Title: Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Networks Committee Members: Prof. Tommaso Melodia (Advisor) Prof. Stefano Basagni Prof. Kaushik Chowdhury Dr. Emrecan Demirors Abstract: The exploration, monitoring, and understanding of oceans play a crucial role in addressing climate change, overseeing underwater pipelines, and preventing maritime warfare attacks. To achieve these significant objectives, it is vital to utilize networks […]
"Deep Generative Models for High Dimensional Spatial and Temporal Data Analysis" Committee Members: Prof. Vinay Ingle (Advisor) Dr. Dimitris Manolakis Prof. Purnima Ratilal-Makris Abstract: Data analysis and exploitation in practical applications is challenging when observations are the result of many interacting natural and man-made phenomena. We address two important problems for which traditional methods of […]
"Unleashing the Potential of Transfer Learning for Visual Applications" Committee Members: Prof. Raymond Fu (Advisor) Prof. Sarah Ostadabbas Prof. Zhiqiang Tao Abstract: The recent flourish of deep learning in various tasks is largely accredited to the rich and accessible labeled data. Nonetheless, massive supervision remains a luxury for many real-world applications. Further, the domain shift […]