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Author:

Laftchiev, Emil Ivanov

Title:

Robust Dynamical Model-based Data Representations and Structuring of Time Series Data for In-sequence Localization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Data Dimension Reduction
Stochastic Programming
Multi-dimensional Data Representation
In-Sequence Localization

File:

Download Emil_Laftchiev-Dissertation_11_20_2014.PDF

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Kannan, Aswin

Title:

Distributed Algorithms for Optimization and variational Inequality Problems: Addressing competition, Uncertainty, And Misspecification

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Variational inequalities
distributed algorithm
stochastic approximation
pseudomonotone.

File:

Download Aswin-Kannan-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vinayak V Shanbhag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Lee Friesz, Committee Member
Paul M Griffin, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Angelia Nedich, Special Member

Author:

Bekiroglu, Korkut

Title:

From Data to Interventions: Using System Identification and Robust Control Algorithms to Design Effective Treatments

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptive Intervention
Robust Treatment Design
System Identification
Atomic Norm
min-max Structured Robust Optimization

File:

Download Korkut_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member
Necdet S Aybat, Special Member

Author:

Gao, Xueyu

Title:

Modeling Uncertainty in Large_scale Urban Traffic Networks

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Adaptive Signal Control
Urban Traffic Control
Markov Chain Model

File:

Download Dissertation_XueyuGao_finalsubmit.pdf

Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Ahmadi, Hesamoddin

Title:

On the Analysis of Data-driven and Distributed Algorithms for Convex Optimization Problems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization and learning
distributed optimization in power system
convex optimization
augmented Lagrangian

File:

Download HesamAhmadi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vinayak V Shanbhag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Guodong Pang, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Chuangang

Title:

A Study of Selected Issues in Android Security

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Android
Computer Security
Android Security

File:

Download final-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

He, Mu

Title:

Enhancements to the Floquet Method for Analysis and Design of Power Converter Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Floquet Method
Power Converter Systems
Design Optimization
Genetic Algorithms

File:

Download Dissertation_Mu_He.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yue

Title:

ADAPTIVE INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM COMPLEX SYSTEMS VIA SYMBOLIC TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic time series analysis
Hidden Markov modeling
Pattern recognition
Finite-state Automaton
Information Fusion
Sensor Networks
Battery SOC estimation
Battery SOH estimation
Recursive Bayes Filter
Image processing

File:

Download YueLi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member

Author:

Mohammadzadeh Jasour, Ashkan

Title:

Convex Approximation of Chance Constrained Optimization Problems: Application in System and Control

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Chance Constrained
Convex Optimization
Semidefinite Programming
Measure and Moments
Polynomials
Sum of Squares Optimization
Duality

File:

Download Ashkan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Outside Member
Alexei Novikov, Committee Member

Author:

Jha, Devesh Kumar

Title:

Learning and Decision Optimization in Data-Driven Autonomous Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Markov Modeling
Combustion Instability
Decision Making
Motion Planning

File:

Download Devesh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Jan Severin Reimann, Outside Member
Abhishek Srivastav, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Mingyi

Title:

Discovering and Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities Through Large-scale Collaboration

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

software vulnerability
bug bounty
memory corruption
software diversity
crowdsourcing

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jens Grossklags, Committee Member
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Virani, Nurali

Title:

Learning Data-driven Models for Decision-making in Intelligent Physical Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

data-driven modeling
statistical learning
density estimation
context learning
context-aware decision-making
pattern classification
multi-modal sensor fusion
sequential hypothesis testing
sequential learning
dynamic sensor selection
intelligent systems

File:

Download Nurali_Virani_Dissertation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Ji-Woong Lee, Special Member

Author:

Luo, Lannan

Title:

TOWARDS ENHANCING ANDROID APPLICATION AND SYSTEM SECURITY

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Symbolic execution
Concolic execution
Vulnerability discovery
Exploit generation
Android Framewor
Code obfuscation
Android apps
Android app repackaging
Tamper-proofing
Obfuscation

File:

Download Lannan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna Squicciarini, Committee Member
Xingyu Xing, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Lakhmani, Sagar

Title:

VELOCITY BASED POTENTIAL FIELD METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Potential fields
Drones
UAV
Velocity bases approach
Collision avoidance
Aerial Vehicles
Robotics
Path planning

File:

Download Sagar_Lakhmani_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chattopadhyay, Pritthi

Title:

Data-Driven Modeling and Pattern Recognition of Dynamical Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

data-driven modeling
time series analysis

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_PritthiChattopadhyay.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member

Author:

Smith, William Thomas

Title:

