All exams listed here are open to the public. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend; these exams are like department colloquia.
Graduate Studies - Computer Science Scheduled Examinations Masters and Ph.D Exams
2026 Examination Schedule
| Candidate | MS or Ph.D | Thesis Title | Date | Location | Time | Defense Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodey, Dzifa Mercy | CPE MS | Optimization of Energy Costs and EV Battery Health in V2G Enabled Homes | 3/30/2026 | DMB 102A | 9:30AM | Dr. Silvestri |
| Mahanipour, Afsaneh | CS Ph.D. | Federated Data Engineering and Learning for Edge Intelligence Systems | 4/1/2026 | Virtual | 2:00 PM | Dr. Khamfroush |
| Edwards, Zachary Kenneth | CPE MS | TBA | 4/9/2026 | DMB 102A | 3:30PM | Dr. Salehi |
| Pu Jiao | CS Ph.D. | Toward Efficient and Scalable Scientific Data Management through Quality-oriented Data Compression | 4/21/2026 | Remote | 12:00PM | Dr. Liang |
| Klusty, Mitchell | CS MS | TBA | 4/21/2026 | Healthy Kentucky Reasearch Building 360 | 1:00PM | Dr. Bumgardner |
| Klusty, Mitchell | CS MS | TBA | 4/27/2026 | Healthy Kentucky Reasearch Building 310A | 12:00PM | Dr. Bumgardner |
| Duerstock, Jakob Gregory | CS MS | TBA | 4/22/2026 | DMB 102A | 10:00AM | Dr. Calvert |
| Logan, William Vaiden | CS MS | TBA | 4/22/2026 | Healthy Kentucky Reasearch Building 360 | 11:00AM | Dr. Bumgardner |
| Karki, Asmita | CS MS | TBA | 4/22/206 | DMB 302 | 1:30PM | Dr. Harrison |
| Young, Alexander Scott | CS MS | TBA | 4/23/2026 | DMB 102A | 3:30PM | Dr. Harrison |
| Gokmen, Mahmut Selman | CS PhD | A Specification-Driven Framework for Self-Supervised Learning in Specialized Vision Domains | 4/20/2026 | Healthy Kentucky Research Building 360 | 1:00PM | Dr. Bumgardner |
| Nance, Jeffrey | MS CS | TBA | 4/16/2026 | TBD | 3:30PM | Dr. Harrison |
| Adkins, Chandon Connor | CS MS | TBA | 4/17/2026 | 102A DMB | 12:00PM | Dr. Marron |
| Sheridan, Riley Lanier | CS MS | TBA | 4/23/2026 | 102A DMB | 11:00AM | Dr. Harrison |
Past Examinations
2025
| Candidate | MS or Ph.D | Thesis Title | Date | Defense Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong, Charles Zachary | CPE MS | TBA | 12/3/2025 | Prof. H. Dietz |
| Andrew Tapia | CS PhD | TBA | 12/4/2025 | Prof. Jaromczyk |
| Oscar Skean | CS PhD | TBA | 11/24/2025 | Prof. Siddique |
| Jackson Butcher | CS MS | TBA | 12/2/2025 | Prof. Silvestri |
| Yuhang Jiang | CS PhD | TBA | 12/1/2025 | Prof. Kuvuluru |
| Tasrin, Tasmia | CS PhD | Augmenting Machine Learning Technique Through Natural Language | 7/11/2025 | Dr. Harrison |
| Lastimosa, Kyle | CS MS | TBA | 4/22/2025 | Dr. Baumgardner |
| Karki, Aayush | CS MS | TBA | 7/14/2025 | Dr. Wang |
| Egbert, Cameron | CS MS | Temporal Team Formation Games with Dynamic Preferences | 7/1/2025 | Dr. Goldsmith |
| Tao, Xu | CS PhD | Optimization, Machine Learning, and Networking Solutions for Cyber-physical Systems | 4/24/2025 | Dr. Silvestri |
| Armstrong, Charles | CPE MS | AFAPBP: Aggregate Function Accelerated Bit-pattern Computing | 12/3/2025 | Dr. Dietz |
| Butcher, Jackson | CS MS | Exploiting Artificial Intelligence and Optimization for Smart Agriculture | 12/2/2025 | Dr. Silvestri |
| Fereidouni, Moghis | CS MS | TBA | 11/10/2025 | Dr. Siddique |
| Skean, Oscar | CS PhD | Information-Theoretic Methods for Efficient Training and Robust Evaluations in Self-Supervised Learning | 11/24/2025 | Dr. Siddique |
| Jiang, Yuhang | CS PhD | Biomedical Relation Extraction in the Era of (Large) Language Models | 12/1/2025 | Dr. Kavuluru |
| Tate, Bryce | CS MS | TBA | 5/28/2025 | Dr. Chen |
| Guess, Joshua | CS MS | TBA | 4/17/2025 | Dr. Silvestri |
| Nagy, Christopher | CPE MS | TBA | 4/21/2025 | Dr. Young |
| Rule, Ashley | CPE MS | TBA | 8/23/2024 | Dr. Dietz |
