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I/Q Imbalance Identification and Compensation for Millimeter-wave MIMO Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Today’s fourth generation (4G) cellular mobile communication networks are tasked with providing service for an ever increasing number of mobile users and their demand for increased data rates. The fifth generation (5G) ... -
An iBeacon-Based Location-Aware Advertising System
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-10)The billboard market near its end for the development of electric commerce, especially with the maturing of online advertising systems. Traditional billboards demand innova- tive ways to attract and categorize users; and ... -
Identifying Defects Related to the Order in which Messages are Received in Message-Passing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)Improving the quality of software artifacts and products is an essential activity for everyone working on the development of software. Testing is one approach to reveal defects and faults in software. In recent years, ... -
III-V semiconductor nanowire array avalanche photodiodes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)Detecting single photons with high efficiency and timing resolution opens up new possibilities for various technologies such as light detection and ranging (LIDAR), long-distance secure communication, singlet oxygen detection ... -
Image Analysis Applications of the Maximum Mean Discrepancy Distance Measure
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)The need to quantify distance between two groups of objects is prevalent throughout the signal processing world. The difference of group means computed using the Euclidean, or L2 distance, is one of the predominant distance ... -
Image and Video Coding/Transcoding: A Rate Distortion Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-05)Due to the lossy nature of image/video compression and the expensive bandwidth and computation resources in a multimedia system, one of the key design issues for image and video coding/transcoding is to optimize trade-off ... -
Image Information Distance Analysis and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-15)Image similarity or distortion assessment is fundamental to a broad range of applications throughout the field of image processing and machine vision. These include image restoration, denoising, coding, communication, ... -
Image Quality Assessment: Addressing the Data Shortage and Multi-Stage Distortion Challenges
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Visual content constitutes the vast majority of the ever increasing global Internet traffic, thus highlighting the central role that it plays in our daily lives. The perceived quality of such content can be degraded due ... -
Image-based spatio-temporal model of drug delivery in a heterogeneous vasculature of a solid tumor — Computational approach
(Elsevier, 2019-05)The solute transport distribution in a tumor is an important criterion in the evaluation of the cancer treatment efficacy. The fraction of killed cells after each treatment can quantify the therapeutic effect and plays as ... -
Image/Video Compression: Human and Computer Vision Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)As we start a new decade, image and video compression should further improve to satisfy each of the human and computer visions. Human and computer visions have different perspectives on the perceived images and videos, ... -
An Immutability Type System for Classes and Objects: Improvements, Experiments, and Comparisons
(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 ... -
Impact Analysis Models of Renewable Energy Uncertainty on Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-19)In the recent years, governments have encouraged the utilization of renewable energy by providing incentives to investors, and enhancing traditional practices in the sector. For example, in Ontario, Canada, local distribution ... -
Impact of Demand Response and Battery Energy Storage System on Electricity Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-19)The calls for the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emissions from conventional electricity generation have been dramatically growing in the recent years owing to their negative environmental ... -
Impact of Distributed Battery Energy Storage on Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-07)The penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in electricity grids has increased worldwide over the past decade because of their decreasing costs, especially of Photovoltaic (PV) and wind generation resources with ... -
Impact of Elasticity in Domestic Appliances on Aggregate Residential Power Demands
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-05)Power grids in today's developed societies are designed to meet consumer demands in a highly reliable manner. In order to guarantee reliability to consumers, the grid is required to be sized for infrequently occurring ... -
The Impact of Harmonics on the Power Cable Stress Grading System
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-22)With the continuous growth of non-linear power electronic components and the increasing penetration of the distributed generation (DG), the potential for degradation in the power quality of the existing grid exists. There ... -
The Impact of Lithium Ion on the Application of Resistive Switching Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-10)With the development of the times, people have higher and higher requirements for storage equipment. Many new storage devices have emerged, such as Magnetoresistive random-access memory(MRAM) and Resistive random-access ... -
Impact of Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Stability of Flexible a-Si TFTs
(University of Waterloo, 2011-11-01)The development of functional flexible electronics is essential to enable applications such as conformal medical imagers, wearable health monitoring systems, and flexible light-weight displays. Intensive research on thin-film ... -
Impact of PEV Charging Loads on Distribution System Operations and Optimal Siting and Sizing of PEV Charging Stations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-11)Smart grid has emerged as a promising paradigm to promote and deliver a clean, modern and efficient electricity grid to all customers, and it allows Local Distribution Companies (LDC) to integrate renewable sources more ... -
Impact of Residential Prosumer Ownership of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on Voltage Quality and Transformer Aging: Modeling, Assessment and Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-28)In the context of increasing concerns related to climate change, there has been a substantial change to both the transportation and residential sectors. While the transportation sector has previously been limited to ...