Computer Science Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Computer Science, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Baseline Assisted Classification of Heart Rate Variability, Elham Harirpoush
Finding Nonlinear Relationships in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data with Genetic Programming, James Hughes
Citation Function and Polarity Classification in Biomedical Papers, Meng Jia
Efficient Alignment Algorithms for DNA Sequencing Data, Nilesh Vinod Khiste
Feature Based Calibration of a Network of Kinect Sensors, Xiaoyang Li
Computational Modelling of Human Transcriptional Regulation by an Information Theory-based Approach, Ruipeng Lu
SOL: Segmentation with Overlapping Labels, Karin Ng
Pelee: A Real-Time Object Detection System on Mobile Devices, Jun Wang
Putting Fürer's Algorithm into Practice with the BPAS Library, Linxiao Wang
Automatic Brain Tumor Segmentation by Deep Convolutional Networks and Graph Cuts, Zhenyi Wang
Word Blending and Other Formal Models of Bio-operations, Zihao Wang
Learning Regularization Weight for CRF Optimization, Jiaxiao Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
SIGNET: A Neural Network Architecture for Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions, Muhammad S. Ahmed
Middleware Architecture for Sensing as a Service, Muhamed Alarbi
Patch-based Denoising Algorithms for Single and Multi-view Images, Monagi H. Alkinani
Computing Limit Points of Quasi-components of Regular Chains and its Applications, Parisa Alvandi
Using Machine Learning to Predict Chemotherapy Response in Cell Lines and Patients Based on Genetic Expression, Dimo Angelov
Visual Transfer Learning in the Absence of the Source Data, Shuang Ao
On the Extended Hensel Construction and its Application to the Computation of Real Limit Points, Masoud Ataei Jaliseh
Improving Long Term Stock Market Prediction with Text Analysis, Tanner A. Bohn
Resource Bound Guarantees via Programming Languages, Michael J. Burrell
Computer Vision Problems in 3D Plant Phenotyping, Ayan Chaudhury
MetaFork: A Compilation Framework for Concurrency Models Targeting Hardware Accelerators, Xiaohui Chen
Rendering real-time dashboards using a GraphQL-based UI Architecture, Naresh Eeda
Basic Science to Clinical Research: Segmentation of Ultrasound and Modelling in Clinical Informatics, Ali K. Hamou
Investigating Citation Linkage Between Research Articles, Kokou Hospice Houngbo
Optimal Decomposition Strategy For Tree Edit Distance, Shaofeng Jiang
Improving Deep Learning Image Recognition Performance Using Region of Interest Localization Networks, AbdulWahab Kabani
Turn Detection and Analysis of Turn Parameters for Driver Characterization, Jennifer Emily Knull
NBPMF: Novel Network-Based Inference Methods for Peptide Mass Fingerprinting, Zhewei Liang
Multi-View Ontology Explorer (MOE): Interactive Visual Exploration of Ontologies, Zhao Lin
Classification with Large Sparse Datasets: Convergence Analysis and Scalable Algorithms, Xiang Li
Correction of DNA Sequencing Data with Spaced Seeds, Stephen Lu
Mining of Primary Healthcare Patient Data with Selective Multimorbid Diseases, Annette Megerdichian Azad
Error Correction and de novo Genome Assembly of DNA Sequencing Data, Michael Z. Molnar
The Design of Interactive Visualizations and Analytics for Public Health Data, Oluwakemi Ola
The Recurrence-Based Analysis of Intracranial Pressure, Mahnaz Rabbani
Self-Assembly of Tiles: Theoretical Models, the Power of Signals, and Local Computing, Amirhossein Simjour
Solving Capacitated Data Storage Placement Problems in Sensor Networks, Zhenfei Wu
Detection and Recognition of Traffic Signs Inside the Attentional Visual Field of Drivers, Seyedjamal Zabihi
Developing Predictive Models of Driver Behaviour for the Design of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems, Seyed Mohsen Zabihi
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Dynamically Testing Graphical User Interfaces, Santo Carino
Interactive Brain Tumor Segmentation with Inclusion Constraints, Danfeng Chen
Analysis of 3D Cone-Beam CT Image Reconstruction Performance on a FPGA, Devin Held
Advanced Driving Assistance Prediction Systems, Maedeh Hesabgar
An Exercise and Sports Equipment Recognition System, Siddarth Kalra
Molecular Distance Maps: An alignment-free computational tool for analyzing and visualizing DNA sequences' interrelationships, Rallis Karamichalis
