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Design of practical computer vision system with real-time object detection capability
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-07)Computer vision nowadays relies heavily on machine learning techniques to interpret useful information from images or videos. Object detection is one such computer vision technique for identifying and locating objects ... -
Design of Soft Error Robust High Speed 64-bit Logarithmic Adder
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-20)Continuous scaling of the transistor size and reduction of the operating voltage have led to a significant performance improvement of integrated circuits. However, the vulnerability of the scaled circuits to transient data ... -
Design of SRAM Based Dosimetry Used for Neutron and Proton Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-27)Radiation causes soft errors in memory devices, and a variety of research has been focused on techniques to reduce these soft errors. In this thesis, instead of mitigating soft errors, we present an SRAM based dosimeter ... -
Design of Stream Ciphers and Cryptographic Properties of Nonlinear Functions
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-20)Block and stream ciphers are widely used to protect the privacy of digital information. A variety of attacks against block and stream ciphers exist; the most recent being the algebraic attacks. These attacks reduce the ... -
A Design of Theft Detection Framework for Smart Grid Network
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-28)Energy loss and energy theft are two serious problems in modern grid which produce huge waste and cost. The smart grid with its ability to collect information about the behaviors of suppliers and customers is expected to ... -
Design of Thumb Keyboards: Performance, Effort and Kinematics
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Mobile hand-held communication device (smart phone) use is very prevalent and growing rapidly. In addition, there is empirical support for heavy use to be associated with musculoskeletal disorders. This study therefore ... -
Design of Tubular Network Systems Using Circle Packing and Discrete Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-10)In this thesis, we describe the design of tubular network systems that must occupy, as best as possible, regions that demonstrate some kind of longitudinal symmetry. In order to simplify the problem, the region of the ... -
Design of Ultrasonic Processing Device for Aluminum Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)The work in this thesis examines the design possibility of a device capable of harnessing ultrasonic oscillations through resonance such that it can be applied onto an aluminum surface to produce a compressive residual ... -
Design of Variation-Tolerant Circuits for Nanometer CMOS Technology: Circuits and Architecture Co-Design
(University of Waterloo, 2008-11-28)Aggressive scaling of CMOS technology in sub-90nm nodes has created huge challenges. Variations due to fundamental physical limits, such as random dopants fluctuation (RDF) and line edge roughness (LER) are increasing ... -
Design Optimization and Combustion Simulation of Two Gaseous and Liquid-Fired Combustors
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-17)The growing effect of combustion pollutant emission on the environment and increasing petroleum prices are driving development of design methodologies for clean and efficient industrial combustion technologies. The design ... -
Design Optimization for Spatial Arrangement of Used Nuclear Fuel Containers
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-27)Canada's proposed deep geological repository is a multiple-barrier system designed to isolate used nuclear fuel containers (UFCs) indefinitely with no release of radionuclides for at least one million years. Placing UFCs ... -
Design Optimization of a Porous Radiant Burner
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-11)The design of combustion devices is very important to society today. They need to be highly efficient, while reducing emissions in order to meet strict environmental standards. These devices, however, are currently not ... -
Design Optimization of the Spacing Parameters in the Canadian Deep Geological Repository Containing High Level Radioactive Nuclear Waste
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)The Canadian Deep geological repository (DGR) is the facility designed to isolate and contain the highly radioactive nuclear waste at approximately 500m underground for approximately one million years. The reliability and ... -
A Design Space for Distributed Producer-Consumer Data Structures Using RDMA
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-26)Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) has become a standard networking technology and is prominently used in high-performance applications. While RDMA can provide both excellent performance and novel capabilities, it can ... -
Design Study of a Three-Wheeled Urban Electric Vehicle
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-15)This thesis documents the development study of a three-wheeled electric urban vehicle through its initial design stages, which includes needs analysis, development of rough order-of-magnitude calculations, and concept ... -
Design Techniques for Lithography-Friendly Nanometer CMOS Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)The Integrated Circuits industry has been a major driver of the outstanding changes and improvements in the modern day technology and life style that we are observing in our day to day life. The continuous scaling of CMOS ... -
Design with Energy in Mind
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-16)This study demonstrates how much impact an architect can have on the environmental loads imposed by a building, through fundamental choices of building form, proportion, orientation, and enclosure design. It also offers ... -
Design, Analysis and Optimization of a Cherenkov radiation based sub-mm/THz BWO
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-15)The Terahertz (THz) radiation –also known as “T-ray and THz gap”– refers to a certain band of the electromagnetic spectrum whose frequency extends between 0.1THz and 10THz. Compared to the microwave band, the THz radiation ... -
Design, Analysis, and Characterization of Indirectly-pumped Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)Quantum cascade laser (QCL), as a unipolar semiconductor laser based on intersubband transitions in quantum wells, covers a large portion of the Mid and Far Infrared electromagnetic spectrum. The frequency of the optical ... -
Design, Analysis, and Optimization of a Dual Tank Solar-Assisted Heat Pump System
(University of Waterloo, 2015-03-16)This work investigates the performance of a dual tank solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) system. These systems combine solar thermal collectors (STCs) and a heat pump (HP) into a hybrid system to meet building thermal loads. ...