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Quantum experiments with single-photon spin-orbit lattice arrays
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)The thesis introduces two single-photon experiments with the lattice of spin-orbit arrays. The basic background knowledge has been introduced in Chapter 1. Chapters 2-4 describe the detailed techniques used in these two ... -
Quantum Hacking in the Age of Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Cryptography
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-13)Cryptography is essential for secure communication in the digital era. Today, public-key cryptography is widely employed, and has provided an efficient method for encrypting content and ensuring both confidentiality and ... -
Quantum Key Distribution Data Post-Processing with Limited Resources: Towards Satellite-Based Quantum Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Quantum key distribution (QKD), a novel cryptographic technique for secure distribution of secret keys between two parties, is the first successful quantum technology to emerge from quantum information science. The security ... -
Quantum Machine Learning for Recognizing Gaussian Discord
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)The quantum correlations measured by quantum discord have been paying significant attention since they are an essential resource for quantum information. This thesis focuses on the quantum discord in continuous-variable ... -
Quantum Optoelectronic Detection and Mixing in the Nanowire Superconducting Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)The recent advancement of superconducting nano devices has allowed for making a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SNSPD), whose extraordinary features have strongly motivated the research community to exploit ... -
Quasi-static and dynamic characterization of unidirectional non-crimp carbon fiber fabric composites processed by HP-RTM
(Elsevier, 2019-07)Recently developed high-pressure resin transfer molding (HP-RTM) processes have enabled the integration of lightweight fiber-reinforced composites into automobiles (e.g., frame and roof components, floor segments), which ... -
Quasi-Static, Cyclic, and Fracture Characteristics of Plasma Transferred Wire Arc (PTWA) Thermal Sprayed AlSi Cylinder Bores
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-12)This study examines the microstructure and mechanical properties of plasma transferred wire arc (PTWA) coating of typical alloyed steel, deposited on diecast aluminum alloy cylinder bores. The coating surface and microstructure ... -
Quench Sensitivity of 6xxx Aluminum Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)The use of AA6xxx series alloys continues to grow with the increasing demand for more fuel efficient vehicles. AA6xxx series alloys are commonly used in automotive applications because of their extrudability and good ... -
A Queueing Model to Study Ambulance Offload Delays
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)The ambulance offload delay problem is a well-known result of overcrowding and congestion in emergency departments. Offload delay refers to the situation where area hospitals are unable to accept patients from regional ... -
Queueing Network Models of Ambulance Offload Delays
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)Although healthcare operations management has been an active and popular research direction over the past few years, there is a lack of formal quantitative models to analyze the ambulance o oad delay problem. O oad delays ... -
R-D Optimal Scalable Video Coding Using Soft Decision Quantization
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-22)In this thesis, we study the concept of scalable video coding as implemented in the extension to the H.264 video coding standard. Specifically, for the spatial and quality scalability scenarios, we propose an optimization ... -
R.A.M: Remote Arctic Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-22)The modern world is defined by networks. One network, specifically, has become the core component in how our societies function; the Internet. While the Internet may seem ubiquitous, seamless, and imperceptible, it is only ... -
R2Fix: Automatically Generating Bug Fixes from Bug Reports
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-08)Many bugs, even those that are known and documented in bug reports, remain in mature software for a long time due to the lack of the development resources to fix them. We propose a general approach, R2Fix, to automatically ... -
Radar-based Human Pulse Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-10)This thesis presents a novel approach where a superstrate is used to re-purpose a commercial off-the-shelf mm-wave 60 GHz radar by Infineon (BGT60TR13C) for near-field human pulse sensing. The superstrate is realized through ... -
A Radar-Based In-Cabin Health Monitoring System
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-17)The topic of in-cabin health care monitoring within vehicles has recently garnered significant attention. This technology serves two primary applications in a vehicle. First is the monitoring of the vital signs of drivers ... -
Radio Resource Management for Cellular CDMA Systems Supporting Heterogeneous Services
(University of Waterloo, 2002)A novel radio resource management (RRM) scheme, which jointly considers the system characteristics from the physical, link and network layers, is proposed for cellular code division multiple access (CDMA) systems. ... -
Radio Resource Management for Wireless Mesh Networks Supporting Heterogeneous Traffic
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-07)Wireless mesh networking has emerged as a promising technology for future broadband wireless access, providing a viable and economical solution for both peer-to-peer applications and Internet access. The success of wireless ... -
Radio Resource Management in a Heterogeneous Wireless Access Medium
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)In recent years, there has been a rapid evolution and deployment of wireless networks. In populated areas, high-rate data access is enabled anywhere and anytime with the pervasive wireless infrastructure such as the ... -
Radio Resource Management in LTE-Advanced Systems with Carrier Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-16)In order to meet the ever-increasing demand for wireless broadband services from fast growing mobile users, the Long Term Evolution -Advanced (LTE-A) standard has been proposed to effectively improve the system capacity ... -
Radiometric Compensation of Nonlinear Projector Camera Systems by Modeling Human Visual Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Radiometric compensation is the process of adjusting the luminance and colour output of images on a display to compensate for non-uniformity of the display. In the case of projector-camera systems, this non-uniformity can ...