07/17/2025
3:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Nguyen Phan
Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen
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Ph.D. Dissertation: Towards Accessible and Robust Methods for Curve-Based Visualization, Analysis and
Synthesis |
07/14/2025
1:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Lei Si
Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Enhancing Hex-dominant Meshes: Generation, Evaluation, and Simplification |
06/30/2025
10:00 AM
PGH 591 |
Nour Diallo
Advisor: Dr. Weidong (Larry) Shi |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Machine Learning-Augmented DAG-Based BFT Consensus: GNN and RL-Driven Approaches for
Adaptive, Scalable, and Fault-Tolerant Protocols |
05/30/2025
9:00 AM
Health 1/HBS 315 |
Athina Bikaki
Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Ph.D. Proposal: A Framework for End-to-End Feature Selection in the Era of Generative AI Agents |
05/16/2025
1:30 PM
PGH 501B |
Michail Koumpanakis
Advisor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsekos |
Ph.D. Proposal: A Framework for Learning and Discovering Partial Differential Equations Using Meta-Learning
and Physics-Informed Neural Networks |
05/16/2025
1:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Aayush Gupta
Advisor: Dr. Gopal Pandurangan |
Ph.D. Proposal: Fully-Distributed Construction of Byzantine-Resilient Dynamic Peer-to-Peer Networks |
05/05/2025
3:00 PM
PGH 392 |
Rauf Momin
Advisor: Dr. Jaspal Subhlok |
M.S. Thesis: Multi-Modal Automatic Video Chaptering using Large Language Models
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04/28/2025
11:00 AM
PGH 550 |
Samiha Mirza
Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
Ph.D. Proposal: Towards robust seismic salt boundary segmentation: Tackling data variability and model
degradation during development and deployment |
04/24/2025
1:00 PM
PGH 501B |
Khang Tran
Advisor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsekos |
Ph.D. Proposal: Towards Real-Time Collaborative Immersion with Large-Scale Virtual Environments and
Digital Twins via Multiuser, Multimodal Holographic AR/XR Interface |
04/22/2025
1:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Yuan Tian
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Huang |
Ph.D. Proposal: A Behavioral Analysis Framework for Anonymity Network Traffic Detection |
04/21/2025
11:30 AM
PGH 550 |
Abdollah Zakeri
Co-Advisors: Dr. Sen Lin and Dr. Fatima Merchant |
Ph.D. Proposal: Exploring the Intersection of Computer Vision and Smart Agriculture: Towards the automation
of Mushroom Harvesting, Growth Monitoring, and 3D Pose Estimation |
04/18/2025
1:30 PM
PGH 550 and MS Teams |
Shireesh Kumar Poral Ashok Kumar
Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
M.S. Thesis: AI-Driven Vehicle Re-Identification: Decoding Effective Features through Ablation
Studies |
04/16/2025
3:00 PM
PGH 501B |
Sadat Shahriar
Advisor: Dr. Arjun Mukherjee |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Linguistic Deception Detection - Models, Domains, Behaviors, Stylistic Patterns to
Large Language Models (LLMs) |
04/16/2025
1:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Mohammad Javadi
Advisor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsekos |
Ph.D. Proposal: Investigating Deep Learning for Enhancing and Predicting Low-Quality MRI: From Loss
Functions to Temporal Modeling |
03/28/2025
11:00 AM
PGH 501B and MS Teams |
Jennifer Csicsery-Ronay
Advisor: Dr. Christoph Eick |
M.S. Thesis: SPARROW: A Simulation Framework for Enhancing Drone Resilience |
03/28/2025
10:00 AM
PGH 550 and MS Teams |
Vuong (Dustin) Nguyen
Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Towards Robust Person Re-Identification: Learning Invariant Features Under Clothing
Changes and Occlusions |
03/21/2025
1:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Alireza Ansaripour
Advisor: Dr. Om Gnawali |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Enhancing Reliability, Throughput, and Energy Efficiency in UWB-based Applications |
03/07/2025
9:00 AM
PGH and MS Teams |
Christina Morales Mojica
Advisor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsekos |
Ph.D. Proposal: Towards Extended Reality Design Principles for Medical Applications through Collection
and Analysis of a Novel Medical Device Dataset |
02/13/2025
10:00 AM
HBS/Health 1, Room 350 and MS Teams |
Huda Alghamdi
Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Deciphering Hand Pattern Movements in Driving from Smartwatch Signals without Ground
Truth |
12/06/2024
11:00 AM
PGH 591 |
Dana Alsagheer
Advisor: Dr. Weidong (Larry) Shi |
Ph.D. Proposal: A Human-Centered Evaluation of Rationality and Legal Reasoning in Large Language Models
(LLMs): An Audit Guided by the Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory |
12/04/2024
3:00 PM
PGH 591 |
Nour Diallo
Advisor: Dr. Weidong (Larry) Shi |
Ph.D. Proposal: Enhancing DAG-Based Byzantine Fault Tolerance with augmented Graph Neural Networks
for Scalable and Adaptive Blockchain Consensus |
12/02/2024
5:15 PM
PGH 550 |
Raunak Sarbajna
Advisor: Dr. Christoph Eick |
Ph.D. Proposal: Spatial Computing Frameworks for Adaptive Disaster Response and Visual Place Recognition |
11/25/2024
4:30 PM
PGH 550 |
Melis Ilhan
Co-Advisors: Dr. Jinyang Liu, Dr. Ricardo Vilalta |
M.S. Thesis: Physics Informed Decision Tree
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11/21/2024
2:30 PM
PGH 550 |
Lei Si
Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Ph.D. Proposal: Hex-dominant Mesh Generation, Evaluation, and Simplification
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11/21/2024
2:00PM
PGH 501B |
Sara Bouhali
Advisor: Dr. Fatima Merchant |
Ph.D. Dissertation: A Contrastive Learning Approach For Automated Identification Of Anatomical Landmarks
In 3D Human Torso Surface Scans |
11/21/2024
2:00 PM
PGH 392 |
Aftab Hussain
Advisor: Dr. Amin Alipour |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Trojan Detection in Large Language Models of Code |
11/20/2024
3:30 PM
PGH 501B |
Nguyen Phan
Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Ph.D. Proposal: Towards Accessible and Robust Methods for Curve-Based Visualization and Analysis |
11/12/2024
1:00 PM
Health 1 HBS 302 |
Fettah Kiran
Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Ph.D. Proposal: Exploring the Impact of Humorous Video Format on Students' Stress and Score Performance
in Math Tests |
11/11/2024
4:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Meng-Chen Lee
Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Ph.D. Proposal: Analysis and Modeling of Turn Dynamics in Multiparty Conversations
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11/08/2024
3:30 PM
PGH 392 |
Fatima Zahra Qachfar
Advisor: Dr. Rakesh Verma |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Investigating Persuasion Techniques in Social Engineering Cybercrime
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11/06/2024
10:00 AM
PGH 550 |
Dustin Nguyen
Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
Ph.D. Proposal: Towards Robust Person Re-Identification: Learning Invariant Features Under Clothing
Changes and Occlusions |
11/04/2024
3:00 PM
PGH 550 |
Sadat Shahriar
Advisor: Dr. Arjun Mukherjee |
Ph.D. Proposal: Battling Deception in the Era of Large Language Models
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11/01/2024
1:30 PM
PGH 550 |
Md Mahin
Advisor: Dr. Christoph Eick |
Ph.D. Dissertation: Threshold-based Association Analysis Frameworks for Continuous Variables
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