PhD Dissertations
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Summer 2018
Name Company Thesis Title Lu, Chun-Ta Google Research -
Spring 2018
Name Company Thesis Title Cao, Bokai Facebook Broad Learning for Healthcare Gerlich, Tomas HERE Technologies Rigid Multi-Motion Optical Flow Estimation Ma, Chihua Conversant Inc. Mateevitsi, Viktor Spatial Canvas, Chicago Supporting Navigation with a Torso Wearable Tactile Display Merrifield, Timothy Senior member of Technical staff Snyder, Peter Brave Software Improving Web Privacy and Security with a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Web API Yavolovsky, Andrey Decision-Theoretic Monitoring of Cyber-Physical Systems -
Fall 2017
Name Company Thesis Title Mirrezaei, Seyed Iman Advancing Open Information Extraction Methods to Enrich Knowledge Bases Musa, A B M Amazon Advanced Techniques for Mobile Localization and Tracking Wang, Fengjiao Criteo Research Data Analysis on Location-Based Social Networks -
Summer 2017
Name Company Thesis Title Chen, Xiangli Amazon Robotics Jimenez-Pazmino, Priscilla F. Engaging Emerging Professionals in Design: Devising Mobile Supports for Explainers at STEM Museums Srinivasan, Venkatakumar Xaptum, Chicago Analysis of Privacy Measures for Multi-Agent and Networked Systems Zhang, Jiawei Florida State University Fusion of Heterogeneous Social Networks for Synergistic Knowledge Discovery -
Spring 2017
Name Company Thesis Title Ayala, Daniel Febretti, Alessandro Citadel LLC, Chicago Mutliview Immersion in Hybrid Reality Environments Fei, Geli Google Open Classification and Change Detection in the Similarity Space Green, Nicholas Uptake, Chicago Example Based Pedagogical Strategies in a Computer Science Intelligent Tutoring System Harsley, Rachel Google, Chicago Supporting Effective Collaborative Learning in a Computer Science Intelligent Tutoring System Lodhi, Muhammad Allegis Group Data Mining of High Dimensional Sparse Dataset: A Case Study of Nursing Electronic Health Records Monshizadeh, Maliheh Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Inferring Specifications for Web Application Security Wang, Hong Adversarial Prediction Framework for Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing Metrics Wei, Xiaokai Facebook Unsupervised Feature Selection for Heterogeneous Data Zhang, Jingyuan Baidu Research US Information Network Modeling and Mining -
Fall 2016
Name Company Thesis Title Ben, Yue (Cindy) Google Model Checking Open Probabilistic Systems Using Hierarchical Probabilistic Automata Monfort, Mathew MIT Methods in Large Scale Inverse Optimal Control Shelley, Joey T Rene Common Sensing, Boston Technology Scaffolds Supporting Compromise in a Multivariate Problem Space -
Summer 2016
Name Company Thesis Title Fei, Wenyuan A Global Authentication System Shao, Weixiang Google Unsupervised Learning from Multi-View Data Xie, Sihong Lehigh University Distilling Trustworthy Knowledge from Crowdsourced Data -
Spring 2016
Name Company Thesis Title Hu, Qingbo LinkedIn Information Networks: Problems, Theories and Applications Li, Huayi Google (Display Ads team) Detecting Opinion Spam in Commercial Review Websites Panella, Alessandro Facebook Multiagent Stochastic Planning with Bayesian Policy Recognition -
Fall 2015
Name Company Thesis Title Chen, Zhiyuan Google Lifelong Machine Learning for Topic Modeling and Classification Maggioni, Marco Citadel LLC Sparse Convex Optimization on GPUs -
Summer 2015
Name Company Thesis Title Bui, Anh Huy Microsoft OPTIQ: A Data Movement Optimization Framework for Data-centric Applications on Supercomputers Cafaro, Francesco Indiana University, Purdue Using Framed Guessability to Design Gesture Suites for Embodied Interaction Gnoli, Alessandro Orbitz Nutella: The Construction and Enactment of Simulated Macroworlds Lin, Shuyang Facebook Information Diffusion in Online Social Network Wang, Jing Conversant Two Applications of Topic Models -
Spring 2015
