Robotic Process Automation with New Future Trends

The invention concept of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has emerged as a transformative technology that has revolved the local business processes by programming repetitive task and efficiency adjusting the operations. This research had focused on developing the RPA environment and its future features in order to elaborate on the projected policies based on its comprehensive experiences. The current and previous situations of industry are looking for IT solutions to fully scale their company Improve business flexibility, improve customer satisfaction, improve productivity, accuracy and reduce costs, quick scalability in RPA has currently appeared as an advance technology with exceptional performance. It emphasizes future trends and foresees the evolution of RPA by integrating artificial intelligence, learning of machine and cognitive automation into RPA frameworks. Moreover, it has analyzed the technical constraints, including the scalability, security issues and interoperability, while investigating regulatory and ethical considerations that are so important to the ethical utilization of RPA. By providing a comprehensive analysis of RPA with new future trends in this study, researcher’s ambitions to provide valuable insights the benefits of it on industrial performances from the gap observed so as to guide the strategic decision and future implementation of the RPA.

Blockchain-Based Cognitive Computing Model for Data Security on a Cloud Platform

Cloud storage is widely used by large companies to store vast amounts of data and files,offering flexibility,financial savings,and security.However,information shoplifting poses significant threats,potentially leading to poor performance and privacy breaches.Blockchain-based cognitive computing can help protect and maintain information security and privacy in cloud platforms,ensuring businesses can focus on business development.To ensure data security in cloud platforms,this research proposed a blockchain-based Hybridized Data Driven Cognitive Computing(HD2C)model.However,the proposed HD2C framework addresses breaches of the privacy information of mixed participants of the Internet of Things(IoT)in the cloud.HD2C is developed by combining Federated Learning(FL)with a Blockchain consensus algorithm to connect smart contracts with Proof of Authority.The“Data Island”problem can be solved by FL’s emphasis on privacy and lightning-fast processing,while Blockchain provides a decentralized incentive structure that is impervious to poisoning.FL with Blockchain allows quick consensus through smart member selection and verification.The HD2C paradigm significantly improves the computational processing efficiency of intelligent manufacturing.Extensive analysis results derived from IIoT datasets confirm HD2C superiority.When compared to other consensus algorithms,the Blockchain PoA’s foundational cost is significant.The accuracy and memory utilization evaluation results predict the total benefits of the system.In comparison to the values 0.004 and 0.04,the value of 0.4 achieves good accuracy.According to the experiment results,the number of transactions per second has minimal impact on memory requirements.The findings of this study resulted in the development of a brand-new IIoT framework based on blockchain technology.

Exercise Recommendation with Preferences and Expectations Based on Ability Computation

In the era of artificial intelligence,cognitive computing,based on cognitive science;and supported by machine learning and big data,brings personalization into every corner of our social life.Recommendation systems are essential applications of cognitive computing in educational scenarios.They help learners personalize their learning better by computing student and exercise characteristics using data generated from relevant learning progress.The paper introduces a Learning and Forgetting Convolutional Knowledge Tracking Exercise Recommendation model(LFCKT-ER).First,the model computes students’ability to understand each knowledge concept,and the learning progress of each knowledge concept,and the model consider their forgetting behavior during learning progress.Then,students’learning stage preferences are combined with filtering the exercises that meet their learning progress and preferences.Then students’ability is used to evaluate whether their expectations of the difficulty of the exercises are reasonable.Then,the model filters the exercises that best match students’expectations again by students’expectations.Finally,we use a simulated annealing optimization algorithm to assemble a set of exercises with the highest diversity.From the experimental results,the LFCKT-ER model can better meet students’personalized learning needs and is more accurate than other exercise recommendation systems under various metrics on real online education public datasets.

