Electrical and Computer Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
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Exploring the Usage of U-Net-based Deep Learning Networks for Reduction of Brain PET Scan Time in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-30)In medical imaging, positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging technique that uses radiotracers to tag and investigate biological processes. A high-quality PET scan requires a high dosage of such tracers and/or a ... -
Towards Learning Feasible Hierarchical Decision-Making Policies in Urban Autonomous Driving
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)Modern learning-based algorithms, powered by advanced deep structured neural nets, have multifacetedly facilitated automated driving platforms, spanning from scene characterization and perception to low-level control and ... -
Multi-resource Fair Scheduler in Linux
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)Resource management is one of the main responsibilities of operating systems. In Linux, the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) allocates CPU time to processes, allowing them to share CPU time. Although effective in allocating ... -
Fictitious Mean-field Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Load Balancing
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)In this work, we study the application of multi-agent reinforcement learning (RL) in distributed systems. In particular, we consider a setting in which strategic clients compete over a set of heterogeneous servers. Each ... -
Towards the Automation of Scalable Carbon Nanotube Sorting via Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)Carbon nanotubes are an exciting quantum material with numerous interesting and unique properties. Notable electric properties are their variable band-gap and metallic and semi- conducting variants. Carbon nanotubes are ... -
Video-Based Object Detection in Security Monitoring System
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)Object detection technology has been widely used in many real world applications. With the development of the deep learning method, the accuracy and speed of object de tection method have been improved significantly, ... -
Synthesis of non-toxic colloidal silicon quantum dots and further optoelectronic device application
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)The promising electric and optical properties lead to the wide application of zero-dimensional quantum dots (QDs) in optoelectronic devices, such as quantum dots, light-emitting diodes (QLEDs), quantum dots-based solar ... -
Scenario Modeling and Execution for Simulation Testing of Automated-Driving Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)Automated Driving Systems (ADS) have the potential to significantly impact the future of ground mobility. However, safety assurance is still a major obstacle. Field testing alone is impractical and simulation is required ... -
Towards Optical Excitation of Liquid-Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes inside Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)This thesis is a study of the excitation of liquid-suspended carbon nanotubes (CNTs) confined in an optical waveguide. Desirable optical properties such as narrow emission and excitation bandwidths, as well as wide ... -
Secure and Unclonable Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Semiconductor manufacturing is increasingly reliant in offshore foundries, which has raised concerns with counterfeiting, piracy, and unauthorized overproduction by the contract foundry. The recent shortage of semiconductors ... -
Privacy-Preserving and Regulation-Enabled Mechanisms for Blockchain-based Financial Services
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)With the success of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, blockchain technology has attracted extensive attention from both academia and industry. As a distributed ledger technology, blockchain provides decentralization and ... -
Analysis of Transformer Insulation under High-frequency Transients
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)In recent times, there have been an increase in installation of wind turbines for generation of electricity through renewable energy sources. The wind energy is a clean and cost effective source of generating power, but ... -
Microwave Medical Imaging Using Inverse Radon Transform and Quasi-Static Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)The features of Microwave Imaging (MI) drive its potential to be widely implemented in different fields. Its high penetration depth, comfortable usage, non-ionizing nature, and low-cost operation have attracted researchers ... -
Optimization of a Microfluidic Assay Computationally and Experimentally for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Toxins in Water Samples
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)Toxins are biological molecules observed in water resources, harmful to animal and human life. They are produced by certain algae and can find their way to the human body by drinking contaminated water, recreational water ... -
A 37-40 GHz Dual-Polarized 16-Element Phased-Array Antenna with Near-Field Probes
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-21)With the development of fifth-generation (5G) communication networks, in order to meet the growing demand for high-speed and low-latency wireless communication services, channel capacity has become the main driving force ... -
A 39GHz Balanced Power Amplifier with Enhanced Linearity in 45 nm SOI CMOS
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)With the high data rate communication systems that come with fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, the shift of operation to millimeter-wave frequency becomes inevitable. The expected data rate in 5G is significantly ... -
Private Allocation of Public Goods
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-13)We study the problem of designing a truthful mechanism for fair allocation of divisible public goods. We consider a setting with n agents and m items. Each item is associated with a size, and the total size of the allocated ... -
Data-Driven Network Management for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-09)With the commercialization and maturity of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the next-generation wireless network (NGWN) is envisioned to provide seamless connectivity for mobile user terminals (MUTs) and to ... -
High-Performance Reconfigurable Piezoelectric Resonators and Filters for RF Frontend Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-08)A conventional RF frontend module consists of many filters where each filter is allocated for a specific frequency band. These filters are connected through multiplexing switch networks to support multi-band wireless ... -
Toward High-Performance Blockchains
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)The decentralized nature of blockchains has attracted many applications to build atop them, such as cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and non-fungible tokens. The health and performance of the underlying blockchain systems ...
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