Structured light scanners reconstruct 3D information about a scene by projecting a known pattern of light, such as a laser line or time-multiplexed gray code, …
Microphone arrays have been used in environments that require remote speech acquisition - cars, desk recording systems, teleconferencing and judicial proceedings to name a few. …
While information systems are often associated with microelectronic devices, every physical process can be interpreted as an exchange of information. With the slowing of Moore's …
Terahertz (THz) radiation is electromagnetic waves with frequencies ranging roughly from 0.1 to 10 THz, or wavelengths roughly from 0.03 to 3 mm. In recent …
Power efficiency has emerged as one of the main concerns in many digital design domains ranging from embedded and battery operated systems to data centers. …
Automated estimation of the geometry and appearance of surfaces from aerial imagery is an active research topic with applications in computer vision, remote sensing, robotics …
This thesis is dedicated to exploring compression methods for large dynamic scenes. The first part presents a case study of compressing aerial video using background …
With the rise of computer-aided design and automated fabrication machines, many people bemoan the loss of “hands-on” crafts. This thesis is about assisting "hands-on" users …
For over a decade semiconducting nanowires (NWs) have been widely pursued as promising candidates for a variety of device applications. In addition to improving NWs� …