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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio
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LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • Evaluating LLM\
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC
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DTSTAMP:20260624T134650Z
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-ai-ml-multilin
 gual-embeddings-data-training-understanding
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Online PhD defence Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning •\nMul
 tilingual Embeddings: Data\, Training\, and Understanding
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE.\n\nXINYU 
 CRYSTINA ZHANG\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Scie
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-symbolic-compu
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LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Online PhD seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Symbolic Computation • Stability of\nSobolev-Regu
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE.\n\nDEEPAK
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-ai-ml-gradient
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 learning
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West DC 2310 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning •\nGra
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2310.\n\nZE
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-ai-ml-towards-
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LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Hybrid: DC 2314 | Online PhD defence Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Towa
 rds\nFoundation Models for Text-Rich Multimodal Tabular Data
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2314 AND ON
 LINE.\n\nWILLIAM LOH\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Compute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T120000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/seminar-algorithms-and-com
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 n
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Hybrid: DC 1304 | Online seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • A Strong Linear Programmi
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1304 AND ONLINE
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-data-systems-q
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LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West DC 3301 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Data Systems • Query Expansion in the Era of Larg
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 3301.\n\nAM
 IN BIGDELI\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_
 \n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Charles Clarke\, Ebrahim Bagheri
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio
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 onal-polynomial-representations
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity •\nM
 ultistroke Character Recognition Using Orthogonal Polynomial\nRepresentati
 ons
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC
 E\nONLINE.\n\nARUN CHERIAKARA JOSEPH\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Che
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-ai-ml-basis-tr
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LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Hybrid: DC 2314 | Online PhD seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Basi
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2314 AND ON
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 r Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Pascal Poupart
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-quantum-comput
 ing-quantum-colorings-of-spheres-
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West QNC 1201 Wate
 rloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Quantum Computing • Quantum Colorings of Spheres
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN QNC 1201.\n\nO
 LIVIER LALONDE\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Scie
 nce_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Richard Cleve
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