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Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Pixel-space Multimodal Modelling in Unified Multimodal Models

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Weiming Ren, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Wenhu Chen

Friday, September 11, 2026 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master's Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy • Inside the Crypto Laundering Machine: A Taxonomic Study of Crypto Money Laundering Schemes and Countermeasures

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Hesam Sarkhosh Sarkendi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Friday, September 4, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master's Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Vertical Federated Learning as a Social Choice Problem

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Sreepriya Pulyassary, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Friday, September 4, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Systems and Networking • Count-Based Abstractions for Performance Verification of Contention Points

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 1304.

Amir Hossein Seyhani Parashkoh, PhD Candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Mina Tahmasbi Arashloo 

Friday, September 11, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • Approximate Nearest Neighbour Search Using IVF-Based Indices on Memory-Disaggregated Platforms

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3301 (DSG Lab).

Arman Davoodi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Tamer Özsu

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • DIO: Dynamic Memtable Index Organization for LSM Storage Engines

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3301 (DSG Lab).

Mingkun Ni, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Khuzaima Daudjee

Thursday, September 10, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master's Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • DNATree: Dynamic Tree Adaptation for Multi-Tenant In-Network Aggregation

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Qi Fan (Eric) Yan, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professor Raouf Boutaba 

Thursday, August 20, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master's Thesis Presentation • Computer Graphics • VR GAViewer: Immersive Visualisation and Direct Manipulation of the Conformal Model in Virtual Reality

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

HongFei Huang, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Stephen Mann