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Title: Moments of Understanding - Tribal Culture Center: Moments of Understanding - Tribal Culture Center (Location)
Creator: Hussain, Tanveer
Date: 2012-05-01, 2012-05
Description: The main purpose of the Tribal Cultural Center is to offer a platform for the local public, tribal country’s key leaders to communicate with...
Show moreThe main purpose of the Tribal Cultural Center is to offer a platform for the local public, tribal country’s key leaders to communicate with the goal of promoting peace and prosperity to the region. This project will help these leaders create the moments of understanding for the future of generations to come (Power of democracy). It will also help to educate and train the young tribesmen so they can contribute their knowledge to their local tribes. Architecturally, site planning, landscape design and using the traditional local materials with modern construction techniques were explored.
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Title: Defining the Role of the 21st Century Public Library in Madison
Creator: Bartley, Nate
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Madison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State...
Show moreMadison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State Street, a pedestrian and bike corridor that serves as the main public gathering space for the city. The new Central Public Library along this strip will provide a free, democratic space for all Madison citizens. Beyond collecting books and storing media, the Madison Library offers opportunities for gatherings and informational exchanges 24 hours a day.
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Title: Defining the Role of the 21st Century Public Library in Madison: Bartley_N_MadisonLibrary_Final_Board
Creator: Bartley, Nate
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Madison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State...
Show moreMadison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State Street, a pedestrian and bike corridor that serves as the main public gathering space for the city. The new Central Public Library along this strip will provide a free, democratic space for all Madison citizens. Beyond collecting books and storing media, the Madison Library offers opportunities for gatherings and informational exchanges 24 hours a day.
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Title: Defining the Role of the 21st Century Public Library in Madison: Bartley_N_MadisonLibrary_Final_Presentation
Creator: Bartley, Nate
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Madison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State...
Show moreMadison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State Street, a pedestrian and bike corridor that serves as the main public gathering space for the city. The new Central Public Library along this strip will provide a free, democratic space for all Madison citizens. Beyond collecting books and storing media, the Madison Library offers opportunities for gatherings and informational exchanges 24 hours a day.
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Title: Reviving the Lost Art
Creator: Nguyen, Chung Thuy
Date: 2011-04, 2011-05
Description: The goal of the project is to celebrate the craftsmanship of lacquer painting and to revive the lacquer village in a new urban context

Title: ISC - Immigration Suppport Center
Creator: Alatorre, Beverly
Date: 5/2/2011, 2011-05
Description: The ISC serves for cultural exchange between immigrants and their new country of residency whilst providing the ability to learn new skills...
Show moreThe ISC serves for cultural exchange between immigrants and their new country of residency whilst providing the ability to learn new skills necessary for personal growth and integration.
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Reuse of 1230 N. Burling | Cabrini Green Youth Center
Creator: Ciorba, Dan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: Demolishing a concrete building that is structurally sound is ecologically wasteful and irresponsible. With the many advantages concrete...
Show moreDemolishing a concrete building that is structurally sound is ecologically wasteful and irresponsible. With the many advantages concrete offers and rising energy costs, there needs to be a way that existing and structurally sound, concrete buildings can be reused. This explored method for concrete reuse depends heavily on technological advances in the foreseeable future that allow for the process to be accomplished efficiently and for the material to be preserved for a longer period of time.
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Title: Traditional influence on the contemporary- single-family courtyard house
Creator: Kanaan, Serene
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: Reintroducing the courtyard concept in contemporary housing typology that addresses energy and human comfort in the surrounding environment.
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Show moreReintroducing the courtyard concept in contemporary housing typology that addresses energy and human comfort in the surrounding environment.
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
Sponsorship: Waldorf, Tyler
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Title: Architectural Hybrid Studio: Architectural Hybrid Studio Boards
Creator: Emery, Jake
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05
Description: The innovative institute blends the professionalism of the city with the teachings of a studio-based architecture school in the neighborhood...
Show moreThe innovative institute blends the professionalism of the city with the teachings of a studio-based architecture school in the neighborhood of Bronzeville. Thus, this helps the students become exposed to the real world practice, attaining professional principles and experience in the field. The new institute becomes an incubator for learning and producing great architecture. It combines individuals at various stages of their professional and educational careers. Graduate students, graduates, and working architects share space and together create a unique learning environment
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Title: A Mixed Use High Rise in Mumbai: Mixed Used High Rise_Irshad_Saleji
Creator: Saleji, Irshad
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: C-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement...
