Capturing the changes between two biological phenotypes is a crucial task in understanding the mechanisms of various diseases. Most of the existing computational approaches depend on testing the changes in the expression levels of each single gene individually. In this work, we …
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Multiscale computational models for the deformation, degradation, and failure of soft tissues can inform the work of tissue engineers, clinicians who treat soft tissue injuries, and biologists who study the growth and development of soft tissues. Increasingly, mechanical models …
The United States has been a very attractive destination for foreign Science and Engineering (S&E) graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for a considerable period of time. Several studies have documented significant contributions of foreign students and foreign scientists …
Conceptualizing the locality today in the global context means to be able to consider a level of denationalisation of the actor (of a locality) participating in a networked situation with actors from other localities. This thesis introduces a new conceptualization of the localit…
One of the most common ways powerful states in international politics have organized their relations with weak polities is through imperial rule, yet most international relations theorists argue that the structure of international system should discourage hierarchic relations of…
The main goal of this study is to examine the characteristics of the networks of Tehrani men and women (structure, composition, and content), their effects upon the flow of resources, and the association between the structure of network and marital relationships. In addition to …
It is usually assumed that the parameters of an optimization problem to be known numbers or scalars. Accordingly, the objective function value is a scalar or a point value. However, in real life, the parameters may not be known exactly and all we know about them is that they fal…
This dissertation covers the two major parts of my Ph.D. research: i) developing a theoretical framework of complex networks and applying simulation and numerical methods to study the robustness of the network system, and ii) applying statistical physics concepts and methods to …
This research looks into the use of artificial intelligence combined with regression approaches to improve the prediction and/or classification of risk for developing pressure ulcers (PU) in an inpatient academic hospital. The models were run using many different combinations of…
Much of the social capital literature focuses on unambiguous social situations where actors share generalized trust or interpersonal trust. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in northwest Azerbaijan, this thesis focuses instead on distrust and the negotiation of conflicting interpret…
This thesis presents the realization of novel systems for optical sensing networks with an array of long-period grating (LPG) sensors. As a launching point of the thesis, the motivation to implement optical sensing network in precisely catering LPG sensors is presented. It highl…
The goal of this thesis is to develop statistical and learning algorithms for the design, analysis, measurement, and modeling of networking and security systems with specific focus on RFID systems, network performance metrics, user security, and software security. Next, I give a…
The goal of this thesis is to identify measurement, modeling, and optimization opportunities for large scale networks -- with specific focus on cellular networks and online social networks. These networks are facing unprecedented operational challenges due to their very large sc…
The first chapter of the dissertation investigates whether remittances affect child's schooling and labor outcomes in Bangladesh, specifically enrollment in school, labor and household chores participation and performance on reading, English and math tests. To control for the en…
Presently, there is no up-to-date literature on the characterization of reputation and trust in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which can be referenced by scientists, researchers and students. Although some research documents include information on reputation and trust, characte…
The growing adoption of data communication has resulted in dramatically higher capacity and performance. Communications engineers have historically optimized Physical (Phy)/Medium Access Control (MAC) layers to increase aggregate network throughput. However, in recent years, res…
Sensor nodes collect data from the physical world, then exchange it, until it reaches the intended destination. This information can be sensitive, such as battlefield surveillance. Therefore, providing secure and continuous data transmissions among sensor nodes in wireless netwo…
The topic of this thesis is control and estimation over unreliable communication networks such as wireless network. It is assumed that the plant and control unit are connected though unreliable channels. We considered the problems of estimation and control under two dierent prot…
Topological Design of Enterprise networks (ENs) is a hard problem. There, we resort to heuristics to come up with desirable solutions. Enterprise Network topology design problem comprises several conflicting objectives such as minimization of cost, minimization of network delay,…