Peer-Reviewed Research
Dr. Ethan Vance, Ph.D., Dr. Lin Zhang, Ph.D., Prof. Marcus Sterling, IEEE Fellow
Background: Deploying advanced deep learning architectures on resource-constrained microcontrollers (MCUs) with sub-256 KB SRAM requires aggressive model compression. We present an integer-only mixed-precision quantization (2-to-4 bit weights, 8-bit activations) and structured channel pruning framework that…
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Prof. Henrik Lindqvist, Ph.D., Dr. Tariq Al-Hassan, Ph.D., Dr. Maya Patel, Ph.D.
Background: Scalability bottlenecks and network partition vulnerabilities in classical Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus protocols hinder enterprise financial decentralization. We propose HydraConsensus, an asynchronous sharded BFT engine utilizing threshold BLS signatures and dynamic epoch-based validator…
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Prof. David Thorne, Ph.D., Dr. Ananya Sen, Ph.D., Prof. Jun-Hyuk Park, IEEE Fellow
Background: Terahertz-band (0.1–10 THz) communication is a cornerstone of next-generation 6G mobile infrastructure, but suffers from extreme molecular atmospheric absorption and severe blockage. We present a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning framework that autonomously coordinates hybrid…
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Dr. Carlos Mendez, Ph.D., Dr. Yuki Tanaka, Ph.D., Prof. Samantha Wright, IEEE Senior Member
Background: Autonomous multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms operating in subterranean tunnels and collapsed structures face extreme localization drift and narrow spatial constraints. We develop a decentralized Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) architecture integrated with…
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Prof. Andrea Moretti, Ph.D., Dr. Klaus Schneider, Dr. Hyo-Jin Kim, Ph.D.
Background: The semiconductor industry's transition from monolithic dies to 2.5D/3D heterogeneous chiplet integration is constrained by localized heat fluxes exceeding 500 W/cm² and severe inter-chip thermal cross-coupling. We design an embedded intra-silicon microgap liquid cooling…
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Prof. Mikhail V. Zakharov, Ph.D., Dr. Elena S. Petrova, Ph.D., Prof. James O. Davies, FRS
Background: Achieving near-room-temperature superconductivity in hydrogen-rich cage compounds under high pressure is a central goal in condensed matter physics. In this study, laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments coupled with synchrotron X-ray diffraction reveal the synthesis…
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Prof. Charles Montgomery, Ph.D., Dr. Sun-Woo Park, Ph.D., Dr. Beatrice Laurent, Ph.D.
Background: Non-Abelian anyons in fractional quantum Hall states offer a promising pathway toward fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. Using a low-electron-density GaAs/AlGaAs Fabry-Pérot quantum Hall interferometer, we observe braiding phase shifts and interference pattern suppression at…
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Dr. Haoran Zhao, Ph.D., Dr. Maria Santos-Silva, Ph.D., Prof. Wolfgang E. Fischer, Dr.rer.nat.
Background: Maximizing the atomic utilization and quantum efficiency of noble-metal cocatalysts is vital for scalable solar-driven hydrogen production. We report the bottom-up synthesis of atomically dispersed isolated platinum atoms anchored on oxygen-vacancy-rich 2D TiO2 nanosheets,…
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Dr. Svenja Lindemann, Ph.D., Dr. Kazuki Morita, Ph.D., Prof. Timothy R. Hudson, FRS
Background: Type IV CRISPR-Cas systems represent enigmatic, minimally characterized adaptive immune modules frequently localized on mobile genetic elements. We report the high-resolution 2.4 Å cryo-EM structure of the intact Type IV-A crRNA-guided effector ribonucleoprotein complex…
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Prof. Alistair Finch, Ph.D., Dr. Camila Rodriguez-Ortiz, Ph.D., Dr. Samuel K. Osei, Ph.D.
Background: Characterizing habitable-zone terrestrial exoplanets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars requires distinguishing true biological atmospheric disequilibrium from photochemical false positives. Combining JWST NIRSpec/MIRI transmission observations with Ground-based High-Dispersion Spectroscopy (GDS), we model the atmospheric profile…
