Browsing Division of Interdisciplinary Research by thesis submitted date"2017"
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An Accelerator for Machine Learning Based Classifiers
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are algorithmic techniques that simulate biological neural systems. Typical realization of ANNs are software solutions using High Level Languages (HLLs) such as C, C++, etc. Such solutions ... -
Benchmarking and Modelling the Sustainability of Urban Mobility System : A Case Study of Bangalore City, India
Indian cities have dealt with the problem arising from the discordance between urbanization due to rapidly growing economies and the demand for increasing mobility services and infrastructure. However, they have failed to ... -
Benchmarking and Scheduling Strategies for Distributed Stream Processing
(2018-08-20)The velocity dimension of Big Data refers to the need to rapidly process data that arrives continuously as streams of messages or events. Distributed Stream Processing Systems (DSPS) refer to distributed programming and ... -
Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
(2018-06-29)Regeneration, a spontaneous response of bones in response to injuries, infections and fractures, is severely compromised in certain clinical circumstances. Unfortunately, several shortcomings are associated with the current ... -
Bright-field Nanoscopy
This thesis discusses the design and development of a technique which focuses on visualization of nanoscale structures using a regular bright-field optical microscope without the need of any additional fluorescent tags. ... -
Cold Atmospheric Plasma System - Simulation, Fabrication, Diagnosis and Thinfilm deposition
(2018-05-14)In this thesis, we report the various aspects of fabricating a Cold Atmospheric Plasma system, which can be used for Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition. The greatest advantage of this system is its vacuum free ... -
Design and Tailoring of Polymer Composite Ultra-thin Films for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a serious issue. Lightweight, flexible polymer nanocomposite materials have been a key interest for EMI shielding and microwave absorption due to many advantages over traditionally ... -
Development of Cu-based Intermetallic Reflector Materials for Concentrated Solar Power Application
The growing demand for energy is an important issue for the existence and development of humankind. In order to reduce the impact of conventional energy sources on the environment, attention should be paid to the development ... -
Development of Nanosensors and Microfluidics towards Raman Spectroscopic Applications
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) has become a powerful method for detection of diverse analytes ranging from solution of picomolar concentration to single molecule and single cell analysis. The distinctive nature ... -
Dimensions of Social Capital, Learning Culture, and Individual Performance : A Case of an IT Organization
The study explores the predictors of the individual’s learning through socialization in the context of a learning organization. The process of socialization or social learning is understood through the lens of Social Capital ... -
Dynamics of Research Scholar-Supervisor Relationship : A Study of Conflict Resolution among Indian Research Scholars
(2018-07-16)The pivotal role that R&D plays in a nation’s development is well recognized globally. Even India has made long strides in this area post-independence. However, it is plagued by issues such as lack of investment, dearth ... -
The Effects of Social Capital and Open Innovation on R&D Outcomes and Job Satisfaction : A Study of The Indian Deference Sector
(2018-07-04)Social Capital and Open Innovation are important for organisational growth, as both of them influence Innovation, Learning and Job Satisfaction. The literature indicates that informal network measured as social capital and ... -
Enhancing GPGPU Performance through Warp Scheduling, Divergence Taming and Runtime Parallelizing Transformations
(2018-08-29)There has been a tremendous growth in the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPU) for the acceleration of general purpose applications. The growth is primarily due to the huge computing power offered by the GPUs and the ... -
Exploration of Materials and Platforms for the Development of a Label-free Electrochemical DNA Sensor
The aim of the studies presented in this thesis was to explore various materials and platforms for the detection of DNA in order to develop a cost-effective, repeatable and reproducible electrical/electrochemical DNA sensor. ... -
Feasible Path Prescription for Engineering Systems in a High-Index Constrained Dynamics Framework
Constrained dynamic performance and control models of complex engineering systems can be represented in the form of a Differential Algebraic Equation (DAE) system. The high-index of this DAE system poses computational ... -
Hardware-Software Co-Design Accelerators for Sparse BLAS
Sparse Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines (Sparse BLAS) is an important library. Sparse BLAS includes three levels of subroutines. Level 1, Level2 and Level 3 Sparse BLAS routines. Level 1 Sparse BLAS routines do computations ... -
Impact of Real Time Events on the Relative Efficiency of the Proposed Dynamic Scheduling Algorithms for Diffusion Furnace(s) in the Semiconductor Manufacturing
(2018-05-18)The manufacturing industries play a significant role in contributing to the economy of a country. Among various manufacturing industries, the semiconductor manufacturing (SM) industries is one of the fastest growing ... -
Internationalization of SMEs : Analysis of Antecedents, Strategies, and International Performance in the Indian Context
(2018-05-29)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) occupy a place of strategic importance in most of the developed and emerging economies. This is primarily because they contribute significantly to employment, GDP, exports and wealth ... -
Learning Compact Architectures for Deep Neural Networks
(2018-05-22)Deep neural networks with millions of parameters are at the heart of many state of the art computer vision models. However, recent works have shown that models with much smaller number of parameters can often perform just ... -
Microporous Membranes Derived using Crystallisation Induced Phase Separation in PVDF/PMMA (Polyvinylidene Fluoride/ Polymethyl Methacrylate) Blends in Presence of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
(2018-03-10)Segmental chain dynamics in polymer blends is a very important topic, not only from a fundamental point of view but also from technological applications. Because of the difficulties in the commercialization of new polymers, ...