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2013/03/13 Prof. Mohamed Cheriet awarded Prix d'excellence in research of ETS

Professor Mohamed was awarded the great Prize of Excellent Researcher of Ecole de Technologie Superieur for his outstanding contribution in pattern recognition, artificial, cloud computing and green ICT fields. The award had been presented by Claude Bernard, Dean of Research and Development of ETS on Wednesday April 13th..

1 year 6 weeks ago

2013/01/27 Synchromedia kiosk at Research Open House at ETS

1 year 12 weeks ago

2012/08/30 Opening PhD position in cloud middleware.

The Synchromedia lab at Ecole de Technologie Superieur (University of Quebec) is seeking for a PhD candidate in the area of cloud middleware.

1 year 33 weeks ago

2011/01/30 Research open-house

Research open-house @ ETS

3 years 12 weeks ago

2011/01/18 National Library of Quebec Archives visit

National Library of Quebec Archives visit on January 18th. All Synchromedia themes are involved, as we will be talking about virtual organizations (libraries, institutes, etc).

3 years 14 weeks ago

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[Farrahi2014a] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Moghaddam FF, Cheriet M. "Taxes and the Economy: Government Policies, Macroeconomic Factors and Impacts on Consumption and the Environment." NOVA Science Publishers; In Press:.

Download: Farrahi2014a_online_unofficial.pdf (938.46 KB)

2014

[963] Moghaddam FF, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Carbon-aware distributed cloud: multi-level grouping genetic algorithm." Cluster Computing. 2014:1-15.

Download: Farrahi2014b_online_unofficial.pdf (2.7 MB)

2013

[Cheriet2013a] Cheriet M, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Hedjam R. "Visual language processing (VLP) of ancient manuscripts: Converting collections to windows on the past.". In: GCC'13.; 2013:.

Download: Cheriet2013a_online_unofficial.pdf (1.02 MB)

[Ziaei2013] Nafchi HZ, Ayatollahi SM, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "An Efficient Ground Truthing Tool for Binarization of Historical Manuscripts.". In: ICDAR'13.; 2013:.

Download: Ziaei2013_online_unofficial.pdf (710.48 KB)

[Farrahi2013] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Moghaddam FF, Cheriet M. "Unsupervised Ensemble of Experts (EoE) Framework for Automatic Binarization of Document Images.". In: ICDAR'13.; 2013:.

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[807] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Moghaddam FF, Cheriet M. "A Modified GHG Intensity Indicator: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy based on a Carbon Border Tax and Emissions Trading." Energy Policy. 2013;57:363-380. Abstract

Download: MGHGINT1_core.pdf (1.61 MB)

[Cheriet2012a] Cheriet M, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Hedjam R. "A learning framework for the optimization and automation of document binarization methods." Computer Vision and Image Understanding. 2013;117(3):269-280.

Download: learning_bin_paper1.pdf (3.43 MB)

[827] Cheriet M, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Arabnejad E, Zhong G. "Manifold Learning for the Shape-Based Recognition of Historical Arabic Documents." In: Rao CR, Govindaraju V, eds. Handbook of Statistics ISSN: 0169-7161. Vol. 31.; 2013.

Download: statistics_chapter1.pdf (1.85 MB)

2012

[Farrahi2012c] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M, Milo T, Wisnovsky R. "A prototype system for handwritten sub-word recognition: toward Arabic}-manuscript transliteration.". In: ISSPA'12. Montreal, Canada: IEEE; 2012:.

Download: isspa12_ws_ibnsina.pdf (5.89 MB)

[Farrahi2012a] Moghaddam FF, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Multi-level grouping genetic algorithm for low carbon virtual private clouds.". In: CLOSER'12. Porto, Portugal; 2012:.

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[Farrahi2012d] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Real-Time Knowledge-Based Processing of Images: Application of the Online NLPM} Method to Perceptual Visual Analysis." Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on. 2012;21(8):3390-3404.

Download: wavedesct2_final.pdf (4.67 MB)

[Farrahi2012] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "AdOtsu: An adaptive and parameterless generalization of Otsu's method for document image binarization." Pattern Recognition. 2012;45(6):2419-2431.

