This graduate project designed and implemented a prototype of an easy-to-use, yet very versatile and powerful 20 sketcher and 30 interactive modeler for architects. The predominant concepts of the modeler design are a simplified and integrated GUI tha . . .

Music information retrieval (MIR) is the fi eld dedicated to the organization and retrieval of music data. One of the eventual goals of MlR research is automatic transcription, where any musical recording can be transcribed to accurate sheet music wit . . .

Parametric and constraint-based design systems are becoming the CAD/CAM standard in most commercial applications. The ability of these systems to create parametric models allows engineers to produce designs that can be modified to fit changing require . . .

The relatively new world of computer science is in the midst of yet another technological revolution. As industry strives to produce ever faster machines and systems, many crossroads are encountered and paths are chosen. In one of the more recent batt . . .

During the last 30 years, the scientific digital image processing community inherited a large amount of legacy software. While algorithms in side this software are very valuable, the User lnterface is usually extremely slow and cumbersome. Most of the . . .

This report describes an implementation of a programming language, SCHEME, as well as a variety of applications. SCHEME is a member of the LISP family of languages. The software engineering methodology is fully explained and is one of the most importa . . .

Policy-based Network is the network on which the traffic management is achieved by applying policies in the network. A policy is a statement defining which traffic should be treated differently in the network. It is defined by an administrator and spe . . .

This thesis studies numeric models of uncertain reasoning based on the theory of probability, the certainty factor theory, the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence, and the theory of fuzzy sets, discusses their application in expert systems, and analyze . . .

When creating enterprise web applications, a software engineer needs to think about the big picture. The software engineer needs to be aware that there is more to a web application than just coding, scripting and different programming languages. The e . . .

Methods are investigated which support the development of a software engineering tool. The general foundation of the paper centers about design concepts, software engineering methodologies, and past and future technologies within the hardware and soft . . .

In this report the design and implementation of a prototype surveillance system which can be remotely controlled over the Internet is described. The hardware module responsible for rotating the camera in two directions, capturing the video and audio a . . .

This work is an implementation of the Christofides Algorithm for the travelling salesman problem in an application. Consider, a person running errands. If they go about it in an intuitive manner, it may happen that the person may find themselves going . . .

This thesis project is about making a highly customizable, intuitive and easy-to-use restaurant point of sale(POS) application running on Windows. The application is implemented as a standalone desktop app using the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foun . . .

JavaScript as a server-side language coupled with the use of NoSQL databases has seen an emergence in recent years with the creation of Node.js and NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB. The purpose of this thesis is to act as a case study to determine the . . .

This thesis includes an interactive system for defining and evaluating microcomputer hardware and software specifications against a set of alternative candidates. The Decision Evaluation Support System (DESS) provides a facility for users to automate . . .

The Space Management System is an continuing project at the Aerospace Corporation. The project started when the Facilities requested that I determine the feasibility of acquiring a Facilities Management software package to manage the existing Aerospac . . .

In recent years, network traffic has increased exponentially due to the rampant use of both wired and wireless devices as well as the conversion of conventional hardware to IP-based hardware. Naturally, the ability to replay network traffic is not onl . . .

This paper documents the operation of one man’s dental practice and the design of an automated dental office management system to meet his requirements and specifications. An Automated Dental Office Management System is an integrated system of program . . .

Apache Spark is an engine for large scale data processing, best described as a more flexible version of the venerable MapReduce framework with the capability to perform in-memory processing to speed up computation. BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search . . .

Apache Spark is an engine for large scale data processing, best described as a more flexible version of the venerable MapReduce framework with the capability to perform in-memory processing to speed up computation. BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search . . .

The most fundamental problem in machine scheduling is load balancing. In previous work it is assumed the work performed by a machine is equal to the load assigned to the machine. However, in many real world cases the work is non-linear in the load ass . . .

This study presents an introduction to the core concepts of machine learning techniques and deep learning algorithms, with an emphasis on artificial neural networks. Furthermore, implementation of Long Short-Term Memory Networks for addressing sequenc . . .

A key challenge in wearable health systems is obtaining continuous blood pressure information. This thesis presents a mobile wireless cuff-less blood pressure system for continuous monitoring. The system-level solution takes advantage of biometric dat . . .

ALI (Ada Programming Language Introduction) is a Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) package. It is designed for users who have no experience with Ada but who have a knowledge of at least one procedural language, such as FORTRAN, Pascal, PL/I, or Algo . . .

The majority of Americans now own a smartphone. We keep our most personal data in pockets and purses, seldom prepared for the pain and distress that loss of our phones can cause. For those with high-security data on their phone, theft of the device ma . . .

