Browsing Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Theses by Title
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Identification and Rendering of Contact Dynamic Models in Robotic and Haptic Systems
Haptic simulation systems allow kinesthetic interaction between users and virtual environments. These environments are represented using mathematical models which simulate the contact dynamics of real objects. However, the ... -
Image Retrieval using Landmark Indexing for Indoor Navigation
(2014-04-25)A novel approach is proposed for real-time retrieval of images from a large database of overlapping images of an indoor environment. The procedure extracts visual features from images using selected computer vision techniques, ... -
Impact Study of Multimode Fibre Taper in Modal Noise Under Restricted Offset Launch Conditions
(2007-11-15)Delivering high bandwidth to the individual household or small business is currently a major bottleneck in the high speed network, a problem referred to as the last mile issue. Multimode fibre is widely deployed in the ... -
Imperceptible Pattern Embedding: Structured Light Steganography For Augmented Reality Applications
In this work, we describe a novel PROCAM sensor which uses steganographic techniques to embed imperceptible patterns in structured light, allowing a projector to function both as a versatile display device and a sensor for ... -
Imperceptible Structured Light Projection Mapping for Augmented Reality
A novel method is proposed to imperceptibly embed structured light patterns in projected content and decode them to extract a real time range image stream suitable for dynamic projection mapping applications. A commercially ... -
Implementation of coarse-grain coherence tracking support in ring-based multiprocessors
(2007-10-25)As the number of processors in multiprocessor system-on-chip devices continues to increase, the complexity required for full cache coherence support is often unwarranted for application-specific designs. Bus-based interconnects ... -
Implications of Fiber Nonlinearities on Coherent Optical Fiber Communications
A primary objective of optical system design is to satisfy the ever-increasing capacity demand for communication services. Fulfilling this target by increasing the cardinality of modulation formats is at the expense of a ... -
Improved Land Vehicle Navigation and GPS Integer Ambiguity Resolution Using Enhanced Reduced-IMU/GPS Integration
(2014-06-24)Land vehicle navigation is primarily dependent upon the Global Positioning System (GPS) which provides accurate navigation in open sky. However, in urban and rural canyons GPS accuracy degrades considerably. To help GPS ... -
Improved Resonant Converters for Wide Voltage Range, High Current DC-DC and Universal AC-DC Applications
Data centers are the cornerstone of business in modern society and individual lives. Of similar significance to daily life is the external AC-DC power supply exemplified by the cell phone charger. In both applications, ... -
Improvement of Speckle-Tracked Freehand 3-D Ultrasound Through the Use of Sensor Fusion
(2009-10-20)Freehand 3-D ultrasound (US) using a 2-D US probe has the advantage over conventional 3-D probes of being able to collect arbitrary 3-D volumes at a lower cost. Traditionally, generating a volume requires external tracking ... -
Improving Code Search Using Learning-to-Rank and Query Reformulation Techniques
(2015-07-24)During the process of software development, developers often encounter unfamiliar programming tasks. Online Q&A forums, such as StackOverflow, are one of the resources that developers can ask for answers to their programming ... -
Improving Communication Performance in GPU-Accelerated HPC Clusters
In recent years, GPUs have been adopted in many High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters due to their massive computational power and energy efficiency. The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the de-facto standard for ... -
Improving Communication Performance through Topology and Congestion Awareness in HPC Systems
High-Performance Computing (HPC) represents the flagship domain in providing high-end computing capabilities that play a critical role in helping humanity solve its hardest problems. Ranging from answering profound questions ... -
Improving High Performance Networking Technologies for Data Center Clusters
(2012-09-25)This dissertation demonstrates new methods for increasing the performance and scalability of high performance networking technologies for use in clustered computing systems, concentrating on Ethernet/High-Speed networking ... -
Improving Message-Passing Performance and Scalability in High-Performance Clusters
(2011-01-26)High Performance Computing (HPC) is the key to solving many scientific, financial, and engineering problems. Computer clusters are now the dominant architecture for HPC. The scale of clusters, both in terms of processor ... -
Improving the Error Resilience of G.711.1 Speech Coder with Multiple Description Coding
(2010-06-02)This thesis devises quantization and source-channel coding schemes to increase the error robustness of the newly standardized ITU-T G.711.1 speech coder. The schemes employ Gaussian mixture model (GMM) based multiple ... -
Improving the Left Degree Distribution of Fountain Codes in the Finite-Length Regime
(2013-08-22)Fountain codes were introduced to provide higher reliability, lower complexities, and more scalability for networks such as the Internet. In this thesis, we study Luby- Transform (LT) codes which are the realization of ... -
Improving the Light Load Performance of Power Factor Correction Converters Using a Digital Controller
AC-DC power conversion is the first power stage for all offline electronic devices. To maximize AC power transformer utilization, the power factor of AC-DC converters must be improved. The method that AC-DC converters use ... -
Integrated Cooperative Localization in VANETs for GPS Denied Environments
(2015-10-07)Accurate and ubiquitous localization is the driving force for location based services in Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs). In urban areas, Global Positioning System (GPS) and in-vehicle navigation sensors (e.g. odometers) ... -
An Integrated Offset Sideband Modulation Receiver
(2015-01-06)A major challenge in designing an integrated optical transceiver is minimizing the crosstalk between the high power laser driver and the sensitive receiver. Offset sideband modulation (OSBM) is used for the downstream ...