On the Promotion of the Social Web Intelligence, Taraneh Khazaei
Digits Recognition on Medical Device, Chang Liu
Food Recognition and Detection with Minimum Supervision, Renfeng Liu
Machine Learning of Lifestyle Data for Diabetes, Yan Luo
Fast Fourier Transforms over Prime Fields of Large Characteristic and their Implementation on Graphics Processing Units, Davood Mohajerani
Regulatory Compliance-oriented Impediments and Associated Effort Estimation Metrics in Requirements Engineering for Contractual Systems Engineering Projects, Md Rashed I. Nekvi
Coordinated Autonomic Managers for Energy Efficient Date Centers, Forough Norouzi
Algorithms for Glycan Structure Identification with Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Weiping Sun
A Data Fusion Approach to Automated Decision Making in Intelligent Vehicles, Besat Zardosht
Identifying Individual Driver Behaviour Using In-Vehicle CAN-bus Signals of Pre-Turning Maneuvers, Mahboubeh Zardosht
Color Separation for Background Subtraction, Jiaqi Zhou
IOT Stream Analytics Platform, Xing Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Determining Critical Points of Handwritten Mathematical Symbols Represented as Parametric Curves, Aoesha G. Alsobhe
BM3D Image Denoising using Learning-Based Adaptive Hard Thresholding, Farhan Bashar
Surface Reconstruction from Noisy and Sparse Data, Mark A. Brophy
Using Cellular Automata and Lattice Boltzmann Methods to Model Cancer Growth: Analysis of Combination Treatment Outcomes, Jenna L. Butler
Vascular Tree Structure: Fast Curvature Regularization and Validation, Egor Chesakov
Computing in Algebraic Closures of Finite Fields, Javad Doliskani
Geological Object Recognition in Extraterrestrial Environments, Gregory M. Elfers
Formal models of the extension activity of DNA polymerase enzymes, Srujan Kumar Enaganti
Generalized Inclusion-Exclusion, Mike W. Ghesquiere
An Investigation of Cognitive Implications in the Design of Computer Games, Robert Haworth
Adaptive Non-Local Means using Weight Thresholding, Asif Khan
Interactive Visualization for Deep Organizational data, Arash Khosravi
A Study of Pseudo-Periodic and Pseudo-Bordered Words for Functions Beyond Identity and Involution, Manasi Kulkarni
Symmetry Shape Prior for Object Segmentation, Xinze Liu
Algorithms for Peptide Identification from Mixture Tandem Mass Spectra, Yi Liu
Optical Flow At Occlusion Boundaries And In Occlusion Regions, Hua Meng
Clustering-Based Personalization, Seyed Nima Mirbakhsh
A Real-Time N-Gram Approach to Choosing Synonyms Based on Context, Brian J. Moore
Geography Aware Virtual Machine Migrations and Replications for Distributed Cloud Data Centers, Sakif Shahriar Pritom
Trust based Privacy Policy Enforcement in Cloud Computing, Karthick Ramachandran
Generating Invalid Input Strings for Software Testing, Benjamin D. Revington
An Approach To Artificial Society Generation For Video Games, Bryan Sarlo
Metagenome Assembly, Wenjing Wan
Implementation Techniques for the Truncated Fourier Transform, Li Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
State Controlled Object Oriented Programming, Jamil Ahmed
Application of Risk Metrics for Role Mining, Sharmin Ahmed
A Collaborative Access Control Model for Shared Items in Online Social Networks, Hanaa Al Shareef
Transit Demand Estimation And Crowding Prediction Based On Real-Time Transit Data, Michael Aro
Accessibility of E-Commerce Websites for Vision Impaired Persons, Roopa Bose
Cosine Similarity for Article Section Classification: Using Structured Abstracts as a Proxy for an Annotated Corpus, Arthur T. Bugorski
A Vector-Based Approach to Virtual Machine Arrangement, Nicholas Cerilli
Automatic Multi-Model Fitting for Blood Vessel Extraction, Xuefeng Chang
A Software Design Pattern Based Approach to Auto Dynamic Difficulty in Video Games, Muhammad Iftekher Chowdhury
Oligonucleotide Design for Whole Genome Tiling Arrays, Qin Dong
Optimizing the Analysis of Electroencephalographic Data by Dynamic Graphs, Mehrsasadat Golestaneh
Deep Learning via Stacked Sparse Autoencoders for Automated Voxel-Wise Brain Parcellation Based on Functional Connectivity, Céline Gravelines
Efficient algorithms for local forest similarity and forest pattern matching, Fang Han
BM3D Image Denoising using SSIM Optimized Wiener Filter, Mahmud Hasan
Adaptive Edge-guided Block-matching and 3D filtering (BM3D) Image Denoising Algorithm, Mohammad Mahedi Hasan