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Informative Path Planning and Sensor Scheduling for Persistent Monitoring Tasks
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-24)In this thesis we consider two combinatorial optimization problems that relate to the field of persistent monitoring. In the first part, we extend the classic problem of finding the maximum weight Hamiltonian cycle in ... -
Innovative Opportunistic Scheduling Algorithms for Networks with Packet-Level Dynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-07)Scheduling in wireless networks plays an important role. The undeterministic nature of the wireless channel is usually considered as an undesirable property. Recently, the idea of opportunistic scheduling is introduced ... -
Inorganic Phosphor Coatings for Ultraviolet Responsive Image Detectors
(University of Waterloo, 2000)Typical CCD digital imaging sensors are insensitive to ultraviolet ( UV ) radiation by virtue of the very shallow ( 2 nm ) penetration depth in silicon. This warrants the use of a post-packaging coating to up-covert the ... -
An Instruction Scratchpad Memory Allocation for the Precision Timed Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-18)This work presents a static instruction allocation scheme for the precision timed architecture’s (PRET) scratchpad memory. Since PRET provides timing instructions to control the temporal execution of programs, the objective ... -
Integrated Antennas and Active Beamformers Technology for mm-Wave Phased-Array Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-24)In this thesis, based on the indoor channel measurements and ray-tracing modeling for the indoor mm-wave wireless communications, the challenges of the design of the radio in this band is studied. Considering the recently ... -
Integrated Circuit and Antenna Technology for Millimeter-wave Phased Array Radio Front-end
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Ever growing demands for higher data rate and bandwidth are pushing extremely high data rate wireless applications to millimeter-wave band (30-300GHz), where sufficient bandwidth is available and high data rate wireless ... -
Integrated Feature Analysis for Prostate Tissue Characterization Using TRUS Images
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The Prostate is a male gland that is located around the urethra. Prostate Cancer is the second most diagnosed malignancy in men over the age of fifty. Typically, prostate cancer is diagnosed from clinical data, medical ... -
Integrated Framework Design for Intelligent Human Machine Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-22)Human-computer interaction, sometimes referred to as Man-Machine Interaction, is a concept that emerged simultaneously with computers, or more generally machines. The methods by which humans have been interacting with ... -
Integrated MEMS-Based Phase Shifters
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-13)Multilayer microwave circuit processing technology is essential in developing more compact radio frequency (RF) electronically scanned arrays (ESAs) for next generation radar systems. ESAs are typically realized using the ... -
An Integrated Modeling Framework for Managing the Deployment and Operation of Cloud Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-23)Cloud computing can help Software as a Service (SaaS) providers to take advantage of the sheer number of cloud benefits such as, agility, continuity, cost reduction, autonomy, and easy management of resources. To reap the ... -
Integrated Optoelectronic Devices and System Limitations for WDM Passive Optical Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)This thesis puts focus on the technological challenges for Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) implementation, and presents novel semiconductor optical devices for deployment at the optical ... -
Integrated Photonics Structure for THz Systems Based on Silicon and Photoconductive Material
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)The field of terahertz (THz) technology has been immensely progressed over the past two decades, but integrated on-chip THz circuits and systems are still under development. This thesis is an effort to propose an ... -
An Integrated Polymer Based Polymerase Chain Reaction And Capillary Electrophoresis System For Genetic Diagnosis
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-24)Micro-Total-Analysis-Systems (µTAS) for genetic diagnosis have a great potential to revolutionize the future of health care. However the lack of µTAS, which is fully integrated, mass-producible and application oriented, ... -
Integrated System and Component Technologies for Fiber-Coupled MM-Wave/THz Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-17)THz and mm-wave technology has become increasingly significant in a very diverse range of applications such as spectroscopy, imaging, and communication as a consequence of a plethora of significant advances in this field. ... -
An Integrated Voltage Optimization Approach For Industrial Loads
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)Although Voltage Varying (VV) strategies like Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) are widely used by utilities to reduce the overall energy consumption and peak power demand of distribution feeders, it is aberrant among ... -
Integrated Waveguide Interfaces for Quantum Optics Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)This dissertation explores the integration and interfacing of a variety of photonic devices with optical waveguides, aiming to minimize the optical losses and physical footprint of such systems. The specific investigations ... -
Integrating Security Mechanisms in Hard Real-Time Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)Traditionally Real-Time Systems (RTSs) and security have been considered as separate domains. This is mostly because traditional systems employed isolated customized components, while modern systems tend to be highly ... -
Integration of Local Positioning System & Strapdown Inertial Navigation System for Hand-Held Tool Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-25)This research concerns the development of a smart sensory system for tracking a hand-held moving device to millimeter accuracy, for slow or nearly static applications over extended periods of time. Since different operators ... -
Integration of Nanostructures and Quantum Dots into Spherical Silicon Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)In order to improve the optical losses of spherical silicon solar cells, new fabrication designs were presented. The new device structures are fabricated based on integration of nanostructures into spherical silicon solar ... -
An Integrative Overview of the Open Literature's Empirical Data on In-tunnel Radiowave Propagation's Power Loss
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This paper offers a comprehensive and integrative overview of all empirical data available from the open literature on the in-tunnel radiowave-communication channel's power loss characteristics, as a function of the tunnel's ...