Browsing MIT Theses by Title
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S&Ls--are they between a rock and a hard place in serving low income neighbourhoods?
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S*: Geometric Multimodal Trajectory Optimization via Apex Interpolating Spiro Splines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)Non-heuristic multimodal trajectory optimization is widely considered an intractable holy grail for real-time robotic systems, with the existing state-of-the-art standing at a heuristic hierarchical approach that stacks ... -
The S. cerevisiae calponin homologue SCP1 regulates stability and organization of the actin cytoskeleton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Calponins and transgelins are members of a conserved family of actin-associated proteins widely expressed from yeast to humans. While a role for calponin in muscle cells has been described, the biochemical activities and ... -
S.N.A.K.E. : a dynamically reconfigurable Artificial Sensate Skin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The idea of an Artificial Sensate Skin device that mimics the characteristics and functions of its analogous living tissue whether human or animal is not new. Yet, most of the current related work has been focused in the ... -
The S4 infrastructure management system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)This thesis describes the design and implementation of a system for managing the infrastructure supporting a course relying on a large computer lab. Students' information privacy and security was an important focus in the ... -
Saccade latency determination using video recordings from consumer-grade devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Accurate quantification of neurodegenerative disease progression and neurocognitive decline is an ongoing challenge that muddles efforts to understand and treat these conditions. The golden standard to track neurodegenerative ... -
A sacred architecture for the secular spirit : an institute for mind/body training in New York City
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)The goal of the project is to design a non-sectarian meditation center in the dense urban area of New York City. The design challenge is to draw inspiration from an interpretation of ancient philosophies of meditation, ... -
Sacred experience and place in cities.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972) -
Sacred politics : religious leaders and conflict in Israel
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)My dissertation examines why religious leaders adopt nationalist positions and how these positions contribute to the duration of an ongoing conflict. I propose a general framework of sacred politics that incorporates the ... -
The sacred skyline : the conflict over height restrictions for Copley Square
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Sacrificial high-temperature phosphorus diffusion gettering for lifetime improvement of multicrystalline silicon wafers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Iron is among the most deleterious lifetime-limiting impurities in crystalline silicon solar cells. In as-grown material, iron is present in precipitates and in point defects. To achieve conversion efficiencies in excess ... -
Safe and Efficient Motion Planning through Chance-Constrained Nonlinear Optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)Uncertainty is the harsh reality for robots deployed in the real world. Outside of a carefully-structured laboratory environment, neither the locations of obstacles nor the true state of the robot can be known with perfect ... -
Safe and robust reinforcement learning with neural network policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Autonomous vehicles operate in safety-critical environments, but heavily rely on seemingly black-box predictions from Deep Neural Networks. The danger of this reliance arises from the vulnerability of neural networks. ... -
Safe distributed coordination of heterogeneous robots through dynamic simple temporal networks
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Safe Exploration for Dynamic Computer Systems Optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)Modern computer systems need to execute under strict safety constraints (e.g., power limit), but doing so often conflicts with their ability to deliver high performance (i.e., minimal latency). To meet these conflicting ... -
Safe havens in Syria : missions and requirements for an air campaign
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)What if the United States had led its NATO allies to intervene in Syria's civil war in the midst of calls for humanitarian intervention in mid-2012? Despite the importance of this question for the study and evaluation of ... -
Safe household drinking water via BioSand filtration pilot project evaluation and feasibility of a BioSand pitcher filter
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Safe intention-aware maneuvering of autonomous vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)In order to improve driving performance, while achieving safety in a dynamic environment, it is crucial for a vehicle motion planner to be aware of the intentions of the surrounding agent vehicles. Many existing approaches ... -
Safe trajectory planning of autonomous vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis presents a novel framework for safe online trajectory planning of unmanned vehicles through partially unknown environments. The basic planning problem is formulated as a receding horizon optimization problem ... -
Safe Tumbling of Heavy Objects Using a Two-Cable Crane
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)In heavy industries, large, heavy objects must be tumbled to access features on their bottoms and sides for assembly and maintenance. Traditional manual operations using a single-cable crane are high-risk, and difficult ...
