Articles from:December 2023

  • Dec 21 – Project Presentation – Sachini Abeysekara

    Sachini Abeysekara, Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will present her project titled “Fixed Point Methods in Convex Minimization for Large Data” on December 21 at 2:00 pm., in MC J404.

    Examination committee includes Dr. Hichem Ben-El-Mechaiekh, Supervisor; Dr. Omar Kihel, Supervisory committee member.

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  • Dec 18 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Yage Zhang

    Master of Science thesis defences in Computer Science

    Yage Zhang, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “Aligning Language Models Using Multi-Objective Deep Reinforcement Learning” on Monday, December 18 at 2 PM., in MC H313.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Yifeng Li, Supervisor; Shengrong Bu, External Examiner (Brock University); and Ali Emami and Robson De Grande, Committee Members.

    Alanna McNulty, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Algorithms for Real-World Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization ” on Tuesday, December 19 at 1:00 PM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Brian Ross, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Kyle Harrison, External Examiner (The University of Newcastle); and Yifeng Li and Shahryar Rahnamayan, Committee Members.

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  • Master of Science Thesis Defences – Dec 11 and Dec 15 -Alysha Gullion, Ethan Gibbons, Nicholas Aksamit, Raikhan Zakarina

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biological Sciences

     

    Alysha Gullion, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Influence of cover crops on invertebrate diversity in Niagara organic vineyards” on Monday, December 11 at 9:30 AM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Liette Vasseur, Supervisor; Caroline Provost, External Examiner (Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire de Mirabel); and Sudarsana Poojari and Kiyoko Gotanda, Committee Members.

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Ethan Gibbons, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Memetic Algorithm for Large-Scale Real-World Vehicle Routing Problems with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery with Time Windows” on Monday, December 11 at 1:30 PM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Shahryar Rahnamayan, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Brian Ross, External Examiner (Brock University); and Michael Winter and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

     

    Nicholas Aksamit, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Combining the Power of Attention Models

    and Many-objective Computational Intelligence Algorithms for Drug Design” om Friday, December 15 at 10 AM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman and Yifeng Li, Co-Supervisors; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner (Brock University); and Rahnuma Islam Nishat and Youlian Pan, Committee Members.

    Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry

    Raikhan Zakarina, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Solvent-free zinc-catalysed hydroboration of esters ” on Friday, December 15 at 2:30 PM., in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Georgii Nikonov, Supervisor; Joe Gilroy, External Examiner (University of Western Ontario); and Divya Matta and Martin Lemaire, Committee Members.

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