Synthesis and Characterization of Vanadium (IV)-SNO & ONO Tridentate Schiff-Base Complexes and Their Applications in Sulfide and Alcohol Oxidation in Ionic Liquid Media

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mousavi, Narges Sadat (Author) ; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

Abstract

In recent years, application of transition metal biphasic catalytic systems for different reactions is an area of intense research activity. Among these reactions, oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones due to their importance as an intermediate in synthesis of organic compounds is a center of interest. Also, the catalytic conversion of alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones is a fundamental transformation in both laboratory and industrial synthetic chemistry. From environmental perspectives, the development of new catalytic oxidation systems with molecular oxygen as green oxidant is particularly attractive. In recent years, ionic liquids have been extensively studied...

Agent-based Programming and it's Application Using GOAL

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hosseinian, Narges Sadat (Author) ; Ramezanian, Rasoul (Supervisor)

Abstract

With the significant advances in software engineering and developing complicated systems, it’s important to investigate the interaction between systems. Agentoriented software engineering is a new paradigm for developing distributed intelligent systems. Agent technology currently plays an important role in complex software development. The underlying paradigm offers a large repertoire of original concepts, architectures, interaction protocols, and methodologies for the analysis and the specification of complex systems built as Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). Several efforts, originating from academia, industry, and several standardisation consortium, have been made in order to provide new tools,...

Auto-selection of space-time Interest Points for Action Recognition
Application in Fisherposes Method

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ghojogh, Benyamin (Author) ; Mohammadzadeh, Narges Hoda (Supervisor)

Abstract

In this project, a novel action recognition method, named Fisherposes, is proposed, which is improved by several space-time (spatio-temporal) methods afterwards. The proposed method utilizes skeleton data obtained from Kinect sensor. First, pre-processing is performed in which the scales of bodies are canceled and the skeletons become aligned in order to make the method robust to location, orientation, and scale of people. In Fisherposes method, every action is defined as a sequence of body poses. Using the training samples for the poses, a Fisher subspace is created which we name it Fisherposes. Moreover, a novel distance measuring function, named regularized Mahalanobis distance, is...

Temporal Analysis of Functional Brain Connectivity Using EEG Signals

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Khazaei, Ensieh (Author) ; Mohammadzadeh, Narges Hoda (Supervisor)

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Human has different emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, etc. Recognizing these emotions plays an important role in human-machine interface. Emotion recognition can be divided into approaches, physiological and non-physiological signals. Non-physiological signals include facial expressions, body gesture, and voice, and physiological signals include electroencephalograph (EEG), electrocardiograph (ECG), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). EEG signal has been absorbed a lot of attention in emotion recognition because recording of EEG signal is easy and it is non-invasive. Analysis of connectivity and interaction between different areas of the brain can provide useful...

Null Controllability and Stabilizability of Compressible Navier-stokes System in One Dimension

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hosseini Khajouei, Narges Sadat (Author) ; Hesaraki, Mahmoud (Supervisor)

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In this thesis we study the exponential stabilization of the one dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes system, in a bounded interval locally around a constant steady state by a localized distributed control acting only in the velocity equation. In fact this is an analysis of a paper that published by Shirshendu Chowdhury, Debayan Maity, Mithily Ramaswamy and Jean-Pierre Raymond in Journal of Differential Equations. We determine a linear feedback law able to stabilize a nonlinear transformed system. Coming back to the original nonlinear system, we obtain a nonlinear feedback law able to stabilize locally this nonlinear system. The result is providing feedback control laws stabilizing...

Software Product Line Testing Optimization Based on Regression Test Techniques

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mousavi Khoshdel, Narges Sadat (Author) ; Mirian Hosseinabadi, Hassan (Supervisor)

Abstract

A software product line is a set of products with common features. The design of this set is such that the core assets that are common features between products are implemented only once. All products in the product line use the core assets to reduce development costs. The number of products that can be produced in a software product line is exponential to the number of capabilities in the core assets and the set is very large, so the cost of testing the software product line will be very high. In the software product line testing, various methods have been provided to reduce costs, among which we can mention product prioritization and regression test techniques. In prioritization, the...

Analysis of People Appearance Variation in Multi-Camera Networks

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Moradipour, Mostafa (Author) ; Behroozi, Hamid (Supervisor) ; Mohammadzadeh, Narges Hoda (Co-Supervisor)

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Analysis of people appearance variation in multi-camera networks for person re-identification or person retrieval is a very challenging problem due to the many intra-class variations between different cameras. Like any problem in the field of machine vision, it is generally divided into two parts. The first part is feature extraction and the second part is feature matching for person retrieval. So far, various methods have been proposed for the extraction of discriminative features, which are generally divided into three categories: stripe-based, patch-based, and body-based methods. However, methods based on stripes, although simpler, have performed better due to their greater compatibility...

