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In-sensor computing, which integrates computation directly within the sensor, has emerged as a promising paradigm for machine vision applications such as AR/VR and smart home systems. By processing data on-chip before transmission, it…

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Localisation in GPS-denied environments is challenging and many existing solutions have infrastructural and on-site calibration requirements. This paper tackles these challenges by proposing a localisation system that is infrastructure-free…

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Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) recognition rates drop in the presence of noise. We demonstrate a novel method of counteracting this drop in recognition rate by adjusting the biases of the neurons in the convolutional layers according to…

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Achieving resilience remains a significant challenge for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communications in 5G and 6G networks. Although UAVs benefit from superior positioning capabilities, rate optimization techniques, and extensive…

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely employed to enhance the end-to-end performance of wireless communications since the links between UAVs and terrestrial nodes are line-of-sight (LoS) with high probability. However, the…

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LiDAR-based 3D object detectors have achieved unprecedented speed and accuracy in autonomous driving applications. However, similar to other neural networks, they are often biased toward high-confidence predictions or return detections…

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