Doctoral Degrees Conferred in CS


Recent PhDs

2004

Reem Al-Halimi
Mining Topic Signals from Text
(Supervisor: Frank Tompa)

Michael Fleming
Reasoning About Interaction in Mixed Initiative Artificial Intelligence Systems
(Supervisor: Robin Cohen)

Thomas Tran
Reputation-Oriented Reinforcement Learning Strategies for Economically-Motivated Agents in Electronic Market Environments
(Supervisor: Robin Cohen)

Ming-Wei Wang
Periodicity and Repetition in Combinatorics On Words
(Supervisor: Jeffrey Shallit)

2003

Howard Cheng
Algorithms for Normal Forms for Matrices of Polynomials and Ore Polynomials
(Supervisor: George Labahn)

Ha Quang Le
Algorithms for the Construction of the Minimal Telescopers
(Supervisor: Keith Geddes)

Yanni Liu
Deadline Based Network Resource Management
(Supervisor: Johnny Wong)

Fletcher Lu
Exploring Model-Based Methods for Reinforcement Learning
(Supervisors: Nick Cercone and Dale Schuurmans)

Maria Augusta Viera Nelson
A Problem-Oriented Approach to Description and Analysis of Geographic Requirments
(Supervisor: Don Cowan)

Torsten Nelson
Formal Verification of Projection-Based Software Systems
(Supervisor: Don Cowan)

Fuchun Peng
Language Independent Text Learning with Statistical n-Gram Language Models
(Supervisor: Dale Schuurmans)

David Pooley
Numerical Methods for Nonlinear Equations in Option Pricing
(Supervisor: Peter Forsyth)

Kamran Sartipi
Software Architecture Recovery based on Pattern Matching
(Supervisor: Farhad Mavaddat and Kostas Kontogiannis)

Xuerong Tang
A High-Level Specification Language for Structured Document Transformation
(Supervisor: Frank Tompa)

Yingwei Wang
Binary One Algorithm: Retrieving High-Frequency words in Linear Time and Logarithmic Space
(Supervisor: Nick Cercone)

Heath Windcliffe
Computational Methods for Valuing Path-Dependent Derivatives
(Supervisor: Peter Forsyth)

Jinbo Xu
Protein Structure Prediction by Linear Programming
(Supervisor: Ming Li and Prabhaker Ragde)

Hui Zhang
XML Query Processing and Optimization
(Supervisor: Frank Tompa)

2002

Anthony Cox
A Source-Based Approach to Program Comprehension
(Supervisors: Charles Clarke and Gordon Cormack)

Erik Demaine, (Recipient of the Governor General's Gold Medal)
Folding and Unfolding
(Supervisors: Anna Lubiw and Ian Munro)

Jing Dong
Design Component Contracts: Modeling and Analysis of Pattern-Based Composition
(Supervisor: Donald Cowan)

Vlado Keselj
Modular Stochastic HPSGs for Question Answering
(Supervisor: Nicholas Cercone)

Trausti Kristjansson
Speech Recognition in Adverse Environments: A Probabilistic Approach
(Supervisor: B. Frey)

David Mason
Probabilistic Program Analysis for Software Component Reliability
(Supervisors: Joanne Atlee and Denise Woit)

Paul Ward
A Scalable Partial-Order Data Structure for Distributed-System Observation
(Supervisor: D. Taylor)

2001

Jianchao Han
Interactive Visualization for Knowledge Discovery
(Supervisor: N.J. Cercone)

Arunprasad Marathe
Query Processing Techniques for Arrays
(Supervisor: K. Salem)

Matthew Young-Lai
Text Structure Recognition Using a Region Algebra
(Supervisor: F.W. Tompa)

2000

Vitaliy Khizder
Uniqueness Constraints in Object-Relational Databases and Description Logics
(Supervisor: G.E. Weddell)

Kevin Lanctot
Some String Problems in Computational Biology
(Supervisor: M. Li)

Kurt Lichtner
A Framework for Machine-Assisted Software
(Supervisor: D.D. Cowan)

Daniel Morales-German
HDSZ, A Specification Language for Hypertext Design
(Supervisor: D.D. Cowan)

Luis Nova
A Formalization of an Extended Object Model Using Views
(Supervisor: D.D. Cowan)

Glenn Paulley
Exploiting Functional Dependencies in Query Optimization
(Co-Supervisors: P.A. Larson and F.W. Tompa)

Piotr Sidorowicz
A Formal Framework for Modeling and Testing Memories
(Supervisor: J.A. Brzozowski)

Robert Zvan
The Numerical Solution of Two-Factor Option Pricing Models
(Co-Supervisors: P.A. Forsyth and K.R. Vetzal)

Historical PhDs

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