Browsing College of Computing Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Kernel service outsourcing: an approach to improve performance and reliability of virtualized systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-07-07)Virtualization environments have become basic building blocks in consolidated data centers and cloud computing infrastructures. By running multiple virtual machines (VMs) in a shared physical machine, virtualization achieves ... -
Kernel structures for a distributed operating system
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Kitchen science investigators: promoting identity development as scientific reasoners and thinkers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-08-30)My research centers upon designing transformative learning environments and supporting technologies. Kitchen Science Investigators (KSI) is an out-of-school transformative learning environment we designed to help young ... -
Landslide information service based on composition of physical and social information services
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-10)Modern world data come from an increasing number of sources, including data from physical sources like satellites and seismic sensors as well as social networks and web logs. While progress has been made in the filtering ... -
Language features for fully distributed processing systems
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Large scale machine learning for geospatial problems in computational sustainability
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-14)The UN laid out 17 Sustainable Development Goals as part of the “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Each goal consists of broad targets - such as increasing the percentage of forested land (indicator 15.1.1) - ... -
Lateral positioning of a monocular head-worn display
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-08-25)Head-worn displays (HWDs) such as Google Glass are becoming more common. However, the optimal location for the display of such devices is an open question. Existing devices have displays located above, below, and in line ... -
Learning adaptive reactive agents
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Learning an integrated hybrid image retrieval system
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-01-06)Current Web image search engines, such as Google or Bing Images, adopt a hybrid search approach in which a text-based query (e.g. "apple") is used to retrieve a set of relevant images, which are then refined by the user ... -
Learning by observing and understanding expert problem solving
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Learning descriptive models of objects and activities from egocentric video
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-06-13)Recent advances in camera technology have made it possible to build a comfortable, wearable system which can capture the scene in front of the user throughout the day. Products based on this technology, such as GoPro and ... -
Learning dynamic processes over graphs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-09)Graphs appear as a versatile representation of information across domains spanning social networks, biological networks, transportation networks, molecular structures, knowledge networks, web information network and many ... -
Learning embodied models of actions from first person video
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-08-28)Advances in sensor miniaturization, low-power computing, and battery life have enabled the first generation of mainstream wearable cameras. Millions of hours of videos are captured by these devices every year, creating a ... -
Learning from Observation Using Primitives
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-07-13)Learning without any prior knowledge in environments that contain large or continuous state spaces is a daunting task. For robots that operate in the real world, learning must occur in a reasonable amount of time. Providing ... -
Learning in public: information literacy and participatory media
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-07-06)This research examines new systems of information production that are made possible by participatory media. Such systems bring about two critical information literacy needs for the general public: to understand new systems ... -
Learning knowledge to support domain-independent narrative intelligence
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-01-09)Narrative Intelligence is the ability to craft, tell, understand, and respond appropriately to narratives. It has been proposed as a vital component of machines aiming to understand human activities or to communicate ... -
Learning matrix and functional models in high-dimensions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-20)Statistical machine learning methods provide us with a principled framework for extracting meaningful information from noisy high-dimensional data sets. A significant feature of such procedures is that the inferences made ... -
Learning Nash equilibria in zero-sum stochastic games via entropy-regularized policy approximation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-27)In this thesis, we explore the use of policy approximation for reducing the computational cost of learning Nash Equilibria in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. Existing multi-agent reinforcement learning methods are ... -
Learning neural algorithms with graph structures
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-13)Graph structures, like syntax trees, social networks, and programs, are ubiquitous in many real world applications including knowledge graph inference, chemistry and social network analysis. Over the past several decades, ... -
Learning over functions, distributions and dynamics via stochastic optimization
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-07-27)Machine learning has recently witnessed revolutionary success in a wide spectrum of domains. The learning objectives, model representation, and learning algorithms are important components of machine learning methods. To ...