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PhD Thesis Defense

PhD Thesis Defense: Jared Yeager, Machine Checked Verification of Validation Tests for Seldonian Algorithms

In this work we produce verified code for a Seldonian algorithm validation test.
Event date Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Event time 3:30 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Lijun Zhang, Advanced Resource-Efficient Multi-Task Learning

This thesis addresses these challenges through a series of innovations in multi-task learning.
Event date Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Event time 2:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Zack While, Broadening Data Visualization Design to People in Late Adulthood

This research advances methodologies for analyzing textual content from large-scale online datasets, interpreting message intent, retrieving  knowledge...
Event date Monday, May 19, 2025 Event time 9:00 am Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Dmitry Petrov, Structure-Aware Shape and Image Synthesis

This thesis proposes an alternative path toward intelligent control by  drawing inspiration from biological systems and exploring the concept of time-aware...
Event date Monday, May 19, 2025 Event time 12:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Blossom Metevier, Fair Algorithms for Sequential Learning Problems

This proposal addresses three problems in fair ML.
Event date Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Event time 2:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Mashrur Rashik, Human-Centered Design of Contextually Appropriate Conversational Agents for Enhancing Public Interaction, Engagement, and Multimodal Experiences

This dissertation advances conversational AI by showing how multi-agent chatbots, thoughtful avatar design, and personalized interactions enhance engagement...
Event date Friday, August 8, 2025 Event time 11:00 am Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Zafeiria Moumoulidou, Fair and Diverse Data Selection Schemes for Data Management and Visualization

In this thesis, we revisit the task of data selection through the lens of social-oriented metrics like diversity and fairness.
Event date Friday, September 19, 2025 Event time 9:00 am Go to all events list Event

Data Driven Expert Assignment

Our algorithms, Greedy Expert Round Robin and FairSequence, assign experts in such a way that no request "envies" another request's assigned experts.
Event date Friday, October 11, 2024 Event time 1:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Zitian Chen, Toward Unified Expertise: One Model for All Tasks

In this PhD Thesis Defense, Chen will explore neural network architectures that facilitate joint learning across varied tasks.
Event date Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Event time 10:00 am Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Russell Lee, Learning-Augmented Online Algorithms for Energy Optimization

In this proposal, Lee will present optimal online algorithms for energy optimization in the competitive analysis setting.
Event date Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Event time 1:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Shuwa Miura, Optimized Resource Allocation for Serving Deep Learning Models

This thesis introduces a unifying model for generating behaviors that not only achieve desired goals, but also account for how these behaviors are perceived.
Event date Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Event time 2:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Thesis Defense: Walid A. Hanafy, Carbon-aware Resource Management for Cloud Computing Platforms

In this thesis, Hanafy proposes novel resource management techniques that allow cloud users and operators to reduce their operational carbon emissions.
Event date Monday, April 7, 2025 Event time 10:00 am Go to all events list Event

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