Defense Notices
All students and faculty are welcome to attend the final defense of EECS graduate students completing their M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. Defense notices for M.S./Ph.D. presentations for this year and several previous years are listed below in reverse chronological order.
Students who are nearing the completion of their M.S./Ph.D. research should schedule their final defenses through the EECS graduate office at least THREE WEEKS PRIOR to their presentation date so that there is time to complete the degree requirements check, and post the presentation announcement online.
Upcoming Defense Notices
Elizabeth Wyss
A New Frontier for Software Security: Diving Deep into npmWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Committee Members:
Drew Davidson, ChairAlex Bardas
Fengjun Li
Bo Luo
J. Walker
Audrey Mockenhaupt
Using Dual Function Radar Communication Waveforms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Automatic Target RecognitionWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Committee Members:
Patrick McCormick, ChairShannon Blunt
Jon Owen
Rich Simeon
Delay-Doppler Channel Estimation for High-Speed Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry ApplicationsWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Committee Members:
Erik Perrins, ChairShannon Blunt
Morteza Hashemi
Jim Stiles
Craig McLaughlin
Soumya Baddham
Battling Toxicity: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Content ModerationWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Committee Members:
David Johnson, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Hongyang Sun
Manu Chaudhary
Utilizing Quantum Computing for Solving Multidimensional Partial Differential EquationsWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Committee Members:
Esam El-Araby, ChairPerry Alexander
Tamzidul Hoque
Prasad Kulkarni
Tyrone Duncan
Alex Manley
Taming Complexity in Computer Architecture through Modern AI-Assisted Design and EducationWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Committee Members:
Heechul Yun, ChairTamzidul Hoque
Prasad Kulkarni
Mohammad Alian
Past Defense Notices
Theodore Harbison
Posting Passwords: How social media information can be leveraged in password guessing attacksWhen & Where:
Zoom Defense, please email jgrisafe@ku.edu for defense link.
Committee Members:
Hossein Saiedian, ChairFengjun Li
Heechul Yun
Ethan Grantz
Swarm: A Backend-Agnostic Language for Simple Distributed ProgrammingWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Committee Members:
Drew Davidson, ChairPerry Alexander
Prasad Kulkarni
Johnson Umeike
Optimizing gem5 Simulator Performance: Profiling Insights and Userspace Networking EnhancementsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Committee Members:
Mohammad Alian, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Heechul Yun
Adam Sarhage
Design of Multi-Section Coupled Line CouplerWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 2001B
Committee Members:
Jim Stiles, ChairChris Allen
Glenn Prescott
Mohsen Nayebi Kerdabadi
Contrastive Learning of Temporal Distinctiveness for Survival Analysis in Electronic Health RecordsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 250 (Gemini Room)
Committee Members:
Zijun Yao, ChairFengjun Li
Cuncong Zhong
Jarrett Zeliff
An Analysis of Bluetooth Mesh Security Features in the Context of Secure CommunicationsWhen & Where:
Eaton Hall, Room 1
Committee Members:
Alexandru Bardas, ChairDrew Davidson
Fengjun Li
Daniel Johnson
Probability-Aware Selective Protection for Sparse Iterative SolversWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Committee Members:
Hongyang Sun, ChairPerry Alexander
Zijun Yao
Javaria Ahmad
Discovering Privacy Compliance Issues in IoT Apps and Alexa Skills Using AI and Presenting a Mechanism for Enforcing Privacy ComplianceWhen & Where:
LEEP2, Room 2425
Committee Members:
Bo Luo, ChairAlex Bardas
Tamzidul Hoque
Fengjun Li
Michael Zhuo Wang
Xiangyu Chen
Toward Efficient Deep Learning for Computer Vision ApplicationsWhen & Where:
Nichols Hall, Room 246 (Executive Conference Room)
Committee Members:
Cuncong Zhong, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Bo Luo
Fengjun Li
Hongguo Xu
Krushi Patel
Image Classification & Segmentation based on Enhanced CNN and Transformer NetworksWhen & Where:
Zoom Defense, please email jgrisafe@ku.edu for defense link.
Committee Members:
Fengjun Li, ChairPrasad Kulkarni
Bo Luo
Cuncong Zhong
Xinmai Yang