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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 — 10:30 AM EDT
Candidate
Jude Arun Selvan Jesuthasan
Title
Incremental Timing Driven Placement with Displacement Constraint
Supervisor
Andrew Kennings
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Khaled Saleh
Topic
Protection Strategies for Low-Voltage Direct Current Grids
Supervisor
Ehab El-Saadany
Background subjects
- Distribution System Protection
- DC Distribution
- Wavelet Transform
- Microgrids
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Shihan Sajeed
Topic
Scrutinizing the security of practical quantum key distribution systems
Supervisors
Vadim Makarov (Physics and Astronomy) and Christopher Wilson
Background subjects
- Quantum optics
- Quantum key distribution protocols
- Mixed signal electronics
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Ramy Medhat
Topic
Adaptive Approaches to Power Management
Supervisors
Sebastian Fischmeister and Borzoo Bonakdarpour (Computer Science)
Background subjects
- Core Algorithms and Data Structures
- Embedded Systems
- Operating Systems
- Computer Architecture
Thursday, June 4, 2015 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Safoan Alhalali
Topic
Situation Assessment For Electric Distribution Systems
Supervisor
Ramadan El-Shatshat
Background subjects
- Distributed Generation (DG)
- Distribution Systems
- State Estimation
- Filtering
Thursday, June 4, 2015 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Fraser Cameron, University of Texas at El Paso, United States
Topic
The Artificial Pancreas: Algorithms, Results, and Considerations in Controlling Blood Glucose Levels in People with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 — 1:30 PM EDT
Candidate
Shahin Solki
Title
Voltage-variation aware multi-mode timing closure of high-performance cores
Supervisor
Manoj Sachdev
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 — 9:15 AM EDT
Candidate
Pansy Arafa
Topic
Time-aware Dynamic Binary Instrumentation
Supervisor
Sebastian Fischmeister
Background subjects
- Real-time Systems
- Embedded Systems
- Program Instrumentation
- Empirical Performance Analysis
- Compilers
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 — 10:30 AM EDT
Candidate
Ameena Saad Sultan S. Alsumaiti
Title
Power Generation Shortage in Developing Countries: Restrictions, Challenges and Proposed Solutions
Supervisor
Magdy Salama