PhD Alumni List
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Summer
Last Name First Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Semester Year Almasi Hamidreza Balajee Vamanan Latency Optimization in Datacenters using Adaptive Transport and Reliable Training Summer 2023 Esmaeilpourcharan Sepideh Bing Liu Out-of-Distribution Detection and Generalized Class Discovery for Open-World Classification Summer 2023 Fan Ziwei Philip Yu Data Sarsity in Recommender Systems: Collaborative Neighbors Enrichment Amazon - Applied Scientist Summer 2023 Memarrast Omid Brian Ziebart Distributionally - Robust and Specification - Robust Fairness for Machine Learning Summer 2023 Nishimoto Arthur James Andy Johnson Collaborative Augmented Reality for Virtual Reality Display Wall Environments Northrop Grumman - Principal Software Engineer Summer 2023 Randolph David Barbara Di Eugenio Toward Actionable Computational Methods of Piano Fingering University of Illinois College of Medicine - Research Specialist Summer 2023 Sosea Tiberiu Cornelia Caragea Exploring Language-appropriatiate Inductive Biases for Emotion Detection Summer 2023 -
Spring
Last Name First Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Semester Year Bashiri Mohamad Ali Brian Ziebart Imitation Learning Under Suboptimal Demonstrations Microsoft - Data Scientist II Spring 2022 Huang He Philip Yu Label Scarcity in Computer Vision: From Long Tail to Zero-shot NVIDIA, Applied Research Scientist Spring 2022 Li Mao Xinhua Zhang Learning Structured Priors with Optimization Based Modeling Amazon - Applied Scientist II Spring 2022 Ma Yingyi Xinhua Zhang Learning Invariant Representation Through Warping Layers Meta, Research Scientist Spring 2022 Mallavarapu Aditi Krishna Leilah Lyons Formative Fugues: Conceptualizing Data-Driven Formative Feedback for Open-Ended Learning Environments Digital Promise - Post doctoral Researcher; Univ. of Pittsburgh - Visiting Researcher Spring 2022 Rezaei Ashkan Brian Ziebart Fairness for Distributionally Robust Learning CCC Intelligent Solutions - Research and Development Scientist Spring 2022 Xia Congying Philip Yu Natural Language Understanding for Conversational Agents Salesforce, Research Scientist Spring 2022 Xing Wei Brian Ziebart Adversarial Learning for Intractable Problems Spring 2022 Zhang Jianguo Philip Yu Towards Accurate and Smart Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems Salesforce, Research Scientist Spring 2022
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Fall
Last Name First Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Semester Year Ahsan Ragib Elena Zheleva Relational Causal Discovery with Cycles Pinterest - Software Engineer Fall 2022 Basu Nilanjana Jakob Eriksson Novel and Efficient Execution Models using Automatic Program Transformation Apple - Compiler Performance Engineer Fall 2022 Dou Yingtong Philip Yu Robust Graph Learning for Misbehavior Detection Visa Inc. - Research Scientist Fall 2022 Ma Nianzu Bing Liu Fine-Grained Semantic Novelty Detection University of Minnesota - Research Scientist Fall 2022 Novak John S Rober Kenyon Audio Expansion Techniques for Real-Time Communication and Intelligibility Enhancement Northrop Grumman - Microwave Design Engineer Fall 2022 -
Summer
Last Name First Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Semester Year Kumar Abhinav Bing Liu Towards a Context-Aware Intelligent Assistant for Multimodal Exploratory Visualization Dialogue Conversant - Decision Scientist Summer 2022 Jin Hongwei Xinhua Zhang Robust Learning on Graphs Argonne National Lab - Postdoctoral Researcher Summer 2022 Karami Soroush Jason Polakis Browser-Based Privacy-Invasive Attacks PayPal Summer 2022 Kumar Abhinav Barbara Di Eugenio Towards a Context0Aware Intelligent Assistant for Multimodal Epsilon - Decision Sciences; Conversant - Decision Scientist Summer 2022 Li Yingjie Cornelia Caragea Stance Detection on Social Media Summer 2022 Liu Zhiwei Philip Yu Deep Learning in recommender System: toward Structures and Sequences Salesforce - Research Scientist Summer 2022 Mohammadi Neshat Lev Reyzin Geometric Algorithms for Metric and Graph Learnings Stanford - Postdoc Summer 2022 Tran Christopher Elena Zheleva Beyond Model-free Estimation of Heterogenous Treatment Effects SIFT, Researcher Summer 2022 Wang Shen Philip Yu Broad Structural Representation Learning Amazon, Scientist and Researcher Summer 2022 Wen Zhongkai Lenore Zuck/ Ian Kash Anarchy and Fairness in Ride- Sharing System Capital One - Principal Quantitative Analyst Summer 2022 -
