• Optimal energy management strategies in wireless data and energy cooperative communications 

  Zhou, Jun (2018-05-18)

  This thesis first presents a new cooperative wireless communication network strategy that incorporates energy cooperation and data cooperation. The model establishment, design goal formulations, and algorithms for throughput ...
• Dynamic sensor deployment in mobile wireless sensor networks using multi-agent krill herd algorithm 

  Andaliby Joghataie, Amir (2018-05-18)

  A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a group of spatially dispersed sensors that monitor the physical conditions of the environment and collect data at a central location. Sensor deployment is one of the main design aspects ...
• Lyric-Based Music Genre Classifcation 

  Yang, Junru (2018-05-16)

  As people have access to increasingly large music data, music classifcation becomes critical in music industry. In particular, automatic genre classifcation is an important feature in music classi cation and has attracted ...
• Triangle Enumeration in Massive Graphs using Map Reduce 

  Bhojwani, Pooja (2018-05-16)

  In this era of big data, graph, which adds the advantage of structural representation of data has gained extreme importance. Analyzing the graphical structure of the data provides deep, meaningful insights about it and ...
• Optimal Siting and Sizing of Distributed Generators (DGs) in Active Distribution Network (ADN) Conceding Power Losses and Voltage Deviation 

  Almalki, Abduladheem (2018-05-15)

  In recent years, Smart Grid Technology (SGT) has become the next generation of communication and control techniques in power grids, which provides bi-directional communication and control of power flow to enhance the ...
• Agent-Based Simulation for Interconnection-Scale Renewable Integration and Demand Response Studies 

  Chassin, David P.; Behboodi, Sahand; Crawford, Curran; Djilali, Ned (Engineering, 2015)

  This paper collects and synthesizes the technical requirements, implementation, and validation methods for quasi-steady agent-based simulations of interconnectionscale models with particular attention to the integration ...
• CSP++ : an object-oriented application framework for software synthesis from CSP specifications 

  Gardner, William Bennett (2018-05-09)

  One of the useful formalisms for designing concurrent systems is the process algebra called CSP, or Communicating Sequential Processes. CSP statements can be used to model a system's control and data flow in an intuitive ...
• IEC-61850 Protocol Analysis and Online Intrusion Detection System for SCADA Networks using Machine Learning 

  Patel, Shivam (2018-05-07)

  Nowadays, industrial network security has become a major threat. In order to detect and prevent any type of attack on the industrial networks it is necessary to understand the communication protocols used by them. Hence, ...
• Non-invasive gesture sensing, physical modeling, machine learning and acoustic actuation for pitched percussion 

  Trail, Shawn (2018-05-07)

  This thesis explores the design and development of digitally extended, electro- acoustic (EA) pitched percussion instruments, and their use in novel, multi-media performance contexts. The proposed techniques address the ...
• The exergy of thermal radiation and its relevance in solar energy conversion 

  Wright, Sean (2018-05-02)

  Driven by the importance of optimizing energy systems and technologies, the field of exergy analysis was developed to better illuminate process inefficiencies and evaluate performance. Exergy analysis provides important ...
• Integrating surrogate modeling to improve DIRECT, DE and BA global optimization algorithms for computationally intensive problems 

  Saad, Abdulbaset Elha (2018-05-02)

  Rapid advances of computer modeling and simulation tools and computing hardware have turned Model Based Design (MBD) a more viable technology. However, using a computationally intensive, “black-box” form MBD software tool ...
• Fast spectral multiplication for real-time rendering 

  Waddle, C Allen (2018-05-02)

  In computer graphics, the complex phenomenon of color appearance, involving the interaction of light, matter and the human visual system, is modeled by the multiplication of RGB triplets assigned to lights and materials. ...
• Durability evaluation of cement-based repair materials used for corrosion-damaged steel-reinforced concrete structures 

  Wang, Boyu (1st International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE), 2018-04-27)

  Concrete repair materials are being widely used to restore and extend the service life of structures. While most cement-based repair materials are compatible with concrete structures, their durability properties do not ...
• Adaptive music technology using the Kinect 

  Graham-Knight, Kimberlee (2018-05-01)

  The field of Adaptive Music Technology is rapidly expanding and evolving. While there have been a number of theses and dissertations devoted to the study of new computer music instrument design for persons with disabilities, ...
• Improving Accent and Pronunciation 

  Singh, Jasmeet (2018-04-30)

  Improving accent and pronunciation is a key factor for anyone learning a new language. This project is aimed to help people improve their accent and pronunciation. It is a web application that lets users record an audio ...
• Development of a drug-eluting 3D bioprinted mesh (GlioMesh) for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme 

  Hosseinzadeh, Reihaneh (2018-04-30)

  Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most aggressive and mortal cancers of the central nervous system. Maximal safe surgical resection, followed by radiotherapy accompanied with chemotherapy is the standard of care ...
• Impact study of length in detecting algorithmically generated domains 

  Ahluwalia, Aashna (2018-04-30)

  Domain generation algorithm (DGA) is a popular technique for evading detection used by many sophisticated malware families. Since the DGA domains are randomly generated, they tend to exhibit properties that are different ...
• A reality-based cost-benefit analysis of high performance residences in Victoria, BC 

  Wilson, Eric (2018-04-30)

  This research initiative attempts to empirically determine, with reality-based evidence from un-biased sources, the cost disadvantage, energy advantage, and expected pay-back period associated with building an above-code ...
• Adaptive router bypass techniques to enhance core network efficiency 

  Ghonaim, Fahad A. (2018-04-30)

  Internet traffic is increasing exponentially, driven by new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and rich streaming media. The traditional IP router becomes a bottleneck for further Internet expansion due to its ...
• Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) low noise amplifier (LNA) design for radio astronomy applications 

  Seyfollahi, Alireza (2018-04-30)

  The presentation highlights research on theory, design, EM modeling, fabrication, packaging, and measurement of GaAs Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs). The goal of this work is to design MMIC LNAs with ...

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