Events by month

Candidate: Radi Abubaker

Topic: Analog and Digital Relay-Attack Prevention utilizing Physical-Layer Security

Date: December 1, 2022

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: E5 4047

Supervisor(s): Gong, Guang

The Chair of the Committee is Professor Janet Boekhorst of the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.

Name: Shizhe Lin

Date: Dec 1, 2022

Time: 3:00pm

Location: online

Supervisor: Dr. Ladan Tahvildari

Title: FlaKat: A Machine Learning-Based Categorization Framework for Flaky Tests

The University of Waterloo along with the IEEE KW Section invites you to a seminar: “Surviving and thriving in today's workplace: A few tips to manage professional development & career security” by Bala Prasanna.

Date: December 1, 2022

Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: online (see full details below)

Abstract:

Workplace habits and expectations have changed significantly in the last several years. Surviving and thriving depends on your ability to grasp the broader picture and hone some essential skills.

Candidate: Alex Lovi

Topic: Multiple Model Reference Adaptive Control with Blending

Date: December 2, 2022

Time: 9:00 AM

Place: EIT 3151-53

Supervisor(s): Nielsen, Christopher - Fidan, Baris

The Chair of the Committee is Professor Nima Maftoon of the Systems Design Engineering department.

Candidate: Mohamed Radwan
Topic: Protection of multi-terminal HVDC grids
Date: December 5, 2022
Time: 11:30 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Pirooz Azad, Sahar

The Chair of the Committee is Professor Hyock Ju Kwon of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering.

Name: Omer Elghalhoud

Date: Dec 5, 2022

Time: 1:00pm

Location: EIT 3141

Supervisors: Sagar, Naik

Title: Data Balancing and Hyper-parameter Optimization for Machine Learning Algorithms for Secure IoT Networks

Abstract: 

Candidate: Chien-Chih Chen
Topic: Exploring How Incentive Mechanisms Could Benefit Blockchains and Their Applications
Date: December 6, 2022
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Golab, Wojciech

The Chair of the Committee is Professor Kyle J. Daun of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering.
 

Candidate: Chunyu Mao
Title: Scaling Permissioned Blockchains via Sharding
Date: December 8, 2022
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Golab, Wojciech

Abstract:

Candidate: Ahmed Fahmy

Topic: Recoverable Mutual Exclusion in Detectable Lock-Based Data Structures

Date: December 9, 2022

Time: 9:30 AM

Place: EIT 3151-53

Supervisor(s): Golab, Wojciech

The Chair of the Committee is Professor Giovanni Cascante of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Candidate: Burak Tekcan
Title: III-V Semiconductor Nanowire Avalanche Photodiodes
Date: December 9, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: EIT 3141
Supervisor(s): Ban, Dayan - Reimer, Michael

Abstract:

Name: Farhana Priana

Date: Dec 9, 2022

Time: 3:00pm

Location: Teams

Supervisors: Sheshakamal, Jayaram

Title: Thermal Aging Time-temperature Effects on Low Voltage EPR/XLPE Insulated Cables

Name: Yifan Cai

Date: Dec 12, 2022

Time: 1:00pm

Location: online

Supervisors: Stephan Smith

Title: Online Scheduling of Operator Assistance for Multi-Robot Teams with Uncertain Robot Capabilities and Environments

Name: Hoda Barkhordar-pour

Date: Dec 13, 2022

Time: 3:00pm

Location: Teams

Supervisors: Slim, Boumaiza, Patrick Mitran

Title: Realtime Hardware Implementation of Digital Predistortion Technique for MIMO Transmitters

Name: Fangzheng Huang

Date: Dec 15, 2022

Time: 10:00am

Location: online

Supervisors: Dayan Ban

Title: Cyclic Style Generative Adversarial Network for Near Infrared and Visible Light Face Recognition

Name: Nova Alam

Venue:  Zoom https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/98494013736?pwd=L3JWN0cybEo2ck1XNkZuLytHaEVaQT09

Date: Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 

Time: 2 pm

Supervisor: Prof. Alfred Yu

Title: Pressure Wave Velocity Using High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging for Urodynamic Study 

Name: Xikai Tang

Date: Dec 23, 2022

Time: 2:00pm

Location: online

Supervisors: Dayan Ban, Zhou, Wang