Spring
Last Name First Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Semester Year Bashiri Mohamad Ali Brian Ziebart Imitation Learning Under Suboptimal Demonstrations Microsoft - Data Scientist II Spring 2022 Huang He Philip Yu Label Scarcity in Computer Vision: From Long Tail to Zero-shot NVIDIA, Applied Research Scientist Spring 2022 Li Mao Xinhua Zhang Learning Structured Priors with Optimization Based Modeling Amazon - Applied Scientist II Spring 2022 Ma Yingyi Xinhua Zhang Learning Invariant Representation Through Warping Layers Meta, Research Scientist Spring 2022 Mallavarapu Aditi Krishna Leilah Lyons Formative Fugues: Conceptualizing Data-Driven Formative Feedback for Open-Ended Learning Environments Digital Promise - Post doctoral Researcher; Univ. of Pittsburgh - Visiting Researcher Spring 2022 Rezaei Ashkan Brian Ziebart Fairness for Distributionally Robust Learning CCC Intelligent Solutions - Research and Development Scientist Spring 2022 Xia Congying Philip Yu Natural Language Understanding for Conversational Agents Salesforce, Research Scientist Spring 2022 Xing Wei Brian Ziebart Adversarial Learning for Intractable Problems Spring 2022 Zhang Jianguo Philip Yu Towards Accurate and Smart Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems Salesforce, Research Scientist Spring 2022
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2021
Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Aurisano, Jillian Andy Johnson Interaction with Multiple Data Visualizations Through Natural Language Commands University of Cincinnati Bharadwaj, Krishna Andy Johnson Hybrid Collaborative Virtual Environments Chatterjee, Tanima Bhaskar DasGupta Two Novel Network Measures and Their Applications with a Case Student on ADHD for Human Brain Networks Postdoc at Yale University Gaurav, Sanket Brian Ziebart Teleoperation, Human Intent Predication and Imitation Learning Methods for Collaborative Robots Procter & Gamble Gupta, Itika Barbara Di Eugenio Modeling Health Coaching Dialogues for Behavioral Goal Extraction Amazon Mojab, Nooshin Philip Yu Deep Learning for Medical Imaging Najafi, Mehrnaz Philip Yu Error-Robust Learning LinkedIn Rezaei, Hamed Balajee Vamanan Adaptive Microburst Control Techniques in Incast-Heavy Networks Rockwell Automation Shi, Zhan Xinhua Zhang Distributional Adversarial Learning Zhang, Yiji Lenore Zuck Ensuring Correctness of Inter-Procedural Computer Optimizations Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology -
2020
Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Al-Qurashi, Zainab Brian Ziebart Robot-Human Mapping Model Learning for Robotic Imitation Using Deep Learning and Virtual Reality Higher College of Technology Alizadeh, Mehrdad Barbara Di Eugenio Enhancing Visual Question Answering with Linguistic Information Alourani, Abdullah Ajay Kshemkalyani Economically Deploying Applications in Elastic Clouds Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia Amini, Sarasadat Chris Kanich Deep Learning for Smartphone Security and Privacy Microsoft Balasubramani, Booma Isabel Cruz Down to Earth: Knowledge Based Approaches for Heterogenous Geospatial Data Management Microsoft Brugere, Ivan Tanya Berger-Wolf Network Structure Inference: Methodology and Applications Ganapathiraman, Vignesh Xinhua Zhang Convex Latent Representation Learning with Generalized Invariance Target Khan, Mohammad Taha Chris Kanich Enabling Retrospective Management of Data in the Cloud Washington and Lee University Momeni Milajerdi, Sadegh V.N. Venkatakrishnan Threat Detection Using Information Flow Analysis on Kernel Audits Logs Google Shu, Lei Bing Liu Deep Generation Techniques in Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems Amazon Sun, Lichao