The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Jan. 30 to Friday, Feb. 3.<\/p>\n
PhD in Applied Health Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Kate Wickham, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cStepping away from pharmaceutical therapies: Exercise and supplementation with fermented red clover extract as alternative strategies to promote vascular health in postmenopausal women\u201d on Wednesday, Feb. 1\u00a0from noon to 3 p.m. in MCD 350L.<\/p>\n The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Stephen Cheung, Supervisor; Maureen MacDonald, External Examiner (McMaster University); Cheryl McCormick, Internal Examiner; and Deborah O\u2019Leary, Ylva Hellsten (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Stacy Sims (University of Waikato, New Zealand), Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n PhD in Psychology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Kristen Baker, a PhD in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cUnfamiliar and newly learned face identification: An examination of individual differences\u201d on Friday, Feb. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. The defence will take place in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Catherine Mondloch, Supervisor; Michael Burton, External Examiner (University of York); Ayda Tekok-Kilic, Internal Examiner; and Karen Arnell and Stephen Emrich, Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Computer Science thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n Mubashir Murshed, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cReinforcement Learning-based User-centric Handover decision-making in 5G Vehicular Networks ” on Monday, Jan. 30 at 3:15 p.m. in STH 215.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner (Brock University); and Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Committee Members.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Mohammed Adib Khan, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cTime-Series Trend-Based Multi-Level Adaptive Tracing” on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 9:30 a.m. in WH208.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Ali Emami, External Examiner (Brock University); and Robson De Grande and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Committee Members.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Derek Hon, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDistributed MAP-Elites and its Application in Evolutionary Design” on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. in MC J404.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Brian Ross, Supervisor; Ali Emami, External Examiner (Brock University); and Robson De Grande and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n K M Nafiul Hassan, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cMobility-based Multi-layered Caching and Data Distribution in Vehicular Fog Computing ” on Friday, Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. in MC J404.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho, External Examiner (Brock University); and Brian Ross and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Committee Members.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Mohaimin Ehsan, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPriority-Based Resource Allocation Model for Vehicular Fog Computing ” on Friday, Feb. 3 at 2:30 p.m. in MC J404.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Renata Queiroz Dividino, External Examiner (Brock University); and Sheridan Houghten and Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Arts in Philosophy thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Kenton Engel, a Master of Arts in Philosophy candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cThe Subject Reimagined: Event, Language, and the Event of Language\u201d\u00a0on Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Elizabeth Vlossak,\u00a0Chair; Rajiv Kaushik, Supervisor; Keith Whitmoyer, External Examiner\u00a0(School of Visual Arts, New York); Brian Lightbody,\u00a0Acting Graduate Program Director; and Athena Colman and Drew Dalton (Dominican University), Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Jan. 30 to Friday, Feb. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,37,41,38],"tags":[28,97,7488,607,384,348,522,3335,161,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83218"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83232,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83218\/revisions\/83232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}