Diverse Video Captioning Using Recurrent Neural Networks and Part of Speech

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Arefipour, Amir Hossein (Author) ; Mohammadzadeh, Narges Al Hoda (Supervisor) ; Behroozi, Hamid (Co-Supervisor)

Abstract

In recent years, the simultaneous analysis of image and text by artificial intelligence has gained much attention. Video description is one of the topics used to help the blind, automate video content analysis, and more. This issue is usually examined in the context of supervised learning and is very similar to image description and machine translation.The proposed solutions to this problem are mainly in the framework of encoder-decoder and attention-based neural networks. Selection of various pre-trained networks to extract 2D and 3D visual features (description of objects and actions in the image), various hierarchical structures and different teaching methods (based on reinforcement...

Modeling of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Reactor for GTL Process

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Al Taha Motahar, Narges Khatoon (Author) ; Khorasheh, Farhad (Supervisor) ; Taghikhani, Vahid (Supervisor)

Abstract

There is a need from the natural gas and energy industries to seek for an economically attractive way of converting remote gas reserves into transportable products, such as high quality fuels or petrochemicals. A possible way for the conversion of natural gas to middle distillates is based on a three-step process. Firstly, production of syngas from natural gas. Secondly,catalytic conversion of syngas into hydrocarbons, mostly parafins from C5 to C100. (Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis). Thirdly, hydrocracking of the heavy paraffinic hydrocarbons to middle distillates. The F-T synthesis step is highly exothermic. In order to control the temperature within the reactor, when considering high...

Deployment of multi-agent robotic systems in presence of obstacles

, Article ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2010, 12 July 2010 through 14 July 2010, Istanbul ; Volume 5 , 2010 , Pages 7-12 ; 9780791849194 (ISBN) Soltani, A ; Sayyaadi, H ; Sharif University of Technology

2010

Abstract

The deployment of multi-agent systems in presence of obstacle deals with autonomous motion of agents toward a specified target by sensing each other and boundaries of obstacles. In this paper, asynchronous, scalable, distributed algorithm is used to deploy agents. Boundaries of obstacles are modeled by virtual agents. Algorithm was implemented by solving continuous n-median problem called generalized Fermat-Weber problem. It is shown that deployment is performed when position of real agents are the geometric median of their Voronoi cells. Simulation results show the validity of the proposed algorithm very well

Enforcing access control policies over data stored on untrusted server

, Article 2017 14th International ISC (Iranian Society of Cryptology) Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ISCISC 2017, 6 September 2017 through 7 September 2017 ; 2018 , Pages 54-57 ; 9781538665602 (ISBN) Soltani, N ; Jalili, R ; Sharif University of Technology

2018

Abstract

One of the security issues in data outsourcing scenario is the enforcement of data owner's access control policies. This includes some challenges; namely, the number of keys required to access authorized resources, efficient policy updating, write access control enforcement, user and data owner overhead, and preserving confidentiality of data and policies. Most of the existing solutions address only some of the challenges, while they impose high overhead on both the data owner and users. Though, policy management in the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) model is easier and more efficient due to the existence of role hierarchical structure and role inheritance; most of the existing solutions...

Experimental investigation of unsteady wake behind a section of a wind turbine blade

, Article 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 2007, Miami, FL, 25 June 2007 through 28 June 2007 ; Volume 2 , 2007 , Pages 870-876 ; 10485953 (ISSN) ; 1563478986 (ISBN); 9781563478987 (ISBN) Soltani, M.R ; Mahmoudi, M ; Sharif University of Technology

2007

Abstract

A series of experiments were carried out to study the unsteady wake phenomenon behind an oscillating airfoil. The airfoil is a section of a wind turbine blade oscillating in pitch about the quarter chord axis at various reduced frequencies, oscillation amplitude and mean angles of attack. Streamwise velocity profiles were obtained by real time and instantaneous measurements at 35 vertically aligned points behind the airfoil via two similar rakes. One of rakes has only static pressure probes and the other is equipped with total pressure ones. An estimation of the variation of linear momentum defect during the oscillation is obtained and has been compared with the corresponding static one. The...

Water Quality Modeling of Urban Streams

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Maryam (Author) ; Tajrishy, Masoud (Supervisor)

Abstract

With altering natural state and increasing impervious surfaces, traditional urbanization leads to deteriorating the environment and water catchments. During the years most efforts in order to control the urban runoff outflow, have been focused on quantity; and awareness about improving water quality has been raised just in the last few years and, which emphasizes on pollution source control. Standard water quality sampling methods are time consuming, expensive and because of sampling in broad geographic areas, difficult; however modeling is a more efficient way in assessing water quality and as worries about non-point source pollution grows, different kinds of models have been used to...

Structural Health Monitoring of composite Plates with Piezoelectric WaferActive Sensors

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Zahra (Author) ; Abedian, Ali (Supervisor)

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Cost-effective and reliable damage detection is critical for utilization of composite materials. This research investigates a wavelet-based approach for SHM and detection of through-thickness crack in different lengths and angles in [0/45/-45/90]s CF/EP composite plate utilizing ANSYS finite element method (FEM) software and digital signal processing technique utilizing MATLAB software. To this end, a dual-PZT actuation scheme is applied, aimed at generating the S0 mode at a square composite plate. This study contributes to the damage detection by developing an improved wavelet-based signal processing technique that enhances the visibility and interpretation of the Lamb wave signals related...

Compressive Response of Cylindrical Concrete Columns Confined with Steel Spirals and GFRP Composites

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Hesam (Author) ; Khalu, Alireza (Supervisor)

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Concrete structures require reinforcement and retrofitting because of possible mistakes in design or calculation, inconformity between plan and implementation, change in occupancy or applied loads, and decay. Development in technology, production of materials, and new methods play important roles in development of structure construction and reinforcement methods. Emerge of new materials creates great demand in studying, surveying, and determining design characteristic and criteria for these materials. One of these materials is FRP composite which is used in concrete structure reinforcement in different ways. In this laboratory research, the effect of external wrapping by GFRP composite...

Enforcing Access Control Policies over Data Stored on Untrusted Server

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Naeimeh (Author) ; Jalili, Rasoul (Supervisor)

Abstract

Recently many organizations outsource their data to an external server due to easier data maintenance. One of the security issues in data outsourcing scenario is the enforcement of data owner’s access control policies. This includes some challenges; namely, the number of keys needed to access authorized resources, efficient policy updating, write access control enforcement, user and data owner overhead, and preserving confidentiality of data and policies . Most of the existing proposed solutions address only some of these challenges, while they impose high overhead on both the data owner and users. Moreover, most of them address enfrocement of policies in form of access control matrix and...

Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Application of ZnO/g- C3N4 Composite Nanorods Fabricated by Combined Sol Gel-Hydrothermal Methods

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Mojtaba (Author) ; Moshfegh, Alireza (Supervisor)

Abstract

Because of the working conditions of semiconductors at ambient temperature and pressure, degradation of organic pollutants through semiconductors photocatalysis has attracted the interest of many researchers. Because of its large exciton binding energy,high chemical and physical stability,high electron and hole mobility, and low cost; zinc oxide, an n-type semiconductor with 3.2 eV direct band gap, is widely used in applications such as photocatalysts, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes. Among various morphologies of ZnO, 1D nanostructures such as nanowires and nanorods have recieved much attention due to their high surface to volume ratio. However, the application of ZnO as a...

A Protocol to Improve Privacy and Security of Anonymity Networks

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Mahdi (Author) ; Jalili, Rasool (Supervisor)

Abstract

In recent two decades, different anonymous communication systems has been proposed. These systems are interested by journalists, bank employees, military forces, and human rights advocates. Tor is one of the most popular anonymous communication systems. Tor uses onion routing for privacy preserving. Re-cently, many attacks has been introduced against the anonymity of Tor users.In these attacks entry and exit nodes are compromised. One of these malicious nodes, makes the attack on the intented flow and the other one recognizes the flow. All these attacks admit their vulnerability against dummy messages. They state that, because of dynamics of onion’s keys, any dummy injection will dis-turb...

Design and Simulation (& Manufacturing) of A Micro-Gyroscope

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Arman (Author) ; Akbari, Javad (Supervisor)

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Nowadays, microgyroscopes are among the most important products of MEMS. The production of small, precise and inexpensive gyroscopes has become possible as the result of recent developments in fabrication technology. In this thesis it is intended to introduce a new method for manufacturing more precise microgyroscopes regarding manufacture facilities. Using this new method, sensitivity and resistance of microgyroscopes are increased against noises which are primarily caused by vibration and rotation about undesirable axes. The rotational movement imposed on the gyro is detected through fluid flow within its torus channel. This transformation facilitates the measurement of the initial motion....

Control Algorithm of Multi-agent Systems in Special Paths With an Applied Consideration in Biomechanical Engineering to Perform Operations of Interior Treatments

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Soltani, Ali (Author) ; Sayyadi, Hassan (Supervisor)

Abstract

In this project Deployment of multi-agent systems was studied. Maximum coverage over a point or curve or area is desired in deployment of multi-agent systems. A facility location optimization function was derived from geometrical concepts such as voronoi, n- geometric median and fermat-weber problem by optimization of which the deployment of multi-agent systems is performed. First, it is assumed that dynamic of agents is first order and second order .Next, it is assumed that agents are in a fluid. In all situations a suitable control algorithm was derived to optimize the facility location function to perform deployment. Next, another facility location function was derived by optimization...