PhD Dissertators

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Carolyn Allex

Thesis Title: Adapting Trained Neural Networks when their Task Environment Changes: Case Studies in DNA Sequencing
Advisor: J. Shavlik
Areas of Interest: computational biology, DNA sequencing, artificial intelligence, knowledge transfer, machine learning, neural networks

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Sara Bauman

Thesis Title: A Spray Model for an Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code
Advisor: C. Rutland
Areas of Interest: numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics

Kevin S. Beyer

Thesis Title: Interactive Data Analysis using Query Set Templates
Advisor: R. Ramakrishnan
Areas of Interest: database systems, data analysis, visualization

Douglas Burger

Thesis Title: Memory Hierarchies for Future Microprocessors
Advisor: J. Goodman
Areas of Interest: computer architecture, memory systems, parallel discrete-event simulation, multiprocessor operating systems

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Chee-Yong Chan

Thesis Title: Design and Evaluation of Bitmap Indexes
Advisor: Y. Ioannidis
Areas of Interest: query processing and optimization, performance issues in database systems

Su-Hui Chiang

Thesis Title: High-Performance Processor and Memory Allocation for Parallel Computers
Advisor: M. Vernon
Areas of Interest: performance evaluation, multiprocessor scheduling

Trishiul Chilimbi

Thesis Title: Cache-Conscious Data Structures
Advisor: J. Larus
Areas of Interest: programming languages, compilers, and architectures for parallel computing

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Prasad Deshpande

Thesis Title: Efficient Database Support for OLAP Applications
Advisor: J. Naughton
Areas of Interest: OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing), data warehousing, parallel systems

William Donaldson

Advisor: R. Meyer
Areas of Interest: math programming

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David Finton

Thesis Title: Importance-Based Feature Extraction for Reinforcement Learning
Advisor: Y. Hu
Areas of Interest: machine learning, reinforcement learning, knowledge representation, feature extraction

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Johannes Gehrke

Thesis Title: Scalable Techniques for Data Mining
Advisor: R. Ramakrishnan
Areas of Interest: database systems, knowledge discovery in databases, electronic commerce

Jonathan Goldstein

Thesis Title: Improved Query Processing and Data Representation Techniques
Advisor: R. Ramakrishnan
Areas of Interest: indexing, information retrieval, data mining, compression

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Rebecca Hasti

Advisor: S. Horwitz
Areas of Interest: programming languages, static single assignment form, pointer analysis

Amy Hauth

Thesis Title: Development of Computational Algorithms and Software to Identify Biological Classes of Repetitive Elements
Advisor: D. Joseph
Areas of Interest: computational biology, analysis of DNA sequences

Jeffrey Horn

Thesis Title:Exploiting Structure in Solving Mathematical Programs
Advisor: M. Ferris
Areas of Interest: complementarity, computational geometry, molecular modelling, parallel optimization

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Navin Kabra

Thesis Title: Extensible Query Optimization and Query Optimization Techniques for Relational and Object-Relational Database Systems
Advisor: D. DeWitt
Areas of Interest: query optimization in relational and object-relational database systems, query processing, parallel database systems

Alain Kagi

Thesis Title: Mechanisms for Efficient Synchronization
Advisor: J. Goodman
Areas of Interest: computer architecture, parallel processing, performance evaluation, database systems

Karen Karavanic

Thesis Title: Experiment Management Support for Parallel Performance Tuning
Advisor: B. Miller
Areas of Interest: performance tools, parallel and distributed systems, operating systems

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Andreas Moshovos

Advisor: G. Sohi
Areas of Interest: Architectures and compilation techniques for exploiting instruction level parallelism, VLSI design and operating systems

Todd Munson

Advisor: M. Ferris
Areas of Interest: mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints, complementarity, large scale optimization

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Biswadeep Nag

Thesis Title: Memory Management Strategies for Decision Support Systems
Advisor: D. DeWitt
Areas of Interest: resource management for databases, high performance database algorithms, OLAP and mining based decision support systems

Tia Newhall

Thesis Title:Performance Measurement of Interpreted Program Executions
Advisor: B. Miller
Areas of Interest: performance tools, dynamic compilation, Java, distributed systems

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Karthikeyan Ramasamy

Advisor: J. Naughton
Areas of Interest: data warehousing, object relational database systems, Web servers and file systems

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Eric Schnarr

Advisor: J. Larus
Areas of Interest: micro-architecture simulation

Uri Shaft

Thesis Title: The Effects of Image Data Modeling on an Image DBMS
Advisor: R. Ramakrishnan
Areas of Interest: databases(image databases and multidimensional indexing), computer graphics

James Skrentny

Thesis Title: Esthetics and Human-Computer Interaction
Advisor: L. Uhr
Areas of Interest: human-computer interaction, computer mediated interaction, user interfaces, artificial intelligence, and time arts

Avinash Sodani

Advisor: G. Sohi
Areas of Interest: multi-scalar computer architectures

Suzan Stodder

Thesis Title: Parallelization of Strassen's Algorithm
Advisors: J. Strikwerda and S. Huss-Lederman
Areas of Interest: numerical analysis, parallel numerical linear algebra, women in computer science

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Ariel Tamches

Thesis Title: Fine-Grained Dynamic Kernel Instrumentation
Advisor: B. Miller
Areas of Interest: operating systems, programming languages, distributed systems

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Ayse Unat

Thesis Title: Motion Understanding in Multi-resolution Framework
Advisor: L. Uhr
Areas of Interest: computer vision, human vision, artificial intelligence

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Jie-Bing Yu

Advisor: D. DeWitt
Areas of Interest: tertiary storage support, parallel and object-oriented database management systems, geographic information systems

Liang-Yin Yu

Advisor: C. Dyer
Areas of Interest: computer vision

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Matthew Zeidenberg

Thesis Title: Learning Visual and Temporal Concepts and Lexical Semantics
Advisor: L. Uhr
Areas of Interest: artificial intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, computational linguistics