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Author:

Henderson, Adam Dade

Title:

Loop Quantum Cosmology: A Window Into the Path Integral Representation of Quantum Gravity

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Quantum Gravity
Path Integral

File:

Download Henderson-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Sommers, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member

Author:

Christensen, Claire Petra

Title:

INFERENCE, SIMULATION, MODELING, AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX NETWORKS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON COMPLEX NETWORKS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

systems biology
gene regulatory networks
graph theory
networks
disease dynamics
computational modeling

File:

Download Christensen_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Costantino, Daniel Jeffrey

Title:

A Study on Granular Media: Packing, Intruding, and Shocking

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

granular media
intruders
packing fraction
mechanical impacts
initiation motion

File:

Download Costantino_Daniel_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter E Schiffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Fraser, David Jeffrey

Title:

Zebra Finch Vocal Development Through Reinforcement Of The Anterior Forebrain Pathway

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

songbird learning
Zebra Finch
Anterior Forebrain Pathway
biophysics
neural network
birdsong
HVC
RA
AFP
Area X
Computational neuroscience

File:

Download Fraser_2009_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dezge Jin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dezhe Jin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Wenger, Committee Member
John Collins, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Linli

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON SENSORY MOTOR INTEGRATION AND SENSORY SEQUENCE LEARNING IN SONGBIRD HVC

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

computational
songbird
HVC
sequence
recognition
learning

File:

Download Dissertation_of_Linli_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Dezhe Jin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dezhe Jin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John C Collins, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

Author:

Campbell, Colin Edward

Title:

complex dynamics of biological systems

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

complex systems
network theory
systems biology
cancer
ecosystem stability
immune system

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Colin_Campbell.pdf

Committee Members:

Reka Z Albert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Alexay Kozhevnikov, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Aaron James

Title:

Characterization of Emergent Synaptic Topologies in Noisy Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

learning
STDP
neural network
synaptic topology
synfire chain
event-driven simulation
emergent phenomena
complex network

File:

Download AMiller_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dezhe Jin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Alexay Kozhevnikov, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Kunyan

Title:

Measuring the electron electric dipole moment using laser-cooled Cesium atoms in optical lattices

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Dipole moment
cold atom
optical lattice
precision measurement
laser trapping

File:

Download Dissertation_Kunyan_ZHU_REVF.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kurt Gibble, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Yisi

Title:

Neural mechanisms of vocal sequence generation in songbirds

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Motor sequence
songbird
neural circuitry
syntax
temperature
auditory feedback
hemisphere

File:

Download thesis_yisizhang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexay Kozhevnikov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexay Kozhevnikov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member

Author:

Langford, Bruce David

Title:

Neural Mechanisms Of Sequence Generation In Songbirds

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Electrophysiology
Neural Mechanisms
Songbird
Neural Stimulation

File:

Download Langford_Dissertation_-_7-02-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexay Kozhevnikov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexay Kozhevnikov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
John Collins, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member