Scheduling Analysis of Stored Combat Load Retrieval Using Monte Carlo Sampling

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Scheduling
Monte Carlo
Ammunition
Stored Combat Load
Parallel Machine Scheduling
Army
Military

File:

Download Smith_William__IndEng_PhDV2_August2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Guodong Pang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guodong Pang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Michael Andrew Yukish, Special Member

Author:

Guo, Pinyao

Title:

Detection and Prevention: Toward Secure Mobile Robotic Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

secure mobile robotic system
cyber-physical system security
intrusion detection
anomaly detection
vehicle security
robot security
intrusion prevention

File:

Download pinyao-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Hunmin

Title:

Distributed Control of Cyber-physical Systems: Security, Economics, and Smart grid

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Cyber-physical systems
Distributed control

File:

Download Thesis_Hunmin_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Outside Member

Author:

Gopalakrishnan, Anand

Title:

Neural Temporal Models for Human Motion Prediction

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Motion Prediction
Recurrent Neural Networks
Deep Learning
Motion Synthesis
Human Motion Evaluation

File:

Download Anand_masters_thesis_eTD_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clyde Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Yogarathinam, Amirthagunaraj

Title:

Wide-Area Power Oscillation Damping using Wind Farms in a Networked Controlled Future Smart Grid

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Networked control systems (NCS)
cyberphysical system (CPS)
smart grid
phasor measurement unit (PMU)
wide-area measurement
electromechanical oscillations
observer-driven reduced copy (ORC)
wind farm
data-dropouts
Gilbert-Elliott model
Balanced truncation (BT)
Iterative Rational Krylov Algorithm (IRKA)
model reduction
multi-input multi-output (MIMO)
power grid
Model-based Control

File:

Download Amirthagunaraj-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilanjan Ray Chauduri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilanjan Ray Chauduri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
James D. Freihaut, Outside Member

Author:

Guo, Tiantong

Title:

Regularized Deep Networks For Inverse Problems In Image Processing And Vision

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Regularized Deep Networks
Inverse Problems
Image Processing
Computer Vision

File:

Download tt_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Collins, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Necdet S Aybat, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hu, Zhisheng

Title:

Reinforcement learning for adaptive cyber defense: Algorithms, analysis and experiments

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Reinforcement learning
Adaptive cyber defense

File:

Download Hu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Peng Liu, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shah, Rajvi

Title:

Automated Reverse Docking of Tractor-Trailer using Infrastructure-based Sensing Experimentally Tested with a Full-scale Tractor-Trailer

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

reverse path tracking
docking
tractor-trailer
automation
infrastructure-based sensing
advanced driver assistance system
autonomous trucks

File:

Download Rajvi_Shah_MS_Thesis_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mahapatra, Kaveri

Title:

Data Anomaly Detection and Correction in PMU Measurements for Wide-Area Monitoring Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Synchrophasor
PMU
Wide Area Monitoring
Cyberphysical Security
Oscillation Monitoring
Event Detection
Disturbance Detection
Disturbance Classification
Wide area control
Damping Control
Neuromorphic Computing
Spiking Neural Network
Anomaly Detection
Corruption Detection
Event Classification
Data Anomaly

File:

Download Kaveri-Dissertation_Final1.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fu, Yiwei

Title:

Modeling, Prediction and Control of Engineering Systems with Long Short-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Robotics
Representation Learning
Autonomous Systems
Time Series

File:

Download YiweiFu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Thomas Wettergren, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Iyer, Venkatakrishnan

Title:

Nonlinear Yaw Control of a Compound Helicopter

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Dynamic Inversion
Helicopter Modeling
Automatic Flight Control System
Adaptive Control
Vectored Thrust Ducted propeller
Compound Helicopter
Pseudo Control Hedging
Feedback Linearization Using Neural Networks
Neural Networks
Feedback Linearization

File:

Download Nonlinear_Yaw_Control_of_a_Compound_Helicopter.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dempsey, Michael

Title:

Crane Hoist Motion Control: Adaptive PI Control using State Machine Logic

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Hoist
PI
Control

File:

Download Dempsey_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lu, Yang

Title:

Privacy preserving control and optimization for cyber-physical systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Privacy
Cyber-physical systems
Control and optimization

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Geng, Junyi

Title:

Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Slung Load Transportation
Coordinated Control
Parameter Estimation
Trajectory Planning
UAV
Multi Robot

File:

Download Geng-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dillinger, Cody

Title:

Game-Theoretic Controller Simulation for Sampling-Based Multi-Robot Motion Planning Algorithms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Robotics
Motion Planning
Game Theory
Algorithms
Control Theory
Optimization
Nash Equilibrium
Simulation
Multi-Robot Systems

File:

