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2. Lite, Brite Displays.
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Heikenfeld, Jason
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LIQUID crystal devices ,INFORMATION display systems ,ELECTRONIC paper - Abstract
The article offers information on the LCD technology used by manufacturers in the electronic paper (e-paper) display. It states that today's e-paper has readability, low power and liquid crystal display (LCDs) have brilliant colors as well as full video motion. Moreover, the multimode display from Pixel Qi, in San Bruno, California, has taken a brute-force approach, which combines reflective and transmissive liquid crystal technologies.
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- 2010
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3. Characterizing Probability of Wildfire Ignition Caused by Power Distribution Lines.
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Muhs, John W., Parvania, Masood, Nguyen, Hieu T., and Palmer, John A.
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ELECTRIC lines ,WILDFIRE prevention ,WILDFIRES ,WIND speed ,PROBABILITY theory ,WIND forecasting - Abstract
This paper proposes a modeling approach for characterizing the probability of wildfire ignition caused by faults on power distribution systems. The proposed model serves as a starting point in research literature to illustrate, from an analytical perspective, the many factors that influence wildfire ignitions in power distribution systems. This paper presents the series of events that leads to power-system-related wildfire ignitions, and characterizes the wildfire ignition probability as a combination of the probability that a fault occurs along a power distribution line segment, and the probability that the fault results in the sustained ignition of a vegetation fuel bed surrounding the line. The proposed model integrates a variety of data including environmental conditions, power system protection settings, and power system line flows. A case study is performed on a test 33-bus distribution system using observed historical weather data from a high-threat fire district in California. The California case study is utilized to investigate the effects of three primary factors (wind speed, line congestion, and protection settings) on wildfire ignition probability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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4. 2009 Outstanding Paper Award of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society.
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AWARDS , *SCIENCE associations , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *SEMINARS - Abstract
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society takes great pleasure in announcing the selection of the Outstanding Paper published in its 2009 Transactions, Vol. 56. The award was presented during ceremonies at the 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium in San Diego, California, October 12th, 2010. The award winners are Jorge Camacho, Montserrat Parrilla, and Carlos Fritsch for their paper entitled "Phase Coherence Imaging". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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5. Guest Editorial Special Issue on Plenary and Invited Papers From ICOPS 2005.
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Cross, Adrian W. and Kolobov, Vladimir I.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *PLASMA dynamics , *ELECTRIC equipment , *PARTICLE beams - Abstract
The article discusses on the 32nd International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) held in Monterey, California. This Special Issue focuses on Plenary and Invited Papers from ICOPS. There are invited talks included in the issue which subjects ranged from the traditional interests in basic plasma processes, microwave generation and charged particle beams, and other plasma-related topics.
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- 2006
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6. Wildfire Mitigation Plans in Power Systems: A Literature Review.
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Vazquez, Daniel A. Zuniga, Qiu, Feng, Fan, Neng, and Sharp, Kevin
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WILDFIRE prevention ,WILDFIRES ,LITERATURE reviews ,VEGETATION management ,HAZARD mitigation ,SITUATIONAL awareness ,GRIDS (Cartography) - Abstract
Some of the deadliest wildfires in the U.S., such as California’s 2018 wildfires, have been ignited by power systems. In an effort to prevent and minimize the ignition of wildfires, or control them if ignited, energy companies have developed wildfire mitigation plans. This paper provides energy companies and power system operators, engineers, researchers, and suppliers an overview of the state-of-the-art studies that address key topics in these wildfire mitigation plans and compares the wildfire mitigation plans of several energy companies. The key topics include grid design and system hardening, asset management and inspection, situational awareness and forecasting, operational response, vegetation management, public safety power shutoff, and risk-spend efficiency. This paper also presents a comparison of several energy companies’ decision-making criteria for initiating a public safety power shutoff. Finally, we discuss opportunities for future research studies that could help energy companies prevent wildfire ignitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. 2010 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium Mini-Special Issue.
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Ponchak, George E.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,RADIO frequency ,INTEGRATED circuits ,ENGINEERING periodicals ,MICROWAVES ,PERIODICAL editors - Published
- 2011
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8. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning-Empowered Channel Allocation in Vehicular Networks.
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Kumar, Anitha Saravana, Zhao, Lian, and Fernando, Xavier
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BANDWIDTH allocation ,DEEP learning ,SPECTRUM allocation ,TRANSPORTATION departments ,REINFORCEMENT learning ,DECISION making ,RESOURCE allocation - Abstract
Channel allocation has a direct and profound impact on the performance of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks. Considering the dynamic nature of vehicular environments, it is appealing to devise a blended strategy to perform effective resource sharing. In this paper, we exploit deep learning techniques predict vehicles’ mobility patterns. Then we propose an architecture consisting of centralized decision making and distributed channel allocation to maximize the spectrum efficiency of all vehicles involved. To achieve this, we leverage two deep reinforcement learning techniques, namely deep Q-network (DQN) and advantage actor-critic (A2C) techniques. In addition, given the time varying nature of the user mobility, we further incorporate the long short-term memory (LSTM) into DQN and A2C techniques. The combined system tracks user mobility, varying demands and channel conditions and adapt resource allocation dynamically. We verify the performance of the proposed methods through extensive simulations and prove the effectiveness of the proposed LSTM-DQN and LSTM-A2C algorithms using real data obtained from California state transportation department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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9. CDC Hits 45.