Name Company Thesis Title Hur, Hyejung LG Effective Space Organization Design for Large High-Resolution Environments -
fall 2014
Name Company Thesis Title Jalal Alowibdi University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Detecting Deception in Online Social Networks -
Summer 2014
Name Company Thesis Title Biagioni, James Amazon, Seattle (Logistics group) Inferring Semantic Information from User Mobility Data Chen, Lin Google, Seattle Towards Modeling Collaborative Task Oriented Multimodal Human-Human Dialogues Dang, Tuan Nhon EVL, UIC Interactive Visual Analysis of Images Kaligounder, Lakshmi Samsung Electronics, Bengaluru, India Global Stability of Financial Networks: Measures, Evaluations and Policy Implications Kong, Xiangnan WPI Modeling Big Data Variety with Graph Mining Techniques Ma, Shuo Motorola mobility Labs, Silicon Valley IIP: An Information Platform for Intelligent Transportation System at its Application Mukherjee, Arjun University of Houston Probabilistic Models for Fine-Grained Opinion Mining: Algorithms and Applications Petrov, Plamen Deloitte Consulting Company, Chicago Multilevel Context-Aware Software Architecture Decision Framework with Probabilistic Graphical Models Reda, MHD Khairi Argonne Exploratory Visual Analysis in Large High-Resolution Display Environments Shen, Min LinkedIn, California Predicate Detection in Large-Scale Locality-Driven Networks Wang, Guan LinkedIn Graph-Based Approach on Social Data Mining -
Spring 2014
Name Company Thesis Title Gao, Wenxuan Yahoo Selected Applications in Data Intensive Computing Hossain, BM Mainul Microsoft, Redmond Enhancing Parallelism and Scalability of Database-Centric Applications in Presence of Database Deadlocks -
Fall 2013
Name Company Thesis Title Gondi, Kalpana Amazon Program Transformation Techniques for Erasing Sensitive Data in Sequential and Concurrent Applications Jia, Lifeng Conversant Advanced Information Retrieval within Blogosphere and Micro-Blogosphere Stenneth, Leon Nokia Human Activity Detection Using Smartphones and Maps -
Summer 2013
Name Company Thesis Title Habiba, Habiba University of Konstanz (with Ulrik Brandes) Critical Individuals in Dynamic Population Networks Lee, Sangyoon Connecticut College Supervised Hybrid Expression Control Framework for a Lifelike Affective Avatar Nam, Sungwon Sensory Technologies Multi-User Centered Resource Scheduling for Large Scale Display Wall Environments Petullo, W Michael United States Military Academy Rethinking Operating System Interfaces to Support Robust Network Applications Shi, Xiaoxiao Morgan Stanley Heterogeneous Learning and Its Applications Tantipathananandh, Chayant Google Detecting and Tracking Communities in Social Networks -
Spring 2013
Name Comapny Thesis Title Zhao, Yuchen Sumo Logic Mining Large Graphs -
Fall 2012
Name Company Thesis Title Franzini, Simone ARRIS Speech Recognition by Indexing and Sequencing Szczurek, Piotr Lewis University A Platform for Estimating the Relevance of Information in VANET Applications Xie, Yan Oracle Scalable Mining of Large Graphs and Its Applications Xu, Bo Here Query Processing in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks -
Summer 2012
Name Company Thesis Title Anand, Anushka Tableau Software Visual Pattern Detection in High-dimensional Spaces Dong, Fei Yahoo!, CA Automated Interference of Shilling Behavior in Online Auction Systems Zhang, Lei Adobe Aspect and Entity Extraction from Opinion Documents -
Spring 2012
Name Comapny Thesis Title Gjomemo, Rigel Dept. of Computer Science, UIC An Inter-Operation Framework for Context-Aware Access Control Sun, Yiwen Microsoft Articulate: Creating Meaningful Visualizations From Natural Language -
Fall 2011
Name Company Thesis Title Booth, Joel Sprout Social, Chicago Modeling and Querying Multimodal Urban Transportation Networks Haran, James Northern Trust Bank Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Microsimulation System for Transportation, Wireless, and Traveler Behavior -
