Doctoral Oral Exams for January 27, 2025 – February 7, 2025
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The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Grace Cho, PhD., Psychology
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 10:00AM, via Zoom.
Dissertation: “Exploring How Defeat and Entrapment Mediate the Link Between Social Comparison and Suicidal Thoughts Across Enthnoracial Backgrounds.” Rebecca Ready, Chair.
Chenghao Lyu, PhD., Computer Science
Thursday, January 30, 2025, 9:00AM, Lederle A311 and via Zoom.
Dissertation: “Intelligent Cost-Performance Optimization for Big Data Analytics Systems.” Yanlei Diao and Prashant Shenoy, Co-Chairs.
Ann-Marie Sylvia, PhD., Kinesiology
Monday, February 3, 2025, 10:30AM, Totman 156.
Dissertation: “The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an Equine-Assisted Adaptive Riding Intervention on the Physical Activity Levels of Neurodivergent Children (The PANDA-3 Study).” Katie Potter, Chair.
Iman Deznabi, PhD., Computer Science, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 11:00AM, Lederle A215 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Adaptive Deep Learning Models for Personalized Modeling of Heterogeneous Time-Series Data.” Madalina Fiterau Brostean, Chair.