Yiwei Liu¹, Yingnan Zhao^1,*, Yi Chen¹, Zheng Hu¹, Min Xia²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 909-926, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.047901

Abstract Scene text detection is an important task in computer vision. In this paper, we present YOLOv5 Scene Text (YOLOv5ST), an optimized architecture based on YOLOv5 v6.0 tailored for fast scene text detection. Our primary goal is to enhance inference speed without sacrificing significant detection accuracy, thereby enabling robust performance on resource-constrained devices like drones, closed-circuit television cameras, and other embedded systems. To achieve this, we propose key modifications to the network architecture to lighten the original backbone and improve feature aggregation, including replacing standard convolution with depth-wise convolution, adopting the C2 sequence module in place of C3, employing Spatial Pyramid… More >

Kazim Jawad¹, Muhammad Ahmad², Majdah Alvi³, Muhammad Bux Alvi^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 1463-1480, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.047466

Abstract Sentiment analysis, the meta field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), attempts to analyze and identify the sentiments in the opinionated text data. People share their judgments, reactions, and feedback on the internet using various languages. Urdu is one of them, and it is frequently used worldwide. Urdu-speaking people prefer to communicate on social media in Roman Urdu (RU), an English scripting style with the Urdu language dialect. Researchers have developed versatile lexical resources for features-rich comprehensive languages, but limited linguistic resources are available to facilitate the sentiment classification of Roman Urdu. This effort encompasses extracting subjective expressions in Roman Urdu… More >

Di Zhou¹, Jianxun Zhang^1,*, Chao Li², Yifan Guo¹, Bowen Li¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.2, pp. 1821-1842, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.047236

Abstract Text perception is crucial for understanding the semantics of outdoor scenes, making it a key requirement for building intelligent systems for driver assistance or autonomous driving. Text information in car-mounted videos can assist drivers in making decisions. However, Car-mounted video text images pose challenges such as complex backgrounds, small fonts, and the need for real-time detection. We proposed a robust Car-mounted Video Text Detector (CVTD). It is a lightweight text detection model based on ResNet18 for feature extraction, capable of detecting text in arbitrary shapes. Our model efficiently extracted global text positions through the Coordinate Attention Threshold Activation (CATA) and… More >

Peng Gong^1,2,3, Wenzhong Yang^2,3,*, Liejun Wang^2,3, Fuyuan Wei^2,3, KeZiErBieKe HaiLaTi^2,3, Yuanyuan Liao^2,3

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1439-1462, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.038878

Abstract Smart contracts have led to more efficient development in finance and healthcare, but vulnerabilities in contracts pose high risks to their future applications. The current vulnerability detection methods for contracts are either based on fixed expert rules, which are inefficient, or rely on simplistic deep learning techniques that do not fully leverage contract semantic information. Therefore, there is ample room for improvement in terms of detection precision. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a vulnerability detector based on deep learning techniques, graph representation, and Transformer, called GRATDet. The method first performs swapping, insertion, and symbolization operations for contract functions,… More >

Rayan A. Alsemmeari^1,*, Mohamed Yehia Dahab², Badraddin Alturki¹, Abdulaziz A. Alsulami³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1853-1870, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.038589

Abstract Emerging telemedicine trends, such as the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), facilitate regular and efficient interactions between medical devices and computing devices. The importance of IoMT comes from the need to continuously monitor patients’ health conditions in real-time during normal daily activities, which is realized with the help of various wearable devices and sensors. One major health problem is workplace stress, which can lead to cardiovascular disease or psychiatric disorders. Therefore, real-time monitoring of employees’ stress in the workplace is essential. Stress levels and the source of stress could be detected early in the fog layer so that the negative… More >

Cong Lin¹, Chenghao Qiu¹, Can Wu¹, Siling Feng^1,*, Mengxing Huang^1,2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 4317-4340, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036249

Abstract The random-value impulse noise (RVIN) detection approach in image denoising, which is dependent on manually defined detection thresholds or local window information, does not have strong generalization performance and cannot successfully cope with damaged pictures with high noise levels. The fusion of the K-means clustering approach in the noise detection stage is reviewed in this research, and the internal relationship between the flat region and the detail area of the damaged picture is thoroughly explored to suggest an unique two-stage method for gray image denoising. Based on the concept of pixel clustering and grouping, all pixels in the damaged picture… More >

Mohd Asyraf Zulkifley^1,*, Ali Fayyaz Munir², Mohd Edil Abd Sukor³, Muhammad Hakimi Mohd Shafiai⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 4395-4418, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036094

Abstract A well-managed financial market of stocks, commodities, derivatives, and bonds is crucial to a country’s economic growth. It provides confidence to investors, which encourages the inflow of cash to ensure good market liquidity. However, there will always be a group of traders that aims to manipulate market pricing to negatively influence stock values in their favor. These illegal trading activities are surely prohibited according to the rules and regulations of every country’s stock market. It is the role of regulators to detect and prevent any manipulation cases in order to provide a trading platform that is fair and efficient. However,… More >

So-Eun Jeon¹, Sun-Jin Lee¹, Eun-Young Lee¹, Yeon-Ji Lee², Jung-Hwa Ryu², Jung-Hyun Moon², Sun-Min Yi², Il-Gu Lee^1,2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 4231-4253, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.034287

Abstract Recently, with the normalization of non-face-to-face online environments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the possibility of cyberattacks through endpoints has increased. Numerous endpoint devices are managed meticulously to prevent cyberattacks and ensure timely responses to potential security threats. In particular, because telecommuting, telemedicine, and tele-education are implemented in uncontrolled environments, attackers typically target vulnerable endpoints to acquire administrator rights or steal authentication information, and reports of endpoint attacks have been increasing considerably. Advanced persistent threats (APTs) using various novel variant malicious codes are a form of a sophisticated attack. However, conventional commercial antivirus and anti-malware systems that use signature-based… More >

A. Arulmary^1,*, V. Rajamani², T. Kavitha²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.2, pp. 1617-1630, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.034681

Abstract The method opted for accuracy, and no existing studies are based on this method. A design and characteristic survey of a new small band gap semiconducting Single Wall Carbon Nano Tube (SWCNT) Field Effect Transistor as a photodetector is carried out. In the proposed device, better performance is achieved by increasing the diameter and introducing a new single halo (SH) doping in the channel length of the CNTFET device. This paper is a study and analysis of the performance of a Carbon Nano Tube Field Effect Transistor (CNTFET) as a photodetector using the self-consistent Poisson and Green function method. The… More >

Xuyan Song, Yiting Qin, Xinyao Liu, Baojiang Cui^*, Junsong Fu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 2061-2078, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.034505

Abstract Fileless webshell attacks against Java web applications have become more frequent in recent years as Java has gained market share. Webshell is a malicious script that can remotely execute commands and invade servers. It is widely used in attacks against web applications. In contrast to traditional file-based webshells, fileless webshells leave no traces on the hard drive, which means they are invisible to most antivirus software. To make matters worse, although there are some studies on fileless webshells, almost all of them are aimed at web applications developed in the PHP language. The complex mechanism of Java makes researchers face… More >