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Efficient and Flexible Search in Large Scale Distributed Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology has triggered a wide range of distributed systems beyond simple file-sharing. Distributed XML databases, distributed computing, server-less web publishing and networked resource/service ... -
Efficient Authentication, Node Clone Detection, and Secure Data Aggregation for Sensor Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-20)Sensor networks are innovative wireless networks consisting of a large number of low-cost, resource-constrained sensor nodes that collect, process, and transmit data in a distributed and collaborative way. There are numerous ... -
Efficient Characterization of a Unitary Quantum Gate via a Projective Rabi Experiment
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-09)In this thesis, we introduce a novel randomization-based protocol for estimation of parameters in a sparse Hamiltonian. This is achieved via a projective Rabi experiment which interleaves projective channels between ... -
Efficient Composition of Discrete Time Quantum Walks
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)It is well known that certain search problems are efficiently solved by quantum walk algorithms. Of particular interest are those problems whose efficient solutions involve nesting of search algorithms. The nesting of ... -
An Efficient Computation of Convex Closure on Abstract Events
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The behaviour of distributed applications can be modeled as the occurrence of events and how these events relate to each other. Event data collected according to this event model can be visualized using process-time ... -
Efficient Computation with Sparse and Dense Polynomials
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-26)Computations with polynomials are at the heart of any computer algebra system and also have many applications in engineering, coding theory, and cryptography. Generally speaking, the low-level polynomial computations of ... -
An Efficient Computational Method for Thermal Radiation in Participating Media
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-26)Thermal radiation is of significant importance in a broad range of engineering applications including high-temperature and large-scale systems. Although the governing equations of thermal radiation have been known for ... -
Efficient Computational Methods for Structural Reliability and Global Sensitivity Analyses
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-02)Uncertainty analysis of a system response is an important part of engineering probabilistic analysis. Uncertainty analysis includes: (a) to evaluate moments of the response; (b) to evaluate reliability analysis of the ... -
Efficient computations in finite fields with cryptographic significance
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Efficient Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-14)As the next evolutionary step in digital communication systems, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and their specialization like wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been attracting much interest in both research and industry ... -
Efficient Data Structures for Partial Orders, Range Modes, and Graph Cuts
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)This thesis considers the study of data structures from the perspective of the theoretician, with a focus on simplicity and practicality. We consider both the time complexity as well as space usage of proposed solutions. ... -
Efficient Deep Learning-Driven Systems for Real-Time Video Expression Recognition
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-18)The ability to detect, recognize, and interpret facial expressions is an important skill for humans to have due to the abundance of social interactions one faces on a daily basis, but it is also something that most take ... -
Efficient electrochemical model for lithium-ion cells
(2017-09-12)Lithium-ion batteries are used to store energy in electric vehicles. Physical models based on electro-chemistry accurately predict the cell dynamics, in particular the state of charge. However, these models are nonlinear ... -
Efficient Evaluation of Set Expressions
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-17)In this thesis, we study the problem of evaluating set expressions over sorted sets in the comparison model. The problem arises in the context of evaluating search queries in text database systems; most text search engines ... -
Efficient fast Fourier transform-based numerical implementation to simulate large strain behavior of polycrystalline materials
(Elsevier, 2017-07-04)In this paper, a new full-field numerical framework is proposed to model large strain phenomena in polycrystals. The proposed framework is based on the elasto-viscoplastic (EVP) fast Fourier transform (FFT) formulation ... -
Efficient Finite-difference Methods for Sensitivity Analysis of Stiff Stochastic Discrete Models of Biochemical Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-07)In the study of Systems Biology it is necessary to simulate cellular processes and chemical reactions that comprise biochemical systems. This is achieved through a range of mathematical modeling approaches. Standard methods ... -
Efficient Geo-Distributed Transaction Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-31)Distributed deterministic database systems support OLTP workloads over geo-replicated data. Providing these transactions with ACID guarantees requires a delay of multiple wide-area network (WAN) round trips of messaging ... -
An Efficient Geometric Multigrid Solver for Viscous Liquids
(ACM, 2019-07)We present an efficient geometric Multigrid solver for simulating viscous liquids based on the variational approach of Batty and Bridson [2008]. Although the governing equations for viscosity are elliptic, the strong ... -
Efficient Image-Based Localization Using Context
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)Image-Based Localization (IBL) is the problem of computing the position and orientation of a camera with respect to a geometric representation of the scene. A fundamental building block of IBL is searching the space of a ... -
Efficient Implementation of Parametric Polymorphism using Reified Types
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-28)Parametric polymorphism is a language feature that lets programmers define code that behaves independently of the types of values it operates on. Using parametric polymorphism enables code reuse and improves the maintainability ...