{"474281":{"#nid":"474281","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ph.D. Proposal Oral Exam - Joshua Wells","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EContent-adaptive Cross-layer Optimized Video Processing using Real-time Feature Feedback\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chatterjee, Advisor\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Romberg, Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Raychowdhury\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe objective of the proposed research is to design a low-power video processing system capable of minimizing power consumption through graceful reduction of the quality of the processed signal.\u0026nbsp; Methods for post-processing signal analysis are proposed for determining the presence and quality of features essential to the high-level application goals.\u0026nbsp; Two applications, video encoding and object tracking, are selected for study based on their high demand on mobile platforms.\u0026nbsp; Methods for scaling the complexity of the entire system are proposed by simultaneously scaling down the input signal and algorithms to focus computational effort on information salient to the application.\u0026nbsp; Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is proposed along side error detection techniques.\u0026nbsp; The voltage and frequency are to be scaled as low as possible (beyond design thresholds) without violating constraints on the quality of the application-specific measured features.\u0026nbsp; Finally, a cross-layer control system is proposed for determining the optimal complexity scaling and DVFS.\u0026nbsp; The control system will be charged with adjusting scaling levels to minimize power consumption while narrowly achieving the high-level application goals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Proposal Oral Exam"}],"uid":"28475","created_gmt":"2015-11-30 19:09:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:15:01","author":"Daniela Staiculescu","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-12-07T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2015-12-07T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-12-07T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-12-07 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-12-07 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-12-07 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"434371","name":"ECE Ph.D. Proposal Oral Exams"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}