I2S Masters/ Doctoral Theses
All students and faculty are welcome to attend the final defense of I2S graduate students completing their M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. Defense notices for M.S./Ph.D. presentations for this year and several previous years are listed below in reverse chronological order.
Students who are nearing the completion of their M.S./Ph.D. research should schedule their final defenses through the EECS graduate office at least THREE WEEKS PRIOR to their presentation date so that there is time to complete the degree requirements check, and post the presentation announcement online.
Upcoming Defense Notices
Past Defense Notices
Grace Young
Quantum Polynomial-Time Reduction for the Dihedral Hidden Subgroup ProblemWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246
Degree Type:
PhD Dissertation DefenseCommittee Members:
Perry Alexander, ChairEsam El-Araby
Matthew Moore
Cuncong Zhong
KC Kong
Daniel Herr
Information Theoretic Physical Waveform Design with Application to Waveform-Diverse Adaptive-on-Transmit RadarWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
James Stiles, ChairChris Allen
Shannon Blunt
Carl Leuschen
Chris Depcik
Rachel Chang
Designing Pseudo-Random Staggered PRI SequencesWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Shannon Blunt, ChairChris Allen
James Stiles
Fatima Al-Shaikhli
Fiber Property Characterization based on ElectrostrictionWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall 250 | Gemini Room
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Ron Hui, ChairShannon Blunt
Shima Fardad
Venkata Nadha Reddy Karasani
Implementing Web Presence For The History Of Black WritingWhen & Where:
LEEP2, Room 1415
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Drew Davidson, ChairPerry Alexander
Hossein Saiedian
Sohaib Kiani
Exploring Trustworthy Machine Learning from a Broader Perspective: Advancements and InsightsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall 250 | Gemini Room
Degree Type:
PhD Dissertation DefenseCommittee Members:
Bo Luo, ChairAlex Bardas
Fengjun Li
Cuncong Zhong
Xuemin Tu
Oluwanisola Ibikunle
DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR RADAR ECHOGRAM LAYER TRACKINGWhen & Where:
Richard K. Moore Conference Room
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Shannon Blunt, ChairCarl Leuschen
Jilu Li
James Stiles
Chris Depcik
Prashanthi Mallojula
On the Security of Mobile and Auto Companion AppsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall 246 | Executive Conference Room
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Bo Luo, ChairAlex Bardas
Fengjun Li
Hongyang Sun
Huazhen Fang
Michael Nieses
Trustworthy Measurements of a Linux Kernel and Layered Attestation via a Verified MicrokernelWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Perry Alexander, ChairDrew Davidson
Matthew Moore
Cuncong Zhong
Corey Maley
Blake Douglas Bryant
Building Better with Blocks – A Novel Secure Multi-Channel Internet Memory Information Control (S-MIMIC) Protocol for Complex Latency Sensitive ApplicationsWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
PhD Dissertation DefenseCommittee Members:
Hossein Saiedian, ChairArvin Agah
Perry Alexander
Bo Luo
Reza Barati