The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Adeel Nasrullah, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m. Knowles Engineering Bldg. Conference Room and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Trustworthy Time Architecture for the Network Edge.” Fatima Anwar, chair.

Zachary Satana, Ph.D., Education, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 10 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Strategies Used to Increase Implementation of Family-School Partnerships by School Mental Health Practitioners.” Sarah Fefer, chair.

Shuwa Miura, Ph.D., Computer Science, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m., Computer Science A215. Dissertation: “Observer-Aware Planning Under Uncertainty.” Shlomo Zilberstein, chair.

Lars M. Howell, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Friday, Feb. 14, 10 a.m., Life Science Lab N410 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Engineered Salmonella for Antigen-Independent Cancer Immunotherapies.” Neil S. Forbes, chair.

Sohaib Ahmad, Ph.D., Computer Science, Friday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m., LGRC A215. Dissertation: “Optimized Resource Allocation for Serving Deep Learning Models.” Ramesh Sitaraman, chair.

James Kostas, Ph.D., Computer Science, Friday, Feb. 14, 1 p.m., LGRC A3111. Dissertation: “Coagent Networks: Reinforcement Learning with Asynchronous Stochastic Neural Networks.” Phil Thomas, chair.

Susanne Westerhoff-Uprety, Ph.D., Political Science, Friday, Feb. 14, 2 p.m., 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.