Division of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science (EECS): Recent submissions
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Compiler Assisted Energy Management For Sensor Network Nodes
(2010-08-16)Emerging low power, embedded, wireless sensor devices are useful for wide range of applications, yet have very limited processing storage and especially energy resources. Sensor networks have a wide variety of applications ... -
Simulation Based Algorithms For Markov Decision Process And Stochastic Optimization
(2010-08-06)In Chapter 2, we propose several two-timescale simulation-based actor-critic algorithms for solution of infinite horizon Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) with finite state-space under the average cost criterion. On the ... -
Reduced Switch Count Multi-Level Inverter Structures With Common Mode Voltage Elimination And DC-Link Capacitor Voltage Balancing For IM Drives
(2010-07-29)Multilevel inverter technology has emerged recently as a very important alternative in the area of high-power medium-voltage energy control. Voltage operation above semiconductor device limits, lower common mode voltages, ... -
Joint Congestion Control, Routing And Distributed Link Scheduling In Power Constrained Wireless Mesh Networks
(2010-07-29)We study the problem of joint congestion control, routing and MAC layer scheduling in multi-hop wireless mesh networks, where the nodes in the network are subjected to energy expenditure rate constraints. As wireless ... -
Providing QoS To Real-time And Data Applications In 3G Wireless Systems
(2010-07-29)In this thesis we address the problem of providing end-to-end quality of service (QoS) to real-time and data connections in a third generation (3G) cellular network based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System ... -
Sub-Threshold Slope Modeling & Gate Alignment Issues In Tunnel Field Effect Transistor
(2010-07-26)The Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (TFET) with sub-60mV/decade Sub-threshold slope and extremely high ION/IOFF ratio has attracted enough attention for low standby power (LSTP) applications where the battery life is very ... -
Recovery From DoS Attacks In MIPv6 : Modelling And Validation
(2010-07-26)Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks form a very important category of security threats that are possible in MIPv6 (Mobile Internet Protocol version 6). This thesis proposes a scheme for participants (Mobile Node, Home Agent, ... -
Analytical And Numerical Study Of Propagation In Optical Waveguides And Devices In Linear And Nonlinear Domains
(2010-07-23)The objective of this thesis is to study of optical effects, arising in the form of non-uniform waveguide structure, complicated refractive index profiles or due to pulse propagation in dense wavelength division multiplexing ... -
Straegies For Rapid MR Imaging
(2010-07-21)In MR imaging, techniques for acquisition of reduced data (Rapid MR imaging) are being explored to obtain high-quality images to satisfy the conflicting requirements of simultaneous high spatial and temporal resolution, ... -
Truncated Data Problems In Helical Cone-Beam Tomography
(2010-07-19)This report delves into two of the major truncated data problems in helical cone-beam tomography: Axial truncation and Lateral truncation. The problem of axial truncation, also classically known as the Long Object problem, ... -
Potential-Based Routing In Wireless Sensor Networks
(2010-07-19)Recent advances in VLSI technology, and wireless communication have enabled the development of tiny, low-cost sensor nodes that communicate over short distances. These sensor nodes, which consist of sensing, data processing, ... -
Design, Modeling And Control Of Shape Memory Alloy Based Poly Phase Motor
(2010-07-13)In this thesis, a new Poly Phase Motor (rotary actuator) based on the Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) is presented. Details of Design, Modeling, Characterization, Realization and Control of Poly Phase SMA Motor are presented. ... -
Wavelet Based Algorithms For Spike Detection In Micro Electrode Array Recordings
(2010-07-13)In this work, the problem of detecting neuronal spikes or action potentials (AP) in noisy recordings from a Microelectrode Array (MEA) is investigated. In particular, the spike detection algorithms should be less complex ... -
Load Commutated SCR Current Source Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive With Sinusoidal Motor Voltage And Current
(2010-07-12)This thesis deals with modeling, simulation and implementation of Load Commutated SCR based current source Inverter (LCI) fed squirrel cage induction motor drive with sinusoidal voltage and sinusoidal current. In the ... -
Low Decoding Complexity Space-Time Block Codes For Point To Point MIMO Systems And Relay Networks
(2010-07-12)It is well known that communication using multiple antennas provides high data rate and reliability. Coding across space and time is necessary to fully exploit the gains offered by multiple input multiple output (MIMO) ... -
Impact Of Body Center Potential On The Electrostatics Of Undoped Body Multi Gate Transistors : A Modeling Perspective
(2010-07-09)Undoped body multi gate (MG) Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET) are appearing as replacements for single gate bulk MOSFET in forthcoming sub-45nm technology nodes. It is therefore extremely necessary ... -
Terminal Connection And System Function For Making Sweep Frequency Response Measurements On Transformers
(2010-07-08)Sweep Frequency Response (SFR) measurement on a transformer is a low voltage, offline exercise. So, it virtually permits determination of any network or system function, by imposing any desired terminal condition for the ... -
Using Explicit State Space Enumeration For Specification Based Regression Testing
(2010-07-08)Regression testing of an evolving software system may involve significant challenges. While, there would be a requirement of maximising the probability of finding out if the latest changes to the system has broken some ... -
Learning Algorithms Using Chance-Constrained Programs
(2010-07-08)This thesis explores Chance-Constrained Programming (CCP) in the context of learning. It is shown that chance-constraint approaches lead to improved algorithms for three important learning problems — classification with ... -
Explicit Segmentation Of Speech For Indian Languages
(2010-07-02)Speech segmentation is the process of identifying the boundaries between words, syllables or phones in the recorded waveforms of spoken natural languages. The lowest level of speech segmentation is the breakup and ...