BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Day Software//CQ5 Calendar 5.5.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:sfudefences BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7faa SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20110815T192524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T192524Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110815T180000Z DTEND:20110815T190000Z SUMMARY:Aruni Tennakoon\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial S cience DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom: ASB 10940 - IRMACS CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fb0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105649Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110815T203000Z DTEND:20110815T230000Z SUMMARY:Xiaoyang Shan\, PhD Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nNo \n\nDate: August 15\, 2011 \n\nTime: 1:30PM - 4:00PM \n\ nDefense Location: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defense Room) \n\nThesis Title: Role of the O-GlcNAc post-translational modification in transgen ic mouse models \n\nDr. D. Vocadlo (Sr. Sup.) \nDr. C. Krieger (Co-super visor) \nDr. E. Verheyen \nDr. N. Harden \nDr. Glenn Tibbits (Public Exa miner) \nDr. Neil Cashman (External Examiner) \n\nDr. F. Brinkman (Chair ) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fad SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105649Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110816T170000Z DTEND:20110816T193000Z SUMMARY:Zhihui Guo\, Thesis Defense\, M.Sc.\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\n\nno \n\nTitle: \nX-OUTLIER DETECTION AND PERIODICITY DETEC TION IN LOAD CURVE DATA IN POWER SYSTEMS \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, TASC1 9204 West \n\nAbstract \n\nLoad curve data is a type of time serie s data which records the electric energy consumptions at time points and plays an important role in operation and planning of power systems. Unf ortunately\, load curves always contain abnormal\, noisy\, unrepresentat ive and missing data due to various random factors. This thesis presents a new class of X-outliers that have abnormal power consumption levels r elated to periodicity (X-axis) and proposes a novel solution to detect t hese outliers. The underlying assumption is that the data follows a know n periodicity. \n\nTime series often have some form of periodicity. Peri odicity detection for time series has important applications in forecast ing\, planning\, trend detection\, and outlier detection. While periodic ities may be known in some applications\, such as the case for detecting X-outliers mentioned above\, in other applications they need to be disc overed. Therefore\, we also propose a trend based periodicity detection algorithm for time series with unknown periodicity. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Ke Wang\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Martin Ester\, Superv isor \nDr. Fred Popowich\, Examiner \nDr. Jian Pei\, Chair CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gsnyder@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7ffe SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110803T112603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T112603Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110816T180000Z DTEND:20110816T200000Z SUMMARY:Katelyn Seaborn\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:\nTITLE: A Guiding Hand: Augmenting Novice Gameplay with Hapt ic Feedforward Guidance \n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Podium 3\, Room 3595 \n\nABSTRACT: \nAs video games continue to gain precendece outside of th e realm of entertainment\, the potential of the medium for new users\, c ontexts and audiences expands. This raises the issue of how to design vi deo games for an increasingly diverse set of players. In particular\, no vice players face a number of challenges in modern video game environmen ts. Successful navigation and gameplay engagement are threatened by the learning curve associated with the medium's increasing sophistication. I n this thesis\, I designed a vibrotacticel wrist-worn display that provi des feedforward guidance for navigating fast-paced\, multimodal game env ironments. I conducted an exploratory experiement to evaluate the effect iveness of the prototype in reducing the learning curve by improving ear ly performance and user experience of novice players. The experimental f indings show that feedforward guidance rises tentatively to the fore\; h owever\, the haptic condition was not as effective as the visual conditi on. Latent factors combined with discordant performance scores\, self-re ports and qualitative feedback suggest that more research needs to be co nducted in order to conclusively elucidate the effectiveness of haptic f eedforward guidance. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:t_taylor@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--12472c7f:130c2aa6b7c:-8000 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105648Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110816T200000Z DTEND:20110816T230000Z SUMMARY:Simon James Allan Elliott Goring\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Biologi cal Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nSimon James Allan Elliott Goring (Supervisor: Dr. Rolf Math ewes)\, PhD Thesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Holocene Climate History of British Columbia using pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques \ n\nDefence Location: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:bisc-ugrad-pa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fa099313-f21f-4b95-9588-325e05bfa10f SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110815T192607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T192607Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110817T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110817T163000 SUMMARY:Bitan Roy\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAspects of Interacting Electrons on Graphene Honeycomb Lattice \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this thesis\, we study the electron-electron in teraction on graphene honeycomb lattice. Even though pristine graphene b ehaves like a semimetal\, sufficiently strong interactions can place the system in ordered phases. \n\nFirst\, we derive the general form of the Lagrangian\, comprised of quartic short-ranged repulsive interactions. The number of parameters in the Lagrangian is restricted by the symmetri es present in the lattice and the emergent ones. Then\, we study the int eracting theory in the framework of renormalization group. All the criti cal points describing the transitions from the semimetallic phase to ins ulating phases reside in a Lorentz symmetric subspace. All the transitio ns are continuous and the weak Lorentz symmetry breaking is irrelevant n ear the critical points. We also study the behavior of various physical observables near the criticality. \n\nIn the presence of an attractive i nteraction\, we study the superconducting ground state\, when fermions l iving on the nearest-neighbor sites of the honeycomb lattice attract eac h other strongly. A spatially inhomogeneous\, spin-triplet\, odd under s ublattice exchange\, Kekule superconductor turns out to be the variation al ground state. Within the mean field calculation\, Kekule superconduct or is energetically the best solution at and close to filling one-half. \n\nEven though all the transitions in neutral graphene can only take pl ace at strong couplings\, penetration of either real or pseudo magnetic field lowers the critical strength for insulation to zero. We study the problem of interacting fermions in the presence of the two magnetic fiel ds\, as well as when both of them are present. Moreover\, our analysis i ncludes the formation of insulators in the presence of inhomogeneous fie lds. We take analytical and numerical approach to convey the central mes sage: irrespective of the form of the fields\, as long as there exists a finite density of states near zero energy\, graphene finds itself in an ordered phase even at an infinitesimal interactions. However\, in the p resence of real (pseudo) magnetic field the order parameter breaks the c hiral (time reversal) symmetry. We present a thorough study of the scali ng of interaction induced gap\, universal amplitudes and finite size eff ects. \n\n\n\n LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library\, Burnaby CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f0ff2b69-3247-457b-bb37-652f5fab03af SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110815T192617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T192617Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110818T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110818T160000 SUMMARY:Mr. Wen Huang\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: μSR studies of high-Tc superconductors: Effect of vo rtex lattice disorder on TF-μSR measurements of the magnetic penetration depth and nuclear contribution to ZF-μSR relaxation spectrum \n LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f98 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110719T110146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110719T110146Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110819T170000Z DTEND:20110819T193000Z SUMMARY:Mr. Geoffrey Archibald\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\n\nTitle: Velocity Phase Encoded MRI of Gas Flow in the Acou stic Boundary Layer \n\nRoom 2020\, Bennett Library\, Burnaby CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7ff1 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113134Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110819T173000Z DTEND:20110819T193000Z SUMMARY:Sina KhakAbi Mamaghani\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Computing Scien ce DESCRIPTION:\nno \n\nTitle: \nTREE-STRUCTURE BASED FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATE D SKIN LESION ANALYSIS \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, TASC1 9204 West \n \nAbstract \n\nSkin cancer is one of the most frequent types of cancer i n the world but if a malignant lesion is detected early\, it can be cure d without complication. Automated skin lesion analysis attempts to accom plish early detection of malignancy using digital dermoscopic images. \n \nWe address two challenging applications in automated analysis of dermo scopic skin lesion images: lesion segmentation and lesion diagnosis\, bo th of which use a novel tree structure based framework to model the radi al and the vertical growth pattern of the skin lesion. To construct the tree\, the pixels are repeatedly clustered into sub-images based on colo r information and spatial constraints. This framework allows us to extra ct features by looking at the tree from a graphical aspect\, or a textur al/geometrical aspect on the nodes. \n\nThe features are used in supervi sed learning algorithms on datasets containing 116 challenging images fo r segmentation\, and 410 images for diagnosis. Our method outperforms ma ny other published results. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Stella Atkins\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Tim K. Lee\, Supervisor \nDr. Brian Fun t\, Examiner \nTBA\, Chair CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gsnyder@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fb0 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20110815T192639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T192639Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110819T210000Z DTEND:20110819T220000Z SUMMARY:Jing Cai\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom - ASB 10940 - IRMACS CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7ff2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113133Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110819T203000Z DTEND:20110819T223000Z SUMMARY:Lynda Nakashima\, Thesis Defence\, MA\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:\nTITLE: Bird's Eye Vancouver: Mapping time\, culture and bio sphere \n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3040 \n\nABSTRACT: \ nCities are now the dominant form of human habitation. How they are mana ged and developed will have global sustainability consequences. In the d esign and planning of cities\, maps are a tool for cataloguing and organ izing infrastructure\, but they are less often used in a critical or exp erimental capacity. Two of the forces that have a significant impact on the development of cities - their ecological context\, and their culture - tend to be invisible on maps. this study investigates ways of mapping these forces using the affordances of digital media\, particularly 3D C GI\, to support new ways of mapping the dynamic space that surrounds the infrastructure of cities. This new mapping is informed by artistic and cartographic traditions of visualizing space\, and brings a representati on of time to the map form. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:t_taylor@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f8d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113131Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110802T200000Z DTEND:20110802T230000Z SUMMARY:Alisha Coolin\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\n\nAlisha Coolin (MA Candidate) Defends Thesis \n\nDate:Augu st 2\, 2011 (Tuesday) \nLocation:LB 2020 \nTime:1:00 p.m. \n\nThesis Tit le:Long-Term Episodic Memory\, Executive Functioning\, and the Age-Hinds ight Bias Relationship \n\nChair:Dr. Thomas Spalek \nCommittee:Dr. Wendy Thornton\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Allen Thornton \nDr. Daniel Bernstei n \n\nExternal Examiner:Dr. Stacey Wood\, Associate Professor\, Departme nt of Psychology\, Scripps College CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:turner@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--12472c7f:130c2aa6b7c:-7ffd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110803T163000Z DTEND:20110803T183000Z SUMMARY:Mr. Jeffrey Wiens\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Mathematics Departme nt DESCRIPTION:\nMr. Jeffrey Wiens \nThesis Defence \nM.Sc. \nDepartment of Mathematics \n\nTitle: Kinematic Wave and Cellular Automaton Models for Traffic Flow \n\nRoom: PIMS TASC 2 Room 8500 Burnaby Campus \n\nFree Eve nt CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4d9fcabc-dbd3-467a-8802-61c92001707b SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20110815T192732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T192732Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110803T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110803T134500 SUMMARY:Michael Jones\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:\n\nNotes here on thesis topic\, outline\, supervisor's name\ , other details as required. LOCATION:Thesis defence room\, SFU Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fbf SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105645Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110804T163000Z DTEND:20110804T200000Z SUMMARY:Ismael Vergara\, MBB\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense DESCRIPTION:\nDate: August 4\, 2011 \n\nTime: 9:30AM - 1:00PM \n\nDefense Location: SSB 7172 \n\nThesis Title: Comparative Analysis of Caenorhabd itis species \n\nDr. J. Chen (Sr. Sup.) \nDr. D. Baillie \nDr. F. Brinkm an \nDr. S. Jones (Internal Examiner) \nDr. Z. Xuan (External Examiner) \n\nDr. J. Choy (Chair) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:we@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fee SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110804T170000Z DTEND:20110804T190000Z SUMMARY:Mr. Ashok Rajaraman\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Mathematics Depart ment DESCRIPTION:\nMr. Ashok Rajaraman \nThesis Defence \nM.Sc. \nDepartment o f Mathematics \n\nTitle: Inference of Ancestral Protein-Protein Interact ions Using Methods From Algebraic Statistics \n\nRoom: K9509 Burnaby Cam pus \n\nFree Event CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fea SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105646Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110804T173000Z DTEND:20110804T213000Z SUMMARY:James Park\, MA Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:\nJames Park \nMA Thesis Defence \n10:30 am AQ6229 \n“Practic al Protestantism: Popular Belief in the Parish of St. Botolph’s Aldgate\ , London\, 1558-1603” CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fa9 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20110815T192805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T192805Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110805T180000Z DTEND:20110805T190000Z SUMMARY:Myouung Ho Lee\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Sc ience DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom - ASB 10940 - IRMACS CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fa5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105648Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110805T170000Z DTEND:20110805T193000Z SUMMARY:Saeideh Shamsi\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nDate: August 5th\, 2011 \n\nTime: 10:00AM - 1:00PM \n\nDefe nse Location: SSB 7172 \n\nThesis Title: Characterization of let-768 in C. elegans \n\nDr. D. Baillie (Sr. Sup.) \nDr. M. Leroux \nDr. R. Johnse n \nDr. J. Chen \nDr. F. Pio(Public Examiner) \n\nDr. W. Davidson (Chair ) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:we@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f90 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110944Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110805T170000Z DTEND:20110805T200000Z SUMMARY:Qing Liu. Oral Examination\, Master of Arts\, Faculy of Education DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: \nConceptual Change with Refutational Maps \n\nLocat ion: \nFaculty of Education Building\, Burnaby Campus\,Room EDB 8651 \n\ nSenior Supervisor: \nDr. John Nesbit CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7ff7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110805T200000Z DTEND:20110805T230000Z SUMMARY:Michael James Wogin\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nMichael James Wogin. MSc Thesis Defence. \n\nCompetitio n between Parasitoids of the cabbage seedpod weevil: effects on sex rati os and consequences for biological control. \n\nLocation: B9242\, Biolog ical Sciences\, Simon Fraser University\, Burnaby \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:debbie_sandher@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fdc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110805T210000Z DTEND:20110806T000000Z SUMMARY:Matthew Campbell\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Chemistry Department DESCRIPTION:\nTHESIS TITLE: Multiple Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Phloroglucinol and Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of H opeanol. \nLOCATION: \nThesis Defence Room 2020\, Bennet Library\, Burna by Campus \n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE: \nSenior Supervisor: Peter D. Wilson \nCommittee Members: Charles J. Walsby\, Robert N. Young \nInternal Exam iner: Robert A. Britton \n\nThesis is available for perusal in the Chemi stry General Office (AQ-2003) \n\nFree. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:chem_gradinfo@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f8f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110944Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110808T160000Z DTEND:20110808T183000Z SUMMARY:Pepita Elena McKee\, Thesis Defence\, Masters\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:\nNo \n\nThesis Title: \nTowards Developing A Social Impact A ssessment: Involuntary Resettlement in the San Roque Dam Case\, Philippi nes \n\nVenue: \nBennett Library\, Room LIB 2020 (Burnaby Campus) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fdf SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110808T170000Z DTEND:20110808T200000Z SUMMARY:Marzieh Saghafian\, MA Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\nMs. Marzieh Saghafian \nFor the Degree of Master of Arts \n Thesis Title: One Word\, Two Meanings: Examining the Lived Experience of Teamwork in Virtual and Face-to-Face Student Teams \n\nDate: Monday\, A ugust 8th\, 2011 \nTime: 10 AM \nPlace: Room EDB 8508\, SFU Burnaby \n\n Examining Committee \nChair: Dr. Cecile Sabatier \nSenior Supervisor: Dr . Kevin O'Neill \nMember: Dr. Alyssa Wise \nMember: Dr. Stephen Smith \n External Examiner: Dr. Cheryl Amundsen CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:msa55@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7f98 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105646Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110808T170000Z DTEND:20110808T190000Z SUMMARY:Janet Lauman\, EdD Thesis Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\n\nName of Student: Janet Lauman \nDegree: EdD \n\nThesis Ti tle: \nWHY DO LEARNING COMMUNITIES DEVELOP IN SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AN D NOT IN OTHERS? A STUDY OF SELECTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN GREATER VANCO UVER\, BRITISH COLUMBIA \n\nDate: Monday\, August 8\, 2011 \nTime: 10 AM \n\nLocation: SFU Surrey\, Room 5380 \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin\, Professor\, Emeritus \nCo-supervisor: Dr. Larry Sackney\, Adjun ct Professor \nInternal/External Examiner: Dr. Cynthia Lewis\, Adjunct P rofessor \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Sheila Carr-Stewart\, Professor\, Depa rtment of Educational Administration\, University of Saskatchewan \nChai r: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\, Limited Term Senior Lecturer CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fef SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110808T170000Z DTEND:20110808T190000Z SUMMARY:Mr. Ahmad Mahmoody Ghaidary\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Mathematic s Department DESCRIPTION:\nMr. Ahmad Mahmoody Ghaidary \nThesis Defence \nM.Sc. \nDepa rtment of Mathematics \n\nTitle: Tractability Results for the Multichrom osomal DCJ Median Problem \n\nRoom: K9509 Burnaby Campus \n\nFree Event CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f87 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110943Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110809T170000Z DTEND:20110809T193000Z SUMMARY:Julie Berthin\, Thesis Defence\, Masters\, Anthropology DESCRIPTION:\nno \n\nThesis Title: \n“I'm just a mom that happens to be a bit younger": A qualitative study of teenage mothering in Canada \n\nVe nue: \nAcademic Quadrangle\, Room 5067 (Burnaby Campus)" CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fab SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105644Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110809T173000Z DTEND:20110809T193000Z SUMMARY:Deniz Yorukoglu\, Thesis Defense\, M.Sc.\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\nno \n\nTitle: \nDETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL STR UCTURAL ALTERATIONS IN TRANSCRIBED SEQUENCES \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campu s\, TASC1 9204 West \n\nAbstract \n\nOne of the key problems in computat ional genomics is that of identifying structural variations between two sequences of genomic origin. Recently\, with the advent of high-throughp ut sequencing of transcriptomes (RNA-seq)\, transcriptional structural v ariation studies also came into prominence. \nThis study introduces two novel frameworks for aligning transcribed sequences to the genome with h igh sensitivity to structural alterations within the transcript. (1) A p airwise nucleotide-level alignment model and (2) a faster lower-sensitiv ity solution based on chaining homologous substrings between the transcr ipt and the genome. \nA further contribution of this study is a stand-al one transcriptome-to-genome alignment tool\, which can comprehensively i dentify and characterize transcriptional events (duplications\, inversio ns\, rearrangements and fusions)\; suitable for high-throughput structur al variation studies involving long transcribed sequences with high simi larity to their genomic origin. \nReported results include experiments u pon simulated datasets of transcriptional events and RNA-seq assemblies of a human prostate cancer individual. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \n Dr. Cenk Sahinalp\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Inanc Birol\, Supervisor \nD r. Cedric Chauve\, Examiner\, Math. Dept.\, SFU \nDr. Funda Ergun\, Chai r CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gsnyder@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fa2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110715T105741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110715T105741Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110809T173000Z DTEND:20110809T193000Z SUMMARY:Yi Cui\, Thesis Defense\, M.Sc.\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\nno \n\nTitle: \nFINDING EMAIL CORRESPONDENTS IN SOCIAL NETW ORKS – A FUZZY JACCARD SIMILARITY APPROACH \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\ , ASB 9896 \n\nAbstract \n\nEmail correspondents play an important role in many people's social networks. Finding email correspondents in social networks accurately\, though may seem to be straightforward at a first glance\, is challenging. To the best of our knowledge\, this problem has not been carefully and thoroughly addressed in research. Most of the ex isting online social networking sites recommend possible matches by comp aring the information of email accounts and social network profiles. How ever\, as shown empirically in this thesis\, such methods may not be eff ective in practice. \nIn this thesis\, we systematically investigate the problem and develop a practical data mining approach. Our method not on ly utilizes the similarity between email accounts and social network use r profiles\, but also explores the similarity between the email communic ation network and the social network under investigation. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method using two real data sets on emails and Facebook. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Jian Pei\, Senior Super visor \nDr. Andrei Bulatov\, Supervisor \nDr. Wo-Shun Luk\, Examiner \nD r. Jiangchuan Liu\, Chair CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gsnyder@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7ffc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105646Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110809T200000Z DTEND:20110809T230000Z SUMMARY:Kathleen M. Bisset\, Project Defence\, The inhibition of the G-pr otein DESCRIPTION:\n\nKathleen M. Bisset\, The inhibition of the G-protein coup le cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptor of mammalian brain by phthalate esters i n vitro. Project defence. \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Russell Nicholson \ n\nLOCATION: B9242\, Biological Sciences\, Simon Fraser University\, Bur naby CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:debbie_sandher@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fa1 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105647Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110810T170000Z DTEND:20110810T190000Z SUMMARY:Mr. Donald White\,Thesis Defense\, SAR MSc\, Department of Biolog ical Sciences DESCRIPTION:\n\nTitle: The role of fitness maximization in explanations o f human behavior \n\nPlace: LIB 2020 \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:we@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fb2 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20110815T193015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T193015Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110811T163000Z DTEND:20110811T173000Z SUMMARY:Crystal Li\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Scienc e DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom K9509 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fb1 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20110815T193021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T193021Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110811T174000Z DTEND:20110811T184000Z SUMMARY:Ryan Lekivetz\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Sci ence DESCRIPTION:\n\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom - K9509 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f8a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110944Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110811T200000Z DTEND:20110811T230000Z SUMMARY:R. Calen Walshe\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\nR. Calen Walshe (MA Candidate) Defends Thesis \n\nDate:Augu st 11\, 2011 (Thursday) \nLocation:LB 2020 \nTime:1:00 p.m. \n\nThesis T itle:A Computational Model of Eye-Movements in Category Learning Tasks \ n\nChair:Dr. Kathleen Slaney \nCommittee:Dr. Mark Blair\, Senior Supervi sor \nDr. Timothy Racine \nDr. Paul Tupper \n\nExternal Examiner:Dr. Nan cy Hedberg\, Associate Professor\, Department of Linguistics CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:turner@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f70 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110803T112605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T112605Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110811T203000Z DTEND:20110811T230000Z SUMMARY:S. Christopher Vogt\, Thesis Defence\, Masters\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:\nno \n\nThesis Title: \nPracticing Creative Maladjustment: T he Mental Health Political Action Group \n\nVenue: \nAcademic Quadrangle \, Room 5067 (Burnaby Campus) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f55 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110803T112604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T112604Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110811T213000Z DTEND:20110811T233000Z SUMMARY:Kristin Carlson\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:\nTITLE: Cognition in Choreographic Practice: A Phenomenologi cal Study of Situated Decision-Making \n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Podium 3\, Room 3595 \n\nABSTRACT: \nContemporary choreography is the crafting of movement in space and time\, to create an abstract temporal experienc e for an audience. Dance relies on extensive embodied knowledge and phys ical exploration which can cause compositional decisions to seem intuiti ve. This thesis studies the distribution of choreographic knowledge to b etter understand the cognitive processes behind creative decisions. To i nvestigate intuitive decisions a portion of the choreographic process is constrained\, heightening awareness of the process of making decisions. Constraining a choreographer's process challenges creative problem-solv ing skills\, guides attention to the experience and facilitates verbal a rticulation of the experience. The process is constrained by using a com putational tool (titled Scuddle) to generate 'catalysts' for movement\, incomplete movement data as parameters to provoke movement development. As movement material and compositional structure is often intricately en twined\, the incompleteness of data facilitates creative exploration\, e nabling multiple solutions to be generated from a catalyst. Eight choreo graphers were asked to create a short work over the course of three stud io sessions\, using the movement vocabulary generated from Scuddle catal ysts. Phenomenological interview methods were used to help choreographer s identify and articulate their attention throughout their compositional process. Data from interviews was analyzed using a grounded theory appr oach to create categories and developed a model of interaction between d ifferent forms of choreographic knowledge. A deeper understanding of cho reographice cognition can foster critical practice\, enocurage experimen tation and extend teaching methods in movement and performance. Knowledg e of how embodied\, creative decisions are made and acted on is useful t o a variety of researchers including those in creativity\, human compute r interaction\, communication\, education\, cognition\, kinesiology and psychology. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:t_taylor@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7fff SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110803T112602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T112602Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110812T163000Z DTEND:20110812T183000Z SUMMARY:Allen Bevans\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:\nTITLE: Investigating the Effects of Bimanual Multitouch Int eraction on Creativity \n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3040 \n\nABSTRACT: \nThis thesis presents the results of an exploratory comp arative study investigating the potential effects of bimanual interactio n on creativity. Recent research from cognitive psychology and neuroscie nce suggests that body movement influences divergent thinking performanc e in previously unexpected ways. Divergent thinking is the process of ge nerating multiple valid responses to a situation\, and is an important p art of creative behaviour. To examine the impact of the body movements a fforded by multitouch displays on divergent thinking\, study participant s interacted with a computerized version of the Alternate Uses Task\, a divergent thinking measurement test. Participants were assigned to one o f three different interface styles: mouse\, unimanual multitouch\, and b imanual multitouch. In order to evaluate differences in creative perform ance between the interface styles\, participant responses from the AUT w ere scored along several subscales\, transforming qualitative AUT respon se data into quantitative data suitable for statistical analysis. While no strong interface style effects on divergent thinking were found\, imp ortant findings about language ability and representational modality wer e identified. The summary of this analysis and implications for the desi gn of creativity-support systems are discussed herein. \nThe main contri bution of this study is that it is the first empirical comparison of mul titouch interaction and traditional mouse-based interaction focusing on creative performance. A second contribution is a unique combination of c urrent research and methodological approaches from psychology\, neurosci ence and HCI. A third contribution is the development of a computerized version of the Alternate Uses Task\, capable of being run on diverse int eraction platforms. \nKeywords: Interface style\, input methods\, multit ouch\, bimanual\, direct\, indirect\, comparative studies\, divergent th inking\, creativity. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:t_taylor@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fe1 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105645Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110812T210000Z DTEND:20110812T214500Z SUMMARY:Harlan Campbell\, Thesis Defense\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial S cience DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom: ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f91 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110944Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110812T170000Z DTEND:20110812T190000Z SUMMARY:Megan Bruneau. Oral Examination. Master of Arts\, Faculty of Educ ationa DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: \nBut Why Do I Need an Excuse? Women's gendered expe rience of initiating a relationship breakup with a committed partner. \n \nLocation: \nFaculty of Education Building\, Burnaby Campus Room EDB 95 11 \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr.Patrice Keats CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fe3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105645Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110812T170000Z DTEND:20110812T190000Z SUMMARY:Elizabeth Juarez\, Thesis Defense\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom - ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7fe2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105644Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110812T200000Z DTEND:20110812T204500Z SUMMARY:Alisha Albert-Green\, Thesis Defense\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuari al Science DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom: ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7faf SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105644Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110822T170000Z DTEND:20110822T190000Z SUMMARY:Alice Macpherson\, PhD Defence\, Special Arrangements DESCRIPTION:\n\nDean of Graduate Studies Office \n\nSpecial Arrangements \n\nDoctor of Philosophy \n\nAlice Macpherson \n\nAugust 22\, 2011 \n\nE DB 8651 \n\n10:00 AM \n\n\n\n"Instructional Skills Workshop as a Transfo rmative Learning Experience" \n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:we@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7fee SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113131Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110822T170000Z DTEND:20110822T190000Z SUMMARY:Andrew Wade\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:\nTITLE: Visual Analytics for Aviation Safety: A Collaborativ e Approach to Sensemaking \n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3 040 \n\nABSTRACT: \nVisual analytics\, the "science of analytical reason ing facilitated by interactive visual interfaces"\, is more than just vi sualization. Understanding the human reasoning process is essential for designing effective visualization tools and providing correct analyses. This thesis describes the evolution\, applicatoin and evaluation of a ne w method for studying analytical reasoning that we call paired analysis. Paired analysis combines subject matter experts (SMEs) and tool experts (TE) in an analytic dyad\, here used to investigate aircraft maintenanc e and safety data. Development and evaluation of the method was done usi ng interviews\, pilot studies and analytic sessions during an internship at the Boeing Company. By enabling a collaborative approach to sensemak ing that can be captured by researchers\, paired analysis yielded rich d ata on human analytical reasoning that can be used to support analytic t ool development and analyst training. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:t_taylor@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f97 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110812T113651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110812T113651Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110822T210000Z DTEND:20110822T230000Z SUMMARY:Fereydoun Hormozdiari\, Thesis Defense\, PhD\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\nPh.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nFereydoun Hormozdiari \n\nBSc\, Sh arif University of Technology\, 2004 \nMSc\, Simon Fraser University\, 2 006 \n\nMonday August 22\, 2011 2:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\n STRUCTURAL VARIATION DISCOVERY: THE EASY\, THE HARD AND THE UGLY \n\nAbs tract \n\nComparison of human genomes show that along with single nucleo tide polymorphisms and small indels\, larger structural variants (SVs) a re common. Recent studies even suggest that more base pairs are altered as a result of structural variation (including copy number variation) th an as a result of single nucleotide variations or small indels. It is al so been known that structural variation on genome can cause loss or gain of functionality and can have phenotypic effects. \n\nRecently with adv ent of high-throughput sequencing technologies the field of genomics has been revolutionized. The realization of high throughput sequencing plat forms now makes it feasible to detect the full spectrum of genomic varia tion (including SVs) among many individual genomes\, including cancer pa tients and others suffering from diseases of genomic origin. In addition high throughput sequencing technologies make it possible to extend the scope of structural variation studies to a point previously unimaginable as exemplified with 1000 genomes project. \n\nIn this dissertation we c onsider the structural variation discovery problem using high-throughput sequencing technologies. We provide combinatorial formulations for this problem under maximum parsimony assumption\, and design approximation a lgorithms for them. We also extend our proposed algorithms to also consi der conflicts between potential structural variation and resolve them. \ nNote that\, our algorithms are able to detect most of the well known st ructural variation types including small insertions\, deletions\, invers ions\, transpositions and novel insertions. \n\nFinally we extend our al gorithms to simultaneous discovery of structural variation in multiple g enomes and thus improve the final comparative results between different donors. \n\n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee: \nDr. Cenk Sahinalp\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Evan Eichler\, Supervisor \nDr. Artem Cherkasov\, Super visor \nDr. Inanc Birol\, Supervisor \nDr. Fiona Brinkman\, Internal Exa miner \nDr. Serafim Batzoglou\, External Examiner \nDr. Ramesh Krishnamu rti\, Chair \n\nFree Event CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-8000 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110803T112603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T112603Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110823T170000Z DTEND:20110823T190000Z SUMMARY:Jesse Robert Taylor\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nJesse Robert Taylor (MA Candidate) Defends Thesis \n\nD ate:August 23\, 2011 (Tuesday) \nLocation:LB 2020 \nTime:10:00 a.m. \n\n Thesis Title:Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Reduces Proliferation but not Survival of BrdU-Labeled Cells in the Dentate Gyrus in a Rat Model of Pr egnancy \n\nChair:Dr. Shannon Zaitsoff \nCommittee:Dr. Neil Watson\, Sen ior Supervisor \nDr. Ralph Mistlberger \n\nExternal Examiner:Dr. Liisa G alea\, Professor\, Department of Psychology\, The University of British Columbia CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:turner@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7fec SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113131Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110823T180000Z DTEND:20110823T200000Z SUMMARY:Andre Gagne\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:\nTITLE: Visually exploring player strategies with Pathways\, a visual analytics tool. \n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3 040 \n\nABSTRACT: \nGames User Research (GUR) is a specialized field of User Experience (UX) focusing on video games. UX as a research field has existed for many decades and focuses on improving the usability of soft ware and interfaces people interact with. UX has a variety of methods th at have been developed\; these range from usability inspection methods w here experts evaluate the interface for problems by themselves using a w alkthrough (cognitive walkthrough) or heuristics (heuristic analysis) to methods that involve experiments with actual users (e.g.