Show moreC-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement in infrastructure, which has led to narrow street, unsafe pedestrian and limited open space. C-ward in one of the most prime real-estate location considering it right next to financial district , close to major train station and close to Shoreline. ROMF (Remaking of Mumbai Federation) has taken the initiative to develop the C-ward and the project site part of ROMF development area. City centers have always been source of density because of scarcity of land. The sensible and effective use of such land would be to build vertical (high-rise) and also to have the possibility of expansion for the future development. A mixed use high rise development diversifies the use of space within a single building structure. Combination of living, entertainment, shopping and lodging in single urban structure, helps to utilize the full potential of an urban site.
Sponsorship: Durbrow, John
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Title: Sustainable Theme Park and Museum: KFujishima_Final Book
Creator: Fujishima, Kenta
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: An indoor facility consisting of both theme park and museum components with the integration of green and sustainable elements.

Title: Space|Place
Creator: Page, Charlotte
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: A commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin,...
Show moreA commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Space|Place: CharlottePage_Master's Project_BoardPamphlets
Creator: Page, Charlotte
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: A commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin,...
Show moreA commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: POWER OPTIMIZATION FROM REGISTER TRANSFER LEVEL TO TRANSISTOR LEVEL IN DEEPLY SCALED CMOS TECHNOLOGY
Creator: Li, Li
Date: 2012-04-25, 2012-05
Description: With the progress of CMOS technology, there is a steady growth in clock frequency and chip capacity. As a result, the power dissipation of...
Show moreWith the progress of CMOS technology, there is a steady growth in clock frequency and chip capacity. As a result, the power dissipation of deeply scaled digital CMOS design has increased tremendously. On the other hand, low power VLSI designs are crucial in many areas, such as mobile phones. Furthermore, according the 2011 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), the trend towards high power consumption is far beyond the power requirement. As a result, power optimization techniques are highly appreciated in nowadays VLSI design. There are various low power methodologies from system level to layout level. In our research, we are focusing on low power techniques from register transfer level (RTL) to transistor level. Clock gating (CG) is the most widely used technique to reduce dynamic power at RTL. One of the traditional CG styles is XOR-based CG. It compares the inputs and outputs of flip-flops (FFs), and gated the FFs when they are the same. However, this CG is not effective since it does not take the signal activities into account. In this thesis, an activity-driven optimized bus specific clock gating (OBSC) is proposed. It uses finegrained RTL power models to estimate the dynamic power, and chooses only a subset of FFs to be gated selectively based on their switching activities. During the clock gated period, the gated FFs’ outputs are stable. As a result, the combinational logics which are completely dependent on these stable outputs can be power gated so as to save leakage power. Thus, CG and power gating (PG) can be integrated to reduce dynamic and leakage power simultaneously. The sleep signal of our PG is the CG enable signal which is generated during the CG implementation. It does not require an individual power management block to generate as in the case of traditional PG implementation. Moreover, in order to determine if PG leads to leakage power savings, minimum average idle time concept is proposed. Lastly, as a critical part in the integration of CG and PG, data retention logics (DRLs) are required to hold the values of the power gated logics’ outputs so that the non power gated blocks which depend on those outputs can function correctly during the power gated period. In this thesis, a low power DRL design is presented. All the above mentioned techniques have been applied to ISCAS’89 benchmark circuits, and their correctness has been verified successfully. Moreover, the whole experimental process is accomplished automatically by software program, so it is easy to be integrated into current EDA tools.
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, May 2012
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Title: MODELING GLUCOSE-INSULIN DYNAMICS AND AUTOMATED BLOOD GLUCOSE REGULATION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES
Creator: Oruklu, Meriyan
Date: 2012-11-06, 2012-12
Description: Estimation of future glucose concentrations is a crucial task for diabetes management. Predicted glucose values can be used for early...