| Tapia, Andrew | CS PhD | Development of Software for Genetic Distances, Genotyping, and Phylogenetics Using RNA-seq Data | 12/4/2025 | Dr. Jaromczyk |
| Eberhart, Paul | CS PhD | A Compiler Target Model for Line Associate Registers | 7/24/2025 | Dr. Finkel |
2024
| Candidate | MS or Ph.D | Thesis Title | Location | Defense Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coots, Ethan | CS MS | TBA | DMB | Dr. Harrison |
| Gupta, Shashank | CS MS | TBA | 230A Multidisciplinary Science Building | Dr. Kavuluru |
| Hentz, Michael Thomas | CS MS | TBA | 241 Hardymon Building | Dr. Wang |
| Kazadi, Anastasia | CS PhD | Tension Control and Interproximation Techniques for Shape Design and RGB-Depth Segmentation Reconstruction and Modeling | DMB 102A | Dr. Cheng |
| Lamichhane, Sandesh | CS MS | TBA | Davis Marksbury Theatre | Dr. Goldsmith |
| Nathan Arnold | CS PhD | Tiered Coalition Formation Game Variants, Stability, and Simulation | 101 Davis Marksbury Building (DMB101) | Dr. Goldsmith |
| Parker, Clifford Seth | CS PhD | Flexible Attenuation Fields: Tomographic Reconstruction from Heterogeneous Datasets | 101 Davis Marksbury Building (DMB101) | Dr. Seales |
| Paul Selegue Eberhart | CS PhD | Post-Capture Synthesis of Images Using Manipulable Integration Functions | 101 Davis Marksbury Building (DMB101) | Dr. Dietz |
| Song, Daniel | CS MS | TBA | Davis Marksbury Theatre | Dr. Wang |
| Wyatt, Scott | CS MS | TBA | DMB 202 | Dr. Cheng |
| Mobley, Jr., Roy | CS PhD | "Finding Hierarchies to Reinforcement Learning in Hierarchial Reinforcement Learning" | Dr. Harrison | |
| Vinogradov, Anton | CS PhD | "Detecting and Recovering from Player Preference Shifts in a Player Modeled Experience Management Environment" | Dr. Harrison | |
| Hosseinzadeh, Minoo | CS PhD | "Smart QoS-Aware Resource Management for Edge Intelligence Systems" | Dr. Khamfroush | |
| Kazadi, Anastasia | CS PhD | "Tension Control and Interproximation Techniques for Shape Design and RGB-Depth Segementation Reconstruction and Modeling" | Dr. Cheng |
2023
| Candidate | MS or Ph.D | Thesis Title | Location | Defense Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashutosh Timilsina | CS PhD | Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Smart Residential Environment with User Behavioral Modeling | DMB 102A | Dr. Silvestri |
| Ayesha Siddiqua Dina | CS PhD | Deep Learning based Intrusion Detection System in Computer Networks and Privacy-preserving Message Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks | DMB 102A | Dr. Manivannan |
| David Bosomworth | CS MS | TBA | DMB 102A | Dr. Harrison |
| Dillon Eric Tate | CS MS | A Decentralized Data Management Platform for Healthcare | DMB 102A | Dr. Bumgardner |
| Enrico Casella | CS PhD | Machine-Learning-Powered Cyber-Physical Systems | DMB 102A | Dr. Silvestri |
| Franklin McKinney Stokan | CS MS | Educhain - A Decentralized Education Software | DMB 302 | Dr. Seales |
| Hassan Mistareehi | CS PhD | A Secure and Distributed Architecture for Vehicular Cloud and Protocols for Privacy-preserving Message Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks | TBD | Dr. Manivannan |
| Isaac Batts | CS MS | TBA | Davis Marksbury Theatre | Dr. Goldsmith |
| Jing Liu | CS PhD | Machine Learning Framework for Real-World Electronic Health Records Regarding Missingness, Interpretability, and Fairness | DMB 102A | Dr. Chen |
| Jonathan Indigo Watson | CS PhD | The BASIL technique: Bias Adaptive Statistical Inference Learning Agents for Learning from Human Feedback | Davis Marksbury Theatre | Dr. Harrison |
| Kshitija Rajendra Taywade | CS PhD | Multi-agent Learning for Game-theoretical problems | DMB 102A | Dr. Goldsmith |
| Longyin Cui | CS PhD | Personalized Point-of-Interest Recommendations with Privacy-Preserving Techniques | DMB 102A | Dr. Fei |