Philip Yu Mobile Privacy in Machine Learning Lehigh University Taheri, Aynaz Tanya Berger-Wolf Graph Representation Learning with Deep Recurrent Models Xu, Hu Philip Yu Lifelong Representation Learning for NLP Applications Facebook -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Acharya, Sabita Barbara Di Eugenio Generating Personalized Hospital-Stay Summaries for Patients Proctor & Gamble Aldakheel, Eman Ugo Buy Deadlock Detector and Solver (DDS) Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia Asif, Kaiser Newaj Brian Ziebart Adversarial Approach to Cost-Sensitive Classification and Sequence Tagging Dong, Bowen Philip Yu Broad Learning on Heterogeneous Data for Knowledge Fusion Shape Security Fathony, Rizal Brian Ziebart Performance-Aligned Learning Algorithms with Statistical Guarantees Carnegie Mellon University Jin, Yanzi Jakob Eriksson End-to-end Vehicle Tracking and Counting in Traffic Videos XNOR.ai Luciani, Timothy Liz Marai Problem-Driven Design Strategies for Scientific Data Visualization Conversant LLC Ma, Guixiang Philip Yu Learning from Brain Data for Neurological Disorder Analysis Intel Noroozi, Vahid Philip Yu Semi-Supervised Deep Representation Learning Perritano, Anthony Tom Moher Knowledge Places: Embedding Knowledge in the Space of the Classroom Roghanchi, Sepideh Jakob Eriksson Delegation Systems for Efficient and Safe Multi-Core Programming Wang, Shuai Bing Liu Target-Oriented Content and Sentiment Analysis Amazon Yahyanejad, Farzane Bhaskar DasGupta Curvature Analysis in Complex Networks: Theory and Application Zhang, Chenwei Philip Yu Structured Knowledge Discovery from Massive Text Corpus Amazon Zheng, Lei Philip Yu Deep Learning on Recommender Systems Pinterest -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Alhuzali, Abeer Adil V.N. Venkatakrishnan Automatic Exploit Generation for Web Applications AbdulAziz University, Saudi Arabia Amornbunchornvej, Chainarong Tanya Berger-Wolf Inference of Leadership of Coordinated Activity in Time Series National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Behpour, Sima Brian Ziebart Adversarial Structural Learning: Approximating Training Data for Multi-Variate Predictions University of Pennsylvania Cao, Bokai Philip Yu Broad Learning for Healthcare Facebook Gerlich, Tomas Jakob Eriksson Rigid Multi-Motion Optical Flow Estimation HERE Technologies Han, Yanlin Piotr Gmytrasiewicz Symbolic and Neural Approaches for Learning Other Agents’ Intentional Motorola Labs Lewis, Michael Andrew Johnson A Distributed Graph Approach for Retrieving Linked RDF Data Using Supercomputing Systems Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Lewis University Li, Jia Brian Ziebart and Tanya Berger-Wolf Modeling Temporal and Structural Information in Time Series Salesforce Liu, Anqi Brian Ziebart Robust Prediction Methods for Covariate Shift and Active Learning Caltech Lu, Chun-Ta Philip Yu Broad Learning in Multiple Heterogenerous Domains Google Research Ma, Chihua Robert Kenyon & Liz Marai Visual Analysis Techniques for Dynamic Biological Networks Conversant Inc. Mateevitsi, Viktor Andrew Johnson Supporting Navigation with a Torso Wearable Tactile Display Spatial Canvas, Chicago Merrifield, Timothy Jakob Eriksson Towards High Performance Determinism for Multithreaded Programs Senior member of Technical staff Mobasheri, Nasim Bhaskar DasGupta Supporting Navigation with a Torso Wearable Tactile Display UIC Snyder, Peter Chris Kanich Improving Web Privacy and Security with a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Web API Brave Software Yavolovsky, Andrey A. Prasad Sistla, Milos Zefran Decision-Theoretic Monitoring of Cyber-Physical Systems Microsoft -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Ayala, Daniel Ouri Wolfson Spatio-temporal Matching for Urban Transportation Applications Chen, Xiangli Brian Ziebart Robust Structured Prediction for Process Data Amazon Robotics Febretti, Alessandro Andrew Johnson Mutliview Immersion in Hybrid Reality Environments Citadel LLC, Chicago Fei, Geli Bing Liu Open Classification and Change Detection in the Similarity Space Google Green, Nicholas Barbara