Weekly Announcements

Upcoming presentations

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence
DINO Features for Salient Object Detection
Albert Ding, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
10:00 a.m. • Online master’s thesis presentation
Supervisor: Professor Olga Veksler

Friday, January 10, 2025

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Programming Languages
Type-Safe Tree Transformations for Precisely-Typed Compilers
Pedro Oliveira, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
10:00 a.m. • DC 3317
Supervisor: Professor Ondřej Lhoták

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering
Large Language Models for Build System Maintenance: An Empirical Study of CodeGen’s Next-Line Prediction
Akinbowale Akin-Taylor, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
10:00 a.m. • Hybrid: DC 2314  |  Online master’s thesis presentation
Supervisors: Professors Shane McIntosh, Mei Nagappan

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking
Exploring High-level Transport Programming Through eXpress Data Path
Pedro Vitor Valenca Mizuno, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
12:00 p.m. • DC 3317
Supervisor: Professor Mina Tahmasbi Arashloo

PhD Defence • Machine Learning
Perspectives of Graph Diffusion: Computation, Local Partitioning, Statistical Recovery, and Applications
Shenghao Yang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
12:00 p.m. • Online PhD defence
Supervisor: Professor Kimon Fountoulakis

Monday, January 13, 2025

PhD Defence • Computational Neuroscience
Symbols, Dynamics, and Maps: A Neurosymbolic Approach to Spatial Cognition
Nicole Sandra-Yaffa Dumont, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
9:00 a.m. • Hybrid: E7 6443  |  Online PhD defence
Supervisors: Professors Chris Eliasmith, Jeff Orchard

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering
Code Generation and Testing in the Era of AI-Native Software Engineering
Noble Saji Mathews, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
11:30 a.m. • Hybrid: DC 3317  |  Online master’s thesis presentation
Supervisor: Professor Mei Nagappan

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering
SWE-bench-Secret: Automating AI Agent Evaluation for Software Engineering Tasks
Godsfavour Kio, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
10:00 a.m. • Hybrid: DC 3317  |  Online master’s thesis presentation
Supervisor: Professor Mei Nagappan

Friday, January 31, 2025

PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence
The Power of Experimental Approaches to Social Choice
Ben Armstrong, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
12:00 p.m. • Hybrid: DC 3317  |  Online PhD defence
Supervisor: Professor Kate Larson

Friday, February 7, 2025

PhD Defence • Computer Graphics
A First-Principles Framework for Simulating Light and Snow Interactions
Petri Varsa, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
9:00 a.m. • DC 3317
Supervisor: Professor Gladimir V.G. Baranoski