A High-Efficiency Transmitter Architecture Based on Envelope Tracking Supply Modulation
Jongbeom Baek [advisor: Ali Niknejad]

A 140 GHz FMCW Radar with RF Self-Interference Cancellation
Yikuan Chen [advisor: Ali Niknejad]

Accelerating Atomistic Simulations Using Neural Networks and Ising Computing
Pratik Brahma [advisor: Sayeef Salahuddin]

Accelerating Multilinear Maps and Structured Sparse Tensor Kernels
Vivek Bharadwaj [advisor: James Demmel and Aydin Buluç]

Adopting and Scaling Secure Systems with Distributed Trust
Vivian Fang [advisor: Raluca Ada Popa]

Advancing Large Language Models for Code Using Code-Structure-Aware Methods
Linyuan Gong [advisor: Alvin Cheung]

AI-Driven Speech Neuroprostheses for Restoring Naturalistic Communication and Embodiment
Kaylo Littlejohn [advisor: Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli]

Algebraic Approaches to Distributed Data Systems
Conor Power [advisor: Joseph M. Hellerstein]

Algorithmic Pursuits of Structure: Monotone Operators, Robust Estimation, and Automated Discovery
Zihao Chen [advisor: Laurent El Ghaoui]

Analysis and stability of modern power systems using high fidelity modeling
Gabriel Colon-Reyes [advisor: Claire Tomlin and Duncan Callaway]

Application Specific and Resolution Reconfigurable Neural Recording Devices
Aviral Pandey [advisor: Rikky Muller]

Automating Contract-based Design for Cyber-Physical Systems
Sheng-Jung Yu [advisor: Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]

Between pixels and policies: Toward interpretable representations for (inter)action
Kaylene Stocking [advisor: Claire Tomlin]

Bridging Demonstrations and Decisions: Theory and Algorithms for Provable Imitation Learning
Nived Rajaraman [advisor: Kannan Ramchandran and Jiantao Jiao]

Compact Device Technologies for Compact Integrated Systems
Lars Tatum [advisor: Tsu-Jae King Liu]

Computational Hyperspectral Microscopy for Bioimaging
Neerja Aggarwal [advisor: Laura Waller]

Deep Generative Priors for View Synthesis at Scale
Hang Gao [advisor: Angjoo Kanazawa]

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Traffic Control and Stabilization: From Simulation to a 100-Vehicle Highway Field Deployment
Nathan Lichtle [advisor: Alexandre Bayen]

Design of High-Performance Hybrid Switched Capacitor Converters: Modeling, Layout, and Thermal Management
Logan Horowitz [advisor: Robert Pilawa-Podgurski]

Design Techniques for Specialized Short-Vector Machines
Daniel Grubb [advisor: Borivoje Nikolic]

Dynamic Multi-agent Autonomous Systems for Societal Transformation
Chinmay Maheshwari [advisor: S. Shankar Sastry]

Dynamical Modeling and Control of the Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter
Rahul Iyer [advisor: Robert Pilawa-Podgurski]

Enabling Robot Autonomy Through Real-World Practice
Laura Smith [advisor: Sergey Levine]

End-to-end Heterogeneous System Design for Hyperscale Big-Data Processing
Abraham Gonzalez [advisor: Borivoje Nikolic and Krste Asanović]

Enhancing User Interface Design Tools with AI-Driven Evaluation
Peitong Duan [advisor: Björn Hartmann]

Exploring the Security and Privacy Impacts of Using 2FA Apps
Conor Gilsenan [advisor: David A. Wagner and Serge Egelman]

FogROS: A Cloud Robotics System
Eric Chen [advisor: John D. Kubiatowicz]

From Local Coordination to System-Level Strategies: Designing Reliable, Societal-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy Across Scales
Victoria Tuck [advisor: S. Shankar Sastry and Sanjit A. Seshia]

Fundamental Resolution Limits of Magnetic Particle Imaging
Chinmoy Saayujya [advisor: Steven Conolly]

Generalizing Beyond the Training Data: New Theory and Algorithms for Optimal Transfer Learning
Reese Pathak [advisor: Michael Jordan and Martin Wainwright]

Hybrid Baud-Rate CDR and Clock Distribution Techniques for High-Speed 100Gbps Wireline Receiver
Yi-Hsuan Shih [advisor: Elad Alon and Vladimir Stojanovic]

Inferring Perturbation Effects on Gene Regulation and Disease
Ruchir Rastogi [advisor: Nir Yosef and Nilah Ioannidis]

Inferring Perturbation Effects on Gene Regulation and Disease
Ruchir Rastogi [advisor: Nir Yosef and Nilah Ioannidis]

Interpretable Quantification of Molecular Heterogeneity and Sample Effects in Single-cell Omics
Pierre Boyeau [advisor: Michael Jordan and Nir Yosef]

Interpreting the Inner-Workings of Vision Models
Yossi Gandelsman [advisor: Alexei (Alyosha) Efros]

Language Models as Rational Agents
Nicholas Tomlin [advisor: Daniel Klein]

Large-Scale Silicon Photonic Switches with Sub-Microsecond Switching Time
Johannes Henriksson [advisor: Ming C. Wu]

Miniature Wireless Sensor Implant with Data Communication and Localization via Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Biqi Rebekah Zhao [advisor: Michael Lustig and Rikky Muller]

