Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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This works gives solution to two most important problems in the universities by equipping a surveillance camera with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. The first problem solved is unnecessary time wastage in manual and bio-metric (fingerprint based) attendance marking for students. The second problem solved is the unnecessary electricity wastage in classrooms without occupants. Using the videos getting recorded in surveillance cameras, the number of heads detection and face recognition is done. When there is no occupants in the class, the number of heads detected will be zero. So we can cut-off the electricity supply for that classroom. With the face recognition process the attendance for the students will be get automatically marked. The Intel movidius stick does the work of face recognition and finding the head counts.

VIT Unitversity

Department of Analytics

School of Computer Science and Engineering

Vellore Campus

Department of Sensor and Biomedical Technology

School of Electronics Engineering

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering Regular Issue

Surveillance Camera using Face Recognition for Automatic Attendance Feeder and Energy Conservation in Classroom

Wireless Communication Networks and Internet of Things Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Analysis on LTE/Wi-Fi Data Offloading in Hetnets

Objectives Traffic signals are pre-timed/fixed cycle in which the duration of green light and red light is fixed irrespective of the number of vehicles at the traffic signal, which causes congestion in most cases. Most of the research done on pre-timed traffic signal focuses on deriving formulas for the better estimation of the delay experienced by vehicles. Proposed method of adaptive traffic signals can be used to minimize the congestion problem occurring at the intersection due to pre-timed traffic signal, thereby minimizing the delay to a greater extent. Methods/Statistical Analysis In this paper, the vehicles are considered to arrive based on a Poisson distribution. The probability generating function of queue lengths at the beginning of kth and k + 1th cycle is derived. Based on the queue length for each direction, the optimal duration of red and green light is derived. Findings In the proposed work, it is showed that the performance of adaptive queue length-based switching is efficient than the pre-timed/fixed traffic signaling. Based on the traffic arrival pattern, the threshold of the red and green light can be set to minimize the delay/congestion. Application/Improvements In this proposed work, the congestion problem is minimized by using the adaptive signal switching and the performance of system can be improved in heavy traffic scenario. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.

Electronics

Chennai Campus

Mathematical Analysis of Adaptive Queue Length-Based Traffic Signal Control

Fulltext

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Erratum to: A robust semi-blind watermarking for color images based on multiple decompositions

Department of Automotive Engineering

School of Mechanical Engineering

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Design and control of electromagnetic clutch actuation system for automated manual transmission

A hybrid control strategy for semi-active suspension provides a good compromise between comfort and handling. Based on the hybrid coefficient the suspension can be biased towards a skyhook or a groundhook system. To provide an optimum value of the hybrid coefficient an adaptive hybrid strategy is presented in this paper. The proposed adaptive hybrid system is implemented on a two-state damper and is compared with a conventional hybrid system with fixed value of the hybrid coefficient. A quarter-car model is used to validate the results. The simulation results indicate that the proposed adaptive hybrid control system can perform better than a conventional hybrid control system. © 2017 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Department of Electrical Engineering

School of Electrical Engineering

Adaptive hybrid control strategy for semi-active suspension system

The present work investigates the microstructure and mechanical properties of alloy C-276 fabricated by continuous and pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding process and by employing ER2553 filler wire. Optical and scanning electron microscopic analyses were carried out to study the microstructures of weldments produced. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was performed to investigate the formation of secondary phases in the weldments. The results disclosed that pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding showed refined microstructure compared to continuous current gas tungsten arc welding. SEM/EDS analysis revealed the segregation of Mo in the weld interface regions in both the welding techniques. The extent of microsegregation reduced the strength and toughness of the weld joint compared to the base metal. Bend test revealed cracks in the weld interface region in both the weldments. © 2017, The Indian Institute of Metals - IIM.

Department of Design and Automation

Department of Manufacturing Engineering

World University root node

Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals

Analysis of Metallurgical and Mechanical Properties of Continuous and Pulsed Current Gas Tungsten Arc Welded Alloy C-276 with Duplex Stainless Steel

Department of Bio-Medical Sciences

School of Bio Sciences and Technology

International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience

Potential of Bacillus subtilis to produce acidic protease under mutagenic condition

An urinary tract infection (UTI) with Brevibacillus agri, an aerobic soil bacteria is discussed. The preliminary urine analysis tested negative for UTI, while the patient was diagnosed with focal pyelonephritis. The urine sample was analyzed for the presence of possible micro-organisms. The isolated micro-organism was phenotypically characterized and compared with a standard B. agri strain and an established uropathogen Eschericia coli, CFT073. Each experimental mouse was trans-urethrally infected using 2.5� ×� 10⁸ c.f.u. for the generation of an UTI model. The kidney tissues were stored in buffered 10� % formaldehyde solution for histopathological analysis. The destruction of the glomerular and tubular morphology with prominent hemagglutination in the tubular region in the mouse kidneys were confirmed by light microscopic examination of the H&amp;E stained sections. Hence, the identity of pathogen was confirmed using the 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The phylogenetic tree constructed using the 16S rRNA sequence obtained from the isolated microbial strain showed 99� % similarity with the strain, B. agri AB112716. Finally this study concludes based on the phenotypic characteristics, production of lipopolysaccharide, the ability to aggregate in the presence of ammonium sulphate, agglutinate erythrocytes in the presence of mannose, and the potential to resist the interactions of serum, the possibility that the soil microbe could have undergone genotypic modification to cause UTI. However, further detailed and in-depth genetic analysis are required to point out exactly how the soil bacterium has adapted itself to cause infection in a human subject.

Department of Bio-Sciences

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Transformation of Brevibacillus, a soil microbe to an uropathogen with hemagglutination trait

India is among the top ten countries with the highest percentage of landslide fatalities for the past few years. Intense rainfall during the 2009 monsoon in the hilly district of Nilgiris, in the state of Tamilnadu in India, triggered landslides at more than 300 locations which affected road and rail traffic, destroyed buildings, caused the death of more than 40 people and left hundreds homeless. In this paper, three case histories from Nilgiris district are investigated: the slope failure of a railway track at Aravankadu, failure of retaining walls supporting buildings at Coonoor, failure of the slope and retaining wall along national highway (NH67) at Chinnabikatty. Laboratory investigations are carried out on soil samples collected at these sites. Soils at all the three locations have high fine content and low values of coefficient of permeability. Finite element analyses of all the three case histories were carried out using PLAXIS2D software in order to understand the failure mechanism and contributing factors. Slope stability analysis using strength reduction technique is carried out for the slope at Aravankadu to determine the critical slip surface and factor of safety. Results reveal that the increase in pore pressures led to a reduction in shear strength of the soil and consequently resulted in progressive failure of slope at Aravankadu site. Displacement analysis is carried out for Coonoor and Chinnabikatty sites. The results show that combined effect of surcharge load of building and high pore pressure led to intense shearing behind the retaining walls at Coonoor site. Results indicate occurrence of large displacements along the face and at toe of the slope at Chinnabikatty site. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Department of Structural and Geotechical Engineering

School of Civil Engineering

Natural Hazards

Investigation on infrastructural damages by rainfall-induced landslides during November 2009 in Nilgiris, India