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Author:

Soares, Andrey

Title:

Towards Ontology-Driven Information Systems: Guidelines to the creation of new methodologies to build ontologies

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Ontology-Driven Information Systems
Ontology
Information Systems
Methodologies
Scenarios

File:

Download Andrey_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Frederico T Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Blodgett, Bridget Marie

Title:

Collective Action Situated in Virtual Worlds

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Protest
Virtual Worlds
IBM
Second Life
EVE Online

File:

Download BBlodgett_Dissertation_Collective_Action_Situated_in_Virtual_Worlds_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea H Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Convertino, Gregorio

Title:

AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING: EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

HCI
human-computer interaction
CSCW
computer-supported cooperative work
awareness
common ground
knowledge sharing
research method
experimental method
laboratory method
measure
process
groupware

File:

Download Convertino_PhdThesis_20080815.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member
Thomas Moran, Committee Member

Author:

Mentis, Helena M.

Title:

Emotion Awareness and Invisibility in an Emergency Room: A Socio-technical Dilemma

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

emotion expression
affective computing
emotional design
medical informatics

File:

Download Mentis_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member
Brian K Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Jiang, Hao

Title:

Social Identity, Social Ties and Social Capital A Study in Gaming Context

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social Capital
Social Ties
Social Network
Social Identity
Cooperation

File:

Download Dissertation_HaoJiang.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member

Author:

O'Brien, James Anthony

Title:

A Framework for Representing, Manipulating , and Reasoning with Geographic Semantics

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

geographic information systems
geographic information science
expert systems
representation
semantics
visualization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Gahegan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Paul Desanker, Committee Member

Author:

Zupko, Joseph Aaron

Title:

SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE LIGHTING

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Experimental Instruments
Video Games
Interaction
Lighting
Design Tools

File:

Download jzupko_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian K Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Magy Seif El Nasr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Hall, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Matthew C Kenyon, Committee Member

Author:

Gross, Joshua B

Title:

USING DERIVED SOCIAL CLUSTERS IN EMAIL TO SUPPORT HIGH-THROUGHPUT USERS IN MESSAGE MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

artificial intelligence
social networks
human computer interaction
email
clustering

File:

Download diss-thesisOffice-jbg-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Member
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member

Author:

Abraham, Joanna

Title:

META-COORDINATION ACTIVITIES: EXPLORING ARTICULATION WORK IN HOSPITALS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Articulation Work
Patient Transfers
Coordination

File:

Download JoannaAbraham_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

Author:

Almeida, Luis Camillo

Title:

THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF USER-DESIGN IN GIFTED RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN DESIGNING THEIR OWN GAME

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Constructionism
User-Design
Freire
Power

File:

Download dissertation_eTD22.pdf

Committee Members:

Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Brian Smith, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member

Author:

Xiao, Lu

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF RATIONALE AWARENESS IN HYBRID COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

rationale awareness
rationale sharing
computer-supported collaborative learning
reflective thinking

File:

Download Thesis_LuXiao_IST.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Shawn Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Cohen, Mark A

Title:

A THEORY-BASED ENVIRONMENT FOR CREATING REUSABLE COGNITIVE MODELS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

software engineering
cognitive modeling
cognitive dimension
integrated development environment
end-user programming

File:

Download CohenDissertation-FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Raymond Haynes, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Bach, Paula M

Title:

SUPPORTING THE USER EXPERIENCE IN FREE/LIBRE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Free/Libre/Open Source Software
user experience
activity awareness
open source usability
usability
open source
FLOSS
Human Computer Interaction
Computer Supported Cooperative Work

File:

Download dissertationDraft3.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Steven Raymond Haynes, Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Roderick Lamar

Title:

AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING COLLECTIVE ACTION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT IN THIRD SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: A LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social capital
social networks
group development
user-centered design
group effectiveness
case study

File:

Download dissrlee.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Brian K Smith, Committee Member
Gerald Susman, Committee Member

Author:

Paul, Sharoda Aurushi

Title:

Understanding Together: Sensemaking in Collaborative Information Seeking

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

sensemaking
collaborative information seeking
collaboration
healthcare
emergency department
collaborative Web search

File:

Download spaul_Thesis_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu C Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Christopher N Sciamanna, Committee Member
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Member

Author:

Kase, Sue Ellen

Title:

Parallel genetic algorithm optimization of a cognitive model: investigating group and individual performance on a math stressor task

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

high-performance computing
genetic algorithm
cognitive modeling
cognitive science
stress
mathematics anxiety

File:

Download KaseThesis9-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Suzanne Michelle Shontz, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Marathe, Sampada Sameer

Title:

THE ‘ME’ REVOLUTION IN MEDIATED COMMUNICATION: INVESTIGATING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COSMETIC AND FUNCTIONAL CUSTOMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Cosmetic customization
Functional customization
Sense of control
Sense of identity
Intrinsic motivation
Customization
Attitude toward portal
Behavioral intention
User experience

File:

Download Sampada_Marathe_Dissertation_Mass_Comm_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member

Author:

Farooq, Umer

Title:

