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Algorithms in Intersection Theory in the Plane
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-02)This thesis presents an algorithm to find the local structure of intersections of plane curves. More precisely, we address the question of describing the scheme of the quotient ring of a bivariate zero-dimensional ideal ... -
Algorizmi: A Configurable Virtual Testbed to Generate Datasets for Offline Evaluation of Intrusion Detection Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-13)Intrusion detection systems (IDSes) are an important security measure that network administrators adopt to defend computer networks against malicious attacks and intrusions. The field of IDS research includes many challenges. ... -
All-or-Nothing Private Record Linkage over Streaming Data
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-24)The prevalence and increasing need for insights obtained from the collection of sensitive data gives rise to the problem of protecting the privacy of this data. The collection and storage of data can be distributed across ... -
Almost synchronous correlations defined within tracial von Neumann algebras
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-24)This thesis concerns a class of non-local games known as synchronous games. In recent work, it was discovered independently by [Vid22] and [PP22] that, for any synchronous games, any near-optimal finite dimensional ... -
AlphaStar: Considerations and Human-like Constraints for Deep Learning Game Interfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-15)Games have historically been a fruitful area for artificial intelligence (AI) research, and StarCraft in particular has been an important grand challenge because of its strategic complexity, multi-agent dynamics, partial ... -
Alternative Approaches for Analysis of Bin Packing and List Update Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-22)In this thesis we introduce and evaluate new algorithms and models for the analysis of online bin packing and list update problems. These are two classic online problems which are extensively studied in the literature and ... -
Alternative Measures for the Analysis of Online Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-08)In this thesis we introduce and evaluate several new models for the analysis of online algorithms. In an online problem, the algorithm does not know the entire input from the beginning; the input is revealed in a sequence ... -
Analysis and Optimization of TrueType Font Bytecode
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-19)TrueType is one of the most widely used vectorized font formats. It can be optimally rendered on screens with different resolutions and different font sizes thanks to hints expressed as bytecode programs. Font engines ... -
An Analysis of Human Aspects of Collaborative Group Members in OSS development
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-23)Open Source Software development is a collective activity that involves different software developers who may differ from each other. Although, previous researchers have focused on technical aspects like code factors, ... -
An Analysis of Network-Partitioning Failures in Cloud Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-10)We present a comprehensive study of 136 system failures attributed to network-partitioning faults from 25 widely used distributed systems. We found that the majority of the failures led to catastrophic effects, such as ... -
An Analysis of Partial Network Partitioning Failures in Modern Distributed Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-03)We present a comprehensive study of system failures from 12 popular systems caused by a peculiar type of network partitioning faults: partial partitions. Partial partitions isolate a set of nodes from some, but not all, ... -
Analysis of Randomized Algorithms in Real Algebraic Geometry
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-02)Consider the problem of computing at least one point in each connected component of a smooth real algebraic set. This is a basic and important operation in real and semi-algebraic geometry: it gives an upper bound on the ... -
Analysis of Textual and Non-Textual Sources of Sentiment in Github
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)Github is a collaborative platform that is used primarily for the development of software. In order to gain more insight into how teams work on Github, we wish to analyze the sentiment content available via communication ... -
Analysis of the Weight Function for Implicit Moving Least Squares Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)In this thesis, I analyze the weight functions used in moving least squares (MLS) methods to construct implicit surfaces that interpolate or approximate polygon soup. I found that one previous method that presented an ... -
An Analysis on The Network Structure of Influential Communities in Twitter
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-21)Over the past years online social networks have become a major target for marketing strategies, generating a need for methods to efficiently spread information through these networks. Close knit communities have developed ... -
Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables: Effective Asymptotics and Lattice Path Enumeration
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-26)The field of analytic combinatorics, which studies the asymptotic behaviour of sequences through analytic properties of their generating functions, has led to the development of deep and powerful tools with applications ... -
Analytics for Everyone
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-23)Analyzing relational data typically involves tasks that facilitate gaining familiarity or insights and coming up with findings or conclusions based on the data. This process is usually practiced by data experts, such as ... -
Analyzing Adversarial Examples: A Framework to Study Adversary Knowledge
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)Adversarial examples are malicious inputs to trained machine learning models supplied to trigger a misclassification. This type of attack has been studied for close to a decade, and we find that there is a lack of study ... -
Analyzing Barehand Input Mappings for Video Timeline Control and Object Pointing on Smart TVs
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Smart TVs are getting popular in recent few years. Given the emerging feature of distant bare hand control, one challenge is how to perform common tasks with this new input modality. Two tasks are discussed in this thesis ... -
Analyzing the Signal Strength of 2,946 Clients Operating in 446 WiFi Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-02)In this thesis we analyze data that was collected over a 24 hour period from 446 access points that provide connections for 2,946 clients. The data was obtained from deployments of modern commercial Google Wifi access ...