• Towards automated identification of ice features for surface vessels using deep learning 

      Kim, Ekaterina; Panchi, Nabil; Dahiya, Gurvinder (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Ship traffic in ice exposed areas is increasing, and ice navigation is largely a manual task. Despite the progress in machine learning and computer vision algorithms, little focus has been given to computer-aided scene ...
    • Towards automated sorting of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) roe, milt, and liver - Spectral characterization and classification using visible and near-infrared hyperspectral imaging 

      Paluchowski, Lukasz A.; Misimi, Ekrem; Grimsmo, Leif; Randeberg, Lise Lyngsnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Technological solutions regarding automated sorting of food according to their quality parameters are of great interest to food industry. In this regard, automated sorting of fish rest raw materials remains as one of the ...
    • Towards automated threat-based risk assessment for cyber security in smarthomes 

      Pandey, Pankaj; Collen, Anastasija; Nijdam, Niels Alexander; Anagnostopoulos, Marios; Katsikas, Sokratis; Konstantas, Dimitri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Cyber security is a concern of each citizen, especially when it comes to novel technologies surrounding us in our daily lives. Fighting a cyber battle while enjoying your cup of coffee and observing gentle lights dimming ...
    • Towards Automatic and Pervasive Physiological Sensing of Collaborative Learning 

      Sharma, Kshitij; Pappas, Ilias; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Giannakos, Michail (Chapter, 2019)
      We present a collaborative learning study contextualized within Project based Learning. The main aim of our contribution is to use the physiological data such as heart rate, skin temperature, electrodermal activity and ...
    • Towards autonomous contact-free operations in aquaculture 

      Brandt, Martin Albertsen; Herland, Sverre; Gutsch, Martin; Ludvigsen, Halgeir; Grøtli, Esten Ingar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      As offshore fish farms are established farther away from the shore, increased exposure to the elements prevents regular operations from being performed safely with vessels moored alongside the flexible fish cage and personnel ...
    • Towards autonomous ocean observing systems using Miniature Underwater Gliders with UAV deployment and recovery capabilities 

      Sollesnes, Erik; Brokstad, Ole Martin; Klaeboe, Rolf; Vågen, Bendik; Carella, Alfredo Raúl; Alcocer, Alex; Zolich, Artur Piotr; Johansen, Tor Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This paper presents preliminary results towards the development of an autonomous ocean observing system using Miniature Underwater Gliders (MUGs) that can operate with the support of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and ...
    • Towards autonomy in ROV operations 

      Schjølberg, Ingrid; Utne, Ingrid Bouwer (Journal article, 2015)
      This paper presents an on-going research project focusing on the development of technology to enable autonomy in ROV operations. The project is a collaborative project between Norwegian offshore industry and academia. ...
    • Towards Bayesian Quantification of Permeability in Micro-scale Porous Structures – The Database of Micro Networks 

      Golestan, Mohammad Hossein; Fazelabdolabadi, Babak (Journal article, 2020)
      This article develops a Bayesian framework to quantify the absolute permeability of water in a porous structure from the geometry and clustering parameters of its underlying pore-throat network. These parameters include ...
    • Towards better and unlinkable protected biometric templates using label-assisted discrete hashing 

      Raja, Kiran; Mudgalgundurao, Raghavendra; Busch, Christoph (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The growth of biometrics-based authentication in various services raises the need to protect biometric data at the storage level. Specifically, biometric templates need to be protected after features are extracted to avoid ...
    • Towards Blockchain-based GDPR compliant Online Social Networks: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward 

      Ahmed, Javeed; Yildirim Yayilgan, Sule; Ramachandra, Raghavendra; Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh; Nowostawski, Mariusz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Online Social Networks (OSNs) are very popular and widely adopted by the vast majority of Internet users across the globe. Recent scandals on the abuse of users’ personal information via these platforms have raised serious ...
    • Towards carbon-free mobility: The feasibility of hydrogen and ammonia as zero carbon fuels in spark ignition light-duty vehicles 

      Nguyen, Duc Duy; Turner, James W.G (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Global warming is a major environmental issue caused by the release of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Light-duty vehicles (LDVs) including passenger cars and light-duty trucks, are a significant ...
    • Towards carbon-free mobility: The feasibility of hydrogen and ammonia as zero carbon fuels in spark ignition light-duty vehicles 

