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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

MASc seminar - Mark Stephen Dittmer

Candidate

Mark Stephen Dittmer

Title

The UNIX Process Identity Crisis: A Standards-Driven Approach to Setuid

Supervisor

Mahesh Tripunitara

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Student Motivation for Learning

What motivates student learning? Can instructors influence the motivation levels of their students?

Students in class

Some theorists believe that motivation for learning is impacted by two factors:

1. Student beliefs about their ability to succeed in the learning task (expectancy)

2. The perceived importance of the learning (value).

Friday, October 31, 2014 10:15 am - 10:15 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

MASc seminar - Daniel Saari

Candidate

Daniel Saari

Title

Op Amp Design in Nanoscale Processes Using Fixed-Length Devices

Supervisor

David Nairn

Friday, October 31, 2014 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

MASc seminar - Steven Petten

Candidate

Steven Petten

Title

Theoretical and Experimental Study to Improve Antenna Performance Using a Resonant Choke Structure

Supervisor

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Monday, November 3, 2014 11:00 am - 11:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Seminar - Dr. Joshua K. H. Wong

Speaker

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

Topic

Characteristics Mode Based MIMO Antenna System Design

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD comprehensive examination - Jinqiu Yang

Candidate

Jinqiu Yang

Topic

Automated Patch Generation: Learning from History

Supervisor

Lin Tan

Background subjects

  • Automated Program Repair
  • Static Program Analysis
  • Software Reliability
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Seminar - Rushdi Shams

Speaker

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

Topic

Identification of Informativeness in Text using Natural Language Stylometry

Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:30 am - 9:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD comprehensive examination - Alireza Khosropour

Candidate

Alireza Khosropour

Topic

Thin Film Silicon Based Near Infrared Photodetectors

Supervisor

Andrei Sazonov

Background subjects

  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Microfabrication
  • Optoelectronics
Monday, November 10, 2014 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

MASc seminar - Alireza Mortezaei

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

Monday, November 10, 2014 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

MASc seminar - Humayra Naosaba

Candidate

Humayra Naosaba

Title

Negative Material Inspired Microwave Water Heating System

Supervisor

Omar Ramahi