Dissertations from 2014
Streaming Algorithms Via Reductions, Michael S. Crouch, Computer Science
ADAPTIVE STEP-SIZES FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, William C. Dabney, Computer Science
Entity-based Enrichment for Information Extraction and Retrieval, Jeffrey Dalton, Computer Science
A Proportionality-based Approach to Search Result Diversification, Van Bac Dang, Computer Science
Improving Text Recognition in Images of Natural Scenes, Jacqueline Feild, Computer Science
Making Networks Robust to Component Failures, Daniel Gyllstrom, Computer Science
Indexing Proximity-based Dependencies for Information Retrieval, Samuel Huston, Computer Science
DEFINING, EVALUATING, AND IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF VERIFYING PATIENT IDENTIFIERS, Junghee Jo, Computer Science
Incorporating Boltzmann Machine Priors for Semantic Labeling in Images and Videos, Andrew Kae, Computer Science
SEARCHING BASED ON QUERY DOCUMENTS, Youngho Kim, Computer Science
A Probabilistic Model of Hierarchical Music Analysis, Phillip Benjamin Kirlin, Computer Science
Reliable and Efficient Multithreading, Tongping Liu, Computer Science
Privacy-preserving Sanitization in Data Sharing, Wentian Lu, Computer Science
Causal Discovery for Relational Domains: Representation, Reasoning, and Learning, Marc Maier, Computer Science
Unsupervised Joint Alignment, Clustering and Feature Learning, Mohamed Marwan Mattar, Computer Science
Probabilistic Models for Motion Segmentation in Image Sequences, Manjunath Narayana, Computer Science
Using Formal Methods to Verify Transactional Abstract Concurrency Control, Trek S. Palmer, Computer Science
Designing Efficient and Accurate Behavior-Aware Mobile Systems, Abhinav Parate, Computer Science
Retrieval Models based on Linguistic Features of Verbose Queries, Jae Hyun Park, Computer Science
Efficient Routing and Scheduling in Wireless Networks, Anand Seetharam, Computer Science
Scaling MCMC Inference and Belief Propagation to Large, Dense Graphical Models, Sameer Singh, Computer Science
INFERENCE-BASED FORENSICS FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM DIVERSE SOURCES, Robert J. Walls, Computer Science
COMPUTATIONAL COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE: EXPLORING LINGUISTIC MANIFESTATION AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN ONLINE COMMUNICATION, Xiaoxi Xu, Computer Science
Efficient Representation and Matching of Texts and Images in Scanned Book Collections, Ismet Zeki Yalniz, Computer Science
Dissertations from 2013
Query-Time Optimization Techniques for Structured Queries in Information Retrieval, Marc-Allen Cartright, Computer Science
The Security and Privacy Implications of Energy-Proportional Computing, Shane S. Clark, Computer Science
The Impact of Integrated Coaching and Collaboration Within an Inquiry Learning Environment, Toby Dragon, Computer Science
Exploring Privacy and Personalization in Information Retrieval Applications, Henry A. Feild, Computer Science
Evolving Expert Knowledge Bases: Applications of Crowdsourcing and Serious Gaming to Advance Knowledge Development for Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Mark Floryan, Computer Science
Accurate and Robust Mechanical Modeling of Proteins, Naomi Fox, Computer Science
Exploiting Domain Structure in Multiagent Decision-Theoretic Planning and Reasoning, Akshat Kumar, Computer Science
Multiscale Modeling of Human Addiction: a Computational Hypothesis for Allostasis and Healing, Yariv Z. Levy, Computer Science
Optimizing Linear Queries Under Differential Privacy, Chao Li, Computer Science
Privacy-Aware Collaboration Among Untrusted Resource Constrained Devices, Andres David Molina-Markham, Computer Science
Semantically Grounded Learning from Unstructured Demonstrations, Scott D. Niekum, Computer Science
Characterization and Network Consequences Of Low Spreading Loss in Underwater Acoustic Networks, James W Partan, Computer Science
Transiently Powered Computers, Benjamin Ransford, Computer Science
Software Techniques to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Low-Power Devices at the Limits of Digital Abstractions, Mastooreh Salajegheh, Computer Science
Bridging The Gap Between Autonomous Skill Learning And Task-Specific Planning, Shiraj Sen, Computer Science
Elastic Resource Management in Cloud Computing Platforms, Upendra Sharma, Computer Science
Resource Management for Enterprise Data Center Applications, Rahul Singh, Computer Science
Measurement-Driven Characterization of the Mobile Environment, Hamed Soroush, Computer Science
High-Performance Processing of Continuous Uncertain Data, Thanh Thi Lac Tran, Computer Science
Generating Simulators From Multi-Level Coordinated Specifications, Edward K. Walters II, Computer Science
Dissertations from 2012
Information Retrieval with Query Hypergraphs, Michael Bendersky, Computer Science
Decision-Theoretic Meta-reasoning in Partially Observable and Decentralized Settings, Alan Scott Carlin, Computer Science
Weakly Supervised Learning for Unconstrained Face Processing, Gary B. Huang, Computer Science
Towards Large-Scale Validation of Protein Flexibility Using Rigidity Analysis, Filip Jagodzinski, Computer Science
