Articles tagged with: Thesis defence

  • Oct 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Nima Vaez-zadeh Asadi

    Master of Science thesis defence in Earth Sciences

    Nima Vaez-zadeh Asadi, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will defend his thesis titled: “Ocean warming, acidification, and chemistry of the South Pacific & North Atlantic: a brachiopod investigation” on Wednesday, October 2 at 11:30 AM, in TH306.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Uwe Brand, Supervisor; Karem Azmy, External Examiner (Memorial University, NL); and John Menzies and Martin Head, Committee Members.

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  • Oct 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Jaskaran Maan

    Master of Science thesis defence in Physics

    Jaskaran Maan, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “mKdV Loop Travelling Waves and Interactions of Loop Solitons ” on Wednesday, October 2 at 11 AM., in MC D303.

    The examination committee includes Robson De Grande, Chair; Stephen Anco, Supervisor; Alexander Bihlo, External Examiner (Memorial University, NL); and Edward Sternin and Barak Shoshany, Committee Members.

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  • Oct 1 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Nazanin Mehregan

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Nazanin Mehregan, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “GNN-based Handover Management in 5G Vehicular Networks ” on Tuesday, October 1 at 11:30 AM, in MC J404.

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

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  • Sept 25 – Doctoral Thesis Defence – Jae Jung

    Doctoral Thesis Defence in Biological Sciences

     

    Jae Jung, a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Investigating Neuromodulator Mechanisms of Cotransmitter Proctolin in Drosophila Neuromuscular Junctions” on Wednesday, September 25 at 10:30 AM, in PL601C.

    The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Joffre Mercier, Supervisor; Jean-Paul V. Paluzzi, External Examiner (York University); and Ping Liang and Stefan Brudzynski, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 24 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Antor Mahmud

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Antor Mahmud, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning on Knowledge Graph Embeddings via Contrastive Alignment ” on Tuesday, September 24 at 10 AM., in PL600F.

    The examination committee includes Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Chair; Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisor; Glaucio H.S. de Carvalho, External Examiner (Brock University); and Brian Ross and Robson de Grande, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 23 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Reza Miry

    Master of Science thesis defence in Statistics

    Reza Miry, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, will defend his thesis titled “Time Series Prediction: HMMs with TAN and Bayesian Network

    Observation Structures” on Monday, September 23 at 9:30 AM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Stephen Anco, Chair; Pouria Ramazi and Tianyu Guan, Co-Supervisors; Rahul G. Krishnan, External Examiner (University of Toronto); and William Marshall and Xiaojian Xu, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 20 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Nicole Brauch

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biotechnology

    Nicole Brauch, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “The use of immobilized caffeine aptamers in decaffeination & Roles of co-precipitants in the precipitation of DNA” on Friday, September 20 at 1 PM., in MCJ 404.

    The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Hongbin (Tony) Yan, Supervisor; Juewen Liu, External Examiner (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Waterloo); and Aleksandar Necakov and Jeffrey Atkinson, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 18 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Assmaa El Khal

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biotechnology

    Assmaa El Khal, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Insect-specific viruses: infection rates and routes of transmission in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes” on Wednesday, September 18 at 2:30 PM., in PLZ 600F.

    The examination committee includes Uwe Brand, Chair; Ian Patterson, Supervisor; Ana Sanchez, External Examiner (Department of Health Sciences, Brock University); and Charles Despres and Fiona Hunter, Committee Members.

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  • Sept 16 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Lasith Chamindu Pranath Pussella

    Master of Science thesis defence in Statistics

    Lasith Chamindu Pranath Pussella, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will defend his thesis titled “Simulation for Cricket: A Machine Learning Approach” on Monday, September 16 at 11 AM., in MC J404.

    The examination committee includes Yifeng Li, Chair; S. Ejaz Ahmed and Tianyu Guan, Co-Supervisors; Taylor McKee, External Examiner (Department of Sport Management, Brock University); and William Marshall, Committee Member.

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  • Sept 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Raissa Sultana

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biotechnology

    Raissa Sultana, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Investigation of potential Z-DNA binding proteins in Halobacter salinarum & Preparation and characterization of DNA samples ” on Friday, September 13 at 8:30 AM., in PLZ 600F.

    The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Tony Yan, Supervisor; Katherine Bujold, External Examiner (McMaster University); and Aleksandar Necakov and Vaughn Mangal, Committee Members.

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