Division of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science (EECS): Recent submissions
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Atomistic Study of Carrier Transmission in Hetero-phase MoS2 Structures
(2018-05-25)In recent years, the use of first-principles based atomistic modeling technique has become extremely popular to gain better insights on the various locally modulated electronic properties of nano materials and structures. ... -
Analysis, Diagnosis and Design for System-level Signal and Power Integrity in Chip-package-systems
(2018-05-25)The Internet of Things (IoT) has ushered in an age where low-power sensors generate data which are communicated to a back-end cloud for massive data computation tasks. From the hardware perspective this implies co-existence ... -
Frequency Synthesis for Cognitive Radio Receivers and Other Wideband Applications
(2018-05-25)The radio frequency (RF) spectrum as a natural resource is severely under-utilized over time and space due to an inefficient licensing framework. As a result, in-creasing cellular and wireless network usage is placing ... -
Non-Parametric Clustering of Multivariate Count Data
(2018-05-23)The focus of this thesis is models for non-parametric clustering of multivariate count data. While there has been significant work in Bayesian non-parametric modelling in the last decade, in the context of mixture models ... -
Design of Quality Assuring Mechanisms with Learning for Strategic Crowds
(2018-05-23)In this thesis, we address several generic problems concerned with procurement of tasks from a crowd that consists of strategic workers with uncertainty in their qualities. These problems assume importance as the quality ... -
Real Time Face Recognition on GPU using OPENCL
(2018-05-23)Face recognition finds various applications in surveillance, Law enforcement etc. These applications require fast image processing in real time. Modern GPUs have evolved fully programmable parallel stream processors. The ... -
Incentive Design for Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing Markets
(2018-05-23)With the ever-increasing trend in the number of social interactions getting intermediated by technology (the world wide web) as the backdrop, this thesis focuses on the design of mechanisms for online communities (crowds) ... -
Scalable Sprase Bayesian Nonparametric and Matrix Tri-factorization Models for Text Mining Applications
(2018-05-23)Hierarchical Bayesian Models and Matrix factorization methods provide an unsupervised way to learn latent components of data from the grouped or sequence data. For example, in document data, latent component corn-responds ... -
Lattice Codes for Secure Communication and Secret Key Generation
(2018-05-22)In this work, we study two problems in information-theoretic security. Firstly, we study a wireless network where two nodes want to securely exchange messages via an honest-but-curious bidirectional relay. There is no ... -
Stochastic Newton Methods With Enhanced Hessian Estimation
(2018-05-22)Optimization problems involving uncertainties are common in a variety of engineering disciplines such as transportation systems, manufacturing, communication networks, healthcare and finance. The large number of input ... -
New Methods for Learning from Heterogeneous and Strategic Agents
(2018-05-21)1 Introduction In this doctoral thesis, we address several representative problems that arise in the context of learning from multiple heterogeneous agents. These problems are relevant to many modern applications such as ... -
Fully Integrated CMOS Transmitter and Power Amplifier for Software-Defined Radios and Cognitive Radios
(2018-05-18)Software Defined Radios (SDRs) and Cognitive Radios (CRs) pave the way for next-generation radio technology. They promise versatility, flexibility and cognition which can revolutionize communications systems. However they ... -
Distributed TDMA-Scheduling and Schedule-Compaction Algorithms for Efficient Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2018-05-16)A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a collection of sensor nodes distributed over a geographical region to obtain the environmental data. It can have different types of applications ranging from low data rate event driven ... -
Efficient Schemes for Improving the Performance of Clock Synchronization Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks Using TDMA- based MAC Protocols
(2018-05-16)Clock synchronization in a wireless sensor network (WSN) is essential as it provides a consistent and a coherent time frame for all the nodes across the network. Typically, clock synchronization is achieved by message ... -
Grobuer Basis Algorithms for Polynomial Ideal Theory over Noetherian Commutative Rings
(2018-05-14)One of the fundamental problems in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry is to understand the nature of the solution space of a system of multivariate polynomial equations over a field k, such as real or complex ... -
Behavior of Distance Relay Characteristics on Interconnecting Lines Fed From Wind Farms
(2018-05-14)Distance relays due to their selectivity and operating speed are used in HV/EHV line protection. The dynamic nature of Mho characteristic, which happens to be most primitive technique in line protection implemented with ... -
Device Applications of Epitaxial III-Nitride Semiconductors
(2018-05-14)Through the history of mankind, novel materials have played a key role in techno- logical progress. As we approach the limits of scaling it becomes difficult to squeeze out any more extensions to Moore’s law by ... -
Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling of Temporal Coherence for Entity-Driven Video Analytics
(2018-05-14)In recent times there has been an explosion of online user-generated video content. This has generated significant research interest in video analytics. Human users understand videos based on high-level semantic ... -
Efficient Design of Embedded Data Acquisition Systems Based on Smart Sampling
(2018-05-10)Data acquisition from multiple analog channels is an important function in many embedded devices used in avionics, medical electronics, robotics and space applications. It is desirable to engineer these systems to reduce ... -
Investigations on Dynamics and Control of a Rimless Wheel Based 2D Dynamics Walker using Pulsed Torque Actuation
(2018-05-10)Wheeled systems are energy efficient on prepared surfaces like roads and tracks. Legged systems are capable of traversing different terrains but can be lossy. At low speeds and on off-road surfaces, legged systems using ...