PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense
PhD Dissertation Proposal: Marisa Hudspeth, Considerations for Low-Resource Language Modeling: a Case Study on Latin
This thesis examines such language-specific considerations through case studies on Latin.
PhD Dissertation Proposal: Allison Poh, A Multimodal Dashboard for Real-Time Teacher Support During Embodied Learning Activities
This thesis explores the design of a multimodal teacher dashboard that is not tied to a single activity or embodiment type.
PhD Dissertation Proposal: Hochul Hwang, Human-Centered Quadruped Robot for Navigation Assistance for Blind and Low-Vision Individuals
This thesis presents a comprehensive framework for developing an autonomous quadruped guide dog robot while aligning with the practical needs of BLV users.
PhD Dissertation Proposal: Fabien Delattre, Diffusion Priors for Inverse Problems in Computer Vision
In this thesis, we explore how recent progress in generative modeling improves solutions to inverse problems.
PhD Dissertation Proposal: Alireza Salemi, Personalizing Large Language Models
This proposal provides a unified framework for developing more accurate, scalable, and privacy-aware personalized LLMs.