Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies (Te Ara Auaha)

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The Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha is comprised of four schools: The School of Future Environments - Huri Te Ao, the School of Art and Design - Te Kura Toi a Hoahoa, the School of Communication Studies - Te Kura Whakapāho and the School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences - Te Kura Mātai Pūhanga, Rorohiko, Pāngarau. It also has Institutes, Centres and Labs across the Arts and Sciences in a mix that blends the traditional and the new, praxis and theory.

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    A Highly Stretchable Strain-based Sensing Sheet for the Integrated Structural Health Monitoring
    (IOP Publishing, 2024-06-28) Zhang;, Hui; Beskhyroun, Sherif
    In this study, a flexible strain sensing system that can be applied to full-scale reinforced concrete frame structures is presented. In order to fulfil the criteria for strain detection that are posed by various structural components, the flexible strain gauge is offered in two distinct configurations: one full bridge and one double half bridge. A strain configuration selector is built on the basis of this information. The selector is designed to enable the system to flexibly switch strain modes for measuring axial or bending strain without adjusting the installation location of strain sensors. The first section of this study focuses mostly on elaborating on the methodology behind the development of a flexible strain system. This method was primarily designed with the aim of detecting the abnormalities in the strain field that are brought on by structural damage in order to accomplish the goal of local detection. The creation of a strain configuration selector also enables the conversion between two different strain measures whenever it is necessary without requiring the sensor installation to be moved to a new position, which helps to significantly reduce the amount of cost associated with sensor deployment. The performance of the flexible strain sensing system as well as its sensitivity were evaluated by doing the cyclic load testing on a full-scale RC frame. Both half-bridge and full-bridge strain gauges are installed in the critical components, such as beams and columns. In addition, 14 linear variable displacement transducers (LVDTS) were placed on the RC frame in order to monitor variations in displacement and deformation. The findings of the experiments indicate that the flexible strain sensor exhibits a high degree of sensitivity, and it is therefore suitable for integration into a structural health monitoring (SHM) system for the purpose of tracing the strain caused by localised structural damage. Additionally, it is able to monitor the strain trend on the complete scale of the frame model. In future work, the flexible strain system will be modified and enhanced by using wireless technology for data transmission in order to build a wirelessly integrated structural health monitoring (SHM) system.
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    A Monitoring Campaign (2013–2020) of ESA’s Mars Express to Study Interplanetary Plasma Scintillation
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023-04-12) Kummamuru, P; Molera Calvés, G; Cimò, G; Pogrebenko, SV; Bocanegra-Bahamón, TM; Duev, DA; Md Said, MD; Edwards, J; Ma, M; Quick, J; Neidhardt, A; De Vicente, P; Haas, R; Kallunki, J; MacCaferri, G; Colucci, G; Yang, WJ; Hao, LF; Weston, S; Kharinov, MA; Mikhailov, AG; Jung, T
    The radio signal transmitted by the Mars Express (MEX) spacecraft was observed regularly between the years 2013-2020 at X-band (8.42 GHz) using the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry (EVN) network and University of Tasmania's telescopes. We present a method to describe the solar wind parameters by quantifying the effects of plasma on our radio signal. In doing so, we identify all the uncompensated effects on the radio signal and see which coronal processes drive them. From a technical standpoint, quantifying the effect of the plasma on the radio signal helps phase referencing for precision spacecraft tracking. The phase fluctuation of the signal was determined for Mars' orbit for solar elongation angles from 0 to 180 deg. The calculated phase residuals allow determination of the phase power spectrum. The total electron content of the solar plasma along the line of sight is calculated by removing effects from mechanical and ionospheric noises. The spectral index was determined as which is in agreement with Kolmogorov's turbulence. The theoretical models are consistent with observations at lower solar elongations however at higher solar elongation ($ ]]>160 deg) we see the observed values to be higher. This can be caused when the uplink and downlink signals are positively correlated as a result of passing through identical plasma sheets.
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    Anomaly Detection in Text Data Sets Using Character-Level Representation
    (Institute of Physics (IoP), 2021-04-28) Mohaghegh, Mahsa; Abdurakhmanov, Amantay
    This paper proposes a character-level representation of unsupervised text data sets for anomaly detection problems. An empirical examination of the character-level text representation was conducted to demonstrate the ability to separate outlying and normal records using an ensemble of multiple classic numerical anomaly classifiers. Experimental results obtained on two different data sets confirmed the applicability of the developed unsupervised model to detect outlying instances in various real-world scenarios, providing the opportunity to quickly assess a large amount of textual data in terms of information consistency and conformity without knowledge of the data content itself.
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    Automated Biometric Identification using Dorsal Hand Images and Convolutional Neural Networks
    (Institute of Physics (IoP), 2021-04-01) Mohaghegh, Mahsa; Ash, Payne
    The identification of perpetrators, present in Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (CSAI), is a significant challenge due to the use of anonymisation techniques that mask their identities. Consequently, researchers have investigated the use of uncommon biometric identifiers such as knuckle patterns, palmprints and the dorsal side of the hand. This research proposes a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based, fully automated approach to biometric identification using dorsal hand images. The identification performance of three different CNN architectures, AlexNet, ResNet50 and ResNet152, is experimentally determined against two similar datasets, the 11k Hands and IITD dorsal hand databases. A transfer learning approach is used and the final output layers of the CNNs are modified to match the number of classes present in the datasets. The results showed that ResNet CNNs achieved identification accuracies greater than 99.9% on both datasets, whereas the AlexNet CNN achieved between 80.1% and 93.7%. These results demonstrate that it is feasible to use deep, off-the-shelf CNNs, such as ResNets, for automated biometric identification using dorsal hand images. This highlights the potential of using dorsal hand images to identify perpetrators of child sexual abuse from CSAI.
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    On the Higher-Order Smallest Ring-Star Network of Chialvo Neurons Under Diffusive Couplings
    (AIP Publishing, 2024-07-18) Nair, Anjana S; Ghosh, Indranil; Fatoyinbo, Hammed O; Muni, Sishu S
    Network dynamical systems with higher-order interactions are a current trending topic, pervasive in many applied fields. However, our focus in this work is neurodynamics. We numerically study the dynamics of the smallest higher-order network of neurons arranged in a ring-star topology. The dynamics of each node in this network is governed by the Chialvo neuron map, and they interact via linear diffusive couplings. This model is perceived to imitate the nonlinear dynamical properties exhibited by a realistic nervous system where the neurons transfer information through multi-body interactions. We deploy the higher-order coupling strength as the primary bifurcation parameter. We start by analyzing our model using standard tools from dynamical systems theory: fixed point analysis, Jacobian matrix, and bifurcation patterns. We observe the coexistence of disparate chaotic attractors. We also observe an interesting route to chaos from a fixed point via period-doubling and the appearance of cyclic quasiperiodic closed invariant curves. Furthermore, we numerically observe the existence of codimension-1 bifurcation points: saddle-node, period-doubling, and Neimark–Sacker. We also qualitatively study the typical phase portraits of the system, and numerically quantify chaos and complexity using the 0–1 test and sample entropy measure, respectively. Finally, we study the synchronization behavior among the neurons using the cross correlation coefficient and the Kuramoto order parameter. We conjecture that unfolding these patterns and behaviors of the network model will help us identify different states of the nervous system, further aiding us in dealing with various neural diseases and nervous disorders.
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