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
Vinay Kumar Reddy Budideti
NutriBot: An AI-Powered Personalized Nutrition Recommendation Chatbot Using RasaWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairVictor Frost
Prasad Kulkarni
Arun Kumar Punjala
Deep Learning-Based MRI Brain Tumor Classification: Evaluating Sequential Architectures for Diagnostic AccuracyWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Dongjie Wang
Ganesh Nurukurti
Customer Behavior Analytics and Recommendation System for E-CommerceWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Han Wang
Mahmudul Hasan
Assertion-Based Security Assessment of Hardware IP Protection MethodsWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Tamzidul Hoque, ChairEsam El-Araby
Sumaiya Shomaji
Masoud Ghazikor
Distributed Optimization and Control Algorithms for UAV Networks in Unlicensed Spectrum BandsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Morteza Hashemi, ChairVictor Frost
Prasad Kulkarni
Past Defense Notices
Srijanya Chetikaneni
Plant Disease Prediction Using Transfer LearningWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Han Wang
Rahul Purswani
Finetuning Llama on custom data for QA tasksWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairDrew Davidson
Prasad Kulkarni
Ahmet Soyyigit
Anytime Computing Techniques for LiDAR-based Perception In Cyber-Physical SystemsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
PhD Dissertation DefenseCommittee Members:
Heechul Yun, ChairMichael Branicky
Prasad Kulkarni
Hongyang Sun
Shawn Keshmiri
Rithvij Pasupuleti
A Machine Learning Framework for Identifying Bioinformatics Tools and Database Names in Scientific LiteratureWhen & Where:
LEEP2, Room 2133
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
Cuncong Zhong, ChairDongjie Wang
Han Wang
Zijun Yao
Vishnu Chowdary Madhavarapu
Automated Weather Classification Using Transfer LearningWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Degree Type:
MS Project DefenseCommittee Members:
David Johnson, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Dongjie Wang
Rokunuz Jahan Rudro
Using Machine Learning to Classify Driver Behavior from Psychological Features: An Exploratory StudyWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 1A
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Sumaiya Shomaji, ChairDavid Johnson
Zijun Yao
Alexandra Kondyli
Md Mashfiq Rizvee
Energy Optimization in Multitask Neural Networks through Layer SharingWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Sumaiya Shomaji, ChairTamzidul Hoque
Han Wang
Fairuz Shadmani Shishir
Parameter-Efficient Computational Drug Discovery using Deep LearningWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Sumaiya Shomaji, ChairTamzidul Hoque
Hongyang Sun
Soma Pal
Truths about compiler optimization for state-of-the-art (SOTA) C/C++ compilersWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
PhD Comprehensive DefenseCommittee Members:
Prasad Kulkami, ChairEsam El-Araby
Drew Davidson
Tamzidul Hoque
Jian Yunfeng
Nyamtulla Shaik
AI Vision to Care: A QuadView of Deep Learning for Detecting Harmful Stimming in AutismWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Degree Type:
MS Thesis DefenseCommittee Members:
Sumaiya Shomaji, ChairBo Luo
Dongjie Wang