Recently, a novel approach in the field of Industry 4.0 factory operations was proposed for a new generation of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that are connected to a virtualized programmable logic controller (PLC) via a 5G multi-access edge-computing (MEC) platform to enable remote control. However, this approach faces a critical challenge as the 5G network may encounter communication disruptions that can lead to AGV deviations and, with this, potential safety risks and workplace issues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHarmful algal blooms (HABs) are a growing concern to public health and aquatic ecosystems. Long-term water monitoring conducted by hand poses several limitations to the proper implementation of water safety plans. This work combines automatic high-frequency monitoring (AFHM) systems with machine learning (ML) techniques to build a data-driven chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) soft-sensor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNetwork Digital Twin (NDT) is a new technology that builds on the concept of Digital Twins (DT) to create a virtual representation of the physical objects of a telecommunications network. NDT bridges physical and virtual spaces to enable coordination and synchronization of physical parts while eliminating the need to directly interact with them. There is broad consensus that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are among the key enablers to this technology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to the growing rise of cyber attacks in the Internet, the demand of accurate intrusion detection systems (IDS) to prevent these vulnerabilities is increasing. To this aim, Machine Learning (ML) components have been proposed as an efficient and effective solution. However, its applicability scope is limited by two important issues: (i) the shortage of network traffic data datasets for attack analysis, and (ii) the data privacy constraints of the data to be used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfficient resource management in data centers is of central importance to content service providers as 90 percent of the network traffic is expected to go through them in the coming years. In this context we propose the use of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to forecast short-term changes in the amount of traffic crossing a data center network. This value is an indicator of virtual machine activity and can be utilized to shape the data center infrastructure accordingly.
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