Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü: Recent submissions

  • Thread vulnerability for multicore architectures 
    Öz, Işıl. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2013., 2013.)
    Continuously reducing transistor sizes and aggressive low power operating modes employed by modern architectures tend to increase transient error rates. A metric of reliability is required in order to evaluate approaches ...
  • Multi-view feature extraction based on canonical correlation analysis 
    Şakar, Cemal Okan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2014., 2014.)
    Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) aims at identifying linear dependencies between two sets of variables. CCA has recently become popular in the eld of machine learning with the increase in the number of multi-view ...
  • Generating, ranking, and enacting commitment protocols 
    Günay, Akın. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2013., 2013.)
    Multiagent systems o er novel techniques to solve computational challenges that involve data interpretation, reasoning and decision making, without human intervention. An important aspect of every multiagent system is ...
  • Three dimensional face recognition under occlusion variance 
    Alyüz, Neşe. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2013., 2013.)
    With advances in sensor technology, three dimensional (3D) face has become an emerging biometric modality, preferred especially in high security applications. However, dealing with occlusions covering the facial surface ...
  • Distributed simulation framework based on load balanced implementation of standard clock algorithm with web based extensions 
    Darcan, Osman Nuri. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2003., 2003.)
    Standard Clock approach is used to simulate a number of parametric variants of a single system. In this thesis, a simulation engine based on the distributed implementation of the Standard Clock approach on networks of ...
  • Energy efficiency analysis and modeling of cognitive and heterogeneous wireless networks 
    Gür, Gürkan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2013., 2013.)
    The surging energy costs and the environmental consequences of energy generation and exploitation have put energy e ciency aspect of wireless systems into focus in an unprecedented manner. Moreover, the capacity expectations ...
  • Real-time human hand pose estimation and tracking using depth sensors 
    Kıraç, Mustafa Furkan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2013., 2013.)
    The human hand has become an important interaction tool in computer systems. Using the articulated hand skeleton for interaction was a challenge until the development of input devices and fast computers. In this thesis, ...
  • Automated reasoning on exceptions in commitment-based multiagent systems 
    Kafalı, Remzi Özgür. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    Exceptions constitute a signi cant portion of people's lives. When things do not go as planned, due to environmental reasons or because one does not bring about his responsibility in a given task, unexpected situations ...
  • Detection quality measure in surveillance wireless sensor networks 
    Komar, Can. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    The performance of a surveillance wireless sensor network is generally measured with its detection capability which is affected by various parameters such as the sensor count, the sensor range, the area width and the target ...
  • Efficient mapping of ADAS (Advanced driver assistance system) algorithms onto multicore architectures 
    Par, Kerem. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2013., 2013.)
    This thesis aims to address the real-time performance requirements of ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) and autonomous vehicle applications on emerging multicore CPU and manycore GPU architectures. A parallel particle ...
  • Modelling software reliability using Hybrid Bayesian networks 
    Tosun, Ayşe. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    In this research, we analyse the problem of predicting software reliability from AI perspective. We observe that existing models are built based on expert knowledge including de ning a set of metrics through surveys and ...
  • Improving performance of defect predictors using confirmation bias metrics 
    Çalıklı, Handan Gül. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2011., 2012.)
    Software defect prediction models help managers to prioritize their testing effort. Algorithms, which are used to learn defect predictors, have reached a ceiling such that further improvements may only come from increasing ...
  • A scheduling model for centralized cognitive radio networks 
    Gözüpek, Didem. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    In this thesis, we present a scheduling model for centralized cognitive radio networks. Our model consists of a set of schedulers that focus on the data transmission of the secondary users and determine with which frequency, ...
  • Channel selection and assignment schemes for efficient spectrum sharing and energy efficiency in cognitive radio networks 
    Bayhan, Suzan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    In this thesis, we focus on distributed channel selection and centralized channel assignment in cognitive radio networks (CRN). For the former topic, we are concerned with the efficiency of spectrum sharing whereas in the ...
  • Evolutionary algorithms for solving DEC-POMDP problems 
    Eker, Barış. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    The Decentralized Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (DEC-POMDP) model addresses the multiagent planning problem in partially observable environments. Due to its NEXP-complete complexity, only small size problems ...
  • Cooperative spectrum sensing and radio environment map construction in cognitive radio networks 
    Yılmaz, Hüseyin Birkan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    In this thesis, we focus on both internal and external sensing in Cognitive Radio (CR) networks. In internal sensing, individual CRs discover spectrum opportunities via spectrum sensing whereas in external sensing, an ...
  • Application of the 3G PCS technologies to the mobile subsystem of the next generation tactical communications systems 
    Çayırcı, E. (Erdal) (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 1999., 2000.)
    The advances in high-speed computations, multimedia and wireless communications promise new opportunities to develop more robust and agile battlefield communications systems. However, there are some major distinctions ...
  • Generalized tensor factorization 
    Yılmaz, Yusuf Kenan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    This thesis proposes a unified probabilistic framework for modelling multiway data. Our approach establishes a novel link between probabilistic graphical models and tensor factorization, that allows us to design arbitrary ...
  • Integrating morphology into automatic speech recognition: morpholexical and discriminative language models for Turkish 
    Sak, Haşim. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2011., 2011.)
    Languages with agglutinative or in ectional morphology have proven to be challenging for speech and language processing due to relatively large vocabulary sizes leading to a high number of out-of-vocabulary (OOV) words. ...
  • Core-crust modeling approach for formal representation of trust in relation to computer security 
    Bahtiyar, Şerif. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2011., 2011.)
    The increasing availability of high bandwidth network connections with low-cost computing equipments has stimulated the use of service-oriented environments. Emerging service-oriented environments are expected to be open ...