Systems Design Engineering: Recent submissions
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Virtual Staining of Photon Absorption Remote Sensing Histology Images: A Promising Approach for Label-Free Histological Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)Histology is a crucial diagnostic tool in medicine and biological research, providing valuable insights into tissue morphology and cellular structures. However, conventional histological staining methods are time-consuming. ... -
A Two-Stage Learning Approach for Goalie, Net and Stick Pose Estimation in Ice Hockey
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)Accurate pose estimation of ice hockey goaltenders presents a unique challenge due to the dynamic nature of the sport and the intricate interactions among the goalie, equipment, and net. This study introduces a comprehensive ... -
Machine Learning in Driver Drowsiness Detection: A Focus on HRV, EDA, and Eye Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)Drowsy driving continues to be a significant cause of road traffic accidents, necessi- tating the development of robust drowsiness detection systems. This research enhances our understanding of driver drowsiness by analyzing ... -
Investigating Scene Understanding for Robotic Grasping: From Pose Estimation to Explainable AI
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)In the rapidly evolving field of robotics, the ability to accurately grasp and manipulate objects—known as robotic grasping—is a cornerstone of autonomous operation. This capability is pivotal across a multitude of ... -
Experimental and Computational Micromechanical Investigations for Developing Mechanically Competent 3D Printable Nanocomposite Biomaterials
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)The development of mechanically competent biomaterials that can also facilitate new bone formation is a major challenge in the field of bone repair, especially critically-sized bone defect reconstruction. 3D printed synthetic ... -
Harmonizing the Scale: An End-to-End Self-Supervised Approach for Cross-Modal Data Retrieval in Histopathology Archives
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-18)In recent years, the exponential growth of data across various domains has necessitated the development of advanced techniques to process and analyze multi-modal big data. This is particularly relevant in the medical domain ... -
Evaluation of Control Modalities in Highly Automated Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-01)Autonomous driving vehicles are classified by researchers into six levels, ranging from 0 to 5. The level of autonomy increases with the level number, with vehicles at levels 4 or 5 possessing the capability for full ... -
Fair Compression of Machine Learning Vision Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-01)Model pruning is a simple and effective method for compressing neural networks. By identifying and removing the least influential parameters of a model, pruning is able to transform networks into smaller, faster networks ... -
The effects of simulated physiological conditions on the performance of novel 3D printed nanocomposite biomaterials
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)3D printable biopolymer nanocomposites are an exciting novel class of materials with potential as biomaterials for skeletal reconstruction. In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for synthetic bone graft ... -
Synthetic Correlated Diffusion Imaging for Prostate Cancer Detection and Risk Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common form of cancer among men worldwide and the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in 112 countries. While the overall 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer is very ... -
Improving Robustness of Homography Estimation for Ice Rink Registration
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)Hockey analytics involves obtaining information from games so that coaches, managers, and teams can make better decisions in training, playing, and hiring. As there is a large amount of information available in each game, ... -
Human Detection And Tracking For Human-Robot Interaction On The REEM-C Humanoid Robot
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)The interactions between humanoid robots and humans is a growing area of research, as frameworks and models are being continuously developed to improving the ways in which humanoids may integrate into society. These humanoids ... -
Advancing the Extraction of Mechanical Properties from Biaxial Data
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-24)Mechanical characterization is vital to understand soft tissue behaviour in health and pathology. In aortic aneurysms, for instance, it is used to develop techniques for rupture risk assessment. In skin, for instance, it ... -
Subject-Specific Assistive Control of a Stroke Rehabilitation Robot
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-23)The branch of medicine known as rehabilitation involves an injured patient employing repetitive practices under the supervision of a physiotherapist in an effort to help the patient recover motor control. But during stroke ... -
Out-of-Distribution Generalization of Gigapixel Image Representation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-18)This thesis addresses the significant challenge of improving the generalization capabilities of artificial deep neural networks in the classification of whole slide images (WSIs) in histopathology across different and ... -
Representational Redundancy Reduction Strategies for Efficient Neural Network Architectures for Visual and Language Tasks
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-14)Deep neural networks have transformed a wide variety of domains including natural language processing, image and video processing, and robotics. However, the computational cost of training and inference with these models ... -
Spatial Modeling of Compact Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-14)The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) utilizes compact polarimetric (CP) mode to provide data with varying resolutions, supporting a wide range of applications including oil spill detection, sea ice mapping, and land ... -
Predictive Dynamic Simulation of Human Movement Following Hip and Knee Replacement
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-01)Total joint arthroplasty is a surgical intervention that involves the removal of arthritic or damaged components of a joint and their replacement with an artificial joint. The ultimate goal is to restore the joint’s ... -
Development of an In-Vitro Model to Study the Effect of Shear and Biomaterial on Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Release by Blood Neutrophils and HL-60 Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-10)Cardiovascular biomaterials are essential for the support of damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue and structures. Their applications include stents, heart valves, vascular grafts, and pacemakers. The success of these ... -
Continual learning-based Video Object Segmentation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-23)Machine learning models, specifically deep convolutional neural networks, have exceeded human-level performance in many research areas, such as object classification and voice recognition. However, they are not comparable ...