Deep learning is a form of machine learning that enables computers to learn from experience and understand the world in terms of a hierarchy of concepts. Because the computer gathers knowledge from experience, there is no need for a human computer operator to formally specify all the knowledge that the computer needs. The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by building them out of simpler ones; a graph of these hierarchies would be many layers deep. This book introduces a broad range of topics in deep learning. The text offers mathematical and conceptual background, covering relevant concepts in linear algebra, probability theory and information theory, numerical computation, and machine learning. It describes deep learning techniques used by practitioners in industry, including deep feedforward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical methodology; and it surveys such applications as natural language processing, speech recognition, computer vision, online recommendation systems, bioinformatics, and videogames. Finally, the book offers research perspectives, covering such theoretical topics as linear factor models, autoencoders, representation learning, structured probabilistic models, Monte Carlo methods, the partition function, approximate inference, and deep generative models. Deep Learning can be used by undergraduate or graduate students planning careers in either industry or research, and by software engineers who want to begin using deep learning in their products or platforms. A website offers supplementary material for both readers and instructors.

Deep Learning

THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS. By Oscar Kempthorne. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1952. 631 pp. $8.50. This book by a teacher of statistics (as well as a consultant for \"experimenters\") is a comprehensive study of the philosophical background for the statistical design of experiment. It is necessary to have some facility with algebraic notation and manipulation to be able to use the volume intelligently. The problems are presented from the theoretical point of view, without such practical examples as would be helpful for those not acquainted with mathematics. The mathematical justification for the techniques is given. As a somewhat advanced treatment of the design and analysis of experiments, this volume will be interesting and helpful for many who approach statistics theoretically as well as practically. With emphasis on the \"why,\" and with description given broadly, the author relates the subject matter to the general theory of statistics and to the general problem of experimental inference. MARGARET J. ROBERTSON

The Design and Analysis of Experiments

Computational geometry

The authors discuss high-voltage power conversion. Conventional series connection and three-level voltage source inverter techniques are reviewed and compared. A novel versatile multilevel commutation cell is introduced: it is shown that this topology is safer and more simple to control, and delivers purer output waveforms. The authors show how this technique can be applied to either choppers or voltage-source inverters and generalized to any number of switches.<<ETX>>

Multi-level conversion : high voltage choppers and voltage-source inverters

Nanotechnology is the science of understanding matter and the control of matter at dimensions of 100 nm or less. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulation of matter at this level of precision. An important aspect of research in nanotechnology involves precision control and manipulation of devices and materials at a nanoscale, i.e., nanopositioning. Nanopositioners are precision mechatronic systems designed to move objects over a small range with a resolution down to a fraction of an atomic diameter. The desired attributes of a nanopositioner are extremely high resolution, accuracy, stability, and fast response. The key to successful nanopositioning is accurate position sensing and feedback control of the motion. This paper presents an overview of nanopositioning technologies and devices emphasizing the key role of advanced control techniques in improving precision, accuracy, and speed of operation of these systems.

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A Survey of Control Issues in Nanopositioning

Receiver design for integrated multi-standard wireless radios

A bio-potential amplifier intended for continuous monitoring of vitals characterized by its long operational lifetime is required to operate at the lowest power budget possible. Moreover, a compact active area directly related to portability is essential. This paper presents a 0.55pW auto gain controlled biopotential amplifier implemented in 65nm 1P7M CMOS for ECG signal classifier SoC. A chopper-stabilized amplifier is designed at 0.6V supply voltage to mitigate the DC offset and near DC flicker noise. The input ECG signal level is further set by the four gain levels of the variable gain amplifier (VGA) to provide maximum swing to the ADC. The whole system is integrated into a core are of 0.10mm2 and can operate at a wide range of 0.6–1.2V supply voltage.

A sub-μW bio-potential front end in 65nm CMOS

Actively compensated double-integrator filters proposed so far in the literature require matched operational amplifiers (OA's). Recently a double-integrator loop has been suggested to overcome this difficulty [1]. Even in this filter, the realized Qpis only free of error and is less sensitive to the gain-bandwidth (GB) products of the OA's. In this article, a new filter of this type is suggested which does not require matched OA's and is less sensitive to GB products by an order of magnitude in both realized Qpand ωp. Its superior performance will be brought out by both theoretical as well as experimental results.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/5/31315/01456657.pdf

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An analog adaptive equalizer based on feed-forward architecture is implemented on 0.18mum digital CMOS process. The equalizer is implemented with only digital core devices and operates at 125Mbps over UTP CAT-5 cable of up to 100m length. Novel low-voltage, low-power circuit techniques resulted in 3.7mW total power consumption and supply voltage operation as low as 1.6V. This is over 3times power savings and 0.4V reduction in supply voltage from previously reported implementations on the same process node. The minimum horizontal eye opening of the equalizer (including the transmit path driver) under all cable length is 0.67 UI and the total area of the equalizer is 27738 mum2.

A 3.7mW, 1.6V CMOS Analog Adaptive Equalizer for a 125Mbps Wire-Line Transceiver

Globally, scrap tyres are increasing due to the increased number of vehicles. In contrast, in the recent years, alternatives to fossil fuels are exploring to overcome the fossil fuel crisis. In this study, pyrolysis of bicycle and rickshaw tyres wastes was conducted and parametric effects (e.g., the effect of temperature, feed size and apparent vapor residence time etc.) on the pyrolysis product yields were determined. A fixed bed electric heating reactor was used for pyrolysis at 400 - 550 oC, maintaining various particles sizes and a constant heating rate of 20oC/min. The optimum Tyre Pyrolysis Oil (TPO) yield of 42 wt.% was obtained at 500 oC for a sample size of 4.0 cm3. The fuel properties (e.g., density, viscosity, calorific value, flash point, pour point, sulphur content, ash content etc.), functional group studies of the TPO were determined and was compared with the conventional fuel and with international standards. The physico-chemical properties of TPO confirm the use of TPO as furnace oil in various industrial processes. The fractionation of bio-oil gives various value added products including bio-gasoline, bio-kerosene and others chemicals. The commercial implementation of the pyrolysis and follow-up technologies for waste tires processing will allow energetic valorization of waste tyres in Bangladesh.
Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. 70(2): 29-34, 2022 (July)

Mohammed Ismail

Papers

Receiver design for integrated multi-standard wireless radios

A sub-μW bio-potential front end in 65nm CMOS

Comments on "Synthesis of actively compensated double-integrator filter without matched operational amplifiers"

A 3.7mW, 1.6V CMOS Analog Adaptive Equalizer for a 125Mbps Wire-Line Transceiver

Production, Characterization and Evaluation of Pyrolysis Oil from Tyre Wastes Available in Bangladesh