Download: accepted.pdf (9.02 MB)

[Farrahi2012b] Moghaddam FF, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Carbon Metering and Effective Tax Cost Modeling for Virtual Machines.". In: CLOUD'12. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 2012:.

Download: Fereydoun_VMCMCTCM3.pdf (542.58 KB)

[Farrahi2012f] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Moghaddam FF, Asghari V, Cheriet M. "Cognitive Behavior Analysis framework for Fault Prediction in Cloud Computing.". In: Network of Future (NoF'12). Tunis, Yunisia; 2012:.

Download: BATG_first_paper.pdf (1.51 MB)

[Ziaei2012a] Nafchi HZ, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Historical Document Binarization Based on Phase Information of Images.". In: ACCV’12 Workshop on e-Heritage. Daejeon, South Korea; 2012.

Download: accv2012submission.pdf (3.11 MB)

[Farrahi2012e] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Moghaddam FF, Cheriet M. "A new framework based on signature patches, micro registration, and sparse representation for optical text recognition.". In: ISSPA'12. IEEE; 2012:.

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[Cheriet2012] Cheriet M, Farrahi Moghaddam R. "A Robust Word Spotting System for Historical Arabic Manuscripts." In: Märgner V, El Abed H, eds. Guide to OCR for Arabic Scripts. Springer; 2012:.

Download: wordspotting1.pdf (9.78 MB)

2011

[Hedjam2011] Hedjam R, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "A spatially adaptive statistical method for the binarization of historical manuscripts and degraded document images." Pattern Recognition. 2011;44(9):2184-2196.

Download: bays_bin1.pdf (1.42 MB)

[Rivest-H'enault2011] Rivest-Hénault D, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "A local linear level set method for the binarization of degraded historical document images." IJDAR. 2011;DOI: 10.1007/s10032-011-0157-5:1-24. Abstract

Download: levelset_bin1.pdf (7.28 MB)

[Farrahi2011c] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Beyond pixels and regions: A non-local patch means (NLPM) method for content-level restoration, enhancement, and reconstruction of degraded document images." Pattern Recognition. 2011;44(2):363-374. Abstract

Download: farrahi2010c.pdf (937.08 KB)

[Dore2011] Doré V, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Non-local adaptive structure tensors. Application to anisotropic diffusion and shock filtering." Image and Vision Computing. 2011;29(11):730-743. Abstract

Download: article_review3.pdf (1.59 MB)

2010

[Hedjam2010] Hedjam R, Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "Text extraction from degraded document images.". In: EUVIP'10. Paris, France; 2010:.

Download: hedjam2010.pdf (1.15 MB)

[Farrahi2009b] Farrahi Moghaddam R, Cheriet M. "A Variational Approach to Degraded Document Enhancement." IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 2010;32(8):1347-1361.

Download: Reza.Pami_.pdf (1.03 MB)

News

Our recent paper featured as key scientific article on Renewable Energy Global Innovations

Submitted by rgadhgadhi on Mon, 2013-08-05 12:59

Our recent publication on the modified GHG intensity (MGHG-INT) has been featured as a key scientific article on Renewable Energy Global Innovations (ISSN 2291-2460):

http://reginnovations.org/key-scientific-articles/a-modified-ghg-intensity-indicator-toward-a-sustainable-global-economy-based-on-a-carbon-border-tax-andemissions-trading/

More Information:

Title: A modified GHG intensity indicator: Toward a sustainable global economy based on a carbon border tax and emissions trading

Authors: Reza Farrahi Moghaddam (R Farrahi Moghaddam), Fereydoun Farrahi Moghaddam (F Farrahi Moghaddam), and Mohamed Cheriet (M Cheriet)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.02.012

ArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1567

Abstract:

