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Location: 
DC 2118

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Degree: Master’s

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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MMath alumni (since 1996)

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisors: Khuzaima Daudjee and Semih Salihoglu

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
Davis Centre

Degree: MMath

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: M. Tamer Özsu

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Maura R. Grossman

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3314

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Tamer Özsu

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DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Semih Salihoglu

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Charles Clarke

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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Ihab Ilyas

Alternate email address: oy.attia@gmail.com

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Degree: PhD

Supervisor: Ken Salem

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519-888-4567, ext. 37523
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 1311
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Affliated faculty

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Doctoral alumni

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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519-888-4567, ext. 38394
Location: 
DC 3314

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Ihab Ilyas

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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Charles Clarke

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Degree: PhD

Supervisor: Ihab Ilyas

Xu Chu is assistant professor in the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD in the Data Systems Lab at the University of Waterloo in 2017.
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Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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MMath alumni (since 1996)

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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MMath alumni (since 1996)

Degree: PhD

Supervisor: Aboulnaga

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Doctoral alumni

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Semih Salihoglu

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Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3301

Degree: PhD

Supervisor: Ilyas

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Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Ihab Ilyas

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisors: Charles Clarke and Mark Smucker

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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Graduate students
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Davis Centre 3301

Degree: PhD

Supervisors: Charlie Clarke and Mark Smucker

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Doctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 2118

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee 

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Davis Centre (DC) 2501
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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisors: Grant Weddell and David Toman

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Location: 
DC 3347
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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisors: Robin Cohen and Lukasz Golab

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Advisors: Ihab Ilyas and M. Tamer Özsu

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Research and postdoctoral fellows; Doctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Ihab Ilyas

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Degrees

  • BE, Computer Software, Tsinghua University (2014)
  • Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST (2019)

Research interests

  • Fundamental problems in database theory and their implications to practical systems
  • Massively parallel query processing
  • Dynamic query processing
  • Oblivious query processing

Publications

Xiao Hu on Google Scholar

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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Charles Clarke

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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Ken Salem

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519-888-4567, ext. 33145
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3348
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Faculty
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Semih Salihoglu

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Undergrad research assistant

Supervisor: Xi He

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Undergraduate research assistant

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Semih Salihoglu

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MMath alumni (since 1996)

Degree: Master’s

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
519-888-4567, ext. 38333
Location: 
DC 2531

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Ken Salem
 

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Frank Tompa

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Graduate students
519-888-4567, ext. 33509
Location: 
DC 3509

Degree: Master’s candidate
 
Supervisor
: Grant Weddell

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Xi He

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Graduate students
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3301

Degree: PhD
 
Supervisor:
Salem

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Doctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Tamer Özsu

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Graduate students
Location: 
Davis Centre

Degree: MMath

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
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Affliated faculty
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Ihab Ilyas

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Graduate students
519-888-4567, ext. 31104
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3601
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Faculty
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Charles Clarke

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students
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Degrees

  • BE, Information Science, PESIT, Bangalore (2014)
  • MSc, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (2017)
  • PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (2022) 

Research interests

  • Distributed data management, fault tolerance, data privacy & security
  • Designing, prototyping, and evaluating data management protocols that strike a balance between efficiency and security in both trusted and untrusted environments

Publications

Sujaya Maiyya on DBLP

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Faculty
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3301

Degree: MMath

Supervisor: Ken Salem

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 2120

Degree: PhD
 
Supervisors:
Lukasz Golab and Ihab Ilyas

Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Semih Salihoglu

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Graduate students
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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Mark Smucker

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Graduate students
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3301

Degree: PhD
 
Supervisor:
Salem

Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Xi He

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Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 2343
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Degree: PhD

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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Degree: Master’s

Supervisor: Ihab Ilyas

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Davis Centre (DC) 3350
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519-888-4567, ext. 32444
Location: 
Davis Centre 2115

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor:
Tamer Özsu

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Doctoral alumni

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Semih Salihoglu

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3342

Collobarates with M. Tamer Özsu

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Postdoctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students
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Location: 
DC 2531

Degree: Master’s candidate
 
Supervisor
: Grant Weddell

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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Charles Clarke

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Graduate students

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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Graduate students
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Location: 
DC 3314

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Grant Weddell and David Toman

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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Semih Salihoglu

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Location: 
DC 3313

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Ihab Ilyas

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Davis Centre (DC) 3512
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Faculty

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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Davis Centre (DC) 3301

Degree: PhD
 
Supervisor:
Ilyas

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Doctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Charles Clarke

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Graduate students
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Davis Centre (DC) 3301

Degree: MMath
 
Supervisor:
Lin

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MMath alumni (since 1996)

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Ken Salem

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Graduate students

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor:
Tamer Özsu

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Graduate students

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Gordon Cormack

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Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Xi He

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Carl Pollock Hall (CPH) 3624
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Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Mark Smucker

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
DC 3548F

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Charles Clarke

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Davis Centre (DC) 3344
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Davis Centre (DC) 1313
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Faculty
Location: 
DC 3517

Collaborates with Semih Salihoglu

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Research and postdoctoral fellows

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Graduate students
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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
DC 3546

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Charles Clarke

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Doctoral alumni

Degree: Master’s

Supervisor: Maura R. Grossman

Graduation date: Fall 2021

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
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Davis Centre (DC) 3146
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DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisors: Jimmy Lin and Yaoliang Yu

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisors: Charles Clarke and Mark Smucker

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MMath alumni (since 1996)
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Lukasz Golab

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Graduate students
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Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Mark Smucker

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Graduate students
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3548

Degree: PhD
 
Supervisor:
Smucker & Cormack

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Doctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Xi He

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Graduate students
519-888-4567, ext. 38217
Location: 
Davis Centre (DC) 3343
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Postdoctoral alumni
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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519-888-4567, ext. 32444
Location: 
DC 2115

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Tamer Özsu

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3517

Collobarates with M. Tamer Özsu

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Research and postdoctoral fellows
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

Collaborates with Semih Salihoglu

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Research and postdoctoral fellows
Location: 
DC 2550

Degree: Master's candidate
 
Supervisor:
Maura R. Grossman

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3626

Collaborates with Jimmy Lin

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Research and postdoctoral fellows
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Ken Salem

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Graduate students

Degree: Master’s candidate
 
Supervisor:
 Semih Salihoglu

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3626

Collaborates with Jimmy Lin

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Research and postdoctoral fellows
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor:
Tamer Özsu

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Graduate students

Degree: Master's candidate
 
Supervisor
: Charles Clarke

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Graduate students

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: M. Tamer Özsu

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate
 
Supervisor:
Tamer Özsu

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Graduate students

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Charles Clarke

Group(s): 
Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate
 
Supervisor:
Semih Salihoglu

Degree: PhD candidate
 
Supervisor
: Charles Clarke

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master’s candidate
 
Supervisor:
Semih Salihoglu

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Graduate students
Location: 
CPH 3626

Degree: Master's candidate
 
Supervisor
: Mark Smucker

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master's candidate
 
Supervisor:
Lukasz Golab

Degree: PhD candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 3301

Degree: Master's candidate
 
Supervisor:
Charlie Clarke

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Graduate students

Degree: Master's candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students
Location: 
DC 2115

Degree: Master’s candidate

Supervisor: Khuzaima Daudjee

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Graduate students

Degree: Master's candidate

Supervisor: Jimmy Lin

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Graduate students