Interesting!
Interesting!
How could we apply this for changing the theme of a whole website? Font colors, backgrounds, etc.
Thanks for sharing!
Interesting!
How could we apply this for changing the theme of a whole website? Font colors, backgrounds, etc.
Thanks for sharing!


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Big Decisions Await For Pirates, Next 3 Matches Crucial!
by Soccer LadumaOrlando Pirates will be expected to make big decisions in the upcoming weeks in attempting to change the fortunes of the club.
Pirates have had a difficult season so far, after being knocked out early in the cup competitions they played in, while they also struggled to collect results in the league.
Read: Latest On Pirates & Rulani…
Under the club’s former coach Milutin Sredojevic, Pirates hoped to have a better campaign than the last two seasons.
However, the Serbian mentor shocked the club and the football fraternity by resigning in August, after only two matches in the league, as well as the CAF Champions League preliminary round exit against Green Eagles of Zambia.
Rulani Mokwena has been in charge since, and assisted by Fadlu Davids and Franck Plaine.
However, results have been coming in dribs and drabs for the team and as a result, the club is expected to evaluate the squad, and possibly make changes for the second half of the season, after the team’s last three matches of the year against Polokwane City, Baroka FC and Black Leopards.
Read: Another Six-Month Ban Confirmed By The PSL
Prior to the start of the season, the Buccaneers made no less than nine signings, with Kabelo Dlamini, Bongani Sam, Fortune Makaringe, Siphesihle Ndlovu, Tebogo Tlolane Tshegofatso Mabasa, Gabadinho Mhango, Joris Delle and Austin Muwowo all joining the club.
South African U20 defender Thabiso Monyane was promoted from the club’s youth ranks, while another development graduate Zakhele Lepasa returned from a loan stint with TS Galaxy.
Mokwena and his technical team currently work with a squad of 34 players, as confirmed by the former Mamelodi Sundowns assistant coach in the media recently.
Read: How Pirates Plan For League Restart...
Like in any club, player exits could be expected as decisions are to be made regarding some of the players who have struggled for game-time.
Furthermore, Bucs have appeared to be keen on reinforcing the squad with a defender, after the Soweto giants handed former Maritzburg United defender Brian Onyango a trial earlier in the season.
Watch this space!


--- layout: post title: "Muffin Ingredients: A Database" date: 2022-01-05 15:16:00 +0000 tags: image: imagecredits: ---
I've started tracking the common ingredients for muffins, along with their nutritional content. This is still very much a work-in-progress, but I thought I'd quickly through up a page that displays the database.
My goals are to be able to quickly gauge the protein/sugar/fat/etc content of an ingredient so I can make decent substitutions. (I'm also really interested in claims about "healthy" recipes that contain high-fat fats and high-sugar sugars — but that's another post for another day.)


Concordion uses expressions to reference fields and call methods of the corresponding test fixture and to set specification variables.
In order to keep your specifications simple and maintainable, Concordion deliberately restricts the expression format that is allowed when instrumenting specifications. Complexity should be moved into the fixture code, and then evolved into a DSL, where it is easier to maintain. The idea is to have the fixture do all the work of fetching and munging the data and then return exactly the data that the spec needs, which helps to decouple the spec from the implementation.
The following expressions are available within Concordion commands:
Evaluation expressions
Set expressions
However, if you really want to remove this restriction you can apply the annotation @FullOGNL
to your fixture class to allow
complex expressions.
This would allow you to do things like
pass property values of Java beans into methods
, or use constant values in concordion:execute commands.


SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1993 James Berardinelli
Rating (Linear 0 to 10): 7.7
Date Released: 8/11/93 Running Length: 1:50 Rated: PG (Mild profanity)
Starring: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne Director: Steven Zaillian Producers: Scott Rudin and William Horberg Screenplay: Steven Zaillian based on the book by Fred Waitzkin Music: James Horner Released by Paramount Pictures
At the tender age of seven, Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) becomes fascinated by the game of chess. Without giving up Little League baseball, he learns how to play, hanging out with Vinnie (Laurence Fishburne) and a group of speed chess hustlers who occupy nearby Washington Square. It isn't long before Josh is able to beat them all. His father, looking to take him to the next level, employs ex-chess master Bruce Pandolfini (Ben Kingsley) as a teacher. Under Pandolfini, Josh matures as a player and, for the first time, he starts to fear losing.
SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER is based on the true life story of Josh Waitzkin who, at the age of sixteen, is currently the highest-ranked American player under eighteen. It isn't just Josh's tale, however. The name and image of the mysterious chess genius Bobby Fischer infiltrate this movie. Fischer is as much an icon to this game as Babe Ruth is to baseball.
How important are games to the American way of life? Have they become so crucial that we lose sight of the people playing them? And at what point does the need to win become so important that the game ceases to be fun?
These are some of the questions that SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER probes. It certainly can't answer them (since there are no definitive solutions), but the film offers fodder for thought as it explores Josh's early career and examines the relationship between the young chess master and his sports writer father, Frank Waitzkin.
Josh starts playing chess because it fascinates him. As soon as Frank recognizes his son's gift, however, he begins to apply subtle pressure. Winning becomes important--perhaps too important--and Josh is afraid that to fail at the game is to risk losing his father's love. It's then that chess becomes a burden and he stops enjoying it.
Josh has two mentors--the street-smart Vinnie, who teaches him to play the opponent, not the board; and Bruce Pandolfini, a man who has suffered an unspecified loss in an unnamed competition, but knows the game inside out. Each has a different perspective to offer, and Josh learns from them both. One lesson, however, he is unable to take to heart--he cannot hate his opponents, no matter how much they despise him.
We never learn exactly what demons haunt Pandolfini, and it's a credit to this film that it doesn't make them explicit. There are enough clues that they can be guessed at, and SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER relies upon the intelligence of its audience to put the pieces together.
There are four key relationships in this film, each of which is explored with varying success. Even the weakest, that of Josh and his mother (Joan Allen), has an emotional depth unusual for the amount of screen time accorded to it. Of all the adults in the film, only Bonnie Waitzkin never loses sight of what's best for her son.
Also treated in a cursory fashion is the unusual friendship that develops between Josh and Vinnie. It's clear that the two are fond of each other, and Vinnie's tactics become important to Josh's development as a player, but we don't see enough of the two of them together to get a genuine sense of the mutual respect that grows between them.
Perhaps the most complex relationship is that of Josh and his father. While Frank never stops loving his son, there comes a point when Josh's winning becomes more important to him than to his son. This kind of pressure is too much to put on a young boy, no matter how gifted he is, and it takes a threat by Bonnie to make this clear and put the situation in perspective.
Also explored in some detail are Josh's interactions with Bruce Pandolfini. Like Frank, Pandolfini loses sight of his young charge's innocence and age, and tries to mold him into a chess-playing machine. In some sense, Pandolfini is perhaps attempting to fight the ghosts of his past through Josh. It isn't until the end of the film that he is finally able to accept and love his student for who he is.
Ben Kingsley and Joe Mantegna do excellent jobs bringing their characters to life. These are men with faults, but it's those imperfections that enable us to empathize with them. Neither actor has an overabundance of screen time with which to develop a personality, but good performers can do quite a bit with an economy of scenes. Having only a handful of appearances, Laurence Fishburne faces an even more difficult challenge, but he nevertheless manages to convince us that he's a true friend to Josh, concerned more about the boy's happiness than his success. Joan Allen, despite often being relegated to the background, gives a convincing portrayal of a mother who cares so much about her son's well-being that she's willing to take him away from his father, if necessary, to assure it.
When casting SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER, the production team decided that instead of choosing a young "name" actor who might know little or nothing about chess, they would choose someone who was a chess player first and an actor second. Realism was important to the film makers--they wanted chess-playing viewers to be spared the indignity of watching someone faking playing the game.
In Max Pomeranc, an excellent choice was made. Not only is he an experienced (as experienced one can be at that young age) chess player, but he acquits himself admirably in the role of Josh. He's not the best child actor to grace the screen, but he avoids the awkward obviousness of many.
SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER is an intensely fascinating movie capable of involving those who are ignorant about chess as well as those who love it. The focus of the film is less on the actual game than it is on the people, emotions, and pressures surrounding Josh. It is a tale of human trials and triumph, not a sports movie that panders to a certain segment of the population. Chess may not be the most exciting activity to watch, but SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER makes for engaging entertainment.
One final note: even though this film might seem like a perfect family movie with its lack of violence, profanity, and sex, I would caution parents considering taking their children to SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER. With its focus on character development and drama, many younger viewers will likely become quickly bored. This is an "adult" movie ill-suited to those with short attention spans.
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class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Lecture 5 ## Overview of Data Types ### Tyler Ransom ### ECON 5253, University of Oklahoma --- # Plan for the day Focus on grappling with data - File formats and extensions - Archiving & file compression - Dictionaries (hash tables) - Big Data file types --- # A note on file extensions - Often, if you download a file, you will immediately understand what type of a file it is by its extension - File extensions in and of themselves don't serve any particular purpose other than convenience - File extensions were created so that humans could keep track of which files on their workspace are scripts, which are binaries, etc. --- # Why is the file format important? - File formats matter because they may need to match the environment you're working in - If you use the wrong file format, it may cause your computations to run slower than otherwise - To the extent that the environment you're working in requires a specific file format, then using the correct format is essential --- # Common file extensions when working with data - In the following table, I list some of the most common file extensions - For a more complete list of almost every file extension imaginable (note: they missed Stata's `.do` and `.dta` formats), see [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats). - Another great discussion about file formats is [here](https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/1208/a-python-guide-for-open-data-file-formats) on stackexchange --- # Open-format file extensions The following file extensions are not tied to a specific software program - In this sense they are "raw" and can be viewed in any sort of text editor .scroll-box-12[ | File extension | Description | |------------------------------------|-------------| | CSV | Comma separated values; data is in tabular form with column breaks marked by commas | | TSV | Tab separated values; data is in tabular form with column breaks marked by tabs | | DAT | Tab-delimited tabular data (ASCII file) | | TXT | Plain text; not organized in any specific manner (though usually columns are delimited with tabs or commsa) | | XML | eXtensible Markup Language; data is in text form with tags marking different fields | | HTML | HyperText Markup Language; similar to XML; used for almost every webpage you view | | [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) | YAML Ain't Markup Language; human readable version of XML | | JSON | JavaScript Object Notation; similar to YAML in that it has a human readable element. YAML is technically a superset of JSON. | | HDF | Hierarchical Data Format; bills itself as a "scientific data format" that can handle all types of data (tabular, text, images, etc.) | | PDF | Portable Document Format; not a great way to store data, but there exists much data in PDF format. Good luck unpacking it! | | TIFF, JPEG | These common image formats are used to store data in the form of images, or sometimes pictures of text data. There exist image processing libraries in almost every scientific programming language that can convert data in this format into more usable formats. | | MP3, WAV | These common audio formats may be used to store data. For example, voice-to-text applications have some way of converting income audio (in some format) into data that the machine can comprehend. The same holds for MP4 and other video file formats (e.g. for video input to self-driving cars, etc.) | ] --- # Examples of CSV, TSV, XML, YAML, and JSON files A possible JSON representation describing a person ([source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#Example)) .scroll-box-16[ ```JSON { "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "isAlive": true, "age": 27, "address": { "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "postalCode": "10021-3100" }, "phoneNumbers": [ { "type": "home", "number": "212 555-1234" }, { "type": "office", "number": "646 555-4567" }, { "type": "mobile", "number": "123 456-7890" } ], "children": [], "spouse": null } ``` ] --- # Examples of CSV, TSV, XML, YAML, and JSON files The same example as previously, but in XML: ([source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#Example)) .scroll-box-16[ ```xml <person> <firstName>John</firstName> <lastName>Smith</lastName> <age>25</age> <address> <streetAddress>21 2nd Street</streetAddress> <city>New York</city> <state>NY</state> <postalCode>10021</postalCode> </address> <phoneNumber> <type>home</type> <number>212 555-1234</number> </phoneNumber> <phoneNumber> <type>fax</type> <number>646 555-4567</number> </phoneNumber> <gender> <type>male</type> </gender> </person> ``` ] --- # Examples of CSV, TSV, XML, YAML, and JSON files The same example, but in YAML: ([source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#Example)) .scroll-box-12[ ```YAML firstName: John lastName: Smith age: 25 address: streetAddress: 21 2nd Street city: New York state: NY postalCode: '10021' phoneNumber: - type: home number:<PHONE_NUMBER> - type: fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER> gender: type: male ``` ] Note that the JSON code above is also valid YAML; YAML simply has an alternative syntax that makes it more human-readable --- # Proprietary file extensions The following file extensions typically require additional software to read, edit, or convert to another format | File extension | Description | |------------------------------------|-------------| | DB | A common file extension for tabular data for SQLite | | SQLITE | Another common file extension for tabular data for SQLite | | XLS, XLSX | Tab-delimited tabular data for Microsoft Excel | | RDA, RDATA | Tabular file format for R | | MAT | ... for Matlab | | SAS7BDAT | ... for SAS | | SAV | ... for SPSS | | DTA | ... for Stata | --- # Archiving & file compression Because data can be big and bulky, it is often easier to store and share the data in compressed form .scroll-box-4[ | File extension | Description | |------------------------------------|-------------| | ZIP | The most common format for file compression | | Z | Alternative to ZIP; uses a slightly different format for compression | | 7Z | Alternative to ZIP; uses [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) software for compression | | GZ | Another alternative to ZIP (primarily used in Linux systems), using what's called `gzip` | | TAR | So-called "tarball" which is a way to collect many files into one archive file. TAR stands for "Tape ARchive" | | TAR.GZ; TGZ | A compressed version of a tarball (compression via `gzip`) | | TAR.BZ2; .TB2; .TBZ; .TBZ2 | Compressed tarball (via `bzip2`) | ] ![Tarball vs. TGZ](Targzip.svg) --- # Other file types that aren't data - There are many file types that don't correspond to readable data. For example, script files (e.g. `.R`, `.py`, `.jl`, `.sql`, `.do`, `.cpp`, `.f90`, ...) are text files with convenient extensions to help the user remember which programming language the code is in - As a rule of thumb, if you don't recognize the extension of a file, it's best to inspect the file in a text editor (though pay attention to the size of the file as this can also help you discern whether it's code or data) --- # General Types of Data - When you think of data, you probably think of rows and columns, like a matrix or a spreadsheet - But it turns out there are other ways to store data, and you should know their similarities and differences to tabular data --- # Dictionaries (a.k.a. Hash tables) - A dictionary is a list that contains `keys` and `values` - Each key points to one value - While this may seem like an odd way to store data, it turns out that there are many, many applications in which this is the most efficient way to store things - We won't get into the nitty gritty details of dictionaries, but they are the workhorse of computer science, and you should at least know what they are and how they differ from tabular data - In fact, dictionaries are often used to store multiple arrays in one file (e.g. in Matlab and other languages where the system can store multiple arrays at once) --- # Dictionaries (a.k.a Hash tables) - The capability to manipulate hash tables is included in almost every major scientific programming language (although it is quite clunky in R ... this is why R is not considered to be a "general purpose programming language" by some people) ![Dictionaries](Hash_table_3_1_1_0_1_0_0_SP.svg) The Julia code for constructing the dictionary above is ```julia mydictionary = Dict("John Smith"=>"521-1234", "Lisa Smith"=>"521-8976", "Sandra Dee"=>"521-9655") ``` --- # Why are dictionaries useful? - You might look at the previous example and think a vector would be a better way to store phone numbers - The power of dictionaries is in their .hi[lookup speed] - Looking up an index in a dictionary takes the same amount of time no matter how long the dictionary is! - Computer scientists call this `\(O(1)\)` access time - Moreover, dictionaries can index .hi[objects], not just scalars - So I could have a dictionary of data frames, a dictionary of arrays, ... --- # Big Data file types - Big Data file systems like Hadoop and Spark often use the same file types as R, SQL, Python, and Julia - That is, `CSV` and `TSV` files are the workhorse - Because of the nature of distributed file systems (which we will discuss in much greater detail next time), it is often the case that JSON and XML are not good choices because they can't be broken up across machines - Note: there is a distinction between JSON files and JSON records; see the second link at the end of this document for further details --- # Sequence - Sequence files are dictionaries that have been optimized for Hadoop and friends - The advantage to taking the dictionary approach is that the files can easily be coupled and decoupled --- # Avro - Avro is an evolved version of Sequence---it contains more capability to store complex objects natively --- # Parquet - Parquet is a format that allows Hadoop and friends to partition the data column-wise (rather than row-wise) - Other formats in this vein are RC (Record Columnar) and ORC (Optimized Record Columnar) --- # Useful Links - [A beginner's guide to Hadoop storage formats](https://blog.matthewrathbone.com/2016/09/01/a-beginners-guide-to-hadoop-storage-formats.html) - [Hadoop File Formats: It's not just CSV anymore](https://community.hds.com/community/products-and-solutions/pentaho/blog/2017/11/07/hadoop-file-formats-its-not-just-csv-anymore)