It will be difficult to gain the agreement of all the actors on any proposal for climate change management, if universality and fairness are not considered. In this work, a universal measure of emissions to be applied at the international level is proposed, based on a modification of the Greenhouse Gas Intensity (GHG-INT) measure. It is hoped that the generality and low administrative cost of this measure, which we call the Modified Greenhouse Gas Intensity measure (MGHG-INT), will eliminate any need to classify nations. The core of the MGHG-INT is what we call the IHDI-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (IDHIGDP), based on the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI). The IDHIGDP makes it possible to propose universal measures, such as MGHG-INT. We also propose a carbon border tax applicable at national borders, based on MGHG-INT and IDHIGDP. This carbon tax is supported by a proposed global Emissions Trading System (ETS). The proposed carbon tax is analyzed in a short-term scenario, where it is shown that it can result in a significant reduction in global emissions while keeping the economy growing at a positive rate. In addition to annual GHG emissions, cumulative GHG emissions over two decades are considered with almost the same results.

Professor Mohamed Cheriet awarded Canada Research Chair, Tier 1

Submitted by kim.nguyen on Sun, 2013-05-05 19:14

Professor Mohamed Cheriet, Director of Synchromedia, was announced today as a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Smart Sustainable Cloud Computing.

Internet services have undergone multiple revolutions over the past 50 years, from snail-mail to household ultra-broadband utility. Today, the tremendous demands of the growing human society are pushing the evolution of Internet-based automation technologies, particularly for knowledge dissemination and intensive information processing.

Data centres, regarded as the “brain” of the Internet, are required to host increasingly critical applications, thereby consuming a huge amount of energy. This raises new questions, in terms of scalability, resiliency and operational cost-effectiveness, and environmental concerns in particular.

Canada Research Chair Mohamed Cheriet is addressing issues related to a sustainable smart eco-cloud platform, which is a virtual and analytical system capable of deep, complex computation and intelligent behaviours performed in an energy-efficient and eco-friendly way. By means of smart meters, data collectors, and analytical gears that acquire knowledge about the ecosystem and all the actors involved, including end-users, eco-cloud services are able to react immediately and “just in time”, to establish automated control processes. Each component of the eco-cloud model can affect the others, and be affected by them, creating a constantly evolving relationship in which they will be flexible enough and adaptable enough to better deliver their service and to optimize resource utilization. This will pave the way for a new class of approaches addressing fundamental issues of machine learning and artificial intelligence systems facing critical mass applications, and a rapidly growing, changing and innovative cyber society based on the eco-cloud.

The results of Cheriet’s research will leverage research on smart technologies, leading to the establishment of new inter-sector and inter-disciplinary collaborations with academia and corporations.

Prof. Mohamed Cheriet recipient of Distinguised Researcher Award of ETS

Submitted by kim.nguyen on Wed, 2013-03-13 21:04

Professor Mohamed received the Distinguised Researcher Award of Ecole de Technologie Superieur for his outstanding contribution in pattern recognition, artificial, cloud computing and green ICT fields. The award had been presented by Claude Bernard, Dean of Research and Development of ETS on Wednesday April 13th.

2012/10/29 Professor Mohamed Cheriet is awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, MITACS is pleased to award Professor Mohamed Cheriet with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, created to mark the 60

1 year 25 weeks ago

2012/07/15 A Synchromedia paper is one of the Best Papers in the ISSPA'2012 conference

A Synchromedia Lab's paper selected as one of the Best Oral Papers in the ISSPA'2012 conference. The paper is entitled "Hyperspectral Band Selection Based on Graph Clustering".

1 year 40 weeks ago

2012/07/9 ISSPA 2012 conference organized by Synchromedia in Montreal from 2 to 6 July 2012

Synchromedia Laboratory successfully organized the 11th International Conference on Information Science, Signal Processing and their Applications (ISSPA 2012) in Montreal from 2nd to 6t

1 year 41 weeks ago

2012/03/17 Interview with Al-Jazeera TV

Interview with Al-Jazeera TV: Ancient Arabic document processing, Documentary “Friends of the Arab World,” 03/17/2012.

2 years 5 weeks ago

2011/06/5 GreenStar - Dirty data: The Internet's giant carbon footprint

It’s Saturday night, and you want to catch the latest summer blockbuster. You do a quick Google search to find the venue and right time, and off you go to enjoy some mindless fun... Read more.

2 years 46 weeks ago