Browsing Theses by Title
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On Realistic Errors in Quantum Computers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-27)In this thesis, we are concerned with the problem of characterizing noise associated with implementations of quantum circuits. We first explore the notion of error rates of quantum circuits and argue that the semantic ... -
On Reconfiguration Problems: Structure and Tractability
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-18)Given an n-vertex graph G and two vertices s and t in G, determining whether there exists a path and computing the length of the shortest path between s and t are two of the most fundamental graph problems. In the classical ... -
On Resurfacing: A Case for a Cultural Renaissance
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Globalization and the advancement of technology have made the world smaller. Boundaries that define nations and nationalities have blurred and the resulting sense of displacement has undermined assumptions of identity and ... -
On Schnyder's Theorm
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-20)The central topic of this thesis is Schnyder's Theorem. Schnyder's Theorem provides a characterization of planar graphs in terms of their poset dimension, as follows: a graph G is planar if and only if the dimension of ... -
On single-crystal solid-state NMR based quantum information processing
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)Quantum information processing devices promise to solve some problems more efficiently than their classical counterparts. The source of the speedup is the structure of quantum theory itself. In that sense, the physical ... -
On Skin Cyanotic Appearances and Spectral Responses Elicited by Methemoglobinemia and Sulfhemoglobinemia
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-13)Methemoglobinemia and sulfhemoglobinemia are potentially life-threatening blood disorders characterized by similar symptoms and markedly distinct treatment procedures. In this thesis, we investigate the causal relationship ... -
On Software Implementation of High Performance GHASH Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-23)There have been several modes of operations available for symmetric key block ciphers, among which Galois Counter Mode (GCM) of operation is a standard. GCM mode of operation provides confidentiality with the help of ... -
On Some Stochastic Optimal Control Problems in Actuarial Mathematics
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-17)The event of ruin (bankruptcy) has long been a core concept of risk management interest in the literature of actuarial science. There are two major research lines. The first one focuses on distributional studies of some ... -
On some topics in Levy insurance risk models
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-16)Risk management has long been the central focus within actuarial science. There are various risks a typical actuarial company would look into, solvency risk being one of them. This falls under the scope of surplus analysis. ... -
On Spectral Properties of the Grounded Laplacian Matrix
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-19)Linear consensus and opinion dynamics in networks that contain stubborn agents are studied in this thesis. Previous works have shown that the convergence rate of such dynam- ics is given by the smallest eigenvalue of the ... -
On Stability and Stabilization of Hybrid Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-23)The thesis addresses the stability, input-to-state stability (ISS), and stabilization problems for deterministic and stochastic hybrid systems with and without time delay. The stabilization problem is achieved by reliable, ... -
On Techno-economic Evaluation of Wind-based DG
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)The growing interest in small-scale electricity generation located near customers, known as Distributed Generation (DG), is driven primarily by emerging technologies, environmental regulations and concerns, electricity ... -
On the Application of Bandlimitation and Sampling Theory to Quantum Field Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-07)It is widely believed that combining the uncertainty principle with gravity will lead to an effective minimum length scale. A particular challenge is to specify this scale in a coordinate-independent manner so that covariance ... -
On the Application of Photoacoustic Absorption Spectral Data to the Modeling of Leaf Optical Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-27)Due to the importance of plants in the Earth's ecosystem, their photobiological responses have become the subject of extensive research in life sciences. Leaf optical models have been developed to assist in the analysis ... -
On the Asymptotic Number of Active Links in a Random Network
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-01)A network of n transmitters and n receivers is considered. We assume that transmitter i aims to send data to its designated destination, receiver i. Communications occur in a single-hop fashion and destination nodes are ... -
On the Automatic Coding of Text Answers to Open-ended Questions in Surveys
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Open-ended questions allow participants to answer survey questions without any constraint. Responses to open-ended questions, however, are more difficult to analyze quantitatively than close-ended questions. In this thesis, ... -
On the Bluish Appearance of Veins
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)The bluish appearance of veins located immediately beneath the skin has long been a topic of interest for biomedical optics researchers. Despite this interest, a thorough identification of the specific optical processes ... -
On the Border: an architectural inquiry into the sacred and quotidian
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-19)Even in our secular age, the sacred continues to be a powerful cognitive space in the landscape of the imagination. I am a Roman Catholic and amongst those who struggle to exist both in the structured universe of the sacred, ... -
On the Border: Antagonistic Architectures | Evanescent Territories
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-04)The Northern Pass | El Paso del Norte spills through the narrow Rio Grande Valley that separates the southern most extent of the Rocky Mountains from the Sierra Madres, dividing the bi-national metropolis of El Paso, Texas ... -
On the Caching Schemes to Speed Up Program Reduction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-05)Program reduction is a highly practical, widely demanded technique to help debug language tools, such as compilers, interpreters and debuggers. Given a program P which exhibits a property ψ, conceptually, program reduction ...