\, observation studies where users are asked to interact with a software in a lab setti ng and designers or testers observe their behavior\, think aloud protoco ls where users are asked to interact with a piece of software while spea king aloud what they are thinking\, to mention a few). \n\nGUR researche rs have adapted these methods to video games\, where usability is not th e only issue in question\, but rather the issue of ‘fun’ and engagement are of more importance. The question of\, “Is it fun?” is more subjectiv e and hence more difficult to measure than standard usability driving th e need for better measures of player’s behaviours as well as their emoti ons. \n\nGameplay telemetry\, or records of events that occurred while t he player was playing the game\, is growing in popularity. Gameplay tele metry can gather a complete record of events that occurred while a playe r plays the game for every player who plays it (tens of thousands to mil lions of players)\; any analysis conducted on this data will inherently reflect a larger population (and thus more accurately describe them) tha n the tens to maybe 100 players that can be observed with observations. With the massive amount of data that is being recorded\, however\, comes the problem of analysis: a single researcher can run a limited number o f participants in an observation study and still understand the results\ ; millions of player’s data requires new tools to arrive at meaningful c onclusions. \n\nPrevious work has focused mostly on creating static visu alizations of gameplay telemetry because the visual perception system is one of the highest bandwidth perceptual systems and thus is best suited for finding interesting points or average values in the data. Static vi sualizations however\, require several visualizations to be made over th e course of the analysis process. Visual analytics creates interactive t ools that allow for data to be selected and filtered in real time speedi ng up the analysis process. Currently no published work has described a visual analytics system that focuses on the graphical exploration of gam eplay data for finding strategies in open world games. \n\nThis thesis d escribes the design and implementation of a visual analytics tool for ga meplay telemetry called Pathways. Pathways is developed for game designe rs and/or producers enabling to explore players’ strategy and behaviour over time\, which has not been the focus of previous research. I used Pi xel Legions\, a free web-based Real Time Strategy game. I present a disc ussion of analysis of Pixel Legions as a case study to show the use of t he system and analysis gained from using the system. The case study demo nstrates how the novel features of Pathways can be used in conjunction w ith Tableau to analyze player behaviours in a semi-open world game. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:t_taylor@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f61 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110803T112602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T112602Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110824T013000Z DTEND:20110824T033000Z SUMMARY:Barbara Lindenberg\, MFA Thesis Defence\, School for the Contempo rary Arts DESCRIPTION:\nMs. Barbara Lindenberg\, Thesis Defence \nMaster of Fine Ar ts in Interdisciplinary Studies \nSchool for the Contemporary Arts \n\nL ocation: Room 4270 (Studio 2)\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, Vancouver Campus (Woodwards) \n\nTitle: A Thousand Mountains \n\nAbstract: In per forming sets of short distinct dances my goal is to present the activity of shifting perspective while sharing bodily interpretations of emotion al and metaphysical moments. Presentation of each dance is formal while my presence between dances is informal highlighting the notion of shifti ng between states of being\, acknowledging the event as a presentation o f multiple events and recognizing my presence in relation to others. Res earch and creation towards my MFA Graduating Project has been focused on development of choreographic material that studies the use of formal an d informal performance presence and the use of gesture and song structur e to communicate feeling. The performance of A Thousand Mountains\, to b e performed at The Wise Hall on Thursday the 18th of August\, serves as an archive of my artistic research in this vein. \n\nThis event is free. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f95 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110945Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110824T163000Z DTEND:20110824T173000Z SUMMARY:Xin (Cindy) Feng\, thesis defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom - ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f94 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110943Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110824T183000Z DTEND:20110824T193000Z SUMMARY:Darby Thompson\, thesis defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Sc ience DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nRoom - ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7ffa SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110812T113650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110812T113650Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110825T200000Z DTEND:20110825T230000Z SUMMARY:Adam Foster\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nAdam Foster (Supervisor J. Mattsson)\, PhD Thesis Defence \ n\nTitle: Molecular Genetic\, Biochemical & anatomical characterization of monoterpenoid synthesis in western redcedar (Thuja plicata) \n\nLocat ion: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f8c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110944Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110826T173000Z DTEND:20110826T203000Z SUMMARY:Michael Galicki\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nEASC MSc Thesis Defence Library Thesis Room 2020 Michael Ga licki Title: Investigation of the Iron-Oxide Mineralization at the Iron Range\, Southeastern BC CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-554723b2:13041f96757:-7fb4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110714T105649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110714T105649Z CREATED:20130523T123018Z DTSTART:20110829T170000Z DTEND:20110829T190000Z SUMMARY:Susan Martha Barber\, PhD Oral Examination\, Education DESCRIPTION:\n\nThesis Title: A Story For My Teacher: A Novel and Its Edu cational and Philosophical Critique \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Ri chmond \n\nLocation: SFU Burnaby\, Faculty of Education EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7ff9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113132Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110830T173000Z DTEND:20110830T193000Z SUMMARY:Jordan Bannerman\, Thesis Defence\, MPM\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nJordan Bannerman (Supervisor Dr. B. Roitberg)\, MPM Thesis Defence \n\nTitle: The impacts of extreme fluctuating summer temperature s on aphid-parasitoid interactions and community dynamics \n\nLocation: Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:01569079-118b-40e9-8d9a-6fad08deec07 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110815T195951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T195951Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110906T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110906T150000 SUMMARY:David Lackner\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\nThesis title: InAsSb/InAs Strain Balanced Superlattices for Photodetector Applications \n LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7ff4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110808T113131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T113131Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110906T200000Z DTEND:20110906T220000Z SUMMARY:Corey VanStratt\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nCorey VanStratt (Supervisor Dr. R. Ydenberg)\, MSc Thesis D efence \n\nThesis Title: Foraging effort by Surf Scoters at the peripher ies of their wintring distribution: Do foraging conditions influence the ir range? \n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biologica l Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-560c2755:130d6ef253c:-7f8b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110725T110942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110725T110942Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110907T183000Z DTEND:20110907T223000Z SUMMARY:Amir Mansour Farahbod\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nEASC PhD Thesis Defence - Library Thesis Room 2020 Amir Man sour Farahbod Title: Study of Non-Volcanic Tremors in the Cascadia Subdu ction Zone CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f92 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110812T113653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110812T113653Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110920T170000Z DTEND:20110920T190000Z SUMMARY:Rodney Paynter\, EdD Thesis Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\n\nName of Student: Rodney Paynter \nDegree: EdD \n\nThesis Title: \nEvaluation of a Saskatchewan NewStart Life Skills-Based Coach T raining Program \n\nDate: Tuesday\, September 20\, 2011 \nTime: 10 AM \n \nLocation: SFU Vancouver\, Room 2250 \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Dan Lai tsch\, Assistant Professor \nCo-supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Wallace\, Adju nct Professor \nMember: Carol Madsen\, Program Director\,Tradeworks Trai ning Society \nInternal: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\, Limited Term Senior Lec turer \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Shauna Butterwick\, Associate Professor\, UBC CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca":MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f91 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110815T113852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T113852Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110909T210000Z DTEND:20110909T230000Z SUMMARY:Mr. Alexander Molnar\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Mathematics Depar tment DESCRIPTION:Mr. Alexander Molnar \nThesis Defence \nM.Sc. \nMathematics D epartment \n\nTitle: Fractional Linear Minimal Models of Rational Functi ons \n\nRoom: K9509 Burnaby Campus \n\nFree Event CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f93 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110815T113850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T113850Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110913T170000Z DTEND:20110913T200000Z SUMMARY:Ben Shieh\, Project Defence\, MET\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nBen Shieh (Supervisor Dr. F. Law)\, MET Project Defence \n\ nTitle: A survey of the estrogenic chemical contents in water/biosolid s amples from Canadian wastewater treatment plants \n\nLocation: Burnaby C ampus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f8c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110822T114805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110822T114805Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110916T200000Z DTEND:20110916T220000Z SUMMARY:Lisa Rear\, Project Defence\, MET\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Lisa Rear (Supervisor Dr. C. Kennedy\, MET Project Defence \n \nTitle: Alterations in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) bioenergetic indices following sublethal malathion exposure under overwintering cond itions of fasting and low water temperature \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus \, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a896a9bb-e888-4eb9-83b8-946bfbff5764 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110826T174130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110826T174130Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T140000 SUMMARY:Jennifer Walsh Marr\, MA Thesis Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:Faculty of Education \nThesis Defence \n\nJennifer Walsh Marr \n\nFor the Degree of Master of Arts \n\nTitle: \nExploring Identity Fo rmation and Academic Writing of Multilingual Students: Skipping Through the Academy \n\nDate: Friday\, September 23\, 2011 \nTime: 11:00 AM \nPl ace: Room EDB 8508\, SFU Burnaby \n\nExamining Committee: \nChair: Dr. E na Lee \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Steve Marshall \nMember: Dr. Roumi Iliev a \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Daniele Moore \n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nThis rese arch project investigates multilingual students’ engagement and investme nt in their undergraduate studies as they transition from foundational a cademic writing coursework (which may be seen by some as a stigmatized\, “remedial” context) to Writing Intensive credit coursework. Through int erviews and narrative writing samples\, I investigate students’ various communities and positions in the university context to examine academic writing as social practice and identity negotiation (both interpersonal and intrapersonal). I find that while some students do report increased proficiency and confidence in their academic writing\, their investment in the university community as a whole is more fractured than cohesive. \n\n\n\nKeywords: multilingualism\, undergraduate students\, identity\, academic writing\, Community of Practice\, transformation \n LOCATION:EDB 8508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28542569-6a1e-42fb-bf59-89be98b38265 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110908T173225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110908T173225Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T130000 SUMMARY:Edith Artner\, MFA Thesis Defence\, School for the Contemporary A rts DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Surfbox Sitting on a Liquid Platform \n\nSuperv isor: Dr. Laura Marks LOCATION:Room 2205\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, Vancouver Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e79052de-39c5-4ecb-91bd-20268c0823bc SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20110912T202254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110912T202254Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T130000 SUMMARY:Jessica Katerina Elliott\, MA Thesis Defence\, Faculty of Educati on DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract \nThis thesis explores the concept of awakening on e’s self through personal encounters with the natural world articulated by way of artistic endeavor. By following the birth of our modern sense of self from the Renaissance to the Romantic period\, I argue that throu gh the contemplation of nature in conjunction with personal artistic pro cess\, each student should be able to create a set of ideals for him or herself to live by having learned the tools to articulate what is manife sted within. \n\nFACULTY OF EDUCATION \nTHESIS DEFENCE \n\nJessica Kater ina Elliott \n\nFor the Degree of \nMASTER OF ARTS \n\nThesis Title \nAw akenings through Personal Encounters with Nature and Art \n\nDate: Frida y\, September 23rd\, 2011 \nTime: 10:00 AM \nPlace: Room SUR 5320\, Surr ey Campus \n\nExamining Committee \nChair: Dr. Robin Brayne \nSenior Sup ervisor: Dr. Stuart Richmond \nSupervisor: Dr. Jan MacLean \nExternal Ex aminer: Dr. Celeste Snowber \nAbstracts of this thesis can be obtained f rom the Graduate Programs Office (EDB 8655) \n LOCATION:Room SRY 5320 Surrey Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d911509c-9b2e-4ff6-abed-a03d104ef2c7 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110915T194424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T194424Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T160000 SUMMARY:Andrew Hawryshkewich\, MSc\, Thesis Defence\, Interactive Arts an d Technology DESCRIPTION:\nhttp://www.siat.sfu.ca/grad/theses/ahawryshkewich/ \n\n\nTI TLE: T he Beatback System: Exploring Interactive Percussion for Promotin g Rhythmic Practice \n\n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Podium 3\, Room 3595 \n \n\nABSTRACT: \n\n\nThis thesis details the development and research of Beatback\, an interactive percussion system for promoting rhythmic pract ice. Beatback is a software based system which with MIDI-enabled hardwar e controllers - such as an electronic drum-kit - allows users to play wi th their own rhythmic material in two interaction modes: (1) Call-respon se allows users to reflect on their own playing with system generated re sponses learnt fromthe user's own performance. (2) Accompaniment enables users to build up complex rhythmic patterns by alerying their own loope d drum patterns. The first of two studies focused on drummers practising patterns with the system filtering out (or zoning) drums being played b y the user\; which found significant benefits to the zoned method. Resea rch focusing on the Beatback system in its entirety demonstrated that bo th naive and experienced drummers feel more competent (in call-response) and enjoy interacting (in accompaniment) with the system significantly more tha having open time to play the drum-kit. The results from both of these studies suggest the possibility of employing systems such as Beat back to benefit those practicing or learning how to play the drum-kit. LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Podium 3\, Room 3595 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c75e699e-83ca-4734-841e-241900e92f2b SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20110902T164817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110902T164817Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110926T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110926T180000 SUMMARY:Frank Zander - MA thesis Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract \nThis thesis comprises two studies. The first stu dy was a survey of 100 university students that investigated podcast-bas ed audio-learning practices. The second study quantitatively evaluated t he effectiveness of creating and inserting tags (cue points) to study an d review a lecture podcast. Using a multi-media web-based tool participa nts enhanced the podcast by self-selecting important segments and insert ing tags and notes on a visual interface of the audio timeline. 69 unive rsity participants (not from the first study) were randomly assigned to two groups. All participants listened to a half-hour lecture on sensatio n and perception. The first group listened to the first half of the lect ure without tagging\, then created tags during the second half. The seco nd group tagged\, then listened. the listen-then-tag group significantly out-performed the tag-then-listen group on a test of recall\, but only for the second half of the lecture. Possible explanations for this findi ng and directions for future research are explored. \n\nFACULTY OF EDUCA TION \nTHESIS DEFENCE \n\nFrank Zander \n\nFor the Degree of \nMASTER OF ARTS \n\nThesis Title \n\nThe audio re-searcher Examining the effects o f audio note taking in a multi-media\, web-based environment \n\n LOCATION:Room EDB 7500F\, Education Building\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6313d758-4cb1-45d6-87e7-4109b1069ab8 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20110913T205421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110913T205421Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110926T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110926T150000 SUMMARY:Helen Dunn's Defence MA Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAbstract \nThe increasing rates of caesarean sections w orldwide raise critical questions about the effects of such births on wo men and on their attachment relationship to their infants. This research examined the subjective experiences of women who have experienced both a caesarean section and a vaginal birth (with a particular focus on the caesarean section experience) using semi-structured interviews and a nar rative method of analysis. Analysis of the resulting narratives revealed common themes across participants: suffering a traumatic experience\, f orces of relations\, and expectations of birth and bonding. The results of this research indicate that some women whose infants are delivered by caesarean section may experience a subjective feeling of disconnection from their infant as well as profound birth distress. These experiences are presented and explored using the narratives of the women themselves. This research is of particular interest to mental health and birth prof essionals who may wish to gain a created understanding of the effects of birth experience. \n\nFACULTY OF EDUCATION \nTHESIS DEFENCE \nHelen Dun n \n\nFor the Degree of \nMASTER OF ARTS \n\nThesis Title \n\nSomeone el se's child women's experiences of disconnection & birth distress \n LOCATION:Room EDB 8508 (Blue Room) FOE\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6dba01bb-5f76-4e2d-b72b-8aadea6ea816 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110916T163301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110916T163301Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110926T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110926T180000 SUMMARY:Mohammad Zanganeh\, MA Project Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Title: Asset Correlation and Credit Quality \nSenior Supervis or: Dr. Robert Jones \nAbstract: \nIn this project the estimation proced ure developed by Jones and Zanganeh \n(2011) is expanded to a block-wise equicorrelation structure. More speci?cally\, \nmaximum likelihood esti mates of parameters of block-wise equicorrelated Weiner \nprocesses obse rved at discrete time intervals are obtained. The estimation procedure \ nthen is used to provide a likelihood ratio test for the relation betwee n asset \ncorrelation and probability of default which is assumed to be a negative one in \nBasel II Accord. Using monthly stock price returns ( December 2002 to March \n2011) of North America Oil & Gas\, Technology a nd Industrials companies\, we \nfound this relation tends to be positive indeed. We also observed some systematic \nimpacts from the ?nancial cr isis on the behaviour of stock price returns. Volatility \nand correlati on have substantially increased from the second quarter of 2008 which \n is followed by a subsequent decline toward the end of the period. LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER:MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a0c11035-288f-4d71-96a6-ebd16891f6ad SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20110906T213513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110906T213513Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110912T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110912T173000 SUMMARY:Kevin Partridge\, Thesis Defence\, Masters\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nThesis Title: \n\nNot quite 'no future': The pers istence of punk \n\n  \n\nAbstract: \n\nThis thesis examines the lives o f nine women who were part of the creation of the punk scene in Vancouve r\, BC and have continued to identify as punks as they get older. By con ducting in-depth interviews that cover specific aspects of their life hi stories\, I gather information on how these women’s participation in pun k influenced their choices and goals and how they\, in turn\, influenced the punk scene. Using theoretical concepts from the works of bell hooks and Pierre Bourdieu\, I argue that the women were able to exercise a gr eat deal of creative agency despite the many restrictions to which they were subject because of their gender\, class\, style and life circumstan ces. They were able to turn limitations into opportunities that enriched their own lives and the community around them in a way that shows how a marginal cultural movement may contribute to greater social change. \n\ nCommittee Members: \n\n  \n\n\n\nDr. Michael Kenny\, Chair \n\nDr. Dany Lacombe\, Senior Supervisor \n\nDr. Robert Menzies\, Committee Member \ n\nDr. Dara Culhane\, Internal/External Examiner \n\n  \n\nReference Per son: \n\nCarlotta Spino ( gradsecsa@sfu.ca ) \n\n  \n\nWebsite: \n\nwww. socanth.sfu.ca LOCATION:Ellen Gee Room (AQ 5067)\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33d42713-94a3-4b23-ae90-e6b10d346dca SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110921T054255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110921T054255Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110912T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110912T130000 SUMMARY:Lorne McIntosh\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Interactive Arts and Techno logy DESCRIPTION:\n\nhttp://www.siat.sfu.ca/grad/theses/lmcintosh/ \n\nTITLE: Parameter Spaces\, Spacetime Control and Motion Graphs for Automating th e Animation of Videogame Characters \n\n\nLOCATION: SFU Surrey\, Podium 3\, Room 3595 \n\n\nABSTRACT: \nCharacter animations are a crucial part of many interactive productions\, from training simulations to videogame s. As these productions have become more sophisticated\, the growing num ber of character animations required has made standard animation techniq ues like key-framing and motion-capture increasingly expensive and time- consuming. Procedurally generating animations appears to offer a solutio n. This thesis extends and combines work from several areas of procedura l animation to create an end-to-end system for the automatic generation of character animations for interactive productions. Specifically\, our architecture pairs Spacetime Control\, used to automatically generate ne w physically-valid clips of character animation\, with a data-driven pla yback technique\, used to automatically generate continuous streams of c haracter motion from these clips in real-time. Our approach exploits the natural parameterization present in videogames and character motion to organize and automate the procedural generation of large quantities of c haracter animation. It also supports rapid-prototyping\, easily handles animation design changes\, and may potentially be operated from start to finish by a single user. We demonstrate this architecture with a workin g implementation and show results from an example scenario starring a hu manoid character capable of dozens of generated motions including standi ng\, walking\, running\, turning and stepping. LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Podium 3\, Room 3595 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f8a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110822T114806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110822T114806Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110915T153000Z DTEND:20110915T171500Z SUMMARY:R. Cameron Harvey\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\n\nno \n\nTitle: \nSPACIAL-TEMPORAL VIDEO COPY DETECTION \n\ nLocation: ASB 9896 \n\nAbstract \n\nVideo Copy Detection is used to det ect copies of original content. Features of the content are used to crea te a unique and compact description of the video. We present a video cop y detection system which capitalizes on the discriminating ability of Sp eeded Up Robust Features (SURF) to find points of interest. We divide se lected frames into regions and count the points within each region. This spatial signature is given a temporal component by ranking the counts a long the time line. The signature requires just 16 bytes per frame. It w as evaluated using TRECVID’s 2009 dataset comprising over 180 hours of v ideo content. The system could detect copies transformed to the extreme limits of TRECVID’s evaluation criteria. These transforms included chang ing contrast\, resizing\, changing gamma values\, flipping\, rotating\, shifting\, cropping\, blurring\, stretching\, zooming\, camcording\, and text or pattern insertion. It took less than 20 seconds to search the d atabase. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Alexandra Fedorova\, Supervisor \nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Examiner \nDr. Arrvindh Shriraman\, Chair LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:gsnyder@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ad97b893-b71a-4379-8444-d6dca26d0335 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110915T194411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T194411Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110921T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110921T120000 SUMMARY:Zhiwei (Ricky) Tang\, Theses Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuari al Science DESCRIPTION:Title: "SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES IN STUDY DESIGNS AND DATA ANALY SIS" \n\nAbstract: "Many practical projects collected data without a car eful study design. This\, together with possible inappropriate statistic al approaches used in the data analysis\, likely results in questionable study conclusions. The report ``Development of Site-Specific BAFs for S e in the Elk Valley" by Golder \nAssociates (2009) is an example and par tly motivated this thesis project. We analyze the data with alternative statistical models to address the concerns raised by C. Schwarz in his r eview on the fishery study. Further\, aiming at providing a useful guide line on data collection\, we conduct \na simulation study with various s ettings to explore inefficiency in data analysis caused by imbalance of the data. \n\nKeywords: Linear Mixed Effects Model\; Simulation\; Unbala nced Data\; Univariate and Multivariate Response." \n LOCATION:Burnbay Campus - ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--3c3867c6:131770136eb:-7f84 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110915T144113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T144113Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20110930T180000Z DTEND:20110930T220000Z SUMMARY:Alexander Petrovic\, PhD Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:PhD Thesis Defence \nAleksander Petrovic \n"The Transformatio n of Mihailovic's Chetnik Movement: from Royalist Yugoslav Forces to Ser b Nationalist Guerillas" \nSeptember 30\, 2011 11:00 am \nLibrary Defenc e Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9318c724-113e-4dec-a96f-05acc86509e4 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20110908T174327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110908T174327Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111007T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111007T170000 SUMMARY:Michael Steger\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nPhotoluminescence of deep defects involving transition metals in silicon - new insights from highly enriched 28Si \n\n\n\nAbstr act \n\nThe fundamental properties of deep luminescence centers in Si as sociated with transition metals such as Cu\, Ag\, Au\, and Pt have been studied for decades\, both as markers for these deleterious contaminants \, as well as for the possibility of e ffi cient Si-based light emission. Due to the high di ff usivity and solubility of these metals\, these are among the most ubiquitous luminescence centers observed in Si\, and have thus served as testbeds for elucidating the physics of isoelectronic bo und excitons and for testing ab-initio calculations of defect properties . \n\nWhile these deep isoelectronic bound exciton centers have been stu died extensively with many di ff erent methods\, the actual composition o f most centers could not be determined with certainty. Only the recent a vailability of high quality\, highly enriched 28 Si made it possible to advance the knowledge of the constituents of these complexes. The greatl y improved spectral resolution resulting from the elimination of inhomog eneous isotope broadening in isotopically enriched 28 Si enabled the ext ension of the established technique of observing isotope shifts to the m easurement of isotopic fingerprints. These isotopic fingerprints reveal no t only the presence of a specific element\, but also the number of atoms of that element involved in the formation of a given luminescence center . This technique has revealed that the detailed constituents of all of t he centers previously studied had been identified incorrectly. \n\nIn thi s work\, the results of ultra-high resolution photoluminescence studies of these centers on specially prepared 28 Si samples are discussed. In a ddition\, new centers were discovered revealing the existence of several di ff erent families of impurity complexes containing either four or fiv e atoms chosen from Li\, Cu\, Ag\, Au\, and Pt. The constituents of all these centers have been determined\, together with no-phonon transition energies\, no-phonon isotope shifts\, local vibrational mode energies\, and the isotope shifts of the local vibrational mode energies. The data presented here for these deep centers should prove useful for the still- needed theoretical explanations of their formation\, stability\, and pro perties. Examining Committee: \nDr. Michael Thewalt\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Simon Watkins\, Supervisor \nDr. Patricia Mooney\, Supervisor \nDr . George Kirczenow\, Internal Examiner \nDr. S.K. Estreicher\, Texas Tec h University\, External Examiner \n LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library\, Burnaby CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ba29d338-7370-4575-9ad1-3094eb8f6026 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111004T171921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111004T171921Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111007T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111007T120000 SUMMARY:Helma Sawatzky\, MA Thesis Defence\, Communication DESCRIPTION:Helma Sawatzky \nMaster of Arts (Communication) \nUnfolding P resence: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Photography \n\nFr iday\, October 7\, 2011 – 10:30 AM \nRoom 2520 – Wosk Conference Room \n SFU Harbour Centre (downtown) \n\n LOCATION:Room 2520 – Wosk Conference Room\, Harbour Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65ed97a8-d426-439a-a0cf-665f697ba204 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20110914T204202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110914T204202Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111014T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111014T170000 SUMMARY:Karl Kraemer\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\nFaculty of Education \nMSc Thesis Defence \nKarl Kraemer \n \nTitle: Algebraic Difficulties as an Obstacle for High School Calculus \n\nDate: Friday\, October 14th\, 2011 \nTime: 2:00 PM \nPlace: Room EDB 9511 \n\nExamining Committee: \nChair: Dr. Lucy LeMare \nSenior Supervi sor: Dr. Rina Zazkis \nSupervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl \nExternal Examin er: Dr. Sen Campbell \n\n\n\nAbstract \n\n\n\nThe mistakes in algebraic manipulations often hinder students’ performance on calculus tasks. This observation is supported by the literature review\, revealing that stud ents\, who are all supposedly strong in mathematics\, are experiencing s ignificant difficulties in their university level calculus course. Sever al researchers suggest that the biggest hurdle in first year calculus is the significant lack of proficiency with high school algebra. However\, most studies do not itemize what such proficiency (or lack of proficien cy) entails. As such\, the purpose of this study is to identify several of the common algebraic mistakes made by students in a high school calcu lus course. This research focuses on prerequisite concepts for calculus\ , which are all covered in the mathematics curriculum for grades 10 – 12 . The study identifies a variety of tasks in which algebraic errors hind ered a correct solution\, even though the calculus part of the problem w as completed accurately. As an attempt to rectify the problem\, a teachi ng approach is introduced\, which is referred to as “Re-teaching in Cont ext”. This approach is aimed at improving student proficiency with the i dentified algebraic skills. \n LOCATION:Room EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a9348df2-2c0e-4d6a-bfdf-dcd604006410 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110915T194518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T194518Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111014T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111014T173000 SUMMARY:Sara Sadeghi\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\nSenior Supervisor: Eldon Emberly \nSenior Supervisor: Marti n Zuckermann \nSupervisor: David Boal \nSupervisor: Nancy Forde \n\nInte rnal Examiner: Jenifer Thewalt \n\nExternal Examiner: Apichart Linhanant a\, Lakehead University \n\nBiopolymers are one of the main components o f living systems. Their sequence dictates their structure that ultimatel y determines their function. Many play key mechanical roles in the cell and one of the most abundant biopolymers that is involved in such tasks are coiled coil proteins. Various theoretical and experimental studies h ave been done to explore the mechanical properties of these proteins and there are now a number of single molecule measurements that measure the ir force response characteristics\, making coiled coils an excellent mod el system to test folding models connecting sequence to structure to fun ction. In this thesis we have developed a coarse-grained atomistic model to study coiled coil formation and explore both their mechanical and th ermodynamic properties. Our model is able to reproduce known coiled coil s structures using only a simple hydrophobic-polar (HP) representation o f their sequence and is able to explain the observed mechanical response measured in single molecule experiments. To address how common coiled c oil formation is with respect to all possible helix packs\, we have eval uated the designability of the space of possible helical folds\, defined as the number of sequences that can fold into a particular structure. W e find that left-handed coils emerge as one of the most highly designabl e structures. From the designability calculation we can identify sequenc e patterns that design particular coiled coil folds and mutations that l ead to their instability. We also predict that designable coiled coil st ructures are more mechanically stable than less designable helical packs . \n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library Burnaby CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:863f25b8-43c4-4188-aea8-4ff6090d230e SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110915T194530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T194530Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111017T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111017T120000 SUMMARY:Carolyn Huston\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Sc ience DESCRIPTION:CONSTRUCTION OF AND SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX BAYESIAN MODELS \n\nBayesian models are useful tools for realistically modeling p rocesses occurring in the real world. In particular\, we consider models for spatio-temporal data where the response vector is compositional\, i e. has components that sum-to-one. \n\nA unique multivariate conditional hierarchical model (MVCAR) is proposed. Statistical methods for MVCAR m odels are well developed and we extend these tools for use with a discre te compositional response. We harness the advantages of an MVCAR model w hen the response variables of interest are relational\, rather than abso lute measures. Drawbacks that exist in current modeling approaches for s uch data are addressed. \n\nFollowing this\, we consider the role of sam ple selection as a way to support\, and to improve the robustness\, of B ayesian hierarchical models. We develop guidelines for creating ignorabl e sampling approaches for complex Bayesian models. This is demonstrated through development of approaches appropriate for our MVCAR model. In pa rticular\, a response dependent adaptive approach based on exact sample size requirements for multinomial data is offered. \n\nWe initiate a con text for considering `optimality' of different sampling methods when the criteria being optimized is a surface\, not a scalar. Our optimality ev aluation approach is unified with literature about Bayesianly justifiabl e simulation approaches\, including posterior predictive checks. \n\nAn example from Fraser River Sockeye salmon fisheries where compositional d ata provides information about stock run-timings during spawning migrati on and motivates this work. Such monitoring data with spatial or tempora l components occur in a wide variety of applications. Technologies for b oth measurement and data storage have improved\; data are better and the re is more of it. Concurrently\, society has become more aware of its im portant relationship to understanding and managing complex natural syste ms. \n LOCATION:Burnaby Campus\, IRMACS Theatre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d3821448-843f-44fe-8088-a33a734295bc SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20110915T194539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T194539Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111019T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111019T153000 SUMMARY:Janey Lam\, Project Defence\, MET\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nJaney Lam (Supervisor Dr. Margo Moore)\, MET Project Defenc e \n\n\nProject Title: The use of isolated rainbow trout Entrecocutes to estimate extrahepatic metabolism of commercial chemicals \n\n\nLocation : Burnbay Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Scienc es Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-62ba1bd3:1326e84217c:-8000 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110921T024417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110921T024417Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111004T220000Z DTEND:20111005T010000Z SUMMARY:Courtenay Brown\, MA Defence\, Earth Sciences DESCRIPTION:Masters Thesis Defence \nStudent: Courtenay Brown \nLocation: Library Thesis Room 2020 \nTitle: "Estimation of Annual Mass Balance an d Little Ice Age Equilibrium Line Altitude Depression of Mount Baker Gla ciers" CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:da666511-42cc-41da-aa26-55cb65c0b1d2 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20111012T171028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111012T171028Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111025T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111025T113000 SUMMARY:Christina Bielek\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTitle: \n\n\nFrom Seeds to Syndicates: Explorations in Collective Actions for Food Sovereignty and Resiliency in Guatemala \n\n   \n\nAbstract: In the face of rising environmental and food insecuritie s\, communities across the globe are increasingly organizing to regain c ontrol of agro-ecological systems.   