Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) play an important role in the decarbonization of the transportation sector. For a wider adoption of ZEVs, providing a reliable infrastructure is critical. We present a machine learning approach that uses unsupervised temporal clustering algorithm along with survey analysis to determine infr…
Develops a framework to assess infrastructure reliability under natural and malicious events.
problem Assessing reliability and costs of infrastructure under various hazards.
method Coupling mechanical reliability analyses with economical reliability analyses using probabilistic considerations.
result Indicators of probable cost of failure for infrastructure, aiding safety investments.
Natural disasters can have catastrophic impacts on the functionality of infrastructure systems and cause severe physical and socio-economic losses. Given budget constraints, it is crucial to optimize decisions regarding mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery practices for these systems. This requires accurate…
We combine Bayesian networks (BNs) and structural reliability methods (SRMs) to create a new computational framework, termed enhanced Bayesian network (eBN), for reliability and risk analysis of engineering structures and infrastructure. BNs are efficient in representing and evaluating complex probabilistic dependence …
Study evaluates machine learning methods for large-scale network reliability, revealing ANN's and PR's performance.
problem Tackles the NP-hard problem of approximating binary-state network reliability for large-scale systems.
method Compares 20 machine learning methods across three reliability regimes and evaluates their performance on large-scale networks.
result Large-scale networks with arc reliability ≥ 0.9 exhibit near-unity system reliability, enabling computational simplifications.
Open-source Vizier optimizes complex systems for Google and beyond.
problem Optimizing large-scale systems with multiple objectives and constraints.
method Distributed, fault-tolerant, flexible API for blackbox optimization.
result OSS Vizier supports a wide range of optimization problems and is available as open-source.
Study finds macroeconomic indicators predict health workforce and infrastructure measures.
problem Evaluating the predictive value of macroeconomic indicators for public health targets.
method Examined multiple forecasting approaches including neural networks, generalized additive models, random forests, and time series models with exogenous indicators.
result Macroeconomic indicators provide consistent and reproducible predictive signals for health workforce and infrastructure measures, but less so for other targets.
The prevalent view in the economics literature is that a high level of infrastructure investment is a precursor to economic growth. China is especially held up as a model to emulate. Based on the largest dataset of its kind, this paper punctures the twin myths that, first, infrastructure creates economic value, and, se…
PowRL uses RL to manage power grids robustly, reducing overloads and maintaining power reliability.
problem Managing transient stability and preventing blackouts in power networks with uncertain generation and load demands.
method PowRL leverages a novel heuristic for overload management and RL-guided topology selection to ensure safe and reliable operation.
result PowRL outperforms other agents in L2RPN challenges, demonstrating robust performance in various scenarios.
VTrackIt creates a synthetic dataset with infrastructure and vehicle info for AVs.
problem Lack of infrastructure and pooled vehicle info in existing AV datasets.
method Developed VTrackIt, a synthetic dataset with intelligent infrastructure and pooled vehicle info, and introduced InfraGAN for trajectory predictions.
result VTrackIt reduces high-risk edge cases in AV trajectory predictions.
The Economist recently reported that infrastructure spending is the largest it is ever been as a share of world GDP. With $22 trillion in projected investments over the next ten years in emerging economies alone, the magazine calls it the "biggest investment boom in history." The efficiency of infrastructure planning a…
The UN Sustainable Development Goals allude to the importance of infrastructure quality in three of its seventeen goals. However, monitoring infrastructure quality in developing regions remains prohibitively expensive and impedes efforts to measure progress toward these goals. To this end, we investigate the use of wid…
The article first describes characteristics of major infrastructure projects. Second, it documents a much neglected topic in economics: that ex ante estimates of costs and benefits are often very different from actual ex post costs and benefits. For large infrastructure projects the consequence is cost overruns, benefi…
Study evaluates deep learning models for solar flare prediction with interpretability analysis.
problem Lack of interpretability in deep learning models for solar flare prediction.
method Proximity-based metric for analyzing attribution maps generated by Guided Grad-CAM.
result Models' predictions align with active region characteristics, offering insights into their behavior.
Though distribution system operators have been adding more sensors to their networks, they still often lack an accurate real-time picture of the behavior of distributed energy resources such as demand responsive electric loads and residential solar generation. Such information could improve system reliability, economic…
Cryptocurrency markets show similar returns but different volatility responses to infrastructure and regulatory shocks.
problem Understanding how cryptocurrency markets differentiate between infrastructure and regulatory shocks.
method Event-level block bootstrap inference on 31 cryptocurrency events across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano (2019-2025).
result No statistically significant difference in cumulative abnormal returns between infrastructure failures and regulatory enforcement.
