2$ = 0.65 ($\pm$0.05) M$_{\odot}$, $R_{1}$ = 6.60 ($\pm$0.30) R$_{\odot}$, $R_2$ = 0.90 ($\pm$0.10) R$_{\odot}$; $T_{1}$ = 11500 ($\pm$500) K, $T_{2}$ = 5000 ($\pm$350) K; photometric distance = 186 ($\pm$20) pc, age = 170 ($\pm$20) My. The less-massive secondary component is found to be significantly oversized and overluminous compared to standard Main Sequence models. We discuss this discrepancy referring to heating from the reflection effect.
description: Accepted by Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fundamentals of Switch-Mode Power-Converter Design
Creators: Hoi Lee
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

2018 ISSCC Tutorials
Abstract- Switched-mode power converters are very popular in power management IC designs for voltage conversions and are widely adopted for today’s smart phones and tablets thanks to their high power-conversion efficiency and high-output-power capability. Their applications also include high-voltage and high-power automotive systems, LED lighting, and renewable energy systems. In this tutorial, switched-mode power-converter fundamentals and the design of CMOS switched-mode power converters will be covered. Topics include an overview of non-isolated power-converter topologies such as buck, boost, and non-inverting buck-boost; loss analysis and comparisons between continuous and discontinuous conduction-mode operations; different control schemes; and frequency compensation between voltage-mode and current-mode operations. Topics also include detailed circuit implementations of building blocks like FET-based and filter-based current sensors, dead-time control and gate drivers and the state-of-the-art designs. Practical design examples are used throughout the presentation. Advanced topic includes the discussions of three-level converters.
Bio - Hoi Lee received the B.Eng., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Since 2005, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, where he is a Professor. His research interests include power-management integrated circuits, power-converter topologies and control methodologies, wireless power and energy-harvesting circuits, and analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
Dr. Lee serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I Regular Papers. He is also on the Technical Program Committees of ISSCC, CICC, and ISPSD. He has authored or coauthored over 100 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers. He received 2011 NSF CAREER Award and was the recipient of the CICC 2002 Best Student Paper Award.
Introduction to Machine Learning and Inference Slides and Transcript
Creators: Gu-Yeon Wei
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

2018 ISSCC Short Courses
Abstract- Machine learning, and in particular deep learning, has received a great deal of attention in recent years as it has disrupted many fields of electrical engineering and computer science. The success of deep-learning techniques comes from their ability to solve notoriously difficult classification and regression problems. Much of deep learning’s recent successes can be attributed to a virtuous cycle of advances in computing hardware, the availability of huge amounts of labeled data, and development of deeper models. This talk introduces the broad and dynamic field of deep learning for hardware designers. We begin with a brief history and review key innovations that have led to the powerful deep-learning techniques we see today. We will review the different types of learning widely used today with a focus on neural network models for inference applied across a variety of domains. The primary objective of this talk is to help and motivate chip designers to engage in this exciting opportunity and further push the impact of deep learning via hardware-level innovations.
Bio- Gu-Yeon Wei is Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University and currently serves as Area Chair for Electrical Engineering. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His research interests span multiple layers of a computing system: mixed-signal integrated circuits, computer architecture, and design tools for efficient hardware. His research efforts focus on identifying synergistic opportunities across these layers to develop energy-efficient solutions for a broad range of systems from flapping-wing microrobots to machine learning hardware for IoT devices to large-scale servers.
The Density Probability Distribution in Compressible Isothermal Turbulence: Solenoidal versus Compressive Forcing
Creators: name: Federrath, Christoph
name: Klessen, Ralf S.
name: Schmidt, Wolfram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The probability density function (PDF) of the gas density in turbulent supersonic flows is investigated with high-resolution numerical simulations. In a systematic study, we compare the density statistics of compressible turbulence driven by the usually adopted solenoidal forcing (divergence-free) and by compressive forcing (curl-free). Our results are in agreement with studies using solenoidal forcing. However, compressive forcing yields a significantly broader density distribution with standard deviation ~3 times larger at the same rms Mach number. The standard deviation-Mach number relation used in analytical models of star formation is reviewed and a modification of the existing expression is proposed, which takes into account the ratio of solenoidal and compressive modes of the turbulence forcing.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted to ApJL, simulation movies available at http://www.ita.uni-heidelberg.de/~chfeder/videos.shtml?lang=en
Large Area Roller Embossing of Multilayered Ceramic Green Composites
Creators: name: Shan, X.
name: Soh, Y. C.
name: Shi, C. W. P.
name: Tay, C. K.
