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Tuesday, September 2, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Software Engineering • Capturing and Representing Heuristics for ML Modeling Selection Based on ChatGPT’s Decision-Making Process

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 3317.

Cristina Tavares,PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Paulo Alencar, Daniel Berry, and Donald Cowan

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • Exploiting Zero-Entropy Data for Efficient Deduplication

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2310.

Mu’men Al Jarah, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Samer Al-Kiswany

Monday, September 8, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Mobile Platform Security • Ariadne: Navigating through the Labyrinth of Data-Driven Customization Inconsistencies in Android

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Parjanya Vyas, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors N. Asokan, Yousra Aafer

Friday, September 5, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Machine Learning • Universal Physics-Informed Neural Networks and their Applications

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2314.

Lena Podina, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Ali Ghodsi and Mohammad Kohandel

Monday, September 8, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence • Fine-Grained Visual Entity Linking through Promptable Segmentation: Applications in Medical Imaging

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

Kathryn Carbone, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Robin Cohen, Lukasz Golab


 

Thursday, September 4, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence • Demystifying Foreground-Background Memorization in Diffusion Models

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2310.

Jimmy Di, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Gautam Kamath

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • Conjunctive Queries with Negations: Bridging Theory and Practice

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

Boyi Li, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Xiao Hu

Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Replicating AceDroid: A Path-Sensitive Normalization Approach for Android Security Check Modeling

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

Adeola Tijani, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yousra Aafer

Thursday, August 28, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Platform Security • Blinded Memory - Verifiably Secure Outsourced Computation with Hardware-Enforced Taint Tracking

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Hossam ElAtali, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor N. Asokan