Browsing Graduate Theses by Title
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Sacred experience and place in cities.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972) -
The sacred skyline : the conflict over height restrictions for Copley Square
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
Sacrificial high-temperature phosphorus diffusion gettering for lifetime improvement of multicrystalline silicon wafers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Iron is among the most deleterious lifetime-limiting impurities in crystalline silicon solar cells. In as-grown material, iron is present in precipitates and in point defects. To achieve conversion efficiencies in excess ... -
Safe and Efficient Motion Planning through Chance-Constrained Nonlinear Optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)Uncertainty is the harsh reality for robots deployed in the real world. Outside of a carefully-structured laboratory environment, neither the locations of obstacles nor the true state of the robot can be known with perfect ... -
Safe and robust reinforcement learning with neural network policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Autonomous vehicles operate in safety-critical environments, but heavily rely on seemingly black-box predictions from Deep Neural Networks. The danger of this reliance arises from the vulnerability of neural networks. ... -
Safe distributed coordination of heterogeneous robots through dynamic simple temporal networks
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Safe Exploration for Dynamic Computer Systems Optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)Modern computer systems need to execute under strict safety constraints (e.g., power limit), but doing so often conflicts with their ability to deliver high performance (i.e., minimal latency). To meet these conflicting ... -
Safe havens in Syria : missions and requirements for an air campaign
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)What if the United States had led its NATO allies to intervene in Syria's civil war in the midst of calls for humanitarian intervention in mid-2012? Despite the importance of this question for the study and evaluation of ... -
Safe household drinking water via BioSand filtration pilot project evaluation and feasibility of a BioSand pitcher filter
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Safe intention-aware maneuvering of autonomous vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)In order to improve driving performance, while achieving safety in a dynamic environment, it is crucial for a vehicle motion planner to be aware of the intentions of the surrounding agent vehicles. Many existing approaches ... -
Safe Tumbling of Heavy Objects Using a Two-Cable Crane
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)In heavy industries, large, heavy objects must be tumbled to access features on their bottoms and sides for assembly and maintenance. Traditional manual operations using a single-cable crane are high-risk, and difficult ... -
Safe water storage in Kenya's modified clay pot : standardization, tap design, and cost recovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)One of the main components necessary for providing safe drinking water for users who lack piped water in the home is the ability to safely store it in the home. Users in the Nyanza Province of Kenya frequently carry water ... -
Safe, secure and ethical? : assessing and regulating risks associated with synthetic biology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Synthetic biology is an emerging field, with a rapidly developing academic-industrial base and the promise of extensive product launches over the next few years. An intense debate over the risks and benefits of synthetic ... -
SafeGENIE: Secure and federated linear mixed model association tests
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)Privacy-preserving algorithms for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) promise to facilitate data sharing across silos to accelerate new discoveries. However, existing approaches do not support an important, prevalent ... -
Safety analysis of a compact integral small light water reactor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Small modular reactors (SMRs) hold great promise in meeting a diverse market while reducing the risk of delays during nuclear construction compared to large gigawatt-sized reactors. However, due to lack of economy of scale, ... -
Safety analysis of TCAS on Global Hawk using airspace encounter models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a high altitude, long endurance aircraft used for surveillance and reconnaissance. Because of the potential for close proximity to manned aircraft in ... -
Safety analysis report and technical specifications of the MITR fission converter facility for neutron capture therapy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Safety and feasibility of a cloud-based architecture for multi-vehicle system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Cloud computing is widely adopted in industry sectors of finance, energy and transportation. Public cloud service providers are able to consistently deliver solutions that meet demanding needs of security, availability, ... -
Safety Assurance for Automated Vehicles Beyond Collision Avoidance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)Each year, automotive crashes cause thousands of deaths and injuries. Autonomous safety systems have the potential to greatly reduce this tragic loss of life and improve safety, but such systems must meet existing requirements ... -
Safety at what price? : setting anti-terrorist policies for checked luggage on US domestic aircraft
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)In this thesis, we considered the costs and benefits of implementing Positive Passenger Bag Match (PPBM) - an anti-terrorist measure to keep bombs out of checked luggage - on US domestic passenger flights. We constructed ...
