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Tuesday, May 11, 2021 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking — Encrypted Web Traffic Classification Using Deep Learning

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

Iman Akbari, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Raouf Boutaba

photo of Mike Schaekermann, Hong Zhou and Fiodar Kazhamiaka
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Mike Schaekermann, Hong Zhou and Fiodar Kazhamiaka win Cheriton Distinguished Dissertation Awards

Recent PhD graduates Mike Schaekermann, Hong Zhou and Fiodar Kazhamiaka have each received a Cheriton Distinguished Dissertation Award. Established in 2019, the dissertation award was created to recognize excellence in computer science doctoral research. In addition to the prestigious recognition, each awardee receives a cash prize of $1000.

photo of Nalin Chhibbers, Jessy Ceha and NAO, an educational robot
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Does a curious robot elicit curiosity and promote learning in humans?

Eliciting curiosity — the intrinsic desire to explore and to find new information — enhances learning, promotes information-seeking and improves memory. Understanding how to elicit and maintain curiosity in students could help us design educational robots that stimulate interest, engagement and a quest for knowledge.

Friday, May 7, 2021 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Machine Learning — The Boy Who Cried Wolf: On Precision in CAN Bus Intrusion Detection

Please note: This master’s research paper presentation will be given online. Please also note that the presentation time has been changed to 4:00 p.m.

Shikhar Sakhuja, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Sebastian Fischmeister

Friday, May 14, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence — Continuous Spatial and Temporal Representations in Machine Vision

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

Thomas Lu, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Chris Eliasmith

This thesis explores continuous spatial and temporal representations in machine vision. 

Thursday, May 20, 2021 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering — An Empirical Study on Bash Language Usage in Github

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

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

Supervisor: Professor Chengnian Sun

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking — Mobile Phone Depth Sensors for Forest Carbon Measurement

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

Amelia Holcomb, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Srinivasan Keshav, Tim Brecht

The monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of forest plots, especially their tree-trunk diameters, is critical to achieving both forest protection and reforestation goals. Today’s MRV processes are mostly manual, error-prone, and costly to carry out.