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Abstraction and Refinement Techniques for Ternary Symbolic Simulation with Guard-value Encoding
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-20)We propose a novel encoding called guard-value encoding for the ternary domain {0, 1, X}. Among the advantages it has over the more conventional dual-rail encoding, the flexibility of representing X with either of <0, 0> ... -
Counting Carbon: Evaluating the Quality and Environmental Impacts of Design Through Product Prototyping
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Industrialisation has brought numerous advancements to the architecture and design fields, many of which have allowed humanity to produce more efficiently, using less energy and human labour. Simultaneously, mass production ... -
Diabetic retinopathy grading with respect to the segmented lesions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)One of the leading causes of irreversible vision loss is Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). The International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy scale (ICDRS) provides grading criteria for DR. Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs) ... -
Design of an OTN-based Failure/Alarm Propagation Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)This thesis presents OTN failure/alarm propagation behavior analysis and an OTN simulator based on failure/alarm propagation behavior on the optical layer of optical transport network (OTN) architecture. The simulator code ... -
Tunable Reflectarrays and Metasurfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication networks have been rapidly expanding in recent years. However, due to the higher frequency bands used in 5G applications compared with previous generations, it is more difficult ... -
Security of Software-defined Wireless Sensor Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) using Software Defined Networking (SDN) can achieve several advantages such as flexible and centralized network management and efficient routing. This is because SDN is a logically centralized ... -
Hardware-Aware Precoding and Digital Predistortion for Massive MIMO Transmitters
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)To cope with the ever-increasing demand for higher data rates, reduced latency, and improved coverage, new technologies are needed to advance the current state of wireless communication systems. One of the promising new ... -
Plastic Instability and Failure of Sheet Metals Subjected to Complex Stress States
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)The rapid development of new emerging classes of steels has outpaced the methodologies and modelling strategies to exploit the superior mechanical properties in the design stage of structural automotive lightweight components. ... -
Simulation of Soot Formation in Turbulent Diffusion Flames Using Conditional Source-term Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) is a turbulent combustion model which uses the conditional averages of scalars for calculating the mean reaction source term in the species transport equation. CSE has been shown ... -
Asynchronous Optical Flow and Egomotion Estimation from Address Events Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Motion estimation is considered essential for many applications such as robotics, automation, and augmented reality to name a few. All cheap and low cost sensors which are commonly used for motion estimation have many ... -
Integration of a Self-Powered Sensor and Electronics to Produce a Battery-Free, Wireless, Water Leak Detection Device
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Water damage accounts for 73% by dollars lost in commercial real estate claims [1]. Water leak detectors are a key solution to the problem but suffer from numerous drawbacks, namely high costs, lack of scalability, and ... -
The White House, and Other Counter-Narratives from the Lockdown
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Contemporary emplacement demands movement, whether through migration, travel, or transcultural exchange. Identity, as positioned by the postcolonial writer Édouard Glissant, is linked fundamentally with change and contact ... -
RRAM in High-speed TCAM Design and Its Applications with New Switching Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)With the continuous scaling of transistor devices reaching their physical limits, emerging non-volatile memory (eNVM) devices such as resistive random-access memory (RRAM) is considered one of the alternatives to maintain ... -
Tissue Pattern Detection in Whole Slide Images Using You-Only-Look-Once Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Analyzing digital pathology images is required for diagnostic conclusions by investigating tissue patterns and morphology. However, because of the large size of the whole slide images, manual evaluation can be time-consuming, ... -
Comprehensive Repetitive Scheduling for Linear and Scattered Infrastructure Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)The majority of civil infrastructure projects involve activities that are repeated across a number of units (e.g., linear highway sections; or scattered multi-bridge repairs). While repetition represents a potential for ... -
Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring Using Electromagnetic Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)Monitoring glycemia levels in people with diabetes has developed rapidly over the last decade. A broad range of easy-to-use systems of reliable accuracies are now deployed in the market following the introduction of the ... -
Investigation of Turbulent Spray Flames Using the Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) is a turbulent combustion model for gaseous combustion. This work aims at extending the CSE formulation to address turbulent spray combustion. The Eulerian-Lagrangian method is ... -
A Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning Approach for Whole Slide Image Representation in Digital Pathology
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)Digital pathology has recently expanded the field of medical image processing for di- agnostic reasons. Whole slide images (WSIs) of histopathology are often accompanied by information on the location and type of diseases ... -
Variable-Structure Cable-Driven Parallel Robots
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPR) are a special class of robotic manipulators consisting of a rigid end effector suspended, constrained, and actuated by a number of length-varying cables. Since cable mass is typically ... -
Fast DC Fault Current Suppression and Fault Ride Through in Full-Bridge MMCs via Regulation of Submodule Capacitor Discharge
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) is more cost-effective than High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) for transmitting power over long distances, and therefore is ideal for bulk power transfer from wind, solar, hydroelectric, ...