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  • An Interdisciplinary Agent-based Evacuation Modeling Framework: Seeking Convergence of Social, Natural, and Engineered Systems to Improve Life Safety in the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Creator:
    Chen, Chen
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    Social scientists have studied people's responses to disasters for many decades, and behavioral commonalities and variations are summarized in different mental schemes/models in disaster studies. Integrating those findings from social science into evacuation simulation can improve simulation accuracy and eventually better support decision-making and disaster preparedness. However, this kind of...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Chen Chen for the

  • Predicting and Improving Throughput, Responsiveness and Battery Life of Computer Systems by Machine Learning

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    Li, Yunfan
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    The Machine Learning (ML) algorithms are increasingly explored in varies of fields including designing and optimizing computer systems. Recent research, such as optimizing memory/cache prefetching by ML training or predicting traffic pattern in throughput processors, also exhibits a promising future of introducing ML into computer system design and optimization. Throughput...
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    approved: Lizhong Chen The Machine Learning (ML) algorithms are increasingly explored in varies of

  • Essays on Regional Economic Impact Assessment and Demand Analysis using Disaggregated Data

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    Chen, Yunguang
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    The appropriate use of disaggregated economic data not only improves the accuracy and robustness of economic analyses, but also extends the existing economic models to address new aspects of the issue. This dissertation consists of three essays: two essays use disaggregated economic-engineering data to address spatial heterogeneity in economic losses...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Yunguang Chen for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied

  • Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

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    Jung, Jaeho
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    County governments in the United States play important roles in the tax collection and public service provisions. Thus, a better understanding of the local government finances is closely related to the welfares of residents. In this dissertation, I provide two essays: in the first essay, I examine the fiscal impacts...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Yong Chen County

  • Machine learning for computer architecture design and optimization

    Creator:
    Penney, Drew
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    Machine learning applied to computer architecture has rapidly transitioned from a theoretical novelty to being a driving force behind design, control, and simulation in practically all components. These machine-learning-based methodologies are further notable for their scalability to increasingly complex design challenges, which has allowed these methodologies to surpass the prior...
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    Chen Machine learning applied to computer architecture has rapidly transitioned from a theoretical

  • An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Climate-related Disasters on the Regional Economy

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    Fouzia, Sultana Z.
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    The ongoing climate change has impacted the lives and livelihoods of people. A climate-related disaster acts as an exogenous shock to the economy that can have lingering effects over a larger region even if all the locations are not directly affected. Climate-related disasters do not follow the administrative boundaries. So,...
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    approved: Yong Chen The ongoing climate change has impacted the lives and livelihoods of people. A

  • Molecular genetics of frost hardiness and cold acclimation in Solanum species

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    Valverde, Roberto
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    Frost injury is one of the major factors limiting potato production in many parts of the world. It would be desirable to transfer the frost-tolerance traits from the hardy relatives to the cultivated potato, however, progress has been very slow. Since Solanum commersonii has been the major source of frost...
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    Hardiness and Cold Acclimation in Solanum Species. Abstract approved: y Tony Chen Frost injury is

  • Routerless Network-on-chip

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    Alazemi, Fawaz
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    Traditional bus-based interconnects are simple and easy to implement, but the scalability is greatly limited. While router-based networks-on-chip (NoCs) offer superior scalability, they also incur significant power and area overhead due to complex router structures. In this thesis, a new class of on-chip networks, referred to as Routerless (RL) NoCs,...
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    : Routerless Network-on-chip Abstract approved: Bella Bose Lizhong Chen Traditional bus-based interconnects

  • Ectopic overexpression of Arabidopsis CBF genes enhances freezing tolerance of two potato species

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    Pino, María-Teresa
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    Solanum species differ in their degree of frost tolerance and cold acclimation capacity. Cultivated potato species of Solanum tuberosum L. are frost-sensitive, incapable of cold acclimation, and have a maximum freezing tolerance of –3°C. Solanum commersonii Dun is frost-tolerant and can survive to –5ºC pre-acclimation and –10ºC post-acclimation. Breeding attempts...
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    Freezing Tolerance of Two Potato Species. Abstract approved: Tony H.H. Chen Solanum

  • Enhancement of cold tolerance in tomato plants by genetic engineering of glycinebetaine biosynthesis

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    Park, Eung-Jun
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    Tomato [Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.] plants are chilling sensitive and do not naturally accumulate glycinebetaine (GB), a metabolite that functions as a stress protectant in plants. While GB can increase tolerance of tomato plants to salt and drought stresses, its effect on chilling tolerance has not been examined. To evaluate whether...
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    Tony H.H. Chen Tomato [Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.] plants are chilling sensitive and do not