Download Dillinger_Thesis_MastersFormat_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Scarcella, Peter Craig

Title:

Simultaneous Pose and Mapping of a Non-Cooperative Maneuvering Target Using an Octree-Based Approach

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

simultaneous localization and mapping
pose estimation
shape estimation
maneuver detection
octree
consider filter
interactive multiple model filter
variable state dimension filter

File:

Download Dissertation_Scarcella_3-19-2021.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tau, Seth

Title:

The Effects of Path-Planning Uncertainty on Intelligent Vehicle Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

path planning
intelligent vehicle
ground vehicle
mapping error
sensing error
maneuvering speed

File:

Download Seth_Tau_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ayub, Ali

Title:

Few-Shot Continual Learning of Visual Concepts

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Continual Learning
Catastrophic Forgetting
Human-Robot Interaction
Self-Supervised Learning
Curiosity-Driven Learning
Cognitively-Inspired Learning
Robotics
Machine Learning
Computer Vision

File:

Download PhD_Thesis___Ali_Ayub.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Elisabeth Karuza, Outside Member
Alan R. Wagner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Xinyang

Title:

Toward Secure Deep Learning Systems

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

deep learning
computer security
attack
defense
privacy

File:

Download Final_Thesis-85.pdf

Committee Members:

Ting Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ting Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Neil Zhenqiang Gong, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Guoxiang

Title:

Multi-robot optimal motion planning

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

multi-robot systems
motion planning
optimal control
distributed control

File:

Download Dissertation-ver0221.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Sean Brennan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bhattacharya, Chandrachur

Title:

Frontiers in Data-driven Learning via Probabilistic Finite State Automata

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Data-driven
Machine Learning
Time-series analysis
Combustion Instablity
Thermoacoustic Instability
Pattern Recognition
Reduced Order Modeling
Rijke tube
Probabilisitc Finite State Automata
Symbolic Time Series Analysis
Combustion dynamics
Combustion
Hidden Markov Model
LSTM
Projection PFSA
Chaos
Natural Circulation Loop
Crack detection
Online Learning
Transfer Learning
DDDAS
PFSA
STSA

File:

Download Dissertation_ChandrachurBhattacharya_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Special Member
Asok Ray, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Farhang, Sadegh

Title:

Organizations security management in different problem domains: Empirical Evidence and game-theoretic modeling

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Security
Update
Upgrade
Game Theory
Android

File:

Download Sadegh_Dissertation_5_.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xinyu Xing, Major Field Member
Jens Grossklags, Special Member
Anna Squicciarini, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Meng, Xinxing

Title:

Improving the Performance of Magnetic Resonance Systems using Feedback Control

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

QR Detection
Reducing AM RFI
RF Pulse Sequence Manipulation
Feedback Control
Magnetic Field Fluctuations
Flux Regulation
Powered Magnet
35.2-T Series-Connected Hybrid Magnet
MRI

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
Patrick Lenahan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Thomas Neuberger, Outside Field Member
Jeffrey Schiano, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bardakci, Ibrahim Ekrem

Title:

Convex Formulations of Probability Maximization Problems: Stochastic Approximation Frameworks and Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Probability maximization
Optimization
Stochastic Approximation
Risk Minimization
Controller Design

File:

Download ieb_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Outside Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Jing Yang, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Altamimi, Abdulelah Lafi

Title:

Deep Learning Approach to Large-Scale Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Reinforcement Learning
Wildfire Mitigation
Stochastic Model Predictive Control
Classification
System Identification
Parameters Estimation
Deep Learning
Neural Network

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jing Yang, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Outside Unit & Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Rui

Title:

Computer Vision Methods for Enhancing Remote Sighted Assistance

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Remote Sighted Assistance
Computer Vision
Human Trajectory Prediction
Person Search
Field-of-View Extrapolation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Syed Billah, Major Field Member
Sharon Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Zihan Zhou, Special Member

Author:

Yin, Yinxuan

Title:

Robot-Aided Emergency Evacuation VR Validation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

VR
Validation
Emergency
Robot-aided evacuation
Human-Robot Interaction

File:

Download Yin_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Bin Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gan, Chao

Title:

ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Online Learning
Multi-armed Bandits
Resource Allocation

File:

Download dissertation1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jing Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Uday V. Shanbhag, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Opazo Toro, Tomas

Title:

Power Minimization For Fixed-Pitch Coaxial Rotors In Hover

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

coaxial rotor power minimization optimization control allocation

File:

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacob Langelaan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joseph Horn, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mu, Xinyang

Title:

Advancing Robotic Approaches to Precision Apple Crop Load Management in Blossom Thinning Stage