Modeling and Design Enablement for Future Computing
Chien-Ting Tung [advisor: Chenming Hu]

Modeling and Interpreting Genome Evolution at Multiple Timescales
Milind Jagota [advisor: Yun S. Song]

Multi-Modal Perception with Vision, Language, and Touch for Robot Manipulation
Huang Huang [advisor: Ken Goldberg]

Multisensory Dexterity for Robotics
Haozhi Qi [advisor: Jitendra Malik and Yi Ma]

Natural Language Explanations of Dataset Patterns
Ruiqi Zhong [advisor: Daniel Klein and Jacob Steinhardt]

On Proofs and Translation
Orr Paradise [advisor: Shafi Goldwasser and Avishay Tal]

Perception and Reasoning in Chaotic and Uncertain Environments
Ritwik Gupta [advisor: S. Shankar Sastry and Trevor Darrell]

Perspectives on Multi-Agent Systems: From Characterization to Intervention
Geng Zhao [advisor: Jiantao Jiao and Christian Borgs]

Predicting and regulating gene expression using sequence-based deep learning models
Aniketh Janardhan Reddy [advisor: Nilah Ioannidis]

Pre-Training on Observational Data with Reinforcement Learning
Dibya Ghosh [advisor: Sergey Levine]

Programming Models for Correct and Modular Distributed Systems
Shadaj Laddad [advisor: Joseph M. Hellerstein and Alvin Cheung]

Quantum Advantages via Fourier Growth Analysis of Boolean Functions
Kewen Wu [advisor: Avishay Tal]

Quantum Emitters in Silicon for Scalable Quantum Photonics
Yertay Zhiyenbayev [advisor: Boubacar Kanté]

Recovering and Creating 3D Experiences from Casual Data
Ethan Weber [advisor: Angjoo Kanazawa]

Representation Learning for Active Perception
Jerome Quenum [advisor: Jitendra Malik and Trevor Darrell]

Resonant Switch Receivers
Qiutong Jin [advisor: Clark Nguyen]

Safety, Robustness, and Interpretability in Machine Learning
Samuel Pfrommer [advisor: Somayeh Sojoudi]

Scalable and Accurate Models of Molecular Evolution
Sebastian Prillo [advisor: Yun S. Song and Nir Yosef]

Scalable and Usable Domain-Specific Automated Reasoning
Federico Mora [advisor: Sanjit A. Seshia]

Scalable Auditing for AI Safety
Erik Jones [advisor: Anca Dragan and Jacob Steinhardt]

Scalable Verification with Applications to Hardware Security
Sushant Dinesh [advisor: Christopher Fletcher]

Scaling Graph Neural Networks for Sciences
Alok Tripathy [advisor: Katherine A. Yelick and Aydin Buluç]

Sensitive-data Protection for Today's Web Applications
Wen Zhang [advisor: Scott Shenker]

Squint-Free sub-THz Massive MIMO Arrays
Hesham Beshary [advisor: Ali Niknejad]

Steering How Deep Neural Networks Generalize
Katie Kang [advisor: Claire Tomlin and Sergey Levine]

Steering Machine Learning Ecosystems of Interacting Agents
Meena Jagadeesan [advisor: Michael Jordan and Jacob Steinhardt]

Sub-THz Integrated Circuits for Sensing and Imaging
Ali Ameri [advisor: Ali Niknejad]

The Alignment Problem Under Partial Observability
Scott Emmons [advisor: Stuart J. Russell]

Tips and Tricks for Building Controllable Artificial Intelligence
Norman Mu [advisor: David A. Wagner and Trevor Darrell]

Topics in Extreme System Design
Zhihong Luo [advisor: Scott Shenker and Sylvia Ratnasamy]

Toward Trustworthy Language Models: Interpretation Methods and Clinical Decision Support Applications
Aliyah Hsu [advisor: Bin Yu]

Towards Cloud-Assisted Autonomous Driving
Peter Schafhalter [advisor: Ion Stoica and Joseph Gonzalez]

Towards Principled Training and Serving of Large Language Models
Banghua Zhu [advisor: Michael Jordan and Jiantao Jiao]

Towards Robust Algorithms against Uncertainty in Learning Systems
Jichan Chung [advisor: Kannan Ramchandran and Irene Chen]

Towards Safe, Strategic Multi-Agent Autonomy: A Game-Theoretic Perspective
Jingqi Li [advisor: Claire Tomlin and Somayeh Sojoudi]

Towards Vision-LanguageFoundationModels: Limitations,Improvements, and Generalization
Simon Zhai [advisor: Sergey Levine and Yi Ma]

Transmission Line Transformers for Broadband K/Ka Power Amplifiers in Bulk CMOS
Rohit Braganza [advisor: Ali Niknejad]

Video Models of People and Pixels
Jathushan Rajasegaran [advisor: Jitendra Malik]

Visual Intelligence Beyond Human Supervision
Xudong Wang [advisor: Trevor Darrell]

Vulnerabilities of Language Models
Eric Wallace [advisor: Daniel Klein and Dawn Song]

Wearable, Integrated Sparse-SPECT for Continuous, Real-Time Dosimetry in Cancer Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
Rahul Lall [advisor: Ali Niknejad and Mekhail Anwar]

Wearable, User-Centric Sweat Sensing Platforms with Scalable Fabrication
Noelle Davis [advisor: Ali Javey]