This demo runs the famous DeepDream demo entirely in the browser using the pretrained GoogLeNet model from Caffe, Caffe.js and a fork of ConvNetJS. It's a JavaScript port from the original version and performs the computation using a Caffe.js model in a webworker task in your browser.


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meta {
name "Hello World"
description <<
A first ruleset for the Quickstart
>>
author "Phil Windley"
logging on
shares hello // some comment
}
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*/
global {
hello = function(obj){
msg = "Hello " + obj;
msg;
}
chev = <<hello #{one("two", 3)/*cool*/}, that worked>\> again!
more lines #{ a + b + ">>"} not "yet"
ok>>
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name re#(.*)#
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"number": number,
"name": name
});
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}
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foo = function(){1 + "{"}
}
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}
}
rule notfired {
select when events notfired
noop()
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} else {
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HIV-1 Vpr suppresses immune activation and apoptosis through regulation of nuclear factor kappa B[ see comments] The HIV-1 accessory gene product Vpr can influence viral pathogenesis by affecting viral replication as well as host cell transcription and proliferation.
Abstract
We have investigated the effects of Vpr on host cell activation and confirm that it influences cellular proliferation. However, we have also found that Vpr modulates T-cell receptor (TCR) -triggered apoptosis in a manner similar to that of glucocorticoids. In the absence of TCR -mediated activation, Vpr induces apoptosis whereas in its presence, Vpr interrupts the expected induction of apoptosis. This regulation of apoptosis is linked to Vpr suppression of NF-kappa B activity via the induction of I kappa B, an inhibitor of NF-kappa B. Further, Vpr suppresses expression of IL-2, IL-10, IL-12, TNF alpha and IL-4, all of which are NF-kappa B -dependent. The effects of Vpr could be reversed by RU486. Our finding that Vpr can regulate NF-kappa B supports the hypothesis that some aspects of viral pathogenesis are the consequence of cell dysregulation by Vpr.