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Middleton, Rick and Misra, Pradeep
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ELECTRONICS engineers ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
The article discusses the highlights of the 45th Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) that was held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California from December 13-15, 2006. The conference received an unprecedented 1920 regular and invited papers by 2,900 authors from 61 countries. It had a strong number of registrants from all IEEE regions. Several photographs from the conference are presented.
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- 2007
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10. Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on the Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D).
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Varshney, Amitabh and Wyman, Chris
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,THREE-dimensional display systems ,RENDERING (Computer graphics) ,VIDEO games - Abstract
The three papers in this special section were presented at the Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) that was held in San Francisco, CA, 18-20 February 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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11. Ultra-Highly Efficient Low-Power Bidirectional Cascaded Buck-Boost Converter for Portable PV-Battery-Devices Applications.
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Chen, Xi, Pise, Anirudh Ashok, Elmes, John, and Batarseh, Issa
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AC DC transformers ,DIGITAL control systems ,FINITE element method ,POWER density - Abstract
This paper first presents an adaptive switching frequency modulation that optimizes the efficiency of the cascaded buck-boost (CBB) converter. Such bidirectional dc–dc CBB topology is typically deployed in PV-battery-device systems. A precise loss-model that accounts for component nonlinearities is developed to determine power-loss distribution. According to the loss model, optimal switching frequencies are selected that correspond to the lowest total loss in both the buck and the boost modes of the operation. Then, a small volume low-profile planar-nanocrystalline inductor is designed to further increase efficiency and power density. Finite element analysis method is used to evaluate the inductor design. A digital control system is designed to periodically adjust the optimal switching frequencies to modulate the pulsewidth modulation duty cycle and to take into account any load and line regulations. The objective of this paper is to achieve ultra-high efficiency (over 99%) for a well-known CBB converter. A 100 W CBB converter prototype was built to verify the proposed algorithm and designed nanocrystalline inductor. A California Energy Commission weighted efficiency of 98.87% with a peak efficiency of 99.31% was achieved for the buck mode and 98.58% with a peak efficiency of 99.25% was achieved for the boost mode, both at nominal voltage. Also, a power density of 3.67 kW/L was reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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12. Guest Editorial Special Section on the 2011 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC 2011).
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Chang, Chip-Hong, Luong, Howard, and Pavan, Shanthi
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,INTEGRATED circuits ,DIGITAL signal processing ,RADIO frequency - Abstract
The eleven papers in this special section were presented at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, held in San Jose, CA, in September 2011. The papers are grouped into three broad areas?analog,digital/memory, and RF circuits. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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13. Secure Power Distribution Against Reactive Power Control Malfunction in DER Units.
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Joseph, Anto, Smedley, Keyue, and Mehraeen, Shahab
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REACTIVE power control ,CYBER physical systems ,POWER resources ,VOLTAGE regulators ,ELECTRIC power distribution grids ,SOLAR batteries ,REACTIVE power - Abstract
Penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as wind, solar and battery units are rapidly increasing in distribution power system (DPS). In view of power grid reliability and efficiency, cyber and physical secure of these units are highly important since it can directly impact power system operations. This paper investigates the dynamic behavior of power distribution during cyber, physical and natural strikes on reactive power control in DER units. Various fault scenarios including modifications in voltage-reactive power (Volt-Var) curve pattern such as slope of the curve, dead band; and changes in capacitive or/and inductive reactive power delivery to the power grid are presented. Further, fault scenarios are investigated with the presence of dynamic VAR (volt-ampere reactive) compensation (DVC) units in the system. A southern California 140-bus commercial distribution power system is selected as a test system and faults are analyzed in both Matlab/Simulink and ETAP simulation platforms. The results evidence that the modifications in reactive power control values at DER units significantly affects the voltage quality/security of the system and affect the number of switching actions of voltage regulators (VRs). In contrast, DPS connected with DVCs improves voltage quality and reduces the number of switching actions of VRs, also voltage quality/security is maintained during the faults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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14. Editorial.
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Ponchak, George E.
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EDITORIALS ,PERIODICALS ,AUTHORS ,SPECIAL issues of periodicals ,MICROWAVES ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Published
- 2010
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15. Guest Editorial: Special Section on the 2014 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC 2014).
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de la Rosa, Jose M., Chiang, Patrick, and Clark, Lawrence T.
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INTEGRATED circuits conferences ,ELECTRONIC circuits ,MICROELECTRONICS - Abstract
The papers in this special section consists of expanded versions of six papers presented at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), held in San Jose, CA, USA, in September 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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16. Performance Degradation of Levee-Protected Electric Power Network Due to Flooding in a Changing Climate.
