PhD Thesis Defenses

 

2011

 

Zainab Al-Jazzaf - November 21, 2011
Trust-Based Service Selection
Yu Liu - Octobar 21, 2011
A Problem in Graphics and Vision via Graph-Cut based Energy Optimization
Guo (Eric) Mei - September 16, 2011
Improving Search Engine Results by Query Extension and Categorization
Andrew Delong - September 15, 2011
Advances in Graph Cut Optimization: Multi-Surface Models, Label Costs, and Hierarchical Costs
Jun Du - September 9, 2011
Active Learning with Generalized Queries
Bo Cui - August 18, 2011
Some Single and Combined Operations on Formal Languages: Algebraic Properties and Complexity
Yehia Kotb - August 17, 2011
WORKFLOW-BASED COOPERATIVE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Syed Shariyar Murtaza - March 25, 2011
Finding Faulty Functions From The Traces of Field Failures
Chern Har Yew - February 2, 2011
An Architecture for Supporting Computational Trust Formation
Wei Pan - January 25, 2011
Algorithmic Contributions to the Theory of Regular Chains

2010

 

Yuan Gao - Decemeber 16, 2010
Advanced Topics on State Complexity of Combined Operations
Zude Li - October 29, 2010
Characterizing and Diagnosing Architectural Degeneration of Software Systems from Defect Perspective
Remo Ferrari - September 20, 2010
Interaction Between Requirements Engineering And Systems Architecting: An Emerging Theory
Halina Kaminski - September 7, 2010
Service Level Agreement Negotiation Manager (SLAM4N)
Shinnosuke Seki - August 9, 2010
DNA Watson - Crick Complementarity in Computer Science
Baozhen Shan - April 19, 2010
Glycan De Novo Sequencing With Tandem Mass Spectra
Lei Xin - March 19, 2010
Probability Scoring System for De Novo And Protein Identification with Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Brad Simmons - February 1, 2010
Strategy Trees: A Novel Approach to Policy-Based Mgmnt
Raphael Bahati - January 29, 2010
Towards Adaptive Policy-Based Autonomic Management

2009

 

Liviu-Cornel Tinta - October 21, 2009
String Repetitions: Combinatorics and Algorithms
Maia Hoeberechts - October 13, 2009
On the Foundations of Computability Theory
Abdelnasser Ouda - September 9, 2009
Towards Automating Policy Based Management Systems
Franziska Biegler - September 2, 2009
Decomposition and Descriptional Complexity of Shuffle on Words and Finite Languages
Qinghui Liu - August 18, 2009
Web Latency Reduction with Prefetching
Xin Li - April 20, 2009
Toward High-performance Polynomial System Solvers Based on Triangular Decompositions
Hai-Ning Liang - February 12, 2009
Interaction Design and Visual Cognitive Tools: Enabling Effective Human-Information Interaction

2008

 

He Wang - December 11, 2008
Fine Grained Role Graph Model
Jinhui Qin - December 8, 2008
Job Co-Allocation Strategies in Multiple HPC Clusters
Geoff Wozniak - August 18, 2008
Structuring Data via Behavioural Synthesis
Akbar Siami Namin - August 18, 2008
Mutation Analysis in Software Testing
Shihyen Chen - August 15, 2008
Topics in Computing Similarity and Distance
Yuan Xue - April 3, 2008
Key Management Schemes for Distributed Sensor Network

2007

 

Xiaofang (Maggie) Xie - December 14, 2007
On the Recognition of Handwritten Mathematical Symbols
Sorin Constantinescu - December 7, 2007
On the Complexity of Strings
Yuzhen Xie - September 4, 2007
Fast Algorithms, Modular Methods, Parallel Approaches and Software Engineering for Solving Polynomial Systems Symbolically
Laurentiu Dragan - September 4, 2007
On Measuring and Optimizing the Performance of Parametric Polymorphism
Jun Yan - August 22, 2007
Machine Learning for Stock Selection
Qing Zhao - August 9, 2007
SC-expressions in Object-Oriented Languages
Shengli Sheng - August 7, 2007
Cost Sensitive Learning with Data Acquisition
Qian Zhao - May 7, 2007
SmArt Architecture: Semantic Agreement Aware Management of Services
Amr Abdel-Dayem - April 30, 2007
Computer Aided Diagnostic for Carotid Artery Ultrasound and Breast Mammogram
Elvis Vieira - January 19, 2007
Smooth Congestion Control Algorithms

2006

 

Qufei Wang - December 14, 2006
WLRU CPU Cache Replacement Algorithm
Baozhong Tian - December 13, 2006
Reproduction of Sound Signal from Gramophone Records using 3D Scene
Wael Hosny Fouad Aly - August 28, 2006
Closed Loop Feedback Control for Data Centres that Support Differentiated Services
Jin Huang - July 7, 2006
Performance Measures of Machine Learning
Benjamin Stephenson - May 8, 2006
Optimizing the Java Virtual Machine Instruction Set by Despecialization and Multicode Substitution
Christopher Power - April 13, 2006
Multi Modal Exploration
Nicolae Santean - April 10, 2006
Selected Topics on Sequential Machines

2005

 

Elena Losseva - December 8, 2005
Optimal Methods of Encoding Information for DNA Computing
Cosmin Oancea - November 1, 2005
Parametric Polymorphism for Software Component Architectures
Juntao Ye - May 3, 2005
Computational Aspects of the Dynamics of Cloth
Jackson Carvalho - April 8, 2005
Mathematics as a Game of Types
Ian McQuillan - April 1, 2005
Computational Modeling of Genetic Processes

2004

 

Abdelkader Ouda - December 16, 2004
Digital Watermarking Techniques For Image Security and Hidden Communications
Jim Morey - October 27, 2004
Designing Visually Rich Mathematical Investigation Tools for Repetitive Geometric Artifacts
Harry Keith Edwards - July 29, 2004
Using Existing Instrumentation for Transaction Generation and Performance Analysis in Distributed Systems
Mechelle Gittens - January 22, 2004
The Extended Operational Profile Model for Usage-Based Software Testing

2003

 

Paul Andrei Paun - May 2, 2003
Unconventional Models of Computation: DNA and Mebrane Computing
Mark Daley - April 11, 2003
Computational Modeling of Genetic Processes in Stichotrichous Ciliates

2002

 

Mark Eramian - September 4, 2002
Image Texture Analysis using Weighted Finite Automata
Yannis Chicha - August 30, 2002
Practical Aspects of Interacting Garbage Collectors
Michael Katchabaw - July 22, 2002
Quality of Service Resource Management
Charlotte Miller - June 4, 2002
Context Equivalence and Context-free Normal Forms
Kevin Kennedy - June 3, 2002
Intelligent Planning of Communicative Acts for Computer Animation Cinematography
Huajie Zhang - April 16, 2002
Learning Bayesian Networks: Representational Power and Algorithms
Tong Qiu - January 25, 2002
High Order Context Modeling Entropy Coding of Multimedia Data
Luiz Merkle - January 18, 2002
Disciplinary and Semiotic Relations across Human-Computer Interaction

2000

 

Daniel Silver - June 26, 2000
Selective Transfer of Neural Network Task Knowledge

 

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