Di Eugenio Example Based Pedagogical Strategies in a Computer Science Intelligent Tutoring System Uptake, Chicago Harsley, Rachel Barbara Di Eugenio Supporting Effective Collaborative Learning in a Computer Science Intelligent Tutoring System Google, Chicago Jimenez-Pazmino, Priscilla F. Leilah Lyons Engaging Emerging Professionals in Design: Devising Mobile Supports for Explainers at STEM Museums Notre Dame Lodhi, Muhammad Ajay Kshemkalyani Data Mining of High Dimensional Sparse Dataset: A Case Study of Nursing Electronic Health Records Allegis Group Mirrezaei, Seyed Iman Isabel Cruz Advancing Open Information Extraction Methods to Enrich Knowledge Bases medCPU, Inc. Monshizadeh, Maliheh V.N. Venkatakrishnan Inferring Specifications for Web Application Security Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Musa, A B M Jakob Eriksson Advanced Techniques for Mobile Localization and Tracking Amazon Srinivasan, Venkatakumar Bhaskar DasGupta Analysis of Privacy Measures for Multi-Agent and Networked Systems Xaptum, Chicago Wang, Fengjiao Philip Yu Data Analysis on Location-Based Social Networks Criteo Research Wang, Hong Brian Ziebart Adversarial Prediction Framework for Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing Metrics Wei, Xiaokai Philip Yu Unsupervised Feature Selection for Heterogeneous Data Facebook Zhang, Jiawei Philip Yu Fusion of Heterogeneous Social Networks for Synergistic Knowledge Discovery Florida State University Zhang, Jingyuan Philip Yu Information Network Modeling and Mining Baidu Research US -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Ben, Yue (Cindy) A. Prasad Sistla Model Checking Open Probabilistic Systems Using Hierarchical Probabilistic Automata Google Fei, Wenyuan Jon Solworth A Global Authentication System Hu, Qingbo Philip Yu Information Networks: Problems, Theories and Applications LinkedIn Li, Huayi Bing Liu Detecting Opinion Spam in Commercial Review Websites Google (Display Ads team) Monfort, Mathew Brian Ziebart Methods in Large Scale Inverse Optimal Control MIT Panella, Alessandro Piotr Gmytrasiewicz Multiagent Stochastic Planning with Bayesian Policy Recognition Facebook Shao, Weixiang Philip Yu Unsupervised Learning from Multi-View Data Google Shelley, Joey T Rene Leilah Lyons Technology Scaffolds Supporting Compromise in a Multivariate Problem Space Common Sensing, Boston Xie, Sihong Philip Yu Distilling Trustworthy Knowledge from Crowdsourced Data Lehigh University Monshizadeh, Maliheh V.N. Venkatakrishnan Inferring Specifications for Web Application Security Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Musa, A B M Jakob Eriksson Advanced Techniques for Mobile Localization and Tracking Amazon Srinivasan, Venkatakumar Bhaskar DasGupta Analysis of Privacy Measures for Multi-Agent and Networked Systems Xaptum, Chicago Wang, Fengjiao Philip Yu Data Analysis on Location-Based Social Networks Criteo Research Wang, Hong Brian Ziebart Adversarial Prediction Framework for Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing Metrics Wei, Xiaokai Philip Yu Unsupervised Feature Selection for Heterogeneous Data Facebook Zhang, Jiawei Philip Yu Fusion of Heterogeneous Social Networks for Synergistic Knowledge Discovery Florida State University Zhang, Jingyuan Philip Yu Information Network Modeling and Mining Baidu Research US -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Bui, Anh Huy Andrew Johnson OPTIQ: A Data Movement Optimization Framework for Data-centric Applications on Supercomputers Microsoft Cafaro, Francesco Leilah Lyons Using Framed Guessability to Design Gesture Suites
