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Essays on financial connectivity and stability
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)
This thesis investigates the structure of cross-border lending market by using network
analysis and examines the relationship between financial connectivity and probability
of systemic crises, controlling for macroeconomic ...
Design and implementation of a general purpose median filter unit in VLSI
(Bilkent University, 1988-10)
The median of a group, containing an odd number of elements, is defined as the middle element, when the elements of the group are sorted. A median filter finds the median of a number of elements at its inputs. Median filters ...
High level synthesis based FPGA implementation of Matricized Tensor Times Khatri-Rao Product to accelerate canonical polyadic decomposition
(Bilkent University, 2019-10)
Tensor factorization has many applications such as network anomaly detection,
structural damage detection and music genre classification. Most time consuming
part of the CPD-ALS based tensor factorization is the Matricized ...
Optimal parameter encoding strategies for estimation theoretic secure communications
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)
Physical layer security has gained a renewed interest with the advances in
modern wireless communication technologies. In estimation theoretic security,
secrecy levels are measured via estimation theoretic tools and ...
Essays in empirical finance
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)
This thesis comprise three essays that investigate foreign exchange market volatility
and its dynamics using high frequency exchange rate data. In the first essay, we
decompose the jump component of USDTRY exchange rate ...
A phytolith study from Kinet Höyük Hatay
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)
Phytolith studies are now an established subbranch of archaeobotanical studies.
However, there is a very limited number of phytolith studies focused on
Anatolia. Kinet H oyük is one of the eligible sites since extensive ...
Towards unifiying mobility datasets
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)
With the proliferation of smart phones integrated with positioning systems and
the increasing penetration of Internet-of-Things (IoT) in our daily lives, mobility
data has become widely available. A vast variety of mobile ...
Investigation of dual-narrowband plasmonic perfect absorbers at visible frequencies for biosensing
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)
Since the introduction of first plasmonic perfect absorber (PA) in early 2008 by
Landy et al., numerous studies have demonstrated their superior optical performance
in frequencies ranging from terahertz to visible region ...
Zone based GLRT for detecting physical random access channel signals in 5G
(Bilkent University, 2020-01)
In LTE/5G systems, the random access channel (RACH) process occurs during
the boot-up phase. As channel state information is not available at this stage,
detecting several devices with high performance presents a challenging ...
Spiritism in secular Turkey, 1936-1969: the Ruhselman circle between religion and modern science
(Bilkent University, 2020-01)
Spiritism, established by Allan Kardec claims to study an immaterial world through scientific methods, proposes a doctrine of reincarnation and derives knowledge from communication with spirits. In contrast to its depiction ...