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Author:

Weirman, Samantha

Title:

Understanding Social-Media-Facilitated Mobilization Through Network Mental Models: An Exploratory Analysis of Emergent, Network-Level, Coordinated Team Functioning

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

network mental models
mental model
situation awareness
outlier detection
interrupted time series analysis
uses and gratifications
social-media-facilitated mobilization
collective action
mobilization
coordination
teamwork

File:

Download Weirman_S_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Kent Forster, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Fonseca, Committee Member
Donald Richard Shemanski, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Member
Michael David Mcneese, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Yukun

Title:

Aggregated Wasserstein distance for hidden Markov models and automated morphological characterization of placenta from photos

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Data science
Aggregated Wasserstein
Optimal transport
Hidden Markov model
Placenta
Pathology
Morphological characterization
Deep learning

File:

Download YukunChen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Outside Member
Dashun Wang, Special Member
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mello Lage, Carla Patricia

Title:

A Model to Support Information Exchange Between Organizations with Different Rhythms

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Emergency Response
Polyrhythm
Information Exchange
Organizational Rhythm

File:

Download Carla_Mello_Lage_Dissertation_CV.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Ann Callistro Clements, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zheng, Guanjie

Title:

Data-driven Decision Making in Spatial Temporal Tasks

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

data-driven decision making
spatial temporal data
data mining

File:

Download dissertation-zheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhenhui Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhenhui Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zheng, Xinye

Title:

Computational Approaches towards Pattern Recognition and Matching for Scientific Images

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

scientific image processing
optimal transport
machine learning
scientific image processing
machine learning
optimal transport
statistical modeling

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Outside Member
Jia Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Jia Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pena, Joslenne

Title:

Promoting Computational Grounding Through Informal Coding Workshops for Non-programmers

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

non-programmers
design-based research
computer science education

File:

Download Final_Joslenne_s_Dissertation_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Member
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ma, Ning

Title:

Understanding Ride-Sharing in On-Demand Platforms: Stakes, Dependency, and Sharing

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Sharing
Gig Work
On-demand Platforms
Uber
Stakeholder
Algorithmic Management

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John M Carroll, Committee Member
Daniel Susser, Committee Member
Michael Maffie, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sandbulte, Jomara Mota

Title:

Design and Evaluation of Intergenerational Health Collaboration System within the Family

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human-Computer Interaction
Health Informatics
Design Reseacrh

File:

Download PSU_Final_Dissertation_Sandbulte.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Matthew Samuel Kaplan, Outside Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liao, Yiming

Title:

Characterization, Understanding, and Prediction of Temporal Dynamics of Web Contents

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

time series data
temporal data
temporal pattern
social media
user behavior
news popularity
graph embedding
dynamic graph embedding
timeline summarization
news timeline

File:

Download dissertation_yiming_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dongwon Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Lin Lin, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Jiasheng

Title:

Modeling and Influencing Online User Behavior with Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Online User Behavior
Modeling and Influencing
Machine Learning

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dongwon Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhenhui Li, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kaulakis, Ryan

Title:

Domain-Specific Languages as a Method for Representation and Evolutionary Search Among Global Solution Space of Cognitively Plausible Algorithmic Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

AI
ML
Cogsci
Cogarch
actr
dsl

File:

Download kaulakis_dissertation_post_def_rev_w_cv_final_20201218__003_.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amulya Yadav, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member

Author:

Reep, James Allen

Title:

Promoting Change Readiness using a Simulated Event Communication Technique: Lessons Learned in a Public Safety Answering Point

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

crisis informatics
organizational change
change readiness
change management

File:

Download Reep_Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carleen Maitland, Committee Member
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member
Anthony C Robinson, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kamani, Mohammad Mahdi

Title:

Multiobjective Optimization Approaches for Bias Mitigation in Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Bias Mitigation
Multiobjective Optimization
Pareto Efficient
Pareto Frontier
Class-imbalance
Bilevel Optimization
Fairness

