Author:Van Heerden, CJ; Barnard, EDate:Nov 2005This paper presents an analysis of temporal information as a feature for use in speaker verification systems. The relevance of temporal information in a speaker’s utterances is investigated, both with regard to improving the robustness of ...Read more
Author:De Beer, Morris; Maina, JWDate:2011Simple tire-pavement contact analysis reveals that higher contact stresses from truck tires could result in increased potential for road pavement failures.Read more
Author:Koen, Hildegarde S; Cornelius, Justin C; Oosthuizen, RDate:Jul 2022The advent of the fourth industrial revolution and the need for connectedness have increased both data availability and quality. This data surge can also be seen in the transport and mobility industry. Anything from onboard global positioning ...Read more
Author:Masonta, Moshe T; Ramoroka, TM; Lysko, Albert ADate:May 2015This paper uses the example of the television white space (TVWS) project in Limpopo Province of South Africa to consider benefits of TVWS technology to enable e-Learning environment and introduce pupils and teachers previously unfamiliar with ...Read more
Author:Manase, G; Nkuna, Z; Ngorima, EDate:Sep 2009South Africa is faced by a number of challenges that include low water and sanitation coverage in rural and peri-urban areas, high unemployment and increasing inequality between the rich and the poor as indicated by a Gini coefficient of 0.77; ...Read more
Author:Twinomurinzi, H; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe JDate:Nov 2009The authors are investigating whether Web-based Group Support System (GSS) tools can support and enhance procedural fairness in administrative decision making in South Africa. They report here on work that emanates from a masters dissertation ...Read more
Author:Zhou, M; Herselman, Martha E; Coleman, ADate:Apr 2015Lowering costs and easy access to health information is important to public healthcare workers (PHWs) and patients who are both offline and online to improve equitable access to healthcare information. Harnessing mobile health (mHealth) ...Read more
Author:North, Brian C; Falcon, RDate:Nov 2010This presentation highlights the utilisation of low grade fuels in Fluidised Bed Combustors (FBC) with regards to South African coal. It looks at types of coals and fuels tested, test facilities and examples of FBC’s at the CSIR. Benefits ...Read more
Author:Aschmann, MJ; Leenen, Louise; Jansen van Vuuren, Johanna CDate:Mar 2017The Internet offers anonymity and a disregard of national boundaries. Most countries are deeply concerned about the threat cyberspace and in particular, cyberterrorism, are posing to national security. The Deep and Dark Web is associated with ...Read more
Author:Matlou, OG; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2017Software Defined Wireless Sensor Network (SDWSN) is realised by infusing Software Defined Network (SDN) model in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), Reason for that is to overcome the challenges of WSN. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine ...Read more
Author:Gous, EDate:Nov 2013This paper reports on the design and evaluation of distributed net-centric command and control user interfaces for future air defence operations. The design was based on the Cognitive Work Analysis framework to identify the required capabilities ...Read more
Author:Brink, VZDate:Oct 2012In this talk the presenter outlines the need for a common communication technology protocol in South African mines.Read more
Author:Barnard, E; Plauche, M; Davel, MDate:Dec 2008The commercial successes of spoken dialog systems in the developed world provide encouragement for their use in the developing world, where speech could play a role in the dissemination of relevant information in local languages. We investigate ...Read more
Author:Shoke, L; Sono, TJ; Olubambi, PADate:Apr 2013The aim of this study was to develop an in-house tensile testing procedure that would yield accurate and reproducible parameters as input material properties into computational models for numerical simulations of the mechanical behaviour of ...Read more
Author:Whillier, ADate:Apr 1953Design curves based on measurements of solar irradiation in South Africa are presented for two geographic areas, the highveld and the Cape Peninsula, giving data on the amount of thermal energy that can be collected from the sun by use of ...Read more
Author:Wabeke, LO; Nel, Willem AJDate:Jun 2010Recent research show that utilization of knowledge of the environment can allow a radar system to adapt its processing to improve its performance. Furthermore, a radar system that utilize both a-priori and measured knowledge in an adaptive ...Read more
Author:Botlhoko, Orebotse J; Letwaba, Lesetja; Sinha Roy, Jayita; Ray, Suprakash SDate:Sep 2019Most polymer-based materials do not exhibit ultraviolet (UV) protection or wear resistance properties, thereby leading to poor packaging functions. This study provides an approach that simultaneously improves the UV protection and tribological ...Read more