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Improving the Efficiency of Homomorphic Encryption Schemes
Keyword:
homomorphic encryption
Creator:
Hu, Yin
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Bayesian Test of Independence for Two-way Contingency Tables Under Cluster Sampling
Keyword:
Surrogate samples; Bayes factor; Hierarchical Baye
Creator:
Bhatta, Dilli
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Targeted Prioritized Processing in Overloaded Data Stream Systems
Keyword:
resource allocation strategies
and
data stream systems
Creator:
Works, Karen E.
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Deciphering the Role of Kekkon5 in BMP signaling and Cell Junction Biology
Keyword:
LIGs
,
Cellular adhesion
, and
BMP signaling
Creator:
Menon, Harita
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Studies of Aggregation Pathways for Amyloidogenic Peptides by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
Keyword:
dielectric spectroscopy
and
amyloids
Creator:
Barry, Donald
Advisor:
Stroe, Izabela RC
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
A multifrequency method for the solution of the acoustic inverse scattering problem
Keyword:
Inverse problems
and
Numerical Methods
Creator:
Borges, Carlos
Advisor:
Sarkis-Martins, Marcus
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Parameter Estimation Methods for Comprehensive Pyrolysis Modeling
Keyword:
Parameter Estimation
and
comprehensive pyrolysis model
Creator:
Kim, Mihyun Esther
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Detection of Spatial and Temporal Interactions in Renal Autoregulation Dynamics
Keyword:
synchronization
,
laser speckle imaging
,
renal autoregulation
, and
time-varying
Creator:
Scully, Christopher
Advisor:
Chon, Ki H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-06-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Boundary Conditions for Granular Flows at Penetrable Vibrating Surfaces: Applications to Inclined Flows of Monosized Assemblies and to Sieving of Binary Mixtures
Keyword:
Vibrating Sieves
,
Vibrating Boundaries
,
Boundary Conditions
,
Binary Mixtures
,
Particle Segregation
,
Inclined Flows
, and
Granular Flows
Creator:
El Khatib, Wael
Advisor:
Richman, Mark W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Large System Transformation within Healthcare Organizations utilizing Lean Deployment Strategies
Keyword:
Lean Deployment
,
Healthcare Transformation
, and
Lean Management System
Creator:
Hagg, Heather
Advisor:
Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Synthesis, processing and applications of carbonaceous nanomaterials
Keyword:
applications
,
nanomaterials
,
carbon
, and
Synthesis
Creator:
Yao, Yuqin
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-08-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Preferred Frequencies for Coupling of Seismic Waves and Vibrating Tall Buildings
Keyword:
Helmholtz Equation
,
City-effect
, and
Periodic Green's function
Creator:
Zheltukhin, Sergey
Advisor:
Volkov, Darko
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-08-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Cooperative Distributed Transmission and Reception
Keyword:
receive diversity
,
outage probability
,
interference alignment
, and
distributed reception
Creator:
Ni, Min
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-07-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Thermal Physical Properties Of Nanocomposites Of Complex Fluids
Keyword:
Polymernanocomposites and nanoparticles
,
Liquid Crystals
, and
Polymers
Creator:
Kalakonda, Parvathalu
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Adaptive Suppression of Interfering Signals in Communication Systems
Keyword:
harmonic balance
,
noise figure measurement
,
differential noise figure
,
blocking
,
reflection type phase shifter
,
interference suppression
,
mixed-mode s-parameters
,
differential amplifier
,
voltage variable attenuator
,
combline filter
,
third order intercept point
,
intermodulation distortion
,
low noise amplifier
,
amplitude and phase mismatches
,
signal to interference ratio
,
dielectric filter
,
adaptable RF front end
, and
common mode rejection ratio
Creator:
Pelteku, Altin E.
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Inverse Synthetic Array Reconciliation Tomography
Keyword:
Navigation
,
indoor location
,
first responder technology
,
Signal Processing
,
Tracking
, and
multipath
Creator:
Cavanaugh, Andrew F
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dynamic Analysis of Healthcare Service Delivery: Application of Lean and Agile Concepts
Keyword:
Simulation
,
agile
,
service
,
healthcare
,
Lean
,
system dynamics
, and
supply chain
Creator:
Rust, Tom
Advisor:
Saeed, Khalid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Extending Complex Event Processing for Advanced Applications
Keyword:
Complex Event Processing
,
Privacy Preserving
,
Utility Maximization
,
Transactional Stream
,
Event Suppression
, and
Probabilistic Inference
Creator:
Wang, Di
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Bounds on RF cooperative localization for video capsule endoscopy
Keyword:
Cramerau Lower Bound
,
3
,
Cooperative localization
,
Endoscopy capsule
, and
RSS and TOA localization
Creator:
Ye, Yunxing
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Synthesis of Aluminum-Aluminum Nitride Nanocomposites by Gas-Liquid Reactions
Keyword:
Aluminum
,
gas-liquid method
,
nanocomposites
, and
improved properties.