File:

Download Kamani_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Outside Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jia Li, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Canevez, Richard

Title:

ICT and STEM Education at the Colonial Border: A Postcolonial Computing Persepctive of Indigenous Cultural Integration in ICT and STEM Outreach in British Columbia

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

STEM
ICT
Postcolonal Theory
Postcolonial Computing
Education
Indigenization
Indigenous
Cultural Integration

File:

Download Dissertation_Draft_Revised_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Carleen Maitland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carleen Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Yarger, Committee Member
Daniel Susser, Committee Member
Craig A. Campbell, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wei, Hua

Title:

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Traffic Signal Control

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

reinforcement learning
traffic signal control
urban computing

File:

Download PSUThesis_Hua__5_.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhenhui Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhenhui Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Vikash Varun Gayah, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tang, Xianfeng

Title:

Beyond Accurate Graph Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Data Mining
Graph Data
Graph Neural Networks
Adversarial Attack
Robustness
Fairness
Explainable Machine Learning
Deep Learning

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Beyond_Accurate_Graph_Neural_Networks.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suhang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Suhang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aritajati, Chulakorn

Title:

The role of emojis in generating and responding to critiques of creative work

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

feedback
Emoji
Feedback
Computer Mediated Communication
Human-Computer Interaction
HCI
CMC
CSCW

File:

Download Dissertation_Aritajati.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lee, Sooyeon

Title:

Effective and Pleasant Interactive Dialog System Design for Guiding People with Visual Impairments

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

People with visual impairments
Non-visual directional guidance
Assistive Technology
Remote Sighted Assistance
Non-visual hand navigation
Blind grocery shopping
Meaning of Independence
Multimodal guidance interface
Haptic guidance

File:

Download Sooyeon_Lee_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Steven R. Haynes, Committee Member
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wong, Jian Syuan

Title:

FACILITATING LEARNING ANALYTICS OF LEARNER COMMUNICATION IN MOOCS: A VISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

MOOCs
MOOC forum
Visual Analytics
Learning Analytics
Visualization

File:

Download Dissertation_JSW.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaolong Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member
Fred Fonseca, Committee Member
Anthony C Robinson, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yao, Huaxiu

Title:

Learning to Learn with Structured Knowledge

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Data Mining
Deep Learning
Meta-learning
Relation Learning
Few-shot Learning

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Huaxiu.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhenhui Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhenhui Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Dong

Title:

Supporting collaborative information analysis using interactive visualization: A design research

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

collaboration
visualization
visual analytics
information analysis
classroom study

File:

Download dongchen-dissertation-v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan M Mac Eachren, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pezanowski, Scott

Title:

Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence to Derive Meaningful Information on Geographic Movement Described in Text

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

geographic movement
geovisual analytics
machine learning
natural language processing
big data analytics
geographic movement
geovisual analytics
machine learning
natural language processing
big data analytics
artificial intelligence
deep learning
visualization
GIScience
Information Retrieval

File:

Download 20210321_PezanowskiScott-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Nick Giacobe, Committee Member
Alan M Mac Eachren, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Xinyang

Title:

Toward Secure Deep Learning Systems

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

deep learning
computer security
attack
defense
privacy

File:

Download Final_Thesis-85.pdf

Committee Members:

Ting Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ting Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Neil Zhenqiang Gong, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xue, Yuan

Title:

Deep Generative Models for Medical Images and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Generative Models
Medical Image Analysis

File:

Download Deep_Generative_Models_for_Medical_Images_and_Beyond.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zihan Zhou, Committee Member
Ting Wang, Committee Member
Robert Collins, Outside Member
James Duncan, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gupta, Srishti

Title:

From Silos to Synergy: Enabling Distributed Collaboration in Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Sustainable HCI
Citizen Science
Community Informatics
Human-Centered Design

File:

