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Wednesday, August 9, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Formal Methods • Improvements to Many-Sorted Finite Model Finding using SMT Solvers

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2564.

Owen Zila, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Nancy Day

Thursday, July 27, 2023 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Human-Computer Interaction • Generating Novel Document Representations Informed by Theory

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Damien Masson, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel, Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria

Monday, July 24, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Data Systems • An Overview and Introduction to ARM, an Abstract Relational Model

Please note: This master’s research paper presentation will take place online.

Steph McIntyre, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors David Toman, Grant Weddell

photo of Professor Peter A. Buhr in the Davis Centre
Friday, July 14, 2023

Peter A. Buhr receives 2023 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching

Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Peter A. Buhr has won a Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching. Each year, up to two awards are conferred to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding pedagogical skills and a deep commitment to education of students.

Thursday, July 13, 2023 9:00 pm - 11:59 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence • Software Engineering | Software Testing • Assessing the Reliability of Deep Learning Applications

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online. Also note the atypical start time — 9:00 p.m.

Yongqiang Tian, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Chengnian Sun

Friday, July 28, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human-Computer Interaction • The Unspoken Rules of Engagement: Understanding the Impact of Social Norm Violations in Human-Robot Interactions

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2102 and online.

Steven Lawrence, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Kerstin Dautenhahn, Jesse Hoey

As robots increasingly permeate diverse domains such as healthcare, education, service industries, and domestic environments, the significance of understanding and navigating human-robot interactions intensifies.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Bioinformatics • Repeat-Preserving Decoy Database for False Discovery Rate Estimation in Peptide Identification

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Johra Muhammad Moosa, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Bin Ma

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • DAD Knows Best: Mitigating Adversarial Examples via Deep Adversarial Distillation

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Andre Kassis, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Urs Hengartner