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Tuesday, July 14, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • A Unified Perturbation Framework for Analyzing Leaderboard Stability and Manipulation

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

Hosna Oyarhoseini, Master's candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Amir-Hossein Karimi & Jimmy Lin

Friday, July 31, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human–Computer Interaction • Technology-mediated Group Idea Generation and Evaluation for Artistic Creations Across Disciplines

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

Anthony Maocheia-Ricci, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Edith Law

Monday, July 6, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Human–Computer Interaction • AI in Mental Health: Clinician Perceptions and the Need for AI Literacy in Participatory Research

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

Carolyn Wang, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Maura Grossman, Dan Brown

Monday, July 13, 2026 9:30 am - 10:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • Evaluating LLM Robustness Under Adversarial and Conflicting Evidence in Health Question Answering and Claim Verification

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

Shakiba Amirshahi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Charles Clarke, Amira Ghenai

Thursday, September 3, 2026 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Gradient-based Methods for Multi-Objective Optimization with Applications in Machine Learning

Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2310.

Zeou Hu, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yaoliang Yu

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Towards Foundation Models for Text-Rich Multimodal Tabular Data

Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2314 and online.

William Loh, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Pascal Poupart