name: Lu, C. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we will report our achievements in developing large area patterning of multilayered ceramic green composites using roller embossing. The aim of our research is to pattern large area ceramic green composites using a modified roller laminating apparatus, which is compatible with screen printing machines, for integration of embossing and screen printing. The instrumentation of our roller embossing apparatus, as shown in Figure1, consists of roller 1 and rollers 2. Roller 1 is heated up to the desired embossing temperature ; roller 2 is, however, kept at room temperature. The mould is a nickel template manufactured by plating nickel-based micro patterns (height : 50 $μ$m) on a nickel film (thickness : 70 $μ$m) ; the substrate for the roller embossing is a multilayered Heraeus Heralock HL 2000 ceramic green composite. Comparing with the conventional simultaneous embossing, the advantages of roller embossing include : (1) low embossing force ; (2) easiness of demoulding ; (3) localized area in contact with heater ; and etc. We have demonstrated the capability of large area roller embossing with a panel size of 150mmx 150mm on the mentioned substrate. We have explored and confirmed the impact of parameters (feed speed, temperature of roller and applied pressure) to the pattern quality of roller embossing. Furthermore, under the optimized process parameters, we characterized the variations of pattern dimension over the panel area, and calculated a scaling factor in order to make the panel compatible with other processes. Figure 2 shows the embossed patterns on a 150mmx 150mm green ceramic panel.
description: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association (http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838)
Proton channeling through long chiral carbon nanotubes: the rainbow route to equilibration
Creators: name: Petrovic, S.
name: Telecki, I.
name: Borka, D.
name: Neskovic, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we investigate the rainbows appearing in channeling of 1 GeV protons through the long (11, 9) single-wall carbon nanotubes. The nanotube length is varied from 10 to 500 micrometers. The angular distributions of channeled protons are computed using the numerical solution of the proton equations of motion in the transverse plane and the Monte Carlo method. Each rainbow is characterized by a sharp decrease of the proton yield on its large angle side. As the nanotube length increases, the number of rainbows increases and the average distance between them decreases in an easily predictable way. When the average distance between the rainbows becomes smaller than the resolution of the angular distribution, one cannot distinguish between the adjacent rainbows, and the angular distribution becomes equilibrated. We call this route to equilibration the rainbow route to equilibration. This work is a demonstration of how a simple one-dimensional bound dynamic system can exhibit a complex collective behavior.
Study of mechanical response in embossing of ceramic green substrate by micro-indentation
Creators: name: Liu, Y. C.
name: Shan, X. -C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Micro-indentation test with a micro flat-end cone indenter was employed to simulate micro embossing process and investigate the thermo-mechanical response of ceramic green substrates. The laminated low temperature co-fired ceramic green tapes were used as the testing material ; the correlations of indentation depth versus applied force and applied stress at the temperatures of 25 degrees C and 75degrees C were studied. The results showed that permanent indentation cavities could be formed at temperatures ranging from 25 degrees C to 75 degrees C, and the depth of cavities created was applied force, temperature and dwell time dependent. Creep occurred and made a larger contribution to the plastic deformation at elevated temperatures and high peak loads. There was instantaneous recovery during the unloading and retarded recovery in the first day after indentation. There was no significant pile-up due to material flow observed under compression at the temperature up to 75 degrees C. The plastic deformation was the main cause for formation of cavity on the ceramic green substrate under compression. The results can be used as a guideline for embossing ceramic green substrates.
description: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association (http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838)
Efficient Alternatives and Extensions to Deep-Learning-Based Solutions Slides and Transcript
Creators: Naveen Verma
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

2018 ISSCC Short Courses
Abstract - Deep-learning systems have had profound impacts in a broad range of applications. However, it is important to remember that these represent only one class of
machine learning. In this segment of the short course, we start by probing what the critical attributes are of deep learning, and what challenges in modeling and
inference they solve. We then go on to consider the limitations of deep learning in emerging applications involving on-line learning (e.g. reinforcement learning
with embedded sensors) – namely the need for a large number of training instances and the need for very low energy. This motivates alternatives or extensions to
deep learning, which make use of other forms of learning to enhance training and energy efficiency. Given the need for very low energy in many applications, we
explore how the statistical-learning can enable new hardware architectures, substantially overcoming the tradeoffs limiting conventional architectures for sensing
and computation. Finally, having examined how algorithmic techniques can enhance systems, we look at how systems, and emerging technologies for sensing,
can enhance algorithms. As an illustration, we consider how object-associated sensing, as enabled by IoT devices, has the potential to provide semantic structure,
leading to features that can enhance the generalization of learning with simpler and easier-to-train models.
