Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments

Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shulkind, Gal
Other Authors: Gregory W. Wornell.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117846
_version_ 1811090858281271296
author Shulkind, Gal
author2 Gregory W. Wornell.
author_facet Gregory W. Wornell.
Shulkind, Gal
author_sort Shulkind, Gal
collection MIT
description Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.
first_indexed 2024-09-23T14:53:05Z
format Thesis
id mit-1721.1/117846
institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology
language eng
last_indexed 2024-09-23T14:53:05Z
publishDate 2018
publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology
record_format dspace
spelling mit-1721.1/1178462019-04-10T12:55:58Z Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments Shulkind, Gal Gregory W. Wornell. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178). With the ubiquity of intelligent systems capable of sensing, inferring and acting upon their surroundings, it becomes critical to learn rapidly about unknown systems or environments. However, obtaining empirical data is often costly and involves setting up time consuming experiments or deploying specialized sensors. We are interested in deriving scalable algorithms and system architectures that facilitate efficient data collection, maximizing inference quality under limited resource budget. In this work, we consider efficient data collection strategies in several applications involving physical environments. We study the problem of learning dynamical systems with initial approximated models, where we prescribe methods for choosing near optimal experimental parameters to collect empirical data. We study the problem of antenna array topology design where we prescribe configurations allowing efficient scene inference under various measurement schemes and budget constraints. We introduce a novel nonlinear radar modality and discuss efficient design techniques for this setting. Finally, we introduce a novel methodology for optical imaging of non line of sight hidden scenes by utilizing occlusions and investigate how to achieve efficient illumination of the scene for fast hidden target interrogation. by Gal Shulkind. Ph. D. 2018-09-17T14:52:06Z 2018-09-17T14:52:06Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117846 1052124154 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 178 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Shulkind, Gal
Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
title Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
title_full Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
title_fullStr Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
title_full_unstemmed Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
title_short Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
title_sort efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
topic Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117846
work_keys_str_mv AT shulkindgal efficientdatacollectionstrategiesforrapidlearninginphysicalenvironments