The way I was raised, certain people were simply wrong. If they didn’t share the same enthusiasm for science, they were incorrect. If they believed in a benevolent (or even malevolent) Christian god, they were wrong. There was very little gray in many of the positions that were espoused to me. One of the great aspects of humanity is that we are given the opportunity to raise our children with our values and beliefs. But, of course, there are responsibilities there too.
It almost seems absurd to say this, but I don’t think I was always responsibly educated. Absurd, because that’s a high bar and I’m not sure anyone can ever claim to have been educated under the perfect paradigm. But to the extent that it took me many years to understand what it means to pursue a free and responsible search for truth and meaning, I think there could have been more openess to what I was exposed to. The Christian Bible is an amazing book. The Bhagavad Gita is absolutely beautiful. Darwin had his doubts about the extent to which evolution allows us to understand life. Newton was downright crazy half the time.
The source of responsibility in our lives is humbleness. When we say we are responsible for our children, that does not mean if we fail to teach them the right things we have failed. It means if we fail to listen to them, and discern what they need based on what we understand about them and what they tell us, we have failed them. There is no test for responsible parenthood, just as there is no test of responsible searching for meaning in our lives. When we have the freedom to search for truth and meaning, we must use discernment and listening as our foundation for responsibility. Listen first, think second, act last.


7. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?
Windows 98
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8 .Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?
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9. Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program
Operating environment
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To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware
To allow people to use the computer
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Dampier is an iron ore exporting port. Salt is also shipped from here. Hampton Harbour is the commercial port. Together with the neighbouring town of Karratha, this is principally an industrial complex.
Onslow, 50 miles to the west is the principal holiday town in this area, with recreational facilities.
Position 20°38'S, 116°41'E.
Boarding Station for arrival - Hampton Harbour Boat and Sailing Club (floating pontoon).
Last updated February 2014.
Not a very attractive destination for yachts.
Last updated February 2014.