for Embodied InteractionIndiana University, Purdue Chen, Zhiyuan Bing Liu Lifelong Machine Learning for Topic Modeling and Classification Google Gnoli, Alessandro Tom Moher Nutella: The Construction and Enactment of Simulated Macroworlds Orbitz Hur, Hyejung Andrew Johnson Effective Space Organization Design for Large High-Resolution Environments LG Lin, Shuyang Philip Yu Information Diffusion in Online Social Network Facebook Maggioni, Marco Tanya Berger-Wolf Sparse Convex Optimization on GPUs Citadel LLC Wang, Jing Clement Yu Two Applications of Topic Models Conversant -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Biagioni, James Jakob Eriksson Inferring Semantic Information from User Mobility Data Amazon, Seattle (Logistics group) Chen, Lin Barbara Di Eugenio Towards Modeling Collaborative Task Oriented Multimodal Human-Human Dialogues Google, Seattle Dang, Tuan Nhon Leland Wilkinson Interactive Visual Analysis of Images EVL, UIC Gao, Wenxuan Philip Yu Selected Applications in Data Intensive Computing Yahoo Hossain, BM Mainul Mark Grechanik Enhancing Parallelism and Scalability of Database-Centric Applications
in Presence of Database DeadlocksMicrosoft, Redmond Jalal Alowibdi Ugo Buy Detecting Deception in Online Social Networks University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Kaligounder, Lakshmi Bhaskar DasGupta Global Stability of Financial Networks: Measures, Evaluations and Policy Implications Samsung Electronics, Bengaluru, India Kong, Xiangnan Philip Yu Modeling Big Data Variety with Graph Mining Techniques WPI Ma, Shuo Ouri Wolfson IIP: An Information Platform for Intelligent Transportation System at its Application Motorola mobility Labs, Silicon Valley Mukherjee, Arjun Bing Liu Probabilistic Models for Fine-Grained Opinion Mining: Algorithms and Applications University of Houston Petrov, Plamen Ugo Buy Multilevel Context-Aware Software Architecture Decision Framework with Probabilistic Graphical Models Deloitte Consulting Company, Chicago Reda, MHD Khairi Andrew Johnson Exploratory Visual Analysis in Large High-Resolution Display Environments Argonne Shen, Min Ajay Kshemkalyani Predicate Detection in Large-Scale Locality-Driven Networks LinkedIn, California Wang, Guan Philip Yu Graph-Based Approach on Social Data Mining LinkedIn -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Gondi, Kalpana A. Prasad Sistla / Venkat Venkatakrishnan Program Transformation Techniques for Erasing Sensitive Data in Sequential and Concurrent Applications Amazon Habiba, Habiba Tanya Berger-Wolf Critical Individuals in Dynamic Population Networks University of Konstanz (with Ulrik Brandes) Jia, Lifeng Clement Yu Advanced Information Retrieval within Blogosphere and Micro-Blogosphere Conversant Lee, Sangyoon Andy Johnson Supervised Hybrid Expression Control Framework for a Lifelike Affective Avatar Connecticut College Nam, Sungwon Jason Leigh Multi-User Centered Resource Scheduling for Large Scale Display Wall Environments Sensory Technologies Petullo, W Michael Jon Solworth Rethinking Operating System Interfaces to Support Robust Network Applications United States Military Academy Shi, Xiaoxiao Philip Yu Heterogeneous Learning and Its Applications Morgan Stanley Stenneth, Leon Ouri Woflson / Philip Yu Human Activity Detection Using Smartphones and Maps Nokia Tantipathananandh, Chayant Tanya Berger-Wolf Detecting and Tracking Communities in Social Networks Google Zhao, Yuchen Philip Yu Mining Large Graphs Sumo Logic -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Anand, Anushka Leland Wilkinson Visual Pattern Detection in High-dimensional Spaces Tableau Software Dong, Fei Sol Shatz Automated Interference of Shilling Behavior in Online Auction Systems Yahoo!, CA Franzini, Simone Jezekiel Ben-Arie Speech Recognition by Indexing and Sequencing ARRIS Gjomemo, Rigel Isabel Cruz An Inter-Operation Framework for Context-Aware Access Control Dept. of Computer Science, UIC Sun, Yiwen Jason Leigh Articulate: Creating Meaningful Visualizations From Natural Language Microsoft Szczurek, Piotr Ouri Wolfson A Platform for Estimating the Relevance of Information in VANET Applications Lewis University Xie, Yan Philip Yu Scalable Mining of Large Graphs and Its Applications Oracle Xu, Bo Ouri Wolfson Query Processing in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks Here Zhang, Lei Bing Liu Aspect and Entity Extraction from Opinion Documents Adobe -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Al-Masalha, Fadi Ashkfaq Khokhar Fast Encryption Techniques for Multimedia Contents Dept. of CS, The Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan Bisth, Prithvi V.N. Venkatakrishnan Improving Web