Theses and dissertations: Recent submissions
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Computational and Data Driven Approaches for Investigation of Microwave-Plasma Interaction
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Microwave-plasma interaction and High power microwave (HPM)breakdown involving plasma formation have been studied theoreticallyas well as experimentally since the 1950s for a wide variety of applications.Microwave plasma ... -
Water Footprint in the Context of Urban Water Management: Challenges and Opportunities
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Water, a crucial resource in preserving the ecology in good shape, has becomescarce. Water footprint (WF) measure has been proposed in the literature to understandthis prevailing water crisis. The WF, which consists of ... -
Desertification characterization using predictive soil modelling and pattern recognition
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)This thesis presents a hierarchical methodology for land degradation mapping,land use land cover classification, degradation process identification and map-ping using multispectral LISS-3 images. The study aims to demonstrate ... -
Feature for Live and Spoofed Speech Detection
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)The authorization to access specific information is given by a biometric system.Biometric systems are used for security purposes in a way that they prevent unauthorized access to important information or data (information ... -
Design of Quasi-periodic and Aperiodic Array Lattices to Improve Array Antenna Performance
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)The thesis addresses one of the possible solutions to the grating lobe occurrence in the beam steerable periodic arrays for large angular beam scans. The controlled aperiodicity has been introduced to the periodic array ... -
Heavy Metal Detection in Crops and Soil Clay Mineral Abundance Mapping using Hyperspectral Data
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Presence of heavy metal in crops is an indicator of environmental pollution. Theheavy metals found in the plant indicate that the specific metal exists in the terrestrialenvironment. These metals affect leaves� spectral ... -
Handcrafted Features for Anti-Spoofing
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Amongst various biometrics, voice is the most natural and convenient way of the communication for human-machine interaction. To that effect, the use of AutomaticSpeaker Verification (ASV) for authentication is increasing ... -
QoS-aware Task Allocation and Scheduling in Cloud-Fog-Edge Architecture with Proactive Migration Strategy
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)The vision of the Internet of Things (loT) is made possible by advancements in sensor technologies, smart devices, wearable gadgets, and communication paradigms. IoT Service Providers (loSPs) provide loT services such as ... -
Resource Utilization for Raw Data Query Processing : Optimizing Required Resources & Maximizing Utilization of Existing Resources
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Scientific experiments and modern applications generate large amount of dataevery day. Many such applications store the data in raw format initially, as theschema is not known. The traditional database management system ... -
Phase Based Methods for Various Speech Applications
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Vocal communication plays a fundamental role in human interaction and expression.Right from the first cry to adult speech, the signal conveys information aboutthe well-being of the individual. Lack of coordination between ... -
A Spectrally Efficient MIMO System with Sparse Matrix Precoding
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)This thesis proposes a novel technique of sparse matrix-based precoding at thetransmitter of a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. We proposedtwo sparse matrix precoded MIMO systems. Our first proposal improves ... -
Privacy-Preserving Iris Based Authentication System
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Biometric authentication systems have gained immense popularity due to theirability to provide secure and convenient authentication. However, the leakageof sensitive biometric data can compromise an individual�s privacy ... -
Shadow Detection and Removal from video using Deep Learning
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)The removal of shadow from images is crucial in computer vision as it can enhancethe interpretability and visual quality of images. This research work proposesa cascade U-Net architecture for the shadow removal, consisting ... -
Analysing User Reviews for Evaluating Game Playability of Mobile Gaming Apps
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)The playability of a game depends on the players� experience in terms of functionality,usability, and satisfaction. Mobile gaming has recently evolved because ofthe availability of suitable hardware, configurable mobile ... -
On the Robustness of Federated Learning towards Various Attacks
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)A study based on Federated Learning (FL), i.e., a kind of decentralized learningthat consists of local training among the clients, and the central server returnsthe federated average. Deep learning models have been used ... -
Semantic Segmentation Based Object Detection for Autonomous Driving
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)This research focuses on solving the autonomous driving problem which is necessaryto fulfill the increasing demand of autonomous systems in today�s world.The key aspect in addressing this challenge is the real-time ... -
Image Processing Using Digital Programming on FPGA
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Image processing is a way to transform an image into digital form and after thatperform some operations on it that helps to improve images for human interpretationand extract useful information from it. It is essential for ... -
Model Based Testing and Model Checking : An Efficient Combination
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)This thesis aims to combine MBT with model analysis to provide an overall frame-work for feedback-based model analysis. We have used an MBT tool, Graph-Walker, and a model checker, UPPAAL, for transformation, feedback, and ... -
Features for Speech Emotion Recognition
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)The easiest and most effective or natural way of communication is through speech;the emotional aspect of speech leads to effective interpersonal communication.As technological advancements continue to proliferate, the ... -
Self-Calibrating Soil Moisture Sensor for In-Situ Application
(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2023)Self-calibration techniques are performed with the following methods likesensor calibration wrt sensor and sensor calibration wrt soil. For self-calibrationwrt sensor, we deployed the sensor in different states of soil ...