2020

Title: Brain-Inspired Analog Domain In-Memory Computing: A Co-Design of Circut, Architecture, and Algorithm
Author: Weidong Cao
Advisor: Xuan "Silvia" Zhang
Date: 9/10/2020

Title: Analysis and Modeling of Aberrant EEG Modulation Over Disparate Time-Scales
Author: Maren Loe
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 8/12/2020

Title: Normative Modeling of Neural Circuit Dynamics to Meet Control and Detection Objectives
Author: Sruti Mallik
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 5/15/2020

Title: Enhancing PET Functionalities with Novel Geometrics and Multimodal Imaging Technique
Author: Suranjana Samanta
Advisors: Joseph A O'Sullivan, Yuan-Chuan Tai
Date: 4/17/2020

Title: Constructing and Analyzing Network Dynamics for Information Objectives and Working Memory
Author: Elham Ghazizadeh
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 3/30/2020

Title: Efficient and Scalable Computing for Resource-Constrained Cyber Physical Systems: A Layered Approach
Author: An Zou
Advisor: Xuan "Silvia" Zhang
Date: 3/2/2020

Title: Nonlinear Effects in Whispering Gallery Mode Optical Microresonators and Their Applications
Author: Yihang Li
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 2/25/2020

Title: Machine Learning Morphisms: A Framework for Design and Optimization of Machine Learning Workflows
Author: Eric Cawi
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 1/21/2020

Title: Electro-Mechanical Ionic Channel Modeling for Uterine Contractions and Oxytocin Effects During Pregnancy
Author: Yiqi Lin
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 1/14/2020

2019

Title: Community Detection in Complex Networks via Clique Conductance
Author: Zhenqi Lu
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 9/10/2019

Title: Continuous-time and Complex Growth Transforms for Analog Computing and Optimization
Author: Oindrila Chatterjee
Advisor: Shantanu Chakrabartty
Date: 8/20/2019

Title: Orders of Magnitude Improvement in Two-Photon Excitiation Efficiency by Using Photonic Dimers
Author: Yao Zhou
Advisor: Jung-Tsung Shen
Date: 6/18/2019

Title: A Scalable Neuromorphic Machine Learning Framework Based on the Growth Transform Dynamical System: Theory and Design
Author: Ahana Gangopadhyay
Advisor: Shantanu Chakrabartty
Date: 6/13/19

Title: Variance-Based Informatics: Theory and Design of Variance-Driven Physical Systems
Author: Sri Harsha Kondapalli
Advisor: Shantanu Chakrabartty
Date: 5/13/2019

Title: Understanding Encoding and Decoding Rules of a Biological Neural Network Using Machine Learning Techniques
Author: Lijun Zhang
Advisor: Baranidharan Raman
Date: 5/7/2019

Title: Self-Capacitance based Wireless Power Transfer for Wearable Electronics: Theory and Implementation
Author: Yarub Alazzawi
Advisor: Shantanu Chakrabartty
Date: 4/23/2019

Title: Exploiting Position Gradients For Robust Super-Resolution Localization Microscopy
Author: Hesam Mazidisharfabadi
Dissertation Advisors: Matthew Lew, Arye Nehorai
Date: 3/4/2019

Title: Improving Privacy, Accuracy and Bandwidth Efficiency for Radio Frequency Sensing in Smart Health Applications
Author: Alemayehu Solomon Abrar
Advisor: Neal Patwari
Date: 1/31/2019

Title: Target Tracking via Recursive Bayesian State Estimation in Cognitive Radar Networks
Author: Yijian Xiang
Dissertation Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 1/23/2019

Title: Versatile Long-Term Super-Resolution Imaging of Protein Structures by Using Transient Binding of Single Fluorescent Molecules
Author: Tianben Ding
Advisor: Matthew Lew
Date: 1/22/2019

Title: Kernel Learning of Graph-Structured Data
Author: Zhen Zhang
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 1/18/2019

Title: Systems-Theoretic Synthesis of Neuronal Dynamics for Memory and Control Objectives
Author: Fuqiang Huang
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 1/17/2019

2018

Title: Deep Learning for Task-Based Image Quality Assessment in Medical Imaging
Author: Weimin Zhou
Advisor: Mark A. Anastasio
Date: 12/10/2018

Title: An Adaptive Computation in an Olfactory Circuit
Author: Srinath Nizampatnam
Dissertation Advisor: Baranidharan Raman
Date: 12/11/2018

Title: Embedded Sensing System for Whispering-Gallery-Mode (WGM) Optical Resonators
Author: Xiangyi Xu
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 10/30/2018 

Title: Systemic Risk in Financial Networks with Time Dynamics
Author: Tathagata Banerjee
Advisor: Zachary Feinstein
Date: 6/11/2018

