TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Meyer, Thomas T1 - A Brief Overview of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa JF - AI Magazine N2 - South Africa in recent years is the establishment of a number of research hubs involved in AI activities ranging from mobile robotics and computational intelligence, to knowledge representation and reasoning, and human language technologies. In this survey we take the reader through a quick tour of the research being conducted at these hubs, and touch on an initiative to maintain and extend the current level of interest in AI research in the country. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v33i1.2357 SN - 0738-4602 VL - 33 IS - 1 SP - 99 EP - 101 PB - AAAI CY - Menlo Park ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Spiliopoulou, Myra T1 - A holistic framework for the implementation of a next generation network JF - International Journal of Business Information Systems N2 - As the potential of a next generation network (NGN) is recognised, telecommunication companies consider switching to it. Although the implementation of an NGN seems to be merely a modification of the network infrastructure, it may trigger or require changes in the whole company, because it builds upon the separation between service and transport, a flexible bundling of services to products and the streamlining of the IT infrastructure. We propose a holistic framework, structured into the layers ‘strategy’, ‘processes’ and ‘information systems’ and incorporate into each layer all concepts necessary for the implementation of an NGN, as well as the alignment of these concepts. As a first proof-of-concept for our framework we have performed a case study on the introduction of NGN in a large telecommunication company; we show that our framework captures all topics that are affected by an NGN implementation. KW - next generation network KW - telecommunication KW - NGN KW - IP-based networks KW - product bundling Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2012.046291 SN - 1746-0972 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 385 EP - 401 PB - Inderscience Enterprises CY - Olney, Bucks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - van Hoek, H. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - A major design step in IETO concept realization that allows overcurrent protection and pushes limits of switching performance JF - IEEE transactions on power electronics N2 - This paper presents the latest prototype of the integrated emitter turn-off thyristor concept, which potentially ranks among thyristor high-power devices like the gate turn-off thyristor and the integrated gate-commutated thyristor (IGCT). Due to modifications of the external driver stage and mechanical press-pack design optimization, this prototype allows for full device characterization. The turn-off capability was increased to 1600 A with an active silicon area of 823mm2 . This leads to a transient peak power of 672.1kW/cm² . Within this paper, measurements and concept assessment are presented and a comparison to state-of-the-art IGCT devices is provided. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2189136 SN - 0885-8993 VL - 27 IS - 9 SP - 4163 EP - 4171 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schopp, Christoph A1 - Nachtrodt, Frederik A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Mostacci, Domiziano A1 - Finger, Torsten A1 - Tietsch, Wolfgang T1 - A novel 2.45 GHz/200 W Microwave Plasma Jet for High Temperature Applications above 3600 K T2 - Journal of Physics : Conference Series Y1 - 2012 SN - 1742-6596 VL - 406 IS - 012029 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - Vassos, Stavros T1 - Action-Based Imperative Programming with YAGI N2 - Many tasks for autonomous agents or robots are best described by a specification of the environment and a specification of the available actions the agent or robot can perform. Combining such a specification with the possibility to imperatively program a robot or agent is what we call the actionbased imperative programming. One of the most successful such approaches is Golog. In this paper, we draft a proposal for a new robot programming language YAGI, which is based on the action-based imperative programming paradigm. Our goal is to design a small, portable stand-alone YAGI interpreter. We combine the benefits of a principled domain specification with a clean, small and simple programming language, which does not exploit any side-effects from the implementation language. We discuss general requirements of action-based programming languages and outline YAGI, our action-based language approach which particularly aims at embeddability. Y1 - 2012 N1 - Cognitive Robotics AAAI Technical Report WS-12-06 SP - 24 EP - 31 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Kraff, O. A1 - Orzada, S. A1 - Maderwald, S. A1 - Brote, I. A1 - Johst, S. A1 - Ladd, E. T1 - Assessment of RF Safety of Transmit Coils at 7 Tesla by Experimental and Numerical Procedures (490.) T2 - 19th annual ISMRM scientific meeting and exhibition 2011 : Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 7 - 13 May 2011 Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-61839-284-8 IS - Volume 1 SP - 475 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Klinge, Uwe A1 - Wilke, Ralf A1 - Mühl, Thomas T1 - Auswahl der Herniennetze nach der “effektiven Porosität” - warum das Gewicht weniger wichtig ist JF - Chirurgische Allgemeine : CHAZ ; Zeitung für Klinik und Praxis Y1 - 2012 SN - 1615-5378 VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - 297 EP - 301 PB - Kaden CY - Mannheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Höfken, Hans T1 - Backtrack5: Datensammlung und Reporterstellung für Pentester mit MagicTree / Höfken, Hans ; Schuba, Marko JF - Hakin9. 