Thesis defence

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Machine Learning — Wasserstein Autoencoders with Mixture of Gaussian Priors for Stylized Text Generation

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

Amirpasha Ghabussi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Olga Vechtomova

Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:00 am - 11:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence — AlphaStar: Considerations and Human-like Constraints for Deep Learning Game Interfaces

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

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

Supervisor: Professor Jesse Hoey

Friday, December 11, 2020 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems — Scaling Machine Learning Data Repair Systems for Sparse Datasets

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

Omar Attia, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Ihab Ilyas

Machine learning data repair systems (e.g., HoloClean) have achieved state-of-the-art performance for the data repair problem on many datasets. However, these systems still face significant challenges when applied to sparse datasets.

Friday, December 11, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Software Engineering Investigating the Effectiveness of Pair Programming in Industrial Domains: A Systematic Literature Review

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

Alex Pawelczyk, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Daniel M. Berry

Friday, December 11, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Machine Learning — Generalization on Text-based Games using Structured Belief Representations

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

Ashutosh Devendrakumar Adhikari, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Jimmy Lin

Monday, December 7, 2020 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Software Engineering — Case Study on University of Waterloo’s Quest — A Requirement Engineering and User Experience Investigation and Lessons Learned

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

Yilun Bai, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Daniel M. Berry