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

As we move to third and fourth generation wireless providing higher data rates at shorter distances in "hotspots", future handhelds will be able to access different wireless infrastructures, e.g. UMTS and WAN, from the same wireless device, be it a mobile phone, a PDA or a notebook. As a result SoC platforms for convergent 4G must address the challenge of increased complexity particularly as it pertains to the radio transceiver part of a chipset where power consumption and cost are the main differentiators. This paper presents an overview of the challenges faced in designing highly integrated radios in the context of 4G wireless communications. Aside from important issues such as multi antenna design and standards coexistence in the same SoC platform, we focus our overview on a few main thrusts that will be discussed in some details related to designing digitally programmable and con gurable ADCs, PLLs, analog baseband chains and RF front ends as well as techniques for packaging multi hand radios and for achieving " rst pass" silicon success.

Radio design for future wireless soc platforms- an overview

In this paper we will discuss the trade-offs between cost and performance with respect to bipolar devices in analog circuit design. We will show that for most analog designs a low cost BiCMOS process will suffice and provide the designer with significant benefits to justify the added cost. We will show which modifications should be made to a given CMOS process, and what benefits can be obtained for a minimal increase in processing cost.

Issues in the design of analog BiCMOS integrated circuits

This paper presents an efficient power management unit (PMU) that supports μWatt load range for TEG-based applications. The PMU consists of an inductor-based DC-DC converter that boosts a small TEG voltage and followed by two switched capacitor-based buck converters which are used to drive a μWatt-SoC. The PMU generates a regulated 1.1V and 0.6V output voltages. Pulse frequency modulation scheme is utilized to regulate the output voltages. SPICE simulation results in 65nm CMOS technology show that the maximum end-to-end efficiency of the PMU is 68% at an output power of 62μWatt. The PMU occupies an area of less than 0.9mm2. The switched capacitor circuit enables the usage of dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) that helps the PMU to operate in ultra-low power modes.

An efficient power management unit for μWatt thermoelectric generators

L'implantation utilise l'integrateur differentiel a constante de temps equilibree comme bloc de base. On montre les avantages par rapport a l'implantation basee sur l'integrateur de Miller classique, en particulier aux hautes frequences

An alternative implementation of the leap-frog active-RC ladder realization and its practical merits

A wideband CMOS LNA for PCS 1900 and WCDMA is presented. The design circuit uses conventional configuration with an additional capacitance. This method is mainly used to optimize the noise performance of LNA. This paper explored the method's application in 3/sup rd/ generation receiver, which is capable of adapting to the various communications standards in a low-cost CMOS technology. One of the advantages of the method is the simplicity of the circuit compared to other wideband LNA implementation. The design is implemented in a 0.18/spl mu/m TSMC CMOS technology. In the simulation, the 200MHz bandwidth of interest and a total 560 MHz bandwidth are well matched. Additionally, the power consumption of the circuit is less than 7mW from a supply voltage of 1.8V.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10444/33168/01562518.pdf

Mohammed Ismail

Papers

Radio design for future wireless soc platforms- an overview

Issues in the design of analog BiCMOS integrated circuits

An efficient power management unit for μWatt thermoelectric generators

An alternative implementation of the leap-frog active-RC ladder realization and its practical merits

A CMOS wideband LNA for DCS1800 PCS1900 and WCDMA