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Apple crop load management
Apple blossom thinning
Machine vision system
Machine learning
Deep learning
Image processing
Robot automation
Precision agriculture

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit Member
Long He, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Schupp, Outside Field Member
Paul Heinemann, Major Field Member
Manoj Karkee, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Lan

Title:

Applying machine learning and NLP techniques to Cyber Security: three selected studies

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Malware detection
firmware emulation
deep learning

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Taegyu Kim, Major Field Member

Author:

Hojjatinia, Sarah

Title:

System Identification Algorithms for Noisy Data with Application to Behavior Modeling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

System identification
data analysis
modeling
physical activity
behavior
machine learning
algorithm
noisy data
social network
switched systems
markov
design
SARMAX
SARX
Markov jump
hybrid
health
Real Data

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Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hojjatinia, Sahar

Title:

Data analysis and system identification algorithms for behavioral dynamical modeling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

System Identification
Sparsity
Behavioral Modeling

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vishal Monga, Major Field Member
David Conroy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gao, Liming

Title:

Database-Mediated Preview of Roadway Friction and Model Predictive path Tracking Control for Connected Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Connected vehicle simulation
Database
Vehicle dynamics
Vehicle path tracking control
Model predictive control
Road-tire friction

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Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Sean Brennan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Herschel Pangborn, Major Field Member
Craig Beal, Special Member

Author:

Ashour, Mahmoud

Title:

Distributed Optimization Approaches to Nonconvex Problems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Distributed Optimization
Nonconvex Problems
Network Flow Control
Sparsity

File:

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Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Necdet S Aybat, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Seltzer, Dustin

Title:

Adaptive 2D Repetitive Process Control of a Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Process

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Adaptive Control
2D Repetitive Processes

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Committee Members:

Edward Reutzel, Outside Field Member
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Qian Wang, Outside Unit Member
Jeffrey Schiano, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member

Author:

Graybill, Philip

Title:

Embedded biomedical systems for assistive technology and state-of-vigilance forecasting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

embedded systems
biomedical
microcontroller
FPGA
assistive technology
unscented Kalman filter
state of vigilance
sleep
forecasting
eyelid
optimization
wearable
epilepsy

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Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Major Field Member
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Geronimo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swaminathan, Siddharth

Title:

Pro-active and re-active dispatch of energy flexible buildings using peer-to-peer markets for building-to-grid integration

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Model predictive controls
building-to-grid integration
non-wires alternative
peer-to-peer markets
microgrid sizing
energy flexible buildings

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Unit Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sleem, Omar

Title:

Non-convex Approaches to Sparsity: Algorithms and Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Non-Convex Optimization
Sparsity
System Identification
5G NR
Overhead Reduction
Wireless Communications
Manifold Optimization

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jing Yang, Major Field Member

Author:

Xi, Zhaohan

Title:

Beyond Images: Robustifying Representation Learning against Trojaning Attacks

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Representation Learning
Graph Learning
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning Security

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Major Field Member
Ting Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jinghui Chen, Major Field Member

Author:

Hua, Weiyun

Title:

Development of a precision heating strategy for smart frost management in apple orchards

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Frost management
Heating
Numerical simulation
Path planning
Cyber-physical systems

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long He, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Heinemann, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Major & Minor Field Member

Author:

Yuan, Zhenyuan

Title:

Safe machine learning for intelligent multi-robot systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Machine learning
Multi-robot systems
distributed learning
reinforcement learning
safe machine learning
Gaussian process regression
motion planning
generalization
learning and control

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alan Wagner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
Ying Sun, Major Field Member

Author:

Jing, Hang

Title:

Harnessing the Power of Quantum Computing for Renewable Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantum computing
Renewable energy systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Chunhao Wang, Outside Field Member
Yan Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Cullina, Major Field Member
Xiantao Li, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Almadih, Mustafa

Title:

Acoustic Analysis and Detection of the Effects of Vapor-Liquid Interfacial Morphology on Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer for Different Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Pool Boiling
Acoustic Analysis
Digital Signal Processing Tools
Boiling Regimes Identification
Deep Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen M. Bajorek, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Saab, Samer

Title:

Investigation of Deep Neural Networks From Control and Optimization Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Optimization
Control Theory
First-order Gradient Descent
Heavy-ball Optimizer
Recurrent Neural Networks
State-space Representations

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Co-Chair of Committee
Puneet Singla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nandakumar, Apoorva

Title:

Data-driven modeling, analysis and control of non-linear transient dynamics of microgrids

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Data-driven modeling
Sparse Identification
Microgrids
Model Predictive Control
Transient Dynamics
Unbalanced Operations
Deep Neural Networks

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Bin Li, Major Field Member
Yan Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daning Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Major Field Member