Ph.D. Dissertations - 1992
A New Method for Improving the Interferometric Resolution by Compensating for the Atmospherically Induced Phase Shift
Svetlana S. Zivanovic [advisor: William J. Welch]
A Surface Micromachined Accelerometer with Integrated CMOS Detection Circuitry
Weijie Yun [advisor: Roger T. Howe]
Algebraic and Numeric Techniques in Modeling and Robotics
Dinesh Manocha [advisor: John F. Canny]
An Analytical Study of the Nonlinear Dynamics of Sigma Delta Analog-to-Digital Conversion
Orla C. Feely [advisor: Leon O. Chua]
An On-Line Computational Model of Human Sentence Interpretation: A Theory of the Representation and Use of Linguistic Knowledge
Daniel Jurafsky [advisor: Robert Wilensky]
Analysis and Optimization of Monolithic RF Downconversion Receivers
Christopher D. Hull [advisor: Robert G. Meyer]
Analysis and Optimization of Monolithic RF Downconversion Receivers
Christopher D. Hull [advisor: Robert G. Meyer]
Analytic Techniques for the Time-Domain Simulation of Uniform Lossy Transmission Lines in Nonlinear Circuits
Jaijeet S. Roychowdhury [advisor: A. Richard Newton]
AP-LIN: A CAD Tool Box for Nonlinear Control Design
Raja R. Kadiyala [advisor: S. Shankar Sastry]
Applications of Novel Optoelectronic Phenomena in Quantum Wells to Waveguide and Surface-Normal Modulator Structures
Olga Blum [advisor: T. Kenneth Gustafson]
Applications of Ultrasonic Lamb Waves
Stuart W. Wenzel [advisor: Richard M. White]
Application-Specific Processors for Numerical Algorithms
Lars E. Thon [advisor: Robert W. Brodersen]
Automated Testing in an Integrated System Design Environment
Kevin T. Kornegay [advisor: Robert W. Brodersen]
Automatic Inference: A Probabilistic Basis for Natural Language Interpretation
Dekai Wu [advisor: Robert Wilensky]
Cell Loss Estimation in High-Speed Digital Networks
George Kesidis [advisor: Jean C. Walrand]
Circuit Simulation for VLSI and Electronic Packaging Design
Shen Lin [advisor: Ernest S. Kuh]
Code Optimizers and Register Organizations for Vector Architectures
Corinna Grace Lee [advisor: David A. Patterson]
Compile-Time Scheduling of Dataflow Program Graphs with Dynamic Constructs
Soonhoi Ha [advisor: Edward A. Lee]
Compiling Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Applications onto Multiprocessor Systems
Phu D. Hoang [advisor: Jan M. Rabaey]
CPU Performance Evaluation and Execution Time Prediction Using Narrow Spectrum Benchmarking
Rafael H. Saavedra-Barrera [advisor: Alan J. Smith]
Design of System Level Interfaces
Jane S. Sun [advisor: Robert W. Brodersen]
Distributed Processing in Power Systems applications
Liam Murphy [advisor: Felix F. Wu]
Don't Cares in Multi-Level Network Optimization
Hamid Savoj [advisor: Robert K. Brayton]
Efficient Checking of Polynomials and Proofs and the Hardness of Approximation Problems
Madhu Sudan [advisor: Umesh V. Vazirani]
Fault-Driven Analog Testing
Linda S. Milor [advisor: Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]
Feedback Stabilization: Nonlinear Solutions to Inherently Nonlinear Problems
Andrew R. Teel [advisor: S. Shankar Sastry]
File System Performance and Transaction Support
Margo Ilene Seltzer [advisor: Michael R. Stonebraker]
Fuzzy Rulebase Modeling in Information Processing, Classification and Control
Chuen-Tsai Sun [advisor: Lotfi A. Zadeh]
Hardware Mapping and Module Selection in the HYPER Synthesis System
Chi-Min Chu [advisor: Jan M. Rabaey]
High-Speed Devices for Optical Communications
Hong Lin [advisor: J. Stephen Smith]
Image Synthesis: Binary and Phase Shift Mask Design for Optical Lithography
Yong Liu [advisor: Avideh Zakhor]
Input-Output Performance Evaluation: Self-Scaling Benchmarks, Predicted Performance
Peter Ming-Chien Chen [advisor: David A. Patterson]
Integrated Placement and Routing for VLSI Layout Synthesis and Optimization
Ping-San Tzeng [advisor: Carlo H. Séquin]
Issues in Deep-UV Lithography Using Pulsed Laser Light Sources
William N. Partlo [advisor: William G. Oldham]
Minimum Curvature Variation Curves, Networks, and Surfaces for Fair Free-Form Shape Design
Henry Packard Moreton [advisor: Carlo H. Séquin]
Multiplexing Traffic at the Entrance to Wide-Area Networks
Ramon Caceres [advisor: Domenico Ferrari]
Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling: Architectures, Analyses, and Applications
Jyh-Shing Jang [advisor: Lotfi A. Zadeh]
Nonlinear Gain Measurements in Semiconductor Laser Diodes and Stabilization and Application of Self-Pulsating Laser Diodes
Yaron Simler [advisor: Shyh Wang]
Operating Systems Mechanisms For Continuous Media
Ramesh Govindan [advisor: David A. Anderson]
Optimization and Stabilization of Surface-Emitting and Self-Pulsating Semiconductor Lasers for Communication and Microwave Applications
John K. Gamelin [advisor: Kam Y. Lau]
PAGODA: A Model for Autonomous Learning in Probabilistic Domains