This report presents a prototype CAI (Computer-Aided-Instruction) package for B-trees algorithms (BTAP) that simulates a walkthrough of B-trees algorithms using graphic animation. The BTAP package includes four lessons. They are: retrieval, insertion, . . .

This Computer Science Masters Thesis focuses on a specific branch of a much larger scientific research project called the CSUN CubeSat project. This thesis' scope lies solely within the "CSUNSat 1 Get Telemetry' web application. Which is a web applica . . .

Deep Q Learning is a topic that has become very popular of late in the field of Machine Learning (ML), and especially when it comes to games. AlphaGo Zero and AlphaZero are two ML agents that have been created by Google utilizing Deep Q Networks (DQN) . . .

This document presents an Intelligent CAl package for Dynamic Variables and Linked Lists as used in the PASCAL programming language. It is also an exploration of the meaning and scope of ICAI. The report takes a look at ICAI, considering both its pres . . .

Microservices architecture frameworks have been developed by the community of software engineers to solve some of the problems supporting the client-server model. G Remote Procedure Calls (GRPC) is a microservice framework which uses the new HyperText . . .

Our goal in this research is to perform semantic extraction from images. The semantics in question can range from objects, colors, seasons, or events in an image; the topic is well researched in the field of Computer Vision but only recently have rese . . .

Network Neutrality has been a hot topic since the proliferation of the internet. Indeed, there have been numerous efforts by the research community to expose the Quality of Service (QoS) policies that could lead to violations of net neutrality. This p . . .

The "Sentence Understander”, or Natural Language Query Interpreter, will map an English source language into a target representation. The domain of discourse is limited to a form of database query or document retrieval. Data can be retrieved based on . . .

In this thesis project we look at ways to utilize neural networks and computational frameworks to perform automatic image and video colorization, with the focus on one kind of deep neural network architecture – pix2pix. The project is aimed at modelin . . .

Network Optimization for Beginners (NOB) is a Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) package of programs that utilizes graphics, graph theory and networking algorithms to demonstrate network optimization. NOB is designed to aid beginning or advanced student . . .

In most games today there is some sort of artificial intelligence involved. Some of these artificial intelligent Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) [8] require memory structures to store locations of objects in their virtual environment. The type of memor . . .

Energy harvesting is a technique to obtain energy directly from the environment to power devices. Solar radiation is one source of ambient energy that can be used for powering motes in distributed embedded sensor systems. In this thesis, I propose a n . . .

This report describes the design and implementation of a demonstration system called the SIMulation of Finite Automata and Regular Expression recognition (SIMFARE). This software system provides the user with a method of comparing Finite State Machine . . .

Designing, implementing, and testing different user interface (UI) design variants in a virtual reality application (VR), informs best practices regarding the VR space. While there exists some overlap with traditional UI design standards, the VR space . . .

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) have become an indispensable tool for recognizing and responding to suspicious activities targeted at computing resources. They are responsible for analyzing the network traffic and identifying potentially malicious . . .

This thesis introduces a web-based community engagement tool named "Helpfull". Helpfull connects people who need help to willing members of their community who can assist them through the use of targeted messaging. The app connects those in need of he . . .

This work is an implementation of the Christofides Algorithm for the travelling salesman problem in an application. Consider, a person running errands. If they go about it in an intuitive manner, it may happen that the person may find themselves going . . .

The goal of the Visible Algorithms Project at California State University, Northridge is to develop a series of CAI packages that simulate walkthroughs of common algorithms. Initially these CAI packages were developed in a "terminal/machine dependent" . . .

Finding a job that perfectly matches with your strong skills and field of interest is a very challenging job for the job seekers. It is very difficult and time consuming to find a desired job in desired area near by the job seeker’s residence or withi . . .

Envolution is an encryption algorithm which makes use of both convolution and deconvolution to encrypt and decrypt data. The initial idea for Envolution occurred to me back in October 2016. Originally, Envolution was developed to be both a public key . . .

This paper involves the design of a Computer-Aided Instruction package for the Computervision (CV) Graphics System. This idea was brought about by the need for an alternate method for teaching the basic graphics commands to new users of the Computervi . . .

This report describes the design and implementation of KNAP, a knowledge-based expert system that can serve as an automated parliamentarian (i.e., an advisor for parliamentary procedure in a deliberative assembly). The expert knowledge of the system i . . .

A three-dimensional bin-packing problem is considered using the heuristically-controlled search methods of artificial intelligence. The problem is stated as follows: Given a set of n three-dimensional rectangular boxes, where each dimension is in the . . .

Detecting user’s emotional status is one of the most effective aspects that can improve human-computer interaction. In most of the prior emotion detection studies, the focus was on facial expression, speech signal and body language analysis for affect . . .

Ultrasonic imaging is a technique which uses ultrasound waves to allow objects not naturally visible (such as internal anatomical structures) to be visualized. It is an important diagnostic method in medicine. One application is the detection of ather . . .