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S. Solomon Darnell
Research Scientist
in Biometrics, AI, Affect and Blockchain
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### Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2009 - 2015
- Clemson University, Advisor: Shaundra Bryant Daily
- Dissertation Title: EngageME - The Design and Implementation of a Reflective Tool for Evaluating Student Engagement
Masters of Software Engineering, MSWE 2003-2006
- Auburn University, Advisor: Gerry Dozier
- Project Title: Evaluting Exits using Computational Intelligence and Pedestrian Escape Panic model
Bachelor of Science, B.S. in Computer Engineering 1999-2003
### Awards, Grants & Honors
- 2015 November - Honor Research Post-Doc with IBM Research Headquarters in Yorktown Heights, NY
- 2015 June - Honor Research Scientist Internship with IBM Research Africa
- 2015 May - Award PhD in Computer Science
- 2014 January - Award Scholarship for CHI Doctoral Consortium
- 2013 - Award Clemson University School of Computing Outstanding PhD Student
- 2013 August - Award Southern Region Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- 2012 - Honor Induction into Alpha chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society
- 2010 - Award Clemson University Alumni Doctoral Fellowship
- 2009-2015 - Award Clemson University Graduate School Fellowship
- 2009-2010 - Award PhD Fellowship to Purdue University Computer Technology and Information Department
- 2001-2002 - Award Undergrad Scholarship to Auburn University by Alabama Power Foundation
- 2001-2002 - Award Undergrad Scholarship to Auburn University by William F. and Brenda W. Hayes
- 2001 - Honor National Honor Society Induction - Tau Sigma at Auburn University
### Filed Patents
- 2016 Jan - YOR920161714 - System and method for improving classroom management by analyzing classroom artifacts using visual analysis
- 2017 May - P201701835 - System and Method for Single Use Biometric token with Limited Expiry Using Blockchain
- 2018 Feb - P201800988US01 - A system and method for identification or verification by a consensus network using sparse parametric representations of biometric images
### Granted Patents
### Publications
#### Books & Chapters
- Daily, S., James, M. T., Cherry, D., Porter, J.J., Darnell, S.S., Isaac, J., and Roy, T. Chapter 9 - Affective Computing: Historical Foundations, Current Applications and Future Trends. In T. Bennett (Eds.), Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interation, pp 213-231. Academic Press, 2017.
- Darnell, S.S., Mack, N., Jackson, F., Alnizami, H., James, M., Ekandem, J., Alvarez, I., Andujar, M., Moon, D., and Gilbert, J.E. (2014). Chapter 92: Human-Computer Interfaces for Speech Applications. In. T.F. Gonzalez, J. Diaz-Herrera & A. Tucker (Eds.), Computing Handbook, 3rd ed. (1), (3rd ed. pp.92:1-92:15) CRC Press.
#### Journals
- M.T. James, S.B. Daily, T. Roy and Shelby Solomon Darnell. “EngageMe: designing a visualization tool utilizing physiological feedback to support instruction”. In: Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning 10 (2 2015).
- Darnell, Shelby Solomon, “EngageMe: The Design and Implementation of a Reflective Tool for Evaluating Student Engagement” (2015). All Dissertations. 1790.
- K. P. Hollingsworth, S. S. Darnell, P. E. Miller, D. L. Woodard, K. W. Bowyer and P. J. Flynn, “Human and Machine Performance on Periocular Biometrics Under Near-Infrared Light and Visible Light,” in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 588-601, April 2012.
#### Conferences
- Nandakumar, K., Ratha, N., Pankanti, S., & Darnell, S. (2017, December). Secure one-time biometrie tokens for non-repudiable multi-party transactions. In Information Forensics and Security (WIFS), 2017 IEEE Workshop on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
- Bore, N., Karumba, S., Mutahi, J., Darnell, S. S., Wayua, C., & Weldemariam, K. (2017, November). Towards Blockchain-enabled School Information Hub. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (pp. 19:1-19-4). ACM. 19:1-19:4
- Shelby Solomon Darnell. 2014. EngageME: a tool to simplify the conveyance of complicated data. In CHI ‘14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ‘14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 359-362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2574765
- Daily, S. B., Meyers, D., Darnell, S., Roy, T., & James, M. T. (2013, July). Understanding privacy and trust issues in a classroom affective computing system deployment. In International Conference on Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions (pp. 414-423). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
- Roy, Tania; James, Melva T.; Gupta, Arindam; Darnell, Shelby S.; and Daily, Shaundra, “A Participatory Design Process for Developing a Tool to Visualize Classroom Engagement” (2013). Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS). 68.
- Chattaraman V., Kwon WS., Gilbert J., Darnell S. (2012) Locus of Control in Conversational Agent Design: Effects on Older Users’ Interactivity and Social Presence. In: Nakano Y., Neff M., Paiva A., Walker M. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7502. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
- J.E. Gilbert and J.I. Ekandem and S.S. Darnell et.al., “Accessible Voting: One Machine, One Vote for Everyone”. In: CHI’11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI Video Presentation. Vancouver, Canada, May 2011.
- Darnell, S.S. et.al. “MyDASH: The Biometric Digital Dashboard”. in Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces for Automotive Applications (MIAA’11) at the 2011 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI’11) Palo Alto, CA, Feb. 2011, pp.53-56.
#### Technical and White Papers
- Shelby Solomon Darnell. “Alleviating Escape Panic Using Evolutionary Intelligence”. in Auburn University Theses and Dissertations. May 2006.
- Carnahan, B., Muhdi, R., Fu, S.G., Darnell, S., Davis, J., Doziera, G., & Smith, A. “GENEVAC: Evolving Exits for Evacuation Models via Steady-State Genetic Search”. in Technical Report: Auburn University CSSE 05-06.
- Bazahnau, A., Ondula, E. and Darnell, S.S. “Blockchain and IOT - Using Raspberry Pi’s to test DApp feasibiltiy”. in IBM Research Africa Technical reports 2017.
### Invited Talks, Panels & News Articles
- 2018 August 31 Panel: Research and Setting Research Priorities, Venue: Pan Africa Christian University’s (PACUs) Inaugural Research Week, Moderator: Professor Dionysius (Dan)
- 2018 March 1 Article: Five major ways blockchain can help telecom, published by: CIO East Africa
- 2018 February 23 Talk: “Blockchain: What, Why and Good to know”, invited by Moringa school Nairobi, Kenya
- 2018 February 14 Article: Three things consumer brands should consider in adopting blockchain, published by Standard Digital Media
- 2017 October 11 Guest Lecture (Talk): “Blockchain: What, Why & Good to Know”, Venue: Senior Financial Economics at Strathmore University, invited by: Professor Godfrey Madigu
- 2017 June 09 Panel (Blockchain Expert): “Blockchain, what can it do, how does it work”, Venue: Metta Nairobi, 14 Riverside Drive
- 2016 May Guest Lecture (Talk): “An Intro to Computer Vision”, Venue: Computer Programming class at Strathmore University, Host: Samuel Karumba (computer science lecturer)
### Skills
- Full Stack Development
- Biometrics on Blockchain (Securing the Signal): Explore new and novel
techniques to maintain secrecy of pure biometric information to login to blockchains
- Web Design
- Assertively exploit wireless initiatives rather than synergistic core competencies.
- Interface Design
- Credibly streamline mission-critical value with multifunctional functionalities.
- Project Direction
- Proven ability to lead and manage a wide variety of design and development projects in team and independent situations.
### Technical
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C |
C++ |
C# |
Typescript |
| Java |
Javascript |
JQuery |
PHP |
Perl |
| Python |
Docker |
CVS |
Subversion |
Git |
| Windows XP-10 |
Linux |
OS X |
Lisp |
Quick Basic |
| Golang |
Kubernetes |
Basic |
Ruby |
LaTeX |
| Shell Scripting |
AngularJS |
Visual Basic |
Visual C++ |
Visual C# |
| Nodejs |
Angular |
web2py |
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Entreprenural Experience
- Solomon Ventures LLC
- Solution/System Architecting, Development, and Consulting
January 2019
Architecture developed for a revolutionary housing portal for Kenya, by Kenyans.
Research Experience
- IBM Research
- Intern
Jun-Aug 2015
Implemented and demoed a real-time computer vision application to track dark-skinned children in a classroom under hardware and network resource constraints.
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Research Scientist
March 2016-current
Investigate identity and security on blockchain using biometrics. Researching and implementing state-of-the-art cancelable biometric techniques to create a pastoral identity solution to help developing and war torn countries better identify and aide their populations.
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Research Post-doc
Dec 2015-Feb 2016
Further explored computer vision techniques for tracking and uniquely identifying dark-skinned children in a classroom under hardware and network resource constraints. Wrote first patent.
Work Experience
- Techno Brain Group LLC
- Product Manager, Identity Management (IDM) Business Unit
2019
Developed a new architecture to revamp twelve(12) year old software offering. Lead the development of a proof of concept implementation of the architecture, personally building several services personally. Led interaction with client, a country technology representative in the office of the president. Consulted, planned and tested migration of company wide software DevOPs.
- L-3 Communications MIS
- Software Engineer II
2006 - 2008
As a developer I designed and implemented client-server enterprise software to control aircraft hardware, built development management scripts, and added to an existing internal web platform
- Project Engineer
Jan 2009 - Apr 2009
Performed a subset of the duties of a Project Engineer (overall engineering lead, management of incoming product and warehouse personnel, overseeing project shipping and receiving, while interacting and working with sub-contractors to build solutions for our clients).
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System Integration Lab Manager
Apr 2009 - June 2009
Acted as a systems integration lab manager by organizing and building, from the ground up, a SIL with the help of warehouse personnel and test engineers to simulate the internals of an aircraft system to be deployed for the U.S. Airforce.
More Work Experience
- Auburn University
- Information Technology (IT) Lead and Manager, Student Athlete Support Services (SASS)
Sep 2004 - December 2005
- Chief architect for in-house student check-in software
- managed multiple computer labs
- hired & groomed a 4 person staff, each of whom had the duel role of lab manager and developer
- managed over 100 computer, interfacing and meeting the needs of Athletic counselors and student-athletes alike
- IT Lead Assistant & Developer, College of Science and Math (COSAM)
Aug 2004 - Dec 2004
- provided windows and mac system administration, trouble shooting and support
- co-developed software for genetic sequence experimentation
- IT support, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE)
Jan 2002 - May 2003
- Managed multiple computer labs and equipment
- provided windows, mac, and linux system administration, trouble-shooting and support
Mentor, College of Engineering
Jan 2001
Teaching Experience
- Auburn/Clemson University
- Computer Science - Applications, Department of Computer Science
2003, 2004, 2012
- Oversee computer science lab assignments
- Teach basic MS office application usage
- Teach lab and grade assignments
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Market Pulse on December 6th
by Olivier Rigot, EMC Gestion de FortuneS&P 500 3145,91 +28,48.
The stock market is still very resilient, it touched very briefly last Tuesday the higher end of the range we mentionned in our previous comments as a price objective of the consolidation/correction we were in, before rebounding swiftly. Now the jury is out and time will tell if the market resumes its upward path or if the consolidation may continue somehow. Most of our indicators are hovering around the neutral + level and are not extreme enough in one way or another to make a precise forecast.


