Electrical and Computer Engineering: Recent submissions
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Self-referencing Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures for Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-10)The field of plasmonics has drawn a considerable amount of research interest for the past 20 years, and now, plasmonics is a vital part of nanophotonics. Numerous applications have been enabled by plasmonic structures in ... -
Noninvasive Glucose Detection Using Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-19)The ideal method to monitor diabetes is to obtain the glucose level with a fast, accurate, and pain-free measurement that does not require blood drawing or finger pricking. Although the development of noninvasive devices ... -
Understanding and Improving SAT Solvers via Proof Complexity and Reinforcement Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-18)Despite the fact that the Boolean satisfiability (SAT) problem is NP-complete and believed to be intractable, SAT solvers are routinely used by practitioners to solve hard problems in wide variety of fields such as software ... -
Statistical Variability Analysis of SilGeo
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-18)The electronics manufacturing and supply industry is rife with the unchecked circulation of counterfeit and tampered components. Although developments have been made to counter this issue, the methods often involve visual ... -
Improved LaneNet for Lane Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-18)Lane detection is a critical component in autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), enabling accurate lane tracking and vehicle positioning. While traditional lane detection methods based on ... -
Quantitative Risk Analysis With Qualitative Statements
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-14)Cybersecurity risk analysis is crucial for organizations to assess, identify, and prioritize possible threats to their systems and assets. Organizations seek to assess the potential costs of risks in order to determine how ... -
Context-Sensitive Optional Type Systems Meet Generics: A Uniform Treatment and Formalization
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-14)This thesis explores a novel design of context-sensitive optional type systems which supports generics. Optional type systems, as the name suggests, optionally enforce type rules in typechecking and can be switched on ... -
Exploring the Use of Social Robots in Promoting University Students’ Mental Well-Being
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-12)Mental health problems within university student populations are a growing concern. In recent years, university students have reported increased symptoms of stress and anxiety, which can negatively impact their mental ... -
High-Volume-Rate Ultrasound for Quantitative Assessments of Vascular Function
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-12)Free flap surgery is a common reconstructive technique to repair tissue damage after trauma or cancer removal. This complex procedure involves the transfer of tissue, along with its associated blood supply, from one ... -
System Development and Evaluation of a Social Robot as a Public Speaking Rehearsal Coach
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-11)Skills are developed through practice and rehearsal. Mastery and leadership often arise from dedicated effort. Among the skills that demand ongoing attention and practice, public speaking holds a crucial place. It is a ... -
Topics in Modeling and Analysis of Low-Latency Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-08)Cloud-based architectures have become integral elements of modern networking infrastructure and are characterized by a large number of servers operating in parallel. Optimizing performance in these systems, with a particular ... -
Analyzing Issues of Privacy and Offline Transactions In Central Bank Digital Currencies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-08)With the popularity of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, many central banks have begun to look into issuing their own digital currency. For many central banks, the goal of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) ... -
Performance Evaluation of Passive Cavitation Mapping for Estimating Ultrasound-Induced Cavitation Dose
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-28)The development of targeted drug delivery technologies to increase the specificity and efficacy of cancer treatments and reduce the reliance on systemic chemotherapy drugs have long been areas of research. Recent advances ... -
Fairness Notions on Hardware Resource Configuration
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-26)To meet performance and energy efficiency demand of modern workloads, specialized hardware accelerators implemented on FPGAs or ASICs have found adoption in modern servers and Systems-on-Chip (SoC). These hardware accelerators ... -
Polymeric semiconductor and transition-metal dichalcogenide nanocomposites for inkjet-printed thin-film transistor devices
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-20)Patterned using subtractive processes, conventional thin-film deposition techniques inevitably require high-vacuum deposition and photolithography to define functional layers to create a device structure. Inkjet printing ... -
Dataset Creation and Imbalance Mitigation in Big Data: Enhancing Machine Learning Models for Forest Fire Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-19)Historically, forest fire prediction methods have leaned on heuristics, local insights, and basic statistical models, often neglecting the complex interplay of variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and ... -
Novel photo-detector architectures for high-energy radiation imaging applications
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-18)This work is an investigation of amorphous Selenium (a-Se) based semiconductor detectors for high-energy radiation imaging applications. The work focuses on enhancing the detection efficiency of a-Se while maintaining ... -
Minimizing Robot Digging Times to Retrieve Bins in Robotic-Based Compact Storage and Retrieval Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-05)In this thesis, we study storage policies for a robotic-based compact storage and retrieval system (RCS/RS), which provides high-density storage in distribution center and warehouse applications. In the system, items are ... -
Route Planning and Operator Allocation in Robot Fleets
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-03)In this thesis, we address various challenges related to optimal planning and task allocation in a robot fleet supervised by remote human operators. The overarching goal is to enhance the performance and efficiency of the ... -
Online Vehicle Subgroup Scheduling for Feature-Level Cooperative Classification
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)In future transportation systems, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to operate under complex driving environments without human intervention. Their ability to continuously perceive and understand the surrounding ...