Improvements in Weather Forecasting Technique Using Cognitive Internet of Things

Forecasting the weather is a challenging task for human beings because of the unpredictable nature of the climate.However,effective forecasting is vital for the general growth of a country due to the significance of weather forecasting in science and technology.The primary motivation behind this work is to achieve a higher level of forecasting accuracy to avoid any damage.Currently,most weather forecasting work is based on initially observed numerical weather data that cannot fully cover the changing essence of the atmosphere.In this work,sensors are used to collect real-time data for a particular location to capture the varying nature of the atmosphere.Our solution can give the anticipated results with the least amount of human engagement by combining human intelligence and machine learning with the help of the cognitive Internet of Things.The Authors identified weatherrelated parameters such as temperature,humidity,wind speed,and rainfall and then applied cognitive data collection methods to train and validate their findings.In addition,the Authors have examined the efficacy of various machine learning algorithms by using them on both data sets i.e.,pre-recorded metrological data sets and live sensor data sets collected from multiple locations.The Authors noticed that the results were superior on the sensor data.The Authors developed ensemble learning model using stacked method that achieved 99.25%accuracy,99%recall,99%precision,and 99%F1-score for Sensor data.It also achieved 85%accuracy,86%recall,85%precision,and 86%F1 score for Australian rainfall data.

Transforming Data into Actionable Insights with Cognitive Computing and AI

How organizations analyze and use data for decision-making has been changed by cognitive computing and artificial intelligence (AI). Cognitive computing solutions can translate enormous amounts of data into valuable insights by utilizing the power of cutting-edge algorithms and machine learning, empowering enterprises to make deft decisions quickly and efficiently. This article explores the idea of cognitive computing and AI in decision-making, emphasizing its function in converting unvalued data into valuable knowledge. It details the advantages of utilizing these technologies, such as greater productivity, accuracy, and efficiency. Businesses may use cognitive computing and AI to their advantage to obtain a competitive edge in today’s data-driven world by knowing their capabilities and possibilities [1].

A Cognitive Memory-Augmented Network for Visual Anomaly Detection

With the rapid development of automated visual analysis,visual analysis systems have become a popular research topic in the field of computer vision and automated analysis.Visual analysis systems can assist humans to detect anomalous events(e.g.,fighting,walking alone on the grass,etc).In general,the existing methods for visual anomaly detection are usually based on an autoencoder architecture,i.e.,reconstructing the current frame or predicting the future frame.Then,the reconstruction error is adopted as the evaluation metric to identify whether an input is abnormal or not.The flaws of the existing methods are that abnormal samples can also be reconstructed well.In this paper,inspired by the human memory ability,we propose a novel deep neural network(DNN)based model termed cognitive memory-augmented network(CMAN)for the visual anomaly detection problem.The proposed CMAN model assumes that the visual analysis system imitates humans to remember normal samples and then distinguishes abnormal events from the collected videos.Specifically,in the proposed CMAN model,we introduce a memory module that is able to simulate the memory capacity of humans and a density estimation network that can learn the data distribution.The reconstruction errors and the novelty scores are used to distinguish abnormal events from videos.In addition,we develop a two-step scheme to train the proposed model so that the proposed memory module and the density estimation network can cooperate to improve performance.Comprehensive experiments evaluated on various popular benchmarks show the superiority and effectiveness of the proposed CMAN model for visual anomaly detection comparing with the state-of-the-arts methods.The implementation code of our CMAN method can be accessed at https://github.com/CMANcode/CMAN_pytorch.

CSMCCVA:Framework of cross-modal semantic mapping based on cognitive computing of visual and auditory sensations

Cross-modal semantic mapping and cross-media retrieval are key problems of the multimedia search engine.This study analyzes the hierarchy,the functionality,and the structure in the visual and auditory sensations of cognitive system,and establishes a brain-like cross-modal semantic mapping framework based on cognitive computing of visual and auditory sensations.The mechanism of visual-auditory multisensory integration,selective attention in thalamo-cortical,emotional control in limbic system and the memory-enhancing in hippocampal were considered in the framework.Then,the algorithms of cross-modal semantic mapping were given.Experimental results show that the framework can be effectively applied to the cross-modal semantic mapping,and also provides an important significance for brain-like computing of non-von Neumann structure.

