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Power Distribution System Faults and Wildfires: Mechanisms and Prevention by Sahan Bandara, Pathmanthan Rajeev, Emad Gad

“…Wildfires are one of the most hazardous natural disasters in Australia in terms of fatalities, property damage and financial losses. Events of catastrophic…”
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Adaptive caches as a defense mechanism against cache side-channel attacks by Bandara, Sahan, Kinsy, Michel A.

“…Side-channel attacks exploit architectural features of computing systems and algorithmic properties of applications executing on these systems to steal…”
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Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete for Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Concrete Structures: A Suitability Assessment by Bandara, Sahan, Wijesundara, Kushan, Rajeev, Pat

“…Ultra-high-performance fibre-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is a cementitious composite which contains fibres. UHPFRC has emerged as an effective structural…”
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Bushfire Management Strategies: Current Practice, Technological Advancement and Challenges by Bandara, Sahan, Navaratnam, Satheeskumar, Rajeev, Pathmanathan

“…Bushfires are classified as catastrophic disasters capable of inflicting significant destruction. The key detrimental consequences of bushfires include the…”
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Failure assessment of deteriorated steel light poles by Wijaya, Hendrik, Bandara, Sahan, Rajeev, Pathmanathan, Gad, Emad, Shan, Johnny

“…Steel poles are extensively used as street light posts and various other applications within the power distribution network. For partially buried pole, the…”
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Structural Assessment Techniques for In-Service Crossarms in Power Distribution Networks by Rajeev, Pathmanthan, Bandara, Sahan, Gad, Emad, Shan, Johnny

“…Crossarms are widely used in power distribution and telecommunication sectors to support overhead cables. These structures are horizontally attached to the top…”
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Validation of multispectral imaging for the detection of selected adulterants in turmeric samples by Chaminda Bandara, Wele Gedara, Kasun Prabhath, Gode Withanage, Sahan Chinthana Bandara Dissanayake, Dissanayake Walawwe, Herath, Vijitha Rohana, Roshan Indika Godaliyadda, Gunawath Mudiyanselage, Bandara Ekanayake, Mervyn Parakrama, Demini, Dhanushika, Madhujith, Terrence

“…Turmeric (Curcuma longa), is a popular spice in traditional cuisine and now is globally available. As in the case of many widespread spices, turmeric powder is…”
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A review on condition assessment technologies for power distribution network infrastructure by Bandara, Sahan, Rajeev, Pathmanathan, Gad, Emad

“…Reliable performance of the electricity distribution networks is critical to avoid outages and disruptions which may lead to substantial economic losses. Some…”
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Long-Range MD Electrostatics Force Computation on FPGAs by Bandara, Sahan, Ducimo, Anthony, Wu, Chunshu, Herbordt, Martin

“…Strong scaling of long-range electrostatic force computation, which is a central concern of long timescale molecular dynamics simulations, is challenging for…”
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Structural health assessment techniques for in-service timber poles by Bandara, Sahan, Rajeev, Pathmanathan, Gad, Emad

“…Timber utility poles are widely used in power distribution and telecommunication networks. Wood is subjected to deterioration with time, and routine condition…”
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FPGA-Accelerated Range-Limited Molecular Dynamics by Wu, Chunshu, Yang, Chen, Bandara, Sahan, Geng, Tong, Guo, Anqi, Haghi, Pouya, Li, Ang, Herbordt, Martin

“…Long timescale Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation of small molecules is crucial in drug design and basic science. To accelerate a small data set that is…”
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Component Design for Application-Directed FPGA System Generation Frameworks by Bandara, Sahan Lakshitha

“…Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can fulfill many critical and contrasting roles in modern computing due to their combination of powerful computing and…”
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Biotransformation of β‐hydroxypyruvate and glycolaldehyde to l‐erythrulose by Pichia pastoris strain GS115 overexpressing native transketolase by Wei, Yu‐Chia, Braun‐Galleani, Stephanie, Henríquez, Maria José, Bandara, Sahan, Nesbeth, Darren

“…Transketolase is a proven biocatalytic tool for asymmetric carbon‐carbon bond formation, both as a purified enzyme and within bacterial whole‐cell…”
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Investigating the Viability of Adaptive Caches as a Defense Mechanism Against Cache Side-Channel Attacks by Bandara, Sahan Lakshitha

“…The ongoing miniaturization of semiconductor manufacturing technologies has enabled the integration of tens to hundreds of processing cores on a single chip…”
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Multi-Core Multi-Rule VeBPF Firewall for Secure FPGA IoT Device Deployments by Tahir, Zaid, Bandara, Sahan, Herbordt, Martin

“…FPGAs are often deployed in IoT devices: sensor technology is advancing rapidly and microcontrollers may be unable to handle the needed throughput. But with…”
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Performance Evaluation of VirtIO Device Drivers for Host-FPGA PCIe Communication by Bandara, Sahan, Sanaullah, Ahmed, Tahir, Zaid, Drepper, Ulrich, Herbordt, Martin

“…Unleashing the full potential of FPGAs as offload devices requires Host-FPGA connectivity that is reliable, robust, and uniform; and that implements (at least)…”
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Enabling VirtIO Driver Support on FPGAs by Bandara, Sahan, Sanaullah, Ahmed, Tahir, Zaid, Drepper, Ulrich, Herbordt, Martin

“…Host-FPGA connectivity is critical for enabling a vast number of FPGA use cases in data centers, edge, and IoT. This interface must be reliable, robust, and…”
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FASDA: An FPGA-Aided, Scalable and Distributed Accelerator for Range-Limited Molecular Dynamics by Wu, Chunshu, Geng, Tong, Guo, Anqi, Bandara, Sahan, Haghi, Pouya, Liu, Chuan, Li, Ang, Herbordt, Martin

“…Conducting long-timescale simulations of small molecules using Molecular Dynamics (MD) is crucial in drug design. However, traditional methods to accelerate…”
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Optimized Mappings for Symmetric Range-Limited Molecular Force Calculations on FPGAs by Wu, Chunshu, Bandara, Sahan, Geng, Tong, Guo, Anqi, Haghi, Pouya, Sachdeva, Vipin, Sherman, Woody, Herbordt, Martin

“…In N-body applications, the efficient evaluation of range-limited forces depends on applying certain constraints, including a cut-off radius and force symmetry…”
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System-Level Modeling of GPU/FPGA Clusters for Molecular Dynamics Simulations by Wu, Chunshu, Bandara, Sahan, Geng, Tong, Sachdeva, Vipin, Sherman, Woody, Herbordt, Martin

“…FPGA-accelerated molecular dynamics (MD) research dates back to almost two decades ago and is still being actively studied. MD on FPGA clusters, however, is…”
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