Security by Automated Extraction of Web Application Intent Dept. of Computer Science, UIC Booth, Joel Barbara Di Eugenio Modeling and Querying Multimodal Urban Transportation Networks Sprout Social, Chicago Chen, Jia Robert Grossman Genomic CIS-Regulatory Map Mining Amazon.com Chen, Yu-Cheng Andrew Johnson Immersive Empathic Design for Interdisciplinary Collaborations Pixar Animation Studios Grigore, Liviu Ugo Buy Enhancing the Reliability of Concurrent Systems Using Supervisory Control Knight Capital Group, Jersey City, NJ Haran, James Pete Nelson Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Microsimulation System for Transportation, Wireless, and Traveler Behavior Northern Trust Bank Jagodic, Ratko Andrew Johnson Collaborative Interaction and Display Space Organization in Large High-Resolution Environments Intel Corp. Lahiri, Mayank Tanya Berger-Wolf Measuring and Mining Dynamic Networks Facebook Maiya, Arun Tanya Berger-Wolf Sampling and Inference in Complex Networks Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA) Vafaee, Fatemeh Pete Nelson Controlling Genetic Operator Rates in Evolutionary Algorithms University of New South Wales Xiao, Lin Aris Ouksel Location-Integrated Indexing and Query Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks Young Basile, Troy, MI Zhang, Shaojie Prashant Banerjee Virtual Exercise Architecture for People with Lower Body Disabilities Using Virtual Reality Technologies Microsoft -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Ding, Xiaowen Bing Liu Opinion and Entity Mining on Web Content The Find Inc. Dragut, Eduard Clement Yu A Framework for Transparently Accessing Deep Web Sources Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Jindal, Nitin Bing Liu Review Spam and Reviewer Behavior Analysis Google Langlois, Marina Robert H. Sloan Knowledge Representation and Related Programs Stern College of Yeshiva University Li, Juzheng Sol Shatz and Ajay Kshemkalyani Local Sampling and Remote Sensing of Sensor Fields Data Using Mobile Devices Yahoo! Liang, Shun Prashant Banerjee Design and Validation of a High Performance Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis Simulator Epic Systems, Madison, WI Luican, Ilie Florin Balasa Energy-Aware Memory Allocation Framework for Embedded Data-Intensive Signal Processing Applications American International Radio, Rolling Meadows, IL Tata, Swati Barbara Di Eugenio SongRecommend: Music Recommendation System with Fine-Grained Song Reviews Advantech Solutions, Arlington Heights, IL Ter Louw, Michael V.N. Venkatakrishnan Towards Safer Rendering of Untrusted Third-Party Content in Existing Browsers LGS Innovations, Bell Labs Wang, Haisheng Ugo Buy Supervisory Control of Time Petri Nets Using Net Unfoldings Accenture Williams, Chad Peter C. Nelson A Data Mining Approach to Rapidly Learning Traveler Activity Patterns for Mobile Applications MCS Dept., Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN -
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Name Advisor Thesis Title Placement Aslandogan, Yuksel Clement Yu Content Based Image Retrieval Using Evidence Combination U. of Texas at Arlington (old) Barnes, Craig Andrew Johnson Hyperprogrammed Agent for Virtual Environments Visualytics, Naperville, IL Cai, Lie Carl Chang Agent Based Requirements Evolution Over the Internet Cao, Hu Ouri Wolfson Movement Data Management Microsoft Chandra, Punit Ajay Kshemkalyani Run-Time Predicate Monitoring for Distributed Systems Siemens Chen, Guanrao Yang Dai Exploring Topologies of Genetic Networks for Better Reconstruction Verizon Telecom, Inc., Waltcham, MA Cho, Yong Joo Tom Moher A Layered Architecture Supporting the Collaborative Design of Virtual Environments for Science Inquiry Sangmyung University, Korea Doshi, Prashant Piotr Gmytrasiewicz Optimal Sequential Planning in Partially Observable Multiagent Settings. University of Georgia Fan, Peng Peter C. Nelson Design and Analysis of Clustering Framework in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks Microsoft, Redmond, WA Fossati, Davide Barbara Di Eugenio Automatic Modeling of Procedural Knowledge and Feedback Generation