This thesis explores these struggle s in the context of highland Guatemala\, based on the food/seed sovereig nty and permaculture movements and rooted in the lived experiences of ru ral women\, farmers and grassroots environmental collectives. First\, th is thesis explores the historical erosion of local seed sovereignty\, wo men’s current roles in the food sovereignty movement and the gendered im plications of both of these processes. Second\, this thesis explores how grassroots collectives are drawing from permaculture’s principles to cr eatively address agricultural and environmental vulnerabilities through horizontal organizational frameworks. This thesis posits that the food s overeignty and permaculture movements not only offer promising approache s for agricultural production and environmental stewardship\, but they a lso provide valuable insights into the process of promoting local self-d etermination\, democratization\, gender equality and resiliency within a nd beyond local movements. \n  \nExamining Committee: \n\nChair: Dr. Cin dy Patton\, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology \n\nSenior Superviso r: Dr. Hannah Wittman\, Assistant Professor of Sociology \n\nCommittee M ember: Dr. Juanita Sundberg\, Associate Professor\, Dept of Geography\, UBC \n\nInternal/External Examiner: Dr. Mark Roseland\, Professor\, Cent re for Sustainable Community Development\, REM LOCATION:Ellen Gee Room (AQ 5067) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:535997f1-7705-4976-b2dd-758be5f48e2d SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111013T173517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111013T173517Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111027T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111027T173000 SUMMARY:Wenbo Jiang\, MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar\, Computing Science LOCATION:Surrey Campus room 4040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:04ed2e8b-38e8-4a66-a836-2a29d1e05fce SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111013T195854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111013T195854Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111020T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111020T164500 SUMMARY:Ruonan (Annie) Zhang\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics LOCATION:Room 3200 Surrey Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-54f89ab6:13220ad2b7e:-7fc1 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20110915T144116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110915T144116Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111024T173000Z DTEND:20111024T213000Z SUMMARY:Nicole Quinn\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDate: Monday\, October 24\, 2011 \n\nTime: 10:30am - 2: 30pm \n\nDefense Location: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence Room) \n \nThesis Title: Identification of genes involved in heat stress in Arcti c charr \n\nDr. W. Davidson (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. B. Brandhorst \nDr. J . Reynolds \nDr. R. Devlin \nDr. F. Brinkman (Public Examiner) \nDr. P. Schulte (External Examiner) \n\nDr. M. Leroux (Chair) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="MBB Graduate Program";SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:mb b@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bf0f66e8-1918-4572-bf00-85da6089ec45 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111019T180606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111019T180606Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111024T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111024T193000 SUMMARY:Counselling Psychology Information Evening DESCRIPTION:\n\nFor more information\, visit: http://www.educ.sfu.ca/gs/a reas-of-study/counsellingpsych.html \n LOCATION:Blusson Hall 10011\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:educcal@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-1beded86:132cb3af1aa:-7fb0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111017T094336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111017T094336Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111028T190000Z DTEND:20111028T210000Z SUMMARY:Carol K. Wong - PhD Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\n\nCarol K. Wong (PhD Candidate) Defends Dissertation \n\nLo cation:LB 2020 \n\nThesis Title:Comparative Studies of Sexual Assaults i n Canada and in Hong Kong CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":MAILTO:turner@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb1dd2a4-0f05-4a86-824e-2ca0d8ed76ae SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111025T144837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111025T144837Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111028T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111028T181500 SUMMARY:Karen Ravensbergen MA Project Defence Graduate Liberal Studies DESCRIPTION:\nLooking With A Just and Loving Gaze: The Concept of Attenti on in the Writings of Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch LOCATION:HC 2520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e81594ab-fe47-4be1-a03b-418bd2668db2 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111013T173551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111013T173551Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111101T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111101T110000 SUMMARY:Christopher McIntosh\, PhD Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\n\nPh.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nChristopher McIntosh \n\nB.Sc. I n computing Science\, (Honors)\, SFU\, Burnaby\, BC 2005 \n\nTuesday Nov ember 1st\, 2011 9:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nENERGY FUNCTION ALS: CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION \n\nAbstrac t \nMedical ima LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d3f7bc5-0566-4035-8196-6c27b76123a1 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111013T194440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111013T194440Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T130000 SUMMARY:Jonathon Heidt\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:School of Criminology \nPh.D. Thesis Defence \nMr. Jonathon H eidt \n“The Evolution of Criminological Theories” \n\nNovember 30\, 2011 at 10:00AM in SWH 10121 \n\nAll are welcome to attend. \n\nAbstract: Si nce the 1970s\, the field of criminology has produced numerous philosoph ies\, theories\, and research programs. This has resulted in unresolved debates over philosophical positions\, needless competitive theory testi ng\, an inconsistent use of terminology\, and general disarray in the fi eld. These problems have hampered theory development and obscured our un derstanding of theory growth in criminology. In addition\, little has be en written about theory building in criminology\; this has also contribu ted to the confusing proliferation of criminological theories. Literatur e from the philosophy of science can help to alleviate some of the confu sion and provide some guidance for theorizing in criminology. \n\nIn thi s dissertation\, a model of theory growth is proposed and applied to sev eral contemporary research programs relevant to the study of crime and c riminality. Wagner’s (1984) work on theory building in sociology serves as a foundation for the model used in this dissertation. Ideas from the philosophy of science literature (Feyerabend\, 1976\; Laudan\, 1977) and previous work on theory building in criminology (Bernard and Snipes\, 1 996) have also been incorporated into the model. Research programs that are considered include radical criminology\, neoclassical-deterrence and postclassical explanations of crime\, psychodynamic\, humanist\, behavi ourist\, and moral development research programs from psychology\, bioso cial explanations of criminality\, and developmental-life course theorie s of crime and criminality. \nThe application of this model helps to pro vide an increased understanding of the history of criminological ideas a nd is intended to inform future theory building efforts in criminology. Practical implications of the theories and research programs are also ex plored. LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--6d2885fe:13312f0cc2d:-7ffd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111018T094501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111018T094501Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111130T210000Z DTEND:20111130T230000Z SUMMARY:Brian Storey\, PhD Doctoral Oral Examination\, Education DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nThesis Title: Public sphere thinking In curriculum deve lopment: maps\, metaphors\, & agency \n\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Stephe n Smith \n\nLocation: Faculty of Education\, Burnaby Campus\, room EDB 8 508\, Blue Room \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a9f23e1-7678-44b9-8ddb-c68e4c1463c1 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111019T222409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111019T222409Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T150000 SUMMARY:Rian D. Dickson\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Rian D. Dickson (Supervisor Dr. Ron Ydenberg)\, MSc Thesis De fence \n\n\nThesis Title: Postbreeding ecology of white-winged scoters ( Melanitta fusca) and surf scoters (M. Perspicillata) in Western North Am erica: Wing moult phenology\, body mass dynamics and foraging behaviour LOCATION:Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0027ff15-904e-47a6-980e-3842cc739f18 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111024T173803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111024T173803Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T143000 SUMMARY:Kimberley Johnstone\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, November 30\, 2011 \n\nTime: 10:30am - 2:30 pm \n\nDefense Location: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence Room) \n\n Thesis Title: Identification\, evolution and expression of three olfacto ry gene families in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) \n\nDr. W. Davidson (S r. Supervisor) \nDr. M. Leroux \nDr. E. Plettner \nDr. D. Baillie (Publi c Examiner) \nDr. K. Miller (External Examiner) \n\nDr. L. Quarmby (Chai r) \n\n LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence Room) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:062d5ead-26b3-4f56-a813-e513a6b10c42 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111116T215227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T215227Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T130000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE Oliver van Kaick DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nOliver van Kaick\n\nM.Sc.\, Federal U niversity of Parana\, Curitiba\, Brazil\, 2005\nB.Sc.\, Federal Universi ty of Parana\, Curitiba\, Brazil\, 2003\n\nWednesday November 30th\, 201 1 11:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\nTitle\n\nMATCHING DISSIMILAR SHAPES\n\nA bstract\n In this thesis\, we address the challenge of computing corresp ondences between dissimilar shapes. This implies that\, although the sha pes represent the same class of object\, there can be major differences in the geometry\, topology\, and part composition of the shapes as a who le. Additionally\, the dissimilarity can also appear in the form of a s hape that possesses additional parts that are not present in another sh ape. We propose three approaches for handling such shape dissimilarity. The first two approaches incorporate additional knowledge that goes be yond a direct geometric comparison of the shapes. In the first approach \, of a supervised nature\, the knowledge is provided by the user as a t raining set of manually segmented and labeled shapes. The training set is used in conjunction with shape descriptors to learn classifiers that distinguish different semantic classes of parts. The second approach\, which is unsupervised\, derives the knowledge automatically from a set o f shapes. If all the shapes in the set roughly possess the same semanti c part composition\, we can derive their common structure by analyzing t he shapes simultaneously\, rather than individually. This is achieved b y clustering shape segments in a descriptor space with a spectral method \, which makes use of third-party connections between shape parts. We s how that these approaches allow us to compute correspondences for shapes that differ significantly in their geometry and topology\, such as man- made shapes. In the third approach\, we compute partial correspondences between shapes that have additional parts in relation to each other. To address this challenge\, we propose a new type of local shape descripto r\, called the bilateral map\, whose region of interest is defined by tw o points. The region of interest adapts to the context of the two point s and facilitates the selection of the scale and shape of this region\, making this descriptor more effective for partial matching. We demonstr ate the advantages of the bilateral map for computing partial and full c orrespondences between pairs of shapes.\n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee:\ nDr. Hao (Richard) Zhang\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Ghassan Hamarneh\, Sen ior Supervisor\nDr. Greg Mori\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Michael Kazhdan\, External Examiner\nDr. Torsten Möller\, Chair\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:daf1480c-db07-42e1-a785-f4bbfd4fd73b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111018T222821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111018T222821Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T120000 SUMMARY:Simon Zappia\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nSimon Zappia (Supervisor Dr. Bernie Roitberg)\, MSc Thesis Defence \n\n\nThesis Title: Energy-state dependent responses of Anophele s gambiae to an unobtainable host. \n\n\n\n LOCATION:Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fe654ca0-43bb-4e0e-9b59-f1bf0e5cd105 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111109T181859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111109T181859Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T130000 SUMMARY:Brian Eaton\, MSc Defence\, Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nMr. Brian Eaton \n\n\nMSc Thesis Defence \n\n\nTitle: How do Interactive White Boards Affect Participation in the Mathematics Classroom? \n\n\nDate: Friday\, November 25th\, 2011 \n\n\nPlace: Room EDB 9511\, SFU Burnaby \nExamining Committee: \nChair: Dr. Kevin O'Neill \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Nathalie Sinclair \nSupervisor: Dr. Stephen Ca mpbell \nExaminer: Dr. David Pimm \n\n\n\n\nTitle: \n\nHow do Interactiv e White Boards Affect Participation in the Mathematics Classroom? \n\n\n \nAbstract: \n\n\n\nInteractive whiteboards (IWBs) have become common fi xtures in mathematics classrooms around the world. They have provided ne w opportunities for educators to impart learning upon students. Drawing on Stephen Hegedus’ and William Peneul’s work on participation structure s with SimCalc MathWorlds™\, this research study examines the effect IWB s have on participation structures within the mathematics classroom. Spe cifically\, the objective of this research was to determine if IWBs can elicit participation and engagement amongst students. To accomplish this \, two Grade 9 mathematics classes in a Suburban Vancouver secondary sch ool were videotaped and analyzed over six lessons (12 classes total) tha t incorporated IWBs. The videos were then analyzed to determine the impa ct the IWB had in creating participation structures and what challenges were encountered. The findings suggest that IWBs can positively affect p articipation by facilitating gestures\, providing dynamic images that al low for students to visualize future movements\, and encouraging student -student discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\n LOCATION:EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:48189699-4291-4ea7-b5b0-af3d229ac773 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111116T171622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T171622Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T120000 SUMMARY:Kelly Burkett\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Sci ence DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling of gene genealogie s conditional on observed genetic data \n\nAbstract: \nThe variation obs erved in genes in the human genome is a result of stochastic evolutionar y processes \nsuch as mutation and recombination acting over time. The g ene genealogy for a sample of genes \nfrom unrelated individuals is a tr ee describing these ancestral events and relationships. Individuals \nwh o are more closely related would be expected to share copies of genes th at are similar to each \nother. Knowledge of the tree is useful for popu lation genetics\, where it can be used in inference \nof parameters like the mutation or recombination rate. The genealogical tree may also be u seful in \nassessing association between a trait or outcome and a genomi c location since those with a similar \ntrait value will tend to also be more closely related genetically if they share a mutation that influenc es \nthe value of the trait. However\, the time scale for genealogical t rees is on the order of tens of \nthousands of years\, and there is ther efore no way to know the true underlying tree for a random \nsample of g enes from a population. \n  In order to incorporate genealogical trees i n genetic applications\, it is therefore necessary to \nmodel the distri bution for the tree conditional on genetic data observed at present. A m odel for gene \ngenealogies unconditional on observed data\, called the coalescent model\, has been well studied and \ncan be used to simulate s equence data. However\, it is not as straightforward to model genealogic al \ntrees that must have given rise to a particular sample. Markov Chai n Monte Carlo (MCMC) is one \ntechnique to concentrate sampling on the t rees that are likely given the observed data. \n  In this thesis\, we de scribe our MCMC based genealogy sampler and present examples on how \nit can be used to estimate means of tree statistics of interest. First\, w e describe the sampler that \nassumes that haplotype data are available. Our implementation is based on the sampler described \nin Zollner and P ritchard (2005). However\, during implementation\, we made several chang es to \nincrease the efficiency of sampling. We illustrate the use of ou r sampler on haplotype data from \na publicly available dataset\, where we examine statistics summarizing the degree to which case \nhaplotypes are more related to each other than the control haplotypes. LOCATION:IRMACS Theatre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f3fdc424-36eb-40ac-a8d9-8268d0e2b994 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111116T194127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T194127Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T130000 SUMMARY:Yasser Ismail\, MFA thesis defence\, School for the Contemporary Arts DESCRIPTION:Title: Inviting The Other In: Porous Thinking and Dissolving Borders in "Tropical Spirit: Biography of A Jasmine Garden" LOCATION:Room 2250 Harbour Centre Vancouver Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MA ILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7e49a5d4-71b5-4fa9-be23-12191ef8cd9b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111122T231554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111122T231554Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111125T160000 SUMMARY:Viktoria Khamzina\, MET Project Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nViktoria Khamzina (Supervisor Dr. Tony Williams)\, MET Proj ect Defence \n\n\nProject Title: Validation of an egg-injection method f or testing in ovo toxicity of PBDE-99 in a small songbird model species\ , the Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) LOCATION:Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar Room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:549d34b0-09b8-4604-9ff3-e0c2ad4d28d8 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111019T213240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111019T213240Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T153000 SUMMARY:Mohammed Hassan-Ali\, M.Sc Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDear All\, \n\n\n\nYou are INVITED: \n\nTHESIS DEFENCE \n\nMASTER OF SCIENCE \nThursday\, November 3rd\, 2011 \n\nTASC2\, Room 7540 \n\n\n\nCandidate: Mohammed Hassan-Ali \n\nTitle of Thesis: \n\nCon stitutive activation of Fyn kinase induces dual kinase modulation of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel\, Nav1.5 \n\n\n\nExamining Committ ee: \n\nDr. Will Cupples\, Chair \n\nDr. Peter Ruben\,\, Senior Supervis or \n\nDr. Glen Tibbits \, Supervisor \n\nDr. Thomas Claydon\, Superviso r \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel\, External Examiner \n\n\nAbstract \n\nIon channe ls are critical regulators of excitability in neurons and muscle. The ca rdiac sodium channel\, Na v 1.5\, is responsible for the initial upstrok e of the action potential in ventricular myocytes. Post-translational mo difications\, such as phosphorylation\, modulate Na v 1.5. During physio logical events\, constitutive activation of one or more enzymes results in the integration of signal transduction pathways\, thereby altering ch annel modulation. Specifically\, previous studies implicate the integrat ion of PKC and Fyn kinase signal transduction pathways. I studied the ef fects of dual kinase modulation in Na v 1.5 by using Fyn kinase (Fyn) an d a partially-selective PKC inhibitor\, Bisindolylmaleimide-1 (BIM1). Wh ole-cell voltage clamp experiments were performed using HEK293 cells co- expressing Na v 1.5 and either FynCA (constitutively active) or FynKD (k inase dead\, which exerts a dominant-negative effect on tyrosine phospho rylation). Cells co-expressing Na v 1.5 + FynCA (without BIM1) showed (i ) a significant left shift in the mid-point of steady-state fast inactiv ation\, (ii) accelerated rate of fast inactivation\, and (iii) increased persistent sodium current\, all of which were not seen in Na v 1.5 + Fy nKD (without BIM1)\, control or Na v 1.5 + FynCA + BIM1 experiments. The se results indicate that constitutive activation of Fyn (i) confers dual kinase modulation of Na v 1.5 and (ii) leads to the hypoexcitability of cells\, which may be pro-arrthythmogenic. \n\n. Note: A copy of the ful l thesis is available for review by the fax machine. \n***************** ****************************************** LOCATION:TASC 2\, Room 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:463769ab-16f8-4e16-b943-b82455283d4e SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111020T180557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111020T180557Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111129T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111129T193000 SUMMARY:Ms. Patricia Garner\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Gender\, Sexuality\, a nd Women's Studies DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nName of Student: Patricia Garner \n\n\n\nDegree: PhD \n \n\n\nThesis Title: Stitching Up the Natural: “Manboobs\,” Pregnancy and the Transgender Body \n\n\n\nDate: Tuesday\, November 29\, 2011 \n\nTim e: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLocation: SFU Library Thesis Room 2020 \n\n\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Helen Hok Sze Leung\, Associate Professor GSWS \n\n\n\n Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Patton\, Professor S/A \n\n\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Sus an Stryker\, Associate Professor Gender and Women’s Studies\, University of Arizona \n\n\n\nInternal/External: Dr. Marina Morrow\, Associate Pro fessor Health Sciences \n\n\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Nikki Sullivan\, A ssociate Professor of Critical and Cultural Studies\, Macquarie Universi ty \n\n\nChair: Dr. Catherine Murray\, Professor GSWS and Communications LOCATION:SFU Lib Thesis Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":M AILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c2dfc3b5-bed2-405f-9e1c-33f0def6af9f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111115T000622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111115T000622Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111129T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111129T173000 SUMMARY:Ali Salehi\, MA Thesis Defence\, Latin American Studies DESCRIPTION:\n\nTitle: "Forced Government Change: A Comparative Study of the Historical and Social Forces Involved in the 1953 Iranian and 2002 V enezuelan Coups D’état" \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\nAbstract \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ nUsing Gramscian concepts such as hegemony\, historical bloc\, class con sciousness and historical materialism\, an alternative coup theory was d eveloped to examine the resistance to the Iranian coup d’état of 1953 an d the Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002.   This research examines the geop olitical\, economic\, social\, and technological context in which the co unter-hegemony formed.   The national-popular (and globally counter-hege monic) forces that resisted imperialism in 1953 failed to keep Dr. Moham med Mossadegh in office in Iran\, while the Venezuelan national-popular movement helped Hugo Chavez to remain office in 2002.   Four main variab les emerge that explain the differing outcomes of the coups.   The first is the relative strength of the international hegemony and the relation between the international and domestic forces that reinforced hegemony. The second and third variables are the national-popular forces’ class c omposition and strategy.   The fourth relates to the technological conte xt in which the two coups occurred.   By studying these variables\, conc lusions can be made regarding how best to combat the hegemony. \n\n\n\nE xamining Committee \n\n\n\n\n\nChair: Dr. Alexander Dawson\, Professor\, Department of History \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Gerardo Otero\, Profes sor\, Department of Sociology \n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Yildiz Atasoy\, Associate Professor\, Department of Sociology \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Amir Mirfakhraie\, Faculty Instructor\, Department of Sociology \, Kwan tlen Polytechnic University  LOCATION:Academic Quadrangle\, Room 2104 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59c83fdb-7a1b-46bf-965b-b4af9076b9af SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111025T002223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111025T002223Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111115T130000 SUMMARY:Bria Shantz\, MA Project Defence\, Graduate Liberal Studies CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:505b3097-349e-44f2-a9b6-a85326ae79f4 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111025T173648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111025T173648Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111118T130000 SUMMARY:MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar - Marzieh Bakhshi - Computing Scie nce DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nM.SC. THESIS DEFENCE AND SEMINAR \n\n  \n\nMarzieh Ba khshi \n\n  \n\n  \n\nB.Sc.\, Sharif University Of Technology\, Iran\, 2 009 \n\n  \n\nFriday\, November 18\, 2011   11:00 a.m.   ASB 9896 \n\n  \n\nTitle \n\n  \n\nLIPID: A LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPROACH FOR ISOFORM DET ECTION AND ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION \n\n  \n\nAbstract \n\n  \n\nAlternative splicing of the premature mRNA is an important step of gene expression regulation affecting %75-%95 of human genes. Multiple studies have clear ly demonstrated that compared to normal tissues\, tumours shift splicing patterns of many cancer associated genes\, which involves either comple te switch from one isoform to another or change in ratio of isoforms.  \ n\nDuring past decade many algorithms have been proposed to detect splic e isoforms using high resolution microarrays and sequencing data. Howeve r\, inferring relative abundance of detected isoforms remains a challeng e. Here we present a Linear Programming method that infers splice isofor ms expressed in a given sample and estimates their absolute abundance. T he algorithm is applicable to any sub-gene level expression data from bo th micro-array and RNA-Seq technologies and requires exon annotation. We aim the optimization function at minimizing the deviation from the expr ession of the regions\, and maximizing the lengths of the isoforms.  \n\ n  \n\n  \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \n\nDr. Cenk Sahinalp\, Senior S upervisor \n\nDr. Martin Ester\, Supervisor \n\nDr. Anna Lapuk\, Vancouv er Prostate Centre \n\nDr. Peter Unrau\, MBB\, SFU\, Examiner \n\nDr. Ka y Wiese\, Chair LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:163247ef-0dfe-40b0-ba28-f8bd4143cf8b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111110T181829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111110T181829Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111118T120000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence - Mehmet Erkan Keremoglu DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nMehmet Erkan Keremoglu\n\nBSc.\, Koc University\, Istanbul 2005\nMSc.\, Koc University\, Istanbul 2007\n\nFri day\, November 18th\, 2011 10:00 a.m. SUR 4010\n\nTitle\n\nTOWARDS SCALA BLE SOFTWARE ANALYSIS USING COMBINATIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH CPA CHECKER \nAbstract\n \nVerification of large-scale programs is a challenging pro blem.\nSoftware analysis tools focus on making a verification task both\ nprecise and efficient. We implemented the software analysis tool\nCPAch ecker based on the configurable program analysis framework.\nCPAchecker aims to make it possible for a user to integrate and\nconfigure an analy sis technique to the tool easily.\n\nIn order to handle large-scale prog rams\, software analysis techniques\nuse abstraction which introduce uns oundness and incompleteness to the\nprocess. If the sources of unsoundne ss and incompleteness is defined\nand evaluated by the user\, the analys is will still be useful for\nfinding potential bugs in the program. In o ur work\, we used two\nrelated mechanisms to define and control potentia l sources of\nimprecision: Verification assumptions and verification con ditions.\nAssumptions can be represented as a state predicate (a logical \nformula) that tells the user under what assumption an abstract state\n was reached during the analysis. Verification conditions are used as\nco mmands to guide the tool when some specific behaviour is observed\ndurin g the analysis. In this thesis\, we use verification assumptions\nand co nditions to guide the analysis process. We added functionalities\nto CPA checker such that it provides three mechanisms: (i) Starting the\nanalys is task with a set of specified assumptions to run a partial\nverificati on. (ii) Using conditional analysis to increase the coverage\nof analysi s and generating an analysis report encoded as assumptions\neven in case s where the conventional model checking fails to handle.\n(iii) Restarti ng the analysis with a set of different conditions and\nassumptions or d eploying another analysis technique using an analysis\nreport that has b een already generated.\n\nWe extended CPAchecker to include a sequential composition framework\nthat restarts the analysis with a new configurat ion using the result\nof another analysis. In our implementation of CPAc hecker\, the process\nof assumption and verification condition generatio n is automated.\nExperimental results have shown us that using the confi gurable program\nanalysis concept and guiding the analysis using assumpt ions and\nverification conditions was able to find bugs that traditional \ntechniques were not able to identify\, and increase the efficiency and \nprecision of the analysis.\n\nKeywords: Formal Verification\, Software Model Checking\, Configurable\nProgram Analysis\, Predicate Abstraction \n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee:\nDr. Dirk Beyer\, Senior Supervisor\nDr . Uwe Glasser\, Supervisor\nDr. Robert D. Camereon\, Internal Examiner\n Dr. Helmut Veith\, External Examiner\nDr. Joseph G. Peters\, Chair\n LOCATION:SUR 4010 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e543c710-d346-4e9e-b910-515a6600a84c SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111027T164018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T164018Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111124T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111124T143000 SUMMARY:Miss Mehrnoush Malekesmaeili\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Title: On Certificates that a Matrix does not have the Consec utive Ones Property \n\n LOCATION:Surrey Campus Room 3250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5c8caae4-528e-4f0c-8450-889c5401ef3d SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111124T224205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T224205Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111124T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111124T190000 SUMMARY:Masters of Digital Media Program Open House LOCATION:Centre for Digital Media\, 577 Great Northern Way\, Vancouver\, BC CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mdm@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65f86b22-28c3-4371-a405-722648d34bbb SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111109T183227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111109T183227Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111122T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111122T120000 SUMMARY:Billy CHEUNG\, SIAT MSc Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Grad uate Program cordially invites you to attend the following event: \n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \nSchool of Interactive Arts & Technology \n  \nMaster of Scie nce Thesis Defence \n  \nCandidate:         Billy Chi-kai CHEUNG \n\n\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSr. Supervisor :  Lyn Bartram \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nT itle :                Using Transparency in Visualization \n\n  \n\n\n\n Date :               Tuesday\, 22 November\, 2011 \n  \nPlace :               SFU Surrey - SRY 2735 \n\n\n\n  \n\nTime :               10:00am - 12:00pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbstract :           \n\nOver the last two d ecades\, there have been a growing number of applications for transparen cy in visualization.  Transparency is a visual feature that provides sol utins to certain fundamental visualization problems.  Currently\, there is insufficient research regarding the benefits and the limitations of u sing transparency in visualization.  The lack of research on this topic becomes more apparent when we compare the amount of research done toward s applying colour in visualization. \n\nThis thesis attempts to connect the research in perceptual transparency and the use of transparency in v isualization. The first part of this thesis reviews prior research in pe rceptual transparency\; different types of existing visualizations were analyzed using research from perceptual transparency.  The final part of this study applies transparency in a grid structure\; the study is buil t on previous research with Just Attendable Difference (JAD) for referen ce structure\, examining factors of grid colours\, image type and the de nsity of the data structure. \n\n\n\n\nOver the last two decades\, there have been a growing number of applications for transparency in visualiz ation.  Transparency is a visual feature that provides solutins to certa in fundamental visualization problems.  Currently\, there is insufficien t research regarding the benefits and the limitations of using transpare ncy in visualization.  The lack of research on this topic becomes more a pparent when we compare the amount of research done towards applying col our in visualization. \n\nThis thesis attempts to connect the research i n perceptual transparency and the use of transparency in visualization. The first part of this thesis reviews prior research in perceptual trans parency\; different types of existing visualizations were analyzed using research from perceptual transparency.  The final part of this study ap plies transparency in a grid structure\; the study is built on previous research with Just Attendable Difference (JAD) for reference structure\, examining factors of grid colours\, image type and the density of the d ata structure. