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Author:

Liu, Bingyuan

Title:

Topics on Nonconvex Learning

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Nonconvex optimization
machine learning
statistical learning
deep learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
Yanyuan Ma, Committee Member
Zihan Zhou, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Robinson, Matthew

Title:

Neural Networks and Self-Organizing Cellular Automata

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

neural networks
emergent behavior
emergence
self-organizing systems
self-organization
machine learning
cellular automata

File:

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Committee Members:

Thang N. Bui, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thang N. Bui, Program Head/Chair
Susan Kathryn Eskin, Committee Member
Linda Marie Null, Committee Member
Sukmoon Chang, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member
Hyuntae Na, Committee Member
Hien Nguyen, Committee Member
Md Faisal Kabir, Committee Member

Author:

Washington, Richard

Title:

the use of machine learning and genetic algorithms for clutter classification and radarcom signal design

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Radar
wireless communications
clutter
lpi
radarcom
machine learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Special Signatory
Saba Mudaliar, Special Signatory

Author:

Deshong, Eric

Title:

Fault Characterization and Diagnostics Supporting Condition-Based Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

gas turbine engine
axial turbine
machine learning
condition-based operation and maintenance
predictive maintenance
condition monitoring
efficiency
durability
turbine cooling
blade tip clearance

File:

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Committee Members:

Reid Berdanier, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Thole, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Michael Jonson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Le, Thai Quang

Title:

Trustworthy Machine Learning: Learning under Security, Explainability and Uncertainty Constraints

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

machine learning
responsible AI
explainability
adversarial attack
adversarial defense
security
privacy
XAI
trustworthy

File:

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pankova, Daria

Title:

The Search For High Energy Tau Neutrinos With The IceCube Neutrino Detector

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

neutrino
tau neutrinos
IceCube
physics
machine learning
CNN

File:

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Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Cowen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephane Coutu, Major Field Member
Derek Fox, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna Stasto, Major Field Member

Author:

Alotaik, Osama

Title:

Equitable Food Distribution - Modeling and Analysis of Food Banks Supply Chains Using Machine Learning and Recurrent Optimization-basedSimulation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

food banks
supply chains
machine learning
simulation
food assistance
equitable distribution

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Saurabh Basu, Major Field Member
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vargas Venegas, Carlos

Title:

Physics-Infused Reduced-Order Modeling of Aerothermal Loads for Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

hypersonic
fluid-thermal-structural
aerothermoelasticity
data-driven
physics-driven
physics-based
reduced-order modeling
machine learning
field inversion
aerothermal
turbulent viscous-inviscid interactions
neural ordinary differential equations
direct collocation
optimization
kriging
proper-orthogonal decomposition
latin hypercube sampling
thermoelastic
hypersonic vehicle
RANS
skin-panel
two-dimensional
gaussian process regression
computational fluid dynamics
supported panel
augmentation
augmented
model augmentation
surrogate
POD-kriging
POD
algebraic
differential
algebraic augmentation
differential augmentation
NODE
PIROM
analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Daning Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

Author:

Pham, Viet

Title:

An Analysis and Framework for Multi-label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

multi-label image classification
image classification
computer vision
machine learning
insect taxonomy
convolutional neural networks

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Yoga, Hanif

Title:

Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Relative Permeability

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
artificial intelligence
artificial neural network
relative permeability
hysteresis
equation of state
multiphase flow in porous media

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Committee Members:

Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Yashar Mehmani, Committee Member

Author:

Shakerian, Shahrad

Title:

Digital Twin Enabled Facilities Maintenance Management through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Sensory-Level Data

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Facility maintenance
digital twins
machine learning
signal processing
failure prediction
early failure detection
anomaly detection

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Committee Members:

Bill Sitzabee, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Somayeh Asadi, Major Field Member
Houtan Jebelli, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Asok Ray, Outside Unit & Field Member
Somayeh Asadi, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hughey, Jordan

Title:

In-silico modeling gene expression utilizing genomic activity and 3D contact information

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

gene regulation
transcriptome
association studies
machine learning
epigenomics
epigenetics

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Committee Members:

Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Major Field Member
James Broach, Outside Unit & Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Major Field Member
George H Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shreedharan, Srisharan

Title:

Frictional mechanics of stable and unstable fault slip: Insights from ultrasonic imaging of experimental fault zones

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
fault friction
slow slip events
machine learning
asperity stiffness
lab earthquakes

File:

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Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Polasky, Andrew

Title:

Statistical Climate Model Downscaling: Methods and Application to the Midwest United States and West Africa Regions

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

climate change
downscaling
self-organizing maps
machine learning
statistical downscaling

File:

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Committee Members:

George Young, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jenni Evans, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Fuentes, Major Field Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Julien, Chris

Title:

Collective Identity, Sexual Coercion, and Hegemonic Masculinity: Machine Learning and the Discourse of the Manosphere

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

sociology
masculinity
digital sociology
gender
machine learning
text analysis
reddit
manosphere

File:

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Committee Members:

David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel DellaPosta, Major Field Member
Burt Monroe, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Seguin, Major Field Member
Diane Felmlee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zawadzki, Brianna

Title:

Investigating Planet Formation Through Simulation, Observation, and Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
protoplanetary disks
exoplanets
planet formation
machine learning
interferometry
imaging

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Committee Members:

Bradford Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair
Ian Czekala, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Ford, Major Field Member

Author:

Sengupta, Agnimitra

Title:

Data-driven Condition Evaluation of Transportation Systems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

nondestructive evaluation
impact echo
machine learning
infrastructure systems
traffic prediction
uncertainty
traffic dynamics
deep learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
S. Ilgin Guler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Field Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Outside Unit Member
Sudeepta Mondal, Special Member
Vikash Gayah, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhou, Chen

Title:

Application of machine learning to optical sensing and imaging

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Optical sensing
optical imaging
machine learning

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Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christine Keating, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Major Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member

Author:

Shen, Jia Tracy

Title:

AI in Education: Effective Machine Learning Methods To Improve Data Scarcity and Knowledge Generalization

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

AI
machine learning
education
BERT
nlp
Deep Generative models
time series
model generalization
transfer learning
knowledge generalization
transformer
LSTM

File:

Download AIinED_Dissertation_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Amulya Yadav, Major Field Member
Rebecca Passonneau, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

La Chat, Grant

Title:

Identification of Rossby Wave Breaking Flavors using Self-Organizing Maps

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
self-organizing maps
anticyclones
cyclogenesis
Potential vorticity
Rossby waves
Wave breaking
Synoptic meteorology
moisture transport

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Melissa Marie Gervais, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven B Feldstein, Committee Member
Kevin Andrew Bowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Colin M. Zarzycki, Committee Member