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Wednesday, May 20, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Programming Languages • Type-Preserving, Dependence-Aware Guide Generation for Sound, Effective Amortized Probabilistic Inference

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Jianlin Li, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yizhou Zhang

Friday, May 22, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • Fast Kubernetes Orchestration for Dynamic and Ephemeral Workloads

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 1304.

Ali Abbasi Alaei, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Martin Karsten

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Pluralistic Alignment in Recursive Retraining of Generative Models

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

Ali Falahati, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Lukasz Golab

Thursday, May 28, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human–Computer Interaction • Investigating Osu!: Exploring a Community who Exhibit Extreme Input Performance

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317.

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

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Vogel

Friday, May 15, 2026 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • From User-Plane Telemetry to Closed-Loop Control: NWDAF-Enabled Automation in 5G Networks

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Fatemeh Shafiei Ardestani, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Raouf Boutaba

Thursday, May 14, 2026 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • Multi-Connectivity and L4S in 5G Radio Access Networks: Throughput Enhancement and Low-Latency Delivery

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Amirmohammad Ghasemi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Raouf Boutaba

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Investigating LLM’s Knowledge about English G2P Rules and Phonetics with Pseudo-words

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

Sheng Yao, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Freda Shi