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Measuring the performance of a Distributed Quota Enforcement system for spam control
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In this thesis, I evaluate Distributed Quota Enforcement (DQE), a system for enforcing quotas on e-mail use as a spam control mechanism. I briefly describe the design and implementation of DQE, and then evaluate the ...
The role of computer-aided drafting, analysis, and design software in structural engineering practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Perhaps the greatest innovation in engineering in the last fifty years, computer software has changed the way structural engineers conduct nearly every aspect of their daily business. Computer-aided drafting, analysis, and ...
Effect of deep excavation on an adjacent pile foundation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The thesis studies the behavior of single axially loaded pile located close to a 30m deep braced excavation in Marine Clay corresponding to site conditions of the Kallang formation in Singapore. Parametric analyses were ...
Dynamic load-balancing of StreamIt cluster computations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis discusses the design and implementation of a dynamic load-balancing mechanism for computationally distributed programs running on a cluster written in the StreamIt programming language. StreamIt is useful for ...
Translating timed I/O automata specifications for theorem proving in PVs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The timed input/output automaton modeling framework is a mathematical framework for specification and analysis of systems that involve discrete and continuous evolution. In order to employ an interactive theorem prover in ...
The use of domain knowledge in optimal information aggregation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In this thesis, I present some novel results pertaining to the relationship between two popular and interesting information aggregation methods: the Condorcet and Borda tallies. I present numerical results showing how the ...
Asbestos : operating system security for mobile devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis presents the design and implementation of a port of the Asbestos operating system to the ARM processor. The port to the ARM allows Asbestos to run on mobile devices such as cell phones and personal digital ...
Design and analysis of MEMS-based metamaterials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Metamaterials, materials that are constructed with arrays of small elements have significant potential to provide material properties that are useful for electromagnetic applications but are not found in nature. Slight ...
Robotic user interface enabled interactive dialogue with intelligent spaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Users can communicate with ubiquitous computing environments by natural means such as voice communication. However, users of the Intelligent Room at MIT CSAIL, a ubiquitous environment, have reported dissatisfaction ...
A distributed embedded software architecture for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In order to deploy intelligent, next-generation applications on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), we must first develop a software architecture that supports onboard computation and flexible communication. This thesis ...