in a Computer Science Tutoring System Carnegie Mellon University Ge, Jinghua Andrew Johnson A Point-Based Remote Visualization Pipeline for Large-Scale Virtual Reality Louisiana State University Girado, Javier Tom DeFanti Real-Time 2D Head Position Tracker System with Stereo Cameras Using a Face Recognition Neural Network Qualcomm, San Diego, CA Gu, Yunhong Robert Grossman UDT: A High Performance Data Transport Protocol NCDM, UIC Harinath, Sivakumar Robert Grossman Data Management Support for Distributed Data Mining of Large Data Sets Over High Speed Area Networks Microsoft He, Ding (Eric) Jason Leigh AR-PIN/PDC: Flexible Advance Reservation of Intradomain and Interdomain Lightpaths Sun Microsystems Hill, Alex Andrew Johnson WITHINDOWS: A Unified Framework for the Development of Desktop and Immersive User Interfaces Northwestern University Hrkic, Milos John Lillis Tree Optimization and Synthesis Techniques with Applications in Automated Design of Integrated Circuits Routing & Signal Integrity Group, IBM Microelectronics – EDA, New York Hu, Minqing Bing Liu Feature-Based Opinion Analysis and Summarization Teradata now (per advisor 1/29/16)
Microsoft, Redmond, WAHu, Zhaoxia Sol Shatz Generating Net-Based Models from UML Diagrams to Support Design Simulation and Analysis MorningStar Huang, Jane Carl Chang Robust Requirements Traceability for Handling Evolutionary and Speculative Change Dept. of CTI, DePaul University Hur, Sung Woo John Lillis Hybrid Techniques For Standard Cell Placement Dong-A University, Puson, Korea Jariwala, Devang John Lillis Mechanisms for Tighter Integration of Placement Routing Intel Jeong, Byungil Jason Leigh Visualcasting-Scalable Real-Time Image Distribution in Ultra-High Resolution Display Environments Kadluczka, Marcin Peter C. Nelson Searching for General Metaheuristic for Optimization Problems and Knowledge Management Exava Inc, Mountain View, CA Kao, Ben Peter C. Nelson Learning Algorithms For Large Datasets Acquiremedia, Roseland, NJ (old)
Ask Jeeves, NJ (new)Kersey, Cynthia Barbara Di Eugenio Knowledge Co-Construction and Initiative in Peer Learning Interactions Lewis University, Romeoville, IL Kim, Hosung John Lillis Physically-Coupled Replication and Resynthesis Kim, Seongwoon Carl Chang I-cube: An Architecture-driven Component-based Software Development Methodology Kirbas, Cemil Francis Quek / Rashid Ansari Extraction and Analysis of the Neurovascular Scaffold in Multimodal Images Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute, Kettering, OH & Internal Medicine Dept., School of Medicine, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH Kooima, Robert Leigh Planetary-scale Terrain Composition Louisiana State University Li, Xin Bing Liu Mining Community Structure of Named Entities from Free Text Microsoft Li, Xin Peter C. Nelson Self-Emergence of Structures in Gene Expression Programming Paypal/Ebay, San Jose, CA Lian, Jiexin Sol Shatz A Component-Based Multi-Agent System Modeling Methodology Amazon.com, Inc. Liu, Fang Clement Yu Unstructured Search on Structured Databases Microsoft, Redmond, WA Liu, Shuang Clement Yu Improve Text Retrieval Effectiveness and Robustness Ask.com, NJ Lu, Xin Barbara Di Eugenio Expert Tutoring and Natural Language Feedback in Intelligent Tutoring Systems North Side Inc., Montreal, Canada Luo, Xun Robert Kenyon PACE: A Framework for Personalized Visualization and Scalable Human Computer Interaction Motorola, Inc. Ma, Lu J.P. Tsai A Formal Framework of a Secure Mobile Agent System Based on Extended Elementary Object System NCR Corporation Manigandan, Radhakrishnan Jon Solworth Kernelsec: An Adaptive Authorization Model for an Operating System Kernel VM Ware Inc., Palo Alto, CA Mao, Yong Robert Grossman FastPara and PeerRin: Two Systems in Support Data Parallel Computing The Find Inc. (Ebay) Maruvada, Sarat Florin Balasa Topological Placement with Symmetry Constraints for Analog Layout Design Microsoft, Redmond, WA Messerges, Thomas Robert H. Sloan Power Analysis Attacks and Countermeasures for Cryptographic Algorithms Motorola Labs Murthy, Thribhuvana Carl Chang A Quality-Centric Approach to Identify and