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Usa, Lyana (author)Olfactory learning in <i>Drosophila </i>larvae exemplifies efficient neural processing in a small-scale network with minimal power consumption. This system enables larvae to anticipate important outcomes based on new and familiar odor stimuli, a process crucial for survival and adaptation. Central to this learning mechanism is the olfactory...master thesis 2024
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Stevense, Wesley (author)We perform a numerical optimisation of the hardware parameters of an atomic-ensemble-based single repeater setup. The setup operates on a real-life fiber network connecting the cities Delft and Eindhoven. Besides this network, the setup encompasses photon pair sources, quantum memories, single photon detectors, and 50:50 beam splitters. The...master thesis 2024
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LIN, Jinhuang (author)Recent trends in machine learning (ML) have placed a strong emphasis on power- and resource-efficient neural networks, as well as the development of neural networks on edge devices. Spiking neural net-works (SNNs), due to their event-based nature, are one of the most promising types of neural networks for low-power applications. To accelerate...master thesis 2023
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Knops, Per (author)X-ray imaging systems play an important role in the diagnostic process of various medical conditions. Generating an accurate artificial X-ray image has multiple advantages. It allows for flexible configurations during generation. The resulting images can reduce testing time and cost, help the training of surgeons, and increase the amount of data...master thesis 2023
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Shen, Zhaofeng (author)Nowadays, to reduce the dependence of devices on cloud servers, machine learning workloads are required to process data on the edge. Furthermore, to improve adaptability to uncontrolled environments, there is a growing need for on-chip learning. Limitations in power and area for edge devices have increased interest in low-cost neural network...master thesis 2023
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Yang, Yufeng (author)Event-based cameras promise new opportunities for smart vision systems deployed at the edge. Contrary to their conventional frame-based counterparts, event-based cameras generate temporal light intensity changes as events on a per-pixel basis, enabling ultra-low latency with microsecond-scale temporal resolution, low power consumption at...master thesis 2023
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Pathak, Karan (author)Computer Architects often walk the tightrope between performance, power and area while designing modern day processors. This daunting task is made even more challenging by short Time-to-Market requirements set by the clients. In light of these challenges, architectural simulators provide a much needed tool for the architects to gauge the impact...master thesis 2023
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de Waal, Jeremy (author), Rauf, Namo (author)Before the project was started, there was an energy system integrator demonstrator. This demonstrator was purely software, there was no physical interaction possible with it. It demonstrated the energy system by simulations. The objective of this project was to design and built peripherals that represents the components of an energy system....bachelor thesis 2023
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van Driessen, Laurens (author)Agile development approaches are becoming more popular the last years. With large success in the software industry, the interest in using agile methods has shifted to the development of physical products. Since agile has been originally developed for the software industry, it does not cover aspects of the hardware development environment....master thesis 2023
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Buijnsters, Jan (author)Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) growth will result in an explosion of data generated by connected devices. Adapting 5G and 6G technology could be the leading enabler of the broad possibilities of connecting IIoT devices in masses. However, the edge solution has some disadvantages, such as the loss of resource elasticity...master thesis 2023
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van Wijk, Rijk (author)Forensics is the art of gathering evidence, which for electronics amounts to accurately recovering data. Often, this can only be archived with state-of-the-art hacking techniques.<br/>However, replicating state-of-the-art research in hardware security can be difficult, due to the large number of components and connections. To counter this, a...master thesis 2023
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Jiang, Longxing (author)Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have become a popular solution for computer vision problems. However, due to the high data volumes and intensive computation involved in CNNs, deploying CNNs on low-power hardware systems is still challenging.<br/>The power consumption of CNNs can be prohibitive in the most common implementation platforms:...master thesis 2022
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Dommisse, Joost (author)At this moment, the problem of plastic pollution does not need an introduction. Although recycling rates are slowly rising, plastic pollution remains one of the biggest threads to the global ecosystem. Especially in low-to-middle-income countries, industrial recycling systems are sparse due to their required investment.<br/><br/>Precious Plastic...master thesis 2022
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Granneman, Erik (author)The increasing advancements in quantum computing have led to an increasing danger for the cyberspace. The current cryptographic algorithms that are used to enable secure communication across insecure channels have the potential to be brute-forced by sufficiently powerful quantum computers, endangering the security of many electronic devices and...master thesis 2022
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ZHANG, Junsheng (author)With the development of sustainable energy technology and the increasing emphasis on environmental protection, the popularity of electric vehicles is increasing. However, As the number of electric vehicles increases, so does the pressure on the grid due to charging. If a large number of electric vehicles are charged at the same time, the grid...master thesis 2022
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van den Broek, Geert (author)An Industrial Control System (ICS) is used to monitor and control industrial processes and critical infrastructure, and is therefore crucial to modern society. This makes them attractive targets for malicious cyber-attacks, which have become more advanced and abundant in recent history. To properly defend ICSs from these cyber-attacks,...master thesis 2022
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Bubberman, Wolf (author)Side-Channel Attacks (SCA) attempt to recover the secret cryptographic key from an electronic device by exploiting the unintended physical leakages of said device. With the devices that are being attacked becoming more sophisticated, so is SCA. In the past few years, the focus of the research in the field of SCA shifted towards the application...master thesis 2022
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Reukers, Matthijs (author)Tydi is an open specification for streaming dataflow designs in digital circuits, allowing designers to express how composite and variable-length data structures are transferred over streams using clear, data-centric types. This provides a higher-level method for defining interfaces between components as opposed to existing bit- and byte-based...master thesis 2022
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de Vos, Adriaan (author)The upcoming IEEE 802.1CB standard aims to solve performance and reliability issues in Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN). Mission-critical systems often use these standards for communication in automotive, industrial, and avionic networks. However, researchers did not sufficiently investigate the security risks and possible mitigation solutions to...master thesis 2022
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van Mourik, Floris (author), Onstein, Teije (author)As electromagnetic waves cannot propagate sufficiently far in water, underwater communication is mainly performed using either acoustics or optics. However, none of these technologies have been proven to be completely effective in every situation. Therefore, research in new underwater communication systems can still bring large benefits to a...bachelor thesis 2022