Summer 2011
Name Company Thesis Title Al-Masalha, Fadi Dept. of CS, The Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan Fast Encryption Techniques for Multimedia Contents Bisth, Prithvi Dept. of Computer Science, UIC Improving Web Security by Automated Extraction of Web Application Intent Chen, Jia Amazon.com Genomic CIS-Regulatory Map Mining Chen, Yu-Cheng Pixar Animation Studios Immersive Empathic Design for Interdisciplinary Collaborations Grigore, Liviu Knight Capital Group, Jersey City, NJ Enhancing the Reliability of Concurrent Systems Using Supervisory Control Jagodic, Ratko Intel Corp. Collaborative Interaction and Display Space Organization in Large High-Resolution Environments Lahiri, Mayank Facebook Measuring and Mining Dynamic Networks Maiya, Arun Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA) Sampling and Inference in Complex Networks Xiao, Lin Young Basile, Troy, MI Location-Integrated Indexing and Query Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks Zhang, Shaojie Microsoft Virtual Exercise Architecture for People with Lower Body Disabilities Using Virtual Reality Technologies -
Spring 2011
Name Company Thesis Title Vafaee, Fatemeh University of Toronto -
Fall 2010
Name Company Thesis Title Li, Juzheng Yahoo! Local Sampling and Remote Sensing of Sensor Fields Data Using Mobile Devices Ter Louw, Michael LGS Innovations, Bell Labs Towards Safer Rendering of Untrusted Third-Party Content in Existing Browsers Wang, Haisheng Accenture Supervisory Control of Time Petri Nets Using Net Unfoldings -
Summer 2010
Name Company Thesis Title Ding, Xiaowen The Find Inc. Opinion and Entity Mining on Web Content Dragut, Eduard Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN A Framework for Transparently Accessing Deep Web Sources Jindal, Nitin Google Review Spam and Reviewer Behavior Analysis Luican, Ilie American International Radio, Rolling Meadows, IL Energy-Aware Memory Allocation Framework for Embedded Data-Intensive Signal Processing Applications Tata, Swati Advantech Solutions, Arlington Heights, IL SongRecommend: Music Recommendation System with Fine-Grained Song Reviews -
Spring 2010
Name Comapny Thesis Title Langlois, Marina Stern College of Yeshiva University Knowledge Representation and Related Programs Liang, Shun Epic Systems, Madison, WI Design and Validation of a High Performance Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis Simulator Williams, Chad MCS Dept., Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN A Data Mining Approach to Rapidly Learning Traveler Activity Patterns for Mobile Applications -
Fall 2009
Name Company Thesis Title Kersey, Cynthia Lewis University, Romeoville, IL Knowledge Co-Construction and Initiative in Peer Learning Interactions Sheikh, Saad Inaam LIX, École Polytechnique, France Combinatorial Methods in Kinship Analysis -
Summer 2009
Name Company Thesis Title Fossati, Davide Carnegie Mellon University Automatic Modeling of Procedural Knowledge and Feedback Generation in a Computer Science Tutoring System Mao, Yong The Find Inc. (Ebay) FastPara and PeerRin: Two Systems in Support Data Parallel Computing Vishwanath, Venkatram Argonne National Laboratory LambdaRAM: A High-Performance, Multi-Dimensional, Distributed Cache Over Ultra High-Speed Networks -
Spring 2009
Name Company Thesis Title Jeong, Byungil Visualcasting-Scalable Real-Time Image Distribution in Ultra-High Resolution Display Environments -
Fall 2008
Name Company Thesis Title Chen, Guanrao Verizon Telecom, Inc., Waltcham, MA Exploring Topologies of Genetic Networks for Better Reconstruction Kooima, Robert Louisiana State University Planetary-scale Terrain Composition Subba, Rajen Discourse Parsing: A Relational Learning Approach Tian, Shourui Nautilus Capital LLC Querying Sensor Networks Using Ad-Hoc Mobile Devices: A Two Layer Networking Approach -
Summer 2008