Integrate Legacy Assests Into a Platform Architecture TrueScope Technologies Inc., Naperville, IL Neumann, Paul Tom DeFanti Virtual Reality Vitrectomy Simulator The Simulation Group, Massachusetts General Hospital Pape, David Tom DeFanti Ygdrasil: Composing Networked Vitual Environments Department of Media Study, Univ. of Buffalo Park, Kyoung Shin Andrew Johnson Enhancing Cooperative Work In Amplified Collaboration Environments Information and Communications University, Korea Paterka, Thomas Andrew Johnson Dynallax: Dynamic Parallax Barrier Autostereoscopic Display Argonne Reagan, Bryan Jon Solworth Efficient Implementation of Partial Integrated Network Barriers Sheikh, Saad Inaam Tanya Berger-Wolf / Khokhar Combinatorial Methods in Kinship Analysis LIX, École Polytechnique, France Sieka, Bartlomiej Ajay Kshemkalyani Security and Monitoring in Ad-HOc and Peet-to-Peer Networks Own IT co., www.semihalf.com Subba, Rajen Barbara Di Eugenio Discourse Parsing: A Relational Learning Approach Sunna, William Isabel Cruz Multi-Layered Approach to Aligning Heterogeneous Ontologies Compact Solutions LLC, Oakbrook, IL Tian, Shourui Sol Shatz Querying Sensor Networks Using Ad-Hoc Mobile Devices: A Two Layer Networking Approach Nautilus Capital LLC Timm, Karl Tom DeFanti Real-Time View Morphing of Video Streams GE Medical systems Trajcevski, Goce Ouri Wolfson Managing Moving Objects Databases With Uncertainty MCC Elect & Computer Engg, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL Vishwanath, Venkatram Jason Leigh LambdaRAM: A High-Performance, Multi-Dimensional, Distributed Cache Over Ultra High-Speed Networks Argonne National Laboratory Wu, Bin Ajay Kshemkalyani Search and Caching Mechanisms for Web and Peer-to-Peer Networks Xiao, Huiyong Isabel Cruz Query Processing for Heterogeneous Data Integration Using Ontologies Microsoft, Redmond, WA Xie, Xiande Sol Shatz Design Support for State-Based Distributed Object Software Xie, Zhuli Barbara Di Eugenio Machine Learning in Automatic Text Summarization: From Extracting to Abstracting Motorola Xiong, Chaoyue Tadao Murata Protocol Modeling, Analysis and Design Using Fuzzy-Timing High-Level Petri Nets Sun Microsystems Xu, Haiping Sol Shatz A Model-Based Approach For Development of Multi-Agent Software Systems Dept. of Comp. & Info. Science, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Yin, Huabei Ouri Wolfson Managing Uncertainty and Imprecision in Spatio-Temporal Databases Verizon Yu, Zhenwei J.P. Tsai An Adaptive Automatically Tuning Intrusion Detection System. Zhai, Yanhong Bing Liu Structured Data Extraction from the Web Microsoft, Redmond, WA Zhang, Chong Jason Leigh OptiStore: An On-Demand Data Processing Middleware for Very Large-Scale Interactive Visualization FactSet, Chicago, IL Zhang, Jia Carl Chang Formalizationof Application Development for Computer Supported Cooperative Work Zhang, Wei Clement Yu Opinion Retrieval and Classification in Blogs Microsoft, Redmond, WA Zhang, Yi Bing Liu / Peter C. Nelson Automatic Extraction of Outbreak Information from News Google now (per advisor 1/29/16)
Yahoo, Inc.Zhang, Zhiguo Sol Shatz / Ajay Kshemkalyani Energy-Efficient Query-Informed Routing for Query Processing in Sensor Networks Yahoo! Sunnyvale, CA Zhao, Hui Carl Chang A Fuzzy Rule-Based Enhancement on Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Zhao, Kaidi Bing Liu Opportunity Map – A Visualization Framework for Fast Identification of Actionable Knowledge Micorosoft now (per advisor 1/29/16)
Motorola, SchaumburgZhou, Chi Peter C. Nelson Gene Expression Programming and Rule Induction for Domain Knowledge Discover and Management Motorola Laboratories Zhou, Min A. Prasad Sistla Exploiting Commutativity and Symmetry in Model Checking Amazon.com, Seattle Zhou, Wei Clement Yu Knowledge-Intensive Conceptual Retrieval of Biomedical Literature Ingenuity Systems, Redwood City, CA Zhou, Yi Tadao Murata Modeling and Analysis of Networked Real-Time Systems via Fuzzy-Timing Petri Nets Zhu, Hongwei Florin Balasa Computation of the Minimum Data Storage fro Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing Systems ARM, Inc., Sunnyvale