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebsite:            http://www.siat.sfu.ca/ grad/theses/bcheung/ LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Podium 2\, Room 2735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad-admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4c1b3676-3fea-4b43-89a9-d479b77bac54 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111114T204634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111114T204634Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111116T163000 SUMMARY:Jolane Sorge\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTitle: Characterizing Volcanic Behaviour Using Thermal Remote Sensing and Other Time Series Data\, 2000-2009\, Volcán de Colima \, Mexico LOCATION:Library Thesis Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1e6af7fa-4e7f-483c-ba15-c7282de1042f SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20111115T235753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111115T235753Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111123T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111123T143000 SUMMARY:Yingjie (Victor) CHEN\, SIAT PhD Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThe School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Graduate Program cordially invites you to attend the following event: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nSchool of Interactive Arts & Technology \n  \nDoctor of Philiosophy Thesis Defence \n  \nCandidate:         Yingjie (Victor) CHE N \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSr. Supervisor :  Rob Woodbury \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\nTitle :                Alternatives in Visual Analytics and Com putational Design   \n\n\n\nDate :               Wednesday\, 23 November \, 2011 \n  \nPlace :              SFU Surrey - SRY 3250 \n\n\n\n  \n\nT ime :               12:30pm - 2:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbstract :              \n\nClearly\, one's ability to explore\, build\, and compare alt ernatives can lead to better decision making\, problem solving\, and des ign outcomes. However\, I find that all too often many systems are still working in a single state mode where the user can only see the result f rom one set of inputs at a time. Here I propose a formalism designed to handle the necessary alternatives and the space for said alternatives wi thin the symbolic models. A symbolic model is a graphic approach to a di rect constraint solver. I choose the inputs (source nodes' independent p roperties) as the representation of an alternative\, which I have labele d variation heads. A variation head may contain one or several inputs of the model. The information carried by several variation heads can be un ified to create a new variation head. Then I define the concept of the v ariation space as a collection of many variation heads. A variation spac e carries a structure of an indexed array.  Two key operations\, Index U nification and Cartesian Unification\, can be used to unify two or more spaces. The user defines a series of variation heads as a variation spac e and indexes them based on his preference\, uses unification to unify t he many variation spaces to create a space of the inputs for the system\ , and then generates a space of results based on these inputs. This rese arch adopts design science research methodology to iteratively refine th e formalism through loops of problem awareness\, design\, and evaluation . A prototypical system has been developed as a formative evaluation in order to confirm\, explore\, and expand the formalism from a purely math ematical perspective by testing out the many varied and differing kinds of data organizations. To demonstrate its usage\, I describe how this fo rmalism can be used on a specific visual analytical tool (CZsaw) in orde r to create a space of visualization variations\; I then explain both ho w this formalism can be used to enrich the user's interaction in the var iation space and how the indices of the space can help the user to navig ate through the space. \n\n  \n  \n Website:         http://www.siat.sfu .ca/grad/theses/vchen/ \n\nClearly\, one's ability to explore\, build\, and compare alternatives can lead to better decision making\, problem so lving\, and design outcomes. However\, I find that all too often many sy stems are still working in a single state mode where the user can only s ee the result from one set of inputs at a time. Here I propose a formali sm designed to handle the necessary alternatives and the space for said alternatives within the symbolic models. A symbolic model is a graphic a pproach to a direct constraint solver. I choose the inputs (source nodes ' independent properties) as the representation of an alternative\, whic h I have labeled variation heads. A variation head may contain one or se veral inputs of the model. The information carried by several variation heads can be unified to create a new variation head. Then I define the c oncept of the variation space as a collection of many variation heads. A variation space carries a structure of an indexed array.  Two key opera tions\, Index Unification and Cartesian Unification\, can be used to uni fy two or more spaces. The user defines a series of variation heads as a variation space and indexes them based on his preference\, uses unifica tion to unify the many variation spaces to create a space of the inputs for the system\, and then generates a space of results based on these in puts. This research adopts design science research methodology to iterat ively refine the formalism through loops of problem awareness\, design\, and evaluation. A prototypical system has been developed as a formative evaluation in order to confirm\, explore\, and expand the formalism fro m a purely mathematical perspective by testing out the many varied and d iffering kinds of data organizations. To demonstrate its usage\, I descr ibe how this formalism can be used on a specific visual analytical tool (CZsaw) in order to create a space of visualization variations\; I then explain both how this formalism can be used to enrich the user's interac tion in the variation space and how the indices of the space can help th e user to navigate through the space. \n\n  \n  \n Website:         http ://www.siat.sfu.ca/grad/theses/vchen/ \n LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad-admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:086c38e2-4777-4b0f-8fdf-b0d04a568a8e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111123T180540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111123T180540Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111128T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111128T153000 SUMMARY:Haizley TREVOR-SMITH\, SIAT PhD Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Grad uate Program cordially invites you to attend the following event: \n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \nSchool of Interactive Arts & Technology \n  \nDoctor of Phil iosophy Thesis Defence \n  \nCandidate:         Haizley TREVOR-SMITH \n\ n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSr. Supervisor :  John Bowes \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nTitle :                 Technology Self-Perceptions:  The Effects of G ender\, Education Program and Job Type \n\n  \n\n\n\nDate :               Monday \,   28 November\, 2011 \n  \nPlace :               SFU Surrey - Galleria 4\, Room 4040 \n\n\n\n  \n\nTime :               1:30pm - 3:3 0pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbstract :             \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis study explores gender education effects on self-perceptions of technology self -efficiacy and focus of control.  Three steps were used to approach the issue: (1) testing for gender and education influences on individual's f eelings of self-efficacy and control with technology\, (2) assessing int entions to update job and technology skills\, and (3) whether prior expe rience with technology positively influenced self-perceptions.  The self -perception measures used were versions of Rosenberg's self-esteem scale \, Spector's work locus of control scale\, and Ajzen's theory of planned behavior.  These scales were modified to reflect job and technology dom ains\, and administered in an online questionnaire.  The respondents wer e classified into technology and non-technology jobs\, and technology (c omputer science\, engineering\, and interactive arts) and non-technology education programs.  There were 49 men and 34 women with technology edu cation\, and 41 men and 55 women from non-technology education programs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe study findings revealed men have higher technology se lf-efficacy compared to women\, and women with a technology education ha d higher technology self-efficacy compared to women with non-technology education.  An unexpected result of the study is women with technology j obs have lower technology self-efficacy when compared to women with non- technology jobs.  The theory of planned behavior  accounts for less than 30% of the variance\, and was not a powerful predictor for updating job or technology skills. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe main contribution of this study is finding evidence of a positive influence of technology education amo ng women.  Although the results confirm prior research showing women hav e lower self-evaluations on all scales - and technology scales in partic ular - the women-only results suggest an overall positive influence of t echnology education on technology self-efficacy.  The study used quantit ative data and samples from an employed population\, thereby expanding t he knowledge area beyond high school and university student samples used in many gender and technology studies. \n LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Galleria 4\, Room 4040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad-admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dd36ea0a-e741-4991-a516-80aeeee649a7 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111124T045630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T045630Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111128T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111128T163000 SUMMARY:Cassie Ho\, MSc Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nEvent Title: Cassie Ho\, Thesis Defence\, M.Sc.\, Chemi stry Department \n\nEvent Type: Thesis Defence \n\nContact Name: Lynn Wo od \n\nContact Email: chem_gradinfo@sfu.ca \n\nWebsite: www.chemistry.sf u.ca/ \n\nEvent Description: \n\nTHESIS TITLE:. Immobilization of Hairpi n Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid Aptamers on Gold: Surface Folding Dictated An alyte-Binding Performance and Electron Transfer Kinetics \n\nLOCATION: T hesis Defence Room 2020\, Bennet Library\, Burnaby Campus\, 1:30 PM \n\n \n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE: \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Hua-Zhong Yu \n\nCom mittee Members: Dr. Steven Holdcroft\, Dr. Peter Unrau \n\nInternal Exam iner: Dr. Charles Walsby \n\n\n\nThesis is available for perusal in the Chemistry General Office (AQ-2003) \n\n\n\nFree. LOCATION:LIB2020 Thesis Defence Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--67c1b46d:1331863f327:-7f61 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111201T152727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111201T152727Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111128T233000Z DTEND:20111129T003000Z SUMMARY:Career Development in the BioPharmaceutical Industry DESCRIPTION:Title: "Career Development in the BioPharmaceutical Industry" \n\n\n\nLocation:  South Sciences Building - Room SSB 7172 \n\nTime:  3 :30 - 5:00 p.m. \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Dr. Dr. Clint Young \nGroup Leader\, Biological Sciences at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. \nBurnaby\, BC\, Cana da \nhttp://www.xenon-pharma.com/ \n\n\n\n\nHost: MBB Graduate Student C aucus \n\n\n\n\n\nTopics for this talk will include: \n  \n* Securing An Interview - Pathways & Opportunities \n* Cover Letter - Creating a Comp etitive Advantage \n* Designing your Career - Timelines & Milestones \n\ n\n***Don't forget your coffee mugs!  Hope to see you there!*** \n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:smchou@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-1beded86:132cb3af1aa:-7fa9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111017T094338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111017T094338Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111202T173000Z DTEND:20111202T213000Z SUMMARY:Nancy Yiu-Lin Yu\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, December 2\, 2011 \n\nTime: 9:30am - 1:30pm \n \nDefense Location: SSB 7172 \n\nThesis Title: Prokaryotic Protein Subce llular Localization Prediction and Genome-scale Comparative Analysis \n\ nDr. F. Brinkman (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. F. Pio \nDr. M. Paetzel \nDr. L. Craig (Public Examiner) \nDr. M. Murphy (External Examiner) \n\nDr. P. Unrau (Chair) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5599b7a9-98df-4346-92dc-5b4006d5d9d8 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111104T154424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111104T154424Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111202T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111202T160000 SUMMARY:Ryan N. Cloutier\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nRyan N. Cloutier (Supervisor Dr. Isabelle Côté)\, MSc Thesi s Defence \n\n\n\n\nThesis Title: Direct and indirect effects of marine protection: Rockfish conservation areas as a a case study \n\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6bcbe6da-1bf4-40e8-be0d-4ec4591fcc03 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111128T222312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111128T222312Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111202T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111202T120000 SUMMARY:M.Sc Thesis Defense\, Inderjeet Sahota DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDear All\, \n\n\n\nYou are INVITED: \n\nTHESIS DEFENCE \n\nMASTER OF SCIENCE \nFriday December 2nd\, 2011 \n\nTASC 2\, 7540 \n\ n9:30 am \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCandidate: Inderjeet Sahota \n\n\n\nTitle of Th esis: \n\nCEREBROVASCULAR CONTROL FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY \n\n\n\nE xamining Committee: \n\nDr. Matt White \, Chair \n\nDr. Victoria Claydon \, Senior Supervisor \n\nDr. Glen Tibbits \, Supervisor \n\nDr. Andrew B laber\, Supervisor \n\nDr. Bill Sheel\, External Examiner \n\n\nABSTRACT \n\nSpinal cord injury (SCI) leads to drastic loss of motor and sensory function. The autonomic consequences of SCI are less well known and inc lude diminished cardiovascular control\, with large decreases and increa ses in blood pressure\; conditions known as orthostatic hypotension (OH) and autonomic dysreflexia (AD)\, respectively. These disorders have imp ortant quality of life implications for individuals with SCI\, due not o nly to blood pressure fluctuations\, but also due to proposed alteration s in cerebral perfusion secondary to impaired cerebral autoregulation. H owever\, comprehensive studies examining autoregulation during OH and AD after SCI are scarce. We\, therefore\, determined cardiovascular and ce rebrovascular responses to these conditions in individuals with SCI\; ac counting for level and severity of injury to sympathetic cardiovascular pathways\, arterial gas concentrations and symptoms. Our results indicat e\, for the first time\, that cerebral autoregulation is diminished afte r SCI and that this dysfunction is related to the level and severity of autonomic injury. \n\n\n\n\nNote: A copy of the full thesis is available for review by the fax machine. \n************************************** ********************* LOCATION:TASC2@sfu.ca\; rm 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:285e66b6-b6a8-45f7-91fb-0cc8c5cacccb SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111020T180350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111020T180350Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T123000 SUMMARY:Richard Laszlo PhD Oral Examination DESCRIPTION:\n LOCATION:EDB 8508\, Blue Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mauve@sfu.ca":MAILTO:educcal@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6fba413b-3fc3-46a9-a203-7b40076e7fe5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111027T173732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T173732Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T120000 SUMMARY:Miss Stephanie Langille\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Depa rtment DESCRIPTION:Title: A Stochastic Model of Linguistic Category Dynamics LOCATION:PIMS Room 8500\, TASC II Bldg\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1197ecde-f788-4010-8465-924ba191bd26 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111116T171758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T171758Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T120000 SUMMARY:Fei Gao - MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\nM.SC. THESIS DEFENCE AND SEMINAR \n\nFei Gao \n\n\nBachelor of Engineering\, Beijing University of Technology\, 2009 \n\nMonday\, D ecember 5th\, 2011 10:00 a.m. SURREY CAMPUS Room 4040 \n\nTitle \n\nDIST RIBUTED APPROXIMATE SPECTRAL CLUSTERING FOR LARGE-SCALE DATASETS \n  \nA bstract \n\nClustering plays a key role in Machine Learning field\, howe ver\, majority of modern kernel-based clustering techniques do not scale up to high-dimensional large dataset. Similarity matrix\, on which many kernel-based clustering techniques rely\, takes O(n^2) complexity to co mpute. In this thesis\, we design an algorithm to improve the kernel-bas ed clustering methods' efficiency by approximating similarity matrix (gr am matrix) via Locality Sensitive Hashing. The distributed hashing schem e is based on k-d tree and partitions the original dataset using axis-al igned splitting planes. It considers the spanning of every dimension and splits at the point where the data density is low. The method also enab les high-degree parallelization in cluster devices to gain further speed up. Experimental results of Spectral Clustering on both synthesized data set and real Wikipedia dataset demonstrate that the proposed design achi eves great reduction of running time and the space requirement with guar anteed accuracy. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\ , Senior Supervisor \nDr. Wael Abd-Almageed\, SFU\, Adjunct Professor\, Supervisor \nDr. Kay Wiese\, Examiner \nDr. Tamara Smyth\, Chair \n LOCATION:Surrey Campus Room 4040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4a6f4711-0f92-464e-b3f4-f44cc195d7e2 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111124T045713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T045713Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T163000 SUMMARY:Xiaoyan Jessica Luo\, MSc Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nEvent Title: Xiaoyan Jessica Luo\, Thesis Defence\, M.S c.\, Chemistry Department \n\nEvent Type: Thesis Defence \n\nContact Nam e: Lynn Wood \n\nContact Email: chem_gradinfo@sfu.ca \n\nWebsite: www.ch emistry.sfu.ca/ \n\nEvent Description: \n\nTHESIS TITLE: Proton transpor t in the short side chain perfluorosulfonic ionomer membranes \n\nLOCATI ON: Thesis Defence Room 2020\, Bennet Library\, Burnaby Campus\, 1:30 PM \n\n\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE: \n\nChairperson: Dr. Michael Eikerling \n\ n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Steven Holdcroft \n\n\nCommittee Members: Dr. Zuo-Guang Ye\, Dr. Robert Britton \n\n\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Daniel Le znoff \n\n\n\n\nThesis is available for perusal in the Chemistry General Office (AQ-2003) \n\n\n\nFree. \n\n LOCATION:LIB2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66944715-b0a9-4ee8-8367-c8efd29b25c0 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20111124T045719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T045719Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111205T120000 SUMMARY:Garrett Whitworth\, PhD Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nEvent Title: Garrett Whitworth\, Thesis Defence\, PhD \, Chemistry Department \n\nEvent Type: Thesis Defence \n\nContact Name: Lynn Wood \n\nContact Email: chem_gradinfo@sfu.ca \n\nWebsite: www.chem istry.sfu.ca/ \n\nEvent Description: \n\nTHESIS TITLE: Development of Ch emical tools for studying two unusual forms of Protein O -glycosylation \n\n\n\nLOCATION: Thesis Defence Room 2020\, Bennet Library\, Burnaby Ca mpus\, 9:00 a.m. \n\n\n\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE: \n\nChairperson: Dr. Ste ven Holdcroft \n\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. David Vocadlo \n\n\nCommittee Members: Dr. Erika Plettner\, Dr. Andrew Bennet \n\n\nInternal Examiner : Dr. Tim Storr \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Mark Nitz\, University of Tor onto \n\n\n\n\nThesis is available for perusal in the Chemistry General Office (AQ-2003) \n\n\n\nFree. LOCATION:LIB-2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:723143cc-c7b9-43ad-af75-5982aa6d2e31 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111020T180410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111020T180410Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T133000 SUMMARY:Michael Caulkins PhD Oral Examination LOCATION:2250 Westcoast Energy Executive Meeting Rm\, Harbour Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mauve@sfu.ca":MAILTO:educcal@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e7c44de8-8f51-4edc-a26d-7c124a1371a9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111027T181259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T181259Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T130000 SUMMARY:Todd Keeler\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Department DESCRIPTION:Title: Fast Integral Equation Methods for Solving Laplace’s E quation with Robin Boundary Conditions LOCATION:PIMS Room 8500 TASC II Bldg\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8b3d3010-ec9a-4d8e-ad61-5675daa55745 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111107T191330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111107T191330Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T130000 SUMMARY:Ms. Sara Taghipour\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Departmen t DESCRIPTION:Title: Quadratic Balanced Optimization Problems LOCATION:Surrey Campus Room 2980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b950228e-d29c-4d65-ac27-072500c3000d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111114T203854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111114T203854Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T153000 SUMMARY:Timothy Yusun\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Department DESCRIPTION:Title: Dedekind Numbers and Related Sequences LOCATION:Surrey Campus Room 3250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2813644f-7d2f-4c33-be32-36b74d03afef SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111027T171027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T171027Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T143000 SUMMARY:CHEM: G. Whitworth PhD defence DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThesis Defence Room LIB 2020 \n\nPhD Thesis Defence \ n\n\nGarrett Whitworth \n\nThursday\, December 1 \, 2011 \n\n9:30am set- up time / pre-defence meeting (LIB \n\n\n9:45am-2:00pm presentation \n\n Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Vocadlo \n\n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Erika P lettner \n\n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Andrew Bennet \n\n\nInternal Examine r: Dr. Tim Storr \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Mark Nitz Professor\, Dept. of Chemistry\, University of Toronto \n LOCATION:LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d924076d-3ac1-4df8-b617-d611ab027101 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111027T171229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T171229Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T140000 SUMMARY:Ms. Cory Ahn\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Department DESCRIPTION:Title: Fast Multiplication Over Algebraic Number Fields LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aecac257-7bcf-4f70-9bdb-d6224b79fd86 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111107T191554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111107T191554Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T123000 SUMMARY:Miss Reanne Bowlby\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Departmen t DESCRIPTION:Title: A Roe Solver for a Multi-Class Traffic Flow Model LOCATION:PIMS Room 8500 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10f8cdb1-97de-4930-b424-970e6d7d0f30 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20111116T171637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T171637Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T150000 SUMMARY:Jixin Liang\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\n\nAbstract \nOrdered arrays of laser-cooled\, trapped ions or "ion crystals" are a novel form of matter with a rich variety of equi librium structures and dynamics. In this thesis\, we investigate the hop ping mobility of a 172 Yb +  impurity ion within a crystal of 171 Yb + i ons\, confined in a linear Paul trap. The site-to-site hopping of the im purity ion\, distinguished by a lack of fluorescence\, is studied as a f unction of the 171 Yb + laser-cooling parameters and of the anisotropy o f the trapping potential. The onset of rapid hopping is found to occur w hen average thermal energies become comparable to the Coulomb potential energy. Furthermore\, the hopping rate is enhanced at trap anisotropies near the critical value for the structural phase transition to a two-dim ensional zigzag phase. The impurity ion has the highest hopping mobility near the center of the crystal\, which may be intrinsic to the crystal structure and dynamics near the zigzag transition. Simplified molecular- dynamics simulations reproduce several features of the experimental resu lts. \n\nExamining Committee \nSenior Supervisor: Paul Haljan \nSupervis or: Mike Hayden \nSupervisor: Jeffrey McGuirk \nInternal Examiner: Malco lm Kennett \nChair: Steve Dodge \n LOCATION:Bennett Library Thesis Defence Room (2020) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5ce1cd5b-5e6b-479c-98af-4b11e73dadfc SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111124T045621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T045621Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111201T113000 SUMMARY:Shabnam Shariate\, MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar - Computing Sci ence DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE AND SEMINAR \n\nShabnam Shariaty \n\n\nB .Sc.\, Sharif University of Technology\, Tehran\, Iran\, 2009 \n\nThursd ay\, December 1st\, 2011 9:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nLOCAL A PPROXIMATION OF PAGE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE PAGERANK ALGORITHM \n\nAbstrac t \n\nSearch engines shape the way people interact with today's worldwid e web. It is therefore of critical importance for web masters to underst and and increase the ranking of their pages\, and so is for search engin es to inspect how a page obtains its ranking in order to detect search e ngine spamming activities. PageRank is a popular algorithm used by searc h engines such as Google to rank search results\, which assigns a score to each web page reflecting its importance. We analyze how each page col lects its PageRank score from other pages. We present an approximation a lgorithm for estimating the contribution that individual pages make to e ach other's PageRank score\, which operates only in a local neighborhood of the web graph. Our experiments on real-world datasets show that we c an estimate the contribution values with small errors. Moreover\, we can find higher-contribution supporter pages for a given target page than p revious works. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Andrei Bulatov\, Sen ior Supervisor \nDr. Petra Berenbrink\, Supervisor \nDr. Jian Pei\, Exam iner \nDr. Ramesh Krishnamurti\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e29984b-361e-4864-a26b-18aca104f338 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111027T183651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T183651Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T120000 SUMMARY:Mr. Parousia Rockstroh\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Depar tment DESCRIPTION:Title: On the Solution of Geometric PDE on Singular Domains v ia the Closest Point Method LOCATION:PIMS Room 8500 TASC II Bldg Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ad9b28f-a17e-4085-9b64-a439151da068 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111124T045707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T045707Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T163000 SUMMARY:Hua Huang\, MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE AND SEMINAR \n\nHua Huang \n\n\nB.Eng.\, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications\, China\, 2009 \n\nW ednesday\, December 7th\, 2011 2:30 p.m. SURREY CAMPUS 5060 \n\nTitle \n \nIDISA+: A PORTABLE MODEL FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SIMD PROGRAMMING \n\nAbs tract \n\nMost of today’s commodity processors have single-instruction m ultiple-data(SIMD) instructions built in and provide SIMD within a regis ter. \nHowever\, different processor architectures tend to have differen t SIMD instruction sets which has posed quite a bit challenges to cross- platform SIMD programming. \nThis thesis proposes a model called IDISA+ to overcome the non-compatible issues and enable portable SIMD programmi ng. \nThere are more than 60 well-selected SIMD operations defined in th e model\, which are believed to support a board range of applications. \ nMeanwhile\, we have implemented the model as a toolkit with two compone nts\, a code generator for producing portable libraries and a test suite for both correctness and performance testing on the libraries. \nFor pe rformance concerns\, our model uses a least instruction count mechanism to optimize the implementations of the libraries. \nThe experiment resul ts demonstrate the effectiveness of the generator and show that generate d libraries in our model perform better than hand-tuned libraries. \n\nM .Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Robert Cameron\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Thomas Shermer\, Supervisor \nDr. Arrvindh Shriraman\, Examiner \nDr. K ay C. Wiese\, Chair \n LOCATION:Surrey Campus 5060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87df1126-7b2c-48a8-8c2f-b32f1de9490c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111027T215253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T215253Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111213T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111213T123000 SUMMARY:Christopher Giles\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:School of Criminology \nPh.D. Thesis Defence\nMr. Christopher Giles\n“The Criminal Careers of Chronic Offenders in Vancouver\, Britis h Columbia”\n\nDecember 13\, 2011 at 9:30AM in ASB 10900\n\nAll are welc ome to attend. \n\nAbstract: \nTypically\, research on “chronic offender s” employs a cohort design with general population or higher risk sample s. These designs tend to include a small number of high frequency offen ders. Much of the findings and related theory of high-rate\, persistent \, habitual or chronic offenders is based on a partition of higher frequ ency\, lower frequency and non-offenders. This dissertation examines th e conviction histories of 152 pre-identified high frequency offenders wh o are supervised by the Chronic Offenders Program (COP) at the Vancouver Police Department in Vancouver\, British Columbia. The lifetime convic tion histories and other background variables of the 152 offenders were coded from official police data repositories to examine the parameters f rom the criminal career paradigm.\n\nThe results indicate that the COP o ffenders participate in many types of less serious and serious crime. T hey have long average criminal careers with an average of 47 total convi ctions accrued in their lifetimes. Moreover\, the age of onset of the C OP sample was in the late teens and early adulthood and they typically s tarted offending with a property crime. The analysis of age-crime curves of the COP offenders indicated that their offending increased significa ntly after the typical drop in the mid to late twenties.\n\nThe analysis of three lambda estimates showed that the COP offenders have high yearl y conviction rates. Moreover\, the inclusion of incapacitation time in the estimate of lambda has important ramifications for both the score an d the distribution of scores. The analysis of lambda over time shows tha t it is not constant over time. The multivariate models predicting life time lambda scores indicate that lambda estimates for total convictions are positively influenced by ethnicity and residential instability. In contrast\, the models predicting serious conviction lambdas show that et hnicity is positively related\, while age of onset and gender are invers ely related to these estimates of lambda.\n\nThe analysis of specializat ion\, using the diversity index\, shows that COP offenders as a group ar e not specialized over the life course. However\, an analysis of divers ity over time indicates that COP offenders become less versatile as they age. Tobit regressions predicting lifetime diversity scores indicate t hat females are more specialized and that age of onset is positively rel ated to specialization. The significance of the results to criminal car eer research and developmental and life course theories of criminality i s discussed.\n LOCATION:ASB 10900 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187--67c1b46d:1331863f327:-7f71 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111101T043203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111101T043203Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111213T180000Z DTEND:20111213T200000Z SUMMARY:Ann Skelcher\, Thesis Defence\, EdD Education DESCRIPTION:Name of Student:  Ann Skelcher \nDegree:  EdD \n\nThesis Titl e:  From Crisis to Renewal: One School's Journey \n\nDate: December 13\, 2011 \nTime: 10:00 AM \nLocation: SFU Vancouver (HC) room 2200 \n\n\nSe nior Supervisor:  Dr. Milton McClaren\, Professor Emeritus \nCo-Supervis or: Dr. Byron Robbie\, Adjunct Professor \nMember: Dr. Robin Brayne\, Ad junct Professor \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\, Limited Ter m Senior Lecturer \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Erich Schellhammer\, Associat e Professor\, Royal Roads University \n\nChair: Dr. Allan MacKinnon\, As sociate Professor CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1bc8388b-5a97-4a88-911b-331e6d6c9aac SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111124T194450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T194450Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111213T160000 SUMMARY:Valerie Spicer\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bc8a9ff6-f6b4-4a5b-bd78-992f8c1e0a31 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111129T181609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111129T181609Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111213T140000 SUMMARY:Olga Strizhkova\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial S cience DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \n\nOlga Strizhkova - MSc Defence \nDate:Decem ber 15\, 2012 \nTime: 11:00 AM \nRoom: ASB 10908 \n\nTitle: TBD \n\nhttp ://stat.sfu.ca/research/defences.html CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6b87cf12-f40a-41b6-b592-547a9fd23801 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111102T175156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T175156Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T123000 SUMMARY:Saurabh Jain\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nSaurabh Jain (Supervisor Dr. R. Nicholson)\, MSc Thesis Def ence \n\n\nTitle: Characterization of environmental chemical action at t he CB1 receptor of mammalian brain and investigation of synaptosomal exo cytosis as a means to assess functional effects of CB1 receptor \n\n\nLo cation: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cae9c0bb-e3ba-4603-be2c-7434effeb15a SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111102T175225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T175225Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T163000 SUMMARY:Mandeep Purewal\, MET Project Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nMandeep Purewal (Senior Supervisor Dr. F. Gobas)\, MET Proj ect Defence \n\n\nProject Title: Derivation of petroleum hydrocarbon cri teria for British Columbia \n\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Department o f Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36e240e5-6a65-4b51-9040-bf5a8f4536ca SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111108T222331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111108T222331Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T173000 SUMMARY:Timothy Gray\, MET Project Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTimothy Gray (Senior Supervisor Dr. Chris Kennedy)\, ME T Project Defence \n\n\n\n\nProject Title: Regulation of P-glycoprotein activity by oxidative stress in isolated rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus my kiss) hepatocytes \n\n\n\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Bio logical Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cfb8abe7-5475-40ce-a3ad-a1c71cf1a840 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111109T201001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111109T201001Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T160000 SUMMARY:Bianjun Xia\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Arthur Robson \n\nAbstract: \nEssays On Ti me Preference Anomalies \, Intertemporal Choice\, Insurance\, and Status \nThe goal of my dissertation is to analyze individuals’ behaviour when they make choices over time and within a group. The first chapter is de voted to explaining some key time preference anomalies which are inconsi stent with the standard discounted utility model. In the second chapter\ , I focus on how inter-personal comparisons would affect people’s intert emporal choices. Finally\, the last chapter studies how the concern for status affects the optimal risk sharing across individuals. \nThe first chapter of my dissertation studies some key time preference anomalies. I ndividual time discounting behavior experimentally exhibits important an omalies that are inconsistent with the standard discounted utility model . These include the time preference reversal characteristic of hyperboli c discounting\, the magnitude effect and the extreme sign effect. I prop ose a simple explanation of discounting that accounts for these three an omalies simultaneously\, within the context of the expected utility mode l with uncertainty\, risk aversion and preference for precautionary savi ng. \nThe second chapter of my dissertation develops an intertemporal mo del in which individuals care about consumption not only for its own sak e but also for the status it implies. By putting an additive status term into the utility function\, I show that the level of inequality in the initial wealth distribution affects individuals' saving and consumption behavior. The direction of the distortion in intertemporal choice relati ve to the standard model without a concern for status depends on the ela sticity of intertemporal substitution in the utility from absolute consu mption. In particular\, I prove that\, for conventional parameter values of the elasticity\, (e.g. CES parameter larger than one) people save le ss than what they do without the status concern but the magnitude of thi s decrease is reduced by the concern for future status. It is also possi ble that people save more than what they do without the status concern. I also analyze how changes in the initial wealth distribution affect sav ing. For example\, when wealth is Pareto distributed\, for a reasonable parameterization\, the rich save more and the poor save less when societ y gets more unequal\, which implies that inequality is self-enforcing in this economy. Finally\, the resulting allocation is Pareto inefficient due to the externalities generated by the concern for status. \nIn the t hird chapter we consider an optimal social insurance model in which peop le care about consumption not only for its own sake but also for the sta tus it implies. We show that the concern for status does impact the opti mal insurance contract even when people face no information constraint. When there is the limited enforcement problem\, different from the model \nwithout status\, the optimal consumption for an individual is a funct ion of the whole society's income\, and it may be decreasing in the soci ety’s average consumption (income) level. \n\n LOCATION:Thesis Defence Room\, LB 2020\, Burnaby CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:154d217c-9b8c-4241-858f-141eb6228996 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111202T220726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T220726Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111216T120000 SUMMARY:Steven Bergner\, PhD defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nSteven Bergner\n\nM.Sc. Computational Visualistics (with Distinction)\, Otto-Von-Guericke University\, German y\, 2003\n\nFriday\, December 16th\, 2011 10:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\n Title\n\nMAKING CHOICES IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETER SPACES\n Visualiz ation techniques are key to leveraging human experience\, knowledge\, an d intuition when establishing a connection between computational models and real world systems. At this interface my dissertation enables effect ive choices of parameter configurations for different levels of user inv olvement.