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(2015-01-21)Möbius is an extensible modeling environment used to validate the reliability, availability, security, and performance of computer systems. It provides graphical editors through which users can construct system models or ...
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(2010-08-20)A novel image representation is proposed in this thesis to capture both the appearance and locality information for image classification applications. First, we model the feature vectors, from various granularity levels ...
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(2010-08-20)Fat-water separation is a classical problem for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging, with multiple applications both in cases where the aim is the removal of fat signal, as well as in cases where the fat signal itself is ...
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(2008)Visual detection and tracking of faces in complex scenes is a very interesting and challenging problem. In general, real human-computer interaction scenarios present significant challenges to most face detection and tracking ...
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(2000)This thesis addresses the problem of detecting human emotional expressions by computer from the voice and facial motions of the user. The computer is equipped with a microphone to listen to the user's voice, and a video ...
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(2001)The effectiveness of the proposed JSCM techniques, MD optimization criterion and JSNM transport protocol is illustrated using simulations based on various video source coders and standard channel coders.
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(2010-05-19)As the use of the Internet evolves, more and more applications require quality of service constraints such as end-to-end delay requirements, in addition to throughput guarantees. We have developed a framework for rate and ...
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(2014-05-30)Since the advent of the Kinect camera, depth videos have become easily accessible to consumers and researchers, allowing a variety of complex classification tasks to be done more accurately and easily than with RGB videos. ...
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(1990)This thesis addresses the problem of testing complex VLSI circuits. Traditional test generation used either low level gate descriptions or low level heuristics such as controllability and observability. In this thesis we ...
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(1997)This dissertation focuses on efficiently forming reduced-order models for large, linear dynamic systems. Projections onto unions of Krylov subspaces lead to a class of reduced-order models known as rational interpolants. ...
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(2001)Power system applications are computationally intense, and therefore there is a need to develop new methods for performing these calculations. This study proposes the use of numerical methods based on the Krylov subspace ...
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Kurtosis-based blind beamforming: an adaptive, subband implementation with a convergence improvement (2014-01-16)In many speech applications, a single talker is captured in the presence of background noise using a multi-microphone array. Without knowledge of the array geometry, talker location, or the room response, many traditional ...
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(2014-05-30)This dissertation involves L1 adaptive control development and analysis in the presence of quantization and system delays, addressing quantized uncertain systems and delayed uncertain systems. We discuss three cases of ...
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(2011-01-21)Firstly, a novel fabrication strategy combining a nano-replica molding technique and a horizontal dipping technique has been demonstrated for the fabrication of solid state organic distributed feedback laser (DFB) biosensors. ...
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(2009)The DFB laser sensor represents a departure from conventional passive resonant sensors insofar as the device actively generates its own narrowband high-intensity output without stringent requirements on the coupling ...
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(2019-02-11)Cellular metabolism plays a critical role in human health and homeostasis and is implicated in a large number of pathological conditions. While clinical imaging tools have emerged to probe metabolism at the tissue and organ ...
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(2010-08-20)The current real-time systems course (CS 424) needed to be revamped to incorporate current trends in industry and research. Consequently, this would include incorporating cyber-physical systems (CPS) into a full-fledged ...
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(1995)The automation of highways as part of the IVHS program is seen as a way to alleviate congestion on urban highways. This thesis discusses the concept of lane assignment in the context of automated highway systems (AHS). ...
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Large Signal HBT Model and Integrated Circuit Design Using 300-Ghz Indium Phosphide HBT Technology (2005)This work describes a modeling approach including the nonlinear effects in the base-collector region covering current blocking, velocity modulation and self-heating. Model is verified in terms of single devices and integrated ...
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