Title: Informing the Design of Linear Systems for Stimulus Representation and Decoding
Author: Delsin Menolascino
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 5/23/2018

Title: Quantum Nanophotonics-Generation of Photonic Bound States and Modeling of Photonic Dissipations
Author: Zihao Chen
Advisor: Jung-Tsung Shen
Date: 5/2/2018

Title: Sufficient Conditions for Optimality and Perturbation Feedback Control in Optimal Control Problems with Free Terminal Time with Applications to Flight Control Problems
Author: Sankalp Bhan, DSc
Dissertation Advisor: Heinz Schaettler
Date: 4/26/2018

Title: On-Chip Whispering Gallery Mode Microresonator for Sensing Applications
Author: Guangming Zhao
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 1/23/2018

2017

Title: Non-Hermitian Whispering-Gallery-Mode Optical Microresonators and Applications
Author: Weijian Chen
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 10/24/2017

Title: Analyzing and Controlling Dynamics Structures in Complex Networks
Author: Walter Bomela
Advisor: Jr-Shin Li
Date: 10/20/2017 

Title: Geometric Dynamic Leaning and Control of Ensemble Systems
Author: Wei Zhang
Advisor: Jr-Shin Li
Date: 10/12/2017

Title: Data-Driven and Model-Based Approaches for Inference and Control of Dynamic Population Systems
Author: Shuo Wang
Advisor: Jr-Shin Li
Date: 9/27/2017

Title: Modeling and Analysing Neural Dynamics and Information Processing over Multiple Time Scales
Author: Sensen Liu
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 8/17/2017

Title: Auxiliary Sinogram Alternating Minimization (ASAM) for X-Ray CT with Incomplete Data
Author: Jingwei Lu
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 8/9/2017

Title: Novel Sensing Mechanisms for Chemical and Bio-Sensing Using Whispering Gallery Mode Microresonators
Author: He Huang
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 6/21/2017

Title: Bio-Inspired Multi-Spectral Image Sensor and Augmented Bio-Inspired Multi-Spectral Image Sensor and Augmented Reality Display for Near-Infrared Fluorescence Image Guided Surgery
Author: Nan Cui
Advisor: Shantanu Chakrabartty
Date: 5/4/2017

Title: Detecting and Tracking of Freezing of GAIT in Parkinson's Disease Patients Using Inertial Sensors
Author: Prateek Gundannavar Vijay
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 5/2/2017

Title: Statistical Performance Analysis of Sparse Linear Arrays
Author: Mianzhi Wang
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 4/10/2017

Title: Image Reconstruction for Hyperspectral CRISM Data of Mars
Author: Linyun He
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 3/8/2017

Title: Basis Vector Model Method for Proton Stopping Power Estimation Using Dual-Energy CT
Author: Shuangyue Zhang
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 2/22/2017

2016

Title: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Control of Integrative Processes in Neural Systems
Author: Anirban Nandi
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 12/6/2016

Title: MultiGPU Acceleration of Iterative X-Ray CT Image Reconstruction
Author: Ayan Mitra
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 11/21/2016

Title: Multiscale Electromagnetic Modeling of Uterine Contractions
Author: Mengxue Zhang
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 11/7/2016

Title: Numerical Algorithms for PDE-Constrained Optimization and Their Application to the Control of HVAC Systems
Author: Runxin He
Advisor: Humberto Gonzalez
Date: 8/31/2016

Title: The Beta-Gamma Imager and Task-Dependent Assessment of Image Quality
Author: Homayoon Rahjar
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 5/31/2016

2015
Title: Distributed Particle Filtering via Optimal Fusion of Gaussian Mixtures
Author: Jichuan Li
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 9/24/2015

Title: Elucidating Functional Advantages of Dynamic Architecture in Neuronal Networks
Author: MohammadMehdi Kafashan
Advisor: ShiNung Ching
Date: 9/17/2015

Title: Novel PET Imaging Techniques for Point-of-Care Application
Author: Ke Li
Advisors: Joseph O’Sullivan, Yuan-Chuan Tai
Date: 9/10/2015

Title: A State Space Analysis of Dominant Feedback Loops in Dynamic Social Systems
Author: Jeremy Sato
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 4/05/2015

Title: Social Network Models for Predicting and Influencing Smart-Grid User Behavior
Author: Alex Cassidy
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 4/05/2015

Title: Acceleration of Iterative Image Reconstruction for X-Ray Imaging
Author: Soysal Degirmenci
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 3/30/2015
2014
Title: Controlling Light at Subwavelength Scales in Nano-Photonic Systems: Single-Photon Diode, Nanoparticle Sensing, and Super-Resolution Imaging
Author: Yuecheng Shen
Advisor: Jung-Tsung Shen
Date: 7/24/2014

