Nonparametric Bayesian Models for Machine Learning by Romain Jean Thibaux Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and the Designated Emphasis in Communication, Computation and Statistics University of California, Berkeley Professor Michael I. Jordan, Chair This thesis presents general techiques for inference in various nonparametric Bayesian models, furthers our understanding of the stochastic...

Effective adaptive controller designs potentially combine high-speed and high-precision in robot manipulation. Furthermore, they can considerably simplify high-level programming by providing consistent performance in the face of large variations in loads and tasks. Globally convergent adaptive manipulator controllers have recently been developed for this purpose. However, computational complexi...

One of my early desires as a musician was to sculpt and organize directly the sound material, so as to extend compositional control to the sonic level to compose the sound itself, instead of merely composing with sounds. My use of the computer has focused mostly on this goal. I have been able to fullfill this desire to some extent by resorting to digital synthesis and also digital processing of...

Quarkonia are meson states whose constituents are a charm or bottom quark and its correspondingantiquark (QQ̄). The study of the production of such bound states in high-energy hadron collisions represents an important test for the Quantum Chromo-Dynamics. Despite the fact that the quarkonium saga has already a 40-year history, the quarkonium production mechanism is still an open issue. There...

EXPLORING THE ROLE OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN ADOLESCENT PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATINON ABOUT TYPE 1 DIABETES By Laura Jean Caccavale, M.S. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017 Major Director: Melanie K. Bean, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department...

It is reported the Brazilian Neurology birth (1912), that has as the hallmark its first Neurology Cathedra of Rio de Janeiro, and the links between Neurology and Psychiatry, besides the main medical protagonists at that time in Rio de Janeiro: João Carlos Teixeira Brandão (1854-1921), first professor of the cathedra of Clinical Psychiatry and Nervous Diseases (1883-1921); Juliano Moreira (1873-...

underpinned publication” of this book, says Aitken. Most of the illustrations Aitken depicts show the artists’ love of detail: the structure of the veins of the leaf, the relation of the leaf to the stem and the arrangement of the seeds in the pod, and everything to do with the composition of the flower. From the subtitle of the book, you might expect a collection of anecdotes but the book is m...