Abstract TOOL FOR GENERATION OF DATABASE APPLICATION TEST CASES By Kazi Shahdat Hossain Master of Science in Computer Science There are many safety critical applications out there which require a great amount of verification and validation. This is a . . .

In this thesis, we propose a distributed memory parallel computer-testing tool called the sandbox. The evaluation of parallel programs runs in the controlled environment with cloud computing instances, where a single instance is used to monitor and co . . .

Querying large datasets has become easier with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop's MapReduce. Large public datasets are becoming more available and can be found on the Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud. In particular, Web Data Commons (Web Data Common . . .

Software projects today are increasing in size and complexity. Planning and leading software projects can be challenging and require staff planning, monitoring and controlling. Software organizations can have multiple projects executed at one time and . . .

The goal of this project is to create a prototype application to represent server metrics in 3D space within a browser. This project consists of three major components: the metric monitoring framework Sensu, the historical data publisher and web servi . . .

In recent years, Cloud computing has been touted as the next great development in the information technology business [1]. Cloud computing provides organizations around the world with the opportunity to focus on expanding their business and leave the . . .

The objective of this project is to measure the accuracy of using a high decibel sound as a reference for synchronizing audio recordings in a system composed of mobile devices and cloud technologies. The implementation is compared with one that only r . . .

A design of an electronic mail system for picking up messages and delivering them among outside client systems is presented. The mail system was designed to permit users not connected by existing networks to exchange messages and/or files. The report . . .

This project report encompasses the specification, design and implementation of a prototype CAI (Computer Aided Instruction) package for binary-tree operations. It includes five lessons. The lessons are: INTRODUCTION, TRAVERSAL, RETRRIEVAL, INSERTION . . .

This thesis discusses the design and development of a real-time High Order Language (HOL) program. The function of the program is to control, test, and calibrate an inertial reference system built by Teledyne Systems Company. This project evolved out . . .

Machine Translation and Natural Language Processing are two key fields of technology that are bringing the world together. Machine Translation eliminates the barrier for communicating with people who speak a different tongue. The roots of Machine Tran . . .

There is interest in making the relational data model to employ more meaningful concepts in its usage. This project intends to allow the user to retrieve data in data dependency form such that the relationships among attributes are transparent to user . . .

In this thesis, a comparison of GPU and CPU based computation using consumer grade hardware and parallel programming languages in a raytracer is presented. The raytracers presented make use of C++, Intel's SIMD CPU language and compiler: ISPC, and Nvi . . .

This project presents the prototype implementation of the database compiler (DB_Compiler) which is to be embedded as one of database tools of Computer Aided Design Information System (CADIS) in SARA/IDEAS Tool Building System (TBS). The SARA/IDEAS TBS . . .

The search for factoring algorithms has been ongoing for about 300 years. Still there does not exist any method that can practically decompose general integers of 100 digits or more. The problem is so intractable that large composite integers have bee . . .

Modern networks are built and engineered on the premise that all traffic within the net- work is treated with the same set of uniform rules. Many of our networking protocols, security measures, and measurements rely on this paradigm. Over time ISPs, a . . .

The purpose of this project is to: (1) design with discrete logic components a digital controller for a 4~phase stepper motor:, (2) write a software program to control a 4-phase stepper motor, and ( 3) compare the advantages and disadvantages of hardw . . .

This project implements a solution to the semester class scheduling problem faced by the CSUN Computer Science Department each term. I wrote a web application following typical Agile software development practices including project requirement elicita . . .

In this thesis, problems are considered that arise in distributed computing environments, such as shared memory multiprocessor systems where memory is physically distributed amongst the processing nodes. Classic results in paging, file migration, file . . .

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship of electroencephalogram (EEG) data using insight meditation techniques versus effects demonstrated using alternate nostril breathing techniques. The alternate nostril breathing technique consis . . .

The primary objective of this thesis is to study the accessibility of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) using telepresence robots. Through the research of telepresence robots and the in-depth study of IDDs, and analyzing t . . .

The Visible Algorithms project at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) was designed to provide students with a series of computer-assisted instruction packages which simulate common algorithms. A major objective of this project is to make su . . .

In this thesis, an image-based non-obtrusive indoor navigation system for the visually impaired is presented. The system makes use of image processing algorithms to extract floor regions from images captured from a wearable eye-mounted heads-up displa . . .

Typically more than 50 percent of software development cost goes into software testing. Thus, there is a critical need for cost effective, easily used and reliable software verification and validation methodologies. This thesis contains a comparative . . .

While medical records have been digitized and technology has benefited physicians and hospitals in the last decade, the general population continues to struggle with finding and maintaining their own medical records. This project is intended to be the . . .

