Analysis on adjustment-based TCP-friendly congestion control: fairness and stability
In this paper, we focus on understanding the binomial congestion control algorithms (Bansal et al., 2001) and can generalize TCP-style additive-increase by increasing inversely proportional to a power k of the current window (for TCP, k=0) and generalize TCP-style multiplicative-decrease by decreasing proportional to a power l of the current window (for TCP, l=1). We discuss their global fairness and stability. We prove that such congestion control algorithms can achieve (p, k+l+1)-proportional fairness globally no matter what the network topology is and how many users there are. We also study their dynamical behavior through a control theoretical approach. The smoothness of the congestion control results in a less stable system and slower convergence to fair bandwidth allocation. The modeling and discussion in this paper are quite general and can be easily applied to equation-based TCP-friendly congestion control schemes, another category of TCP-friendly transport protocols.

title: Stability analysis on active queue management algorithms in routers
abstract: Numerous works have complained the sensitivity to network load and instability of random early detection (RED), an active queue management (AQM) scheme, under various network configurations. In this work, we focus on our investigation on the stability of AQM in routers. By modeling the close-looped congestion control systems in a differential fluid flow model, we reach the sufficient and necessary condition to stabilize the dynamical system. By exploring the convergence region and root-locus of the system and studying the parameter effects of RED in various network simulation conditions, we show the limits of RED in nature and argue against deploying RED in high-speed switches.

title: A New Edge Detection Method Through Template Matching
abstract: This paper reviews some gradient edge detection methods and proposes a new detector — the template matching edge detector (TMED). This detector utilizes the concepts of pattern analysis and the template matching of 3×3 masks. A set of performance criteria was used to evaluate the gradient edge detectors as well as the template matching edge detector. The results indicate that the new method is superior to the other gradient edge detectors. In addition, the template matching edge detector has also demonstrated good performance on noisy images. It can obtain very precise edge detection of single pixel width.

title: A greedy approximation for minimum connected dominating sets
abstract: Given a graph, a connected dominating set is a subset of vertices such that every vertex is either in the subset or adjacent to a vertex in the subset and the subgraph induced by the subset is connected. A minimum connected dominating set is such a vertex subset with minimum cardinality. In this paper, we present a new one-step greedy approximation with performance ratio ln δ + 2 where δ is the maximum degree in the input graph. The interesting aspect is that the greedy potential function of this algorithm is not supmodular while all previously known one-step greedy algorithms with similar performance have supmodular potential functions.

title: Dominant point detection using adaptive bending value
abstract: An efficient method for dominant point detection is proposed in this paper. The region of support for each point on curve is determined using bending value. The points with local maximum smoothing bending value can be located as the dominant points on the curve. The proposed algorithm needs no input parameter. The experimental results show that the new method is efficient and effective in detecting dominant points.

title: Collision Attack and Pseudorandomness of Reduced-Round Camellia

title: Collaborative dancing in tele-immersive environment
abstract: We present a study of collaborative dancing between remote dancers in a tele-immersive environment which features 3D full and real body capturing, wide field of view, multi-display 3D rendering, and attachment free participant. We invite two professional dancers to perform collaborative dancing in the environment. The coordination requires one dancer to take the lead while the other follows by appropriate movement. Throughout the experiment, the dancers are dancing at various motion rates to evaluate how well the collaborative dancing is supported with the current technical boundary. Our important findings indicate that 1) tele-immersive environments have strong potential impact on the concept of choreography and communication of live dance performance, 2) the presence of multi-view display, real body 3D rendering, audio channel, and less intrusiveness greatly enhances the immersive and dancing experience, and 3) the level of synchronization achieved by the dancers is higher than that expected from the video rate.