Events - September 2023

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 3102.

Akshay Ramachandran, Postdoctoral Researcher
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

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

Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Professor of Data Science
Paderborn University

RDF knowledge bases are now first-class citizens of the Web with over 100 billion RDF assertions in the 2022 WebDataCommons crawl. Developing explainable machine learning approaches tailored towards this data is hence a task of increasing importance.

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317 and online.

Saralin Zassman, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel, Craig Kaplan

We design and evaluate Mindless Scroll, a mobile application for mindfulness that encourages a slow and deliberate approach to colouring. The app provides a visually immersive user experience in contrast to the majority of mindfulness-based mobile apps that focus on audio-based methods.

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2102.

Theodore Vanderkooy, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Khuzaima Daudjee

Please note: This half-hour seminar will take place in M3 4206 and online.

Robert Wang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

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

Sara Qunaibi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Samer Al-Kiswany

We present a comprehensive empirical study of the impact partial network partitions have on cluster managers in data analysis frameworks. Our study shows that modern scheduling approaches are vulnerable to partial network partitions. Partial partitions can lead to a complete cluster pause or a significant loss of performance.

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

Sayed Mohammad Amin Khodaee, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor J. Ian Munro

Please note: This seminar will take place online.

Ben Armstrong, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Kate Larson

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 1304.

Kai Ma, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Tim Brecht

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

Nils Lukas, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Florian Kerschbaum

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Antony Albert Raj Irudayaraj, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel, Omid Abari