The motor's power comes from an AC adapter that produces 12VDC at 500ma.
The power adapter connects to the motor via a mini power plug 2.1mm in diameter and 9mm long. I don't know the inside pin diameter.
The switch is to be mounted in the center hole of a connector. That hole is 0.25" in diameter. The connectors are 0.25" thick.
The recommended trace width for 0.5A ia 0.02".
The recommended gap between traces is 0.01".
For low density boards recommended grid snap is 0.05 inch (1.27mm).
ExpressPCB will produce three 3.8 x 2.5 inch boards for $62.00. A CAD tool is available from their web site.
CADSoft EAGLE is another possibility for printed circuit board layout. Will its output work for the ExpressPCB service?
See Digi-Key part numbers SC1052-ND (plug) and SC1153-ND (jack) from this DigiKey catalog page. , or this. These parts match the 2.1mm that I measured below. data sheet for SC1153-ND .
I measured the inside diameter of the plug by inserting the chuck-end of various drill bits to see what would fit. A #44 bit is too big but a #45 bit can be inserted into the center hole of the plug.
| #44 | too big | 0.085 inch | 2.15900 mm |
| #45 | fits | 0.082 inch | 2.0828 mm |
We intend to mount the switch in the center hole of a K'nex connector. That hole is 0.245 inch deep and 0.25 inch in diameter.
DPDT toggle switch, on-off-on, quarter inch threaded bushing vertical PC mount.
Not so useful DigiKey catalog page
digikey search query: DPDT toggle switch pc on-off-on and then filter further by PCB
Consider these:
T2 toggle is probably too short.
DigiKey part #EG2414-ND
B1 bushing is 0.350" long
Contact material Q has sufficient load rating.
Other vendors to look at:
E-Switch 100DP3T1B1M2QE data sheet
Switchcraft RAPC722 data sheet
Is the body of the connector jacks taller than the body of the switch? The connectors are 11.0mm tall. The switch is only 8.89mm tall. Therefore the connectors must be mounted on the opposite side of the pc board from the switch.


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Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing at InVision Communications, Trustee of Vail Mountain School, Trustee of Vail Valley Foundation, President of Vail Women Elect
Bachelors of Arts in Geography from Dartmouth College Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School
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As the President of Vail Women Elect, I am experienced in organizing women to become more educated and engaged in the election process as voters, volunteers and donors. As Chair of the Board of Vail Mountain School, I built a board made up of trustees that represented different age groups at the school as well as a variety of professional experiences and social and economic profiles. I guided them in building a strategy and defining priorities for the school. I led discussions among the trustees, encouraging the expression of different points of view and guiding the group to reach consensus over critical policy decisions. As a Board member, parents would contact me to share their opinions, which I needed to consider and address with the Head of School and other Board members. Decisions made by the VMS Board needed to consider the views of the students, teachers, parents, school administrators and sometimes town officials, town police and school neighbors.
President and Founder of Vail Women Elect. Donated and raised money for House, Senate and Presidential Candidates: Kirsten Gillibrand, Deborah Ross, Diane Mitsch Bush, Tammy Baldwin, Claire McCaskill, Jacky Rosen, Heidi Heitkamp, Kyrsten Sinema, Phil Weiser, Steve Dettelbach, Catherine Cortez Masto, Sue Minter, Fab5 Women Senators (Colorado State Senate), Amy McGrath, Barbara Bollier, John Hickenlooper, Michael Johnstone, Steve Bullock, Cal Cunningham, Theresa Greenfield, MJ Hegar, Jaime Harrison, Doug Jones, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Jena Griswold, Josh Stein. Donated to political PACs and organizations: Off The Sidelines, Movement Voter Project, Rural Colorado United, One for All Committee, DNC, Eagle County Democrats
Vail Women Elect, Vail Mountain School Board, Vail Valley Foundation Board, Dance Assist Board, Dartmouth Club of Vail
I am interested in serving the people in my community and state. I see the commission as a way to use my experience serving on boards and building high functioning teams with diverse people. In college, I studied Political Geography. I continue to have an interest in understanding how political lines are drawn between countries, states, counties, and congressional districts. The congressional commission is more fitting for my background and expertise than other areas of government.
I have 4 years of experience building consensus as Board Chair for Vail Mountain School. I tend to listen and ask questions to understand the perspectives, interests and agendas of the other people I am working with. I first seek areas of common ground. Then I work on the areas where we differ and find ways for each of us to compromise so that we produce a win-win solution. I don't get caught up in proving I am right or winning an argument. I am intrigued and curious about views outside my own and try to understand those perspectives. I am also open to shifting my opinion when someone shares data and logic that challenges my views. I view every challenge or problem as an opportunity to learn.
I love numbers, math problems, statistics, data, and spreadsheets. My educational background was using census data and geographical mapping to analyze political, economic and social trends. I continued to use my analytical skills in my professional life, often writing computer programs to analyze large databases to help business leaders make decisions. Eventually I managed teams that did this work in marketing, merchandising, operations, and logistics for a large retailer. Recently I worked on a mapping project for Dartmouth to split the Dartmouth Alumni in Colorado into two geographic areas to promote greater Alumni participation.
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model. Assertions are verified (or falsified) using a check statement.
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Each assertion must have a name, since we will need to refer to them by name in check statements.


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Australians’ concern on climate change has doubled since 2018
Economy is still the number one concern among Australians but climate change worries have climbed ten per cent in the past year.
Researchers for the latest Mapping Social Cohesion Report asked Australians to name their biggest concern off the top of their heads, with 19 per cent saying climate change.
This has jumped up from 10 per cent last year, with the economy still being our number one concern in 2019.
Professor Andrew Markus said when they first started asking people about their concerns in 2011, climate change hovered around six per cent.
In 2019 the economy was the number one concern at 28 per cent, followed by climate change at 19, then social issues at eight per cent.

