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