Creator:
Borgonovo, Cecilia
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
A Smoothed Dissipative Particle Dynamics Methodology For Wall-Bounded Domains
Keyword:
SDPD
,
DPD
,
Mesoscopic
,
Virtual Particle
,
SPH
, and
Wall-Bounded
Creator:
Yang, Jun
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Fractal Interfaces and Heat Transmission Problems
Keyword:
Homogenization
,
Finite Element
, and
Fractal
Creator:
Liang, Haodong
Advisor:
Mosco, Umberto
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
First-Order Models for Configuration Analysis
Keyword:
firewalls
,
Security
,
static analysis
,
logic
,
scenarios
,
model finding
, and
configuration
Creator:
Nelson, Tim
Advisor:
Dougherty, Daniel J.
and
Fisler, Kathryn
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
A Nonlinear Computational Model of Floating Wind Turbines
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
Wind turbine
, and
Offshore structure
Creator:
Nematbakhsh, Ali
Advisor:
Tryggvason, Gretar
and
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
On Random Sampling for Compliance Monitoring in Opportunistic Spectrum Access Networks
Keyword:
compliance enforcement
,
spectrum monitoring
, and
opportunistic spectrum access
Creator:
Rocke, Sean A
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Primary User Emulation Detection in Cognitive Radio Networks
Keyword:
cognitive radio network
and
primary user emulation
Creator:
Pu, Di
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Nonclassical Structures within the N-qubit Pauli Group
Keyword:
Entanglment
,
Bell's Theorem
,
Nonlocality
,
Quantum Information
,
Pauli group
,
qubit
,
GHZ Theorem
,
Contextuality
, and
BKS Theorem
Creator:
Waegell, Mordecai
Advisor:
Aravind, Padmanabhan K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Practical and Theoretical Applications of the Regularity Lemma
Keyword:
regularity lemma; combinatorics
and
Data Mining
Creator:
Song, Fei
Advisor:
Sarkozy, Gabor N
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Force Sensing and Teleoperation of Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Surgery
Keyword:
Fabry-Perot interferometer
,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
,
Prostate cancer
,
brachytherapy
,
continuum robot
,
haptics
,
biopsy
,
piezoelectric motor
,
image-guided intervention
,
Teleoperation
, and
Surgical Robotics
Creator:
Su, Hao
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Design of Engineering Education as a Manufacturing System
Keyword:
Education
,
value added
,
Axiomatic Design
, and
manufacturing
Creator:
Towner, Jr., Walter T.
Advisor:
Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Analytical Workspace, Kinematics, and Foot Force Based Stability of Hexapod Walking Robots
Keyword:
Hexapod Walking Robot
,
Stability Margin
, and
Workspace
Creator:
Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Real-time Assessment, Prediction, and Scaffolding of Middle School Students’ Data Collection Skills within Physical Science Simulations
Keyword:
J48 Decision Trees
,
Behavior Detection
,
Skill Prediction
,
Science Education
,
Science Microworlds
,
Exploratory Learning Environment
,
Inquiry Learning Environment
,
Inquiry Assessment
,
Formative Assessment
,
Construct Validity
,
User modeling
,
Science Inquiry
,
Bayesian Knowledge Tracing
,
Validation
,
Designing and Conducting Experiments
,
Open-Ended Learning Environment
,
Computer-Based Assessment
,
Science Assessment
,
Educational data mining
,
Text Replay Tagging
,
Science Simulations
,
Performance Assessment
, and
Generalizability
Creator:
Sao Pedro, Michael A.
Advisor:
Gobert, Janice
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Simulation, optimization and development of thermo-chemical diffusion processes
Keyword:
Carburizing
and
nitriding
Creator:
Wei, Yingying
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Supported Pd and Pd/Alloy Membranes for Water-Gas Shift Catalytic Membrane Reactors
Keyword:
water-gas shift
,
Pd membranes
,
Hydrogen production
, and
catalytic membrane reactor
Creator:
Augustine, Alexander Sullivan
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Programmable Image-Based Light Capture for Previsualization
Keyword:
multi-illuminant white balance
,
relighting
,
computational cameras
,
previsualization
,
active illumination
,
programmable cameras
, and
computational Photography
Creator:
Lindsay, Clifford
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Modular MRI Guided Device Development System: Development, Validation and Applications
Keyword:
neurosurgery
,
intervention
,
modular
,
Robotics
,
MRI
,
Surgical Robotics
,
Robot
, and
stereotaxy
Creator:
Cole, Gregory
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Visually Mining Interesting Patterns in Multivariate Datasets
Keyword:
visual data mining
and
multivariate visualization
Creator:
Guo, Zhenyu
Advisor:
Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering
Keyword:
fire protection engineering
,
building performance
, and
Performance-Based Design
Creator:
Alvarez Rodriguez, Alberto
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
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