Show moreEstimation of future glucose concentrations is a crucial task for diabetes management. Predicted glucose values can be used for early hypoglycemic/hyperglycemic alarms or for adjustment of insulin amount/rate. In the first part of this thesis, reliable subject-specific glucose concentration prediction models are developed using a patient’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data. CGM technologies provide glucose readings at a high frequency and consequently detailed insight into a patient’s glucose variation. Time-series analyses are utilized to develop low-order linear models from a patient’s own CGM data. Glucose prediction models are integrated with recursive identification and change detection methods, which enable dynamical adaptation of the model to inter-/intra-subject variability and glycemic disturbances. Two separate patient data sets collected under hospitalized (disturbance-free) and normal daily life conditions are used to validate the univariate glucose prediction algorithm developed. Prediction performance is evaluated in terms of prediction error metrics and Clarke error grid analysis (CG-EGA). The long-term complications of diabetes can be reduced by controlling the blood glucose concentrations within normoglycemic limits. In the second part of this thesis, the subject-specific modeling algorithm developed in part one is integrated with a control algorithm for closing the glucose regulation loop for patients with type 1 diabetes. An adaptive control algorithm is developed to keep a patient’s glucose concentrations within normoglycemic range and dynamically respond to glycemic challenges with automated subcutaneous insulin infusion. A model-based control strategy is used to calculate the required insulin infusion rate, while the model parameters are recursively identified at each sampling step. The closed-loop algorithm is designed for the subcutaneous route for both glucose sensing and insulin delivery. xii It accounts for the slow insulin absorption from the adipose tissue and the time-delay between blood and subcutaneous glucose concentrations. The performance of the control algorithm developed is demonstrated on two simulated patient populations to provide effective blood glucose regulation in response to multiple meal challenges with a simultaneous challenge on a patient’s insulin sensitivity. Physical activity and emotional stimuli such as stress are known to have a significant effect on a patient’s whole-body fuel metabolism. In the third part of this thesis, the univariate time-series models developed from recent glucose concentration history are extended to include additional information on a patient’s physical and emotional condition. Physiological measurements from a multi-sensor body monitor are used to supplement a patient’s CGM data and develop multivariate glucose prediction models. The prediction performance of the multivariate algorithm developed is evaluated on data collected from patients with type 2 diabetes, and a real life implementation of the algorithm is demonstrated for early (i.e., 30 min in advance) hypoglycemia detection. Finally, the control algorithm developed in part two is extended to utilize the glucose profiles predicted by the multivariate patient model. The multivariate closedloop algorithm is tested with two clinical experiments performed on a patient with type 1 diabetes during a high intensity exercise followed by a carbohydrate-rich meal challenge. The algorithm acquires the patient’s CGM and armband (body monitor) data every 10 min, and accordingly calculates the required basal insulin infusion rate. Insulin is administered in a fully automated manner without any food or activity announcements (e.g., no information on meal/exercise size or time). None of the algorithms developed in this thesis require any patient specific tailoring or prior experimental data before implementation. They are also designed to function in a fully automated manner and do not require any disturbance announcexiii ments or manual inputs. Therefore, they are good candidates for installation on a portable ambulatory device used in a patient’s home environment for his/her diabetes management.
PH.D in Chemical and Biological Engineering, December 2012
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Title: A STUDY OF HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING IN LIMIT ORDER BOOKS
Creator: Jiang, Yuan
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: In the thesis we study the high frequency trading and its applications in limit order books. We discuss the basic concepts and review the...
Show moreIn the thesis we study the high frequency trading and its applications in limit order books. We discuss the basic concepts and review the models in the limit order books. The review section focuses on the queues in the limit order books, optimal trading strategies, short-term volatilities and multi-agent problems in the scenario of limit order markets. Discussions on the shortage of some prevalent models of limit order books are addressed thereafter. For the main results of the thesis, market data are calibrated to facilitate the comparison between a theoretical model and the empirical behaviors in terms of order flows, price changes and diffusion limit of prices.
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, December 2013
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Title: LIGHTLY SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING FOR CLASSIFYING ONLINE SOCIAL DATA
Creator: Mohammady Ardehaly, Ehsan
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: Classifying latent attributes of social media users has many applications in public health, politics, and marketing. For example, web-based...
Show moreClassifying latent attributes of social media users has many applications in public health, politics, and marketing. For example, web-based studies of public health require monthly estimates of the health status and demographics of users based on their public communications. Most existing approaches are based on supervised learning. Supervised learning requires human annotated labeled data, which can be expensive and many attributes such as health are hard to annotate at the user level. In this thesis, we investigate classification algorithms that use population statistical constraints such as demographics, names, polls, and social network followers to predict individual user attributes. For example, the racial makeup of counties is a source of light supervision came from the U.S. Census to train classification models. These statistics are usually easy to obtain, and a large amount of unlabeled data from social media sites (e.g. Twitter) are available. Learning from Label Proportions (LLP) is a lightly supervised approach when the training data is multiple sets of unlabeled samples and only label distributions of them are known. Because social media users are not a representative sample of the population and constraints are too noisy, using existing LLP models (e.g. linear models, label regularization) is insufficient. We develop several new LLP algorithms to extend LLP to deal with this bias, including bag selection and robust classification models. Also, we propose a scalable model to infer political sentiment from the high temporal big data, and estimate the daily conditional probability of different attributes as a supplement method to polls, for social scientists. Because, constraints are not often available in some domains (e.g. blogs), we propose a self-training algorithm to gradually adapt a classifier trained on social media to a different but similar field. We also extend our framework to deep learning and provide empirical results for demographic classification using the user profile image. Finally, when both textual and profile image are available for a user, we provide a co-training algorithm to iteratively improve both image and text classifications accuracy, and apply an ensemble method to achieve the highest precision.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 2017
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Title: HOUSING 2.0: A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM FOR THE DESIGN OF MASS HOUSING THROUGH DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS, NEW MEDIA, AND DESIGN FRAMEWORKS
Creator: Pollard, David P.
