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Tuesday, May 17, 2022 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Bioinformatics • Probabilistic Models of k-mer Frequencies

Please note: This seminar will be presented in person in DC 1304 as well as streamed online.

Broňa Brejová, Department of Computer Science
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Many successful tools in bioinformatics are based on working with k-mers, substrings of length k of the input sequences. In this talk, we will discuss two less-known areas where k-mers can be used.

Thursday, May 12, 2022 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Bioinformatics • MT-MAG: Accurate and Interpretable Machine Learning For Complete/Partial Taxonomic Assignments of Metagenome-assembled Genomes

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Wanxin Li, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Lila Kari, Yaoliang Yu

photo of Enamul Haque at computer monitor
Thursday, April 28, 2022

PhD student Enamul Haque member of research team using machine learning to help address stigma of substance abuse in developing nations

In developing countries, people with substance-abuse issues sometimes face shame and can find it difficult to get help. Now, a research team is using machine learning and anonymized data to get a clearer picture of the underlying factors that influence tendencies to abuse drugs and alcohol.

The research provides a rare insight into a somewhat neglected subject because of social and cultural taboos. The research team hopes their work can eventually make it easier for people to get help.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Recent PhD graduate Akshay Ramachandran awarded 2022 Cheriton Distinguished Dissertation Award and 2022 Mathematics Doctoral Prize

Akshay Ramachandran has received two awards for his doctoral research — the 2022 Cheriton Distinguished Dissertation Award as well as second place in the 2022 Mathematics Doctoral Prize for his thesis titled “Geodesic convex analysis of group scaling for the Paulsen problem and tensor normal model.”

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Quantum Computing • A Generalized Adversary Method for Quantum Query Complexity

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Rory Soiffer, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Shalev Ben-David

Quantum query complexity measures the minimum number of queries a quantum algorithm needs to make to some input string to compute a function of that input. Query complexity models are widely used throughout quantum computing, from setting limits on quantum algorithms to analyzing post-quantum cryptography.

Friday, April 29, 2022 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence • An Empirical Study of Scoring Functions for Learning Bayesian Networks in Model Averaging

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Alister Liao, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Peter van Beek