Thesis defence

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Friday, November 26, 2021 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Differentially Private Simple Genetic Algorithms

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Thomas Humphries, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Florian Kerschbaum

Friday, December 3, 2021 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Requirements Engineering and Management Effects on Downstream Developer Performance in a Small Business Findings from a Case Study

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Chantelle Gellert, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Berry

Monday, November 22, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defence • Human-Computer Interaction • Affective Expressions in Conversational Agents for Learning Environments: Effects of Curiosity, Humour, and Interjections

Please note: This PhD defence will be given online.

Jessy Ceha, PhD Candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Edith Law

Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:00 am - 9:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defence • Human-Computer Interaction • Merging the Real and the Virtual: An Exploration of Interaction Methods to Blend Realities

Please note: This PhD defence will be given online.

Jeremy Hartmann, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Vogel

We investigate, build, and design interaction methods to merge the real with the virtual. An initial investigation looks at spatial augmented reality (SAR) and its effects on pointing with a real mobile phone. A study reveals a set of trade-offs between the raycast, viewport, and direct pointing techniques. 

Friday, October 15, 2021 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • Dowsing For Math Answers: Exploring MathCQA with a Math-aware Search Engine

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Yin Ki Ng, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Frank Tompa

Solving math problems can be challenging, so challenging that one might wish to seek insights from the Internet and search for answers from Community Question Answering sites such as Math StackExchange. However, searching for relevant answers for a math problem is itself not trivial.