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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:

Tantawi, Yasmin

Title:

THE PARALINGUISTIC FUNCTION OF EMOJIS ON TWITTER: A REGION-BASED ANALYSIS OF TWITTER USE IN THE USA

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

paralinguistics
emojis
social informatics
human computer interaction

File:

Download TantawiThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M. Carroll, Committee Member
Carleen Maitland, Committee 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:

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:

You, Yue

Title:

Self-diagnosis through chatbot-based symptom checkers: user experiences and design considerations

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Symptom checker
AI algorithms
chatbot
app review

File:

Download Final_Master_Thesis_of_Yue_You.pdf

Committee Members:

Xinning Gui, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

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:

Lu, Xi

Title:

Detecting Self-Reported Memory Problems in Transcripts of Interviews with Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Discourse Analysis
Healthcare Text Mining
Alzheimer's Disease

File:

Download Detecting_Self_Reported_Memory_Problems_in_Transcripts_of_Interviews_with_Older_Adults.pdf

Committee Members:

Pransenjit Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ting-Hao Kenneth Huang, Committee Member
Shomir Wilson, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

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:

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:

Cromity, Steve

Title:

PolyBandit: Polymorphic Linux Command Line Simulation

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Polylab
Automatic Problem Generation
Cybersecurity Education
Education Technology

File:

Download Cromity.s-MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nick Giacobe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward J Glantz, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Michael Keith Hills, Special Signatory
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Murugan, Priyadarshini

Title:

Modeling Longitudinal Behavior Dynamics Among Extremist Users in Twitter Data

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Twitter
Extremist users
Chaos test
Hurst Exponent
Behavioral Patterns

File:

Download Modeling_Longitudinal_Behavior_Dynamics_Among_Extremist_Users_in_Twitter_Data__3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher H Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Sarah Michele Rajtmajer, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Winkler, Stephanie

Title:

Privacy Management for Student Data in Higher Education Learning Analytics Applications

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

learning analytics
privacy
higher education

File:

Download SWinklerThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Susser, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Aiping Xiong, Committee 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:

Wu, Justin

Title:

Universal Micro-credential Certifications Powered By the Blockchain: An Extension For eAsel

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

blockchain
micro-credentials
eAsel
competency-based education
smart contracts
ethereum
blockchain certificates
ERC-721
Non-Fungible Tokens
digital badges
blockchain credentials

File:

Download JustinWu-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Steven R. Haynes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Member
Edward J Glantz, Committee Member

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:

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:

Agnihotri, Devanshi

Title:

Assessing mHealth Motivational Pathways Among Hispanic Individuals Through Technological Affordances

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Technological affordances
self determination theory
motivational technology model

File:

Download FINALAgnihotri_MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Saeed M Abdullah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunfeng Shi, Committee Member
Xinning Gui, Committee 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:

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:

Lin, Zhenpeng

Title:

Increasing Exploitability via Elastic Kernel Objects

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

kernel
exploitation
static analysis

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Linhai Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Ting Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Xian

Title:

Adversarial Policy Training against Deep Reinforcement Learning.

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Reinforcement Learning
Adversarial Attacks

File:

Download Xian_Wu_master.pdf

Committee Members:

Xinyu Xing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ting Wang, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Linhai Song, Committee Member

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:

Liang, Junjie

Title:

Predictive Modeling for High Dimensional Longitudinal Data

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Longitudinal data analysis
longitudinal correlation
cluster correlation
Gaussian Process
Factorization Machines

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Committee Members:

Xiang Zhang, Major Field Member
Lin Lin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Vasant Honavar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dhanorkar, Shipi

Title:

An Investigation of the Design Space for Student Learning Tools that Aid Interaction with Recorded Lecture Content

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Lecture Recording
AI
Human-Computer Interaction
Design
Scenario-Based Design Research
Higher Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Outside Unit & Field Member
D. Benjamin Hellar, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Major & Minor Field Member

Author:

Zhu, Lizhen

Title:

Contrastive Visual Learning from Spatiotemporal Information

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Contrastive learning
computer vision
perception

File:

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Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gautam, Sanjana

Title:

The Learning Code : Designing AI-Driven Adaptive Learning Systems for Social Learning

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

education and learning
adaptive learning
social learning
personal data tracking
artificial intelligence
collaborative learning
system design

File:

Download The_Learning_Code__Designing_AI_Driven_Adaptive_Learning_Systems_for_Social_Learning__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lyu, Yao

Title:

"WHEN IS NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE": A STUDY OF THE ENTANGLEMENT BETWEEN HUMAN AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Human-Computer Interaction
Infrastructure Studies
Accessible Computing

File:

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Committee Members:

Carleen Maitland, Program Head/Chair
Marcela Borge, Outside Unit & Field Member
Priya Kumar, Major Field Member
Jack Carroll, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member