Title: Medical Application and Technology Development of Photoacoustic Microscopy
Author: Cheng-Hung Yeh
Advisor: Lihong Wang
Date: 5/9/2014

Title: Nested Array Processing for Direction of Arrival and Source Number Estimation
Author: Keyong Han
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 3/25/2014

Title: Off-Grid Compressed Sensing for Super Resolution Direction-of-Arrival Estimation
Author: Zhao Tan
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 3/19/2014
2013
Title: Ultra High Quality Factor Micro Resonator for Sensing and Novel Applications
Author: Bo Peng
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 9/6/2013

Title: Ensemble Control of Deterministic and Stochastic Linear Systems
Author: Ji Qi
Advisor: Jr-Shin Li
Date: 5/15/2013

Title: Quantum Nanophotonics: Engineering Strong Atom-Photon Interaction With Applications in Physics and Engineering
Author: Matthew Bradford
Advisor: Jung-Tsung Shen
Date: 5/9/2013

Title: Estimating Electrical Conductivity Tensors of Biological Tissues Using Microelectrode Arrays
Author: Elad Gilboa
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 4/8/2013

Title: Parallel Load Schedule Optimization With Renewable Distributed Generators in Smart Grid
Author: Peng Yang
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 4/1/2013

Title: Optimal Control Synthesis for Inhomogeneous Ensembles
Author: Anatoly Zlotnik
Advisor: Jr-Shin Li
Date: 2/28/2013

Title: Cardiovascular Biometrics: Fusing the Electrical and Mechanical Signals From the Heart
Author: Ikenna Odinaka
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 2/25/2013

Title: Optimal Design of Microfluidic Microsphere-Trap Arrays
Author: Xiaoxiao Xu
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 2/18/2013

Title: Ultrasound Sensing Using Microtoroid Optical Resonator
Author: Faraz Monifi
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 2/15/2013

Title: Dual Energy X-Ray CT Image Reconstruction
Author: Yaqi Chen
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 2/11/2013
2012
Title: Resource Distribution for Robots and Nexus Between Water and Energy
Author: Daniel McGibney
Advisor: Hiro Mukai
Date: 11/8/2012

Title: Multiple-Target Tracking in Complex Scenarios
Author: Phani Chavali
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 2/23/2012
2011
Title: Birth of a Novel Biometrics: Identification and Information Security
Author: Po-Hsiang Lai
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 12/16/2011

Title: Development of Reconstruction Techniques for Generalized Virtual Pinhole PET Geometry
Author: Aswin Mathews
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 12/13/2011

Title: Quantum Multi-Channel Decoupling
Author: Pei-Lan Liu
Advisor: Tzyh-Jong Tarn
Date: 5/6/2011

Title: Minimum Jerk Trajectory Planning for a Redundant Manipulator Using Pseudospectral Methods
Author: Philip Freeman
Advisor: Heinz Schaettler
Date: 03/31/2011

Title: Optical Microresonators With Applications on Lasing and Single Nanoparticle Detection
Author: Lina He
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 03/23/2011

Title: Adaptive MIMO Radar for Target Detection and Estimation
Author: Sandeep Gogineni
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 02/4/2011
2010
Title: Ultra-High-Q microresonator with applications towards single nanoparticle sensing
Author: Jiangang Zhu
Advisor: Lan Yang
Date: 12/9/2010

Title: Maximum Likelihood Image Reconstruction for PET Imaging Using Non-Standard Radionuclides
Author: Norbert Agbeko
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 10/7/2010

Title: Performance Analysis of the Ormia Ochracea's Coupled Ears and Biologically Inspired Antenna Array Design
Author: Murat Akcakaya
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 2/26/2010

Title: Non-Contact Biometrics Using Laser Doppler Vibrometry Measurements of the Carotid Pulse
Author: Alan Kaplan
Advisor: Joseph O'Sullivan
Date: 3/22/2010

Title: Maximum Likelihood Direction Finding in Spatially Colored Noise Fields Using Sparse Sensor Arrays
Author: Tao Li
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 6/30/2010

Title: New Ideas on the Stability of the Origin of Autonomous Ordinary Differential Equations
Author: Jose Lopez
Advisor: Hiro Mukai
Date: 4/23/2010

Title: Optimal Control of Ensembles
Author: Justin Ruths
Advisor: Jr-Shin Li
Date: 9/24/2010

Title: Stability of Reconstructing Signals with Low-Dimensional Structures
Author: Gongguo Tang
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 7/15/2010

Title: Automatic Segmentation Algorithms for MR Images
Author: Vanessa Tidwell
Advisor: Arye Nehorai
Date: 3/23/2010