Supporting creativity: Investigating the role of awareness in distributed collaboration

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

creativity
awareness
human computer interaction
computer supported cooperative work

File:

Download Farooq-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Christopher Hoadley, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Rosalie Ocker, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Yang

Title:

TEMPORAL CONFLICT IN TEAMS: ANTECEDENTS, REGULATORY MECHANISMS, AND OUTCOMES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Time
teams
temporal
conflict
culture

File:

Download Dissertation_Yang_Zhang_Psychology.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Rosalie Ocker, Committee Member

Author:

Du, Honglu

Title:

Bring Backchannels Up Front: Supporting In-class Communication with Classcommons

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

backchannel
class participation
social constructivism
education technology
sense of community
active learning

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rosalie Ocker, Committee Member
Stuart Selber, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Shaoke

Title:

Babel or Great Wall: Social Media Use in an Acculturation Context

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

social media
social identity
cross culture
acculturation
SEM

File:

Download Shaoke_Zhang_20120726.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Dejin

Title:

Informal Workplace Communication – What Roles Can Microblogging Play in It?

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human Computer Interaction
Social Media
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Computer-Mediated Communication

File:

Download Dissertation_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guoray Cai, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Bo

Title:

Designing For Awareness Promotion In Complex, Distributed Collaborative Activities

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

CSCW
Collaboration
Activity Awareness
Dependency
Event-based Systems

File:

Download BoYu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guoray Cai, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guoray Cai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Maceachren, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Thiry, Elizabeth Ann

Title:

Scenario-based design of a digital reminiscing system for older adults

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

design guidelines
artifacts
memory
legacy
reminiscing
older adults

File:

Download ThiryDissertation-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member
Erika S Poole, Committee Member
Matthew Samuel Kaplan, Committee Member
Siân Lindley, Committee Member

Author:

Sinha, Hansa

Title:

Making use visible: a teacher-centered study of technology-enabled work practices

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

teacher education
human-computer interaction
activity theory
workplace learning
professional development
learning communities

File:

Download HSinha_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shawn Mitchell Clark, Committee Member
Orrin T Murray, Special Member

Author:

Webb, Heidi C

Title:

Injecting Computational Thinking into Computing Activities for Middle School Girls

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

computational thinking
middle school
scaffolded example
Scratch

File:

Download UpdatedFinalDissertationDocumentHWebb.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Special Member

Author:

Robertson, Scott M

Title:

Online and Offline Bullying of Autistic Youth: Anti-bullying Strategies, Reporting, and Technological Solutions

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

bullying
cyberbullying
victimization
autism
disabilities
anti-bullying strategies
reporting

File:

Download Robertson-Dissertation-Final-Dec-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Shawn Clark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shawn Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deirdre Elizabeth Mary O'sullivan, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Gerald Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Na

Title:

Designing for cross-cultural group chat

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

cross cultural communication
synchronous annotation
language proficiency

File:

Download dissertation_NaLI.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Special Member

Author:

Jia, Haiyan

Title:

Big Data or Small Stories? Exemplification and Interactivity Effects on Shaping Perception and Attitude of Social Issues

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Interactivity
exemplification theory
interactive visualization
baserate information
big data
user engagement
vividness

File:

Download Haiyan_Jia-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member

Author:

Cotter, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Enabling Intelligent Vision Systems in a Configurable Multi-algorithm Pipeline

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Configurable Systems
Vision Algorithms
Intelligent Vision
Hardware Accelerators

File:

Download Cotter_Dissertation_PSU_CSE_2015_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
John Phillip Sustersic Jr., Special Member
Dr Steven P Levitan, Special Member

Author:

Murphy, Alison Ryan

Title:

The Identification and Management of Patient Information Problems by Collaborative Patient-care Teams

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

information technology
health
healthcare
hospitals
collaboration
electronic health records

File:

Download AMurphyDissertation_FinalSubmission_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erika S Poole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Kyungsik

Title:

Understanding the application of mobile technology in local community contexts

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

local community
local engagement
local awareness
mobile technology
human-computer interaction

File:

Download 1-Dissertation_khan.pdf

Committee Members:

John Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Patrick Shih, Special Member

Author:

Lu, Xin

Title:

Visual Characteristics for Computational Prediction of Aesthetics and Evoked Emotions

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Image Aesthetics Assessment
Emotion Prediction
Deep Learning

File:

Download phd_dissertation_xinlu.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Jia Li, Committee Member

Author:

Zheng, Saijing

Title:

Occupy MOOCs: Understanding Users' Motivations, Perceptions and Activity Trajectories

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

MOOCs
Massive Open Online Courses
Motivation
Perceptions
mix-method

File:

Download Dissertation-Saijing_Zheng-Final_Version2.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member
Zhenhui Li, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jung, Eun Hwa

Title:

Senior Citizens’ Interactions on Facebook: The Effects of Social Networking Affordances on Psychological Well-being

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

senior citizens
Facebook
technological affordances
uses and gratifications
self-determination
well-being

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Draft_Eun_Hwa_Jung.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member

Author:

Advani, Siddharth Kishin

Title:

Large-Scale Object Recognition for Embedded Wearable Platforms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Embedded vision systems
Real-time systems

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Sampson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Giles, Committee Member
Kevin Irick, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Outside Member

Author:

Wu, Mu

Title:

I Text therefore I Am: Message Interactivity vs. Message Exchange in Addictive Use of Instant Messaging

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Instant messaging
Interactivity
Media habit
Message contingency
Message exchange
Texting addiction
Mobile phone

File:

Download Dissertation_Mu_Wu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Outside Member

Author:

Chandramoorthy, Nandhini

Title:

Design and Exploration of Accelerator-rich Multi-core Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

heterogeneous architectures
processor modeling
accelerator-rich architectures

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Kevin Irick, Outside Member
Luca Benini, Special Member

Author:

Pu, Yu

Title:

Towards Models of the Economic Value of Interdependent Privacy in Social App Adoption Scenarios

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Third-party Social Apps
App Data Collection Context
Interdependent Privacy
Value of Privacy
Conjoint Analysis
Structural Equation Modeling
Online Survey Study
Sharing Anonymity

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Jens Grossklags, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jens Grossklags, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Peng Liu, Committee Member
S. Sundar Shyam, Outside Member

Author:

Almoaiqel, Sarah

Title:

Situating Privacy in the Technology Supported Collaborative Practices of the Saudi Arabian Workplace: Lessons on Socio-spatial and Socio-technical and Socio-Spatial Design

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human Computer Interaction
Value Sensitive Design
Socio-Technical
Socio-Spatial
Privacy
Computer Supported Cooperative Work

File:

Download Sarah_Almoaiqel_s_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Elaine Farndale, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Jinyoung

Title:

ALEXA, WHO TOLD YOU THIS? EXAMINING HOW MEDIA PLATFORM AND SOURCE TAILORING AFFECT USERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INFORMATION DELIVERED BY A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Alexa
information credibility
source tailoring
customization
virtual assistant
media platform

File:

Download Revised_Doctoral_Dissertation_Jinyoung_Kim__Summer_2018_.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Outside Member

Author:

Weidman, Jake Anthony

Title:

POLICIES, STANDARDS, AND PRACTICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY AT UNIVERSITIES AND CORPORATIONS

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Information Security
Security Policies
Security Policy
Policies
Organzational Security
2FA

File:

Download Weidman-Dissertation_-_FINAL_-_Informatics.pdf

Committee Members:

Don Shemanski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Don Shemanski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Gerry Santoro, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Feng

Title:

Supporting Information Seeking and Sensemaking in Issue-Based Knowledge Crystallization

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Information Seeking
Topic Modeling
Civic Engagement
Design-based Research
Information Visualization
Text Analysis
Human Computer Interaction

File:

Download fengs-final-dissertation__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Guoray Cai, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guoray Cai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang, Committee Member
Alan M. MacEachren, Outside Member

Author:

Lin, Yu San

Title:

Machine-Learning-Based Approaches for Learning Marketing Strategies

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
deep learning
probabilistic generative model
marketing
crowdfunding
menu design
competition
word worth
reward
kickstarter

File:

Download yusan-Dissertation_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Wang-Chien Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Outside Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Chen, Jiawei

Title:

UNDERSTANDING COPRODUCTION IN THE INFORMATION AGE: APPLICATIONS IN LOCAL COMMUNITY CONTEXTS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

coproduction
community
information technology

File:

Download dissertation_jiawei_0421.pdf

Committee Members:

John M. Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M. Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Aiping Xiong, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Zhu, Haining

Title:

DESIGNING SELF-CARE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE PATIENTS’ PREHABILITATION ENGAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Healthcare
Prehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Social Support
HCI
Collaboration
Workflow
Facial Paralysis
Surgical Care
User-centered Design
Chronic Condition

File:

Download Zhu_19_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John M Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Na

Title:

Promoting Student Community with Increased Information Visibility In Distance Education

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Online Community
Community Building
CSCW
CSCL
Distance Learning
Visual Analytics
CMC
Education Technology

File:

Download Thesis_Sun2019_DistanceLearners.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Carroll, Committee Member
Ting-Hao (Kenneth) Huang, Committee Member
Kyle Peck, Outside Member

Author:

Aurite, William Robert

Title:

FACTORS IN GENETIC DATA SHARING DECISIONS

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Genetic Data Sharing
Genetic Data
Genetic Data Privacy
Personal Privacy
Interdependent Privacy

File:

Download Aurite_Dissertation_Informatics_-FINAL-_.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Tapia, Committee Member
Lynette Yarger, Committee Member
Alyssa Ann Gamaldo, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bian, Yuchen

Title:

LOCAL COMMUNITY DETECTION ON COMPLEX NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Local community detection
random walk
memory-based random walk
multi-walker chain
query replacement
query node
topology potential field

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiang Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Zihan Zhou, Committee Member
Chaopeng Shen, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Xiao

Title:

Neural Program Synthesis for Compiler Fuzzing

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

compiler testing
fuzz testing
neural program synthesis

File:

Download phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dinghao Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Danfeng Zhang, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

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:

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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