That year the country watched the Lindt Cafe siege, on top of the news of more Australians joining ISIS in the Middle East.
“In that year concern about terrorism and security went from one to 10,” Professor Markus said.
“So this time we’ve gone from 10 to 19 (on climate) in one year. So I think that’s quite significant.” Climate concerns were the highest in young adults, with 43 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds naming it as their number one issue.
But it was lowest among 35 to 44 year olds and over-75s at 12 per cent and eight per cent respectively.
The survey of more than 3500 Australians was taken shortly after the federal election in May, with Professor Markus pointing to the heightened debate of environmental issues.
It also found while the majority of Australians felt immigration was a good thing for economy, views on intake or the impacts on infrastructure were negative.
But the majority of Australians would reject a return to the racist White Australia policy.
Professor Markus also pointed to a growing “social desirability bias”, with huge differences in the types of answers given on immigration between respondents over the phone and online.
Australians’ trust in the federal government’s ability to do the right thing by people has remained flat, having hovered around 30 per cent since 2017.
“The level of trust is at a low level but it has not gone down further,” Professor Markus said.


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--- layout: page title: Agrippa, a book of the dead type: gallery ---
William Gibson, author of cyberpunk classic Neuromancer (1984), built his scrolling electronic poem Agrippa
to delete itself after one viewing. Naturally, hackers took this as a challenge, and the ephemeral text was quickly uploaded to the nascent Internet. However, while it is easy to find a copy of Agrippa
’s text, only emulating the original software platform allows the reader to experience the fleeting volatility of this strange rumination on memory and impermanence.
Agrippa
runs in an emulating program called Mini vMac. This program attempts to emulate a range of early Macintosh operating systems, with varying levels of success.
Due to some hardware differences (notably, the much faster clock cycles of this computer’s CPU), the Agrippa
in today’s exhibit runs very fast and is difficult to read.
We have chosen instead to run a video of a computer emulating the program at the proper speed. We hope you appreciate this irony, and if you wish to see the program in (too-fast) emulation, please ask the gallery attendant.
Poem programmed on System 7.0 for a 1992-era Macintosh computer
Emulated in Mini vMac
Source: http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/


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TMEX Hardware Specific Error Return Codes Overview
Group
(-1) PORT_NOT_INITIALIZED - Specified 1-Wire network has not
been initialized with a call to the TMSetup function.
(-2) PORT_NOT_EXIST - Specified 1-Wire network nonexistent.
(-3) NO_SUCH_FUNCTION - Function not supported.
(-12) BCOM_FAILURE – Failure to communicate with hardware adapter
(-13) BCOM_EVENT – An unsolicited event occurred on the 1-Wire
(-200) INVALID_SESSION - session not valid.
(-201) HS_NOT_FOUND - Hardware_Specific driver not found and is required.
See Also
TMEX Hardware Specific API Overview,
TMEX Hardware Specific API List, TMEX Error Return Codes,


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Bookmark the highly related partner-project "[php-login-styles](https://github.com/panique/php-login-styles)" which will host beautiful themes for all the php-login versions. Currently this is only a placeholder, the project starts in early 2014.
Licensed under MIT. You can use this script for free for any private or commercial projects.
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The ScreenThe Form Diagram shows the simplest possible truss, a triangle made of three members. It is supported on a pin at one end and a roller at the other, and supports a single load at its apex. Its Force Polygon is to the right, and numerical member forces are tabulated below. The Toggle Switches include
You may move any node that is marked with a yellow circle. All the other parts of the screen will change instantaneously to reflect the consequences of each move–the reactions are recalculated, the force polygon is modified, and the values of member forces change. Exercise One:PlayUse the mouse to play with the truss in any way that you like. Move some of the yellow circles to explore the possibilities and discover how the various features work. Try the various toggles. Notice that there are three ways to see what’s happening to the forces in the members of the truss: 1. The members grow thicker as forces increase, and thinner as forces decrease. (Note: There are limits on the thickness and thinness of the members. Member thicknesses will not change further after they reach these limits.) 2. The lines of the Force Polygon grow longer as forces increase, and shorter as forces decrease. 3. The numerical values for member forces in the table at the bottom change. Exercise Two:Truss DepthToggles On: Return to Starting Position; Keep Load VerticalA. Click on the top node of the truss. Move it up slowly, increasing the depth of the truss, and watch what happens to member forces. Pay particular attention to the Force Polygon as you do this, but note the other ways in which the magnitudes of the forces are represented. Move the top node down slowly, decreasing the depth of the truss. What happens as the top node approaches the lower chord? Exercise Three:Inverting the TrussA. Continue moving the top node down until it crosses the lower chord. What happens to the magnitude and character of the forces in the truss members as the top node
crosses the lower chord? Exercise Four:Changing the LoadToggles On: Return to Starting Position; Keep Load Vertical.A. Click on the yellow circle at the top of the arrow that represents the load on the top of the truss. Move the circle up and down, increasing and decreasing the load, watching what happens to the forces in the members of the truss as you do so. Exercise Five:Changing the Form of the TrussToggles On: Return to Starting Position; Keep Load Vertical. A. Click on the top node of the truss again and move it from side to side. What happens to the reactions as you do this? What happens to the member forces? How are changes in the two reactions reflected in the force polygon? B. Move the top node slowly leftward until it is directly over the left support. What happens to member forces at this point? What happens when the top node moves still farther leftward, outside the left support? What is happening in the force polygon when you do this? C. Click on “Return to Starting Position,” then move the left support up and down, watching what happens to member forces as you do this. Exercise Six:Changing the SpanToggles On: Return to Starting Position; Keep Load Vertical.A. Move the right support rightward, increasing the span of the truss, and note what happens to member forces. Move it leftward until the span is very small. Generally speaking, what is the influence of span on member forces? Exercise Seven:Changing the Direction of the LoadToggles On: Return to Starting Position. Be sure all other toggles are off.A. Click on the yellow circle at the top of the load arrow and move it left and right. What happens to the member forces as you do this? What happens to the reactions? Notice the difference in the directions of the reactions at the pin connection and at the roller. B. Align the load so that its line of action runs directly along the axis of one of the top chords of the truss. What happens to the forces in the other two truss members when you do this? What is the magnitude of the force in the member with which the load is aligned? Exercise Eight:Concurrence of External ForcesToggles On: Return to Starting Position; Extend Lines of Action. A. There are three external forces acting on the truss: the load, and the two reactions. Click on the top node of the truss and move it from side to side. The broken green lines extend the lines of action of these forces. Formulate a general rule about these lines of action. B. Turn on the Circle Load toggle and watch what happens. Does this confirm the rule that you just formulated? What other things can you learn from watching the action? C. What kinds of loads can be transmitted through a pin connection? Through a roller? |