Date: 2011-07-18, 2011-07
Description: The role of the architect as master-builder has been severely eroded, especially in the single-family housing industry. Although other...
Show moreThe role of the architect as master-builder has been severely eroded, especially in the single-family housing industry. Although other professions have embraced the tremendous advances in technology, the architectural profession has regressed. Historically the architect has been an innovation pioneer. Early in the twentieth century architects had a broad, innovative role. Architects rethought the design process, construction methods, fabrication processes, structural, and engineering systems. Now in the twenty-first century, however, the majority of architects have little to no influence on the latter four; and the design process, the one aspect the architect still controls, has remained stagnant. This thesis examines the available technologies being championed by parallel industries, compares the advantages and disadvantages of innovation implementation in the design field, and proposes a solution for the architect to regain control as master-builder of single-family homes through new media concepts. With an architectural implementation of a web-based, collaborative design and construction alliance, consumers have access to choice, quality, and information when purchasing a new home. It is proposed that affordable architect-designed housing choices be delivered through architectural design systems. These systems allow controlled customization of architectural designs, all while delivering real time cost data and building simulation. The result of this study is an open design system led by the architect that allows homebuyers access to affordable quality design, transparency in costs, and an alternative choice in purchasing a new home.
M.S. in Architecture, July 2011
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Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURAL ORIENTATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Creator: Rafajko, Sean I.
Date: 2016, 2016-07
Description: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) face a number of disparities in their daily lives. Many of these disparities are the result of...
Show moreIndividuals with intellectual disability (ID) face a number of disparities in their daily lives. Many of these disparities are the result of interactions with people in their environment, including the general public. The behaviors of the general public toward people with ID are linked to the attitudes that they hold. Thus, it is essential to understand what influences these attitudes. Although there has been some research conducted examining how factors such as demographics and level of contact with individuals with ID affect attitudes, there has been only very limited research specifically investigating the impact of cultural factors on attitudes toward individuals with ID. The purpose of this study was to examine the unique contribution of cultural orientation variables as predictors of individuals’ attitudes toward ID using hierarchical regression analyses. Results revealed that for all examined domains of attitudes, cultural orientation accounted for a significant portion of the variance in attitudes toward ID. More specifically, it was found that greater vertical-individualist orientation was associated with more negative attitude towards ID on all domains, while other cultural orientations (horizontal-collectivist, horizontal-individualist, and vertical-collectivist), when significant, were associated with more positive attitudes toward ID. Findings from this study suggest that culture is a relevant area to explore in future research on attitudes toward ID. Further research is needed to understand how these relationships play out especially for specific groups, such as caregivers and clinicians, in order to better understand how cultural orientation can more directly affect the lives of individuals with ID.
M.S. in Psychology, July 2016
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Title: MEDIA AND PROCTORING EFFECTS ON THE MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENCE OF THREE PERSONALITY SCALES
Creator: Sawhney, Gargi
Date: 2011-05-09, 2011-05
Description: Due to the increased use of technology in administering psychological measures, there has been a growing interest in establishing measurement...
Show moreDue to the increased use of technology in administering psychological measures, there has been a growing interest in establishing measurement equivalence of personality measures across paper-and-pencil and computer-based conditions. The present study examined the measurement equivalence of three personality measures across three administration conditions: paper-and-pencil proctored, computer-based proctored, and computer-based non-proctored. Participants were 415 undergraduate students, who were randomly assigned to the three conditions and completed measures of competitiveness, engagement, and pride in productivity. Adequate fit was found for a three-factor measurement model within each of the three conditions. Results from multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated good configural, metric, and scalar equivalence, as well as invariant uniqueness across the three conditions. Practically speaking, observed means can be compared across the paper-and-pencil, computer-based proctored and computer-based non-proctored conditions. Results of this study are consistent with previous research that showed support for measurement equivalence across paper-and-pencil and computer-based modes of administration. Future research with larger samples and employees should attempt to extend our findings to high-stake contexts, such as employment settings.
M.S. in Psychology, May 2011
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