\n\nBased on a characterization of several domains of computer experimentation that include a model of biological aggregations\, image segmentation methods\, and rendering algorithms\, I derive a set of requ irements to propose paraglide - a framework for user-driven analysis of parameter effects. One outcome of the workflow I suggest is a partitioni ng of the continuous space of model configurations into distinct regions of homogenous system behaviour.\n\nTo facilitate progressive exploratio n of a parameter region\, I develop a space-filling sampling method by c onstructing point lattices that contain rotated and scaled versions of t hemselves. All levels of resolution share a single type of Voronoi polyt ope\, whose volume grows independently of the dimensionality by a chosen integer factor as low as 2.\n\nTo optimize rendering time while ensurin g image quality when viewing data in a 3-dimensional volume\, I perform a Fourier domain analysis of the effect of composing two functions. Base d on this\, I relax a previous lower bound for a sufficient sampling fre quency and apply it to adaptively choose the step size parameter in rayc asting.\n\nBy assigning optical properties to data using a spectral ligh t model\, it becomes possible to improve physical realism and to create colour effects that scale the level of distinguishable detail in a visua lization. To help modellers to cope with the freedom in a large design s pace of synthetic lights and materials\, I devise a method that generate s a palette of presets that globally optimize user-specified and regular izing criteria. This is augmented with two alternative user interfaces t o unobtrusively choose a desired mixture.\n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee :\nDr. Torsten Moller\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Derek Bingham\, Superviso r\nDr. Steve Ruuth\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Min Chen\, External Examiner \nDr. Mark Drew\, Chair\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3c480ea1-ae1b-4ebe-ae42-5b1aecd895da SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111114T221839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111114T221839Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111212T140000 SUMMARY:Eric-Martial Takam Takougang\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Earth Science s DESCRIPTION:Title: “2D Waveform Tomography of the Queen Charlotte Basin o f Western Canada and the Seattle Fault Zone”\n\n LOCATION:Libary Thesis Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bc8293b6-7df1-4f74-ac88-21dea99778bb SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111124T224254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T224254Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111212T163000 SUMMARY:June Birch Defence\, MA. Faculty of Education DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n LOCATION:Room 5200\, Surrey Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:686247d0-c134-4b9f-a0b0-944d7c83e799 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20111114T230337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111114T230337Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111214T143000 SUMMARY:Amanda Wilhelm\, MA Thesis Defence\, Gerontology\, Vancouver Camp us 1415 DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n  \n\nTitle:  The Effect of Family and Work Transitions on Mid - Later Life Satisfaction Domains LOCATION:Vancouver Campus Room 1415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9024f1d6-0c95-41ca-9ba3-4a235c9bb28e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111130T234018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111130T234018Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111214T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111214T120000 SUMMARY:Linda Turner\, MA Project Defence\, Graduate Liberal Studies DESCRIPTION:\n\nMary Magdalene: Her Image and Relationship to Jesus \n\n- Linda Elaine Vogt Turner \n\n\n\nABSTRACT \n\nThe ambiguous figure of M ary Magdalene first appears in the Christian Gospels -- most importantly as a witness to the Resurrection -- and subsequently in mystical writin gs of Gnostic origins. Her true relationship to Jesus\, and to other wom en in the Gospels\, has sparked controversy since the early days. This t hesis examines these controversies in light of present-day debates about the role of women in the Church. To that end I consider her role in con temporary popular culture\, such as in Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Co de \, and films such as Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ . I then outl ine the early canonical and non-canonical writings in which she appears\ , and finally examine how contestants within the various faith tradition s have framed her nature and role. Was she a reformed prostitute\, or Je sus’s lover\, or a female aspect of the Saviour himself\, as the Gnostic s seemed to claim? It emerges that the multifaceted image of the Magdale ne has been used to send a variety of messages concerning gender\, power \, and the nature of redemption. I conclude that she is best considered as the female counterpart of Christ\, and as such provides an inspiring example for women of our own day. LOCATION:HC 2050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b4529579-5a80-40a3-b98a-f51df88964f1 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111115T195829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111115T195829Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T163000 SUMMARY:Linh Phan\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nDate: December 15\, 2011 \n\nTime: 1:00PM - 4:30PM \n\nDefe nse Location: Physics Room P8445.2 \n\nThesis Title: Characterization of FHL2 expression and function in breast cancer cell lines \n\nDr. S. Gor ski (Sr. Sup.) \nDr. C. Beh \nDr. L. Quarmby \nDr. E. Verheyen (Public E xaminer) \n\nDr. J. Thewalt (Chair) LOCATION:Physics Room P8445.2 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:142a3308-9283-4d45-b596-226761932714 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111116T194647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T194647Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T103000 SUMMARY:Lori McHattie\, MA\, Faculty of Education\, Room 5200\, Surrey Ca mpus DESCRIPTION:\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:190d116c-ef90-4afd-88b8-6eeb96a8ef0f SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111124T182603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T182603Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T130000 SUMMARY:Oscar Nielsen\, MSc Defence\, Earth Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: The Wernecke Igneous Clasts in Yukon\, Canada: Evide nce for a Paleoproterozoic Volcanic Arc Terrane at 1.7 ga and its Obduct ion onto Ancestral North America LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2874ecf9-84f1-4ba0-901b-3793bdffd38b SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20111125T211923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111125T211923Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T110000 SUMMARY:Henry Yuen\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Scienc e DESCRIPTION:\n\nBurnaby Campus \n\nHenry Yuen - MSc Defence \nDate:Decemb er 15\, 2012 \nTime: 10:00 AM \nRoom: ASB 10908 \n\nTitle: TBD \n\nhttp: //stat.sfu.ca/research/defences.html \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d3264681-66c5-411b-a691-88d070c7f521 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111125T212224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111125T212224Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T113000 SUMMARY:Olga Strizhkova\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial S cience DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus\n\nOlga Strizhkova - MSc Defence\nDate:Decembe r 15\, 2012\nTime: 11:00 AM\nRoom: ASB 10908\n\nTitle: TBD\n\nhttp://sta t.sfu.ca/research/defences.html CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:02f87f12-d37c-4754-b3f6-7e5ba013027c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111202T193407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T193407Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T150000 SUMMARY:Jessica Courtney\, MA Project Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Alexander Karaivanov\n\nAbstract:\nAccordi ng to the United Nations there are currently 1.4 billion people globally who lack access to electricity. In most circumstances connecting these individuals to the existing electricity grid is not a feasible option. New developments in solar technology present an alternative to traditio nal fuel-based generator systems\, allowing households a choice in servi cing their off-grid electricity needs. In this paper I ask\, under what conditions will a household adopt a renewable energy technology over a fuel based alternative? Upon calibrating a model of optimal choice betw een consumption of energy services and a composite good\, I find that un der current prices and technology conditions\, households with low incom e levels (up to 7\,665 US$) will choose home solar systems as their tech nology of choice. LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33aed9c6-8057-470a-9172-48a100c282dd SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20111209T171529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111209T171529Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111215T130000 SUMMARY:Bradley Coleman\, MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar\, Computing Scie nce DESCRIPTION:\nM.SC. THESIS DEFENCE AND SEMINAR \n\nBradley Coleman \n\n\n B.S. Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 2003 \n\nThursday \, December 15th\, 2011 11:00 a.m. ASB 9896 \n\nTitle \n\nFINDING A NONR EDUNDANT COMPONENT IN A POLYGON \n\nAbstract \n\nLet v be a reflex verte x (internal angle greater than pi) of a polygon P with n vertices. Exten d the counterclockwise edge of v as a ray until it hits P\, and then wal k clockwise from the hitpoint back to v. The chain we walked defines the clockwise component of v (it also has a counterclockwise component). In O(n)-time we find some component of P that does not entirely contain an other component without using Chazelle's very complex O(n)-time triangul ation algorithm. This time bound has already been achieved using Chazell e's algorithm\, but we show it is possible without it. Our central algor ithm simultaneously walks a component in the clockwise and counterclockw ise directions. In these walks\, it shoots rays and finds acceptable hit points that are not necessarily correct. It either validates a hitpoint\ , disqualifies it\, or shoots another ray and finds a finds a new hitpoi nt. \n\nKeywords: Polygon\, Visibility\, Computational Geometry\, Linear -time. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Thomas Shermer\, Senior Supe rvisor \nDr. Funda Ergun\, Supervisor \nDr. Binay Bhattacharya\, Examine r \nDr. Andrei Bulatov\, Chair \n LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e28d0080-dd50-4495-8e24-1585421d2e1f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111121T235510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111121T235510Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111209T150000 SUMMARY:Yvonne Lai\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTitle: \n\n"The Perceptions of Intergenerational Confli ct Among Chinese Immigrant Families in British Columbia" \n\n  \n\nAbstr act \n\nThis study critically examines parental perceptions of intergene rational conflict and explores coping strategies using a mixed methods a pproach. It specifically focuses on Chinese immigrant families with youn g adult children aged 18 to 35 years old. Intergenerational conflict is defined as the frequency\, the degree\, and the severity of problems or arguments experienced within parent-child relationships. Studies have fo und that problematic intergenerational conflicts are associated with neg ative consequences and that immigrant families are especially vulnerable (Uba\, 1994\; Wu & Chao\, 2005). Since British Columbia is now home to 30% of Canada’s total immigrants from China\, Taiwan and Hong Kong (Stat istics Canada\, 2006)\, it is essential to explore the social factors co ntributing to\, and buffering against\, intergenerational conflict withi n these families. Results will be valuable in identifying the most vulne rable families\, and in \n\nrecommending resources (e.g.\, educational a nd community programs) that can both prevent and reduce intergenerationa l conflict. \n\n    \n\nExamining Committee \n\nChair: Dr. Cindy Patton\ , Professor of Sociology and Anthropology \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Bar bara Mitchell\, Professor of Sociology \n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Jane Pu lkingham\, Professor of Sociology \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Karen Kobay ashi\, Associate Professor\, Department of Sociology\, University of Vic toria \n\n  LOCATION:Academic Quadrangle\, Room 5067 (Ellen Gee Room) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-5d225933:133cc09cd2a:-7ff9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111128T152510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111128T152510Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111209T180000Z DTEND:20111209T200000Z SUMMARY:Stuart Hammond\, PhD Defense\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\n\nStuart Hammond (PhD Candidate) Defends Dissertation   \n\ nDate:December 9\, 2011 (Friday) \nLocation:LB 2020 \nTime:10:00 a.m. \n \nThesis Title:Parental Scaffolding and Children’s Everyday Helping \n\n Chair:Dr. Kathleen Slaney \nCommittee:Dr. Jeremy Carpendale\, Senior Sup ervisor \nDr. Jack Martin \nDr. Tim Racine \nInternal Examiner:Dr. Jeff Sugarman\, Faculty of Education \nExternal Examiner:Dr. Tobias Krettenau er\, Department of Psychology\, Wilfred Laurier University CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:turner@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7452e7bccc9902fdc5631aaa49fc5187-5d225933:133cc09cd2a:-7ff8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111128T152510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111128T152510Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART:20111209T220000Z DTEND:20111210T000000Z SUMMARY:Ruth L. Coupland\, PhD Defense\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\nRuth Coupland (PhD Candidate) Defends Dissertation   \n\nDa te:December 9\, 2011 (Friday) \nLocation:LB 2020 \nTime:2:00 p.m. \n\nTh esis Title:Maltreatment and Psychopathy Subtypes in High-Risk Adolescent Females \n\nChair:Dr. Robert McMahon \nCommittee:Dr. Marlene Moretti\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Arlene Young \nDr. Jodi Viljoen \nInternal Exami ner:Dr. Margaret Jackson\, School of Criminology \nExternal Examiner:Dr. Randall Salekin\, Department of Psychology\, University of Alabama CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:turner@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e9baf189-a256-493f-a1a5-674ea1c47cdd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111207T000700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T000700Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111209T140000 SUMMARY:Billie Joe Rogers\, MA Defense\, Psychology LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ecf93b52-c358-4c09-945a-e38035d8ad7d SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111124T045728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111124T045728Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T163000 SUMMARY:Ian Bushfield\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract \n\nTo ensure consistency\, paper manufacturing re quires knowledge of the thickness\, areal density\, and moisture content of a paper sheet as it is produced. In this thesis\, I show that it is possible to use terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to estimate these thr ee parameters. I relate the electromagnetic response of paper to its com position based on an effective medium model that includes an additional term to account for Rayleigh scattering. I show results from Monte Carlo simulations that establish statistical limits on the parameter estimate s for this model under realistic conditions\, and I assess the performan ce of the model using experimental results on pulp samples. Finally\, I discuss current limitations to the precision of this measurement techniq ue\, and suggest methods for improving it. \n\nExamining Committee \n\nS enior Supervisor: Steve Dodge \nSupervisor: Karen Kavanagh \nSupervisor: Erol Girt \nInternal Examiner: Frank Haran\, Honeywell Process Solution s \n\nExamining Committee Chair: David Broun \n LOCATION:Thesis Defence Room\, SFU Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b8950b3c-a4d1-4083-afea-fd56d3446609 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111128T183512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111128T183512Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T150000 SUMMARY:Celene Chan\, MA Project\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Robert Jones\nAbstract:\nThis project will focus on European debt and interbank lending markets and analyzes the\n spread arising from trading in two portfolios built with credit derivati ves. The analysis uses data\non sovereign credit default swap spreads\, zero-coupon bond yields\, European Interbank\nOffered Rate (EURIBOR) and Euro-denominated plain vanilla interest rate swaps. Specifically\,\nthe countries studied are those most embroiled in the European debt crisis: Portugal\, Italy\,\nGreece and Spain. One portfolio contains a long pos ition in a 5-year sovereign bond and long\nposition in a credit default swap on a sovereign entity that expires in 5-years. The other\nportfolio consists of rolling over 6-month EURIBOR deposits and selling a 5-year fixed-forfloating\ninterest rate swap. The positions are theoretically e quivalent in terms of cash flow\, and\nthe spread between these investme nt strategies can be viewed as the implied default risk\ninvolved in tra ding in the interbank market. The spread between Portfolio 1 and Portfol io 2 is\nthe implied cost of insuring a EURIBOR bank deposit. LOCATION:West Malll Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6c14c2e4-b777-4bb5-bde5-447ccd8696ff SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111207T000710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T000710Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T133000 SUMMARY:Andrea Hamel\, MA Defense\, Psychology LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06794f27-0c3b-414f-a7f9-ddd026e4d3a5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111026T184511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111026T184511Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120309T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120309T210000 SUMMARY:Graduate Liberal Studies Open House DESCRIPTION:Graduate Liberal Studies Open House gathering and informal in formation session for those considering pursuing a Master's Degree in Li beral Studies at SFU: http://www.sfu.ca/gls/ \n\n\nPlease join us on Mar ch 9\, 2012 from 7-9 pm. \nSFU @ Harbour Centre\, Room 2400\, 515 West H astings\, Vancouver. LOCATION:SFU Vancouver CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9d3bfa1a-40b3-4ffe-ad7e-a3f37f8e1e6d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120124T164629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T164629Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120314T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120314T133000 SUMMARY:Thomas Culham PhD Thesis Examination DESCRIPTION:\n\n LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 8508\, Blue Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:educcal@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e03d52a2-adcd-41e7-9bae-b538a40d1efa SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120126T225230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120126T225230Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120314T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120314T150000 SUMMARY:Chantale Bégin\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nChantale Bégin (Supervisor Dr. Isabelle Côté)\, PhD Thesis Defence \n\n\nThesis Title: Land use and sedimentation impacts on coral reefs in the eastern Caribbean \n\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, IRMACS C entre\, ASB 10940 LOCATION:IRMACS Centre\, ASB 10940 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:01b79b0a-6925-4823-8cf5-09f36623f4bf SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120126T225313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120126T225313Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120330T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120330T170000 SUMMARY:Ann En-Ju Lin\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\n\nAnn En-Ju Lin (Supervisor Dr. Julian Guttman) - PhD Thesi s Defence \n\n\nThesis Title: The role of endocytic components during th e bacterial pathogenesis of non-phagocytic cells \n\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 LOCATION:Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:767e8964-da99-4974-85fe-def49672e7b1 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120228T223057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120228T223057Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120316T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120316T120000 SUMMARY:Jeannine Soltys\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:TITLE: \nInvisible and Undervalued: Understanding the Work Ex periences of Women Clerical Workers in a British Columbia Cancer Centre \n\nABSTRACT: \nThe purpose of this qualitative study is to understand t he experiences of oncology support staff through an examination of workp lace organization\, patient and team relationships\, and emotional impac t. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven medical secretaries and five nursing unit clerks. A critical-feminist interpretive lens is adop ted to facilitate focus on subjective perceptions and meanings of these work experiences. This approach allows exploration of how social identit ies in particular workplace settings are shaped by gender\, social class \, ethnocultural background\, age\, and disability. It also directs our attention to dominant discourses and inequities in the workplace that re nder women’s work invisible and undervalued. Indeed\, key findings ident ify issues of powerlessness\, lack of control and decision making\, self -reported stress and burnout\, and the perception that the work performe d is not recognized or valued. Implications for managers and those worki ng with support staff in oncology settings are also briefly highlighted. \n\nKeywords: Gender\; power\; invisible\; stress\; clerical\; oncology \n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE: \nDefence Chair: Dr. Noel Dyck\, Professor\, A nthropology \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Mitchell\, Professor\, Soci ology \nCommittee Member: Dr. Jane Pulkingham\, Professor\, Sociology \n Committee Member: Dr. Sharon Koehn\, Professor\, Gerontology \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Gillian Creese\, Professor\,Sociology\, University of Brit ish Columbia LOCATION:Ellen Gee Room (AQ 5067) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:575c6f03-e0f9-4ce7-b2a5-4d613fa6262b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120228T224310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120228T224310Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120306T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120306T123000 SUMMARY:M.Sc Thesis Defense\, Mark Nolette DESCRIPTION:Design and Fabrication of a Positioning System for an Intrava scular Electrode System\n LOCATION:TASC 2\, Room 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f28f584c-2bba-4eff-afa7-ed135be9155f SEQUENCE:6 DTSTAMP:20120308T185701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T185701Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120306T061500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120306T081500 SUMMARY:Hossein Jowhari\, PhD Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nHossein Jowhari \n\nMSc\, Cmpt Eng\, Sharif Univ. of Tech\, Tehran\, Iran 2005 \nBSc\, Cmpt Eng\, Teacher Tr aining University\, Tehran\, Iran 2002 \n\n\nTuesday March 6th\, 2012 10 :00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle: \n\nMEASURING ORDER\, TRENDS AND REP ETITIONS IN DATA STREAMS \n\nAbstract \n\nHow much a given sequence is s orted? Is there a regular pattern in the arrangement of data? Are there periodic recurrences in a given sequence? Is there a repetition in a ser ies of data items? These are classical problems with broad applications in various areas of computer science. Inspired by the rise of interest i n sublinear computation in the past two decades\, this thesis examines t hese questions in the context of the data stream model where the input i s accessed in sequential manner and there are strict memory limitations. In specific\, we study algorithms for \n\nMeasures of sortedness. In th is category\, we study the problem of approximating the length of the lo ngest increasing subsequence of a stream\, and its dual problem\, known as distance to monotonicity where we estimate the number of necessary de letions to make a sequence sorted. \n\nMeasures of regularity. We study detecting periodicity and estimating closedness to periodicity in time-s eries data streams. \n\nFinding duplicates. In contrast to periodicity LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96a6ba7d-c13e-40db-b2b3-10cf1cdd93b6 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120306T194805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T194805Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120322T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120322T123000 SUMMARY:Yonas Weldeselassie\, PhD defence\, Cmpt Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nYonas Weldeselassie\n\nM.Sc.\, Modeli ng and Simulation\, International Center for Theoretical Physics\, Tries te\, Italy 2004\nB.Sc.\, University of Zimbabwe\, Harare\, Zimbabwe 2002 \n\nThursday March 22nd\, 2012 10:30 a.m. ASB 9896\n\nTitle:\n\nTENSOR B ASED ANALYSIS OF DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES\n\nDiffusi on Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) is a non-invasive and in vivo medical imaging technique that allows neural tissue architecture t o be probed at a microscopic scale. This is possible due to the diffusio n of hydrogen atoms within water molecules in the imaging body\; thus ca pturing the microstructure of the underlying tissues. DW-MRI adds to con ventional MRI the capability of measuring this diffusion of water molecu les by applying strong magnetic field along several gradient directions in order to measure the apparent diffusion coefficient along those direc tions. \nIn this thesis\, we look at modeling diffusion of water molecul es with Cartesian Tensors: a model known as Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Re sonance Imaging (DT-MRI). We begin with second order tensor model which results in an image where at each voxel the preferred direction of water diffusion is locally modeled by a second order 3x3 symmetric positive d efinite matrix whose coefficients are estimated from the DW-MR data. Aft er briefly reviewing anisotropy and similarity measures of second order tensors\, we extend these ideas to develop a novel anisotropy measure. T ensor similarity measures are then used to extend scalar image segmentat ion algorithms in order to segment tensor images. Next\, we look at fibe r tractography\, a mechanism to non-invasively study the three-dimension al architecture of white matter tracts in the central nervous system\, a nd develop an adaptive seeding algorithm using tensor similarity measure s. The concept of fiber tractography is then used for clinical applicati on to investigate various features of white matter fiber tracts extracte d from DT-MR images in the cortico-striatal region of the brain in contr ol and Parkinson's disease subjects. Finally\, we investigate the limita tions of second order tensor model and extend the model to higher order tensors in order to correctly depict crossing\, fanning\, splitting and merging fiber tracts. In particular\, we develop a new technique to mode l fiber orientation distribution functions using higher order tensors. I n attempting to extend the rich set of algorithms developed for second o rder tensors\, we also derive a new anisotropy measure derived directly from fiber orientation distribution functions. \n\n\nPh.D. Examining Co mmittee:\nDr. M. Stella Atkins\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Mirza Faisal Beg \, Supervisor\nDr. Manfred Trummer\, Supervisor\nDr. Torsten Moller\, In ternal Examiner\nDr. Kaleem Siddiqi\, External Examiner\nDr. Anoop Sarka r\, Chair\n LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d6f8ae8a-7283-4e65-8325-9bef0be6e9ce SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120313T232643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T232643Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120322T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120322T180000 SUMMARY:Gabriel Alfaro\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Integration of Transport Pathways in Yeast \n \nDr. C. Beh (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. L. Quarmby \nDr. N. Harden \nDr. B. Honda (Public Examiner) \nDr. David Goldfarb - University of Rochester ( External Examiner) \n\nDr. B. Brandhorst (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d27a4e3c-0c16-4049-9aee-60425f06dfb8 SEQUENCE:6 DTSTAMP:20120313T164904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T164904Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120323T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120323T124500 SUMMARY:Alexey Antonitsin\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nBurnaby Campus \n\nAlexey Antonitsin - MSc Defenc e \n\nDepartment of Statistics & Actuarial Science \n\nRoom: ASB 10940 - IRMACS \n\nTitle: Statistical Methods in ReliabilityTesting \n\nStatist ic & Actuarial Science Defences CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cbad665f-ceb6-46eb-9bb8-f3d1b4b98e7f SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120316T162137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120316T162137Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120321T130000 SUMMARY:Alreza Morshedian\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences DESCRIPTION:“Sedimentology\, Ichnology\, and Stratigraphy of the Sparky\, Waseca\, and McLaren Alloformations\, West-Central Saskatchewan\, Canad a” \n\nSenior Supervisor: \nDr. James MacEachern\n\nCo-Supervisor:\nDr. Shahin Dashgard \n\nCommittee Members:\nDr. Kerrie Bann – Adjunct Profes sor\, SFU\nDr. George Pemberton – University of Alberta\nDr. Brent Ward - Internal Examiner\nDr. Luis Alberto Buatois – University of Saskatchew an\, External Examiner\n\nChair: Dr. Dan Gibson LOCATION:Library Thesis Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7e6564f9-1087-40de-a564-c870bf30901f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20111026T184529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111026T184529Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120203T210000 SUMMARY:Graduate Liberal Studies Open House DESCRIPTION:\nGraduate Liberal Studies Open House gathering and informal information session for those considering pursuing a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies at SFU: http://www.sfu.ca/gls/ \n\n\nPlease join us on F ebruary 3rd or March 9\, 2012 from 7-9 pm. \nSFU @ Harbour Centre\, Room 2400\, 515 West Hastings\, Vancouver. LOCATION:SFU Vancouver CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradstdy@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8591e60-fe11-453b-91a6-9e60b59b5d79 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120111T184932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120111T184932Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120203T160000 SUMMARY:Danica Hogan\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Danica Hogan (Supervisor Dr. Ron Ydenberg) \n\n\nTitle: Postb reeding ecology of Barrow's Goldeneyes in Northwestern Alberta \n\n\nLoc ation: Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar r oom B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b0a6e168-a357-483d-81c9-12be5141bcf5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120116T203252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120116T203252Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120224T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120224T133000 SUMMARY:Michael Dahabieh\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, February 24\, 2012 \n\nTime: 10:30am - 1:30pm \n\nDefense Location: SSB 7172 \n\nThesis Title: Probing of Non-Coding R NA Structural Dynamics with 2-Aminopurine \n\nDr. Mario Pinto (Sr. Super visor) \nDr. Peter Unrau \nDr. Dipankar Sen \nDr. Gratien Prefontaine (P ublic Examiner) \n\n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38eef7f4-8676-4759-b0dd-7a93893bc482 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120131T000153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T000153Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120221T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120221T153000 SUMMARY:Edwin Wong\, PhD defence\, LIB2020 DESCRIPTION:\nMeeting: (11:30:00 AM - Tuesday 21 February 2012 \, Room Th esis Defence Room 2020) \n\n11:30-3:30 pm presentation \n\nSenior Superv isor: Dr. Daniel Leznoff \nCommittee Member: Dr. Robert Britton \nCommit tee Member: Dr. Charles Walsby \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Byron Gates \nEx ternal Examiner: Dr. Robin G. Hicks\, Dept. of Chemistry\, University of Victoria CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9077c61f-5cb6-4074-a1f7-af83ef9a743b SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120131T000206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T000206Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120202T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120202T150000 SUMMARY:Zhiwei Deng\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAbstract \nThe controlled n-type and p-type doping of Z nO is an ongoing and challenging field of study which needs to be resolv ed before this material can fulfill its great promise as an optoelectron ic material. Metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) is a proces s that has been extensively investigated for ZnO growth. However\, there have been very few reports of high resolution photoluminescence (PL) sp ectroscopy for MOCVD grown ZnO. In this thesis\, strong donor bound exci ton transitions with linewidths as low as 0.2meV were observed in a 4.2K low temperature PL spectrum of nominally undoped ZnO epilayers grown wi th dimethylzinc and nitrous oxide at 800°C on c-plane sapphire substrate s by MOCVD. Intentional n-type doping of ZnO by MOCVD with group III dop ants such as In and Al at high growth temperature has been studied. The addition of controlled amounts of In and Al precursors allows us to unam biguously observe donor bound exciton emission from these impurities whi ch results in identification of the dominant residual donor in nominally undoped ZnO to be Ga and to infer the residual compressive strain in th e layers due to lattice mismatch between ZnO and the sapphire substrate. PL measurements on ZnO epilayers annealed in oxygen at 900 - 1000°C sho w that group III dopants are quite mobile at temperatures above 800°C. R aman scattering spectroscopy measurements were performed to investigate the vibrational properties of MOCVD grown ZnO. Strong and broad vibratio nal modes due to sp2 graphitic carbon clusters were found in the Raman s pectrum of low growth temperature ZnO epilayers at around 1350cm-1 and 1 600cm-1. At high growth temperatures (>700°C)\, the graphitic modes disa ppear and the spectrum is dominated by ZnO lattice phonons. \n\nExaminin g Committee \nChair: Jeffrey McGuirk \nSenior Supervisor: Simon Watkins \nSupervisor: Mike Thewalt \nSupervisor: Patricia Mooney \nExaminer: Gar y Leach \n\n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43d008e0-8cf5-4f7d-be51-9cbf4bd11a0f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20111109T002434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111109T002434Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120106T143000 SUMMARY:Stephanie Vlachos\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, January 6\, 2012 \n\nTime: 10:00am - 2:30pm \n \nDefense Location: SSB 7172 \n\nThesis Title: Character of the p21-acti vate kinase Pak during Drosophila oogenesis \n\nDr. N. Harden (Sr. Super visor) \nDr. E. Verheyen \nDr. N. Hawkins \nDr. S. Gorski (Public Examin er) \nDr. D. Godt - University of Toronto (External Examiner) \n\nDr. J. Scott (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df691b9a-0bcc-440c-8b01-23b2a90cf7d4 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20111222T200033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111222T200033Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120125T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120125T140000 SUMMARY:Kaitlyn McLachlan\, PhD Defense\, Psychology DESCRIPTION: \n\nKaitlyn McLachlan (PhD) Defends Dissertation \n \n\n \n\ n\n \n\nDate: \n\nJanuary 25\, 2012 (Wednesday) \n \n\nLocation: \n\nL B 2020 \n \n\nTime: \n\n10:00 a.m. \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nThesis Title: \n \nAn Examination of the Abilities\, Risks\, and Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with FASD in the Criminal Justice System \n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nChair: \n\nDr. Kathleen Slaney \n \n\nCommittee: \n\nDr. Ronald Roes ch\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Jodi Viljoen \nDr. Kevin Douglas \n \n\nInt ernal Examiner: \n\nDr. Julian Somers\, Faculty of Health Sciences \n \ n\nExternal Examiner: \n\nDr. Christine Loock\, Department of Pediatric s\, University of British Columbia \n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff04809c-9e35-42b5-9d6b-9738147f58ad SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120131T000219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T000219Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120125T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120125T130000 SUMMARY:MSc Defense: Andrew Top\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENSE AND SEMINAR \n\nAndrew Top \n\nBMath\, U niversity of Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada\, 2007 \n\nWednesday\, January 25\, 2012 11:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nAUTOMATED CONFIDENCE- BASED USER GUIDANCE FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN INTERACTIVE 3D IMAGE SE GMENTATION \n\nAbstract \n\nIn this thesis\, we improve the standard 3D medical image interactive segmentation workflow. Drawing from the field of Active Learning\, we propose a method for automating the process of d eciding where the user should provide input next for optimally improving the segmentation. Specifically\, we evaluate a given intermediate segme ntation by constructing an uncertainty field over the image domain based on a multitude of segmentation quality metrics. We then find the plane that intersects with maximal uncertainty\, and present it to the user fo r segmentation as an active batch query. We demonstrate the method throu gh two embodiments\, one using the Random Walker segmentation algorithm\ , and the other using the 3D Livewire method as seen in the software too l\, TurtleSeg. We show that in both implementations\, our method makes b etter decisions than user intuition and greatly reduces user interaction time. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Ghassan Hamarneh\, Senior Su pervisor \nDr. Rafeef Abugharbieh\, UBC\, Supervisor \nDr. Torsten Mölle r\, Supervisor \nDr. Richard Hao Zhang\, Examiner \nTBA\, Chair \n\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b0795095-4bec-486d-8145-878efafff7d5 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120103T211102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T211102Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120103T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120103T123000 SUMMARY:Luping Li\, MSc Thesis Defence and Seminar\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE AND SEMINAR \n\nLuping Li \n\n\nB.Sc.