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Thursday, December 18, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Grounded or Guessing? An Empirical Evaluation of LLM Reasoning in Agentic Workflows for Root Cause Analysis in Cloud-Based Systems

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in E7 5419 and online.

Evelien Riddell, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Krzysztof Czarnecki

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Contextual AI: Integrating Macro-Context with Transformer Architectures for Social Media Analysis, Federated Learning, and Recommender Systems

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Liam Hebert, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Robin Cohen, Lukasz Golab

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defence • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Practically Efficient Protocols for Private Computation using Homomorphic Encryption

Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 3317 and online.

Rasoul Akhavan Mahdavi, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Florian Kerschbaum

Friday, January 16, 2026 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence • Integrating Symbolic Reasoning into Large Language Models

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

Varun Dhanraj, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Chris Eliasmith

Friday, January 30, 2026 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defence • Algorithms and Complexity | Quantum Computing • Lower Bounds on Average-Case and Non-Local Quantum Computation

Please note: This PhD defence will take place in QNC 2101 and online.

Vahid Reza Asadi, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Richard Cleve, Mohammad Hajiabadi