Cognitive Computing-Based Mammographic Image Classification on an Internet of Medical

Recently,the Internet of Medical Things(IoMT)has become a research hotspot due to its various applicability in medical field.However,the data analysis and management in IoMT remain challenging owing to the existence of a massive number of devices linked to the server environment,generating a massive quantity of healthcare data.In such cases,cognitive computing can be employed that uses many intelligent technologies-machine learning(ML),deep learning(DL),artificial intelligence(AI),natural language processing(NLP)and others-to comprehend data expansively.Furthermore,breast cancer(BC)has been found to be a major cause of mortality among ladies globally.Earlier detection and classification of BC using digital mammograms can decrease the mortality rate.This paper presents a novel deep learning-enabled multi-objective mayfly optimization algorithm(DLMOMFO)for BC diagnosis and classification in the IoMT environment.The goal of this paper is to integrate deep learning(DL)and cognitive computing-based techniques for e-healthcare applications as a part of IoMT technology to detect and classify BC.The proposed DL-MOMFO algorithm involved Adaptive Weighted Mean Filter(AWMF)-based noise removal and contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalisation(CLAHE)-based contrast improvement techniques to improve the quality of the digital mammograms.In addition,a U-Net architecture-based segmentation method was utilised to detect diseased regions in the mammograms.Moreover,a SqueezeNet-based feature extraction and a fuzzy support vector machine(FSVM)classifier were used in the presented technique.To enhance the diagnostic performance of the presented method,the MOMFO algorithm was used to effectively tune the parameters of the SqueezeNet and FSVM techniques.The DL-MOMFO technique was tested on the MIAS database,and the experimental outcomes revealed that the DL-MOMFO technique outperformed existing techniques.

Modeling the Social Reinforcement of Misinformation Dissemination on Social Media

Despite the salience of misinformation and its consequences, there still lies a tremendous gap in research on the broader tendencies in collective cognition that compels individuals to spread misinformation so excessively. This study examined social learning as an antecedent of engaging with misinformation online. Using data released by Twitter for academic research in 2018, Tweets that included URL news links of both known misinformation and reliable domains were analyzed. Lindström’s computational reinforcement learning model was adapted as an expression of social learning, where a Twitter user’s posting frequency of news links is dependent on the relative engagement they receive in consequence. The research found that those who shared misinformation were highly sensitive to social reward. Inflation of positive social feedback was associated with a decrease in posting latency, indicating that users that posted misinformation were strongly influenced by social learning. However, the posting frequency of authentic news sharers remained fixed, even after receiving an increase in relative and absolute engagement. The results identified social learning is a contributor to the spread of misinformation online. In addition, behavior driven by social validation suggests a positive correlation between posting frequency, gratification received from posting, and a growing mental health dependency on social media. Developing interventions for spreading misinformation online may profit by assessing which online environments amplify social learning, particularly the conditions under which misinformation proliferates.

Robotic Smart Prosthesis Arm with BCI and Kansei/Kawaii/Affective Engineering Approach.Pt I: Quantum Soft Computing Supremacy

A description of the design stage and results of the development of the conceptual structure of a robotic prosthesis arm is given.As a result,a prototype of man-made smart prosthesis on a 3D printer as well as a foundation for computational intelligence presented.The application of soft computing technology(the first step of IT)allows to extract knowledge directly from the physical signal of the electroencephalogram,as well as to form knowledge-based intelligent robust control of the lower performing level taking into account the assessment of the patient’s emotional state.The possibilities of applying quantum soft computing technologies(the second step of IT)in the processes of robust filtering of electroencephalogram signals for the formation of mental commands of robotic prosthetic arm discussed.Quantum supremacy benchmark of intelligent control simulation demonstrated.

