• Deep Visual Learning with Less Labeled Data 

      Zhao, Zhen
      Published 2023
      The rapid development of deep learning has revolutionized various vision tasks, but the success relies heavily on supervised training with large-scale labeled datasets, which can be costly and laborious to acquire. In this ...
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    • Vision Transformer Advanced by Exploring Intrinsic Inductive Bias 

      Xu, Yufei
      Published 2023
      The vision models have experienced a paradigm shift from convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to transformers. Compared with convolutions, transformers can capture both short- and long-range dependencies, making them more ...
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    • Buoyant point-source scalar plumes in a turbulent boundary layer 

      Pang, Miaoyan
      Published 2023
      This thesis investigates the dispersion of buoyant plumes in a turbulent boundary layer. While previous studies have primarily focused on heavy or light plumes individually, a systematic comparison of heavy, neutral, and ...
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    • Predictive Learning from Real-World Medical Data: Overcoming Quality Challenges 

      Wang, Zeyuan
      Published 2023
      Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are pivotal in medical research, notably as the gold standard, but face challenges, especially with specific groups like pregnant women and newborns. Real-world data (RWD), from sources ...
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    • Numerical methods for aerodynamically coupled thin structures 

      Dooner, Dylan
      Published 2023
      Potential solvers represent an effective tool for the aeronautical engineer both in terms of helping the undergraduate engineer grapple with fluid mechanics, as well as the graduate engineer during the design spiral of an ...
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