Robert Morabito, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Rating the Pitch, Not the Product: User Evaluations of LLMs Reflect Expectations More Than Performance” on Wednesday, October 14 from 9 am to 11 am. The defence will take place in CRN 527.
The examination committee includes: Ke Qiu, Chair; Yifeng Li, External Examiner; Ali Emami, Supervisor; Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisory Committee Member.
Computer Science, FMS, MSc
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Sara Mazaheri, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Structure-Aware Retrieval for Multi-Hop Question Answering” on Thursday, October 1 from 10:15 am to 12:15 pm. The defence will take place in MC D435.
The examination committee includes: Sheridan Houghten, Chair; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, External Examiner; Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisor; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Supervisory Committee Member.
Computer Science, Defence, FMS, MSc
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Frédérik Rivard, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Characterization of 7 Niagara-isolated Saccharomyces uvarum strains in chardonnay wine fermentation” on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes: Adonis Skandalis, Chair; Vivien Measday (University of British Columbia), External Examiner; Debbie Inglis, Supervisor; Jeff Stuart and Jennifer Kelly, Supervisory Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Kazi Nishat Anwar, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Adaptive Force-Directed Graph Drawing: Structure-Aware Methods and Reinforcement Learning-Based Parameter Control” on Friday, Sept. 25 at 1:00pm – 3:30 pm in Plaza 410.
The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Yifeng Li (Brock University), External Examiner; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisor; Sheridan Houghten, Supervisory Committee Member.
Computer Science, FMS, Thesis defence
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Jimit Patel, a Master of Science in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Computational Analysis of Donor- and Acceptor-Side Redox Tuning in Far-red-light Acclimated Photosystem I” on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm in Plaza 601C.
The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Ryan J. MacDonell (Dalhousie University), External Examiner; Divya Matta, Supervisor; Jeffrey Atkinson and Jasneet Kaur, Supervisory Committee Members.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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Julio Treviño Silva, a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend the thesis titled “Fluorosilicones: A Route Towards Superhydrophobicit” on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes: Val Fajardo, Chair; Andrew Vreugdenhil (Trent University), External Examiner; Amir Mofidi, Internal Examiner; Paul Zelisko, Supervisor; Melanie Pilkington and Travis Dudding, Supervisory Committee Members.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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Mohammad Istiaq Uddin, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Hamiltonian Cycle Reconfiguration in Even Staircase Grid Graphs” on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 9:30 am – 11:30 am in MC D400.
The examination committee includes: Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Chair; Sheridan Houghten (Brock University), External Examiner; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisor; Ke Qiu, Supervisory Committee Member.
Computer Science, FMS, Thesis defence
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Chrishtina Tharushi Fernandopulle, a Master of Science in Statistics candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Structure Learning in Bayesian Networks: From Personality Modeling to Scalable Algorithms” on Monday, Sept. 21 at 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm in Plaza 601C.
The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jingjing Wu (University of Calgary), External Examiner; Xiaojian Xu, Supervisor; Pouria Ramazi, Supervisory Committee Member.
FMS, Mathematics & Statistics, Thesis defence
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Nicholas Mackie, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Effect of Pruning and Shoot Thinning on the Physiology and Cost of Production of Pinot noir in Ontario, Canada” on Tuesday, September 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Justin Scheiner (Texas A&M University), External Examiner; Jim Willwerth, Supervisor; Jennifer Kelly and Wendy McFadden-Smith, Supervisory Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Seyedeh Ava Razi Razavi, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Generating Realistic Labeled Graphs with Conditional Generative Models” on Thursday, September 10 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 601C.
The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Yifeng Li (Brock University), External Examiner; Renata Queiroz Dividino and Sheridan Houghten, Co-Supervisors; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisory Committee Member.
Computer Science, FMS, Thesis defence
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