Bio -  Naveen Verma received the B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in 2003, and the
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and 2009 respectively. Since July 2009 he has been with
the department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research focuses on advanced sensing systems,
including low-voltage digital logic and SRAMs, low-noise analog instrumentation and data-conversion, large-area sensing systems based on flexible electronics,
and low-energy algorithms for embedded inference, especially for medical applications. Prof. Verma is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Society, and serves on the technical program committees for ISSCC, VLSI Symp., DATE, and the IEEE Signal-Processing Society (DISPS). Prof. Verma is a recipient
or co-recipient of the 2006 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Award, the 2008 ISSCC Jack Kilby Paper Award, the 2012 Alfred Rheinstein Junior Faculty Award,
the 2013 NSF CAREER Award, the 2013 Intel Early Career Award, the 2013 Walter C. Johnson Prize for Teaching Excellence, the 2013 VLSI Symp. Best Student
Paper Award, the 2014 AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the 2015 Princeton Engineering Council Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2015 IEEE Trans. CPMT
Best Paper Award.
Top-Down Behavioral Modeling Methodology of a Piezoelectric Microgenerator For Integrated Power Harvesting Systems
Creators: name: Boussetta, Hela
name: Basrour, S.
name: Marzencki, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this study, we developed a top/down methodology for behavioral and structural modeling of multi-domain microsystems. Then, we validated this methodology through a study case : a piezoelectric microgenerator. We also proved the effectiveness of VHDL-AMS language not only for modeling in behavioral and structural levels but also in writing physical models that can predict the experimental results. Finally, we validated these models by presenting and discussing simulations results.
description: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association (http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838)
Non-Parametric Stochastic Sequential Assignment With Random Arrival Times
Creators: name: Dervovic, Danial
name: Hassanzadeh, Parisa
name: Assefa, Samuel
name: Reddy, Prashant
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider a problem wherein jobs arrive at random times and assume random values. Upon each job arrival, the decision-maker must decide immediately whether or not to accept the job and gain the value on offer as a reward, with the constraint that they may only accept at most $n$ jobs over some reference time period. The decision-maker only has access to $M$ independent realisations of the job arrival process. We propose an algorithm, Non-Parametric Sequential Allocation (NPSA), for solving this problem. Moreover, we prove that the expected reward returned by the NPSA algorithm converges in probability to optimality as $M$ grows large. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm empirically on synthetic data and on public fraud-detection datasets, from where the motivation for this work is derived.
description: Accepted to IJCAI '21, full version with Supplementary Material
Open questions in the study of population III star formation
Creators: name: Glover, S. C. O.
name: Clark, P. C.
name: Greif, T. H.
name: Johnson, J. L.
name: Bromm, V.
name: Klessen, R. S.
name: Stacy, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The first stars were key drivers of early cosmic evolution. We review the main physical elements of the current consensus view, positing that the first stars were predominantly very massive. We continue with a discussion of important open questions that confront the standard model. Among them are uncertainties in the atomic and molecular physics of the hydrogen and helium gas, the multiplicity of stars that form in minihalos, and the possible existence of two separate modes of metal-free star formation.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the conference proceedings for IAU Symposium 255: Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies
Efficient Edge Solutions for Deep Learning Applications Slides and Transcript
Creators: Vivienne Sze
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

2018 ISSCC Short Courses
Abstract - Visual object detection and recognition are needed for a wide range of applications including robotics/drones, self-driving cars, smart Internet of Things, and
portable/wearable electronics. For many of these applications, local embedded processing is preferred due to privacy or latency concerns. This talk will describe
methods to enable energy-efficient processing of deep convolutional neural networks (CNN), as such networks form the cornerstone of many deep-learning
algorithms. While CNNs deliver record-breaking accuracy for many computer vision tasks, they require significant compute resources due to the size of the networks
(e.g., hundreds of megabytes for filter weights storage and 30k-600k operations per input pixel). We will give a short overview of the key concepts in CNNs, discuss
the computational challenges CNNs present, particularly in the embedded space, and highlight various opportunities where hardware designers can help to address
these challenges.
Bio - Vivienne Sze is an Associate Professor at MIT in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. Her research interests include energy-aware signal
processing algorithms, and low-power circuit and system design for multimedia applications such as computer vision, autonomous navigation, machine learning
and video compression. Prior to joining MIT, she was a Member of Technical Staff in the R&D Center at TI, where she developed algorithms and hardware for the
latest video coding standard H.265/HEVC. She is a co-editor of the book entitled, “High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC): Algorithms and Architectures” (Springer,
2014).
Dr. Sze received the B.A.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto in 2004, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degree from MIT in 2006 and 2010, respectively. In 2011, she
was awarded the Jin-Au Kong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Prize in electrical engineering at MIT for her thesis on “Parallel Algorithms and Architectures for Low
Power Video Decoding”. She is a recipient of the 2017 Qualcomm Faculty Award, 2016 Google Faculty Research Award, 2016 AFOSR Young Investigator Award,
2016 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, 2014 DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2007 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Award and a co-recipient of the 2016 MICRO
Top Picks Award and 2008 A-SSCC Outstanding Design Award.