Hybrid-augmented intelligence： collaboration and cognition

The long-term goal of artificial intelligence （AI） is to make machines learn and think like human beings. Due to the high levels of uncertainty and vulnerability in human life and the open-ended nature of problems that humans are facing, no matter how intelligent machines are, they are unable to completely replace humans. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce human cognitive capabilities or human-like cognitive models into AI systems to develop a new form of AI, that is, hybrid-augmented intelligence. This form of AI or machine intelligence is a feasible and important developing model. Hybrid-augmented intelligence can be divided into two basic models： one is human-in-the-loop augmented intelligence with human-computer collaboration, and the other is cognitive computing based augmented intelligence, in which a cognitive model is embedded in the machine learning system. This survey describes a basic framework for human-computer collaborative hybrid-augmented intelligence, and the basic elements of hybrid-augmented intelligence based on cognitive computing. These elements include intuitive reasoning, causal models, evolution of memory and knowledge, especially the role and basic principles of intuitive reasoning for complex problem solving, and the cognitive learning framework for visual scene understanding based on memory and reasoning. Several typical applications of hybrid-augmented intelligence in related fields are given.

A Selective Attention Guided Initiative Semantic Cognition Algorithm for Service Robot

With the development of artificial intelligence and robotics, the study on service robot has made a significant progress in recent years. Service robot is required to perceive users and environment in unstructured domestic environment. Based on the perception,service robot should be capable of understanding the situation and discover service task. So robot can assist humans for home service or health care more accurately and with initiative. Human can focus on the salient things from the mass observation information. Humans are capable of utilizing semantic knowledge to make some plans based on their understanding of the environment. Through intelligent space platform, we are trying to apply this process to service robot. A selective attention guided initiatively semantic cognition algorithm in intelligent space is proposed in this paper. It is specifically designed to provide robots with the cognition needed for performing service tasks. At first, an attention selection model is built based on saliency computing and key area. The area which is highly relevant to service task could be located and referred as focus of attention（FOA）. Second, a recognition algorithm for FOA is proposed based on a neural network. Some common objects and user behavior are recognized in this step. At last, a unified semantic knowledge base and corresponding reasoning engine is proposed using recognition result. Related experiments in a real life scenario demonstrated that our approach is able to mimic the recognition process in humans, make robots understand the environment and discover service task based on its own cognition. In this way, service robots can act smarter and achieve better service efficiency in their daily work.

Cognitive mechanism related to line drawings and its applications in intelligent process of visual media： a survey

Line drawings, as a concise form, can be recognized by infants and even chimpanzees. Recently, how the visual system processes line-drawings attracts more and more attention from psychology, cognitive science and computer science. The neuroscientific studies revealed that line drawings generate similar neural actions as color photographs, which give insights on how to efficiently process big media data. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey on line drawing studies, including cognitive mechanism of visual perception, computational models in computer vision and intelligent process in diverse media applications. Major debates, challenges and solutions that have been addressed over the years are discussed. Finally some of the ensuing challenges in line drawing studies are outlined.

An integrated cognitive computing approach for systematic conceptual design

Conceptual design plays an important role in product life cycle, which requires engineers to use sound design theory, cross-disciplinary knowledge, and complex technical support to acquire design concepts. However, the lack of sufficient computational tools makes it difficult for designers to fully explore in the wide design solution spaces. Therefore, this paper proposes an integrated cognitive computing approach to formalize the cognitive activities of conceptual design. A cognitive computing model composed of concept associative memory, concept generation, and decision-making process is established based on the integration of cognitive psychology and engineering design. First of all, the Hopfield neural network is used to acquire similar concept solutions for specific subfunctions from a knowledge base. Then, morphological matrix and genetic algorithm are introduced to produce a set of feasible candidate solutions in the concept generation process. Furthermore, a technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution is applied to evaluate the generated concept solutions and obtain the optimal solution automatically. Finally, a case study is given to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach.

Call for Papers Special Issue on Cognitive Systems and Computation

The publication of Tsinghua Science and Technology was started in 1996. Since then, it has been an international academic journal sponsored by Tsinghua University and published bimonthly. This journal aims at presenting the state-of-art scientific achievements in computer science and other IT fields. From 2012, the journal enters into IEEE Xplore Digital Library with the open access mode. In 2015, Tsinghua Science and Technology has been indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded with IF 1.250.