I2S Masters/ Doctoral Theses
All students and faculty are welcome to attend the final defense of I2S graduate students completing their M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. Defense notices for M.S./Ph.D. presentations for this year and several previous years are listed below in reverse chronological order.
Students who are nearing the completion of their M.S./Ph.D. research should schedule their final defenses through the EECS graduate office at least THREE WEEKS PRIOR to their presentation date so that there is time to complete the degree requirements check, and post the presentation announcement online.
Upcoming Defense Notices
Arin Dutta
Performance Analysis of Distributed Raman Amplification with Dual-Order Forward PumpingWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Rongqing Hui, ChairChristopher Allen
Morteza Hashemi
Alessandro Saladrino
Hui Zhao
Babak Badnava
Joint Communication and Computation for Emerging Applications in Next Generation of Wireless NetworksWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Morteza Hashemi, ChairTaejoon Kim
Prasad Kulkarni
Shawn Keshmiri
Arman Ghasemi
Task-Oriented Communication and Distributed Control in Smart Grids with Time-Series ForecastingWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Morteza Hashemi, ChairAlex Bardas
Taejoon Kim
Prasad Kulkarni
Zsolt Talata
Neel Patel
Near-Memory Acceleration of Compressed Far MemoryWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Mohammad Allan, ChairDavid Johnson
Prasad Kulkarni
Durga Venkata Suraj Tedla
Block chain based inter organization file sharing systemWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairDrew Davidson
Sankha Guria
Dang Qua Nguyen
Hybrid Precoding Optimization and Private Federated Learning for Future Wireless SystemsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Taejoon Kim, ChairMorteza Hashemi
Erik Perrins
Zijun Yao
KC Kong
Past Defense Notices
Sai Narendra Koganti
Object DetectionWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Sumaiya Shomaji, ChairDavid Johnson
Prasad Kulkarni
Vijay Verma
Binary Segmentation of PCB Components Using U-Net ModelWhen & Where:
Zoom Meeting
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Sumaiya Shomaji, ChairTamzidul Hoque
Zijun Yao
Ruturaj Vaidya
Exploring binary analysis techniques for securityWhen & Where:
Zoom
Degree Type:
PhD Dissertation DefenseCommittee Members:
Prasad Kulkarni, ChairAlex Bardas
Drew Davidson
Esam El-Araby
Michael Vitevitch
Jianpeng Li
BlackLitNetwork: Advancing Black Literature Discovery Through Modern Web TechnologiesWhen & Where:
LEEP2, Room 1420
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Drew Davidson, ChairSumaiya Shomaji
Han Wang
Aiden Liang
Enhancing Healthcare Resource Demand Forecasting Using Machine Learning: An Integrated Approach to Addressing Temporal Dynamics and External InfluencesWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Prasad Kulkami, ChairFengjun Li
Zijun Yao
Thomas Atkins
Secure and Auditable Academic Collections via Hyperledger Fabric-Based Smart ContractsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Drew Davidson, ChairFengjun Li
Bo Luo
Theodore Harbison
Posting Passwords: How social media information can be leveraged in password guessing attacksWhen & Where:
Zoom (ID: 7858648812, Pass: 348348
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Hossein Saiedian, ChairFengjun Li
Heechul Yun
Ethan Grantz
Swarm: A Backend-Agnostic Language for Simple Distributed ProgrammingWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Drew Davidson, ChairPerry Alexander
Prasad Kulkarni
Johnson Umeike
Optimizing gem5 Simulator Performance: Profiling Insights and Userspace Networking EnhancementsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Mohammad Alian, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Heechul Yun
Adam Sarhage
Design of Multi-Section Coupled Line CouplerWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Jim Stiles, ChairChris Allen
Glenn Prescott