BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:694321224d96e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260107T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260107T113000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-ai-ml-gaston-graph-aware-social-transformer-for-online-networks LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s thesis presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machin e\nLearning • GASTON: Graph-Aware Social Transformer for Online\nNetwork s CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E\nONLINE.\n\nOLHA WLOCH\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Lukasz Golab\, Robin Cohe n DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:694321224fa94 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251219T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251219T160000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-computer-graphics-staggered-grid-based-variational-approach-modeling-ela stic-deformation LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 3317 | Online master’s thesis presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ O N N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Computer Graphics • A Staggere d\nGrid-based Variational Approach for Modeling Elastic Deformation CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN DC\n3317 AND ONLINE.\n\nBROOKE DOLNY\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R . Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Christophe r Batty DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69432122509ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260114T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260114T120000 URL:/computer-science/events/phd-defence-artificial-int elligence-autonomous-driving-system-rule-learning-using-expert-defined-cau sality LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online PhD defence À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving Syst em\nRule Learning Using Expert-Defined Causality CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE.\n\nFRÉD ÉRIC BOUCHARD\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Scie nce_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Krzysztof Czarnecki DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69432122515fd DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260114T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260114T130000 URL:/computer-science/events/phd-defence-crysp-practica lly-efficient-protocols-for-private-computation-using-homomorphic-encrypti on LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 3317 | Online PhD defence À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Cryptography\, Security\, and Privacy (CrySP) •\n Practically Efficient Protocols for Private Computation using\nHomomorphic Encryption CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 3317 AND ON LINE.\n\nRASOUL AKHAVAN MAHDAVI\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Florian Kerschbaum DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:694321225216c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251217T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251217T170000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-research-paper-pre sentation-syn-kernel-level-threading-user-level-speed-optimizing-thread-pe r-session-io-via-extensible-scheduler LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s research paper presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Systems and Networking •\nKernel-Level Threading\, User-Level Speed: Optimizing\nThread-per-Ses sion I/O via Extensible Scheduler CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATION WILL T AKE\nPLACE ONLINE.\n\nBRIAN SONG\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cherito n School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Martin Karsten DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6943212252cbc DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251218T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251218T160000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-se-grounded-guessing-empirical-evaluation-llm-reasoning-agentic-workflow s-for-rcs-in-cloud-based-systems LOCATION:E7 - Engineering 7 200 University Ave West Hybrid: E7 5419 | Onlin e master’s thesis presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Grounde d\nor Guessing? An Empirical Evaluation of LLM Reasoning in Agentic\nWorkf lows for Root Cause Analysis in Cloud-Based Systems CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN E7\n5419 AND ONLINE.\n\nEVELIEN RIDDELL\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_Davi d R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Krzyszt of Czarnecki DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6943212253527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251211T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251211T103000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-algorithms-complexity-new-methods-analyzing-properties-automatic-sequenc es LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s thesis presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity • Ne w\nMethods for Analyzing the Properties of Automatic Sequences CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E\nONLINE.\n\nMAZEN KHODIER\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton Sch ool of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Jeffrey Shallit DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6943212253dbc DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251219T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251219T150000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-crysp-path-reduction-and-coverage-complexity-for-fuzzing LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s thesis presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography\, Security\, and Pr ivacy\n(CrySP) • Path Reduction and Coverage Complexity for Fuzzing CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E\nONLINE.\n\nZEKUN WANG\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Meng Xu DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6943212254665 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260116T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260116T113000 URL:/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-ai-integrating-symbolic-reasoning-into-large-language-models LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 2314 | Online master’s thesis presentation À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ O N N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence •\nInt egrating Symbolic Reasoning into Large Language Models CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN DC\n2314 AND ONLINE.\n\nVARUN DHANRAJ\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Chris Eli asmith DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6943212254f4c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260130T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260130T170000 URL:/computer-science/events/phd-defence-algorithms-com plexity-quantum-computing-lower-bounds-on-average-case-and-non-local-quant um-computation LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Hybrid: QNC 2 101 | Online PhD defence À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Algorithms and Complexity | Quantum Computing •\n Lower Bounds on Average-Case and Non-Local Quantum Computation CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN QNC 2101 AND O NLINE.\n\nVAHID REZA ASADI\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of C omputer Science_\n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Richard Cleve\, Mohammad Hajia badi DTSTAMP:20251217T213114Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR