NECEC 2024

The 33rd Annual Newfoundland Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference

November 14, 2024
Holiday Inn St. John's Conference Centre
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Agenda

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Time Description
8:30 AM
Registration

Room: Foyer

Presentations
9:00 AM
Morning Keynote Presentation

Dipesh Maharjan: The Challenge, Initial Solution, and Final Solution

Room: Salon C/D

Presentations
10:00 AM
Software & Computing

Room: Room Conception Bay North

Presentations

Title: Enhancing Security For Low-Powered Medical Wearable Devices Through Optimized Lightweight Encryption
Presenter: Sidra Anwar

Title: Light Field Frame Translation
Presenter: Anahita Nik aien

AI, Data Science & Machine Learning I

Room: Salon B

Presentations

Title: TextDoctor: Unified Document Image Inpainting via Patch Pyramid Diffusion Models
Presenter: Wanglong Lu

Title: Generative Adversarial Network Based Synthetic Radar Image Generation Method for Automotive Perception Datasets
Presenter: Thakshila Thilakanayake

AI, Controls, & Robotics I

Room: Salon A

Presentations

Title: Improve Curricular Learning for Universal Dexterous Grasping
Presenter: Xianta Jiang

Title: Interaction Force Estimation for Haptic Bilateral Teleoperation via Machine Learning
Presenter: Jiaoyang Lu

Power & Alternative Energy I

Room: Room Conception Bay South

Presentations

Title: Design and Simulation of a Floating Solar-Powered Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System for Kish Island
Presenter: Fatemeh Kafrashi

Title: Design and Analysis of a Hybrid Power System for Cartwright, Labrador
Presenter: Lynna J Otabil

10:40 AM
Coffee Break & Morning Poster Presentations

Room: Foyer

Presentations

Title: Developing and Simulating a Separate Microgrid in a Rural Region in India using Sustainable Sources of Energy
Presenter: Asif I Patel

Title: A comparative study on the feasibility of wind turbines over conventional fossil fuels in selected coastal Labrador communities
Presenter: Shatadru Bipasha Biswas

11:00 AM
Remote Sensing & Earth Observations I

Room: Room Conception Bay North

Presentations

Title: Software Defined Radio Noise Radar for UAS Detection
Presenter: Michael Royle

Title: Design of a surface wave radar receive array element
Presenter: Joe Craig

Title: Improved PCS Algorithm for Ocean Current Retrieval From X-Band Radar Data
Presenter: Yi Li

Title: A Novel Method for Estimation of Sea-Surface Wind Speed from SAR Imagery
Presenter: Zahra Jafari

AI, Data Science & Machine Learning II

Room: Salon B

Presentations

Title: A Quality Indicator Module for LiDAR SLAM in Aerial Navigation Using a Regression-Based CNN
Presenter: Nirasha Herath

Title: Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Analog Circuitry
Presenter: Ahsan Mustafa

Title: Automated Dialogue Order Processing using Small Large Language Models
Presenter: Adithya Sudhan

Title: Steep Slopes- Modifying Deep Neural Networks to Mitigate the Vanishing Gradient Problem
Presenter: Sondos Omar

AI, Controls, & Robotics II

Room: Salon A

Presentations

Title: Object Manipulation using Multimodal, Tactile-based Sensing and Reinforcement Learning
Presenter: Ruslan Masinjila

Title: Angular position control of a low-tension quaternion joint
Presenter: Juan S. Garcia-Hernandez

Title: Enhancing the Region of Attraction of a Multi-Rotor UAV Using Neural Network-Based iLQR Control
Presenter: Sachithra H Atapattu

Title: Convex Trajectory Optimization for UAVs using Differential Flatness and Bezier Curves
Presenter: Muhammad Adeel Ahsan

Power & Alternative Energy II

Room: Room Conception Bay South

Presentations

Title: Power Consumption While Using Ad-Blockers on ARM-Based CPU
Presenter: Khan Awais Khan

Title: Design and Simulation of a 500 MW wind farm for H2 project near Stephenville, Newfoundland.
Presenter: Syed Nafiz Imtiaz

Title: Dynamic Simulation of Solar Energy System for A Shop in Nigeria Providing Community Cellphone Charging Service.
Presenter: Nnaemeka Nwauzor

