Browsing Electrical and Computer Engineering by Title
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NengoFPGA: an FPGA Backend for the Nengo Neural Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)Low-power, high-speed neural networks are critical for providing deployable embedded AI applications at the edge. We describe a Xilinx FPGA implementation of Neural Engineering Framework (NEF) networks with online learning ... -
Network Coding based Information Security in Multi-hop Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)Multi-hop Wireless Networks (MWNs) represent a class of networks where messages are forwarded through multiple hops of wireless transmission. Applications of this newly emerging communication paradigm include asset monitoring ... -
Network Robustness: Diffusing Information Despite Adversaries
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)In this thesis, we consider the problem of diffusing information resiliently in networks that contain misbehaving nodes. Previous strategies to achieve resilient information diffusion typically require the normal nodes to ... -
Network-Layer Resource Allocation for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-14)This thesis contributes toward the design of a quality-of-service (QoS) aware network layer for wireless ad hoc networks. With the lack of an infrastructure in ad hoc networks, the role of the network layer is not only to ... -
Neural-guidance for symbolic reasoning
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-19)Symbolic reasoning begot Artificial Intelligence (AI). With the recent advances in Deep Learning, many traditional AI areas such as Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing have moved to probabilistic-based approaches. ... -
The New AC/DC Hybrid Microgrid Paradigm: Analysis and Operational Control
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-03)AC/DC hybrid microgrids (HMGs) represent a promising architecture that allows the hosting of innovative dc energy resources, such as renewables, and modern dc loads, such as electric vehicles, thereby reducing the number ... -
New Analysis and Operational Control Algorithms for Islanded Microgrid Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-14)Driven by technical, economic and environmental benefits for different stakeholders in the power industry, the electric distribution system is currently undergoing a major paradigm shift towards having an increasing portion ... -
A New Approach to Multi-Model Adaptive Control
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-20)Adaptive control is an approach used to deal with systems with uncertain or time-varying parameters. A classical adaptive controller typically consists of a linear time-invariant (LTI) control law together with a tuning ... -
New Approaches to Composite Reliability Assessment of Smart Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-12)Electric power networks are complex systems because of their geographic spread and the consequent need for interconnections and integration of different components such as generators, transformers, lines, reactors, relays, ... -
A New Approximation of Fermi-Dirac Integrals of Order 1/2 by Prony’s Method and Its Applications in Semiconductor Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-20)Electronic devices are vital for our modern life. Semiconductor devices are at the core of them. Semiconductor devices are governed by the transport and behavior of electrons and holes which in turn are controlled by ... -
A new approximation of Fermi-Dirac integrals of order 1/2 for degenerate semiconductor devices
(Elsevier, 2018-06-01)There had been tremendous growth in the field of Integrated circuits (ICs) in the past fifty years. Scaling laws mandated both lateral and vertical dimensions to be reduced and a steady increase in doping densities. Most ... -
New Color Patterning Techniques for OLED Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-03)Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) are light emitting devices consisting of a stack of organic semiconductors sandwiched by electrodes. Since the first report of a high-efficiency device by Tang and Van Slyke in 1987, ... -
New Control Algorithms for the Distributed Generation Interface in Grid-Connected and Micro-grid Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-11-13)Driven by economic, technical, and environmental reasons, the energy sector is moving into an era where large portions of increases in electrical energy demand will be met through widespread installation of distributed ... -
New Control Algorithms for the Robust Operation and Stabilization of Active Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)The integration of renewable distributed generation units (DGs) alters distribution systems so that rather than having passive structures, with unidirectional power flow, they become active distribution networks (ADNs), ... -
New Convolutional Neural Network Topology with Compressed Information to Enhance Accuracy for Image Classification Task
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)Source coding and deep learning are two major branches in the field of information processing. Source coding encodes information that can be summarised with patterns into certain representation without semantic consideration. ... -
A New Design of Multiple Classifier System and its Application to Classification of Time Series Data
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-24)To solve the challenging pattern classification problem, machine learning researchers have extensively studied Multiple Classifier Systems (MCSs). The motivations for combining classifiers are found in the literature from ... -
New Distributed Byzantine Fault Detection & Data Integrity Scheme for WANET
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-30)Wireless ad-hoc networks (WANET) with multi-hop communication are subject to a variety of faults and attacks, and detecting the source of any fault is highly important to maintain the quality of service, confidentiality, ... -
New Methods for Channel Allocation Schemes in wireless Cellular Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Due to the fast-growing number of cell-phone users, channel allocation scheme for channel assignment plays an important role in cellular networks. Having known that for downlink transmission the base-station aims to ... -
A New Model for Thin Film Solar Cells Using Photon Cycling
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-19)The solar energy has emerged as one of the most promising and reliable renewable energy resources attracting much attention to the study of photovoltaics. A principal aim of solar cells is to maximize the absorption of ... -
New Models and Analytical Frameworks for Power Systems with Wind Generation
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-18)Wind energy is a proven energy source that does not contribute to emission of greenhouse gases, air and water pollution, or generate large quantities of waste. However, wind generation is dependent on wind speed, which is ...