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  • Feb 6 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Shajib Chowdhury

    Thursday, February 01, 2024 | By

    Shajib Chowdhury, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “LSTM-oriented Handover Decision-making with SVR-based Mobility Prediction in 5G Vehicular Networks ” on Tuesday, February 6 at 9:30 AM., in GSB 408.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Renata Queiroz Dividino, External Examiner (Brock University); and Naser Ezzati-Jivan and Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho, Committee Members.

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  • Feb 5 – MSc Thesis Defence – Jannatul Ferdous

    Thursday, February 01, 2024 | By

    Jannatul Ferdous, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “Reinforcement Learning-based Time-Dependable Modelling of Fog Connectivity for Software-Defined Vehicular Networks” on Monday, February 5 at 1PM., in CRN 207.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner (Brock University); and Ke Qiu and Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho, Committee Members.

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  • Feb 1 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Andrew Vu

    Thursday, February 01, 2024 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Andrew Vu, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “The Application of Chaos Game Representations and Deep Learning for Grapevine Genetic Testing” on Thursday, February 1 at 9:30 AM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Yifeng Li and Ping Liang, Co-Supervisors; Robson De Grande, External Examiner (Brock University); and Renata Queiroz Dividino and Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho, Committee Members.

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  • Feb 7 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Mehenika Akter

    Thursday, February 01, 2024 | By

    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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  • Jan 22 – PhD Thesis Defence – Alyson Edge

    Thursday, January 18, 2024 | By

    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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  • Jan 19 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Ricardo Alva Oropeza

    Friday, January 12, 2024 | By

    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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  • Dec 21 – Project Presentation – Sachini Abeysekara

    Tuesday, December 12, 2023 | By

    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

    Tuesday, December 12, 2023 | By

    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

    Wednesday, December 06, 2023 | By

    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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  • Dec 7 – PhD Thesis Defence – Andréanne Hébert-Haché

    Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | By

    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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