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Physics Based Virtual Source Compact Model of Gallium-Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-19)Gallium Nitride (GaN) based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) outperform Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and silicon based transistors for radio frequency (RF) applications in terms of output power and efficiency due to ... -
Pixel Circuits and Driving Schemes for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-11)Rapid progress over the last decade on thin film transistor (TFT) active matrix organic light emitting (AMOLED) displays led to the emergence of high-performance, low-power, low-cost flat panel displays. Despite the ... -
Pixel-less and Pixel-lated Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Infrared Imaging Upconversion Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Nowadays, the industrial standard for infrared imaging systems is to interconnect an infrared photodetector array with a silicon-based read-out-integrated circuit pixel by pixel through existing indium bumping technology ... -
Planning and Operation Framework of Smart Distributed Energy Resources in Emerging Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-10)Smart grid technologies provoke a major paradigm shift in how power systems are planned and operated. The transition to a smarter system is happening gradually; however, researchers has reported that this transition is ... -
Planning for Small Cells in a Cellular Network
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-03)In this thesis, we analyze the effect of deploying small cells on the performance of a network comprising several macro cells. We identify potential locations for low-power base-stations based on the coverage patterns of ... -
Planning Model for Implementing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in Distribution System
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are growing in popularity in developed countries in an attempt to overcome the problems of pollution, depleting natural oil and fossil fuel reserves and rising petrol costs. In addition, ... -
Planning of Multi-Microgrids Considering Uncertainties and Spatial Characteristics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-13)Global warming is a serious issue that is being tackled from various fronts, one of them is the decarbonization of electrical energy systems, which may be addressed by introducing clean Distributed Energy Sources (DERs) ... -
Planning, Operation and Control of Battery Energy Storage Systems based on Repurposed Electric Vehicle Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) play a pivotal role in facilitating the grid integration of renewable energy resources and mitigating the impact of high penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs). The increasing number ... -
Plasmonic Superconducting Single Photon Detector
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)A theoretical model with experimental verification is presented to enhance the quantum efficiency of a superconducting single-photon detector without increasing the length or thickness of the active element. The basic ... -
A Platform for Assessing the Efficiency of Distributed Access Enforcement in Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and its Validation
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)We consider the distributed access enforcement problem for Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) systems. Such enforcement has become important with RBAC's increasing adoption, and the proliferation of data that needs to be ... -
A Platform for Generating Anomalous Traces Under Cooperative Driving Scenarios
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-03)As we allow more critical decisions to be made by software, it becomes increasingly necessary to ensure the decisions made are correct. One approach is to monitor the software for signs of an anomaly. The approach is an ... -
A Platform for Robot-Assisted Intracardiac Catheter Navigation
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-05)Steerable catheters are routinely deployed in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. During invasive electrophysiology studies, the catheter handle is manipulated by an interventionalist to guide the catheter's distal ... -
Pluggable Properties for Program Understanding: Ontic Type Checking and Inference
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-26)Pluggable type systems is a powerful approach to add additional information on types, which can facilitate the understanding of programs. This thesis presents our work on three pluggable type systems for helping both ... -
Policy Driven Software Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-15)Software monitoring and logging is one of the most important tools a software engineer has when faced with the challenge of auditing or analysing a software system. However, the difficulty in effectively monitoring a ... -
Policy-Driven Framework for Static Identification and Verification of Component Dependencies
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-03)Software maintenance is considered to be among the most difficult, lengthy and costly parts of a software application's life-cycle. Regardless of the nature of the software application and the software engineering efforts ... -
Polycrystalline Silicon Capacitive MEMS Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)Wind energy is a fast-growing sustainable energy technology and driven by the need for more efficient energy harvesting, size of the wind turbines has increased over the years for both off-shore and land-based installations. ... -
Polymeric semiconductor and transition-metal dichalcogenide nanocomposites for inkjet-printed thin-film transistor devices
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-20)Patterned using subtractive processes, conventional thin-film deposition techniques inevitably require high-vacuum deposition and photolithography to define functional layers to create a device structure. Inkjet printing ... -
Polynomial Timed Reductions to Solve Computer Security Problems in Access Control, Ethereum Smart Contract, Cloud VM Scheduling, and Logic Locking.
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-28)This thesis addresses computer security problems in: Access Control, Ethereum Smart Contracts, Cloud VM Scheduling, and Logic Locking. These problems are solved using polynomially timed reductions to 2 complexity classes: ... -
Popular Content Distribution in Public Transportation Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-20)Outdoor wireless networks suffer nowadays from an increasing data traffic demand which comes at the time where almost no vacant frequency spectrum has been left. A vast majority of this demand comes from popular content ... -
Population-level Indicators of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep in Canada based on Twitter
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-17)Social media platforms contain large amounts of freely and publicly available data that could be used to measure population characteristics across different geographical regions. Analyzing public data sources such as ...