Name Company Thesis Title Kim, Hosung Physically-Coupled Replication and Resynthesis Manigandan, Radhakrishnan VM Ware Inc., Palo Alto, CA Kernelsec: An Adaptive Authorization Model for an Operating System Kernel Zhang, Wei Microsoft, Redmond, WA Opinion Retrieval and Classification in Blogs Zhang, Yi Google now (per advisor 1/29/16) Yahoo, Inc. Automatic Extraction of Outbreak Information from News Zhou, Wei Ingenuity Systems, Redwood City, CA Knowledge-Intensive Conceptual Retrieval of Biomedical Literature -
Spring 2008
Name Company Thesis Title Fan, Peng Microsoft, Redmond, WA Design and Analysis of Clustering Framework in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks Luo, Xun Motorola, Inc. PACE: A Framework for Personalized Visualization and Scalable Human Computer Interaction Sunna, William Compact Solutions LLC, Oakbrook, IL Multi-Layered Approach to Aligning Heterogeneous Ontologies Zhang, Zhiguo Yahoo! Sunnyvale, CA Energy-Efficient Query-Informed Routing for Query Processing in Sensor Networks -
Fall 2007
Name Company Thesis Title Hill, Alex Northwestern University WITHINDOWS: A Unified Framework for the Development of Desktop and Immersive User Interfaces Lian, Jiexin Amazon.com, Inc. A Component-Based Multi-Agent System Modeling Methodology Yu, Zhenwei An Adaptive Automatically Tuning Intrusion Detection System. Zhang, Chong FactSet, Chicago, IL OptiStore: An On-Demand Data Processing Middleware for Very Large-Scale Interactive Visualization -
Summer 2007
Name Company Thesis Title Lu, Xin North Side Inc., Montreal, Canada Expert Tutoring and Natural Language Feedback in Intelligent Tutoring Systems Paterka, Thomas Argonne Dynallax: Dynamic Parallax Barrier Autostereoscopic Display Zhu, Hongwei ARM, Inc., Sunnyvale Computation of the Minimum Data Storage fro Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing Systems -
Spring 2007
Name Company Thesis Title Ge, Jinghua Louisiana State University A Point-Based Remote Visualization Pipeline for Large-Scale Virtual Reality Zhou, Min Amazon.com, Seattle Exploiting Commutativity and Symmetry in Model Checking -
Fall 2006
Name Company Thesis Title He, Ding (Eric) Sun Microsystems AR-PIN/PDC: Flexible Advance Reservation of Intradomain and Interdomain Lightpaths Jariwala, Devang Intel Mechanisms for Tighter Integration of Placement Routing Li, Xin Microsoft Mining Community Structure of Named Entities from Free Text Wu, Bin Search and Caching Mechanisms for Web and Peer-to-Peer Networks Xiao, Huiyong Microsoft, Redmond, WA Query Processing for Heterogeneous Data Integration Using Ontologies Xie, Zhuli Motorola Machine Learning in Automatic Text Summarization: From Extracting to Abstracting -
Summer 2006
Name Company Thesis Title Cao, Hu Microsoft Movement Data Management Hu, Minqing Teradata now (per advisor 1/29/16) Microsoft, Redmond, WA Feature-Based Opinion Analysis and Summarization Li, Xin Paypal/Ebay, San Jose, CA Liu, Fang Microsoft, Redmond, WA Unstructured Search on Structured Databases Liu, Shuang Ask.com, NJ Improve Text Retrieval Effectiveness and Robustness Sieka, Bartlomiej Own IT co., www.semihalf.com Security and Monitoring in Ad-HOc and Peet-to-Peer Networks Zhai, Yanhong Microsoft, Redmond, WA Structured Data Extraction from the Web Zhao, Kaidi Micorosoft now (per advisor 1/29/16) Motorola, Schaumburg Opportunity Map - A Visualization Framework for Fast Identification of Actionable Knowledge -
Spring 2006
Name Comapany Thesis Title Maruvada, Sarat Microsoft, Redmond, WA Topological Placement with Symmetry Constraints for Analog Layout Design Yin, Huabei Verizon Managing Uncertainty and Imprecision in Spatio-Temporal Databases -
Fall 2005
Name Company Thesis Title Chandra, Punit Siemens Run-Time Predicate Monitoring for Distributed Systems Gu, Yunhong NCDM, UIC UDT: A High Performance Data Transport Protocol Ma, Lu NCR Corporation A Formal Framework of a Secure Mobile Agent System Based on Extended Elementary Object System -
Summer 2005
