Author:Stoltz, M; Stoltz, George G; Obara, K; Wang, T; Bryant, DDate:Nov 2021Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are general purpose models for time-series data widely used across the sciences because of their flexibility and elegance. Fitting HMMs can often be computationally demanding and time consuming, particularly when ...Read more
Author:Mashaba, Nikiwe P; Griffith, DJDate:Nov 2020Near infrared detectors have gained popularity, mainly in the military, because of their capability of detecting wildfires. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) focuses on the development and deployment of wildfire detectors ...Read more
Author:Nelufule, Nthatheni; Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; De Kock, Antonie JDate:Jan 2020In most biometric modalities, recognition and authentication methods for adults have already been fully designed, developed and commercially available. However, for infants and children who are the most vulnerable population to abduction, ...Read more
Author:Nelufule, Nthatheni; Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; De Kock, Antonie JDate:Jan 2020In most biometric modalities, recognition and authentication methods for adults have already been fully designed, developed and commercially available. However, for infants and children who are the most vulnerable population to abduction, ...Read more
Author:Zandamela, Frank; Ratshidaho, Thikhathali T; Kunene, Dumisani C; Nana, Muhammad ADate:Sep 2021In literature, several approaches have been used to evaluate the performance of deblurring algorithms on synthetically generated image datasets. The used image datasets only consist of motion-blurred images and do not consider depth variation. ...Read more
Author:Zandamela, Frank; Ratshidaho, Terence; Nicolls, F; Stoltz, George GDate:Nov 2022Deep learning has gained traction due its supremacy in terms of accuracy and ability to automatically learn features from input data. However, deep learning algorithms can sometimes be flawed due to many factors such as training dataset, ...Read more
Author:Magidimisha, Edwin; Faniso-Mnyaka, Zimbini; Naidoo, Seelenthren; Nana, Muhammad ADate:Apr 2023The severity of wildland vegetation fires is expected to grow in response to climate change. Therefore, the price of combating fires will likewise go up while still posing a serious risk to the firefighters. Various countries have invested ...Read more
Author:Skosana, Vusi J; Ngxande, MDate:Jan 2020Edge-preserving smoothing filters have been shown to improve generalisation performance on the HOG features with a SVM classifier. However, not all smoothing filters and parameters lead to better performance. The effects of smoothing filters ...Read more
Author:Zandamela, Frank; Nicolls, F; Kunene, Dumisani C; Stoltz, George GDate:Dec 2023Deep learning has gained traction due to its supremacy in terms of accuracy and ability to automatically learn features from input data. The literature proposes various approaches to detect distracted drivers. The performance of these algorithms ...Read more
Author:Faniso-Mnyaka, Zimbini; Skosana, Vusi J; Nana, Muhammad A; Magidimisha, EdwinDate:Oct 2022Over the past two decades, there has been a surge of interest in the study of image quality assessment due to its broad applicability in many fields. Satellites and other remote sensing applications have been collecting vital data that is ...Read more
Author:Stoltz, George G; Nel, ALDate:Oct 2020In this paper, we improve image reconstruction in a single-pixel scanning system by selecting an detector optimal field of view. Image reconstruction is based on compressed sensing and image quality is compared to interpolated staring arrays. ...Read more
Author:Stoltz, George G; Stoltz, MDate:Sep 2020In this paper, we model a real-time feasible rosette imager, consisting of a rosette scanner, an optical sensor and a deterministic image reconstruction algorithm. We fine-tune the rosette imager through selecting the appropriate sensor field ...Read more
Author:Faniso, Zimbini; Magimisha, E; Malatji, TDate:Jul 2021This paper presents the analysis of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) level data monitored through the Cimel CE 318A Sun-photometer over the year seasons of 2014. The data was collected at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), ...Read more
Author:Afolabi, OJ; Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V; Paul, BSDate:Mar 2021Glaucoma has been credited to be the foremost cause of preventable loss of sight in the world second only to cataract. Its effect on the eye is usually irreversible and can only be prevented by early detection. In this paper, we developed a ...Read more
Author:Nape, I; Mashaba, Nikiwe P; Mphuthi, N; Jayakumar, S; Bhattacharya, S; Forbes, AndrewDate:Mar 2021Vector beams are inhomogeneously polarized optical fields with nonseparable, quantum-like correlations between their polarization and spatial components, and hold tremendous promise for classical and quantum communication across various ...Read more