We consider the synchronization between two distant nodes A and B that are connected through a two-way communication channel. Node A contains file X, and node B contains file Y that is generated through i.i.d. deletions from X. In previous work, a deterministic polynomial-time protocol for reconstructing file X at node B is proposed, which has the ...
Recent years have witnessed a rapid growth in the amount of generated data, owing to the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT). Processing such huge data on traditional computing systems is highly inefficient, mainly due to the limited cache capacity and memory bandwidth. Processing in-memory (PIM) is an emerging paradigm which tries to address thi...
Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities present a unique opportunity in their potential for extremely large quality factors (Q) which allow for low-loss microwave systems which extend photon lifetimes. They have subsequently been used and improved upon as individual cells of particle accelerators where large accelerating voltages are require...
Ternary alloy CdZnO and MgZnO thin films were obtained by radio frequency-assisted (RF) molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The films were characterized by photoluminescence, X-ray diffraction, UV-visible absorption, scanning electron microscopy and Hall coefficient measurement. When Cadmium or Magnesium was co-deposited with Zinc under Oxygen ambient, t...
Many of the recent successes in computer vision have been driven by the availability of large quantities of labeled training data. However, in the vast majority of real-world settings, collecting such data sets by hand is infeasible due to the cost of labeling data or the paucity of data in a given domain. One increasingly popular approach is to us...
Degrees of freedom (DoF) studies of wireless networks have contributed many fundamental insights into their capacity limits. One of the most critical determinants of these capacity limits is the amount of channel state information at the transmitters (CSIT). In this dissertation, we consider the MIMO interference networks with both perfect CSIT and...
Mixed signal circuit design often involves circuits that are time-varying or highly non-linear, which further results in systems that are difficult to characterize using established methodologies for linear time-invariant systems, thus designers are more than often forced to rely on intensive simulations for design. This dissertation explores desig...
The mid-infrared spectral region, ~2–20 µm, is of interest for numerous sensing, medical, industrial, and military applications. The rovibrational transition energies of many important molecules fall within this region, making mid-infrared light particularly suitable for gas-sensing or material identification. Mid-infrared chemical bond spectroscop...
High-quality gate dielectrics are key to securing the performance and reliability needed in GaN-based electronics to drive widespread adoption. GaN has emerged as a strong contender to serve a range of applications in the rapidly growing field of power electronics due to its attractive wide-bandgap and high mobility. As power devices regularly expe...
Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising technology for next generation communication systems, where the base station (BS) is equipped with a large number of antenna elements to serve multiple user equipments. With the large number of antenna elements, the BS can perform multi-user beamforming with much narrower beamwidth, there...
