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William & Mary

Computer Sciences

2015

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Enabling Parallel Execution Via Principled Speculation., Zhijia Zhao Jan 2015

Enabling Parallel Execution Via Principled Speculation., Zhijia Zhao

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Optical Characterization Of Ferromagnetic And Multiferroic Thin-Film Heterostructures, Xin Ma Jan 2015

Optical Characterization Of Ferromagnetic And Multiferroic Thin-Film Heterostructures, Xin Ma

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This thesis presents optical characterization of the static and dynamic magnetic interactions in ferromagnetic and multiferroic heterostructures with time-resolved and interface-specific optical techniques. The focus of the thesis is on elucidating the underlying physics of key physical parameters and novel approaches, crucial to the performance of magnetic recording and spintronic devices.;First, time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect (TRMOKE) is applied to investigate the spin dynamics in L10 ordered FePt thin films, where perpendicular magnetic anisotropy Ku and intrinsic Gilbert damping alpha0 are determined. Furthermore, the quadratic dependence of Ku and alpha0 on spin-orbit coupling strength xi is demonstrated, where xi is continuously …


Providing Efficient Services For Smartphone Applications, Yifan Zhang Jan 2015

Providing Efficient Services For Smartphone Applications, Yifan Zhang

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Mobile applications are becoming an indispensable part of people's lives, as they allow access to a broad range of services when users are on the go. We present our efforts towards enabling efficient mobile applications in smartphones. Our goal is to improve efficiency of the underlying services, which provide essential functionality to smartphone applications. In particular, we are interested in three fundamental services in smartphones: wireless communication service, power management service, and location reporting service.;For the wireless communication service, we focus on improving spectrum utilization efficiency for cognitive radio communications. We propose ETCH, a set of channel hopping based MAC …


Advancing Feedback-Driven Optimization For Modern Computing., Mingzhou Zhou Jan 2015

Advancing Feedback-Driven Optimization For Modern Computing., Mingzhou Zhou

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Enhancing Bug Reports For Mobile Apps, Kevin Patrick Moran Jan 2015

Enhancing Bug Reports For Mobile Apps, Kevin Patrick Moran

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Configuring And Assembling Information Retrieval Based Solutions For Software Engineering Tasks., Bogdan Dit Jan 2015

Configuring And Assembling Information Retrieval Based Solutions For Software Engineering Tasks., Bogdan Dit

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No abstract provided.