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Aukosh Jagannath, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Waterloo
On Saturday, September 26, the Faculty of Mathematics is celebrating Alumni Black and Gold Day at Home!
Join us for fun, family-friendly math activities and lively discussions featuring leading alumni and researchers speaking about their cutting-edge work in healthcare and entrepreneurship.
Recently appointed Dean Mark Giesbrecht will kick-off the celebrations by presenting the Faculty’s exciting vision for the future. Professor Giesbrecht says that the coronavirus pandemic has made clear the continuing importance and urgency of the Faculty’s work.
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Farzan Dehbashi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Omid Abari
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Marko Ilievski, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Krzysztof Czarnecki
Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.
Akshay Ramachandran, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Lap Chi Lau
Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.
Guojun Zhang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Yaoliang Yu and Pascal Poupart

Moshe Y. Vardi
University Professor
Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online. Also note the new date and time — Wednesday, September 23 at 3:00 p.m.
Nafisa Anzum, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Semih Salihoglu
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Chengyao Fu, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Alan Huang and Yuying Li
Sentiment analysis has been widely used in the domain of finance. There are two most common textual sentiment analysis methods in finance: \textit{dictionary-based approach} and \textit{machine learning approach}.
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Neil Budnarain, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Jesse Hoey
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Pavle Bulatovic, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Therese Biedl
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Navid Khan, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Martin Karsten
Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.
Hung Pham, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Lin Tan and Yaoliang Yu
Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.
Georgios Michalopoulos, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Helen Chen and Ian McKillop
In this study, we investigated the key characteristics exhibited by questions in medical narrative data (e.g., review logs) in order to uncover the most impactful variables on data quality issues during the data entry and review process of a real-word clinical system.
Please note: This PhD defence will be given online.
Bushra Aloraini, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Mei Nagappan
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Kaiwen Wu, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Yaoliang Yu
Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.
Junyu Lai, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Justin Wan
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Yao Lu, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Olga Vechtomova
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Wai Ming Tai, School of Computing
University of Utah
Seminar host: Professor Lap Chi Lau
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Rishav Agarwal, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Lukasz Golab
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Kilby Baron, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Mike Godfrey and Mei Nagappan