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Representation, Characterization, and Mitigation of Noise in Quantum Processors
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-26)Quantum computers have the potential to outperform classical computers on several families of important problems, and have a great potential to revolutionize our understanding of computational models. However, the presence ... -
Representational Queerness Within Marvel’s Loki: Liminality through Identity, Genre, and Medium
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-02)Loki, a prominent Norse god and more recently prominent Marvel character, is entwined with an understanding of liminal queerness. Part of the broader notion of liminal queerness is its relationship to questions of identity ... -
Representational Redundancy Reduction Strategies for Efficient Neural Network Architectures for Visual and Language Tasks
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-14)Deep neural networks have transformed a wide variety of domains including natural language processing, image and video processing, and robotics. However, the computational cost of training and inference with these models ... -
A Representational Response Analysis Framework For Convolutional Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-25)Over the past decade, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have become the defacto machine learning model for image processing due to their inherent ability to capitalize on modern data availability and computational ... -
Representations and Parameterizations of Combinatorial Auctions
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-20)Combinatorial auctions (CAs) are an important mechanism for allocating multiple items while allowing agents to specify preferences over bundles of items. In order to communicate these preferences, agents submit bids, which ... -
Representations of even-cycle and even-cut matroids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)In this thesis, two classes of binary matroids will be discussed: even-cycle and even-cut matroids, together with problems which are related to their graphical representations. Even-cycle and even-cut matroids can be ... -
Representations of Operator Algebras
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-11)The following thesis is divided into two main chapters. In Chapter 2 we study isometric representations of product systems of correspondences over the semigroup 𝐍ᵏ which are minimal dilations of finite dimensional, fully ... -
Representations of polar bears in tourism: Exploring power relations through discourse analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-02)Historical and contemporary relationships between human beings and polar bears are dynamic and complex, and the lives of these two animal species continue to be intimately intertwined in the tourism context. The polar bear ... -
Representations of Violent Women in Popular Culture and World Politics: The Mothers, Monsters, Whores, and Penitents of Young Adult Fantasy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-21)As young adult fiction has surged in popularity over the past decade, a popular new sub-genre has emerged. These novels feature high-fantasy stories with young female heroines who are fighters, assassins, spies, and rebel ... -
Representing and Probing Errors in Quantum Information Processing Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-24)The quality of quantum information processing devices has been improving at an unprecedented speed. How to faithfully represent the quality of these devices has become an increasingly imminent problem. In this thesis we ... -
Représentation du sujet féminin dans les romans francophones de l’Île Maurice et l’archipel des Comores de 1990 à 2020 : entre soumission et désir d’agentivité
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-29)La présente étude a pour objectif de faire connaître les auteurs moins connus de la région indianocéanique. De plus, il s’agit de démontrer que les écrivains contemporains de la région insulaire indianocéanique ont recours ... -
Reproducing youthified landscape character: An evaluation of diversity of built-forms in young adult neighbourhoods
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-28)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the built-form of young adult neighbourhoods across North America to assess the similarities and differences that exist across these landscapes. The thesis seeks to answer the ... -
rePublic: Examining & reestablishing the public role of the city hall
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)City halls have long been regarded as the social, organizational, perceptual and physical centers of cities. A successful city can be recognized by the success of its city hall. As a city develops, so must its city hall. Over ... -
Reputation-based Trust Management in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-12)Trust is required in file sharing peer-to-peer (P2P) systems to achieve better cooperation among peers and reduce malicious uploads. In reputation-based P2P systems, reputation is used to build trust among peers based on ... -
Requirement-based Root Cause Analysis Using Log Data
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-14)Root Cause Analysis for software systems is a challenging diagnostic task due to complexity emanating from the interactions between system components. Furthermore, the sheer size of the logged data makes it often difficult ... -
Requirements and Barriers to Strengthening Sustainability Reporting Among Mining Corporations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-28)Mining depletes, processes, and relocates mineral resources while profoundly changing landscapes and socio-economic patterns of affected regions and communities. For millennia these impacts have been “accepted” by society ... -
Requirements Engineering and Management Effects on Downstream Developer Performance in a Small Business Findings from a Case Study in a CMMI/CMM Context
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-17)Abstract— This thesis is a case study explaining how I tried to improve the requirements engineering process at company X (not its real name), a small software development company in Waterloo, ON, Canada. I assessed X’s ... -
A Requirements-Based Partition Testing Framework Using Particle Swarm Optimization Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)Modern society is increasingly dependent on the quality of software systems. Software failure can cause severe consequences, including loss of human life. There are various ways of fault prevention and detection that can ... -
Research and Development of Long Life Lead Carbon Battery for Energy Storage
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)This thesis is a summarization of a lead acid battery research and development work. The first four sections present briefly the lead acid battery (LAB) history, battery structure, fundamental theory, application in ... -
Researching Human-AI Collaboration through the Design of Language-Based Query Assistance
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) are uniquely difficult to design because of the complexity of its output and the uncertainty of its capabilities for designers. Additionally, AI can be error-prone and needs ...