73 (2012), H. 3 Y1 - 2012 SN - 1733-7186 SP - 12 EP - 16 PB - - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Caesar: an intelligent domestic service robot JF - Intelligent service robotics N2 - In this paper we present CAESAR, an intelligent domestic service robot. In domestic settings for service robots complex tasks have to be accomplished. Those tasks benefit from deliberation, from robust action execution and from flexible methods for human–robot interaction that account for qualitative notions used in natural language as well as human fallibility. Our robot CAESAR deploys AI techniques on several levels of its system architecture. On the low-level side, system modules for localization or navigation make, for instance, use of path-planning methods, heuristic search, and Bayesian filters. For face recognition and human–machine interaction, random trees and well-known methods from natural language processing are deployed. For deliberation, we use the robot programming and plan language READYLOG, which was developed for the high-level control of agents and robots; it allows combining programming the behaviour using planning to find a course of action. READYLOG is a variant of the robot programming language Golog. We extended READYLOG to be able to cope with qualitative notions of space frequently used by humans, such as “near” and “far”. This facilitates human–robot interaction by bridging the gap between human natural language and the numerical values needed by the robot. Further, we use READYLOG to increase the flexible interpretation of human commands with decision-theoretic planning. We give an overview of the different methods deployed in CAESAR and show the applicability of a system equipped with these AI techniques in domestic service robotics Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11370-012-0118-y SN - 1861-2776 N1 - Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Robotics: Sensing, Representation and Action, Part I VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 259 EP - 276 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, G. A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Ein kostengünstiges, universelles Modellbauinterface JF - Der mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht : MNU ; Organ des Deutschen Vereins zur Förderung des Mathematischen und Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts e.V. N2 - Wir stellen einen USB-Baustein vor, der eine kostengünstige und universelle Möglichkeit schafft , im Unterricht den Themenkreis Messen-Steuern-Regeln zu behandeln. Die Funktionalität orientiert sich am CVK-Interface der Firma Fischertechnik. Im Gegensatz zu kommerziellen Lösungen erlaubt unser Aufbau auch den preiswerten Einsatz in Gruppen- oder Einzelarbeit. Abschließend berichten wir über ein Beispiel aus dem Unterrichtseinsatz. Y1 - 2012 SN - 0025-5866 VL - 65 IS - 5 SP - 290 EP - 293 PB - Seeberger CY - Neuss ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Wosnitza, Franz A1 - Hilgers, Hans Gerd T1 - Energieeffizienz und Energiemanagement : Ein Überblick heutiger Möglichkeiten und Notwendigkeiten Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8348-8671-2 PB - Vieweg + Teubner CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Wosnitza, Franz A1 - Hilgers, Hans Gerd T1 - Energieeffizienz und Energiemanagement : ein Überblick heutiger Möglichkeiten und Notwendigkeiten Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8348-1941-3 N1 - eISBN 978-3-8348-8671-2 PB - Springer Spektrum CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ritz, Thomas A1 - Terhaar, Kristin A1 - Wallenborn, Ramona ED - Reiterer, Harald T1 - HMI für eCarSharing : ein Baustein für nachhaltige Mobilität T2 - Mensch & Computer 2012 - Workshopband : 12. Fachübergreifende Konferenz für interaktive und kooperative Medien ; interaktiv informiert - allgegenwärtig und allumfassend!? Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-486-71990-1 (Print) SN - 978-3-486-71991-8 (E-Book) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1524/9783486719918.341 N1 - Workshop Automotive HMI SP - 381 EP - 388 PB - Oldenbourg CY - München ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kobus, Thiele A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Uden, Mark J. van A1 - Lagemaat, Miram W. A1 - Rothgang, Eva A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Heerschap, Arend A1 - Scheenen, Tom W. J. T1 - In vivo 31P MR spectroscopic imaging of the human prostate at 7 T: safety and feasibility JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine N2 - 31P MR spectroscopic imaging of the human prostate provides information about phosphorylated metabolites that could be used for prostate cancer characterization. The sensitivity of a magnetic field strength of 7 T might enable 3D 31P MR spectroscopic imaging with relevant spatial resolution in a clinically acceptable measurement time. To this end, a 31P endorectal coil was developed and combined with an eight-channel 1H body-array coil to relate metabolic information to anatomical location. An extensive safety validation was performed to evaluate the specific absorption rate, the radiofrequency field distribution, and the temperature distribution of both coils. This validation consisted of detailed Finite Integration Technique simulations, confirmed by MR thermometry and Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM24175:tex2gif-stack-1 measurements in a phantom and in vivo temperature measurements. The safety studies demonstrated that the presence of the 31P endorectal