Browsing Department of Computer Science and Engineering by Title
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Analyzing Differences In Color Variation Sensitivity Between Experts And Novices To Find A Differentiating Process In Pigmented Skin Lesion Diagnosis
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Fatal skin lesions such as melanomas appear as having high color variation to experts but often as having low variation to novices. This thesis investigated if it is possible to find a function representing an expert's ... -
Anytime Top-k Queries On Exact And Fuzzy Data
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Top-k queries on large multi-attribute data sets are fundamental operations in information retrieval and ranking applications. In this thesis, we initiate research on the anytime behavior of top-k algorithms on exact and ... -
Application Of Graph-based Data Mining To Biological Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)A huge amount of biological data has been generated by long-term research. It is time to start to focus on a system-level understanding of bio-systems. Biological networks are networks of biochemical reactions, containing ... -
An Application Of Parallel And Distributed Computing Methods To Approximate Pattern Matching Of Genetic Regulatory Motifs
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Bioinformatics is a relatively new scientific field concerned with providing computational means and support to research in molecular biology and genetics. It draws from many different areas of computer science, including ... -
Application Of Software Engineering Best Practices And Principles To Small Development Teams
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)The motivation of this thesis comes from the professional experience of the author. Having worked with very small software development teams in various capacities, he realized that significant improvements could be achieved ... -
Applications of deep learning in large-scale object detection and semantic segmentation
(2018-08-13)With the massive storage of multimedia data and increasing computational power of mobile devices, developing scalable computer vision applications has become the primary motivation for both research and industrial community. ... -
Applying Combinatorial Testing To Systems With A Complex Input Space
Combinatorial testing, which has been shown very effective in fault detection, is a testing strategy that applies the theory of combinatorial design to test software programs. Given a program under test with k parameters, ... -
Approaches For Validating Frequent Episodes Based On Periodicity In Time-series Data
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)There is ongoing research on sequence mining of time-series data. We study Hybrid Apriori, an interval-based approach to episode discovery that deals with different periodicities in time-series data. Our study identifies ... -
Approximate Query Processing Using Deep Learning and Database Techniques
(2022-12-15)Data is generated at an unprecedented rate surpassing our ability to analyze them. In real applications, it is often impractical to find an exact answer by traversing the entire data. As a result, Approximate Query ... -
ApproxML: Efficient Approximate Ad-Hoc ML Models Through Materialization and Reuse
(2019-12-10)Machine Learning (ML) has become an essential tool in answering complex predictive analytic queries. Model building for large scale datasets is one of the most time-consuming parts of the data science pipeline. Often data ... -
Architectures And Methods For Energy-efficient Querying And Indexing In Wireless Sensor Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-09-17)Wireless sensor networks have been an active research area for about a decade due to their adaptability to applications involving long-term environmental monitoring. Recent technologies make it possible that a small device ... -
Artificial Intelligence For Cognitive Behavior Assessment In Children
(2018-06-25)Cognitive impairments in early childhood can lead to poor academic performance and require proper remedial intervention at the appropriate time. ADHD affects about 6-7% of children and is a psychiatric neurodevelopmental ... -
An Assistive Navigation Paradigm For Semi-autonomous Wheelchairs Using Force-feedback And Goal Prediction
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-08-08)As computer technology advances and facilitates an increased amount of autonomous sensing and control, the interface between the human and autonomous computer systems becomes increasingly important. This applies in particular ... -
Attributes Selection And Package Design To Maximize Visibility Of Objects
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of ranking functions and efficient top-k retrieval algorithms to help users in ad-hoc search and retrieval in databases (e.g., buyers searching for ... -
An Auction Mechanism For Grid Scheduling And Resource Allocation In The Context Of Atlas
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)The technological advancements in the areas of computing and networking over the recent years have led to an emerging infrastructure known as Computational Grids, which provides users with the flexibility of pervasive ... -
AUTO-ROI SYSTEM: AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION OF ROI IN GIGAPIXEL WHOLE-SLIDE IMAGES
(2017-05-09)Digital Pathology is a very promising approach to diagnostic medicine to accomplish better, faster prognosis and prediction of cancer. The high-resolution whole slide imaging (WSI) can be analyzed on any computer, easily ... -
Automated Integration Of Biomedical Information For The Support Of Genome-wide Association Studies
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-09-17)Genome-wide association studies of the genetic underpinnings of complex phenotypes, and human diseases in particular, have been steadily gaining momentum over the past several years. Yet, the number of polymorphic sites ... -
Automated Software Testing Using Covering Arrays
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Modern society is increasingly dependent on the quality of software systems. Software testing is a widely used approach to ensure software quality. Since exhaustive testing is impractical due to resource constraints, it ... -
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR TESTING ANDROID APPLICATIONS TO DETECT SENSITIVE INFORMATION LEAKAGE
(2017-05-10)Smart phones have become an important daily companion and often used by users to store various private data such as contacts, photos, messages, various social network accounts etc. Users can furthermore extend the functionality ... -
Automated Testing of a Commercial Cyber-Physical System Development Tool Chain
(2019-11-14)Rigorous validation of commercial cyber-physical system (CPS) tool chains (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink) through automated testing is of utmost importance since tool-chain generated artifacts are often deployed in safety-critical ...