Doctoral Oral Exams for February 10, 2025 – February 14, 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:
Zachary Satana, PhD., Education
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:00AM, via Zoom.
Dissertation: “Strategies Used to Increase Implementation of Family-School Partnerships by School Mental Health Practitioners.” Sarah Fefer, Chair.
Shuwa Miura, PhD., Computer Science
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 2:00PM, Computer Science A215.
Dissertation: “Observer-Aware Planning Under Uncertainty.” Shlomo Zilberstein, Chair.
Adeel Nasrullah, PhD., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:00AM, Knowles Engineering Bldg. Conference Room and via Zoom.
Dissertation: “Trustworthy Time Architecture for the Network Edge.” Fatima Anwar, Chair.
Susanne Westerhoff-Uprety, PhD., Political Science
Friday, February 14, 2025, 2:00PM, via Zoom.
Dissertation: “Work in the Digital Era: The Economic, Social and Political Facets of Popular Computer- Centered Automation Technologies in the US Labor Environment.” Nick Xenos, Chair.
James Kostas, PhD., Computer Science
Friday, February 14, 2025, 1:00PM, LGRC A3111.
Dissertation: “Coagent Networks: Reinforcement Learning with Asynchronous Stochastic Neural Networks.” Phil Thomas, Chair.
Lars M. Howell, PhD., Chemical Engineering
Friday, February 14, 2025, 10:00AM, Life Science Lab
N410 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Engineered Salmonella for Antigen-Independent Cancer Immunotherapies.” Neil S. Forbes, Chair.
Sohaib Ahmad, PhD., Computer Science
Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:00AM, LGRC A215.
Dissertation: “Optimized Resource Allocation for Serving Deep Learning Models.” Ramesh Sitaraman, Chair.