Marie Ellen desJardins [advisor: Stuart J. Russell]
Papyrus: A History-Based VLSI Design Process Management System
Tzi-cker Chiueh [advisor: Randy H. Katz]
Parallel Query Processing Using Shared Memory Multiprocessors and Disk Arrays
Wei Hong [advisor: Michael R. Stonebraker]
Partitioning and Scheduling for Circuit Simulation
Antony P.-C. Ng [advisor: Robert K. Brayton]
Performance Evaluation for Computer Image Synthesis Systems
Ricki Blau [advisor: Alan J. Smith]
Performance Optimization of Digital Circuits
Kanwar J. Singh [advisor: Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]
Performance Studies of Cache Consistency and Concurrency Control Algorithms in a Distributed Client/Server DBMS Architecture
Yongdong Wang [advisor: Lawrence A. Rowe]
Performance-Constrained Physical Design of Analog and Mixed Analog/Digital Circuits
Umakanta Choudhury [advisor: Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]
Process Placement for Distributed Computations
Harry I. Rubin [advisor: Domenico Ferrari]
Programmable Arithmetic Devices for High Speed Digital Signal Processing
Devereaux C. Chen [advisor: Jan M. Rabaey]
Radio Astronomical Instrumentation and Observations on the Hat Creek Millimeter Interferometer
Xiaolei Zhang [advisor: William J. Welch]
Rapid Prototyping of Hardware and Software in a Unified Framework
Mani B. Srivastava [advisor: Robert W. Brodersen]
Results on Triangulation and High Quality Mesh Generation
James M. Ruppert [advisor: Raimund Seidel]
Robust and Efficient Surface Intersection for Solid Modeling
Michael Edward Hohmeyer [advisor: Brian A. Barsky]
Sigma Delta Modulators: Optimal Decoding Algorithms and Stability Analysis
Søren Hein [advisor: Avideh Zakhor]
Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) MOSFETs
Jian Chen [advisor: Chenming Hu]
Studies with a Neuronal Modeling System for the Mammalian Auditory Pathway
Bruce R. Parnas [advisor: Edwin R. Lewis]
Study of Far Field Radiation, Ultrafast Dynamics, and Power Optimization of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Diodes
Jonathan X. Lin [advisor: Kam Y. Lau]
Synthesis and Testing of Bounded Wire Delay Asynchronous Circuits from Signal Transition Graphs
Luciano Lavagno [advisor: Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]
Synthesis and Verification of Asynchronous Circuits from Graphical Specifications
Cho W. Moon [advisor: Robert K. Brayton]
System Support for Software Fault Tolerance in Highly Available Database Management Systems
Mark P. Sullivan [advisor: Michael R. Stonebraker]
Technology Computer-Aided Design Frameworks and the PROSE Implementation
Alexander S.-W. Wong [advisor: Andrew R. Neureuther]
Technology Migration of Integrated Circuits with Topological Compaction
Paul C. de Dood [advisor: John Wawrzynek]
The Acquisition of Lexical Semantics for Spatial Terms: A Connectionist Model for Perceptual Categorization
Terrance P. Regier [advisor: Jerome A. Feldman]
The Design and Implementation of a Log-structured File System
Mendel Rosenblum [advisor: John K. Ousterhout]
The Design of a CASE Environment Architecture and the Performance Evaluation of Database Designs for Software Documents
Luis Miguel [advisor: C. V. Ramamoorthy]
The High-Level Synthesis of Microprocessors Using Instruction Frequency Statistics
William R. Bush [advisor: Robert K. Brayton and Alvin M. Despain]
The Measured Equation of Invariance: A New Concept in Field Computation
Rafael Pous [advisor: Kenneth K. Mei]
Thin Oxide Reliability in Integrated Circuits
Elyse Rosenbaum [advisor: Chenming Hu]
Traffic Management of ATM Networks: Service Provisioning, Routing, and Traffic Shaping
Steven H. Low [advisor: Pravin P. Varaiya]
User Interaction in Language-Based Editing Systems
Michael Lee Van De Vanter [advisor: Susan L. Graham]
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers and a Mode Loced Ti:Sapphire Laser and a Graded Indium Gallium Arsenide Contact for Photoconductive Switches
Daniel M. Kuchta [advisor: J. Stephen Smith]
Visibility Computations in Densely Occluded Polyhedral Environments
Seth Jared Teller [advisor: Carlo H. Séquin]
Wireless Communication Using Non-Directed Infrared Radiation
John R. Barry [advisor: Edward A. Lee and David G. Messerschmitt]
Highly Linear Lightwave Video Distribution System
Lian K. Chen [advisor: Kam Y. Lau]
High-Speed High-Resolution Pipelined A/D Conversion in CMOS Technology
Lee-Chung Yiu [advisor: Paul R. Gray]
Hinged Polysilicon Structures with Integrated CMOS Thin Film Transistors
Kristofer S.J. Pister [advisor: Shankar Sastry, Roger Howe and Ronald Fearing]
Rule Compilation and Decisional Processes for Mobile Robots
Ralph P. Sobek [advisor: Lotfi A. Zadeh]
Subcarrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access for Lightwave Network
N.K. Shankaranarayanan [advisor: Kam Y. Lau]