Name Company Thesis Title Doshi, Prashant University of Georgia Optimal Sequential Planning in Partially Observable Multiagent Settings. Hu, Zhaoxia MorningStar Generating Net-Based Models from UML Diagrams to Support Design Simulation and Analysis Xiong, Chaoyue Sun Microsystems Protocol Modeling, Analysis and Design Using Fuzzy-Timing High-Level Petri Nets -
Spring 2005
Name Company Thesis Title Kirbas, Cemil Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute, Kettering, OH & Internal Medicine Dept., School of Medicine, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH Extraction and Analysis of the Neurovascular Scaffold in Multimodal Images -
Fall 2004
Name Company Thesis Title Girado, Javier Qualcomm, San Diego, CA Real-Time 2D Head Position Tracker System with Stereo Cameras Using a Face Recognition Neural Network -
Summer 2004
Name Company Thesis Title Hrkic, Milos Routing & Signal Integrity Group, IBM Microelectronics - EDA, New York Tree Optimization and Synthesis Techniques with Applications in Automated Design of Integrated Circuits Reagan, Bryan Efficient Implementation of Partial Integrated Network Barriers -
Spring 2004
Name Company Thesis Title Kadluczka, Marcin Exava Inc, Mountain View, CA Searching for General Metaheuristic for Optimization Problems and Knowledge Management -
Fall 2003
Name Company Thesis Title Cho, Yong Joo Sangmyung University, Korea A Layered Architecture Supporting the Collaborative Design of Virtual Environments for Science Inquiry Kao, Ben Acquiremedia, Roseland, NJ (old) Ask Jeeves, NJ (new) Learning Algorithms For Large Datasets Park, Kyoung Shin Information and Communications University, Korea Enhancing Cooperative Work In Amplified Collaboration Environments Timm, Karl GE Medical systems Real-Time View Morphing of Video Streams -
Summer 2003
Name Company Thesis Title Murthy, Thribhuvana TrueScope Technologies Inc., Naperville, IL A Quality-Centric Approach to Identify and Integrate Legacy Assests Into a Platform Architecture -
Spring 2003
Name Company Thesis Title Xu, Haiping Dept. of Comp. & Info. Science, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth A Model-Based Approach For Development of Multi-Agent Software Systems Nelson, Peter Gene Expression Programming and Rule Induction for Domain Knowledge Discover and Management -
Fall 2002
Name Company Thesis Title Cai, Lie Agent Based Requirements Evolution Over the Internet Harinath, Sivakumar Microsoft Data Management Support for Distributed Data Mining of Large Data Sets Over High Speed Area Networks Trajcevski, Goce MCC Elect & Computer Engg, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL Managing Moving Objects Databases With Uncertainty Zhao, Hui A Fuzzy Rule-Based Enhancement on Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks -
Summer 2002
Name Comapny Thesis Title Huang, Jane Dept. of CTI, DePaul University Robust Requirements Traceability for Handling Evolutionary and Speculative Change -
Summer 2001
Name Company Thesis Title Aslandogan, Yuksel U. of Texas at Arlington (old) Content Based Image Retrieval Using Evidence Combination Barnes, Craig Visualytics, Naperville, IL Hyperprogrammed Agent for Virtual Environments Pape, David Department of Media Study, Univ. of Buffalo Ygdrasil: Composing Networked Vitual Environments -
Fall 2000
Name Company Thesis Title Xie, Xiande Design Support for State-Based Distributed Object Software Zhang, Jia Formalizationof Application Development for Computer Supported Cooperative Work Zhou, Yi Modeling and Analysis of Networked Real-Time Systems via Fuzzy-Timing Petri Nets -
Summer 2000
Name Company Thesis Title Hur, Sung Woo Dong-A University, Puson, Korea Hybrid Techniques For Standard Cell Placement Kim, Seongwoon I-cube: An Architecture-driven Component-based Software Development Methodology Neumann, Paul The Simulation Group, Massachusetts General Hospital Virtual Reality Vitrectomy Simulator Messerges, Thomas Motorola Labs Power Analysis Attacks and Countermeasures for Cryptographic Algorithms