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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:

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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:

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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:

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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

Download dissertation__Guanjie_11_4.pdf

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:

Download Dissertation_Final_Submission.pdf

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

File:

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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