China calls for businesses to shut down e-cigarette online shops
SHANGHAI: China's tobacco regulator on Friday issued a notice asking e-commerce platforms and businesses to shut online stores that sell electronic cigarette products, in a move aimed at stopping minors from purchasing e-cigarettes through the internet.
The notice was published on the website of state monopoly China Tobacco, which is overseen by the country's tobacco regulator.
(Reporting by Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh; Editing by Susan Fenton)


Point Cloud Registration as Optimization, Part Two
In a previous post, I presented the “best correspondences” problem encountered in point cloud registration. I restate the problem here to make the remainder of this post more clear for the reader:
The “best correspondences” problem can be formulated as an optimization problem:
Find the vector \(\mathbf{x}^*\) that maximizes the quadratic objective function: \(\begin{eqnarray} f(\mathbf{x}) = \sum_{ijkl} w_{ijkl} x_{in+j} x_{kn+l} \end{eqnarray}\)
where
\[\begin{eqnarray} w_{ijkl} = \exp{[-d_{ijkl}]} \\ d_{ijkl} = \bigl | ||\mathbf{p}_i - \mathbf{p}_k||_2 - ||\mathbf{p}_j - \mathbf{p}_l||_2 \bigr |. \end{eqnarray}\]
\(\mathbf{p}_i, \mathbf{p}_k\) are the 3d cartesian coordinates of points \(i\) and \(k\) in the source cloud, whereas \(\mathbf{p}_j, \mathbf{p}_l\) are the 3d cartesian coordinates of points \(j\) and \(l\) in the target cloud.
The \(d\) value above is interpreted as a pairwise consistency metric: the smaller the value of \(d\), the better the correspondence between the pair \((i, k)\) in the source cloud to the pair \((j, l)\) in the target cloud. By adding the \(\exp[\cdot]\) function, stronger correspondences will be weighted exponentially higher than weaker ones, which will favor better matches during the search for the optimal \(\mathbf{x}^*\).
There are some additional factors to consider; namely, what are the constraints on \(\mathbf{x}^*\)? For one, only one source point can be matched to a target point, and vice-versa. Moreover, we want every source point to be matched to a target point. Mathematically, these constraints can be stated as:
\[\begin{eqnarray} \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} x_{in+j} = 1 \ \ \forall i \in [0, m)\\ \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} x_{mn+j} = n - m \\ \sum_{i=0}^{m} x_{in+j} = 1 \ \ \forall j \in [0, n) \end{eqnarray}\]where the slack variables \(x_{mn+j}, 0 \le j < n\) are added to address the target points that are not matched to a source point.
Okay, now that that’s out of the way, we can state the purpose of this post:
Are the constraints, as stated, enough to ensure robust registration?
The constraints presented assume that every point in the source point cloud has a corresponding point in the target point cloud. In practice, this presents an overly restrictive constraint for our matching problem. What if there are outliers, for instance? In this post, I will present a novel modification to the optimization problem above to allow for less restrictive, i.e. more robust, matching between point clouds.
Relaxing the constraints means augmenting the state vector
Let me first describe, in words, what I’d like to achieve: I want an optimization problem that allows me to identify the subset, of size \(k \le m\), of source points that is best matched to a corresponding subset, also of size \(k\), of target points.
In the formulation of the original problem, we required \(n\) slack variables to account for the unmatched \(n-m\) points in the target point set. Now, since we are not matching \(m-k\) points in the source distribution, we can add additional slack variables, \(m\) of them, to achieve what we ultimately want. These additional slack variables allow handling of source points that are not matched to any target point. Formally, the optimization problem, with constraints, is now:
Find the vector \(\mathbf{x}^* \in \{0, 1\}^{(m+1)(n+1)}\) that maximizes the quadratic objective function: \(\begin{eqnarray} f(\mathbf{x}) = \sum_{ijkl} w_{ijkl} x_{i(n+1)+j} x_{k(n+1)+l} \end{eqnarray}\)
where
\[\begin{eqnarray} w_{ijkl} = \exp{[-d_{ijkl}]} \\ d_{ijkl} = \bigl | ||\mathbf{p}_i - \mathbf{p}_k||_2 - ||\mathbf{p}_j - \mathbf{p}_l||_2 \bigr |. \end{eqnarray}\]with constraints:
\[\begin{eqnarray} \sum_{j=0}^{n} x_{i(n+1)+j} = 1 \ \ \forall i \in [0, m) \\ \sum_{j=0}^{n} x_{m(n+1)+j} = n - k \\ \sum_{i=0}^{m} x_{i(n+1)+j} = 1 \ \ \forall j \in [0, n) \\ \sum_{i=0}^{m} x_{i(n+1)+n} = m - k \\ x_{m(n+1)+n} = 0 \end{eqnarray}\]
Let’s explain the contraints, one-by-one:
- \(\sum_{j=0}^{n} x_{i(n+1)+j} = 1 \ \ \forall i \in [0, m)\) means “every source point must be matched to either an actual or an augmented, e.g. slack, target point”.
- \(\sum_{j=0}^{n} x_{m(n+1)+j} = n - k\) means “\(n-k\) target points must not be matched to any source points”.
- \(\sum_{i=0}^{m} x_{i(n+1)+j} = 1 \ \ \forall j \in [0, n)\) means “every target point must be matched to either an actual or a slack source point”.
- \(\sum_{i=0}^{m} x_{i(n+1)+n} = m - k\) means “\(m-k\) source points must not be matched to any target points”.
- \(x_{m(n+1)+n} = 0\) means “the slack source point must not be matched to the slack target point”.
Lowering the dimension of the state vector \(\mathbf{x}\) by 1 would effectively remove this last constraint, however I chose to keep it around because, in my opinion, it makes interpreting the other constraints easier.
Actual implementation (finally)
After two posts setting up the problem, I’m ready to present my solution… in the next post.
Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!