coil had no influence on the specific absorption rate levels and temperature distribution of the external eight-channel 1H array coil. To stay within a 10 g averaged local specific absorption rate of 10 W/kg, a maximum time-averaged input power of 33 W for the 1H array coil was allowed. For transmitting with the 31P endorectal coil, our safety limit of less than 1°C temperature increase in vivo during a 15-min MR spectroscopic imaging experiment was reached at a time-averaged input power of 1.9 W. With this power setting, a second in vivo measurement was performed on a healthy volunteer. Using adiabatic excitation, 3D 31P MR spectroscopic imaging produced spectra from the entire prostate in 18 min with a spatial resolution of 4 cm3. The spectral resolution enabled the separate detection of phosphocholine, phosphoethanolamine, inorganic phosphate, and other metabolites that could play an important role in the characterization of prostate cancer. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24175 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 68 IS - 6 SP - 1683 EP - 1695 PB - Wiley-Liss CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nötzold, K. A1 - Uphues, A. A1 - Wegener, R. A1 - Soter, S. A1 - Fink, K. A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Griessel, R. T1 - Inverter based test setup for LVRT verification of a full-scale 2 MW wind power converter T2 - EPE Joint Wind Energy and T&D Chapters Seminar : 28th and 29th of June 2012, in the Utzon Centre, Aalborg, Denmark ; papers, posters, presentations. - Session 2: Grid connection, compliance Y1 - 2012 PB - EPE Association CY - Brussels ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hüning, Felix ED - Schmitz, Günter T1 - PowerMOSFETs für Elektromotoren im Automobil : Vom Fensterheber zum EPS T2 - Elektronik im Kraftfahrzeug : Innovationen bei Systemen und Komponenten ; mit 7 Tabellen Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8169-3110-2 N1 - Haus der Technik Fachbuchreihe ; 123 SP - 71 EP - 81 PB - Expert Verlag CY - Renningen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Engels, Elmar A1 - Schnabel, Holger T1 - Rapid-control-prototyping of industrial drives for the sercos automation bus T2 - 13th International Workshop on Mechatronics (MECATRONICS), 2012 9th France-Japan & 7th Europe-Asia Congress on and Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM) N2 - This article describes the functionality of a MATLAB® library that can be used to develop motion-logic applications in MATLAB programming language for industrial drive and control systems using the well known sercos automation bus. Therewith MATLAB's functionality is extended to designing automation applications from single axis machines up to multi-kinematic robots. KW - MATLAB , MLPI , Motion control , Open Core , industrial drives , rapid control prototypin , sercos automation bus Y1 - 2012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MECATRONICS.2012.6451005 SN - 978-1-4673-4771-6 SP - 177 EP - 181 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Logen, Steffen A1 - Höfken, Hans A1 - Schuba, Marko T1 - Simplifying RAM Forensics : A GUI and Extensions for the Volatility Framework T2 - 2012 Seventh International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), 20-24 August 2012, Prague, Czech Republic N2 - The Volatility Framework is a collection of tools for the analysis of computer RAM. The framework offers a multitude of analysis options and is used by many investigators worldwide. Volatility currently comes with a command line interface only, which might be a hinderer for some investigators to use the tool. In this paper we present a GUI and extensions for the Volatility Framework, which on the one hand simplify the usage of the tool and on the other hand offer additional functionality like storage of results in a database, shortcuts for long Volatility Framework command sequences, and entirely new commands based on correlation of data stored in the database. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-4673-2244-7 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ARES.2012.12 SP - 620 EP - 624 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Feuerriegel, Uwe A1 - Pook, Michael A1 - Wersch, Gregor A1 - Wittenhorst, Simon A1 - Becker, Jürgen A1 - Ecker, Markus A1 - Hoffmann, Ulrich A1 - Kunz, Ulrich T1 - Simulation von Wärmeübertragungsprozessen N2 - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Autoren und des Oldenbourg Industrieverlags https://www.oldenbourg-industrieverlag.de/de/9783835633223-33223 erschienen als Beitrag im Tagungsband zur AALE-Tagung 2012. 9. Fachkonferenz 4.-5. Mai 2012, Aachen, Fachhochschule. ISBN 9783835633223 S 5-1 S. 127-135 Es werden Ergebnisse unterschiedlicher Projekte aus dem Bereich der Simulation von Wärmeübertragungsprozessen mit Excel-VBA vorgestellt. - Thermische Behandlung hochviskoser Fruchtzubereitungen, verschiedene Projekte und Kooperationen mit der Zentis GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen (J. Becker, U. Feuerriegel, G. Wersch). - Untersuchung des dynamischen Verhaltens von dampfbeheizten Ethylen-Verdampfern. Projekt mit der TGE Gas Engineering GmbH, Bonn (M. Ecker, U. Feuerriegel, U. Hoffmann, S. Wittenhorst). - Dynamische Simulation des axialen Temperaturverlaufs von elektrisch beheizten Rohrreaktoren. Kooperation mit dem Institut für Chemische Verfahrenstechnik, TU Clausthal (U. Feuerriegel, U. Kunz, M. Pook, S. Wittenhorst). KW - Wärmeübertragung Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Höfken, H. A1 - Schaefer, T. T1 - Smartphone Forensik JF - Hakin9 : Practical Protection (2012) Y1 - 2012 SN - 1733-7186 SP - 10 EP - 20 PB - - ER -