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Distributed coordination in network information theory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Constructing a large-scale wireless data network is spectacularly expensive. It is therefore important to understand how to efficiently utilize the physical infrastructure and available battery power, which are expensive ...
Information theoretic analysis of watermarking systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Watermarking models a copyright protection mechanism where an original data sequence is modified before distribution to the public in order to embed some extra information. The embedding should be transparent (i.e., the ...
Modeling the effects of systematic process variation of circuit performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
List decoding of error-correcting codes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Error-correcting codes are combinatorial objects designed to cope with the problem of reliable transmission of information on a noisy channel. A fundamental algorithmic challenge in coding theory and practice is to efficiently ...
Design, development and characterization of an integrated multispectral polarimetric sensor system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
In this thesis, a new type of integrated imaging sensor is introduced to detect multispectral and polarimetric signatures in an infrared scene. The sensor is a stack consisting of an infrared detector array, and an array ...
The jungle in the clearing : space, form and democracy in America, 1940-1949
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Combining aesthetic theory with theories of the public sphere, this dissertation examines the brief appearance of a publicly empathetic civic realm in the United States during the 1940s. The argument begins with a reevaluation ...
Designing aesthetically pleasing freeform surfaces in a computer environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Statement: If computational tools are to be employed in the aesthetic design of freeform surfaces, these tools must better reflect the ways in which creative designers conceive of and develop such shapes. In this thesis, ...
A projective approach to computer-aided drawing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
I present a novel drawing system for composing and rendering perspective scenes. The proposed approach uses a projective two-dimensional representation for primitives rather than a conventional three-dimensional description. ...
Design of a near-field coded aperture cameras for high-resolution medical and industrial gamma-ray imaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Coded Aperture Imaging is a technique originally developed for X-ray astronomy, where typical imaging problems are characterized by far-field geometry and an object made of point sources distributed over a mainly dark ...
Bombs unbuilt : power, ideas and institutions in international politics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Nuclear weapons are the most powerful weapons in human history, but contrary to virtually every prediction by scholars, relatively few states have acquired them. Why are there so few nuclear weapons states? What factors ...