Browsing Electrical and Computer Engineering by Type "Master Thesis"
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Analysis of Parameterized-Chain Networks: The Dependency Graph and Its Full, Consistent Subgraphs
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-17)This thesis studies algorithmic aspects of deadlock analysis for parameterized networks of discrete-event systems. A parameterized network consists of a finite, but arbitrarily large, number of interacting finite-state ... -
Analysis of Power Transistor Behavioural Modeling Techniques Suitable for Narrow-band Power Amplifier Design
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)The design of power amplifiers within a circuit simulator requires a good non-linear model that accurately predicts the electormagnetic behaviour of the power transistor. In recent years, a certain class of large signal ... -
Analysis of the Deep Sub-Micron a-Si:H Thin Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The recent developments of high resolution flat panel imagers have prompted interests in fabricating smaller on-pixel transistors to obtain higher fill factor and faster speed. This thesis presents fabrication and modeling ... -
An Analysis of the Effect of Community Structure on SAT Solver Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)Despite enormous improvements in Boolean SATisfiability solver performance over the last decade, it is still unclear why specific input formula are slow to solve, when other similarly specified formula execute more ... -
Analysis of Weather, Time, and Mandatory Time-of-Use Pricing Effects on Aggregate Residential Electricity Demand
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-08)Residential electricity demand is affected by three types of external factors: weather, time, and the price of electricity. Ontario has mandated time-of-use pricing for all residential customers in the province. We implement ... -
An Analysis of Wireless High-speed Data Services for Cellular CDMA Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2002)The interest in the development of wireless high-speed data services is in response to the strong market demand for high-speed wireless Internet access. Current standards aim at delivering a peak data rate greater than ... -
Analytical Methods for the Performance Evaluation of Binary Linear Block Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2000)The modeling of the soft-output decoding of a binary linear block code using a Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation system (with reduced noise power) is the main focus of this work. With this model, it is possible ... -
Analyzing Issues of Privacy and Offline Transactions In Central Bank Digital Currencies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-08)With the popularity of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, many central banks have begun to look into issuing their own digital currency. For many central banks, the goal of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) ... -
Analyzing the Noise Behaviour of a Model Reference Adaptive Controller which uses Simultaneous Probing, Estimation and Control
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-21)In classical model reference adaptive control, the goal is to design a controller to make the closed-loop system act like a prespecified stable reference model. A recent approach yields a linear periodic controller which ... -
Andreev Bound States in Topological-Insulator-Based Josephson Junction
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-24)The discovering and manipulating of Majorana fermions have been the frontier of condensed matter physics, not only because it is the first realization of Majorana’s theoretical prediction, but ... -
Anomaly Detection and Fault Localization Using Runtime State Models
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Software systems are impacting every aspect of our daily lives, making software failures expensive, even life endangering. Despite rigorous testing, software bugs inevitably exist, especially in complex systems. Existing ... -
Antennas and Metamaterials for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-14)The emergence of microwave energy harvesting systems, commonly referred to as rectenna or Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems, has enabled numerous applications in many areas since their primary goal is to recycle the ... -
Anti-Patterns for Automatic Program Repairs
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-23)Automated program repair has been a heated topic in software engineering. In recent years, we have witnessed many successful applications such as Genprog, SPR, RSRepair, etc. Given a bug and its test suite, which includes ... -
Application of a Bi-Geometric Transparent Composite Model to HEVC: Residual Data Modelling and Rate Control
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-25)Among various transforms, the discrete cosine transform (DCT) is the most widely used one in multimedia compression technologies for different image or video coding standards. During the development of image or video ... -
Application of Complex Vectors and Complex Transformations in Solving Maxwell’s Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-20)Application and implication of using complex vectors and complex transformations in solutions of Maxwell’s equations is investigated. Complex vectors are used in complex plane waves and help to represent this type of waves ... -
Application of Nanocrystalline Silicon in Forward Bias Diodes
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-13)Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) is an attractive material for fabrication of low temperature, large area electronic devices due to superior properties versus the traditional amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and polycrystalline ... -
An Application of Secure Data Aggregation for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning on Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)Machine learning algorithms over big data have been widely used to make low-priced services better over the years, but they come with privacy as a major public concern. The European Union has made the General Data Protection ... -
An Architecture for Reliable Encapsulation Endpoints using Commodity Hardware
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-15)Customized hardware is expensive and making software reliable is difficult to achieve as complexity increases. Recent trends towards computing in the cloud have highlighted the importance of being able to operate continuously ... -
An Architecture for the AES-GCM Security Standard
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The forth recommendation of symmetric block cipher mode of operation SP800-38D, <em>Galois/Counter Mode of Operation</em> (GCM) was developed by David A McGrew and John Viega. GCM uses an approved symmetric key block ... -
Area and Energy Optimizations in ASIC Implementations of AES and PRESENT Block Ciphers
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-25)When small, modern-day devices surface with neoteric features and promise benefits like streamlined business processes, cashierless stores, and autonomous driving, they are all too often accompanied by security risks due ...