Download Srishti_Gupta_PhD_Dissertation__5_.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Tapia, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Boyer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jack Carroll, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Kaixuan

Title:

A Representation-based Approach to Connect Regular Grammar and Deep Learning

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Leaning
Regular Grammar
Adversarial Machine Learning
Model Extraction
Topological Analysis

File:

Download KZ_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

C Lee Giles, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shomir Wilson, Major Field Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Seo, Jooyoung

Title:

Discovering Informal Learning Cultures of Blind Individuals Pursuing STEM Disciplines: A Computational Ethnography Using Public Listserv Archives

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

STEM
Computational Ethnography
Accessibility
Blind Learners
Visual Impairments
Machine Learning
Structural Topic Modeling
Data Science
Mailing List
Tidy Data
R
Mailing Lists
Python

File:

Download J.Seo_Dissertation_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Gabriela Richard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roy Clariana, Major Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Xu, Dongkuan

Title:

Resource-efficient Deep Learning: Democratizing AI at Scale

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Democratization
Efficient
Artificial Intelligence
Model Compression
Graph Neural Network
Acceleration

File:

Download PhD_dessertation_Dongkuan_Xu_Resource_efficient_Deep_Learning_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Major Field Member
Xiang Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiao Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member

Author:

Chen, Yueqi

Title:

Investigating Exploitable Design Patterns for More Advanced Protection Design

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

System Security
Software Security
Operating System
Exploitability

File:

Download Ph_D_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Jaeger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peng Liu, Major Field Member
Xinyu Xing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vasileios P. Kemerlis, Special Member
Dinghao Wu, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xiaoting

Title:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Exploring the Robustness and Applicability of Adversarial Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Adversarial machine learning
Attribute privacy
Social good
Defense
Adversarial attacks

File:

Download PSU_thesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ting Wang, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Dinghao Wu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Knearem, Tiffany

Title:

Solidarity not Charity! Empowering Local Communities for Disaster Relief during COVID-19 through Grassroots Support

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Mutual aid
Community-based disaster relief
social media
Community informatics

File:

Download Knearem_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Haynes, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yang, Fengting

Title:

Geometry Inspired Deep Neural Networks for 3D reconstruction

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

3D reconstruction
Geometry
Deep Neural Networks

File:

Download Fengting_dessertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Outside Unit & Field Member
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Sharon Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zihan Zhou, Major Field Member

Author:

Le, Thai Quang

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

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

File:

Download Thesis_ThaiLe_IST_B.pdf

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:

Umar, Prasanna

Title:

Mining users' self-privacy violations in online public discourse using data science techniques

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

online self-disclosure
public discourse
privacy
automated detection

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Tapia, Major Field Member
Christopher Griffin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Rajtmajer, Major Field Member
Anna Squicciarini, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bidgoli, Morvareed

Title:

If You See Something Suspicious Online, Report It: An Investigation into Addressing and Overcoming the Challenges in Cybercrime Reporting

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

cybercrimes
cybercrime reporting
information policy
information security
cybersecurity

File:

Download FINAL_Dissertation_-_Morvareed_Bidgoli.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Forster, Major Field Member
Jens Grossklags, Special Member
Anna Squicciarini, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Baumer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bao, Qinkun

Title:

Precise and Scalable Side-Channel Analysis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

information theory
software security
program analysis
side-channel

File:

Download Qinkun-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Major Field Member
Benjamin Hanrahan, Major Field Member
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dinghao Wu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
James Larus, Special Member

Author:

Guo, Wenbo

Title:

Explainable AI Techniques for Security

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

computer security
machine learning
explainable AI
deep learning

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Lin Lin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting Wang, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Xinyu Xing, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Khademi, Aria

Title:

Excursions in Causal Data Science: Fairness, Causal Attribution, and Applications

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
Interpretable Machine Learning
Fairness
Health Care
Causal Attribution

