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Obfuscation through the observer-effect : thinking outside the virtual black-box
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-05)In this work, we initiate a theoretical study of obfuscation with regards to programs that interact with a user and an environment. We define the System-Interaction model to formally represent this additional dimension of ... -
On the design and implementation of a multi-camera multi-person human tracking system
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Only everything lasts forever
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Ontogen : a knowledge-based approach to natural language generation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)A long-standing objective of artificial intelligence research has been to build collaborative agents that can communicate with humans via natural language. The fields of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction ... -
Optical navigation using quadrics and indirect indexing & search methods
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-05)Autonomy plays a crucial role in navigation to other celestial bodies and around our own planet. With steadily increasing demand for radiometric data on an already strained network, autonomous decision-making is becoming ... -
Optimal scheduling and minimum resource characterization of biochemical analyses on digital microfluidic systems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2008-08)Digital microfluidic systems (DMFS) are an emerging class of lab-on-a-chip systems that manipulate individual droplets of chemicals on a planar array of electrodes. The biochemical analyses are performed by repeatedly ... -
Optimization of pyroelectric neutron generators
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Optimizing diffusion and pricing in networks of independent agents
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Oxygen adsorption and photoconduction models for metal oxide photodetectors
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-05)There is a need for real-time biohazard detection in hospitals, water-treatment facilities, bodies of water, and food processing facilities to prevent bacterial infections and outbreaks. Detection of small concentrations ... -
Pairwise approximations in micro-swimming
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-12)In this work we will examine several systems of swimmers with an increasing level of realism and sophistication. In several cases exact analytical solutions are found for the probability densities of such systems. For other ... -
Parakeet logic
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-08)This paper is an analysis of how an amalgamation of concepts, processes, emotions, and my art practice during the past two years led to creating my thesis project, Parakeet Logic. A multi-channel sound and video collage, ... -
Parallel algebraic multigrid for the pressure Poisson equation in a finite element Navier-Stokes solver
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Parallel curved meshing for high-order finite element simulations
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-05)It is well known that high-order finite element methods (FEM) are among the most powerful methods for simulating complex engineering problems in terms of solution accuracy and rate of convergence. In order to fully realize ... -
Parallel subgraph mining on hybrid platforms : HPC systems, multi-cores and GPUs
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-05)Finally, we describe parallel frequent subgraph mining on a database of multiple labeled graphs, using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). In recent times, GPUs have emerged as a relatively cheap but powerful architecture ... -
Parallel terrain compression and reconstruction
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Parasite labs: laboratory protocols of do-it-yourself biology
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-12)I seek to answer three questions about DIY biologists: how do they affirmatively refigure what it means to be a scientist; how do they differentially reproduce the contents and contexts of laboratories; and how do they ... -
Particle generation by pulsed excimer laser ablation in liquid: hollow structures and laser-induced reactions
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Particle incorporation into bacterial cellulose in a rotating disk bioreactor
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Particles in fluids : from the synthesis, properties and applications of micro-emulsions, Janus particles to microrheology
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)Particles at fluid interfaces can also be engineered to obtain smart materials such as "Janus" particles or particles which have "two faces" by virtue of differences in their surface chemistry and composition giving rise ... -
Passive quenching electrical model of silicon photomultipliers (SSPMs)
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2008-08)SSPM detectors can be studied and improved through electrical modeling of the diode and readout circuit to simulate, characterize, and predict their response for different geometries and configurations. An electrical model ...