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Miraee-Ashtiani, Saeed, Vahedifard, Farshid, Karimi-Ghartemani, Masoud, Zhao, Junbo, Mallakpour, Iman, and AghaKouchak, Amir
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ELECTRIC networks ,ELECTRIC power ,ELECTRIC network analysis ,CLIMATE change ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This paper presents a methodological framework to evaluate the resilience, with the primary focus on performance degradation, of levee-protected electric power networks to flooding in a changing climate. To this end, a multi-disciplinary framework is established by integrating climate science, hydrology, and electric power network analysis. The framework quantifies the effect of climate change on flood hazard levels in a levee-protected area and the subsequent changes in the resilience of the electric power network. In the first step, the changes in the exposure of levee-protected regions to flooding hazard in a warming climate are calculated. Then, the probabilities of failure of power network components due to flooding under current and projected future climate are determined. Finally, the power system resilience index is used to assess the system resiliency for pre-flooding (baseline), historic flooding, and two projected future flooding scenarios. For demonstration, the proposed framework is applied to a levee-protected area in Northern California. The IEEE 118-bus standard test system is employed to represent the power network in the study area. Results reveal that climate change can considerably decrease the system resilience of the levee-protected electric power network. The findings of this study can contribute towards more resilient power network systems under a changing climate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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17. Reliability Enhancement of Inverter-Based Memristor Crossbar Neural Networks Using Mathematical Analysis of Circuit Non-Idealities.
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Vahdat, Shaghayegh, Kamal, Mehdi, Afzali-Kusha, Ali, and Pedram, Massoud
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MATHEMATICAL analysis ,CIRCUIT elements ,COST functions ,MEMRISTORS ,ARTIFICIAL neural networks - Abstract
In this paper, the sensitivity of the neural network (NN) outputs to device parameter uncertainties (non-idealities) in inverter-based memristor (IM) crossbar neuromorphic circuits is mathematically modeled and verified using exhaustive circuit and system-level simulations. The NN sensitivity is obtained by modeling the sensitivity of the IM neuron output to the non-idealities of its circuit elements. The analysis reveals a higher sensitivity of the output voltage of the IM neuron to the non-idealities of the inverters compared to the conductance variation of the memristors. Among the inverter non-idealities, horizontal shift of the inverters voltage transfer characteristic (VTC) shows the highest impact on the output voltage of the neuron. To reduce the accuracy loss due to the variations, a training approach which includes a sensitivity term in the cost function of the training phase, is suggested. The achievable improvements through the said NN training approach are evaluated. In the evaluation, the California Housing, MNIST, and Fashion MNIST datasets are employed. The results show up to 50% reduction in the NN output variations in the presence of circuit elements’ non-idealities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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18. Secure High DER Penetration Power Distribution via Autonomously Coordinated Volt/VAR Control.
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Joseph, Anto, Smedley, Keyue, and Mehraeen, Shahab
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VOLTAGE control ,VOLTAGE regulators ,CAPACITOR switching ,CAPACITOR banks ,POWER resources - Abstract
Traditionally voltage control in distribution power system (DPS) is performed through voltage regulating devices (VRDs) including on load tap changers (OLTCs), step voltage regulators (SVRs), and switched capacitor banks (SCBs). The recent IEEE 1547-2018 from March 2018 requires inverter fed distributed energy resources (DERs) to contribute reactive power to support the grid voltage. To accommodate VAR from DERs, well-organized control algorithm is required to use in this mode to avoid grid oscillations and unintended switching operations of VRDs. This paper presents two voltage control strategies (i) static voltage control considering voltage-reactive power mode (IEEE 1547-2018), (ii) dynamic and extensive voltage control with maximum utilization of DER capacity and system stability. Further, effective time-graded control is implemented between VRDs and DER units to reduce the simultaneous and negative operation. The proposed voltage control strategies are tested in a realistic 140-bus southern California distribution power system through extensive time-domain simulation studies. The results show that voltage quality in a distribution system is effectively achieved through the proposed voltage control strategies with a significantly reduction in the number of switching operations of VRDs. In addition, proposed voltage control strategies increase reliability and security of the DPS during unexpected failures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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19. Introduction to the Special Issue on the Second IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS).
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McPherson, Douglas S. and Kaplan, Todd S.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,SEMICONDUCTOR industry - Abstract
Information about several papers discussed at the Second Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium that was held in Palm Springs, California on October 30-November 2, 2005 is presented. The symposium featured an electic mixture of novel integrated circuits as well as the emerging technologies which emphasizes ultra-high levels of performance. Among the topics discussed during the event include high-speed digital papers, high-speed mixed-signal papers, and the RF/Microwave paper.
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- 2006
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20. HotMobile 2014.
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Vigil, Morgan and Schmitt, Paul
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MOBILE computing ,APPLICATION software ,COMPUTER systems ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The 15th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile 2014) was had over 90 attendees participating in two days of presentations and lively discussion. Learn about each of the sessions and prevalent themes throughout. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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