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 …
Our work begins with Magnetic Tunneling Junction (MTJ) sensors, which are fabricated by colleagues in the physics department. An MTJ is a resistor-like device that …
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 …
Deep learning shifts the way to build signal processing systems from coding or model-centric to data-centric. This paper presents a system to support data-centric deep …
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� …
This dissertation reports the development of the PDMS-glass microfluidic chips that integrate nanostructured electrode arrays as the working electrodes in the three-electrode electrochemical cell configurations. …
Computer vision applications have gained significant popularity in their use for mobile, battery powered devices. These devices range from every-day smart-phones to autonomously navigating unmanned …
This thesis explores how to use real-time stereo vision to detect, track, and identify people in a surveillance scenario. The introduction of stereo vision significantly …
This thesis highlighted a micro-hermetic packaging platform based on ultra-thin fused silica capsules, for development of modularized and distributed Neural Interface Systems. Test vehicles (TV1 …
This thesis develops novel algorithms to automate video analysis for fixed monocular surveillance cameras. Specifically, change detection algorithms are proposed to identify spatio-temporal locations in …
Roughly ninety percent of all microprocessors manufactured in a year are intended for embedded devices such as cameras, cell-phones, or machine controllers. Like servers and …
The development of cloud computing and online services result in rapid increases of number and scale of computing clusters. Because of cost and sustainability concerns, …
