Computing and Information Systems

Better Modeling of Matching Possibilities and Uncertainty for Offline Visual Mult-object Tracking

Doctoral Candidate Name: Lance A Rice Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 15, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Remote / online (https://meet.google.com/beo-uhvo-wxk) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Min Shin Committee Members: D. Robert Cox, Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Gabriel Terejanu Abstract: The task of visually tracking multiple objects remains an active […]

Active Cyber Defense Planning and Orchestration

Doctoral Candidate Name: Md Mazharul Islam Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 8, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual Zoom meeting (please email me at mislam7@charlotte.edu for meeting link) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jinpeng Wei Committee Members: Dr. Bei-Tseng Chu, Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Matthew Whelan Abstract: The overwhelming number […]

ARNY: AN INTERACTION MODEL BASED ON EMOTIONAL FEEDBACK FOR AN AI-BASED CO-CREATIVE DESIGN SYSTEM

Doctoral Candidate Name: Sarah Abdellahi Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Online/ Woodward 243 Committee chair’s Name: Mary Lou Maher Committee Members: Abstract:

Visual Analytics Approaches to Exploring Multivariate Time Series Data

Doctoral Candidate Name: Tinghao Feng Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 15, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/91741396988?pwd=cWpUZ3ZjZ1ZlSEIvSzMySmMyeTJmUT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jing Yang Committee Members: Dr. Jing Yang, Dr. Aidong Lu, Dr. Xi Niu, Dr. ZACHARY WARTELL, Dr. Martha-Cary Eppes Abstract: Time-oriented data analysis has attracted the attention of […]

Modeling and Analyzing the United States Courts of Last Resort’s Legal Citation System as a Complex System

Doctoral Candidate Name: Louai Magbol Mohammed Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 10, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Mirsad Hadzikadic Committee Members: Dr.Jason Windett , Dr. Zbyszek Ras, and Dr.Mohammed Shehab Abstract: Courts of last resort in the United States are becoming increasingly important in […]

Optimizing Performance of In-memory Computing with Hybrid Memory System

Doctoral Candidate Name: Wei Rang Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom link: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/97502079709 Committee chair’s Name: Dazhao Cheng Committee Members: Xi Niu, Dong Dai, Tao Han Abstract: The development of in-memory computing has fueled the emergence of in-memory computing systems. Data explosion is […]

Leveraging social media to better understand people’s obesity related behaviors

Doctoral Candidate Name: Chuqin Li Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: September 21, 2021 – 8:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/93433321104?pwd=QkU5UFhJQ2xkOFVrTllISm1kSk15QT09 Meeting ID: 934 3332 1104 Passcode: 542804 Committee chair’s Name: Dr.Albert Park Committee Members: Dr.Yaorong Ge, Dr.Siddharth Krishnan, Dr.Jennifer Webb Abstract: With the worldwide prevalence of obesity doubling over the past […]

Cognitive Biases in Decision-Making under Uncertainty with Interactive Data Visualizations

Doctoral Candidate Name: Ryan Wesslen Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: July 23, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wenwen Dou Committee Members: Dr. Jean-Claude Thill, Dr. Isaac Cho, Dr. Samira Shaikh, Dr. Douglas Markant Abstract: In this thesis, we hypothesize that data visualization users are subject […]

FIRST: Finding Interesting stoRies about STudents: An Interactive Narrative Approach to Explainable Learning Analytics

Doctoral Candidate Name: Ahmad Al-Doulat Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: July 16, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Mary Lou Maher Committee Members: Dr. Bojan Cukic, Dr. Harini Ramaprasad, Dr. Albert Park Abstract: Learning Analytics (LA) has had a growing interest by academics, researchers, and administrators motivated […]

Supporting Modeling, Explaining, and Sensemaking of Academic Success and Risk of Undergraduate Students

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nasheen Nur Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: July 1, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/3687284011?pwd=U1RnU1RxS2pCaDBGMUZPYkhNTkZOUT09 Meeting ID: 368 728 4011 Passcode: 7Rtha1 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wenwen Dou Committee Members: Dr. Mary Lou Maher. Dr. Mohsen Dorodchi, Dr. Xi Niu, Dr. Kim Buch Abstract: The main goal […]