• 5G-sikkerhet: Norge mellom stormaktene 

      Friis, Karsten; Lysne, Olav (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      I dette kapitlet tar vi for oss en digital sårbarhet som har dannet grunnlag for en opphetet sikkerhetspolitisk debatt både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Denne sårbarheten er relatert til utbyggingen av femte generasjons ...
    • A Colour Interpolation Scheme for Topologically Unrestricted Gradient Meshes 

      Lieng, Henrik; Kosinka, Jiri; Shen, Jingjing; Dodgson, Neil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Gradient meshes are a 2D vector graphics primitive where colour is interpolated between mesh vertices. The current implementations of gradient meshes are restricted to rectangular mesh topology. Our new interpolation method ...
    • A novel strategy for solving the stochastic point location problem using a hierarchical searching scheme 

      Yazidi, Anis; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Oommen, John; Goodwin, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Stochastic point location (SPL) deals with the problem of a learning mechanism (LM) determining the optimal point on the line when the only input it receives are stochastic signals about the direction in which it should ...
    • A quantitative analysis of the uncertainty in grading of written exams in mathematics and physics 

      Hammer, Hugo Lewi; Habib, Laurence (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-05)
      The most common way to grade students in courses at university and university college level is to use final written exams. The aim of final exams is generally to provide a reliable and a valid measurement of the extent to ...
    • A Queue Model for Reliable Forecasting of Future CPU Consumption 

      Hammer, Hugo Lewi; Yazidi, Anis; Bratterud, Alfred; Haugerud, Hårek; Feng, Boning (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Statistical queuing models are popular to analyze a computer systems ability to process different types requests. A common strategy is to run stress tests by sending artificial requests to the system. The rate and sizes ...
    • A relativistic trolley paradox 

      Matvejev, Vadim; Matvejev, Oleg; Grøn, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)
      We present an apparent paradox within the special theory of relativity, involving a trolley with relativistic velocity and its rolling wheels. Two solutions are given, both making clear the physical reality of the Lorentz ...
    • A Simple Browser-based 3D-Sketching Framework for Novice and Infrequent Users 

      Sandnes, Frode Eika; Lianguzov, Yuriy (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Modelling in 3D is considered time-consuming and difficult, requiring special training. There are currently no 3D modelling user interface conventions. This paper thus presents a framework for simple 3D modelling based ...
    • A Simple MVC-Framework for Local Management of Online Course Material 

      Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Managing online materials for large classes can be time-consuming and error prone. In particular, it can be challenging to manage long lists of students, lecture progress, and auditorium schedules as these often change on ...
    • A solution of the Mitra Paradox 

      Grøn, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The “Mitra paradox” refers to the fact that while the de Sitter spacetime appears non-static in a freely falling reference frame, it looks static with reference to a fixed reference frame. The coordinate-independent nature ...
    • Absence and Presence of Faces in Videos during the COVID19 Lockdown 

      Sandnes, Frode Eika (DSAI: Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion;DSAI 2020 - The 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion, Conference object, 2021-12-02)
      The COVID-19 outbreak forced the educators to deploy digital online learning giving rise to a range of new situations. The phenomenon of undergraduate students not activating their cameras during video lectures has been ...
    • Absorbers as detectors for unbound quantum systems 

      Selstø, Sølve (Physical Review A (PRA);Vol. 106, Iss. 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-19)
      Complex absorbing potentials are frequently employed in quantum calculations. One of the advantages that such absorbers provide is the ability to attenuate outgoing waves in simulations of unbound systems, thus allowing ...
    • The Accessibility of MOOCs for Blind Learners 

      Krolak, Aleksandra; Chen, Weiqin; Sanderson, Norun Christine; Kessel, Siri (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM);, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has provided unique learning opportunities for many people. In the meantime, the lack of accessibility in some MOOCs has also created barriers for ...
    • Accessibility of MOOCs for Blind People in Developing Non-English Speaking Countries 

      Ferati, Mexhid; Mripa, Njomza; Bunjaku, Ridvan (Chapter; Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016-07-08)
      Besides the globally popular MOOCs, localized MOOCs specific to a region or language are also emerging. These specialized MOOCs often aim to address specific needs that are typically unaddressed by the ...
    • Accessible Driver Announcement in Public Transportation: A Solution based on Speech-to-Text and Display 

      Sapkota, Abhijeet; Shrestha, Raju (IEEE International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI); 2020 IEEE 8th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI), Conference object, 2021-02-11)
      Today, the information in public transport, especially when an unforeseen event such as signal failure, platform change, etc. occurs, is largely provided by making an audio announcement. This, in many situations, is hardly ...
    • Achieving Connectivity between Wide Areas Through Self-Organising Robot Swarms using Embodied Evolution 

      Erik Aaron, Hansen; Nichele, Stefano; Yazidi, Anis; Haugerud, Hårek; Abolpour Mofrad, Asieh; Alcocer, Alex (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Abruptions to the communication infrastructuremight occur occasionally, where manual intervention by dedi-cated personnel is needed to fix the interruptions, restoring com-munication abilities. However, sometimes this can ...
    • Achieving Fair Load Balancing by Invoking a Learning Automata-based Two Time Scale Separation Paradigm 

      Yazidi, Anis; Hassan, Ismail; Hammer, Hugo Lewi; Oommen, John (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-05)
      In this article, we consider the problem of load balancing (LB), but, unlike the approaches that have been proposed earlier, we attempt to resolve the problem in a fair manner (or rather, it would probably be more appropriate ...
    • Achieving Intelligent Traffic-aware Consolidation of Virtual Machines in a Data Center Using Learning Automata 

      Jobava, Akaki; Yazidi, Anis; Oommen, John; Begnum, Kyrre (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Cloud Computing (CC) is becoming increasingly pertinent and popular. A natural consequence of this is that many modern-day data centers experience very high internal traffic within the data centers themselves. The ...
    • ACORDAR: A Test Collection for Ad Hoc Content-Based (RDF) Dataset Retrieval 

      Lin, Tengteng; Chen, Qiaosheng; Cheng, Gong; Soylu, Ahmet; Ell, Basil; Zhao, Ruoqi; Shi, Qing; Wang, Xiaxia; Gu, Yu; Kharlamov, Evgeny (IR: Research and Development in Information Retrieval;SIGIR '22: Proceedings of the 45th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Conference object, 2022)
      Ad hoc dataset retrieval is a trending topic in IR research. Methods and systems are evolving from metadata-based to content-based ones which exploit the data itself for improving retrieval accuracy but thus far lack a ...
    • An adaptive knowledge evolution strategy for finding near-optimal solutions of specific problems 

      Huang, Yo-Ping; Chang, Yueh-Tsun; Hsieh, Shang-Lin; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Expert Systems with Applications;38 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-04)
      Most real-world problems cannot be mathematically defined and/or structured modularly for peer researchers in the same community to facilitate their work. This is partially because there are no concrete defined methods ...
    • Adaptive learning with artificial barriers yielding Nash equilibria in general games 

      Oommen, John B.; Yazidi, Anis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2003)
      Artificial barriers in Learning Automata (LA) is a powerful and yet under-explored concept although it was first pro- posed in the 1980s. Introducing artificial non-absorbing barriers makes the LA schemes resilient to ...