      Nguyen, Duc Duy; Turner, James W.G (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Global warming is a major environmental issue caused by the release of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Light-duty vehicles (LDVs) including passenger cars and light-duty trucks, are a significant ...
    • Towards Carrier-Grade Service Provisioning in NFV 

      Woldeyohannes, Yordanos Tibebu; Tola, Besmir; Jiang, Yuming (Chapter, 2019)
      Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology that reduces cost and brings flexibility in the provisioning of services. NFV-based networks are expected to be able to provide carrier-grade services, which ...
    • TOWARDS CDIO STANDARDS 3.0 

      Grøm, Audun; Lyng, Reidar; Malmqvist, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The topic of this paper is the CDIO Standards, specifically the formulation of CDIO Standards version 3.0. The paper first reviews the potential change drivers that motivate a revision of the Standards. Such change drivers ...
    • Towards Circumpolar Mapping of Arctic Settlements and Infrastructure Based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 

      Bartsch, Annett; Pointner, Georg; Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas; Lu, Wenjun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Infrastructure expands rapidly in the Arctic due to industrial development. At the same time, climate change impacts are pronounced in the Arctic. Ground temperatures are, for example, increasing as well as coastal erosion. ...
    • Towards Cloud Storage Tier Optimization with Rule-Based Classification 

      Khan, Akif Quddus; Nikolov, Nikolay Vladimirov; Matskin, Mihhail; Prodan, Radu; Bussler, Christoph; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Cloud storage adoption has increased over the years as more and more data has been produced with particularly high demand for fast processing and low latency. To meet the users’ demands and to provide a cost-effective ...
    • Towards comparable carbon credits: Harmonization of lca models of cellulosic biofuels 

      de Souza, Nariê Rinke Dias; Klein, Bruno Colling; Chagas, Mateus Ferreira; Cavalett, Otávio; Bonomi, Antonio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Decarbonization programs are being proposed worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) models or tools. Although such models are broadly accepted, varying ...
    • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species 

      Rhie, Arang; McCarthy, Shane A.; Fedrigo, Olivier; Damas, Joana; Formenti, Giulio; Koren, Sergey; Uiano-Silva, Marcela; Chow, William; Fungtammasan, Arkarachai; Kim, Juwan; Lee, Chul; Ko, Byung June; Chaisson, Mark; Gedman, Gregory L.; Cantin, Lindsey J.; Thibaud-Nissen, Francoise; Haggerty, Leanne; Bista, Iliana; Smith, Michelle; Haase, Bettina; Mountcastle, Jacquelyn; Winkler, Sylke; Paez, Sadye; Howard, Jason; Vernes, Sonja C.; Lama, Tanya M.; Grutzner, Frank; Warren, Wesley C.; Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Burt, Dave; George, Julia M.; Biegler, Matthew T.; Iorns, David; Digby, Andrew; Eason, Daryl; Robertson, Bruce; Edwards, Taylor; Wilkinson, Mark; Turner, George; Meyer, Axel; Kautt, Andreas F.; Franchini, Paolo; Detrich, H. William III; Svardal, Hannes; Wagner, Maximillian; Naylor, Gavin J.P.; Pippel, Martin; Malinsky, Milan; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Jarvis, Erich D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      High-quality and complete reference genome assemblies are fundamental for the application of genomics to biology, disease, and biodiversity conservation. However, such assemblies are available for only a few non-microbial ...
    • Towards Consistent SDNS: A Case for Network State Fuzzing 

      Apoorv, Shukla; S. Jawad, Saidi; Stefan, Schmid; Marco, Canini; Zinner, Thomas Erich; Feldmann, Anja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The conventional wisdom is that a software-defined network (SDN) operates under the premise that the logically centralized control plane has an accurate representation of the actual data plane state. Unfortunately, bugs, ...
    • Towards containerized, reuse-oriented AI deployment platforms for cognitive IoT applications 

      Veiga, Tiago Santos; Asad, Hafiz Areeb; Kræmer, Frank Alexander; Bach, Kerstin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      IoT applications with their resource-constrained sensor devices can benefit from adjusting their operations to the phenomena they sense and the environments they operate in, leading to the paradigm of self-adaptive, ...