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Computational Methods for Bulk and Single-cell Chromatin Interaction Data
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Chromatin interactions occur when the physical regions of chromatin in close proximity interact with each other inside the nucleus. Analyzing chromatin interactions plays a crucial role in deciphering the spatial organization ... -
AI approaches in personalized meal planning for a multi criteria problem
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Food is one of the necessities of life. The food we consume every day provides us with the nutrition we need to have energy. However, food plays a more significant role in life. There is a relationship between food, culture, ... -
Virtual-Experiment-Driven Process Model (VEDPM)
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Computer simulations are the last resort for many complex problems such as swarm applications. However, to the best of the author's knowledge, there is no convincing work in proving ''What You Simulate ls What You See'' ... -
Blockchain-Based Trust Model: Alleviating the Threat of Malicious Cyber-Attacks
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Online communities provide a unique environment where interactions performed among its subscribers who have shared interest. Members of these virtual communities are typically classified as trustworthy and untrustworthy. ... -
Contributing Factors Promoting Success for Females in Computing: A Comparative Study
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Despite the growing global demand for Computer Science (CS) professionals, their high earning potential, and diversified career paths (U.S. BLS 2021, UNESCO 2017), a critical gap exists between enrollment and graduation ... -
Pattern Recognition and Quantifying Associations Within Entities of Data Driven Systems for Improving Model Interpretability
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Discovering associations among entities of a system plays an important role in data science. The majority of the data science related problems have become heavily dependent on Machine Learning (ML) since the rise of ... -
Understanding the Patterns of Microservice Intercommunication From A Developer Perspective
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Microservices Architecture is the modern paradigm for designing software. Based on the divide-and-conquer strategy, microservices architecture organizes the application by furnishing it with a fine-level granularity. Each ... -
Software Engineering Methodologies in Developing a Railway Condition Monitoring System
(North Dakota State University, 2022)With the continuous growth of rail track geometry irregularities due to aging, environmental factors, and wheel loads, rail track requires frequent maintenance. Railroads often rely on the precise and correct localization ... -
A New Structural Feature for Lysine Post-Translation Modification Prediction Using Machine Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Lysine post-translational modification (PTM) plays a vital role in modulating multiple biological processes and functions. Lab-based lysine PTM identification is laborious and time-consuming, which impede large-scale ... -
Decision-Making for Self-Replicating 3D Printed Robot Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This work addresses decision-making for robot systems that can self-replicate. With the advent of 3D printing technology, the development of self-replicating robot systems is more feasible to implement than it was previously. ... -
Addressing Challenges in Data Privacy and Security: Various Approaches to Secure Data
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Emerging neural networks based machine learning techniques such as deep learning and its variants have shown tremendous potential in many application domains. However, the neural network models raise serious privacy concerns ... -
Assessment of Engineering Methodologies for Increasing CubeSat Mission Success Rates
(North Dakota State University, 2021)In the last twenty years, CubeSat Systems have gained popularity in educational institutions and commercial industries. CubeSats have attracted educators and manufacturers due to their ability to be quickly produced and ... -
Trust and Anti-Autonomy Modelling of Autonomous Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Human trust in autonomous vehicles is built upon their safe and secure operability in the most ethical, law abiding manner possible. Despite the technological advancements that autonomous vehicles are equipped with, their ... -
Increasing the Predictive Potential of Machine Learning Models for Enhancing Cybersecurity
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Networks have an increasing influence on our modern life, making Cybersecurity an important field of research. Cybersecurity techniques mainly focus on antivirus software, firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDSs), ... -
Extracting Useful Information and Building Predictive Models from Medical and Health-Care Data Using Machine Learning Techniques
(North Dakota State University, 2020)In healthcare, a large number of medical data has emerged. To effectively use these data to improve healthcare outcomes, clinicians need to identify the relevant measures and apply the correct analysis methods for the type ... -
Developing and Validating Active Learning Engagement Strategies to Improve Students' Understanding of Programming and Software Engineering Concepts
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Introductory computer programming course is one of the fundamental courses in computer science. Students enrolled in computer science courses at the college or university have been reported to lack motivation, and engagement ... -
Development and Validation of Feedback-Based Testing Tutor Tool to Support Software Testing Pedagogy
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Current testing education tools provide coverage deficiency feedback that either mimics industry code coverage tools or enumerates through the associated instructor tests that were absent from the student’s test suite. ... -
Scalable Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution Approaches Applied to Classification
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Applying the nature-inspired methods in the data mining area has been gaining more attention by researchers. Classification is one of the data mining tasks which aims to analyze historical data by discovering hidden ... -
User-Behavior Trust Modeling in Cloud Security
(North Dakota State University, 2019)With the cloud computing increasing in popularity by providing a massive number of services such as recourses and data center, the number of attacks is increasing. Security is a basic concern in cloud computing, and threats ... -
Using Learning Styles to Improve Software Requirements Quality: An Empirical Investigation
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The success of a software organization depends upon its ability to deliver a quality software product within time and budget constraints. To ensure the delivery of quality software, software inspections have proven to be ...