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The Shoelace Antenna : a device to induce short-wavelength fluctuations in the edge plasma of the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The "Shoelace" antenna is a unique device built to induce short-wavelength fluctuations in the edge plasma of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, at a wave number and in the frequency range associated with the Quasi-Coherent Mode ...
An integrated heterodyne interferometer with on-chip detectors and modulators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The application of CMOS processing techniques developed in the microelectronics world to that of silicon photonics has been the catalyst for the rapid proliferation of smaller, higher performance, and more densely integrated ...
Information contraction and decomposition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Information contraction is one of the most fundamental concepts in information theory as evidenced by the numerous classical converse theorems that utilize it. In this dissertation, we study several problems aimed at better ...
Novel frameworks for auctions and optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis contains two parts. Part I introduces novel frameworks for modeling uncertainty in auctions. This enables us to provide robust analysis to alternative specifications of preferences and information structures ...
CoMo : a whiteboard that converses about code
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Software engineers routinely solve problems by brainstorming at whiteboards. Among other modes, they communicate with speech and sketch. Unfortunately, the whiteboard plays the role of a passive medium. It serves only as ...
Certifiably correct SLAM
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The ability to construct an accurate model of the environment is an essential capability for mobile autonomous systems, enabling such fundamental functions as planning, navigation, and manipulation. However, the general ...