Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2014 Issue 1

In this project, we address the problem that a research funding agency may face when matching potential reviewers with submitted research proposals. A list of potential reviewers for a given proposal is typically selected manually by a small technical group of individuals in the agency. However, the manual approach can be an exhausting and challenging task, and (more importantly) might lead to ineffective selections t Read More

Static Team Theory is a mathematical formalism of decision problems with multiple Decision Makers (DMs) that have access to different information and aim at optimizing a common pay-off or reward functional. It is often used to formulate decentralized decision problems, in which the decision-making authority is distributed through a collection of agents or players, and the information available to the DMs to implement their act Read More

A remote laboratory containing a specially designed experiment was built to demonstrate and visualize the characteristics of wire-shape shape memory alloys (SMAs). In particular, the unit helps the study of the hysteretic behavior of SMAs as well as how the electrical driving frequency changes the hysteresis loop. One such SMA remote experiment with a novel unified framework was constructed at the Texas A&M Unive Read More

This paper analyzes the performance of a hybrid control access scheme for small cells in the context of two-tier cellular networks. The analysis considers MIMO transmit/receive arrays configuration that implements transmit antenna selection (TAS) and maximal ratio combining (MRC) under Rayleigh fading channels when the interfering sources are described using Poisson field processes. The adopted models of aggregate int Read More

Fault tolerance techniques should let the program continue servicing in spite of the presence of errors. They are of primary importance mainly in case of mission-critical systems. Their eventual failure may produce important human and economic casualties. For these reasons, researchers have assigned the software reliability as an important research area in terms of checking its design and functionality. As a matter of fact Read More

Mobile robots provide automated solutions for a range of tasks in industrial settings including but not limited to inspection. Our interest is automated inspection tasks including gas leakage detection in natural gas processing facilities such as those in Qatar. Using autonomous mobile robot solutions remove humans from potentially hazardous environments, eliminate potential human errors from fatigue, and provide d Read More

Power lines (PLC), mainly dedicated and optimized for delivering electricity, are, nowadays, used to transfer data. Its low cost and wide coverage makes it one of the pivotal technologies in building up smart grid. The actual role of PLC technology is controversial while some preconize that PLC systems are very good candidates for some applications others discard it and look at wireless as a more elaborated alternative. It is obvi Read More

Opinion mining is becoming of high importance with the availability of opinionated data on the Internet and the different applications it can be used for. Intensive efforts have been made to develop opinion mining systems, and in particular for the English language. However, models for opinion mining in Arabic remain challenging due to the complexity and rich morphology of the language. Previous approaches can be categorize Read More

Cyber security is moving from traditional infrastructure to sophisticated mobile infrastreless threats. We believe that such imminent transition is happening at a rate exceeding by far the evolution of security solutions. In fact, the transformation of mobile devices into highly capable computing platforms makes the possibility of security attacks originating from within the mobile network a reality. All recent security report emphas Read More