"Safety Analysis for Nonlinear and Time-Delay Systems using Occupation Measures" International Village 022 Committee Members: Prof. Mario Sznaier (Advisor) Prof. Octavia Camps Prof. Bahram Shafai Prof. Eduardo Sontag Prof. Didier Henrion (LAAS-CNRS) Abstract: This research extends an occupation measure framework to analyze the behavior and safety of dynamical systems. A motivating application of trajectory analysis is […]
"Using Floating-Point Timing Side-Channels to Reverse Engineer Deep Neural Networks" Committee Members: Prof. Yunsi Fei (Advisor) Prof. Aidong Ding Prof. Xiaolin Xu Abstract: Trained Deep Neural Network (DNN) models have become valuable intellectual property. A new attack surface has emerged for DNNs: model reverse engineering. Several recent attempts have utilized various common side channels. However, […]
"Robust System Software for Quantum Computing" Committee Members: Prof. Devesh Tiwari (Advisor) Prof. David Kaeli Prof. Ningfang Mi Prof. Gene Cooperman Prof. Kenneth Brown Abstract: Despite rapid progress in quantum computing in the last decade, the limited usability of quantum computers remains a major roadblock toward its wider adoption. Current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers […]
Following our success with last year's Open House, we are again opening the lab up to visitors! This year, demos will be held on the 5th floor of ISEC by Yingzi Lin, Ilya Vidrin, Alireza Ramezani, Taskin Padir, Kris Dorsey, Rob Platt, and Hanu Singh. In Richards Hall, Dagmar Sternad, CJ Hasson, and Max Shepherd will be […]
"Parametric Circuits for Enhanced Sensing and RF Signal Processing" Committee Members: Prof. Cristian Cassella (Advisor) Prof. Marvin Onabajo Prof. Matteo Rinaldi Prof. Andrea Alù Abstract: Massive deployments of wireless sensor nodes (WSNs) that continuously detect physical, biological or chemical parameters are needed to truly benefit from the unprecedented possibilities opened by the Internet‑of‑Things (IoT). Just […]
"Legged Walking on Inclined Surfaces" Committee Members: Prof. Alireza Ramezani(Advisor) Prof. Miriam Leeser Prof. Bahram Shafai Abstract: The main contributions of this MS Thesis are centered around taking steps towards successful multi-modal demonstrations using Northeastern's legged-aerial robot, Husky Carbon. This work discusses the challenges involved in achieving multi-modal locomotion such as trotting-hovering and thruster-assisted incline […]
"Acoustically Actuated Magnetoelectric Antennas for VLF Communication and Magnetic Sensing" Committee Members: Prof. Nian Sun (Advisor) Prof. Yongmin Liu Prof. Hossein Mosallaei Abstract: Since the discovery of strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling in two-phase ME laminate composites, strain-mediated ME heterostructures have attracted a great deal of attention from academic and industrial research groups for their potential […]
"Human control of objects with nonlinear internal dynamics: Predictability as primary objective" Location: Egan Research Ctr 206 Committee Members: Prof. Dagmar Sternad (Advisor) Prof. Eduardo Sontag Prof. Mario Sznaier Dr. David Lin (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School) Abstract: Humans physically interact with complex objects in numerous daily activities. An example is picking up a […]
"Sputter Deposition and Characterization of Highly Textured BixTe1-x Thin Films" Committee Members: Prof. Nian-Xiang Sun (Advisor) Prof. Marvin Onabajo Prof. Yongmin Liu Abstract: The discovery of topological insulators (TIs) provides a direction for scientists to understand the Quantum Spin Hall Effect (QSHE) and Spin-Orbit Coupling (SOP) in condensed matter physics. After a decade, people found […]
"Cross-View Action Recognition using Transformers" Committee Members: 1. Prof. Octavia Camps (Advisor) 2. Prof. Mario Sznaier 3. Prof. Huaizu Jiang Abstract: Cross-view action recognition (CVAR) seeks to recognize a human action when observed from a previously unseen viewpoint. This is a challenging problem since the appearance of action changes significantly with the viewpoint. Applications of […]