Thanks to the dynamic and improved encoding structures of the AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) standard, considerably high rates of data compression efficiency have been achieved. Developed by the Alliance for Open Media, AV1 was designed to become an alternativ . . .

Visual impairments affect the way people live their lives, making it difficult or impossible for visually impaired people to accomplish certain everyday tasks that sighted people take for granted. Reading represents a significant example of one of the . . .

A compiler generator is a system which accepts the formal description of a computer language and produces a compiler capable of translating sentences in the language into a usable form. The goal of this project was not to produce a system suitable for . . .

Steganography is an ancient science and the art of hiding information. Its counterpart, steganalysis, on the other hand, is the skill of detecting the hidden information. The growth of the Internet in recent decades created a battle field for both ste . . .

The general-purpose computer-assisted instruction (GPCAI) program described in this report is a CAI lesson authoring language which was designed to reduce the complexity of creating CAI lessons. A brief look at the trends which preceded the present st . . .

This project involves the introduction of software engineering methods and accompanying automated tools to one software development organization. A survey of the literature on tool development and a description of the specific development environment . . .

Abstract ClueSifter: A Clue-Managing Data-Sieve Software System for Law Enforcement Personnel By Ryan Debbiny Master of Science in Computer Science ClueSifter: A Clue-Managing Data-Sieve Software System for Law Enforcement Personnel is being completed . . .

Assembly programming language is taught to the students with computer science major in COMP 122 Computer Architecture course. Since assembly programming languages are considered low level programming languages, it is pretty challenging to learn and us . . .

Algorithms are an important topic in both computer science and software engineering because they form the foundation of creating efficient programs and applications. I created an algorithm visualization (AV) tool for CSUN faculty members, students, an . . .

Many animated films, computer games, and simulations attempt to mimic naturalistic terrain in a three-dimensional environment in hope of immersing the audience into the world it creates. Creating such terrain in a three-dimensional environment is not . . .

This paper will introduce some popular statistical forecasting techniques in production control for Intelligent Computer Aided Instruction(ICAI) application, and show how logic knowledge representation, deduction and theorem proving can be applied to . . .

This graduate project is an extension of the author's work as an artist. Emphasis is placed on facial expressions and motion using line drawings. These drawings are displayed on an Amiga 1000 personal computer. The motion consists of forty drawings di . . .

This report describes a design of an electronic mail system called the Computer Message System(CMS). This system provides the user with tools to compose, send, receive, store, retrieve and forward messages. The CMS is designed on the NOS time-sharing . . .

Mobile devices today along with voice communication, provide us with a whole host of services such as instant messaging, video streaming, web surfing, social services (Twitter, Facebook) etc, where ever we go, through the use of mobile applications mo . . .

Skin infections and diseases are incredibly normal in everyone's day by day life. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, one in every four American is impacted by some kind of skin condition every year. The academy also stated that skin dis . . .

With ever increasing advancements in technology, there has also been a growth in the number of ways one can use these tools for entertainment. One such medium has been video games, while usually seen as a way to pass the time, can also be used as a te . . .

This project intends to provide enhanced productivity features to the Benefits Module of Oracle Human Resources Management System, which is part of Oracle Enterprise Business Suite of Oracle Applications, using the Waterfall method of Software Develop . . .

This thesis project is about making a highly customizable, intuitive and easy-to-use restaurant point of sale(POS) application running on Windows. The application is implemented as a standalone desktop app using the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foun . . .

In this project, MS-Access is used as the database for creating and modifying tables. SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing) Business Objects (BO) is used to create universe (views) by joining the tables using SQL. New fields or n . . .

A screen oriented prototype Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI) package about recursion is presented. It includes four recursive algorithms: Factorial, Binary Search, Tower of Hanoi, and Binomial Coefficients. This report briefly reviews the effectivenes . . .

This report is an investigative study on whether a DBHS has a place in a research environment. The study concentrated on the use of large social science data sets. The following topics were examined: how social science data sets are used in a research . . .

The MMSA model works closely with optimization of algorithms and applications. The difference between an application and the MMSA integrated application is the ability of the MMSA to provide optimized solutions to the already existing one. The key ing . . .

Mahjong is a traditional tile game in East Asia. Although randomness and luck affect playing, calculation and analysis can increase the chance of winning. The main aim of this project is to develop an AI that helps a player to play mahjong with reason . . .

Creating quality software within time, budget, and scope constraints is an ambitious undertaking. Since the beginning of the software industry's history, people have been trying to implement processes to ensure success, and yet there are still many fa . . .

This surface fitting program was designed for the student of graphics who has a special interest in shape modeling techniques. The techniques studied are used when the primary concern is not the computation of derived properties such as areas and volu . . .