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Bayesian Detection of a Change in a Random Sequence with Unknown Initial and Final Distributions
Quickest detection is a class of detection problems whereby the objective is to identify a change in distribution of an observed sequence of random variables as quickly as possible. Quickest detection has been applied to ... -
Belief Propagation Decoding of Finite-Length Polar Codes
(2012-02-01)Polar codes, recently invented by Arikan, are the first class of codes known to achieve the symmetric capacity for a large class of channels. The symmetric capacity is the highest achievable rate subject to using the binary ... -
Bi-Directional AC-DC Converters for Electric Vehicles
Transportation industry typically rely on conventional fossil energy resources such as petroleum. This source of energy, however, is neither renewable nor emission-free. Nowadays transportation sectors are replacing their ... -
Bidirectional AC-DC Converters Using One Cycle Control (OCC) for Electric Vehicles
(2016-07-14)The electric vehicle (EV) market has seen a rapid growth in the recent past. With an increase in the number of electric vehicles on road, there is an increase in the number of high capacity battery banks interfacing the ... -
Bidirectional DC-DC Converters For Aerospace Application
(2016-01-05)This thesis deals with soft-switching bidirectional converters for aerospace applications. The modern More Electric Aircrafts (MEA) have a great demand for efficient, compact, and lightweight converters to interconnect ... -
A Bidirectional Resonant Converter for Aerospace Applications
(2015-01-30)In this thesis, an isolated resonant bidirectional converter is proposed for transportation applications such as mid-size electrified airplanes. The proposed converter is capable of transferring the nominal power in both ... -
Biomechanically Constrained Groupwise Statistical Shape Model to Ultrasound Registration of the Lumbar Spine
(2010-09-28)Spinal needle injections for back pain management are frequently carried out in hospitals and radiological clinics. Currently, these procedures are performed under fluoroscopy or CT guidance in specialized interventional ... -
BitDrones: Design of a Tangible Drone Swarm as a Programmable Matter Interface
This thesis details the design and functionality of BitDrones, a programmable matter interface (PMI) composed of micro cuboid drones. Each self-levitating BitDrone represented a tangible voxel and possessed four degrees ... -
Blind Estimation of Perceptual Quality for Modern Speech Communications
(2009-01-05)Modern speech communication technologies expose users to perceptual quality degradations that were not experienced earlier with conventional telephone systems. Since perceived speech quality is a major contributor to the ... -
Broadband Low-Noise CMOS Mixers For Wireless Communications
(2013-10-03)In this thesis, three broadband low-noise mixing circuits which use CMOS 130 nm technology are presented. As one of the first few stages in a receiving front-end, stringent requirements are posted on mixer performance. The ... -
A Business Process Driven Approach for Automatic Generation of Business Applications
(2011-01-31)Business processes describe a set of tasks for accomplishing business objectives of an organization. Business applications automate business processes to improve the productivity of business users. Nowadays, the business ... -
Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composite Based Electrodes with Ability to Adhere to Hairy Skin for Application in Electrophysiological Sensing
Biopotential recordings such as electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements have applications in medical diagnosis, health care, human-machine interface, entertainment, etc. Electrodes are an important ... -
Cascaded ROADM Filter Replication and the Effects of Statistical Variations in the Response of Cascaded ROADMs on 100 Gb/s DP-QPSK System Performance
This thesis focuses on two distinct investigations: filter replications and the testing of a real-time system. The filter replication section used a Finisar WaveShaper programmable filter, a Yenista adjustable bandpass ... -
Chemical Detection and Sensing Using Optical Interferometry
(2013-09-20)Chemical detection, including analysis of gases and liquids, is a large field in environmental research and industry. It requires sensitive, rapid, and inexpensive chemical sensors. Many industrial materials such as coatings ... -
A Cloud-based Framework for Security Analysis of Browser Extensions
(2016-05-19)In today's internet world, web browsers are an integral part of our day-to-day activities. Therefore, web browser security is a serious concern for all of us. Browsers can be breached in different ways. Because of the over ... -
A CMOS QPSK Demodulator Frontend for GPON
(2010-06-30)This thesis examines the design of a QPSK demodulator frontend for GPON transceiver at end user's side. Since lowering the cost of the terminal transceivers in an access network like GPON is a key requirement, CMOS technology ... -
Cognition in Large Scale Information-Centric Sensor Networks: Novel Deployment and Data Delivery Solutions
(2015-04-30)Smart Cities, enabled by Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), have emerged as one of the most promising applications of the Internet of Things (IoT). These Smart City environments require that the underlying sensor network ... -
Cognitive Diversity Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2010-08-25)Energy efficiency and network lifetime are key factors in characterizing wireless sensor networks due to the nodes having a finite and exhaustible source of energy. Due to the nodes limited energy, it is vital to have the ... -
Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks: A Local Control Approach
(2013-02-06)Cognitive radio is an important technology which aims to improve the spectrum resource utilization and allows a cognitive radio transceiver to detect and sense spectrum holes without causing interference to the primary ... -
Cognitive Solutions for Resource Management in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2013-02-05)Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is an important technology that can be used to provide new data sets for many applications ranging from healthcare monitoring to military surveillance. Due to the increasing popularity of ...