A novel outlier score detects new road infrastructure images.
problem Detecting newly observed road infrastructure images.
method Entropy-based outlier score using directed nearest neighbor graphs.
result High potential of the proposed technique in identifying outliers.
Estimates Mozambique's population using remote sensing and microcensus data.
problem Lack of frequent population estimation due to censuses lacking spatio-temporal resolution.
method Combines remote sensing, microcensus data, and transfer learning with publicly available datasets.
result Population predictions improve with footprint area estimation using transfer learning.
Hybrid framework predicts Arctic permafrost decline, risks infrastructure, and provides tools.
problem Tackles permafrost decline and infrastructure risk assessment in Arctic territories.
method Hybrid physics-machine learning framework integrating 2.9 million observations.
result Projects mean permafrost fraction decline of -20.3 pp under RCP8.5 forcing, with high-risk zones identified.
This study analyzes dynamic connectedness in global supply chain infrastructure portfolios, identifying key risk factors and extreme events.
problem Understanding dynamic connectedness in global supply chain infrastructure portfolios under various risk factors and extreme events.
method Time-varying parameter vector autoregression (TVP-VAR) model to study spillover and interconnectedness of risk factors.
result Risk shocks influence dynamic connectedness between portfolios and risk factors, and extreme events affect investment outcomes.
IntraLayer connects digital finance platforms efficiently.
problem Inefficient interconnectivity in digital finance.
method Core infrastructure and adaptive fiscal policy.
result Optimised transactional efficiency for various agents.
DUPLE tackles cross-deployment recognition in fiber-optic perimeter security with meta-learning.
problem Cross-deployment recognition challenges in fiber-optic perimeter security due to label scarcity and distribution shifts.
method DUPLE employs statistically guided meta-learning to enhance recognition robustness across unseen deployments.
result DUPLE consistently outperforms traditional and meta-learning baselines in cross-deployment DFOS benchmarks.
This paper argues, first, that a major problem in the planning of large infrastructure projects is the high level of misinformation about costs and benefits that decision makers face in deciding whether to build, and the high risks such misinformation generates. Second, it explores the causes of misinformation and risk…
Research quantifies financial exclusion risks in UK, focusing on cash infrastructure and socio-economic factors.
problem Localised financial exclusion in the UK as cash infrastructure declines.
method Developed a composite indicator using various input variables.
result Financial exclusion is more prevalent in deprived communities and affluent areas.
Fragmented exchanges arise due to speed advantages in high-activity regions.
problem Fragmentation of distributed securities exchanges due to speed advantages in high-activity regions.
method Economic model and Monte Carlo simulations of a decentralized exchange with two miner clusters.
result Speed advantage increases with infrastructure asymmetry between regions.
Deep learning detects cyber-attacks in smart grid systems.
problem Cyber-attacks on smart grid systems.
method Deep learning-based intrusion detection system trained on industrial dataset.
result Proposed system outperforms Naive Bayes, SVM, and Random Forest.
Infrastructure monitors AI/ML radiology models across multiple sites.
problem Monitoring and improving AI/ML radiology models across multiple sites.
method Interactive radiology reporting, centralized cloud system, post-marketing surveillance.
result Efficient monitoring and iterative development of AI/ML models without radiologist burden.
Automated road infrastructure mapping using connected vehicle data and deep learning.
problem Manual identification of intersections is laborious and time-consuming.
method Geohashing, YOLOv5 algorithm for classification of road segments and intersections.
result Overall classification accuracy of 95%, with high F1 scores for straight roads and intersections.
Methodology measures financial impacts using existing credit loss infrastructure.
problem Measuring the impact of financial scenarios on expected credit losses.
method Captures scenario effects through changes in default probabilities; uses existing provisioning infrastructure.
result Methodology validated through standardized climate scenario exercise in Canada and Quebec.
Cooperative perception improves 3D object detection in autonomous vehicles.
problem Limited field-of-view and occlusion in single sensor data.
method Early fusion of point clouds from multiple sensors, late fusion of independently detected bounding boxes, and hybrid combination.
result Early fusion approach outperforms late fusion by significantly higher recall (95%) compared to single-point sensing (30%).
Study assesses 'big data' in materials science, highlighting challenges.
problem Understanding what constitutes 'big data' in materials science.
method Selected examples of machine learning models, data quality, and infrastructure requirements.
result Big data presents unique challenges in materials science.
