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FlowerPot : an anonymous BitTorrent client
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This thesis presents and analyzes FlowerPot, an anonymous client for the BitTorrent file-sharing system. FlowerPot is peer-to-peer, providing scalability and making it difficult to attack with techniques like denial-of-service. ... -
Flowfield measurements in a transonic turbine
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Flowness + FlowBlocks : uncovering the dynamics of everyday life through playful modeling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)It is not easy to understand the dynamics underlying everyday life. The change around us is so ubiquitous; the processes governing change are invisible; the relationships between cause & effect are usually disconnected in ... -
Flows, Submodularity, Sparsity, and Beyond: Continuous Optimization Insights for Discrete Problems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)In this thesis we build on connections between discrete and continuous optimization. In the first part of the thesis we propose faster second-order convex optimization algorithms for classical graph algorithmic problems. ... -
Fluctuating interfaces and paths in disordered and non-equilibrium systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)In this thesis, we study the statistics of fluctuating paths and interfaces in the presence of disorder. Specifically, we consider systems in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class for stochastic interface growth, from ... -
Fluctuating surface currents : a new algorithm for efficient prediction of Casimir interactions among arbitrary materials in arbitrary geometries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)For most of its 60 year history, the Casimir effect was an obscure theoretical backwater, but technological advances over the past decade have promoted this curious manifestation of quantum and thermal fluctuations to a ... -
Fluctuation induced cross-field transport in Hall thrusters and tokamaks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)One area of fundamental plasma physics which remains poorly understood is the transport of particles across magnetic field lines at rates significantly higher than predicted by theory exclusively based on collisions. This ... -
Fluctuation-induced interactions and nonlinear nanophotonics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)We present theoretical and numerical methods for studying Casimir forces and nonlinear frequency conversion in nanophotonic media consisting of arbitrary geometries and materials. The first section of the thesis focuses ... -
Fluctuation-induced phenomena in non-equilibrium systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)In this thesis, we investigate the implications of fluctuations in systems away, possibly even far, from equilibrium due to their motion either in or out of thermal equilibrium. This subject encompasses several topics in ... -
A fluctuational electrodynamic analysis of microscale radiative transfer and the design of microscale thermophotovoltaic devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Fluctuations and state preparation in quantum degenerate gases of sodium and lithium
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Ultracold atoms enable the precise study of novel systems where the correlations between particles are strong. These systems can be simple to describe yet impossible to efficiently simulate on a classical computer; ... -
Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998) -
Flue gas CO₂ capture using electrochemically mediated amine regeneration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)To sustain global energy demand while preventing a 2 °C global temperature increase, it is imperative that mitigation technologies such as carbon capture are deployed to reduce carbon footprint of the continued use of ... -
Fluence-limited burnup as a function of fast reactor core parameters
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The limiting factor in current designs for fast reactors is not only the reactivity, but also the maximum permissible fast-neutron fluence in the cladding, especially for reduced uranium enrichment cores using high-albedo ... -
Fluid and structural modeling of the disease-free and atherosclerotic human carotid bifurcation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. It claims more lives each year than the next 7 leading causes of death combined. Atherosclerosis is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and is ... -
Fluid atmospheres : adaptive interplay between natural and artificial light projection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Imagine. This is the same daily route you travel and the same space you pass through. And it is not. How do we create an adaptive and customized space with no materials at all? Can the generic be customized and specific ... -
Fluid coordination of human-robot teams
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)I envision a future where collaboration between humans and robots will be indispensable to our work in numerous domains, ranging from surgery to space exploration. The success of these systems will depend in part on the ... -
Fluid damping with elastic medium in 3-D printing process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998) -
Fluid dynamics : politics and social struggle in São Paulo's water crisis (2014-2015)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)In late 2013, a severe drought hit the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city and main economic center, and precipitated a water supply crisis. As water availability became increasingly strained ... -
Fluid dynamics and mass transfer in vertical submerged gas jets.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977)
