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  • Nov 8 – PhD Thesis Defence – Lyndon Duff

    Thursday, November 02, 2023 | By

    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.

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  • Oct 25 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Minh Vu

    Thursday, October 19, 2023 | By

    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 – Marshall Joseph, Dipanzan Islam, Maka Hu, David Emanuel

    Tuesday, October 03, 2023 | By

    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.

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  • Oct 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Amirmahdi Khosravi Tabrizi

    Tuesday, October 03, 2023 | By

    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.

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  • Oct 5 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – James Sargant

    Thursday, September 28, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    James Sargant, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Evolving Weighted Networks to Simulate

    Epidemics and Lockdowns” on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 9:30 AM, in PLZ 600F.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Sheridan Houghten, Supervisor; Ke Qiu, External Examiner (Brock University); and Brian Ross and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Committee Members.

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  • Oct 3 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Alexandra Gunn

    Thursday, September 28, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biological Sciences

     

    Alexandra Gunn, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Investigating Vitis sp. cold tolerance with abscisic acid (ABA) analogs “ on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 9:30 AM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Jim Willwerth, Supervisor; Ben-Min Chang, External Examiner (Research Scientist, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada); and Debbie Inglis and Charles Despres, Committee Members.

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  • Oct 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Karl Grantham

    Thursday, September 28, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Karl Grantham, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “AI Enabled Drug Design and Side Effect Prediction Powered by Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms & Transformer Models” on Monday, October 2, 2023 at 12:30 PM, in PLZ 600F.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Yifeng Li, Supervisor; Divya Matta, External Examiner (Brock University); and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman  and Sheridan Houghten, Committee Members.

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  • Oct 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Pranial Chakraborty

    Thursday, September 28, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Pranjal Chakraborty, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Memory Pressure: Early Identification and Proactive Taming in Resource Constrained Devices” on Monday, October 2, 2023 at 9:30 AM, in PLZ 601C.

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

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  • Aug 30 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Amir Khalili Mahmoudabadi

    Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Statistics

    Amir Khalili Mahmoudabadi, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will defend his thesis titled “Distributed Supervised Statistical Learning “ on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 2 PM, in virtual format.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; S. Ejaz Ahmed, Supervisor; Armin Hatefi, External Examiner (Memorial University of Newfoundland); and Tianyu Guan and Pouria Ramazi, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 5 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Anneliese von Eicken

    Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biotechnology

    Anneliese von Eicken, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Characterization of Negeviruses and insect virome interactions during co-infection in cell culture” on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 10:30 AM in WH147.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Ian Patterson, Supervisor; Laura Brettell, External Examiner (University of Salford, UK); and Aleksandar Necakov and Jeffrey Atkinson, Committee Members.

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