Computing and Information Systems
Device-Specific Mental Models of Security and Privacy
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jacqueline White Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: July 18, 2024 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: Woodward 335 and https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/91314436639?pwd=xf7t1hqHiTGG37Mjq9L9YTkaNHJluc.1 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Heather Richter Lipford Committee Members: Dr. David Wilson, Dr. Cori Faklaris, Dr. Jiang (Linda) Xie Abstract: People adopt security technologies and make security decisions based […]
Social Media Content Moderation: User-Moderator Collaboration and Perception Biases
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kanlun Wang Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: July 19, 2024 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: Join Zoom Meeting https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/98501903038?pwd=QU43azhFc3dSN21FRXIweGVSaGNtUT09 Meeting ID: 985 0190 3038 Passcode: 827401 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Lina Zhou Committee Members: Dr. Dongsong Zhang, Dr. SungJune Park, Dr. Depeng Xu, and Dr. Shi Chen Abstract: […]
Design and Evaluation of a Conversational Agent to Support Domestic Violence Survivors
Doctoral Candidate Name: Abdulrahman Aldkheel Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: May 24, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/92315191825 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Lina Zhou Committee Members: Dr. Dongsong Zhang, Dr. WEICHAO WANG, Dr. Cheryl Brown Abstract: Domestic violence (DV) is widely recognized as a significant problem with detrimental impacts on […]
Modeling Trigger-Action IoT Attacks and Devising Real-time Probabilistic Defense Mechanisms
Doctoral Candidate Name: Md Morshed Alam Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 17, 2024 – 12:30 PM Defense Location: Woodward 255 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Weichao Wang Committee Members: Dr. Mohamed Shehab, Dr. Jinpeng Wei, Dr. Yonghong Yan Abstract: Trigger-action Internet of Things (IoT) platforms allow IoT devices to create a […]
Efficient Bayesian Sensor Placement and Informative Path Planning
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kalvik Jakkala Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 3, 2024 – 8:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/98195752986 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Srinivas Akella Committee Members: Dr. Jaya Bishwal, Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Wenhao Luo, Dr. Gabriel Terejanu Abstract: Sensor placement and Informative Path Planning (IPP) are fundamental problems […]
Prioritized Robotic Exploration with Dynamic Deadlines
Doctoral Candidate Name: Sayantan Datta Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: March 29, 2024 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: WOODW 335 Committee chair’s Name: Srinivas Akella Committee Members: Erik Saule, Min Shin, Jim Conra Abstract: Autonomous exploration using mobile robots, commonly referred to as robotic exploration, entails simultaneously performing robot perception, localization, […]
Understanding and Improving the Usability, Security, and Privacy of Smart Locks from the Perspective of the End User
Doctoral Candidate Name: Hussein Hazazi Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 8, 2024 – 12:30 PM Defense Location: Zoom https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/91075751264?pwd=dnhpbjBncWRSdTJ1cGlKSzZ5ZVk2dz09 Committee chair’s Name: Mohamed Shehab Committee Members: Heather Richter Lipford, Weichao Wang, Richard Lambert Abstract: Over the past two decades, the Internet of Things (IoT) has seen a significant expansion in […]
Multi-modal data analysis for patient outcome prediction in colorectal cancer
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kexin Ding Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 8, 2024 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/96969064806 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Aidong Lu Committee Members: Dr. Shaoting Zhang, Dr. Min Shin, Dr. Yaorong Ge Abstract: Understanding and characterizing cancer patient outcomes is challenging and involves multiple clinical measurements (e.g., […]
Distributed Hierarchical Event Monitoring for Security Analytics
Doctoral Candidate Name: Mohiuddin Ahmed Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: March 29, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Online (Zoom): https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/96478264051?pwd=Sk81SVBFYjRTelhRQ0tsY2dHaEJ4dz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jinpeng Wei Committee Members: Dr. Bill Chu, Dr. Yongge Wang, Dr. Yasin Raja Abstract: In recent years, there has been an increase in attacks, including advanced […]
Synthesizing Contextually Relevant Tabular Data Using Context-Aware Conditional Tabular GAN (CA-CTGAN) and Transfer Learning
Doctoral Candidate Name: Hesam Fallahian Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 10, 2024 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/96836215539 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Mohsen Dorodchi Committee Members: Dr. Kyle Kreth, Dr. Pu Wang, Dr. Christian Kuemmerle, Dr. Heather Lipford Abstract: The Context-Aware Conditional Tabular Generative Adversarial Network (CA-CTGAN) introduces an innovative […]