Mehenika Akter, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “Topic Modeling-based Logging Suggestions for Java Software Systems” on Wednesday, February 7 at 2PM., in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Robson De Grande, External Examiner (Brock University); and Ke Qiu and Michael Winter, Committee Members.
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Doctoral thesis defence in Biotechnology
Alyson Edge, a Doctoral candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Transcriptome assembly reveals putative genes involved in Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid biosynthesis in Ochrosia elliptica” on Monday, January 22 at 11 AM.
The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Vincenzo De Luca, Supervisor; Nikola Kovinich, External Examiner (York Univ.); Litsa Tsiani, Internal External Examiner; and Debbie Inglis and Tony Yan, Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence in Biological Sciences
Ricardo Alva Oropeza, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Investigating the Cellular Responses of Cancer Cells to Physiological and Hypoxic Oxygen Conditions” on Friday, January 19 at 10 AM., in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeff Stuart, Supervisor; Newman Siu Kwan Sze, External Examiner (Department of Health Sciences, Brock University); and Ping Liang and Val Andrew Fajardo, Committee Members.
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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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Andréanne Hébert-Haché, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend her thesis titled “The influence of grapevine cultivar, clone, and rootstock on cold hardiness and dehydrin proteins” on Thursday, December 7th at 9:30 a.m., in hybrid format.
The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Debbie Inglis and Jim Willwerth, Co-Supervisors; Horst Caspari, External Examiner (Colorado State University); Michael Pisaric, Internal Examiner; and Vincenzo de Luca and Charles Despres, Committee Members.
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Hannah M. Charnock, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend her thesis titled “The Maillard reaction in traditional method sparking wine” on Friday, Dec.1 at 1 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee members are Wendy Ward, Chair; Gary Pickering and Belinda Kemp, Co-Supervisors; Paul Kilmartin, External Examiner (University of Auckland); Jeffrey Atkinson, Internal Examiner; and Jeff Stuart and Charles Despres, Committee Members.
Lyndon Duff, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend his thesis titled “Environmental and social influences of foraging behaviour and maternal investment with a note on the mating frequency of the eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica” on Wednesday, November 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please note, the original room location has changed. We ask you RSVP to egenkin@brocku.ca if you wish to attend.
The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Miriam Richards, Supervisor; Kyle Bobiwash, External Examiner (University of Manitoba); Francine McCarthy, Internal Examiner; and Adonis Skandalis and Ping Liang, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence in Biotechnology
Minh Vu, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend his thesis titled “Epidemiology, genetic variance, and symptomology of grapevine viruses in Canada: A
metagenomic approach” on Wednesday, October 25 at 3:00 PM, virtually.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Debbie Inglis and Sudarsana Poojari, Co-Supervisors; Basudev Ghoshal, External Examiner (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada); and Liette Vasseur, Committee Member.
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Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science
Marshall Joseph, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Emergent Behaviour in Game AI:
A Genetic Programming and CNN-based Approach to Intelligent Agent Design” on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 10 AM, in MC J404.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Brian Ross, Supervisor; Sheridan Houghten, External Examiner (Brock University); and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman and Yifeng Li, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science
Dipanzan Islam, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Language Agnostic Software Energy Kernel Framework” on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 4 PM, virtually.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Robson De Grande, External Examiner (Brock University); and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman and Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science
Maka Hu, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “Automatic Generation of Human
Readable Proofs” on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 3 PM, in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Michael Winter, Supervisor; Ivo Duntsch, External Examiner (Brock University); and Ali Emami and Brian Ross, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence in Mathematics and Statistics
David Emanuel, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will defend his thesis titled “On the Extendibility of a D(4)-Pair of Pell Numbers” on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 10:30 AM, In CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Omar Kihel, Supervisor; Puntani Pongsumpun, External Examiner (KMITL); and Hichem Ben-El-Mechaiekh and Alexandre Odesski, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science
Amirmahdi Khosravi Tabrizi, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Adaptive Logging system: A System Using Reinforcement Learning For Log Placement” on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 9:00 AM, in MC H313.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisor; Renata Queiroz Dividino, External Examiner (Brock University); and Yifeng Li and Ali Emami, Committee Members.
