Please come to the Curry Student Center indoor quad and pit on Friday, December 2nd to see Northeastern’s First-Year Engineering Students’ inventive projects, games, and exhibits. Students will showcase original board games, interactive projects geared to teach children sustainability concepts, and prolific prototypes to help solve a wide range of problems. Each project applies the […]
Abstract: State estimation is a critical application in energy management systems. Due to the increased penetration of inverter-based resources, installed advanced infrastructure at all voltage levels, and unconventional loads like electric vehicle charging stations, a three-phase state estimator formulation is essential. The first issue is the convoluted formulation and modeling techniques that are required in […]
"Inference from Brain Imaging: Incorporating Domain Knowledge and Latent Space Modeling" Abstract: Brain imaging can probe the anatomy (structural) of our brain, or its function (functional). A particular imaging modality (unimodal) generally provides only a particular insight into human health. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), though still in its infancy as a brain imaging modality, is […]
"Towards Performance and Cost-efficiency for Data-intensive Applications in Distributed Data Processing Systems" Abstract: Data-intensive science (DIS) has experienced a significant boom in the past decade. The emerging technologies of data-intensive services and infrastructures contribute to DIS's development and raise challenges. An ecosystem has been constructed considering performance, scalability, sustainability, and reliability to provide a high-quality […]
"All-optical Control of Magnetization in Nanostructures" Committee: Prof. Yongmin Liu (Advisor) Prof. Don Heiman Prof. Nian X. Sun Abstract: The switching of magnetization by a femtosecond laser within several picoseconds has recently gained substantial attention, because it promises next-generation, energy-efficient, and high-rate data storage technology. One of the most intriguing demonstrations is the helicity-dependent switching […]
"Factorization guided Lightweight Neural Networks for Visual Analysis" Committee: Prof. Yun Fu (Advisor) Prof. Ming Shao Prof. Lili Su Abstract: Deep learning has become popular in recent years primarily due to powerful computing devices such as GPUs. However, many applications such as face alignment, image classification, and gesture recognition need to be deployed to multimedia […]
"Composition of UML Class Diagrams Using Category Theory and External Constraints" Abstract: In large software development projects there is always a need for refactoring and optimization of the design. Usually software designs are represented using UML diagrams (e.g class diagrams). A software engineering team may create multiple versions of class diagrams satisfying some external constraints. […]
"Real-Time Spectrum Sensing for Inference and Control" Abstract: Spectrum sensing can enable the next generation of wireless applications ranging from opportunistic spectrum access to cognitive radio networks. The key unaddressed challenges of spectrum sensing are that (i) it has to be performed with extremely low latency over varying bandwidths and must guarantee strict real-time processing […]
"Securing FPGA as a Shared Cloud-Computing Resource: Threats and Mitigations" Abstract: With the widespread adoption of cloud computing, the demand for programmable hardware acceleration devices, such as field-programmable gate array (FPGA), has increased. To further improve the performance of FPGA-enabled cloud computing, one promising technology is to virtualize the hardware resources of an FPGA device, […]
"Advancing Passive Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing for Detection of Fish Sounds, Seismo-Acoustic Airgun Signals, and Marine Mammal Vocalizations including Instrumentation Enhancements" Committee: Prof Purnima Ratilal Makris (Advisor) Prof Josep M Jornet Dr Nils Olav Handegard Abstract: Underwater passive acoustic monitoring is important for understanding the marine environment, since many ocean entities produce sound that […]