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Bhuradia, Mehul (author)Proteins are fundamental biological macromolecules essential for cellular structure, enzymatic catalysis, and immune defense, making the generation of novel proteins crucial for advancements in medicine, biotechnology, and material sciences. This study explores protein design using deep generative models, specifically Denoising Diffusion...master thesis 2024
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Martens, Yoeri (author)In light of the energy transition and resulting electrification of the energy systems in the Netherlands, Distribution System Operators (DSOs) need to rapidly expand their operations to facilitate consumers. At the same time, their own activities need to become more sustainable as well. One of the important methods for this is integrating the...master thesis 2024
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Blagoev, Nikolay (author)Motivated by the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the importance of democratizing their training, we propose Go With The Flow, the first practical decentralized training framework for LLMs. Differently from existing distributed and federated training frameworks, Go With The Flow enables the collaborative training of an LLM on a set...master thesis 2024
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Rogers, Eben (author)When writing functional code that composes multiple recursive functions that operate on a datastrcuture, we often incur a lot of computational overhead allocating memory, only to later read, use, and discard this information.<br/>This can be alleviated using fusion, a technique that combines these multiple recursive datastructure traversals into...master thesis 2024
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Rocour, Koen (author)The demand for hydrogen is expected to increase significantly in the coming years due to its critical role in decarbonizing industrial processes. Offshore wind presents a viable energy source for powering electrolyzers, though it leads to intermittent production. While underground salt caverns are acknowledged as a promising solution for large...master thesis 2024
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Jaldevik, Albin (author)Over the last decade, there have been significant advances in model-based deep reinforcement learning. One of the most successful such algorithms is AlphaZero which combines Monte Carlo Tree Search with deep learning. AlphaZero and its successors commonly describe a unified framework for tree construction and acting. For instance, build the tree...master thesis 2024
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van Kessel, Sylvana (author)The evaluation process of tender bids in area development by Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij het Nieuwe Westland (ONW) is addressed, which currently uses non-quantified selection criteria to find developers, one of them being 'Vision of Sustainability'. With sustainability gaining importance, this research aims to enhance the tender process by...master thesis 2024
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Makridis, Pavlos (author)Recovering the appearance and physical parameters of elastic objects from multi-view video is essential for many applications that require simulation of the real world. Past methods for this task have provided accurate results in recovering physical properties; however, their re- liance on Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) for novel view synthesis...master thesis 2024
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van Dorst, Carlijn (author)Amidst ongoing climate change, communities worldwide face increasing frequency and severity of floods, which cause extensive destruction and pose significant health threats. Post-flood effects include drowning, injuries, and both communicable and non-communicable diseases, varying by context. This study addresses a critical knowledge gap by...master thesis 2024
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Lupău, Cătălin (author)Passage re-ranking is a fundamental problem in information retrieval, which deals with reordering a small set of passages based on their relevancy to a query. It is a crucial component in various web information systems, such as search engines or question-answering systems. Modern approaches for building re-ranking systems rely on neural...master thesis 2024
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Santing, Matthias (author)The transport sector is the Netherlands’ second highest emitting sector, with 19% of the total energy demand. Where other sectors are becoming more sustainable, the transport sector is one of the most difficult to decarbonise despite the many studies in this field. This research aims to gather a list of potential measures and combine them to...master thesis 2024
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Cussen, Kai (author)Thermo-responsive hydrogels are a class of smart material that show increasing promise and applications in the biomedical engineering industry. This thesis investigated a thermo-responsive hydrogel for 4D printing applications. A poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (>97%) (pNIPAM) based hydrogel was developed and the concentration of NIPAM, as well...master thesis 2024
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Siemers, Wander (author)Poor battery life is one of smartphone users’ top frustrations about their devices. This fact, in combination with the limited supply of battery minerals, the working<br/>conditions of mining, and its environmental impact, has led to high interest in reducing smartphone energy consumption. Smartphone manufacturers have introduced power-saving...master thesis 2024
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Song, Yuqian (author)In the digital age, the proliferation of personal data within databases has made them prime targets for cyberattacks. As the volume of data increases, so does the frequency and sophistication of these attacks. This thesis investigates database security threats by deploying open source database honeypots to gather threat intelligence. We utilized...master thesis 2024
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Bokdam, Anna (author)The automotive industry is looking at improving their new cars in different ways. Comfortability is a hot topic since it is dependent on so many aspects. The entire interior of the car influences how comfortable the end user is. Furthermore, autonomous vehicles are rising. That means that people have a lot of time to do other things while...master thesis 2024
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Carrondo do Amaral Magalhães Simões, Tomás (author)This thesis examines the approximation capabilities of path signatures within rough path spaces, focusing on both local and global universality. To this end, we provide a self-contained introduction to Rough Path theory, highlighting the interplay between additive and multiplicative functionals. This leads to the renowned Lyons' Extension...master thesis 2024
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in 't Veen, Leonard (author)This thesis investigates the socio-technical factors influencing the use of Agile methods within project teams in local government organizations in the Netherlands, aiming to develop a practical framework to enhance Agile practices. The primary research question is: How can project teams in local governments stimulate the use of Agile methods?...master thesis 2024
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Hamminga, Oege Hamminga (author)PEZY, a design agency specializing in product development and wheelchair designs, explores innovative opportunities in custom wheelchair solutions. This report begins with a comprehensive analysis of the wheelchair industry, distinguishing between developed and developing countries based on different market demands. While developed markets...master thesis 2024
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van Bohemen, Robin (author)Plastic has many valuable properties and has become an intrinsic part of our everyday life. An approximated 400 million tonnes is produced every year, consequently, vast quantities of plastic waste find their way into the oceans. The question "Why don't we just clean it up?" led to the founding of The Ocean Cleanup by Dutch entrepreneur Boyan...master thesis 2024
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Beumer, Mees (author)The mini optical ground station (MISO), on top of the Aerospace Engineering faculty, serves the purpose of demonstrating Free Space Optical Communication technology. A downlink from low earth orbit imposes pointing requirements beyond what can be achieved by the telescope mount. A Fine Pointing Assembly (FPA), the topic of this thesis, aims to...master thesis 2024