Resource-Bounded Information Acquisition and Learning, Pallika H. Kanani, Computer Science
Retrieval and Evaluation Techniquesfor Personal Information, Jinyoung Kim, Computer Science
Variable Risk Policy Search for Dynamic Robot Control, Scott Robert Kuindersma, Computer Science
Topic Regression, David Mimno, Computer Science
Leveraging Relational Representations for Causal Discovery, Matthew John Hale Rattigan, Computer Science
On the Analysis and Management of Cache Networks, Elisha Rosensweig, Computer Science
Modeling reformulation as query distributions, Xiaobing Xue
Modeling Reformulation as Query Distributions, Xiaobing Xue, Computer Science
Designing Novel Mobile Systems By Exploiting Sensing, User Context, and Crowdsourcing, Tingxin Yan, Computer Science
Dissertations from 2011
Automated Negotiation for Complex Multi-Agent Resource Allocation, Bo An, Computer Science
Architecting Protocols to Enable Mobile Applications in Diverse Wireless Networks, Aruna Balasubramanian, Computer Science
Query-Dependent Selection of Retrieval Alternatives, Niranjan Balasubramanian, Computer Science
Adaptive Balancing of Exploitation with Exploration to Improve Protein Structure Prediction, TJ Brunette, Computer Science
Improving Processes Using Static Analysis Techniques, Bin Chen, Computer Science
Computational Affect Detection for Education and Health, David G. Cooper, Computer Science
Generalized Expectation Criteria for Lightly Supervised Learning, Gregory Druck, Computer Science
Interactive Perception of Articulated Objects for Autonomous Manipulation, Dov Katz, Computer Science
Autonomous Robot Skill Acquisition, George D. Konidaris, Computer Science
Enabling Peer-to-Peer Swarming for Multi-Commodity Dissemination, Daniel Sadoc Menasche, Computer Science
Exploiting Structure in Coordinating Multiple Decision Makers, Hala Mostafa, Computer Science
Hardening Software Against Memory Errors and Attacks, Albert Eugene Novark, Computer Science
Variations on Stigmergic Communication to Improve Artificial Intelligence and Biological Modeling, Megan Marie Olsen, Computer Science
Search Using Social Media Structures, Jangwon Seo, Computer Science
Biologically inspired vision systems, Piyanuch Silapachote
Biologically Inspired Vision Systems, Piyanuch Silapachote, Computer Science
A Teleological Approach to Robot Programming by Demonstration, John Douglas Sweeney, Computer Science
Expressiveness and Succinctness of First-Order Logic on Finite Words, Philipp P. Weis, Computer Science
Improving Data Center Resource Management, Deployment, and Availability with Virtualization, Timothy Wood, Computer Science
Discovering and Using Implicit Data for Information Retrieval, Xing Yi, Computer Science
Scaling Multi-Agent Learning in Complex Environments, Chongjie Zhang, Computer Science
Dissertations from 2010
Increasing Scalability in Algorithms for Centralized and Decentralized Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes: Efficient Decision-Making and Coordination in Uncertain Environments, Christopher Amato, Computer Science
Bounds on Service Quality for Networks Subject to Augmentation and Attack, George Dean Bissias, Computer Science
Whole-Body Strategies for Mobility and Manipulation, Patrick Deegan, Computer Science
Learning the Structure of Bayesian Networks with Constraint Satisfaction, Andrew Scott Fast, Computer Science
Enabling Accurate Analysis of Private Network Data, Michael Hay, Computer Science
Discovery of Complex Regulatory Modules from Expression Genetics Data, Manjunatha Jagalur, Computer Science
Using Context to Enhance the Understanding of Face Images, Vidit Jain, Computer Science
Basis Construction and Utilization for Markov Decision Processes Using Graphs, Jeffrey Thomas Johns, Computer Science
The Role of Perceived Collective Anger and Fear on Policy Support in Response to Terrorist Threat, Jaeshin Kim, Psychology
Data Management and Wireless Transport for Large Scale Sensor Networks, Ming Li, Computer Science
A Behavioral Approach to Human-Robot Communication, Shichao Ou, Computer Science
Optimization-based Approximate Dynamic Programming, Marek Petrik, Computer Science
On the Design of Methods to Estimate Network Characteristics, Bruno F. Ribeiro, Computer Science
Generalized Instruction Selector Generation: The Automatic Construction of Instruction Selectors from Descriptions of Compiler Internal Forms and Target Machines, Timothy David Richards, Computer Science
System Support for Perpetual Mobile Tracking, Jacob Sorber, Computer Science
Foundations and applications of generalized planning, Siddharth Srivastava
Foundations And Applications Of Generalized Planning, Siddharth Srivastava, Computer Science
Problems in Generic Combinatorial Rigidity: Sparsity, Sliders, and Emergence of Components, Louis Simon Theran, Computer Science
A Geometric Framework for Transfer Learning Using Manifold Alignment, Chang Wang, Computer Science
Paying Attention to What Matters: Observation Abstraction in Partially Observable Environments, Alicia Peregrin Wolfe, Computer Science
Dissertations from 2009
Agent Interactions In Decentralized Environments, Martin William Allen, Computer Science
Improved Network Consistency and Connectivity in Mobile and Sensor Systems, Nilanjan Banerjee, Computer Science