12:20 AM
Luncheon Keynote Presentation

Florian Villaumé: Learning from the NL Tech Sector to Shape Your Entrepreneurial Journey

Room: Salon C/D

Presentations
2:00 PM
Remote Sensing & Earth Observations II

Room: Room Conception Bay North

Presentations

Title: An Evaluation of the Effect of Seasonal Evolution on GNSS Reflectometry Based Sea Ice Classification Using Random Forest Classifiers
Presenter: Jesse Chen

Title: Ocean Surface Wind Speed Estimation From GNSS-R Data Using CNN-Transformer Network
Presenter: Xin Qiao

Title: A Hybrid Approach for Wave Height Estimation from Rain-Contaminated Radar Images Based on Segmentation and Iterative Dehazing
Presenter: Zhiding Yang

AI, Data Science & Machine Learning III

Room: Salon B

Presentations

Title: Machine Learning-Based Power Prediction for the Icebreaker Henry Larsen Using Vessel Motions and Environmental Data in Open Water Conditions
Presenter: Samarasimha Reddy Chittamuru

Title: Deep Learning for Automated Defect Detection in Industrial Infrastructure: Enhancing Accuracy with Diverse Datasets and YOLOv10
Presenter: Chidiebere S Metu

Title: Signature Extraction for Bank Cheque Images Using an Autoencoder Model
Presenter: Hassanali Marefat

Women In Engineering Event

Breaking Barriers: Elevating Women in Engineering Leadership.

Room: Salon A

Presentations
Power & Alternative Energy III

Room: Room Conception Bay South

Presentations

Title: Design and Analysis of a Photovoltaic System for a House in Model Town, Lahore, Using HOMER Pro.
Presenter: Asad Mehmood Hassan

Title: Design and Analysis of Hybrid Power System for Rigolet, Labrador
Presenter: Salmanur Rahman

Title: Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of an Isolated Hybrid Power System Designed for Urban Areas in Pakistan
Presenter: Muhammad Kashif

3:00 PM
Coffee Break

Room: Foyer

Presentations

Title: HsHFNet – An Artificial Neural Network For Significant Wave Height Estimation from High Frequency Radar Data Built from the Ocean Up
Presenter: Senal Chandrasekara

Title: Designing Sustainable Energy Systems: The Case of Bell Island's Hybrid Renewable Power
Presenter: Bahman Khameneh Pour

Title: Real-Time Video Super-Resolution Using Generative Adversarial Networks
Presenter: Nirasha Herath

3:20 PM
Remote Sensing & Earth Observations III

Room: Room Conception Bay North

Presentations

Title: FPGA-Based Real-Time Signal Processing for Ocean Monitoring with GNSS-R Integration
Presenter: Ridwanullah Abdulkareem

Title: Enhanced Radar Cross Section Modeling for Ocean Surface
Presenter: Masoud Torabi

Title: Mapping Carbon Dynamics in Coastal Wetlands: A High-Resolution PlanetScope Expedition
Presenter: Mohammadali Hemati

AI, Data Science & Machine Learning IV

Room: Salon B

Presentations

Title: Search Ordering for StarCraft Build Order Optimization
Presenter: Benjamin F Stanley

Title: AutoLD: An Automatic Landmark Detection System for Detecting Salient Landmarks in Aerial Images
Presenter: Kusal B Tennakoon

AI, Data Science & Machine Learning V

Room: Salon B

Presentations

Title: RAGs for Real-time Data Retrieval in Smart Grid Systems
Presenter: Meysam Shirin Nezhad

Title: Deep Learning-Based Infrastructure Crack Detection: An Enhanced Approach for Image Recognition
Presenter: Chidiebere S Metu

Power & Alternative Energy IV

Room: Room Conception Bay South

Presentations

Title: Optimization-Based Design and Reliability Assessment of a Hybrid Energy System for Natuashish, Labrador
Presenter: Manish Patel

Title: A Comparative Analysis of Media Players Power Consumption on Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04.1
Presenter: Afzal Ahmed

4:40 PM
Closing Remarks and Award Presentations

Room: Salon C/D

Presentations