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Title
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Using formal methods towards improving cloud IaaS environments
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Author
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Al-Haj, Saeed
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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Cloud computing has become a prominent technology with the potential for tremendously positive effects on the future of computer networks and services. However, as the resources are shared in cloud environments, cloud security is a major concern. ...
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Title
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Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy
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Author
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Blackmon, Richard
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Biomedical engineering
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Description
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The Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL) has been studied as a potential alternative to the conventional Holmium:YAG laser (Ho:YAG) for the treatment of kidney stones. The TFL is more ideally suited for laser lithotripsy because of the higher absorption coef...
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Title
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Algorithmic Optimization of First Convolution Layer in CNNs for Hardware Accelerator Design
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Author
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Chamarthi, Ramachandra Vikas
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Computer engineering
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Description
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This thesis proposes "1D Convolution replacement layer ", a novel optimization for first convolution layer in CNN. This optimization enables edge friendly streaming accelerator design with a minimum drop in accuracy. This optimization reduces the ...
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HARDWARE DESIGN OF MESSAGE PASSING ARCHITECTURE ON HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM
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Author
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Gao, Shanyuan
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer engineering
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Description
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Heterogeneous multi/many-core chips are commonly used in today's top tier supercomputers. Similar heterogeneous processing elements --- or, computation accelerators --- are commonly found in FPGA systems. Within both multi/many-core chips and FPGA...
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Software memory controller design: Issues and Challenges
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Author
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Gaur, Aditi
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer engineering
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Description
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As the memory wall becomes an obstacle in the multi-core architecture, many hardware solutions have been proposed to utilize the available memory bandwidth more efficiently. One such implementation uses a B-tree based controller implemented in har...
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Title
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Memory Efficiency Implications on Sparse Matrix Operations
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Author
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Jain, Shweta
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Computer engineering
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Description
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Sparse Matrices are very large matrices with very few nonzero elements and operations on sparse matrices are central to many numerical and graph algorithms. The fundamental bottleneck in these operations is the usage of specialized storage formats...
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Instrumentation, techniques, and evaluation of ePTV for particle manipulation studies using micro-scale oscillators
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Author
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Kafashi, Sajad
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Physics
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Description
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A need for dynamic micro-particle manipulation is the ability to position fragile particles without damaging them, for instance biological particles like blood cells, stem cells, neurons, pancreatic β cells, DNA, chromosomes, for repeated measurem...
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Title
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Advancing Highway Safety: Embedded-Edge AI for Real-Time Applications
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Author
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Katariya, Vinit Amrutlal
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Transportation
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Description
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This dissertation presents the systematic design and development of datasets, algorithms, and an AI pipeline specifically curated for real-time trajectory prediction and anomaly detection in highway environments. These innovations are meticulously...
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Title
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CONTINUUM ROBOT MANIPULATION
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Author
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Li, Jinglin
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Robotics
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Description
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Unlike conventional robotic manipulators, continuum manipulators are inspired by invertebrate structures found in nature, such as octopus arms and elephant trunks. The shape of a continuum manipulator can continuously deform via changing the contr...
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Title
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Robust and Reliable Real-time Adaptive Motion Planning
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Author
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Mcleod, Sterling
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Robotics
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Description
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A key goal in robotics is to enable autonomous motion for mobile robots in a real world dynamic environment with unknown obstacles. This problem requires bringing together state-of-the-art algorithms in path planning, robot control, and perception...
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Title
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The Case for a Hardware Filesystem
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Author
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Mendon, Ashwin
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Computer science, Computer engineering
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Description
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As secondary storage devices get faster with flash based solid statedrives (SSDs) and emerging technologies like phase change memories (PCM), overheads in system software like operating system (OS) and filesystem become prominent and may limit the...
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Title
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Enabling Architecture Research on GPU Simulator for Deep Learning Applications
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Author
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Nikam, Abhishek
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer engineering
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Description
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Deep learning uses stacks of multiple processing layers to learn representations of data with different levels of abstraction. It enables machines to have the understanding of outer environment just like the human body, opening a path for diverse ...
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Title
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Improving Dense Real-Time 3D SLAM Using Sparse Geometric Constraints
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Author
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Papadakis, John-Richard
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Robotics
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Description
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This thesis explores the extension of a state of the art dense RGBD SLAM system to include detected geometries as elements in the estimated global map. The existing approach leverages an algorithm for dense visual odometry, which is analyzed in de...