Browsing MIT Theses by Title
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Computational disclosure control : a primer on data privacy protection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Today's globally networked society places great demand on the dissemination and sharing of person specific data for many new and exciting uses. When these data are linked together, they provide an electronic shadow of a ... -
Computational discovery of gene modules, regulatory networks and expression programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)High-throughput molecular data are revolutionizing biology by providing massive amounts of information about gene expression and regulation. Such information is applicable both to furthering our understanding of fundamental ... -
Computational Discovery of Hidden Cues in Photographs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)Images of everyday scenes often contain hidden information that can be extracted to localize objects outside the view of the camera and to see around corners. For example, we show that it is possible to look at shadows ... -
Computational Discovery of Microstructured Composites with Optimized Trade-Off between Strength and Toughness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)The conflict between strength and toughness is critical to practical engineering problems. To create structural composites with extraordinary strength and toughness, previous works mainly drew inspiration from nature and ... -
Computational dissection and prediction of cancer immunotherapy response
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-09)Checkpoint blockade immunotherapies have transformed the standard of care and outcomes for many cancer types; however. more than 60% of patients still do not experience a durable clinical response from these treatments. ... -
Computational distinctions of vocabulary type.
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Computational dynamics of classical nuclear spins in solids
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Computational electomagnetics in microwave remote sensing
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Computational engineering of small molecules to treat infectious diseases
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Rational drug design of small molecules has led to the development of robust therapeutics that are currently used in the clinic. However, key challenges remain in designing drugs against infectious disease targets that are ... -
Computational epigenomics : gene regulation, comparative methodologies, and epigenetic patterns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)One of the fundamental aims of biology is to determine what lies at the root of differences across individuals, species, diseases, and cell types. Furthermore, the sequencing of genomes has revolutionized the ways in which ... -
Computational evolutionary genomics : phylogenomic models spanning domains, genes, individuals, and species
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Computational techniques have long been applied to biological data to address a wide range of evolutionary questions. In phylogenetics, methods for reconstructing gene histories from sequence data have enabled researchers ... -
Computational experiments for local search algorithms for binary and mixed integer optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)In this thesis, we implement and test two algorithms for binary optimization and mixed integer optimization, respectively. We fine tune the parameters of these two algorithms and achieve satisfactory performance. We also ... -
A computational exploration of rounding algorithms for the multiway cut problem
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Computational exploration of the structural design space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)This dissertation focuses on computational strategies for incorporating structural considerations into the earliest stages of the architectural design process. Because structural behavior is most affected by geometric form, ... -
Computational expressionism : a study of drawing with computation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)This thesis presents computational expressionism, an exploration of drawing using a computer that redefines the concepts of line and composition for the digital medium. It examines the artistic process involved in computational ... -
Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) optimization of microfluidic mixing in a MEMS steam generator
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The challenge of achieving rapid mixing in microchannels is addressed through a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study using the ADINA-F finite element program. The study is motivated by the need to design an adequate ... -
Computational fluid dynamics and turbulence model uncertainty quantification for nuclear reactor safety applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are becoming an increasingly important tool across a wide range of engineering disciplines. CFD simulations improve the accuracy and predictive capability of the evaluation ... -
Computational fluid dynamics for high performance structural facilities
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Computational fluid dynamics simulations of oxy-coal combustion for carbon capture at atmospheric and elevated pressures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Oxy-fuel combustion of solid fuels, often performed in a mixture of oxygen and wet or dry recycled carbon dioxide, has gained significant interest in the last two decades as one of the leading carbon capture technologies ... -
Computational formulation, modeling and evaluation of human-robot team training techniques
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)This thesis is focused on designing mechanisms for programming robots and training people to perform human-robot collaborative tasks, drawing upon insights from practices widely used in human teams. First, we design and ...