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SQuAT: An Unsupervised, Semantic-Driven Question Answering System over Tables
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A computational chemist’s guide to the development of designer material systems through the utilization of past, present, and developmental computational techniques
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-12)Computational chemistry broadly investigates chemical problems using computer aided simulations/models. The exploration of material properties through computational means requires traversing length scales, from atomic to ... -
Fabricating heterogeneous alginate microbead arrays with spatially prescribed distributions using laser direct-write bioprinting
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Manufacturing 3D tumor systems with control over the spatial placement of disparate cell types (e.g., tumor, stromal) has posed a significant challenge. Compared to other fabrication methods, bioprinting approaches are ... -
Glitch serendipity: exploring the spectrum across media
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)This thesis presents glitch serendipity as a formalized approach to artistic practice. The study focuses on the concepts of glitch, remix, and serendipity, employing interdisciplinary methods and principles such as disjunctive ... -
Engineering the electronic structure of inse and inse/tmd devices
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Engineering the band structure is a technique that is used to modify semiconductors in modern electronic devices. There are two problems that advancement in modern electronics currently faces: miniaturization and specialized ... -
Effects of sounds on the visitors’ experience in museums
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)With the growing popularity of museums, there is an increasing awareness of the importance of acoustics in creating a high-quality visitor experience. As a result, the research field of museum acoustics has gained attention, ... -
Neural models for causal information extraction using domain adaptation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)The task of identifying causality related events or actions from text is an important step in building knowledge graph of events and consequences from the vast amount of unlabeled documents available to us in the digital ... -
Individual and team performance and behavioral adaptation in competitive adversarial games: an application to elite biathlon
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)This dissertation develops and explores prospects for investigating human performance and adaptive behavior in competitive, individual- and team-based settings. It is motivated by recent work on theoretical underpinnings ... -
The virgo radial merger: a recent and substantial contribution to the local stellar halo
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)The Milky Way's (MW) stellar halo is built up from the debris of many disrupted dwarf galaxies. It is widely known that the MW's inner stellar halo contains a [Fe/H]-rich, radialized component, which contributes the majority ... -
Mechanistic modeling of multimodal chromatography: from first-principles to principal applications
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Biotherapeutics, since their inception, have played a key role in the worldwide treatment of complex health conditions (e.g., cancer, autoimmune disorders, and viral infections). To meet the ever-increasing demand for these ... -
Three essays on ethical issues in natural language use for the design and implementation of artificial intelligence (ai) systems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)This dissertation consists of three essays on ethical issues in natural language use for the design and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Several ethical concerns regarding the use of AI to support ... -
Protease-catalyzed synthesis of oligopeptides and glycan-terminated peptides
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Peptides and peptide conjugates are used for many applications, including as therapeutics and biomedical materials. At present, established synthetic routes to peptides and their conjugates include solid-phase peptide ... -
Three essays in financial intermediation: a regulatory perspective
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)This dissertation consists of three essays on the role of added regulation on financial advisory firms and bank holding companies. Compliance with stringent added regulations can create ethical dilemmas in financial ... -
The mechanical response of materials at the nanoscale via simulations
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)We use both molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate various nanomechanical properties of nanoparticles under compression, exfoliation of perovskite heterogeneous ... -
Finite element formulation of laser material interaction accounting for geometry evolution
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Laser subtractive and additive manufacturing holds tremendous potential to create intricate parts in small batches. However, due to the complexity of the process physics, it is not currently possible to predict a priori ... -
A continuous approximation model for the design of park-and-ride systems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Park-and-Ride (P&R) systems have emerged as a popular traffic management solution in response to the need for sustainable transportation options to combat the climate crisis and improve traffic flow. The goal of this ... -
Accessing (or not) telemedicine to treat opioid use disorder during covid-19: an ethnographic study in new york state
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)This dissertation presents an in-person and digital ethnography of people in New York State who use drugs and seek treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) using phone or video connection to receive healthcare (telecare) ... -
Deep learning and optimization based interferometric and phaseless imaging
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Interferometric imaging involves reconstructing an image from the cross-correlations of the scattered waves reflected from the illuminated medium. Phaseless imaging on the other hand involves reconstructing an image from ... -
Preprocessing and learning for graph structured data
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Graphs are general structures which may be used to describe any system or dataset with related elements. Because of the prevalence of such data, efficient and accurate algorithms for analyzing graphs are of extreme importance ... -
deep neural network quantifies individual cardiovascular disease risk
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-08)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality, emphasizing the urgent need for accurate, accessible, and interpretable risk assessment methodologies. This dissertation introduces a deep learning ...