• Tunable Band Pass Filters for Communication Systems 

  Basavarajappa, Gowrish (University of Waterloo, 2021-05-08)

  The ever-increasing demand for high communication data rate and high-quality multi-media services; over past few decades, has ignited new avenues in radio architectures. Frequency reconfigurable (or frequency agile) ...

• Dead Reckoning for Distributed Network Online Games 

  Walker, Tristan (University of Waterloo, 2021-05-07)

  Online networked games are becoming increasingly popular. One type of network architecture used in these games is a distributed network architecture, where players send periodic updates to each other and each player must ...

• Content Caching and Delivery in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks 

  Wu, Huaqing (University of Waterloo, 2021-05-06)

  Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), which enable information exchange and content delivery in real time, are expected to revolutionize current transportation systems for better driving safety, traffic efficiency, and ...

• Theoretical Investigation of Contact Effects on the Performance of 2D-Material Nanotransistors 

  Yin, Demin (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-28)

  Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted significant attention for electronic device applications since the first graphene transistor was demonstrated in 2004. Various 2D materials not only exhibit excellent carrier ...

• Intelligent Multi-Dimensional Resource Management in MEC-Assisted Vehicular Networks 

  Peng, Haixia (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-27)

  Benefiting from advances in the automobile industry and wireless communication technologies, the vehicular network has been emerged as a key enabler of intelligent transportation services. Allowing real-time information ...

• Development of Control Circuits for Silicon MOS Quantum Dot Qubit Network 

  Absar, Rubaya (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-23)

  Future quantum processors intend to operate on millions of qubits and Silicon Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Quantum Dot qubits are a good fit for such a large-scale system due to their compactness in size and large ...

• Frequency and Voltage Control of a Grid of Microgrids 

  Alghamdi, Baheej (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-21)

  The rapid proliferation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) in recent years has resulted in significant technical challenges for power system operators and planners, mainly due to the particular characteristics of some ...

• Duetto: Latency Guarantees at Minimal Performance Cost 

  Mirosanlou, Reza; Hassan, Mohamed; Pellizzoni, Rodolfo (IEEE Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2021-02-05)

  The management of shared hardware resources in multi-core platforms has been characterized by a fundamental trade-off: high-performance arbiters typically employed in COTS systems offer no worst-case guarantees, while ...

• Security Analysis Methods for Detection and Repair of DoS Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts 

  Nassirzadeh, Behkish (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-19)

  In recent years we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the applications of blockchain and smart contracts in a variety of contexts, including supply-chain, decentralized finance, and international money transfers. However, ...

• An Immutability Type System for Classes and Objects: Improvements, Experiments, and Comparisons 

  Sun, Lian (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-16)

  Mutability, the ability for an object to change, is frequently cited as one of the sources of software problems. Ensuring the immutability of objects opens opportunities for optimizations, e.g., removing the need for locks ...

• Controlling Photon Emission from Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond 

  Rajagopal Muthu, Vinodh Raj (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-16)

  In this thesis we investigate two domains of control over the photonic emission from NV centers. In the first part of the thesis, which focuses on emission control in the spatial domain, we will be exploring the design of ...

• Scalable Synthesis of Less-Toxic Colloidal Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots and Application to Optoelectronic Device Architectures 

  Zheng, Yaxin (University of Waterloo, 2021-04-15)

  The consequences of mankind’s extravagant energy consumption has loomed over humanity for much of the twenty-first century. As societies realize the increasing urgency of transitioning to renewable energy sources, solar ...

• Runtime Monitoring for Uncertain Times 

  Kauffman, Sean (University of Waterloo, 2021-03-19)

  In Runtime Verification (RV), monitors check programs for correct operation at execution time. Also called Runtime Monitoring, RV offers advantages over other approaches to program verification. Efficient monitoring is ...

• Flexibility Provisions from Energy Storage Systems and Loads in Smart Grid 

  Alrumayh, Omar (University of Waterloo, 2021-02-22)

  Electric power systems are experiencing a movement toward increasing the share of renewable energy sources (RESs), while having to cope with the retirement of conventional generating units to facilitate an eco-friendly ...

• Data Reduction Algorithms in Machine Learning and Data Science 

  Ghojogh, Benyamin (University of Waterloo, 2021-02-19)

  Raw data are usually required to be pre-processed for better representation or discrimination of classes. This pre-processing can be done by data reduction, i.e., either reduction in dimensionality or numerosity (cardinality). ...

• Investigating Input Offset Reduction with Timing Manipulation in Low Voltage Sense Amplifiers 

  Di Nardo, Matthew Joseph (University of Waterloo, 2021-02-18)

  Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs) are ubiquitous in modern computer systems. They provide a fast and relatively compact method of data storage. SRAM cells are read from and written to using analog differential bitline ...

• Failure Localization Aware Protection in All-Optical Networks 

  da Costa Hirafuji, Raisa Ohana (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  The recent development of optical signal processing and switching makes the all-optical networks a potential candidate for the underlying transmission system in the near future. However, despite its higher transmission ...

• An Adaptive Teachable Robot For Encouraging Teamwork 

  Baghaei Ravari, Parastoo (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Social robots used in education can take different roles, including tutor robots and peer robots. Peer robots (also called teachable robots) take the role of a novice in a teaching interaction while the students take the ...

• CMOS Front-End Circuits in 45-nm SOI Suitable for Modular Phased-Array 60-GHz Radios 

  Eltaliawy, Ayman (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Next Fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies enabling ultra-wideband spectrum availability and increased system capacity can achieve multi-gigabit/s (Gbps) data rates suitable for ultra-high-speed internet access around ...

• Deep-Learning Framework for Estimating Behind the Meter Solar Generation and Electric Vehicle Penetration Level and Time-of-Use 

  Abdalla, Mohamed (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-20)

  The continual increase in the adoption of rooftop solar/photovoltaic (PV) generation and electric vehicles (EVs) presents challenges, as well as opportunities, in distribution power systems. Without monitoring or control, ...

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