\, Renmin University\, Beijing\, China\, 2009 \n\nTuesday\, January 3\, 201 2 10:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nEFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGGRE GATE KEYWORD SEARCH ON LARGE RELATIONAL DATABASES \n\nAbstract \n\nKeywo rd search on relational databases is useful and popular for many users w ithout technical background. Recently\, aggregate keyword search on rela tional databases was proposed and has attracted interest from both acade mia and industry. However\, two important problems still remain. First\, aggregate keyword search can be very costly on large relational databas es\, partly due to the lack of efficient indexes. Second\, finding the t op-k answers to an aggregate keyword query has not been addressed system atically\, including both the ranking model and the efficient evaluation methods. \n\nIn this thesis\, we tackle the above two problems to impro ve the efficiency and effectiveness of aggregate keyword search on large relational databases. We design indexes efficient both in size and in c onstructing time. We propose a general ranking model and an efficient ra nking algorithm. We also report a systematic performance evaluation usin g real data sets. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Jian Pei\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Wo-Shun Luk\, Supervisor \nDr. Ke Wang\, Examiner \nDr . Jiangchuan Liu\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eecb5a0c-00a7-4b1f-a593-b605d442054c SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120103T211114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T211114Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120113T140000 SUMMARY:Yiwei Zhang\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:\nIn a Fermi liquid there are well established temperature de pendences for the low temperature resistivity and the specific heat. The ratio of these temperature dependences\, the Kadowaki-Woods ratio (KWR) \, has been found to be roughly constant within families of strongly cor related electron materials. A recently introduced related ratio [Jacko e t al. Nature Phys. 5\, 422 (2009)] that takes into account band structur e effects\, was found to be roughly constant over a wide range of famili es of strongly correlated electron materials. Previous theoretical work on these ratios has assumed that the electron self-energy is momentum in dependent. We relax this assumption and consider a variety of phenomenol ogical forms of the self-energy that have been proposed for strongly cor related electron materials. This leads us to investigate ratios analogou s to the KWR for a variety of proposed electron self-energies from both a theoretical and a phenomenological point of view. In particular\, we c ollate experimental data from heavy fermion compounds that have non-Ferm i liquid phenomenology and investigate the KW-like ratio for those compo unds. \n\nExamining Committee \n\nChair: Eldon Emberly \n\nSenior Superv isor: Malcolm Kennett \nSupervisor: Igor Herbut \nSupervisor: David Brou n \nExaminer: J. Steven Dodge \n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3d24512c-4ea9-4f20-adb9-139677d4f0d9 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120103T211125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T211125Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120116T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120116T133000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Lin Wang\, LIB-2020 DESCRIPTION:\n\nChair: Dr. Michael Eikerling \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Pau l C.H. Li \nSupervisors: Dr. George Agnes\, Dr. Peter Wilson \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Bonnie Gray \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Edward P.C. Lai\, Car leton University \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff108a5c-3762-436c-aa95-e68fad2cea90 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120105T170529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120105T170529Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120116T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120116T160000 SUMMARY:Farnaz Badiee MA Defence\, Education DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n LOCATION:EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0bda1c13-3ffe-4d72-aeaa-17d53b96662c SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120103T211132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T211132Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120120T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120120T173000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Razieh Eskandari\, LIB2020 DESCRIPTION:\n\nChair: Dr. Tim Storr \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Mario Pinto \nSupervisors: Dr. Peter Wilson & Dr. Steven Holdcroft \nInternal Exami ner: Dr. Andrew Bennet \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Jeffrey Keillor\, Univer sity of Ottawa \n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21896836-f03b-4a81-b527-8b79a4d37088 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120103T211143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T211143Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120127T180000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Michael Damiani\, LIB-2020 DESCRIPTION:\n\nChair: tba \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Mario Pinto \nSupervi sors: Dr. Byron Gates\, Dr. Erika Plettner \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Edga r Young\, MBB \nExternal Examiner: Dr. David Sanders\, University of Sas katchewan \n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:082679cb-6304-44af-b64e-9f72d7c6e974 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120103T231325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T231325Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120112T110000 SUMMARY:Deirdre Annett\, EdD Oral Examination DESCRIPTION:\nName of Student: Deirdre Annett \nDegree: EdD \n\nThesis Ti tle: The Experiential Journey of Korean Mothers of International Student s Living in Delta\, Canada \n\nDate: Thursday\, January 12\, 2012 \nTime : 10:00 AM - 12 Noon \nOral Examination Location: SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre) room 2200 \n\n\nExamining Committee \n\nChair: Dr. Allan MacKin non \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren \nCo-Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Xin \nMember: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones \nInternal Examiner: Dr. David Zandv liet \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Zhenyi Li\, Associate Professor\, Royal Ro ads University \n\n\n LOCATION:VAN-SFU Harbour Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7c7ffebf-1ab9-48bb-a4f9-8e2521778fb2 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120103T232256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120103T232256Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120131T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120131T140000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Amira Gostomski - CRIM DESCRIPTION:School of Criminology \nM.A. Thesis Defence \nMs. Amira Gosto mski \n“Vancouver Police Department – the effect of the Crisis Intervent ion Training on police officers and the mental health consumers” \n\nJan uary 31\, 2012 at 11:00AM in Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 \n\nAll ar e welcome to attend. \n\nAbstract: The purpose of this research was to e xamine the effectiveness of the Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) Cris is Intervention Training (CIT) course in equipping police personnel with the knowledge and skills to effectively intervene with mental health co nsumers by encouraging non-violent\, non-lethal crisis intervention and the minimal use of force. This study examined 83 (n=83) course evaluatio n questionnaires completed by the recipients of the CIT course at the VP D\, statistical data from the Office of the Police Complaint Commissione r (OPPC)\, and coroner’s and media reports of deaths involving the menta lly ill that resulted from police encounters. The analysis of the feedba ck from the CIT course participants revealed their enhanced awareness an d knowledge about mental illness as well as an increased confidence in t he disposition of skills and techniques learned during the training. The OPCC statistical data indicated a diminished number of complaints filed against the VPD. The analysis of the deaths of the mentally ill killed by the VPD officers showed a decreased number of deaths after the enactm ent of the CIT course. Results of the study highlighted the necessity fo r the adoption of the VPD’s CIT course model by all of the police depart ments in the province. Further recommendations for collaboration between law enforcement agencies in the province\, mental health resources\, an d the implementation of various policies related to the CIT course were addressed. \n LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:553c5d5f-5567-4d40-b7af-141ef321ad0c SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20120118T230054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120118T230054Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120131T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120131T113000 SUMMARY:Marzban\, Marjan\, PhD Defence\, CMPT SCI DESCRIPTION:\nPh.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nMarjan Marzban \n\nBSc. Computer S cience\, Tarbiat Moallem University\, Tehran\, Iran.1999 \nMSc. Computer Science\, Tarbiat Modares University\, Tehran\, Iran.2004 \n\nTuesday\, January 31st\, 2012 9:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle: \nCOMPUTATIONA L STUDY FOR DOMINATION PROBLEMS IN PLANAR GRAPHS \nAbstract \n\n  The DO MINATING SET problem is one of the most widely studied problems \nin gra ph theory and networking. For a graph G(V\,E)\, The subset of V(G)\,D\, \nis a dominating set of G if each vertex v of G is either in D or \nhas a neighbour in D. Finding a minimum dominating set for arbitrary \ngrap hs is NP-hard and remains NP-hard for planar graphs. Recently\, based \n on the notion of branch-decompositions\, there has been significant \nth eoretical progress towards fixed-parameter algorithms and polynomial \nt ime approximation schemes (PTAS) for the problem in planar graphs. \nHow ever\, little is known on the practical performances of those algorithms \nand a major hurdle for such evaluations is lack of efficient tools fo r \ncomputing branch-decompositions of input graphs. We develop efficien t \nimplementations of algorithms for computing optimal branch-decomposi tions \nof planar graphs. Based on these tools\, we perform computationa l studies \non a fixed-parameter exact algorithm and a PTAS for the DOMI NATING SET \nproblem in planar graphs. Our studies show that the fixed p arameter exact \nalgorithm is practical for graphs with small branchwidt h and the PTAS \nis an efficient alternative for graphs with large branc hwidth. We also \nperform analytical and computational studies for a bra nch-decomposition \nbased fixed parameter exact algorithm for the CONNEC TED DOMINATING SET \n(CDS) problem in planar graphs. We prove a better u pper bound for the \nbranchwidth in terms of the minimum size of CDS. Us ing this improved upper \nbound\, we achieve an improved time complexity for the exact algorithm \nfor the CDS problem. Finally\, we show that t he density of the CDS problem \nin planar graphs is 1/2.2 in bidimension ality theorem. \n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee: \nDr. Qianping Gu\, Seni or Supervisor \nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, Supervisor \nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Internal Examiner \nDr. Cao An Wang\, External Examiner \nDr. Wo-Shun Lu k\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MA ILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43d1d522-441a-4257-9731-0e5ca38e842a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120112T230251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120112T230251Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120123T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120123T123000 SUMMARY:Yu (Lilian) Xia\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial S cience DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \n\nYu (Lilian) Xia - MSc Defence \nRoom: ASB 10901 \n\n\nTitle :Analysis of Long-term Disability Insurance Portfolios with Stochastic Interest Rates and Multi-state Transition Models \n\nAb stract: A general long-term disability insurance portfolio with semiannu al disability payments and a lump sum death benefit payment is studied i n this thesis. The transitions for policyholders in this portfolio\, bet ween the healthy\, temporarily disabled\, permanently disabled and the d eceased statuses\, are assumed to follow a continuous-time Markov proces s. The cash flow method is applied to study the first and second moments of the present value of future benefit payments and evaluate the total riskiness of the general insurance portfolio\, which is decomposed into its insurance risk and investment risk. An alternative recursive method based on the term of the annuity policy is also demonstrated for the mom ent calculations of a single policy case. Two stochastic interest rate m odels\, binomial tree model and AR (1) process\, and a deterministic int erest rate model are considered and illustrated. \n\nKeywords: Long-term Disability Insurance Portfolio\; Multi-state Transition Models\; Binomi al Tree Model\; AR (1) process\; Investment Risk\; Insurance Risk \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53e13ff0-b8b4-49a5-8bd1-d78edb0b58b6 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120118T212125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120118T212125Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120126T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120126T113000 SUMMARY:Qianzheng Wang\, MA Project Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Brian Krauth\nTitle: Estimating the Effect of Obtaining a Ph.D. Degree in Economics in U.S. Universities\nAbstract :\nIt is meaningful to explore the effect of obtaining a PhD degree\non the finding a faculty job after graduation. Two factors are important:\n the first is observable ranking of the PhD degree granting department\;\ nthe second is the unobservable research potential or ability. This pape r\ntries to find an indicator for the unobservable factor so that the om itted\nvariable problem is solved. LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:133aff9d-830c-44dd-83e3-ffeb5c8bad48 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120131T000225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T000225Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120126T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120126T123000 SUMMARY:MSc Defense\, Pashootan Vaezipoor\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENSE AND SEMINAR \n\nPashootan Vaezipoor \n\n \nB.Sc.\, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)\, Tehr an\, Iran\, 2008 \n\nThursday\, January 26\, 2012 10:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nAPPLICATIONS OF LOGVINENKO’S COLOR ATLAS \n  \nAbstra ct \n\n"Recent emergence of effective solvers for propositional satisfia bility (SAT) and related problems has led to new methods for solving com putationally challenging industrial problems\, such as NP-hard search pr oblems in planning\, software design\, and hardware verification. This h as produced a demand for tools which allow users \nto write high level p roblem specifications which are automatically reduced to SAT. We conside r the case of specifications in first order logic with reduction to SAT by grounding. For realistic problems\, the resulting SAT instances can b e prohibitively large. A key technique in SAT solvers is unit propagatio n\, which often significantly reduces instance size before search for a solution begins. \nWe define "lifted unit propagation"\, which is execut ed before grounding. \nWe show that instances produced by a grounding al gorithm with lifted unit propagation are never larger than those produce d by normal grounding followed by UP\, and demonstrate experimentally th at they are sometimes much smaller." \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \n Dr. David Mitchell\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Evgenia Ternovska\, Supervi sor \nDr. James Delgrande\, Examiner \nDr. Oliver Schulte\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;CN="Grad Studies Department";SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO: dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb12aeed-5b47-4ee1-a0cd-4241f72bb82c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120207T223137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T223137Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T130000 SUMMARY:Juliana Li\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Structural characterization of Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pilus \n\nDr. Lisa Craig (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Rosema ry Cornell \nDr. Michel Leroux \nDr. Edgar Young (Public Examiner) \nDr. Mark Yeager - University of Virginia (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Mark B rockman (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34bac132-3b84-48d3-9cc3-bf83db4ead83 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120228T175908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120228T175908Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T130000 SUMMARY:Joanna (Kuei-Yen) Chen\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Homeodomain-Interacting Protein Kinase (Hipk) r egulates Yki activity to promote growth\n\nDr. Esther Verheyen (Sr. Supe rvisor)\nDr. Nicholas Harden\nDr. Nancy Hawkins\nDr. Sharon Gorski (Publ ic Examiner)\n\nDr. Andrew Bennet (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2987c0e6-8aac-4664-a4db-527e3580b6af SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120307T235215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120307T235215Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T120000 SUMMARY:Sherri Elwell\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Sherri Elwell (Supervisor Dr. E. Elle)\, MSc Thesis Defence\n \nThesis Title: The effects of livestock grazing and habitat type on pl ant-pollinator communities of British Columbia's endangeed shrubsteppe\n \nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biolog ical Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d1dd9e17-3a3d-44e2-b0ab-0487ab5070e4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120308T191917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T191917Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T133000 SUMMARY:Steven Kieffer\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Sr. Supervisor: Michael Monagan\n\n\nTitle: Computability in Principle and in Practice in Algebraic Number\nTheory: Hensel to Zassenh aus\n\nAbstract:\nIn the early years of algebraic number theory\, differ ent\nmathematicians built the theory in terms of different objects\, and \naccording to different rules\, some seeking always to demonstrate that \nthe objects were computable in principle. Later\, prominently in the\n era in which electronic computers were becoming available for academic\n research\, efforts were initiated by some to compute the objects of the\ ntheory in practice. By examining writings\, research\, and\ncorresponde nce of mathematicians spanning these early and late\ncomputational perio ds\, we seek to demonstrate ways in which ideas from\nthe old tradition influenced the new. Among the connections we seek\nare personal influen ce on problem selection\, and borrowing of\ncomputational methods. In pa rticular\, we examine such links among the\nworks of Kurt Hensel\, Helmu t Hasse\, Olga Taussky\, and Hans Zassenhaus. LOCATION:Room 8500 PIMS TASC II Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0feb4439-e7d3-46ab-b9b3-a9f9414911a3 SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20120313T163805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T163805Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T113000 SUMMARY:Jean Shin\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nBurnaby Campus \n\nJean Shin - PhD Defence \n\nDepartme nt of Statistics & Actuarial Science \n\nRoom: ASB 10900 - IRMACS \n\nTi tle: Inferring gene-environment interaction from case-parent trio data: Evaluation of and adjustment for spurious GxE and development of a data- smoothing method to uncover true GxE \n\n\nStatistic & Actuarial Science Defences \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5138048f-641e-4b28-94ff-c81b6655e5b5 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120327T181723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120327T181723Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T130000 SUMMARY:Dominic Pistor\, MA Thesis Defence\, History LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b08169f1-1ce9-4d0f-87e2-15357e872c50 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120322T211939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120322T211939Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T173000 SUMMARY:Teresa Cheung\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Applications and Analysis Strategies of Magnetoencephalograph y Imaging \n\nMagnetoencephalography (MEG) is a device that measures tem poral changes in magnetic fields with a sensitivity range of femto-Tesla to nano-Tesla. It is well suited for measuring the very small magnetic fields generated by neuronal brain activity as well as any small varying magnetic fields. MEG is a versatile tool with untapped potential. It is emerging as a particularly powerful modality for the analysis of the ty pical and atypical brain’s functional connectivity dynamics across 5 dim ensions\, including the brain network’s oscillation dynamics and correla tions across frequency and time. This thesis explores three aspects of M EG: instrumentation\, application\, and new directions. The clinical rel evance was expanded with the development and demonstration of a phantom source as a device ground truth to help with standardization of the inst rument as a clinical tool. A portable magnetic dipole phantom with a con stant current generator was developed that can be independently driven w ithout reliance on system specific hardware. Data was collected from sev eral MEG laboratories using this phantom to study variability between ma chines at different sites and from different manufacturers. Extending th e phantom design to a multi-dipole model\, a potential ground truth for MEG source imaging was developed. Methods developed to model and localiz e the magnetic dipoles showed high and consistent accuracy well within t he 2-3 mm spatial resolution expected from MEG. \n\nInverse analysis of MEG data for dipole and beamformer strategies were studied and applied s pecifically to the properties and neural generators for facial processin g. Event-related activity between the perception of face and non-face ob ject stimuli appears as a difference in amplitude between the two condit ions peaking around 170 ms over the posterior regions of electroencephal ography scalp recordings (N170) and MEG sensor recordings (M170). The pe ak is larger for face than non-face stimuli and typically greater in the right hemisphere. The anatomic origins of this face-selective 170 ms pe ak remains unresolved. Functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed a core facial network involving the facial fusiform area (FFA)\, occipital facial area (OFA) and superior temporal sulcus (STS). It has been propo sed that the M170 peak may originate from the FFA\, STS\, or both. MEG d ata from five different face-processing studies were analyzed and compar ed. The results confirmed the paradigms are sensitive to the M170 peak a nd is modulated by changes in the presentation of the visual stimuli suc h as changing spatial frequency\, emotion and dynamic versus static imag es. Equivalent dipole analysis of individual participant recordings requ ired 1 to 3 pairs of bilateral dipoles in the posterior regions to model the M170 peak\, representing the locations of the FFA\, OFA and STS. Ev ent-related beamformer results also revealed a similar network. In both the beamformer and dipole results\, the FFA accounted for a larger porti on of the M170 signal than the OFA and STS but all three were needed in some cases to model the individual subject data. \n\nFinally\, a novel t echnique was developed to extend the usage of MEG for magnetic nanoparti cle imaging. There is potential to utilize the magnetic properties of th ese particles for internal imaging of living organisms using MEG. Statio nary samples of magnetic nanoparticles in liquid suspensions were measur ed within the MEG helmet. While the net effect was difficult to detect i n the time domain\, they appeared as a distinct increase in baseline noi se in the frequency domain - highest in the low frequencies and decaying to below the noise floor above 500 Hz. Bandwidths of up to 4000 Hz were studied. A method using beamformers to localize these particles using t his rise in frequency rather than time provided a robust technique for t he potential localization of magnetic nanoparticles in vivo and offers b etter signal to noise constraints for future applications. \n\nExamining Committee \n\nChair: Dr. Paul Haljan \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Karen Kav anagh \nSupervisor: Dr. Ash Parameswaran \nSupervisor: Dr. Urs Ribary \n Internal Examiner: Dr. Faisal Beg \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Bernhard Ross \, University of Toronto \n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb5be7d3-e72b-4371-b88e-5edcd8c0ec71 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120214T215538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T215538Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T130000 SUMMARY:Samantha Franks\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Samantha Franks (Senior Supervisor Dr. Ron Ydenberg)\, PhD Th esis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Population connectivity and the causes an d consequences of differential migration in a long-distance migratory sh orebird\, the western sandpiper\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, D epartment of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B924 2 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:908701b8-5803-42ab-9103-36c8d3ff29b8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120229T223137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120229T223137Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T160000 SUMMARY:Chris Ford\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanism of CTX phage uptake into V. cholerae \n\nDr. Lisa Craig (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Frederic Pio \nDr. J amie Scott \nDr. Ralph Pantophlet (Public Examiner) \n\nDr. Jonathan Cho y (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:947afe39-7c5c-4155-a778-bb19873badff SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120301T180910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120301T180910Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T160000 SUMMARY:Jane Wodlinger\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Jonathan Jedwab\n\nTitle: COSTAS ARRAYS\, G OLOMB RULERS AND WAVELENGTH ISOLATION SEQUENCE PAIRS\n\nAbstract\nThis t hesis studies two combinatorial objects arising from applications in dig ital commu-\nnications engineering. We ?rstly consider \\wavelength isol ation sequence pairs" (WISPs)\,\na type of binary sequence pair introduc ed by Golay in 1951 but largely neglected since.\nTwo previously overloo ked examples of such sequence pairs are presented. We construct\nall kno wn examples of WISPs from perfect Golomb rulers\, and give partial class i?cation\nresults. We secondly consider Costas arrays\, a generalisation of Golomb rulers dating from\n1965. We examine whether a Costas array c an contain every possible toroidal distance\nvector\; contrary to claims elsewhere\, this is still an open question. We constrain the (non-\ntor oidal) distance vectors in Costas arrays by introducing \\mirror pairs". Structural prop-\nerties of all Costas arrays are established via the n umber and type of their mirror pairs\,\nwith stronger results for G-symm etric Costas arrays\, Welch Costas arrays and Golomb\nCostas arrays.\n LOCATION:IRMACS 10908 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0ddf7780-6357-41b6-93c3-2846f8d7dcd0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120314T201250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T201250Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T130000 SUMMARY:Thesis defence\, Education. Rachel Madu\, MA LOCATION:Burnaby Campus\, EDB 8508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6c45d5e9-2373-42ca-a3a8-1c70c71b66fc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120329T164928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120329T164928Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T193000 SUMMARY:Colleen J. Allison\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eea7c770-e645-4593-bc2e-d31b6714343b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120404T170032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120404T170032Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T193000 SUMMARY:Colleen J. Allison\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a35c207a-0b41-4e39-9993-86f6b46a18d5 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120321T214809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120321T214809Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T160000 SUMMARY:Kahir Lalji\, MA Project Defence\, Gerontology DESCRIPTION:Title: Exploring the Role of Social Capital on Quality of Lif e Among South Asian Shia Muslim Immigrant Older Adults in Canada \n LOCATION:Harbour Centre Room 2200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:897c90e6-7e33-4134-81b5-f19a0195c2ab SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120216T190713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120216T190713Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T170000 SUMMARY:Nancy Marcus\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Distinct Cell Guidance Pathways Control the Ext ension of the Excretory Canals in C. elegans\n\nDr. David Baillie (Sr. S upervisor)\nDr. Eve Stringham (Co-Supervisor)\nDr. Nancy Hawkins\nDr. Es ther Verheyen\nDr. Jack Chen (Public Examiner)\nDr. Ian Chin-Sang - Quee n's University (External Examiner)\n\nDr. Frederic Pio (Chair) LOCATION:LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2ecad735-512b-47c0-9dfa-9c45ed650154 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120306T211634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T211634Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T120000 SUMMARY:Farshid Marbouti Defence DESCRIPTION:Please note it is not the 12 April but the 10 April. \n LOCATION:EDB 9511 - Education Building CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8329f553-4e17-4e86-b324-4a2c3c3f0248 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120322T230035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120322T230035Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T143000 SUMMARY:Yuval Maduel\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:Thesis title:\nIn Search of the Promised Land: The Role of Re ligion and Spirituality in the Lives of Transnational Israeli Migrants i n Greater Vancouver\n\nAbstract: \nStudies of religious activities of im migrants in Western society have usually focused on their experiences in religious institutions. This ethnographic exploratory study is based on detailed interviews with eleven Israeli immigrants residing in Greater Vancouver who speak about their religious and spiritual experiences both inside and outside of institutional religion. The aim of this study is to examine the various religious and spiritual activities of these immig rants as well as the role these play in their lives. The findings sugges t that most study participants appear to engage in these practices for r easons that involve but also transcend religion and are related to their Israeli identity. Being transnational migrants\, the Israeli interviewe es also use their spiritual and religious practices as means to construc t their transnational identities. This study suggests that religious and spiritual activities of transnational migrants should be examined in th e context of their relationships with their homeland.\n\nExamining Commi ttee:\nDefence Chair: Dr. Michael Kenny\, Professor of Anthropology\nSen ior Supervisor: Dr. Noel Dyck\, Professor of Anthropology\nCommittee Mem ber: Dr. Barbara Mitchell\, Professor of Sociology and Gerontology\nInte rnal/External Examiner: Dr. Peter V. Hall\, Associate Professor in Urban Studies\n\nAll are welcome to attend. LOCATION:AQ 5067 (Burnaby Campus) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d4f70af-6bb8-4324-876d-7e365a3d5366 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120323T180842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120323T180842Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T153000 SUMMARY:Deborah Carvalho\, MA Thesis Defence\, Latin American Studies DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title:\nPatriarchy\, Culture and Land: Challenges in S ecuring Women’s Ownership and Titling Rights in La Paz\, Bolivia\n\nAbst ract:\nBolivia has some of the most advanced gender-sensitive land laws in Latin America. Yet\, their full implementation and recognition remain s a challenge. Studies recognize that land ownership for poor rural wome n provides numerous socio-economic benefits\, as well as a sense of empo werment and security. Using a qualitative approach based on field resear ch in La Paz\, Bolivia\, this thesis examines how socio-cultural practic es and norms of some indigenous groups\, combined with institutional obs tacles\, hinder rural indigenous women’s ability to assure their land ri ghts are respected and recognized. The design and implementation of land policies and land-titling programs should take into account local socio -cultural norms and practices that often discriminate against women’s ri ghts\, if gender criteria are to be translated from theory into practice . Ultimately\, the success of gender-equity policies and land-titling pr ograms depends on community members\, both women and men\, actively disc ussing and engaging in questions of local culture and tradition.\n\nExam ining Committee:\nDefence Chair: Dr. Alexander Dawson\, Professor\, Hist ory\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. John Brohman\, Professor\, Geography\nCommit tee Member: Dr. Hannah Wittman\, Professor\, Sociology\nInternal/Externa l Examiner: Dr. Habiba Zaman\, Professor\, Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies\n\nAll are welcome to attend. LOCATION:AQ 6217 (Dept of History) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5c5b0293-6280-458f-9d78-7472c783d252 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120323T225730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120323T225730Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T133000 SUMMARY:Mani Ranjbar\, PhD defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:\nPh.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nMani Ranjbar\n\nB.Sc. of Computer E ngineering from Sharif University of Technology\,\nTehran\, Iran\, 2005\ nM.S. of Computer Architecture from Sharif University of Technology\,\nT ehran\, Iran\, 2007\n\nTuesday\, April 10th\, 2012 10:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\nTitle:\nOPTIMIZING NON-DECOMPOSABLE LOSS FUNCTIONS IN STRUCTURE D PREDICTION\n\nAbstract: \nLearning functional dependencies (mapping) b etween arbitrary input and output spaces is one of the main challenges i n computational intelligence. There have been two main threads in the li terature for solving this problem -- one focusing on designing more disc riminative representation of the input and another one focusing on desig ning flexible mapping functions.\n\nInterestingly\, for many application s\, the outputs follow a structure\, which can be exploited to narrow do wn the space of possible (most likely) outputs and consequently boost th e overall mapping performance. Applications with this property include o bject detection (computer vision)\, object category segmentation (comput er vision)\, parsing (natural language processing)\, etc.\n\nCurrent alg orithms for learning the parameters of the model in structured predictio n iteratively find the most confusing output configuration – the configu ration that receives high score according to the model\, but is very dif ferent from the ground truth output -- and update the model parameters t o suppress its score. Here\, finding the most confusing configuration is the most expensive procedure in learning.\n\nIn this thesis we propose two algorithms for approximately finding the most confusing configuratio n when the model is a Markov network. Each algorithm works for a large g roup of non-decomposable performance measures that arise in many real-wo rld applications.\nWe first design a baseline that achieves state-of-the -art results in our main application of object category segmentation on person class by introducing fine and coarse clothing texture cues as a s et of new features.\nThen\, we propose our first algorithm that approxim ates the non-decomposable loss function in false positive and false nega tive space with a piecewise planar function and finds the most confusing output in each piece.\nOur second proposed algorithm decomposes the dua l of the objective into a supermodular Markov random field and the loss function augmented with a linear term -- both being efficient to optimiz e.\n\nWe empirically show the superiority of the two proposed algorithms over our baseline and another strong baseline -- both used widely in th e literature -- on two main applications\, object category segmentation (on PASCAL VOC 2009 and 2010 and H3D datasets) and action retrieval (on our nursing home dataset).\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee:\nDr. Greg Mori\ , Co-Senior Supervisor\nDr. Ze-Nian Li\, Co-Senior Supervisor\nDr. Anoop Sarkar\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Ben Taskar\, External Examiner\nDr. Bri an Funt\, Chair\n\nFree Event\n\n LOCATION:TASC1 8204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ead1eb83-c800-4f6a-9f25-3b7243ec67e9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120222T233639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120222T233639Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T130000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Mr. Ehsan Jozaghi - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:63fcd8a8-c386-4263-ae2e-6b5bdea6d011 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120223T232235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120223T232235Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T120000 SUMMARY:William Atlas\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:William Atlas (Senior Supervisor Dr. W. Palen)\, MSc Thesis D efence\n\nThesis Title: Resource subsidies\, top predators\, and commun ity regulation in stream ecosystems\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Benne tt Library 2020 LOCATION:LiB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c83c47a-03ef-471c-b1cd-c7485d181f1e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120314T161656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T161656Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T160000 SUMMARY:Mehwish Bashir\, Masters Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Mehwish Bashir \n\nB.Sc. University of Agriculture\, Pakistan \, 2000 \nMSc. University of Agriculture\, Pakistan\, 2003 \nMS. Univers ity of Agriculture\, Pakistan\, 2007 \n\n\nThursday\, April 5\, 2007 2:0 0 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\n\nGRAPH DECOMPOSITION BASED ALGORITHMS FOR OP TIMIZATION PROBLEMS IN NETWORKS \n\n\nThe maximum path coloring (Max-PC) problem in a graph G is that given a set \n P of paths in G and k color s find a maximum subset of P and assign a color to \n each path such tha t the paths with the same color are edge-disjoint. A carving- \ndecompos ition of G is a system of edge-cuts which decomposes G into subgraphs. W e give a carving-decomposition based exact algorithm and 1.58-approximat ion algorithm for the Max-PC problem. Let L be the maximum number of pat hs in P on any edge of G and let γ be the maximum cardinality of any edg e-cut in a given carving-decomposition. Our exact algorithm and approxim ation algorithm run in O((L+1)1.5kγn2) and O((L+1)1.5γkn2) time\, respec tively. Our computational study shows that the exact algorithm can solve the Max-PC problem for small k and γ in a practical time and the approx imation algorithm gives solutions close to optimal ones for practical va lues of k and L\, and small γ. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Qi anping Gu\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Joseph Peters\, Supervisor \nDr. Art hur L. Liestman\, Chair \n\n\nFREE EVENT LOCATION:TASC 1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7b267c4a-6dfb-4464-99d3-6a966b8efda5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120228T230504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120228T230504Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T143000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Baldip Kang DESCRIPTION:“Applications of ɑ-Chloroaldehydes toward the Synthesis of Na tural Products: \nThesis Defence Room LIB 2020\, Bennett Library (Bby ca mpus) \nFriday\, April 20\, 2012 \n1:30-2:00 pm set-up time\; pre-defenc e meeting in SSB-8114 \n2:00-6:00pm presentation \nChair: Dr. David Voca dlo \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Rob Britton \nCommittee Member: Dr. Byron G ates \nCommittee Member: Dr. Pete Wilson \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Bob Yo ung \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Dennis Hill\, University of Alberta LOCATION:LIB-2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96a51f51-d6d5-4a32-827c-5587e3bedf44 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120306T205043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T205043Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T130000 SUMMARY:Yuk Yin (Yvonne) Lai\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Evolution and Characterization of the Fatty Aci d-binding Proteins in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)\n\nDr. William David son (Sr. Supervisor)\nDr. Christopher Beh\nDr. Norbert Haunerland\nDr. J ack Chen (Public Examiner)\nDr. John S. Taylor - University of Victoria (External Examiner)\n\nDr. Nicholas Harden (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a1c8272f-0f21-4595-907a-deff0442032b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120306T221818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T221818Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T160000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Ms. Valerie Spicer - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ce64e065-5c27-437d-8704-8f43f3c1817c SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20120313T164741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T164741Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T151500 SUMMARY:Kyle Vincent\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Statistics & Actuarial Scie nce DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \n\nKyle Vincent - PhD Defence \n\nDepartmen t of Statistics & Actuarial Science \n\nRoom: ASB 10900 - IRMACS \n\nTit le: Strategies for Estimating the Size and Distribution of Hard-to-Reach Populations with Adaptive Sampling \n\nStatistic & Actuarial Science De fences CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8f4729a8-df19-4342-8aa8-b1a34ec52cce SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120320T163327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120320T163327Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T153000 SUMMARY:Tammy K. Baylis\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Tammy K. Baylis (Supervisor Dr. Jim Mattsson)\, MSc Thesis De fence\n\nThesis Title: The roles of short internodes/stylish genes\, re gulators of auxin homeostasis\, during leaf vein development in Arabidop sis thaliana\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biolog ical Sciences\, room B8271 LOCATION:B8271 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f5f03564-8592-45c1-8e66-20ff10b41d7b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120320T182329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120320T182329Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T150000 SUMMARY:Eric Palm\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Eric Palm (Supervisor Dr. Ron Ydenberg)\, MSc Thesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Trophic\, energetic\, and physiological responses of w intering white-winged scoters (Melanitta fusca) to habitat variation \n\ nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f216d024-1340-4a63-aa01-b099e10090d2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120301T180131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120301T180131Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120403T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120403T130000 SUMMARY:Eric Rinne\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Stephen Choi\n\nTitle: \nRiemann Zero Spaci ngs and Montgomery's Pair Correlation Conjecture.\n\nAbstract:\nThe firs t chapter introduces the Riemann Zeta function\, discussing Riemann's te chniques and the Riemann Hypothesis.\nThe second chapter introduces Mont gomery's Pair Correlation Conjecture and some of his results.\nThe third chapter discusses the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble of Random Matrix Theory and its connection to the Riemann Zeta Function.\nThe fourth chapter co ncerns empirical results obtained by computation. Some historical resul ts and especially Odlyzko's work is discussed.\nThe fifth and final chap ter extends the discussion to other ensembles in Random Matrix Theory\, and their connections to L-functions.\n LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:303f9baf-110f-4623-b5b9-3c0041fb7560 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120305T192057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120305T192057Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T160000 SUMMARY:Rachel Gardiner\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Rachel Gardiner (Supervisor Dr. Ron Ydenberg)\, MSc Thesis De fence\n\nThesis Title: Comparative stopover ecology of least (Calidris Minutilla) and western Sandpipers during southward migration\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biologic al Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6b97d12-4ae0-4dc7-bc9b-2ce07672fe66 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120306T222842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T222842Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T153000 SUMMARY:Xuefei Wang\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Alexander karaivanov\nTitle: Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics\nAbstract:\nThe Effect of Parental Migration o n the Educational Attainment of Their Left-behind Children in Rural Chin a \nThis paper adds to the empirical work on human capital investment de cision by investigating the effect of migrant parents on the educational attainment of their left-behind children in rural China. I use a probit model with educational enrolment as the dependent variable run separate ly for boys and girls. I find evidence of a negative effect of parental migration on children’s school enrolment. The negative effect of parenta l migration is larger on the school enrolment of boys than on girls’. Al so\, the longer the father’s absence is\, the bigger the negative impact on rural boys’ enrolment. The effect of parental migration is robust to the use of instrumental variable analysis\, and the effect of migratory duration is robust to the use of a different definition of migratory du ration.\n\nLand Tenure versus Land Redistribution in China\nAfter the la nd policy reform in China\, the central government introduced land tenur e policy. However\, periodical farmland redistributions can be found in almost every village having been studied. This paper sets up a theoretic al model trying to investigate this puzzle and study the policy implicat ion on long-run investment. I propose a limited liability model of land tenancy in an overlapping generations setting. Three land tenure scenari os are studied: no farmland redistribution (strict land tenure)\, land r edistribution according to demographic changes only\, and land redistrib ution based on both demographic changes and farming failure. The model i mplies that without soundly established insurance institutions and farml and rental market and stable off-farm job opportunities\, individual far ming households may be better off under a land redistribution regime. Es pecially the households with more children prefer the land redistributio n regimes. In terms of long-run investment\, redistribution according to demographic changes discourages long-term investment\, yet redistributi on based on farming failure may mitigate the negative effect of redistri bution on long-run investment. The model is consistent with the empirica l evidence.\n\nGeneralists\, Specialists: Who Get to the Top\nThis paper tries to analyze the three aspects of organizational hierarchy: (1) gen eralists or specialists: which should get to the top? (2) How many agen ts should get to the top? (3) Can the agents who should be at the top i n the optimal hierarchy really get to the top? Using a T-period model w ith promotion\, the paper finds that the optimal hierarchy form depends on the size of the externality of coordinating multiple assets by genera lists. How many agents should be at the top depends on the elasticity o f the externality of coordinating multiple assets. Finally\, promotion opportunity gives agents who should at the top more incentive to exert e ffort\, and thus are more likely to get promoted.\n\n LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ae1bccc-95ae-4872-8197-14c4d4a958d3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120314T160812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T160812Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T123000 SUMMARY:Youngchan Kim\, Masters Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.Sc. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nYoungchan Kim\n\nB.Sc.\, University o f Toronto\, Toronto\, 2009\n\nTuesday April 2nd\, 2010 10:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\n\nBIDIRECTIONAL SEGMENTATION FOR ENGLISH-KOREAN MACHINE TRA NSLATION\n\n Unlike English or Spanish\, which has each word clearly seg mented\, morphologically rich languages\, such as Korean\, do not have c lear optimal word boundaries for machine translation (MT). Previous work has shown that segmenting such languages by incorporating information a vailable from parallel corpus can improve MT results. In this paper we s how that this can be improved further by segmenting both source and targ et languages and present improvement in BLEU scores for English-Korean t ranslation.\n\n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee:\nDr. Anoop Sarkar\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Veronica Dahl\, Supervisor\nDr. Fred Popowich\, Interna l Examiner\nChair TBA\n\n\nFREE EVENT LOCATION:TASC 1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d6801290-0c00-4e4d-af2c-903a047b8639 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120308T182024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T182024Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T110000 SUMMARY:Paulo Amaral\, MA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:"Tomorrow's Dream or Yesterday'S Nightmare: Politics and the Meaning of Youth in Postrevolutionary Mexico"\n\nApril 4\, 2012\, 10:30 am \n2200 RBC Dominion securities Executive Meeting Room - Harbour Centr e CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82f73b53-bde6-45bd-92d4-bdadb24908ba SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120307T000023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120307T000023Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T160000 SUMMARY:Scott Cheng-Hsin Yang\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Title: Modelling the DNA Replication Program in Eukaryotes \n \nAbstract: \nDNA replication in higher organisms starts at many places across the genome and throughout S (synthesis) phase. In order to unders tand replication in eukaryotes\, one needs to know not only how the repl icative machineries function on the molecular level but also how the mac hineries are organized genome wide to ensure complete duplication. Over the past fifteen years\, advances in technology have allowed researchers to perform genome-wide experiments that probe the state of replication in many organisms. These datasets make possible quantitative modelling o f the replication process. \n\nThe kinetics of DNA replication is formal ly analogous to a physical phase-transformation process. In replication\ , the DNA is transformed from a "non-replicated" phase to a "replicated" phase\, just as freezing water is transformed from a liquid phase to a solid phase. Using this analogy\, we map the replication process onto a stochastic nucleation-and-growth model introduced in statistical physics to describe first-order phase transitions. Extending the model\, we dev elop a mathematical framework that is flexible enough to describe the ki netics of replication in eukaryotes. \n\nWe demonstrate the usefulness o f our theory to three applications. In the first\, we apply the theory t o a recent dataset on budding yeast to extract its genome-wide replicati on program. Based on this study\, we give the first proposal to explain how the temporal aspect of the replication program can be controlled mec hanistically. In the second application\, we address the "random-complet ion problem\," which asks how replication-completion times can be contro lled when replication starts at random places and times. We find that th e strategy adopted in frog embryos to solve the problem also nearly mini mizes the use of certain replicative machineries. In the last applicatio n\, we study possible ways to extract information from a popular techniq ue used to probe replication in multicelular eukaryotes ranging from wor ms to humans. We show some preliminary results that can be extended to r eal experiments in the near future. \n\nExamining Committee \n\nChair: J . Steven Dodge \n\nSenior Supervisor: John Bechhoefer \nSupervisor: Mart in Zuckermann \nSupervisor: Eldon Emberly \nSupervisor: Nick Rhind \n\nI nternal Examiner: Levon Pogosian \n\nExternal Examiner: John Marko\, Bio chemistry\, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology/Physics (joint)\, Northwe stern University LOCATION:P8445.1\, Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:569a9ed0-ad0e-48c4-a77b-d93d7bf30e32 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120308T191423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T191423Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T123000 SUMMARY:James Ratcliffe\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: SUMS OF RATIONAL FUNCTIONS \n\nSr. Supervisor: Jason Bell \n LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4fb2edb4-c17f-4cb9-bd4c-3d24b3cedd37 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120315T153726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120315T153726Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T123000 SUMMARY:Da Huang\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Thesis Poster\n\nFREE EVENT LOCATION:TASC 1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8fd94b94-65e3-4362-9161-2deba52d4c08 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120326T194913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120326T194913Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T160000 SUMMARY:Mark Nelson - MSc Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences LOCATION:Library Thesis Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15082d06-b76d-4ffd-a01b-3b50a3861a3e SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120410T211207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120410T211207Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T163000 SUMMARY:Angela Ferreira\, MFA Thesis Defence\, School for the Contemporar y Arts DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Steven Hill \n\nTitle: Theatricalizing Fer nando Pessoa and His Heteronyms: The Research\, Writing\, Rehearsal\, an d Performance of "The Last Seven Words of Fernando Pessoa" \n\nAbstract: This document focuses on the playmaking process of The Last Seven Words of Fernando Pessoa\, a theatre piece that examines identity through a f ictionalized story of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa and his literary c oncept of heteronyms. The process includes two years of research\, works hops\, various collaborations\, several drafts\, and seven weeks of rehe arsal. This ensemble piece weaves text\, movement\, and music together t o represent Pessoa’s life of multiplicity. The creative process employed a mixed method (hybrid) of traditional script creation\, devising\, and a de-hierarchization of performance modes. The play questions tradition al staging in order to engage the audience. \n\nKeywords: Theatre\; dire cting\; playwriting\; devising\; multiplicity\; heteronym \n LOCATION:Room 2205\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (Woodwards)\, 149 West Hastings Street\, Vancouver CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68c50520-6f6f-470f-8a00-9881c97454be SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120312T222617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120312T222617Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T130000 SUMMARY:EdD Defence\, Christine Savage DESCRIPTION:Name of Student: Christine Savage\nDegree: EdD\n\nThesis Titl e:\nAdvancing the Educational Mission of International Education: A Pro vincial Government Case Study\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 18\, 2012\nTi me: 10:00 AM\nLocation: SFU Vancouver\, Room 1500\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Ian Andrews\nMember: Dr. Stephen Smith\nMember: Dr. Daniéle Moore\nI nternal Examiner: Dr. Michael Ling\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Roopa Desai T rilokekar\, York University\n\nChair: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\n\n LOCATION:SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre) room 1500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:adac6652-ecd1-446f-852e-b2254669dbab SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120413T211752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120413T211752Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T120000 SUMMARY:M.Sc Thesis Defense\, Avleen Randhawa DESCRIPTION:\nWednesday\, April 18th\, 2012\nASB 9896\, 10:00 am\n\nCandi date: Avleen Randhawa\n\nTitle of Thesis:\nLoss of muscle performance in seniors: changes to the dynamic muscle structure and muscle gearing\n\n Examining Committee:\nDr. Matt White\, Chair\nDr. James Wakeling\, Seni or Supervisor\nDr. Daniel Marigold\, Supervisor\nDr. Dawn Mackey\, Exter nal Examiner\n\nABSTRACT\nMuscle structure changes with ageing in a mann er that can alter its contractile mechanics\, resulting in a reduction i n strength and mobility. Fascicles within a pennate muscle shorten at sl ower velocities than the muscle belly\, in a process known as belly gear ing. Belly gearing allows the fascicles to produce a greater force when they contract. However\, it may be compromised when we age.\nThe gastroc nemii muscles in the calf were imaged in young adults and seniors using ultrasound. Their muscle structures were compared during standing and du ring ankle extensions.\nThe overall gearing of a muscle-tendon-unit was largely determined by the belly gearing\, but its variability was driven by changes in tendon stretch that in turn was a factor of the muscle ac tivation and coordination. The decrease in performance and power output in seniors may be associated with reduced gearing due to atrophy of the muscles.\n\nNote: A copy of the full thesis is available for review by t he fax machine. \n****************************************************** *****\n LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d24b0c85-a6c1-4a8c-a7a3-dfd37a37470d SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120319T230635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120319T230635Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120423T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120423T160000 SUMMARY:Dominique N. Wagner\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Dominique N. Wagner (Supervisor Dr. Tony Williams)\, MSc Thes is Defence \n\nThesis Title: Impact of hydroelectric operations on the p hysiology of songbirds during fall migration \n\nDefence Location: Burna by Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, room B8271 LOCATION:B8271 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0ae723ea-b3de-4273-8529-3e6e855d634f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120405T193045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120405T193045Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120423T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120423T160000 SUMMARY:EdD Defence\, Heidi Hansen DESCRIPTION:Name of Student: Heidi Hansen\nDegree: EdD\n\nThesis Title:\n An Urban Organization’s Approach to Aboriginal Child Welfare Practice\n\ nDate: Monday\, April 23\, 2012\nTime: 1:00 PM\nLocation: SFU Vancouver\ , Room 2200\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Dan Laitsch\nMember: Dr. Mary-Elle n Kelm\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Michelle Pidgeon\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Grant Charles\, UBC\n\nChair: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:207f1450-915c-44da-bcc7-3a96714ac488 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120321T163933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120321T163933Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T120000 SUMMARY:Rosanna Wijenberg\, MPM Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Rosanna Wijenberg (Supervisor Dr. Gerhard Gries)\, MPM Defenc e\n\nThesis Title: The effect of electrostatic stimuli on German cockro ach behaviour\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biolo gical Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:466ef542-fd4b-446b-b724-fca27824258e SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120419T180949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120419T180949Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T130000 SUMMARY:Gordon Hiscott\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Nilima Nigam \n\nTitle: \nAge-structured po pulation models in cyclical neutropenia: a numerical investigation. \n\n Abstract: \nBlood is composed of a variety of cells which play important roles in the health of an \norganism. Among these cells are white blood cells which are responsible for the body's \nimmune response. An import ant type of white blood cell is the neutrophil. In this thesis\, \nwe in vestigate a model of cyclical neutropenia\, a hematological disease char acterized by \nabnormal oscillations in the neutrophil count of an organ ism. A standard treatment for this \ndisease is to inject an apoptosis-i nhibiting hormone\, G-CSF\, at periodic intervals. \nMathematical models to simulate the dynamics of neutrophil populations with and without \nG -CSF treatment were developed by C. Foley\, [4]. These models include th e populations \nin the cell line from stem cells to neutrophils\, and co nsist of a nonlinear hyperbolic system \nof coupled integro-di?erential equations. The author then reduces the model to a system of \ndelay di?e rential equations which are then discretized to yield approximate soluti ons. \nIn this thesis\, we ?rst provide a quick overview of age-structur ed population models. \nWe then discuss the origin of of the PDE models in [4]\, and highlight some of their features \nwhich render their simul ation very challenging. We describe some numerical approximation \nstrat egies employed by other authors for age-structured population models whi ch did not \nconverge for our model\, and provide some insight into the reasons. We then discuss the \nmodi?cation of a splitting strategy\, whi ch does provide a convergent method for the system \nof PDE. We ?nally p rovide some numerical results\, and compare our ?ndings to those \nobtai ned in [4] on the DDE model. \n LOCATION:K9509 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d8b16e34-20c2-4f9d-bb09-902ad16a9dc2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120321T173620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120321T173620Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120424T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120424T120000 SUMMARY:Carolyn Teasdale\, MPM Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Dr. Gerhard Gries\n\nThesis Title: The r ole of sound and pheromone in the sexual communication of the raspberry crown borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae): Implications for monitoring and ma nagement\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Science s\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 \n LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:bisc-grad-pa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53fbf52f-b6af-4d07-b373-f75e6a95769b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120306T190436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T190436Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120424T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120424T173000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: S. Chakladar\, LIB2020 DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 24\, 2012 \n\n1:30-5:30 p.m. \n\n1:30pm set-u p time \n\n2:00pm presentation \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Bennet \n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Robert Britton \n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Georg e Agnes \n\nInternal Examiner: Dr. B.Mario Pinto \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. David Palmer\, Associate Professor\, University of Saskatchewan CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a39daf0-fce9-4486-91c1-0cd9e9488c84 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120404T170620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120404T170620Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120426T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120426T120000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Kila Joffres - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18e2b73c-6b1a-4866-8df4-e3d575159115 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120412T201153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120412T201153Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120419T160000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Richelle Isaak - Criminology LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bf5a622e-aadc-4fc4-9a50-76c6dc74ec14 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120420T221945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120420T221945Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120430T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120430T163000 SUMMARY:Amir Ghahary\, MA Thesis Defence\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 30\, 2012 \n\n2:30-4:30 p.m. \n\nSenior Superv isor: Dr. Diane Gromala \n\nCommittee Member: Dr. Chris Shaw \n\nExterna l Examiner: Dr. Kate Hennessy \n\nSFU Surrey\, Podium 2\, Room 2735 \n\n Abstract: \n\nThrough a principled exploration of the implications of ri tual interaction\, multimodal aesthetics\, and computational technology within the intersection of spiritual and technological cultures\, this t hesis describes a contemporary approach towards the creation of sacred s pace. Specifically\, a multivalent aesthetic environment constituting an immersive architecture is described in the form of the Sacred Sound Tem ple\, which was presented at the Burning Man Festival in 2011. Indeed\, when it comes to the human endeavor of grappling with the Sacred\, art h as always been an indispensable vehicle for the experience and expressio n of the Numinous. The long precedent of traditional culture frames art not simply in terms of its aesthetic dimensions\, but also for its trans cendental utility in binding the material realm to the intelligible real m of the Divine. In fact\, there has always been a fundamental relations hip between technology and the creation of sacred art\, especially withi n the Persian artistic tradition. In more recent times\, electronic and digital media have grown to constitute an emerging technological palette with which traditional principles of art may be reinvigorated through a contemporary effort towards technosacred art. Through participatory des ign research guided by traditional principles in art\, this thesis chart s an exploration of the symbolic and aesthetic agency of the visual\, so nic\, and architectonic dimensions of immersive architecture and describ es modes of embodied engagement within sensuous space as a form of ‘aest hetic practice’ adjacent to traditional modes of ritual interaction. A g rounded interpretation of the aesthetic and ritual dimensions of the Sac red Sound Temple based on hermeneutical knowledge from Sufism as well as modern efforts in neurotheology also elucidates an understanding of the relationship between aesthetic experience and the phenomenological dime nsions of sacred experience. In this way\, the design of technosacred sp ace clarifies a use of technological art which is as much concerned with the Sacred as it is with the emergence of new modes of presiential know ledge. Through the interfusion of the premodern with the modern\, as wel l as the real and the virtual in a mixed reality environment\, this rese arch points towards the use of art as a sacred media – a technology whic h mediates between our outer and inner realities and therefore aids us t o come into a greater awareness of our ontological position of being – r eifying our sense of ‘being in the world.’ CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7818468f-1b12-4a91-8312-e7e3f501d34e SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120425T191301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120425T191301Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120427T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120427T163000 SUMMARY:Julie MacArthur PhD defence DESCRIPTION:Repowering Electricity? The Political Economy of Co-operative s in a Neoliberal Canada LOCATION:Library Thesis Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:polgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cada6a88-d8a8-449b-b066-ba84f889f43b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120308T221525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T221525Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120514T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120514T140000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Ms. Petra Jonas Vidovic - Criminology LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bc80b538-f227-4470-9323-356df4560013 SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120321T170619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120321T170619Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120514T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120514T123000 SUMMARY:Pinar Colak\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Sr. Supervisor: Jason Bell\n \nTitle: Two-sided ideals in Lea vitt path algebras\n \nAbstract: \nLeavitt path algebras are a natural g eneralization of the Leavitt \nalgebras\, which are a class of algebras introduced by Leavitt in 1962. \nFor a directed graph $E$\, the Leavitt path algebra $L_K(E)$ of $E$ with \ncoefficients in $K$ has received muc h recent attention both from algebraists \nand analysts over the last de cade\, due to the fact that they have some \nimmediate structural connec tions with graph $C^*$-algebras. \n\nSo far\, some of the algebraic prop erties of Leavitt path algebras have \nbeen investigated\, including pri mitivity\, simplicity and being Noetherian. \nWe explicitly describe two -sided ideals in Leavitt path algebras associated \nto an arbitrary grap h. Our main result is that any two-sided ideal $I$ of a \nLeavitt path a lgebra associated to an arbitrary directed graph is generated \nby eleme nts of the form $(v+\\sum_{i=1}^n \\lambda_i g^i)(v - \\sum_{e \\in S} \ nee^*$)\, where $g$ is a cycle based \nat vertex $v$\, and $S$ is a fini te subset of $s^{-1}(v)$. We first use this \nresult to describe the \nn ecessary and sufficient conditions on the arbitrary-sized graph $E$\, su ch \nthat \nthe Leavitt path algebra associated to $E$ satisfies two-sid ed chain \nconditions. Then we show that this result can \nbe used to un ify and simplify many known results for Leavitt path algebras \nsome of which have been proven by using established methodologies from \n$C^*$-a lgebras. \n LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c6d128ff-b72f-40f0-9a68-cb7265cb2d7b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120316T230440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120316T230440Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120501T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120501T143000 SUMMARY:Robert Adam Hill\, PhD Thesis Defence\, History LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abb91f1a-7789-48de-8074-edacb5a8b249 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120322T185142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120322T185142Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T130000 SUMMARY:Tracy D. Zahradnik\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Supervisor: Dr. Gerhard Gries\n\nThesis Title: Exploitation of electromagnetic radiation as a foraging cue by conophagous insects\n \nLocation: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence Room) LOCATION:Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:065b3b55-73ea-4f70-a8a7-54ddfc7ed54e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120418T222145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T222145Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120529T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120529T160000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Jordana Gallison - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2a15e924-de42-415d-8a80-cc2e09ad85d4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120419T221751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120419T221751Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120525T133000 SUMMARY:Gurpreet Sekhon\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Exploring cleavage and repair DNA enzymes using a novel biochemical cross-linking technique\n\nDr. Dipankar Sen (Sr. Su pervisor)\nDr. Peter Unrau\nDr. Edgar Young (Public Examiner)\nDr. Yingf u Li - McMaster University (External Examiner)\n\nDr. Andrew Bennet (Cha ir) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:98aa74bb-2c97-43ba-a4b0-dc40e57969b3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120426T214643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120426T214643Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120523T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120523T160000 SUMMARY:Matthew J.W. Huntley\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Matthew J.W. Huntley (Supervisor Dr. Rolf Mathewes) MSc Thesi s Defence\n\nThesis Title: High-resolution late holocene climate change and human impacts on a hypermaritime peatland on Haida Gwaii\, BC\, Can ada\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, B iological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e0dc20da-429b-4571-a411-735a476b11bc SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120430T164827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120430T164827Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T163000 SUMMARY:Kelly (Hyojin) Kim\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Structural Analysis of the Escherichia Coli b eta-barrel Assembly Machinery Complex \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Sr. Supervis or) \nDr. Rosemary Cornell \nDr. Edgar Young \nDr. Lisa Craig (Public Ex aminer) \nDr. Rachel Fernandez - UBC (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Sharon Gorski (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d37c738-8b74-4761-9480-39cd160f1d7a SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120503T213120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120503T213120Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T140000 SUMMARY:Feng WANG\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Computing Science LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cb66c540-41e2-43db-8163-fb9b7c4517d3 SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20120515T185617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120515T185617Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T120000 SUMMARY:Paulina Semenec\, MA Thesis Defence\, Faculty of Education LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d472e373-8596-482c-94b1-feba009c4c0d SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120502T211346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120502T211346Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T113000 SUMMARY:Michele Battisti\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Title: Essays in Labour Economics \nSenior Supervisor: Simon Woodcock \nAbstract: \nMy thesis investigates the determinants of human capital accumulation and wage differentials. I analyse some of the immed iate causes for wage differentials across workers and wage patterns for the same worker over time. Since we find that in order to understand pov erty and intergenerational wage inequality for marginalized groups we ne ed to look at academic achievement in early schooling\, I also investiga te the possible role of targeted funding for specific educational goals on reading achievement. \n\nThe first chapter focuses on the effect of i ndustry experience on wages. I estimate a simultaneous equation model us ing a large panel of Italian workers for the years 1986-2004. Results sh ow that wage returns to industry experience are much higher than wage re turns to job seniority\, and that returns to general labour market exper ience dominate the effects of both industry experience and job tenure. \ n\nThe second chapter investigates the effect of coworker characteristic s on wages. The effect of interest is identified from within-firm change s in workforce composition\, controlling for person effects\, firm effec ts\, and sector-specific time trends. My estimates are based on a very l arge linked employer employee dataset of workers and firms from the Ital ian region of Veneto for the years 1982-2001. I find that a 10-percent i ncrease in the average labour market value of coworker skills is associa ted with a 3.6 percent wage premium. \nDecomposing the immigrant wage ga p shows that between 10 and 15 percent of the immigrant wage gap can be explained by differences in coworker characteristics. \n\nThe last chapt er of this thesis investigates the effects of providing school districts with supplemental funding to support the language development of studen ts who speak a non-standard English dialect. In practice\, the students funded under this policy are almost exclusively students who also self-r eport Aboriginal identity. Exploiting the staggered uptake of this fundi ng across school districts in British Columbia we find that the policy s ubstantially improved the reading scores of Aboriginal students. \n\n LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29116bda-2599-4a9e-aceb-4669cd11f0c0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120509T183647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120509T183647Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120524T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120524T173000 SUMMARY:Laura Fay Ramsay\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Investigating the Role of the Small Heat Shoc k Protein\, HSP-12.6\, in Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans \n\nDr. Ev e Stringham (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Michel Leroux (Co-Supervisor) \nDr. D avid Baillie \nDr. Harald Hutter (Public Examiner) \n\nDr. William David son (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16f27028-56bf-4616-9897-99dda33c19fc SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120511T224554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120511T224554Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120518T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120518T150000 SUMMARY:Mohsen Javdani Haji\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Title: Three Essays In Labour Economics And The Economics Of Education \nSenior Supervisor: Simon Woodcock \nAbstract: \nThis thesis consists of three empirical essays. The first chapter is focused on the economics of gender\, and the other two chapters are focused on the econ omics of education. \nThe first chapter examines whether women face an e conomy-wide glass ceiling in the labour market. The existence of an econ omy-wide glass ceiling would imply that females are under-represented in high wage regions of the wage distribution\, and their under-representa tion becomes more pronounced as we up the wage distribution. I also meas ure the extent to which the economy-wide glass ceiling comes about becau se women are segregated into lower-paying firms (glass doors)\, or becau se they are segregated into lower-paying jobs within firms (within-firm glass ceilings)\, compared to their male counterparts. I find clear evid ence that women experience an economy-wide glass ceiling that is driven mainly by their disproportionate sorting across firm types rather than s orting across jobs within firms. I find no evidence that gender differen ces in sorting across firms can be accounted for by compensating differe ntials. However\, my results are consistent with predictions of an