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Aria_Khademi.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Susser, Major Field Member
Sarah Rajtmajer, Major Field Member
Vasant Honavar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Li

Title:

Towards Network Level Moving Target Defense with Software Defined Networking

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

network security
moving target defense
software-defined networking
network reconnaissance protection
network reflector
shadow network
SDN
SDN security application

File:

Download Li-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Linhai Song, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna Squicciarini, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member

Author:

Blair, Johnna

Title:

Assessing the Design Needs to Support Longitudinal Stability and Wellbeing for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

mental health
financial technologies
longitudinal support
digital mental health interventions
online behavior
social support
bipolar disorder
human-centered design

File:

Download Johnna_thesis_2023_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Xinning Gui, Major Field Member
Saeed Abdullah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cui, Limeng

Title:

Understanding and Detecting Online Misinformation with Auxiliary Data

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Misinformation detection
Graph neural networks
Knowledge graph
Social media
Fraud detection
Active learning

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dongwon Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lin Lin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amulya Yadav, Major Field Member
Anna Squicciarini, Major Field Member

Author:

Shen, Hua

Title:

Towards Useful AI Interpretability for Humans via Interactive AI Explanations

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Interactive AI Explanations
Conversational AI Explanations
Human-centered Explainable AI
XAI Human Evaluation
Useful AI Explanations
XAI Usefulness

File:

Download HuaShen_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Sherry Tongshuang Wu, Special Member
Kenneth Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Luo, Yu

Title:

Towards automated recognition of bodily expression of emotion in the wild

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Body language
emotional expression
computer vision
crowdsourcing
video analysis
perception
statistical modeling
human mesh reconstruction
.

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Reginald Adams, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jia Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zihan Zhou, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Farhang, Sadegh

Title:

Organizations security management in different problem domains: Empirical Evidence and game-theoretic modeling

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Security
Update
Upgrade
Game Theory
Android

File:

Download Sadegh_Dissertation_5_.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xinyu Xing, Major Field Member
Jens Grossklags, Special Member
Anna Squicciarini, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Neupane, Bikalpa

Title:

HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE IN AI AND MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED TALENT ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

algorithmic justice
algorithmic equity
underprivileged
marginalized
AI bias
AI fairness
video based hiring systems
HRTech
hiring
interviewing
perceptions of AI
human-in-the-loop
diversity in hiring
equity in hiring
DEI

File:

Download BikalpaNeupane_FinalDissertation_Aug5_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Susser, Major Field Member
Timothy Brick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lynette Yarger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Fred Fonseca, Major Field Member
Jordan Beck, Special Member

Author:

Anand, Priya

Title:

Leveraging Security Patterns To Address Security Vulnerabilities In Software Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Security Patterns
Vulnerability Scanning
Architectural Analysis

File:

Download dissertationReport_versionFinal_July72021.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Jungwoo Ryoo, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Rick Kazman, Special Member
Phillip Laplante, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Member Committee, Committee Member & Special Represent

Author:

Huang, Guanjie

Title:

Deep Models for Detecting Sleep-Related Problems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

deep learning
sleep stage classsification
sleep apnea detection
cross attention
evidential learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting Wang, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Delane, Ryan

Title:

Opportunities for Competency-Based Learning in Software Development Courses

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Computing Education
Competency-based Education
CBE
Software Development Education
Social Constructivism

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Hanrahan, Major Field Member
Steven Haynes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Lu

Title:

Understanding the dynamical patterns and hot streaks for creative careers

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

the science of science
hot streaks
creative careers
exploration and exploitation

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Committee Members:

David Hunter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Rajtmajer, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dashun Wang, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Huang, Major Field Member

Author:

Luo, Dongsheng

Title:

Denoising and Integrating Complex Networks for Big Data Analysis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Graph neural Networks
Complex Network Analysis
XAI

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Major Field Member
Xiang Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Xiao Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair