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Recognition of 3D compressed images and its traffic monitoring applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The need for improved security requires the development of better monitoring systems. These systems must manage large numbers of images sent over communication networks. For example, a high transmission load results when ...
Design automation and analysis of three-dimensional integrated circuits
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This dissertation concerns the design of circuits and systems for an emerging technology known as three-dimensional integration. By stacking individual components, dice, or whole wafers using a high-density electromechanical ...
The development of novel passive and active photonic-crystal devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Photonic crystals are anticipated to have impact on large-scale photonic integrated circuits by allowing the creation of compact and efficient devices such as waveguides, splitters, microcavity filters, light emitting ...
The SCALE DRAM subsystem
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) is consuming an ever-increasing portion of a system's energy budget as advances are made in low-power processors. In order to reduce these energy costs, modern DRAM chips implement ...
Integrated silicon field-effect sensors and microfluidics for biomolecular detection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Microfabricated silicon field-effect sensors with integrated poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic channels have been demonstrated. These devices are designed for the label-free detection and recognition of specific biomolecules ...
Implementation for simplifying Bluetooth device connection methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis provides a way for users to easily add and remove devices to secure groups, allowing for a more intuitive way of making connections between devices. These groups allow users to seamlessly make connections between ...
A numerical approach : broadband technologies for efficient Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
(cont.) independent receiver coils in parallel or time-axis compression, can be cast as complementary to broadband MRI encoding. This affords broadband non-Fourier MRI with time efficiencies over current fast MRI methods. ...
Global estimation of precipitation using opaque microwave bands
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis describes the use of opaque microwave bands for global estimation of precipitation rate. An algorithm was developed for estimating instantaneous precipitation rate for the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) ...
A robust optimization approach to supply chains and revenue management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The contribution of this thesis is to provide a tractable framework for supply chains and revenue management problems subject to uncertainty that gives insight into the structure of the optimal policy and requires little ...
Efficiency loss in market mechanisms for resource allocation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis addresses a problem at the nexus of engineering, computer science, and economics: in large scale, decentralized systems, how can we efficiently allocate scarce resources among competing interests? On one hand, ...