Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions
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Presuppositionless proxies of politeness: An (eventually) Optimality-Theoretic account
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Recent research has seen growing interest in the nature of social meaning, “the constellation of qualities and properties that linguistic forms convey about the social identity of language users” (Beltrama 2020, see also ... -
Aft Fuselage Boundary-Layer Ingesting Propulsion Systems for Turbo-Electric Aircraft
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)This thesis focuses on a rigorous assessment of a tube-and-wing turbo-electric boundarylayer ingesting (BLI) aircraft, including (i) definitions of the aerodynamic attributes for the best fuel burn benefit, (ii) design ... -
Adaptive Optimization Algorithms for Step-Size Selection and Online Problem Parameter Estimation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Optimization algorithms have long been fundamental tools across science and engineering, and now are also at the center of the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence. However, extracting good practical ...
