Events by month

Speaker

Dr. Joshua K. H. Wong
Manager, Antenna Design Team
BlackBerry

Topic

Characteristics Mode Based MIMO Antenna System Design

Abstract

Candidate

Jinqiu Yang

Topic

Automated Patch Generation: Learning from History

Supervisor

Lin Tan

Background subjects

Automated Program Repair Static Program Analysis Software Reliability

Speaker

Rushdi Shams, Ph.D. Researcher, Computational Linguistics Lab, Western University

Topic

Identification of Informativeness in Text using Natural Language Stylometry

Abstract

Candidate

Alireza Khosropour

Topic

Thin Film Silicon Based Near Infrared Photodetectors

Supervisor

Andrei Sazonov

Background subjects

Semiconductor Devices Microfabrication Optoelectronics

Candidate

Alireza Mortezaei

Title

Exploring the Tight Asymptotic Bounds of the Trade-off Between Query Anonymity & Communication Cost in Wireless Sensor Network

Supervisors

Mahesh Tripunitara and Gordon Agnew

Abstract

Candidate

Humayra Naosaba

Title

Negative Material Inspired Microwave Water Heating System

Supervisor

Omar Ramahi

Abstract

Candidate

Christopher Charles Scott

Topic

High spatial resolution direct conversion digital x-ray imaging using hybrid selenium-CMOS detectors

Supervisor

Karim Karim

Background subjects

X-ray physics Semiconductors Applied linear systems theory Physical optics

Speaker (4:00 - 4:30)

Yun-Qian Miao

Topic

Discriminative Density Ratio for Classification Domain Adaptation

Abstract

Candidate

Alfredo Vaccaro

Topic

Affine Arithmetic for Optimal Power Flow Analysis in the presence of Data Uncertainty

Supervisor

Claudio Canizares

Background subjects

Power system analysis Power system operation Uncertainty analysis

Candidate

Zijian Yan

Topic

The Advanced Side Channel Analysis of Cryptographic Devices

Supervisor

Catherine Gebotys

Background subjects

Side channel analysis Digital signal tranforms Cryptography

Candidate

Ali Hooshyar

Title

Protection of Renewable Energy Systems

Supervisor

Ehab El-Saadany

Abstract

Candidate

Mitra Nasresfahani

Title

Design and Fabrication of Centre Frequency and Bandwidth Tunable Cavity Filters

Supervisor

Raafat Mansour

Abstract

Candidate

Fei Huo

Title

Active Eavesdropping in FHSS RFID Systems

Supervisor

Guang Gong

Abstract

Candidate

Nan Cheng

Topic

Exploring Opportunistic Spectrum for Vehicular Communication Networks

Supervisor

Sherman Shen

Background subjects

Vehicular Communications network Recourse Allocation Traffic load balancing Modeling and Performance analysis

Candidate

Qiang Ye

Topic

Cognitive Medium Access Control for Mobile Ad hoc Networks

Supervisor

Weihua Zhuang

Background subjects

Medium access control Mobile ad hoc networks Quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning Node mobility management

Candidate

Meysam Shahrbaf Motlagh

Title

Lossy Joint Source-Channel Coding for Energy Harvesting Communication Systems

Supervisor

Patrick Mitra

Abstract

Candidate

Majid Lafi Altamimi

Title

A Task Offloading Framework for Energy Saving on Mobile Devices using Cloud Computing

Supervisor

Kshirasagar Naik

Abstract

Candidate

Zhongming Zheng

Title

Resource Management in Green Wireless Communication Networks

Supervisor

Sherman Shen

Abstract

Candidate

Jonathan Feng-Shun Lin

Topic

Motion Segmentation using Segment Point and Primitive Modelling for Rehabilitation Exercises

Supervisor

Dana Kulic

Background subjects

Time-series data analysis Classifiers Dimensionality reduction

Due to an unforseen circumstance, this seminar has been cancelled.

Speaker

Professor Ramavarapu "RS" Sreenivas,
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

Topic

On Supervisory Policies for Livelock Avoidance in Petri Net Models of Discrete State Systems

Candidate

Hamed Holisaz

Topic

Optimizing RF circuit topologies and integration techniques for low-cost scalable sub-THz array transmitter

Supervisor

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Background subjects

Radio Frequency (RF) circuits Microwave devices, circuits and systems Antennas and phased array systems

Candidate

Aidin Taeb

Title

A New Silicon-Based Dielectric Waveguide Technology for Millimeter-Wave/Terahertz Devices and Integrated Systems

Supervisors

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini and Mohamed Basha (Systems Design)

Abstract

Candidate

Ali-Akbar Samadani

Title

Automatic Recognition and Generation of Affective Movements

Supervisors

Robert Gorbet and Dana Kulic

Abstract

Candidate

Mohammad Hadi Zibaeenejad

Title

Weak Invariant Simulation and Analysis of Parameterized Networks

Supervisor

John Thistle

Abstract

Candidate

Zhongming Zheng

Title

Resource Management in Green Wireless Communication Networks

Supervisor

Sherman Shen

Abstract

Candidate

Jordan Francis Morris

Title

Design and Testing of a Bidirectional Smart Charger Prototype

Supervisors

Mehrdad Kazerani and Claudio Canizares

Abstract

Candidate

Augusto Oliveira

Title

Measuring and Predicting Computer Software Performance: Tools and Approaches

Supervisor

Sebastian Fischmeister

Abstract