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An adaptation of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) when the covariate is of high or infinite dimensional is proposed, providing a tool for black-box optimization in this context. We combine dimension reduction techniques with classical…
In this work, we study the statistically robust beamforming design for an intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) assisted multiple-input single-output (MISO) wireless system under imperfect channel state information (CSI), where the channel…
Current methods to determine the energy efficiency of buildings require on-site visits of certified energy auditors which makes the process slow, costly, and geographically incomplete. To accelerate the identification of promising retrofit…
In this paper, we take a holistic approach to deal with the tradeoffs between energy use and comfort in commercial buildings. We developed a system called OCTOPUS, which employs a novel deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework that uses…
In the past extensive researches have been conducted on demand side management (DSM) program which aims at reducing peak loads and saving electricity cost. In this paper, we propose a framework to study decentralized household demand side…
In this paper, we present two datasets that we make publicly available for research. The data is collected in a testbed comprised of a custom-made Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) prototype and two regular OFDM transceivers within…
As seasonal thermal energy storage emerges as an efficient solution to reduce CO2 emissions of buildings, challenges appear related to its optimal operation. In a system including short-term electricity storage, long-term heat storage, and…
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to be widely applied in future wireless networks. In this paper, we investigate a multi-user communication system assisted by cooperative IRS devices with the capability of energy…
We present a methodology based on interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) time series analysis that can provide surface (top 5 cm) soil moisture (SSM) estimations. The InSAR time series analysis consists of five processing steps. A…
Robot swarms can be tasked with a variety of automated sensing and inspection applications in aerial, aquatic, and surface environments. In this paper, we study a simplified two-outcome surface inspection task. We task a group of robots to…
A well-performing prediction model is vital for a recommendation system suggesting actions for energy-efficient consumer behavior. However, reliable and accurate predictions depend on informative features and a suitable model design to…
An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can greatly improve the channel quality over a frequency-flat channel, if it is configured to reflect the incident signal as a beam towards the receiver. However, the fundamental limitations of the…
Heat stress is one of the main welfare and productivity problems faced by dairy cattle in Mediterranean climates. In this study, we approach the prediction of the daily shade-seeking count as a non-linear multivariate regression problem and…
Neglecting consumers' comfort always leads to failure or slow-response to demand response request. In this paper, we propose several comprehensive comfort level models for various appliances in campus-based commercial buildings (CBs). The…
A conceptual example is first analyzed to show that efficient wireless communications is possible, when user equipment (UE) receiver, BS transmitter or/and the scatter (reflector) in wireless channels employ the required channel state…
In this paper, secure wireless information and power transfer with intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is proposed for a multiple-input single-output (MISO) system. Under the secrecy rate (SR) and the reflecting phase shifts of IRS…
Climate change is intensifying human heat exposure, particularly in densely built urban centers of the Global South. Low-cost construction materials and high thermal-mass surfaces further exacerbate this risk. Yet scalable methods for…
The demand response (DR) program of a traditional HEMS usually intervenes appliances by controlling or scheduling them to achieve multiple objectives such as minimizing energy cost and maximizing user comfort. In this study, instead of…
This paper investigates the problem of secure energy efficiency maximization for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted uplink wireless communication system, where an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with an RIS works as…
While traditional electromagnetic stealth materials/metasurfaces can render a target virtually invisible to some extent, they lack flexibility and adaptability, and can only operate within a limited frequency and angle/direction range,…