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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:

Du, Honglu

Title:

“I FELT LIKE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE CLASS”: INCREASING CLASS PARTICIPATION WITH CLASSCOMMONS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Class Participation
Sense of Community

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Remmel, Ian

Title:

The Insight Project: Serverless Synchronization of Data for Personal Information Management Software

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

data synchronization
personal information management

File:

Download thesis_remmel_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

McCauley, Jennifer Colleen

Title:

A Digital Library Initiative for Scholarly Monographs: An Activity Theory Analysis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

socio-technology
digital library
activity theory
qualitative
scholarly communication
organizational

File:

Download McCauleyFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Zang, Nan

Title:

Mashups for the Web-Active End User

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

web development
end-user programming
mashups

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Zheng, Saijing

Title:

Adaptation as an Integrated Endeavor: Learning from the Timeline Deployment Study

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Online Social Network
Facebook
Timeline
Adaptation
Design

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Adaptation-Saijing_Zheng_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Heng Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu Reddy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Aritajati, Chulakorn

Title:

Providing Online Help To Students Learning About Web Development: A Real-time Question And Answer Forum

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Crowd-sourcing
Question and Answer Forum
Education

File:

Download Chulakorn_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pena, Joslenne

Title:

An Investigation Of Technology Design Features For Supporting Inverted Classroom Teaching

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Inverted Classroom
Flipped Classroom
Education Technology
Scenario-based Design

File:

Download pena_MSthesis_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Xiao

Title:

Programming in Eliza

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Program Synthesis
Natural Language
Eliza
LOGO

File:

Download pie.pdf

Committee Members:

Dinghao Wu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Yen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Ge, Jun

Title:

Observers' Privacy Concerns about Wearable Cameras

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

privacy
wearable technology
recording technology
scenario-based design
survey
user experience

File:

Download Thesis-Jun_Ge_-_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jang, Jin Yea

Title:

Teens In Social Media: Data-driven Comparative Analysis On Behaviors In Instagram

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Teens
social interactions
age difference
Instagram

File:

Download Thesis_JYJang.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaolong Zhang, Thesis 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:

Luo, Yuhan

Title:

Understanding Information Workers' Sedentary Behavior Through a Desktop-Based Break Prompting System

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Sedentary Behavior
Human-computer Interaction
Persuasive Technology
Health Informatics
Qualitative Study
Experience Sampling

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Yuhan_Luo.pdf

Committee Members:

Eun Kyoung Choe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
David E. Conroy, Committee Member

Author:

Negron, Adrian Ernesto

Title:

GENDER AND SCRATCH: EXPLORING SUPPORT FOR ONLINE GENDERED SETTINGS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

IT gender differences
Computational thinking

File:

Download Gender_and_Scratch_-_Exploring_Support_for_Online_Gendered_Settings.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Jin

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FEATURES FOR SUPPORTING REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Synchronous Collaborative Programming
Collaborative Learning
Computer Mediated Communication
Real-time Collaborative Editing

File:

Download Jin_THESIS_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Hanrahan, Committee Member
Rosalie Ocker, Committee 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:

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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:

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:

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:

Rao, Ramsha

Title:

Evaluation of Haptic and Audio Feedback Navigation for People with Visual Impairments

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Remote Sighted Assistance
Assistive technology
Haptic feedback
Visual impairment

File:

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Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, 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:

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:

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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:

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:

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:

Zhou, Qianying

Title:

Data Augmentation Strategies For Cervical Histopathology Image Classification

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Data augmentation
Deep learning
Generative Adversarial Network
Cervical Cancer
Histopathology image

File:

Download master_thesis_Qianying.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Zihan Zhou, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Shan

Title:

Addressing Prolonged Sedentary Behaviors in Workplaces: Effects of Humor on Behavioral Intention and Perceived Interruption

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

HCI
behavior change
prompt
prolonged sedentary behavior
interruption

File:

Download Shan_Wang_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

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

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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:

Gupta, Samarth

Title:

Supervised Machine Learning for Region Assignment of Zebrafish Brain Nuclei based on Computational Assessment of Cell Neighborhoods

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Microtomography

File:

Download thesis_samarth.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Fenglong Ma, Committee Member

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:

Parsons, Sean

Title:

The Migration of Data and Refactoring of Large Scale Digital Libraries: A Case Study For CiteSeerX

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

databases
migration
big data
digital libraries
NoSQL
search

File:

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Committee Members:

Clyde Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
Edward J Glantz, Committee Member
Jian Wu, Special Signatory
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tang, Xianfeng

Title:

Modeling Spatiotemporality for Multivariate Time Series in Urban Applications

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Machine learning
Data mining
Time series
Spatial-temporal
Smart city

File:

Download Xianfeng_Tang_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suhang Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee 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:

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:

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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:

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:

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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:

Luo, Dongsheng

Title:

Scholar Name Disambiguation via Collective Clustering

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Name Disambiguation
Collective Clustering
Information Network

File:

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Committee Members:

Xiang Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Dongwon Lee, Committee 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:

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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:

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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:

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:

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:

Yu, Li

Title:

Explainable image classification based on positive gradient distance

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Explainable image classification
Positive gradient distance

File:

Download Li_Yu_MS_Thesis_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, 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 (MS)

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:

Zhang, Kaixuan

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

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:

Wu, Yanting

Title:

Role of video conferencing affordances in remote education during COVID-19

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
videoconferencing
remote education
affordance
usage

File:

Download revised_version__6.30_.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
John M. Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Chun-Hua Tsai, Committee Member

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 (PHD)

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 (PHD)

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 (PHD)

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 (PHD)

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