Background As more large-scale solar arrays (utility-scale) are connected to the energy grid, predicting solar irradiance (e.g., the amount of sunlight hitting the panels) becomes crucial for accurately forecasting the power of these photovoltaic (PV) arrays. This is because solar power generation is highly dependent on sunlight, which is variable...

Background Audio source separation refers to the process of extracting constituent sources from a given audio mixture. Despite being a critical component of audio enhancement and retrieval systems, the task of source separation is severely challenged by variabilities in acoustic conditions and the highly ill-posed nature of this inverse problem. A...

Background A critical performance requirement for embedded computer vision is energy-efficiency in order to preserve battery life for mobile and autonomous platforms. In particular, the image sensor and readout can take up a significant amount of energy in a computer vision pipeline, particularly if the sensor is capturing and processing video data...

Background Despite the upward trends in the solar array industry, adoption of solar technology by main power grids has been challenged by environmental fluctuations. In particular, the shading of arrays caused by cloud cover leads to inconsistent and thus unreliable energy generation. However, effective sensing and characterization of cloud movements...