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GoA: Actors with Locally Managed Memory for Go
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Reasoning about concurrent programs and the way they manage memory can be difficult. Single-process programs can allocate memory without concern regarding data races or memory corruption, but multi-threaded programs must ... -
GPU Wavefront Splitting for Safety-Critical Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-07)Graphics processing units (GPUs) are compute platforms that are ideal for highly parallel workloads due to their high degree of hardware parallelism. Parallelism offered by GPUs lends itself well to machine learning and ... -
Grafted polymer monolayer brush as electron beam resist
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)This thesis focuses on the nanofabrication process using novel electron beam resists. First, in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, the nanofabrication process using grafted polymer monolayer brush as e-beam resist was examined. ... -
Grammar-Based Representations of Large Sparse Binary Matrices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-26)Large sparse matrices representation is a fundamental problem in big data processing and analysis. In some applications dealing with large sparse matrices, the I/O of these sparse matrices is the bottleneck of the whole ... -
Grammatical Functions and Possibilistic Reasoning for the Extraction and Representation of Semantic Knowledge in Text Documents
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-05)This study seeks to explore and develop innovative methods for the extraction of semantic knowledge from unlabelled written English documents and the representation of this knowledge using a formal mathematical expression ... -
Granger Causal Network Learning and the Depth Wise Grouped LASSO
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)In this thesis we study the notion of Granger-causality, a statistical concept originally developed to estimate causal effects in econometrics. First, we suggest a more general notion of Granger-causality in which to frame ... -
A graph based approach for formal verification of Galois field multipliers
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)Data transfer between devices has increased rapidly with improvements in technology and the internet. To protect data from hackers, data is encrypted using methods of cryptography. To make the process of encryption faster, ... -
Graph Locality Prefetcher for Graph Database
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-30)This work presents a hardware prefetcher to improve the performance of accessing graph data representing large and complex networks. We represent complex networks as graphs, and queries amount to traversals on the graph. ... -
Graph-Based Model For Distribution Systems: Application To Planning Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-18)Distribution system engineers analyze distribution systems and operate them to minimize the costs of delivery of power while satisfying customers and imposed constraints such as voltage limits, congestion, system losses, ... -
Graph-Based Power Flow Solution Methods for Electric Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-26)For over half a century, Power Flow (PF) and its optimized version, Optimal Power Flow (OPF), has become one of the most important and widely used tools in power system planning, operational planning, and operation/control. ... -
A Graph-Transformation Modelling Framework for Supervisory Control
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-10)Formal design methodologies have the potential to accelerate the development and increase the reliability of supervisory controllers designed within industry. One promising design framework which has been shown to do so ... -
Graphene Oxide Femto Gel Photodetector
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-29)Due to its unique optical (electrical) properties such as wide-range absorbance of wavelength, and high carrier mobility, graphene becomes a promising candidate for photodetector devices. The ability to tune the band gap, ... -
Graphene travelling wave amplifier for integrated millimeter-wave/terahertz systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-09)Terahertz (THz) technology offers exciting possibilities for various applications, including high resolution biomedical imaging, long-wavelength spectroscopy, security monitoring, communications, quality control, and process ... -
Graphene-Assisted Integrated Nonlinear Optics
(University of Waterloo, 2018-03-09)The unique linear and massless band structure of graphene in a purely two-dimensional Dirac fermionic structure has ignited intense research since the first monolayer graphene was isolated in the laboratory. Not only ... -
Graphene-Based Nanophotonic Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Terahertz (THz) technology offers a rich playground for a vast number of research topics and applications. High resolution imaging for biomedical applications, long-wavelength spectroscopy for interstellar applications, ... -
Grating Technology and System Development for High-Resolution X-Ray Phase-Contrast Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-16)X-ray imaging is a workhorse of medical imaging, and in particular, high-resolution X-ray imaging is used in the detection of carcinomas and micro-calcifications in the breast, small fractures, and early stages of cancerous ... -
Greedy Representative Selection for Unsupervised Data Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)In recent years, the advance of information and communication technologies has allowed the storage and transfer of massive amounts of data. The availability of this overwhelming amount of data stimulates a growing need to ... -
Grid-able Plug-in Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids: Incorporation into Demand Response
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)Electric transportation has attracted a great deal of interest within the transport sector because of its notable potential to become a low-carbon substitute for conventional combustion engine vehicles. However, widespread ... -
Gromit An In-Memory Graph Database
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-28)This work presents the implementation of an in-memory graph database management system called Gromit. This graph database represents large and complex networks using labelled property graphs, and encodes semantic information ... -
Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Al Layers on GaAs and Si Substrates for Superconducting CPW Resonators in Scalable Quantum Computing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-20)The growth of Aluminum (Al) on semiconductors and dielectrics is a cornerstone in the quest for scalable quantum computing systems. Indeed the electrical properties of Al make it an exceptional candidate for the realization ...