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Bridging the gap : an optimization-based framework for fast, simultaneous circuit & system design space exploration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Design of modern mixed signal integrated circuits is becoming increasingly difficult. Continued MOSFET scaling is approaching the global power dissipation limits while increasing transistor variability, thus requiring ...
Supercomputing visualization made simple
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In this thesis, we propose a solution for remote visualization for supercomputers. Our solution consists of two tools that help users visualize data from high performance computers. The first one takes advantage of the Web ...
Advanced nanofabrication of thermal emission devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Nanofabricated thermal emission devices can be used to modify and modulate blackbody thermal radiation. There are many areas in which altering thermal radiation is extremely useful, especially in static power conversion, ...
Fundamental limits of wideband localization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Location-awareness is essential for many wireless network applications. However, determining nodes' positions precisely is a challenging task, especially in harsh multipath propagation environments. To address this problem, ...
New technologies for optical coherence microscopy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
According to the American Cancer Society, gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are among the most common forms of malignancies suffered today, affecting -200,000 people and causing -80,000 deaths in the United States every year. ...
Combining linguistics and statistics for high-quality limited domain English-Chinese machine translation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Second language learning is a compelling activity in today's global markets. This thesis focuses on critical technology necessary to produce a computer spoken translation game for learning Mandarin Chinese in a relatively ...
Nodal photolithography : lithography via far-field optical nodes in the resist
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In this thesis, I investigate one approach - stimulated emission depletion - to surmounting the diffraction limitation of optical lithography. This approach uses farfield optical nodes to orchestrate reversible, saturable ...
Design of a low-voltage low-power dc-dc HF converter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Many portable electronic applications could benefit from a power converter able to achieve high efficiency across wide input and output voltage ranges at a small size. However, it is difficult for many conventional power ...
Level schedule implementation in unstable manufacturing environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. (AAM), headquartered in Detroit (MI) is one of the major Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry. The main challenge in AAM plant 2 is production rate unstability due to downtime, ...
On the use of NAND flash memory in high-performance relational databases
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
High-density NAND flash storage has become relatively inexpensive due to the popularity of various consumer electronics. Recently, several manufacturers have released IDE-compatible NAND flash-based drives in sizes up to ...