| Md Selim | CS PhD | Deep Learning Models for CT Image Standardization | HKRB 245 | Dr. Chen |
| Md Sultan Al Nahian | CS PhD | Practical AI Value Alignment Using Stories | DMB 102A | Dr. Harrison |
| Samuel Armstrong | CS MS | SmartState: A Protocol-Driven Human Interface | DMB 102A | Dr. Bumgardner |
| Sarah Helena Snider | CS MS | TBA | DMB 102A | Dr. Goldsmith |
| Stephen Parsons | CS PhD | Hard-Hearted Scrolls: A Noninvasive Method for Reading the Herculaneum Papyri | Davis Marksbury Theatre | Dr. Seales |
| Tristan A Jordan | CS MS | A Cytoscape Editor and Measurement with PTP For FABRIC | DMB 102A | Dr. Fei |
| Vincent Liu | CS MS | TBA | DMB 2nd floor conference room | Dr. Harrison |
| Xin Xing | CS PhD | Structured Attention for Image Analysis | Zoom | Dr. Harrison |
| Yu Zhang | CS PhD | Multi-Domain Adaptation for Image Classification, Depth Estimation, and Semantic Segmentation | Virtual | Dr. Harrison, Dr. Jacobs |
| Yue Li | CS MS | TBA | James F. Hardymon Building Room 241 | Dr. Xiao |
2022
| Candidate | MS or Ph.D | Thesis Title | Location | Defense Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chengxi Li | CS PhD | Supporting Stylized Language Models using Multi-Modality Features | DMB 102A | Brent Harrison |
| Connor Stevenson Greenwell | CS PhD | Image Geo-localization with Cross-Attention | DMB 102A | Nathan Jacobs |
| Esther O. Max-Onakpoya | CS PhD | Improving Connectivity for Remote Cancer Patient Symptom Monitoring and Reporting in Rural Medically Underserved Regions | DMB 102A | Dr. Baker |
| Jacob Michae Finerty | CS MS | Implementing Iterated Width Search into the Sabre Narrative Planner | DMB 102A | Dr. Ware |
| Liu, Liu | CS PhD | The Performance Optimization of ASP Solving Based on Encoding Rewriting and Encoding Selection | 102A Davis Marksbury Building | Dr. Truszczynski |
| Nathaniel David Church | CS MS | You're Dismissed: Student Car Rider Application | DMB 102A | Dr. Baker |
| Nathaniel Hudson | CS PhD | Smart Decision-Making via Edge Intelligence for Smart Cities | DMB 101 (Theatre) | Hana Khamfroush |
| Pinyi Shi | CS PhD | Improving Network Policy Enforcement Using NLP and SDN | James F. Hardymon Building Room 241 | Z. Fei |
| Rachelyn Farrell | CS PhD | Don't give me that story! -- A human-centered framework for usable narrative planning | DMB 102A | Dr. Ware |
| Ryan Matthew Lindsey | CS MS | Novel 3D Environment for training Reinforcement Learning Agents | Virtual | Dr. Harrison |
| Shafika Showkat Moni | CS PhD | Protocols and Architecture for Privacy-preserving Authentication and Secure Message Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks | DMB 102A | D. Manivannan |
| Shaila Zaman | CS PhD | An Automated Framework to Diagnose System-Level Concurrency Bugs | DMB 102A | Tingting Yu, D. Manivannan |
| Vincent Davis | CS MS | Learning a Scalable Algorithm for Improving Betweenness in the Lightning Network | 102A Davis Marksbury Building | Dr. Harrison |
| William Bailey | CS PhD | Small Approximate Pareto Sets With Quality Bounds | DMB 102A | Dr. Goldsmith |
2021
| Candidate | MS or Ph.D | Thesis Title | Location | Defense Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Birge | CS MS | TBA | DMB 102A | Nathan Jacobs |
| Michael Probst | CS MS | Maintaining Game Event Sequences in Procedurally Generated Levels | Zoom | Brent Harrison |
| Patrick Shepherd | CS PhD | Expanding Social Network Modeling Software and Agent Models for Diffusion Processes | Marksbury Theater | Judy Goldsmith |
| Qi Sun | CS PhD | TBA | HKRB / Healthy Kentucky Research Building - Room 110 | Jin Chen |
| Sajjad Fouladvand | CS PhD | Multi-stream Longitudinal Data Analysis using Deep Learning | Healthy Kentucky Research Building, conference room 110 | Jin Chen |