Study uses Perelman and Ricci flow methods to analyze economic inequality.
problem Impact of socio-economic challenges and technological progress on economic inequality.
method Perelman model and Ricci flow methods.
result Technological innovations and social protection programs reduce inequality.
LSTM models predict low likelihood of another COVID-19 wave in India.
problem Inaccurate and unreliable COVID-19 infection forecasting models due to data limitations and model complexity.
method Application of LSTM, bidirectional LSTM, and encoder-decoder LSTM models for multi-step infection forecasting.
result Predictions indicate low likelihood of another wave in October and November 2021.
This paper ranks Latin American countries based on AI potential.
problem Identifying emerging AI powers in Latin America.
method Ranking based on infrastructure, education, and finance.
result Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Ecuador are new emerging powers in AI.
Proposes a multi-objective variational autoencoder for smart infrastructure damage detection.
problem Detecting and diagnosing damage in smart infrastructure using multi-way data.
method Multi-objective variational autoencoder (MVA) method for smart infrastructure damage detection and diagnosis.
result The method accurately detects structural damage, estimates severity, and captures damage locations.
Optimizes electric aircraft deployment for Canadian aviation to reduce emissions.
problem Limited fleet capacity and operational structure hinder electric aircraft transition.
method Multi-period mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) framework.
result Electric aircraft can reduce emissions by over 70% within five years.
Despite incredible recent advances in machine learning, building machine learning applications remains prohibitively time-consuming and expensive for all but the best-trained, best-funded engineering organizations. This expense comes not from a need for new and improved statistical models but instead from a lack of sys…
To be prepared against cyberattacks, most organizations resort to security information and event management systems to monitor their infrastructures. These systems depend on the timeliness and relevance of the latest updates, patches and threats provided by cyberthreat intelligence feeds. Open source intelligence platf…
Paper proposes a new method for predicting DER adoption with hierarchical guarantees.
problem Accurately predicting DER adoption in electric grids with uncertainty and spatial disparity.
method Multivariate Hawkes process for modeling DER adoption dynamics and split conformal prediction algorithm for hierarchical validity.
result Empirical evaluation shows superior predictive accuracy and uncertainty calibration compared to existing methods.
We collect and analyze the data for working time, life expectancy, and the pair output and infrastructure of industrializing nations. During S-functional recovery from disaster the pair's time shifts yield 25 years for the infrastructure's physical lifetime. At G7 level the per capita outputs converge and the time shif…
This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of cost escalation in transportation infrastructure projects. Based on a sample of 258 transportation infrastructure projects worth US$90 billion and representing different project types, geographical regions, and historical periods, it is fou…
Satellite imagery and ML improve livelihood measurements and estimate electrification's impact.
problem Sparse data hinders policy development and evaluation.
method Satellite imagery, machine learning, and ML inference techniques.
result Grid access improves rural asset wealth by 0.17 standard deviations.
Blockchain helps secure payments between AI agents.
problem Ensuring secure payments between untrusted AI agents.
method Systematized four-stage lifecycle for A2A payments on blockchain.
result Challenges remain in weak intent binding, misuse, and limited accountability.
NCPF model improves traffic data imputation with neural and tensor methods.
problem Pervasive missing data in traffic analysis due to sensor failures and gaps.
method Neural Canonical Polyadic Factorization (NCPF) integrating CP decomposition and deep learning.
result NCPF outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in urban traffic datasets.
Neural networks compress and sample WDN contamination dynamics efficiently.
problem Infrastructure monitoring of complex, networked systems like water distribution networks is expensive and challenging.
method Developed Graph Fourier Transform (GFT) operators and neural networks (NN) for efficient data collection and inference.
result High accuracy reconstruction of contamination dynamics using only 5-10% of the sample set.
Bayesian model predicts crack evolution on rails with uncertainties.
problem Predicting crack evolution on railways due to complex interactions and uncertainties.
method Robust Bayesian multi-horizon approach with constraints.
result Trade-off between prediction accuracy and constraint compliance.
Managing large-scale transportation infrastructure projects is difficult due to frequent misinformation about the costs which results in large cost overruns that often threaten the overall project viability. This paper investigates the explanations for cost overruns that are given in the literature. Overall, four categ…
This paper investigates a paradigm for offering artificial intelligence as a service (AI-aaS) on software-defined infrastructures (SDIs). The increasing complexity of networking and computing infrastructures is already driving the introduction of automation in networking and cloud computing management systems. Here we …