Engineering Science & Technology, Volume 8 Issue 1 (2027)



Open Access Article

Engineering Secure AI Systems with Lattice-Based Cryptography and Large Language Models

by Devharsh Trivedi

ABSTRACT: Deploying large language models in safety-critical domains while migrating to post-quantum cryptographic standards poses a compounded systems engineering challenge: infrastructure must become...

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A Novel Orthogonal Collocation Approach for Variable-Order Fractional Algebraic-Differential Equations with Applications to RLC Circuits

by William Júnio de Lima, Fran Sérgio Lobato

ABSTRACT: This work presents a novel extension of the Orthogonal Collocation Method (OCM) for the numerical solution of variable-order fractional differential–algebraic equations with prescribed initial...

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Explainable AI: ACombined XAI Framework for Interpreting Slice-Level Brain Tumour Classification Models

by Patrick McGonigle, William Farrelly, Kevin Curran

ABSTRACT: This study investigates how multiple Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques can be combined to improve the interpretability of a deep learning model for brain tumour analysis in...

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Designing an Efficient Appurtenance for Open-Channel Flows in Combined Sewer Systems

by Nikolaos Th. Fourniotis, Andreas Langousis, Christos I. Lykouras

ABSTRACT:  An efficient sewer appurtenance for open-channel flows, applied in combined sewer systems, is presented. The facility has been successfully applied in several parts of the combined sewer system...

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Design of Asymmetric Janus Aerogel Toward High-Performance Solar Evaporation

by Liumin Luo, Airong Wang, Luhan Zheng, Xiaxuan Jia, Ge Shi, Yizhen Li, Jin Peng, Mengya Shang

ABSTRACT: Interfacial solar evaporation technology enables high-efficiency evaporation with low energy consumption through solar-driven localized heating and has broad application prospects in seawater...

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Numerical Investigation of Seismic Demands in Floor Diaphragms and Collectors

by Alireza Sheykhaleslami, Shervin Maleki

ABSTRACT: This study investigates the seismic demand in diaphragms, chords, and collectors in typical floor systems used in steel structures using nonlinear Finite Element (FE) analyses. These systems...

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AI-Assisted Identification and Prediction of Dynamic Vehicular Communication Network States Using Taxi GPS Trajectories

by Yixuan Li, Hong Zhang

ABSTRACT: Empirical monitoring of potential Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) connectivity remains less studied than traffic-flow prediction and simulation-based vehicular networking. This study develops a...

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Uncertainty-Aware Semantic Segmentation via Decision Boundary Modeling and Confusion Zone Refinement

by Antoni Mestre, Franccesco Malafarina

ABSTRACT: Deep learning has significantly improved the performance of semantic segmentation in high-resolution imagery and computer vision tasks. However, standard segmentation models treat all pixel-wise...

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Explainable Machine Learning and Necessary Condition Analysis for Product Sales Forecasting in Retail

by Marcin Nowak, Paweł Kościelniak

ABSTRACT: Sales forecasting in retail and e-commerce-related environments supports key decisions concerning inventory management, promotion planning, pricing policy, and sales strategy optimization. The aim...

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Integrating Ethereum and SGX-TEE for Job Execution

by Yan Almeida, Vladimir Rocha, Carlo Kleber da Silva Rodrigues, Arlindo Flavio da Conceição

ABSTRACT: This work proposes an architecture that integrates Ethereum blockchain technology and Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), focusing on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). The main motivation...

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Activated Coconut Shell Charcoal Flakes as Supercapacitor Electrodes: Electrochemical Performance and Structural Characterization

by R. R. M. M. N. B. Bambaradeniya, D. J. D. S. Gamage, A. P. S. P. Jayathilaka, A. D. T. Medagedara, H. A. M. M. Hapuarachchi, P. A. H. L. I. Pathiraja, K. Tennakone, R. M. G. Rajapakse, T. M. W. J. Bandara, G. R. A. Kumara

ABSTRACT: This study investigates the potential of utilizing coconut shell charcoal flakes as a sustainable precursor for Activated Carbon (AC) electrodes in supercapacitors. Five activation cycles labeled...

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Comprehensive Acoustic Mapping of an Industrial HRV System Placed in Reverberation and Semi-Anechoic Test Rooms

by Süleyman KAYA, Zeki PEKER, Samuel EVANGELISTA, Sahin GUNGOR

ABSTRACT: Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV) systems have predominantly been investigated from a thermal efficiency perspective, focusing on energy performance and heat transfer optimization. However, the...

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A Scan-Based Analysis of Internet-Exposed IoT Devices Using Shodan Data

by Richelle Williams, Fernando Koch

ABSTRACT: Determining whether scan-observable network configurations capture meaningful security exposure characteristics across large-scale Internet of Thing (IoT) populations remains an open problem in...