effic iency wage model where high-paying firms discriminate against females. \ nThe second chapter estimates the effect of publicly-disseminated inform ation about school achievement on school choice decisions. We find that students are more likely to leave \ntheir school when public information reveals poor school-level performance. Some parents’ school choice deci sions respond to information soon after it becomes available. Others\, i ncluding non-English-speaking parents\, alter their school choice decisi ons only in response to information that has been disseminated widely an d discussed in the media. Parents in low-income neighbourhoods are most likely to alter their school choice decisions in response to new informa tion. \nThe third chapter measures the extent to which cross-sectional d ifferences in schools’ average achievement on standardized tests are due to transitory factors. Test-based measures of school performance are in creasingly used to shape education policy\, and recent evidence shows th at they also affect families’ school choice decisions. There are\, howev er\, concerns about the precision of these measures. My results suggest that sampling variation and one-time mean reverting shocks are a signifi cant source of cross-sectional variation in schools’ mean test scores. LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ec132a78-56c5-4a70-a6d5-3af200e639a0 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120517T184518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120517T184518Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120530T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120530T153000 SUMMARY:M.Sc Thesis Defense\, Bao Tran\, BPK DESCRIPTION:Transvascular Nerve Stimulation Electrodes LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f411ec71-1cb4-4aa1-b548-f9bee53d8e5c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120420T191428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120420T191428Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120604T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120604T130000 SUMMARY:Alex Yuen\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Characterization of Colonization Factors from E nteric Pathogens Vibrio cholerae and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli \n \nDr. Lisa Craig (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Mark Paetzel \nDr. Frederic Pio \nDr. Julian Guttman (Public Examiner) \nDr. Lori Burrows - McMaster Uni versity (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Esther Verheyen (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d95de606-d6ce-42a7-85d4-41d0079bf530 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120420T195642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120420T195642Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120606T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120606T140000 SUMMARY:Suraaj Aulakh\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: The protein-protein interactions involved in the periplasmic components of the beta-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) c omplex of Escherichia coli \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. C hristopher Beh \nDr. Jack Chen \nDr. Peter Unrau (Public Examiner) \n\nD r. Lisa Craig (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c2362153-b63b-4a49-a155-6aab83684586 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120423T181929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120423T181929Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120601T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120601T133000 SUMMARY:Kristopher Schmidt\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Molecular interactions reveal multiple roles fo r UNC-53/NAV-2 in cell migration\, trafficking and innate immunity in Ca enorhabditis elegans \n\nDr. Nancy Hawkins (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Eve St ringham (Co-Supervisor) \nDr. Christopher Beh \nDr. Nicholas Harden \nDr . Harald Hutter (Public Examiner) \nDr. Nathalie Pujol - Aix-Marseille U niversity (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Barry Honda (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a39a95d6-132b-49af-90a1-1fa07a4ce5f0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120502T185132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120502T185132Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120628T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120628T130000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Ms. Andrea Curman - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d61086bc-f13d-4e66-8f7e-b121c2bb4d1c SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120504T220010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120504T220010Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120608T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120608T170000 SUMMARY:Brittany Froese\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Sr. Supervisor: Adam Oberman \n\nTitle: \nNumerical Methods f or the Elliptic Monge-Ampere Equation and Optimal Transport \n\nAbstract : \nThe problem of optimal transport\, which involves finding the most c ost-efficient way of \ntransporting mass from one location to another\, is a widely-studied problem going back \nto the late eighteenth century. Recent years have revealed numerous applications in areas \nsuch as med ical imaging\, meteorology\, cosmology\, oceanography\, and economics. D espite the \nimportance of optimal transport\, computation of solutions remains an extremely challenging \nproblem. In the simplest case\, where the cost function is quadratic\, the problem takes on \nadditional stru cture. In this setting\, the constraint that mass must be conserved can be \nexpressed as a fully non-linear partial differential equation known as the elliptic Monge- \nAmpere equation. \nThe numerical solution of t he Monge-Ampere equation has received a great deal of \nattention in rec ent years\, yet the correct and efficient computation of solutions remai ns \na challenge. Because of the nonlinearity of the equation\, solution s can be singular and \nstandard numerical approaches can fail. This mea ns that novel solution techniques are \nneeded to correctly capture the behaviour of weak solutions. We describe a monotone finite \ndifference discretisation\, which provably converges to the viscosity solution of t he Monge- \nAmp?ere equation. The accuracy of the discretisation is impr oved by combining higher-order \nschemes with the monotone scheme needed to capture the correct behaviour of solutions near \nsingularities. In doing this\, we provide a general result about the convergence of higher order \nfinite difference methods for elliptic equations. The resulting nonlinear equations are \nsolved efficiently using Newton's method. \nTo ensure that mass is mapped into the desired region\, the Monge-Ampere e quation \nmust be coupled to a transport boundary condition. This type o f boundary condition is \nnon-standard\, and previously has been impleme nted only in very simple cases (such as transporting \na square to a squ are). We propose a new method for implementing the transport \ncondition by solving a sequence of more tractable Monge-Ampere equations with Neu mann \nboundary conditions. To demonstrate the e?ectiveness and effcienc y of the resulting methods\, \nwe provide computational results for a nu mber of challenging problems including the \nrecovery of inverse maps\, mapping onto unbounded density functions\, mapping from a disconnected \ ndomain\, and mapping onto non-convex sets. \nKeywords: Monge-Ampere\; o ptimal transport\; partial differential equations\; viscosity solutions\ ; \nboundary conditions\; finite difference methods LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5090e481-d3b0-4a8a-9ac8-7a47cfe45cfc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120528T210145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120528T210145Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120608T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120608T160000 SUMMARY:Xu Cheng\, Thesis Defence\, PhD\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nXu Cheng\n\nB.Sc.\, Peking University \, 2006\nM.Sc.\, Simon Fraser University\, 2008\n\nFriday June 8th\, 201 2 2:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\nSOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT DISTRIBUTION: MEASUR EMENT AND ENHANCEMENT\n\nIn the past decade\, such popular social media as YouTube\, Facebook\,\nand Twitter have substantially changed the cont ent distribution landscape and become an important part in people's ever yday life. Extensive research works have been conducted to understand th em in the recent years. However\, a number of new features emerge and a number of directions are yet to be explored.\n\nThis thesis largely exte nds the current research efforts on social media content distribution by measurements and enhancements. We first analyze YouTube Insight dataset from a partner's view\, revealing the inherent relationship among vario us metrics which affect the popularity of the videos. Our findings facil itate YouTube partners to adapt their content deployment and user engage ment strategies to\ngenerate more views and subsequently increasing thei r revenues. We also take an important step towards understanding the cha racteristics of video spreading in social media\, examining the user beh aviour and the spreading structure. We propose an epidemic model to capt ure the process of video spreading\, which serves as a valuable tool for workload synthesis\, traffic prediction\, and resource provisioning.\n\ nMotivate by our measurement and a user questionnaire survey\, we reveal a new scenario of coexistence of sharing and streaming. We propose a no vel system that leverages stable storage users and yet inherently priori tizes living streaming flows\, providing better scalability\, robustness \, and streaming quality. On the other hand\, the recent emerged cloud s ervice is a promising solution to the huge demands of\nbandwidth and sto rage from the growing social media. However the existing works on partit ioning social media contents only focus on preserving the social relatio nship. We take an important factor\, user access pattern\, into account\ , and formulate the problem as a constrained k-medoids clustering proble m. Our solution shows significant decrease of the access deviation and f lexible preservation of the social relationship.\n\n\nPh.D. Examining Co mmittee:\nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Jian Pei\, Supervi sor\nDr. Ivan Bajic\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Jianping Pan\, External Exa miner\nDr. Pavol Hell\, Chair\n LOCATION:TASc1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d1db25ec-113b-4ca1-acbf-43cdb1c1dbce SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120509T214623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120509T214623Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T130000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Mr. Mark Lokanan - Criminology LOCATION:Harbour Centre 1500 - Xerox Conference Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e3f63907-3c54-4a35-a707-e72e27e7ddfd SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120518T194913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120518T194913Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T120000 SUMMARY:Samuel Johnson\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Marni Mishna\n\nTitle: \nAnalytic combinato rics of planar lattice paths\n\nAbstract:\nLattice paths effectively mod el phenomena in chemistry\, physics and probability theory. Asymptotic e numeration of lattice paths is linked with entropy in the physical syste ms being modelled. Lattice paths restricted to different regions of the plane are well suited to a functional equation approach for exact and as ymptotic enumeration. This thesis surveys results on lattice paths under various restrictions\, with an emphasis on lattice paths in the quarter plane. For these paths\, we develop an original systematic combinatoria l approach providing direct access to the exponential growth factors of the asymptotic expressions. LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4d922f53-2fee-4763-b659-7875cffcfdae SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120523T171940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120523T171940Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T120000 SUMMARY:Tony Botelho\, MA. Thesis Defence\, Education LOCATION:ED 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e1d5d5df-a89e-49c1-90f8-1124a66d69d9 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120510T225422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120510T225422Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120605T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120605T160000 SUMMARY:Claire Li Loong\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Claire Li Loong (Supervisor Dr. Richard Routledge\, MSc Thesi s Defence \n\nThesis Title: A comparison of the growth histories of pre- and post-decline brood years of sockeye salmon (oncorhynchus nerka) fro m Rivers Inlet based on otolith analysis\, and in relation to environmen tal conditions \n\nLocation: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) LOCATION:Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4f324064-2df9-4725-aa66-dbdec7c25e18 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120514T221828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120514T221828Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120613T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120613T130000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Mr. Evan McCuish - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75a53cd4-4434-4a12-a879-456fe1b93d94 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120518T165935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120518T165935Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120613T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120613T140000 SUMMARY:Lisa Raeburn\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Characterizing TCRb sequence diversity in color ectal carcinoma \n\nDr. Robert Holt (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. John Webb \nD r. Jack Chen \nDr. Jonathan Choy (Public Examiner) \n\nDr. Rosemary Corn ell (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2357d93b-3106-4276-85e3-571c247d8a4c SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120516T223624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120516T223624Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120621T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120621T140000 SUMMARY: MA Thesis Defence - Allison Kilgannon - History LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8baab5c3-f5f5-4f2d-bd0e-28566d951e37 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120518T185921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120518T185921Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T130000 SUMMARY:Kelly Cheung\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Bound State Energies and Phases in Dirac-like Structures\n\nG raphene has been actively researched since its low energy Hamiltonian is the relativistic Dirac equation with vanishing rest mass. It was first fabricated in 2004 by Geim and Novoselov allowing experiments that were initially thought impossible. Although graphene is a semi-metal\, electr onic applications require knowledge regarding how to change its phase fr om a semi-metal to an insulator. For spinless fermions on graphene\, den sity imbalance\, coupling between its Dirac points\, and directed next n earest neighbor hopping can lead to charge density wave\, Kekule bond de nsity wave\, and quantum hall effect insulating phases. Furthermore\, to pological defects such as line defects and vortices allow bound-state so lutions within the gap giving rise to fractional charge. Another example where a Dirac linear dispersion is found is spinless fermions on the Li eb lattice. At one-third filling\, the Lieb lattice is a semi-metal. Den sity imbalance\, staggered nearest neighbour hopping\, and directed next nearest neighbor hopping can change this lattice from semimetal to an i nsulating phase characterized by a charge density wave\, staggered hoppi ng\, broken pi/2 rotation symmetry\, or broken time reversal symmetry. I n both graphene and Lieb lattice\, by adding and adjusting the strengths of nearest and next nearest neighbour interactions\, many of these inte resting phases can be energetically favourable in mean-field theory. \n\ nExamining Committee \n\nSenior Supervisor: Igor Herbut \nSupervisor: Ma lcolm Kennett \nSupervisor: Levon Pogosian \n\nSFU Examiner: Howard Trot tier \n\nExternal Examiner: Mona Berciu\, University of British Columbia \n\nExamining Committee Chair: J. Steven Dodge \n LOCATION:P8445.1\, Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4be1ac79-3b03-4ab6-a382-5fc8c84c0db4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120608T183550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120608T183550Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T120000 SUMMARY:Leah Maestri\, MA Thesis Defence\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 22\, 2012\n\n10:00am - 12:00pm\n\nSenior Superv isor: Ron Wakkary\n\nSupervisor: Erik Stolterman\n\nSupervisor: Carma n Neustaedter\n\nExternal Examiner: Steve DiPaola\n\nSFU Surrey\, Galle ria 4\, Room 4010\n\nAbstract:\n\nRepair is typically seen in design as the restoration of broken objects to their original state. Repair by no n-experts\, or everyday repair\, can often lead to novel forms of repair resulting in the creative repurposing of objects that are often unfores een by designers. Using a grounded theory approach\, this study describ es key aspects of repair including: the techniques non-experts employ f or repairing their objects\; the motivations that prompt acts of repair\ ; and the outcomes that result from non-experts' repair techniques. Ove r the course of eight months\, 42 participants between the ages 20-65 we re interviewed with over 120 objects submitted of broken\, repaired and repurposed artifacts. Both interview and image data were coded for dist inguishing core concepts and categories\, resulting in a theoretical fra mework. The goal of this framework is to inform the design of interacti ve technologies that anticipate the creative ways non-experts repair\, r euse and repurpose their broken objects. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:086080a0-a180-4e79-a487-2f7b0acbdbb6 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120608T183858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120608T183858Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T160000 SUMMARY:Audrey Desjardins\, MA Thesis Defence\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 22\, 2012\n\n2:00pm - 4:00pm\n\nSenior Supervis or: Ron Wakkary\n\nSupervisor: Steve DiPaola\n\nExternal Examiner: Er ic Paulos\n\nSFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3290\n\nAbstract:\n\nThis th esis reports on a descriptive multiple-case study that protrays the prac tices of three groups of everyday designers as a way to inform the desig n of interactive technologies. Previous research describes cases of app ropriation and everyday design where people creatively transform and ada pt design artifacts\; however\, there is still a gap in our understandin g of how individuals precisely design and make things. The aim of this study is to discern the similarities and differences between the practic es of the seleced cases of everyday designers: family members\, hobbyis t jewellers\, and steampunk enthusiasts. Based on the theory of practic e\, the analytical framework combines goals\, outcomes\, materials\, too ls\, competences\, and strategies to holistically describe those cases o f everyday design. The findsings point to a reconfiguration of how obje cts and technologies should be designed\, but also a reflection on how d esigners can create materials\, tools\, and structures to support hetero geneous and creative design practices. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80ef523b-b0fc-43f6-b3aa-3ecfbf166948 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120612T181132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T181132Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120622T160000 SUMMARY:Erika K. Penner\, PhD Dissertation Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Dissertation Title: Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Ado lescent Offenders: Associations with Mental Health\, Psychopathic Featur es\, and Offending \n\nChair: Dr. Kathleen Slaney\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Jodi Viljoen\nCommittee Members: Dr. Kevin Douglas\, Dr. Ronald Roe sch\nInternal Examiner: Dr. David McAlister\, School of Criminology\nEx ternal Examiner: Dr. Michele Peterson-Badali\, Dept. of Human Developme nt & Applied Psychology\, University of Toronto\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c0d8e58c-cb3a-4473-853e-6fdb4a7bee45 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120523T205406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120523T205406Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T130000 SUMMARY:Ying-Ting Hsiao\, MA\, Thesis Defence\, Education LOCATION:Burnaby campus\, Room EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8ea8b05-fb4e-4525-ae7c-3fe6fc078241 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120525T183814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120525T183814Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T123000 SUMMARY:Kamran Kaveh Maryan\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:EXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nSenior Supervisor: Igor Herbut\nSuperv isor: Michael Plischke\nSupervisor: Malcolm Kennett\n\nSFU Examiner: Moh ammad Amin\nExternal Examiner: Marcel Franz\, University of British Colu mbia\n\nChair: J. Steven Dodge\n\nCHIRAL SYMMETRY BREAKING IN HIGH-TEMPE RATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS AND BIREFRINGENT COLD ATOMS\, HELICITY MODULUS IN LAYERED BOSONS AND PHASE DIAGRAM OF SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR TRANSITION \n\nThis work is a compilation of different research projects which has been done during the years. The main theme of this thesis\, however\, is the high-temperature superconductivity.\n \nIn Chapter 1 we carefully p roceed to construct the field theory of underdoped cuprates beginning wi th a well-defined d-wave superconductor and adding the vortex degree of freedom using a singular gauge transformation. The symmetries of the the ory both in the presence and absence of a quasiparticle mass are a main focus of this Chapter. Nodal quasi-particles is known to obey relativist ic Lorentz symmetry while their massless nature represent another symmet ry which we will identify as a chiral SU(2) symmetry. It is shown that 2 +1 quantum electrodynamics is the effective theory the describes underdo ped cuprates in the zero-temperature pseudogap regime.\n \nIn Chapter 2\ , we focus on the mechanism of the dynamical mass generation in three di mensional quantum electrodynamics and theories with four-fermion interac tions. This is a field that has been subject of extensive research in la st two decades. However\, our momentum-shell renormalization group appro ach is new to the field and through that we are able to estimate the con ditions for the mass generation mechanism and also work out the phase di agram of the theory for charge and interaction strength. We devote the r est of Chapter 2 to discuss the applications of momentum-shell renormali zation group to other four-fermionic theories in the absence of a gauge field. The justification for this is the fact that in the superconductin g regime the system can be described by a massive gauge field theory cou pled to relativistic quasi-particles which effectively represent a four- fermionic theory.\n \nInspired by the field theory constructed in Chapte r 1\, in Chapters 3 and 4 we discuss the superfluid response of the unde rdoped materials using an anisotropic bosonic model and compare it to th e experiment. The original idea is to see how the c-axis superfluid dens ity measurements can help one to set the parameters in our original fiel d theory for underdoped cuprates. The behaviours of the superfluid respo nses in both out-of-plane and in-plane has been detailed as a function o f temperature and density (doping) and is shown there is disagreement fo r measured c-axis response using bosonic-only Hamiltonian conjectured. D iscussions on the limitations of the layered bosonic model to explain th e superfluid response of a underdoped cuprate is detailed at the end of Chapter 4.\n \nThe next two Chapters\, Chapters 5 and 6 are somewhat div ersions of the subject of high-temperature superconductivity. Chapter 5 which is based on a paper I collaborated with M. Kennett and N. Komeiliz adeh\, discusses similar features of broken chiral symmetry in context o f fermions in optical lattices. The particular model which is constructe d in Chapter 5 represents broken chiral symmetry for relativistic quasi- particles. However\, the mechanism of symmetry breaking is different fro m dynamical mass generation. Effect of different staggered potentials an d Hubbard interaction on this model is briefly discussed.\n \nChapter 6 is an original work of the author with I.F. Herbut on Superconductor- In sulator transition (SI) in the context of low-dimensional disordered sys tems. We construct a bosonic theory for a conventional BCS superconducto r in the presence of quenched disorder and show that in the\nphase diagr am of the theory the phase-disordered Bose Glass phase\, survives in arb itrary weakdisorder and interaction strengths. The general feature of su ch SI transitions is very similar to high temperature superconductors in pseudogap regime. The main difference is the absence of nodal quasi-par ticles and relativistic invariance that follows from their gapless natur e.\n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7b8cf2f1-d355-4b0c-aa34-33e8dea920e3 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20120619T172928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120619T172928Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T163000 SUMMARY:Brianne K. Layden\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Predicting Violence Among Individuals Who Engag e in Self-Injury \n\nChair: Dr. Ralph Mistlberger \nCommittee: Dr. Alexa nder Chapman\, Senior Supervisor\; Dr. Kevin Douglas \n\nExternal Examin er: Dr. Tonia Nicholls\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Psychiatry\ , The University of British Columbia \n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:041554b7-157d-401b-a05a-908bd90e436c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120703T215435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120703T215435Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120626T120000 SUMMARY:Matthew Hayes\, MA Thesis Defence\, Anthropology CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31283784-d2ec-49ec-8ff7-d0b220a5dfd2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120530T171729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120530T171729Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120627T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120627T123000 SUMMARY:Amanda Wardrop MA Defence\, Education LOCATION:Burnaby - Blusson Hall 9655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10714ee5-802f-4fb6-8a5f-c591cdc11850 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120605T175157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120605T175157Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120627T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120627T113000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Jesse Ross - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10218 (Large Seminar Room) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3a3b5605-5876-4374-98b3-ae72c2d6b863 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120614T163653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120614T163653Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120627T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120627T163000 SUMMARY:Laura Lee Coles\, MA Thesis Defence\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 27th\, 2012\n\n2:30pm - 4:30pm\n\nSenior Sup ervisor: Philippe Pasquier\n\nSupervisor: Diane Gromala\n\nExternal Ex aminer: Niranjan Rajah\n\nSFU Surrey\, Galleria 4\, Room 4010\n\nAbstra ct:\n\nLocoMotoArt\, an independent powered creative field system\, was used as a vehicle for conducting media arts practice in natural setting for study of the relationship among humans\, technology and the natural realm. Motivated by claims human disconnection to natural realm is a re sult of our intensive relationship with technology\; I question whether it is possible for humans to experience a sense of greater interconnecte dness with the natural world by way of digital technology.\n\nThe polari ties of acceptance and rejection of digital technologies in contemporary culture is explored through five artist projects and use of LocoMotoArt . I argue such technologies and their ubiquity provides new opportuniti es for humans to reconnect to nature.\n\nFindings indicate the notion of Human\, Technology\, Nature interconnectedness\, is a possible conduit for establishing a relationship with digital technolgoy beyond social ne tworking\, computing\, information gathering and gaming\, thus providing cognitive and social benefits of interacting with nature. LOCATION:SFU Surrey CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c8574920-6035-4f55-99b5-989633a02c2d SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120605T172507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120605T172507Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120611T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120611T113000 SUMMARY:Junjie Liu\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Scienc e DESCRIPTION:\n\nBurnaby Campus \nJunjieLiu - MSc Defence \nDepartment of Statistics & Actuarial Science \nRoom: K9509 \nTitle: Modeling dependenc e induced by a common random effect and risk measures with insurance app lications \n\nhttp://stat.sfu.ca/research/defences.html \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:733cb10f-dd01-49c9-91b7-7d05f8d15f91 SEQUENCE:7 DTSTAMP:20120605T172809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120605T172809Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120612T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120612T113000 SUMMARY:Pierre Nguimkeu\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Title: Essays in Econometrics and Entrepreneurship \nSenior S upervisor: Pascal Lavergne \nAbstract: \nThis thesis proposes new semi-n onparametric methods for estimation and testing of models \ndefined by c onditional moments restrictions\, develops third-order likelihood based statistical \ntools for accurate parametric inference in small samples m odels\, and apply econometric \ntechniques to provide a rigorous analysi s of entrepreneurship in developing economies. The \nresearch proceeds a long five chapters. \nThe first chapter develops a Hausman-type specific ation test statistic for conditional moment \nrestrictions (CMR) models. These models cover one of the largest ranges in empirical studies\, \ni ncluding\, for instance\, regression models\, simultaneous equations mod els\, and models of \noptimizing economic agents under uncertainty. The proposed test statistic is asymptotically \nchi-squared distributed unde r correct specification. A general bootstrap procedure for \ncomputing c ritical values in small samples where asymptotics may fail is also propo sed. The \ntest statistic is easy to implement and simulations show that it works well in small samples. \nThe second and third chapters develop third-order likelihood based procedures for estimation \nand inference in small sample models. Chapter two proposes a statistical technique to derive \nhighly accurate p-value approximations when testing for autocor relation in dynamic \nnonlinear regression models. The proposed techniqu es are particularly accurate for small \nsamples whereas commonly used m ethods can be misleading. Two Monte Carlo simulations \nare provided to show how the proposed method outperforms existing ones and an empirical \nexample applied to population census data is given to illustrate their implementation and \nusefulness in practice. Likewise\, Chapter three u ses similar techniques to develop a procedure \nto obtain highly accurat e confidence interval estimates for the functional R = P(X > Y ) where \ nX and Y are data from independent normal distributions of unknown means and variances \nwith only few observations. The proposed method is comp ared to existing ones and its \nsupreme accuracy in terms of coverage pr obability and error rate is confirmed by numerical \nsimulations. \nThe fourth and fifth chapters examine entrepreneurship and occupational choi ces in Africa. \nThe fourth chapter investigates how skills and limited access to credit influence occupational \npatterns and explain the extre me heterogeneity observed in the informal sector of developing \ncountri es using structural\, reduced form and nonparametric techniques over a c ross-sectional \nsample of households from the Cameroon informal sector. Structural estimates and \ncounterfactual numerical simulations are the n used to show that microfinance can improve \nthe operational efficienc y of the informal sector and strengthen its income-enhancing effects \no n the urban poor. The fifth chapter\, however\, argues that in the Afric an context\, obstacles \nhindering entrepreneurship are not only limited to access to credit or availability of skills. In \nthe absence of a pu blic safety net\, Africans have developed a culture of "forced mutual he lp" \n(Firth 1951) that obliges them to share their resources with their needy relatives and extended \nfamily. Since becoming an entrepreneur m arks economic success\, it inevitably involves \nsubstantial family taxa tion. The study combines theoretical and empirical analysis to show \nho w the mutual help constraint influences entrepreneurship and adversely e ffects the growth \nof the African formal economy\, using a database com piling enterprises surveys from several \nAfrican countries. LOCATION:Library Thesis Room LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d6abee9a-bae1-4100-8200-b218a10c6947 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120612T181729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T181729Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120625T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120625T130000 SUMMARY:Jennifer Elizabeth Storey\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Dissertation Title: Hurting the Healers: Stalking in the Me ntal Health Professions\n\nChair: Dr. Cathy McFarland\nSenior Superviso r: Dr. Stephen Hart\nCommittee Members: Dr. Kevin Douglas\, Dr. P. Ran dall Kropp\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Raymond Corrado\, School of Criminol ogy\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Mario J. Scalora\, Department of Psychology \, University of Nebraska-Lincoln LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2b445cd4-0de0-454b-8cde-cd59b40cd0e4 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120612T181909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T181909Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120625T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120625T120000 SUMMARY:Jodi Yager\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Dissertation Title: Understanding Social Competence in Autis m Spectrum Disorders: The Development of a Standardized Measure\n\nChai r: Dr. Kathleen Slaney\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Grace Iarocci\nCommitte e Members: Dr. Arlene Young\, Dr. Rachel Fouladi\nInternal Examiner: D r. Bernard J. Crespi\, Department of Biological Sciences\nExternal Exami ner: Dr. Luc Lecavalier\, Department of Psychology\, The Ohio State Uni versity LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2e08a107-6f14-4eaa-9e4a-59cdb70355b0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120626T215959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120626T215959Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120629T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120629T140000 SUMMARY:Bryan Jones\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Perinatal Bisphenol A Administration Alters Rep roductive and Affective Behaviours and Physiology in Adulthood\n \nChair : Dr. Thomas Spalek\nCommittee: Dr. Neil Watson\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Ralph Mistlberger\nDr. George Alder\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Scott Venne rs\, Faculty of Health Sciences\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Heather Patisaul \, Department of Biology\, North Carolina State University\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9146d9d5-abc7-4402-9ba1-0a47ad8ec6b8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120703T215343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120703T215343Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120629T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120629T120000 SUMMARY:Matthew Hayes\, MA Thesis Defence\, Anthropology CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83a56a69-b9d8-4d33-9be6-bb7fddb11ea1 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120525T180712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120525T180712Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120703T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120703T123000 SUMMARY:Soo Go\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Department DESCRIPTION:Sr. Supervisor: Michael Monagan \n\nTitle: \nSparse Polynomia l Interpolation and Fast Euclidean Algorithm \n\n\nAbstract: \nWe introd uce an algorithm to interpolate sparse multivariate polynomials with int eger coefficients. Our algorithm modifies Ben-Or and Tiwari's determinis tic algorithm for interpolating over rings of characteristic zero to wor k modulo p\, a smooth prime of our choice. We present benchmarks compari ng our algorithm to Zippel's probabilistic sparse interpolation algorith m\, demonstrating that our algorithm makes fewer probes for sparse polyn omials. \n\nOur interpolation algorithm requires finding roots of a poly nomial in GF(p)[x]\, which in turn requires an efficient polynomial GCD algorithm. Motivated by this observation\, we review the Fast Extended E uclidean algorithm for univariate polynomials\, which recursively comput es the GCD using a divide-and-conquer approach. We present benchmarks fo r our implementation of the classical and fast versions of the Euclidean algorithm demonstrating a good speed-up. We discuss computing resultant s as an application of the fast GCD algorithm. \n\n LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2bddf5fa-df8b-45fb-80bf-c3f8ad26e8f0 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120601T225658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120601T225658Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120703T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120703T120000 SUMMARY:Chelsea Eby\, MPM Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Chelsea D.L. Eby (Supervisor Dr. Gerhard Gries)\, MPM Thesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Visual and olfactory cues used by the apple cl earwing moth\, Synanthedon myopaeformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)\, to loc ate inflorescences of showy milkweed \n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campu s\, Dept. of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B924 2 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:af884674-9b75-47f7-998a-56adc0a99b30 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120605T175225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120605T175225Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120713T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120713T130000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Hilary Kim Morden - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:328a0237-50c4-426f-8701-497c8bce81b9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120606T170336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120606T170336Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120706T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120706T120000 SUMMARY:Sarah Kok\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Sr. Supervisor: Paul Tupper\n\n\nTitle: \nModelling the impac t of serosorting and seroadaptation on the spread of HIV among men who h ave sex with men\n\nAbstract:\nSerosorting -- the practice of choosing s exual partners based on their perceived serostatus -- is widely credited as a behavioural intervention that limits the transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM). However\, if this assumption is false\ , the trend towards serosorting could potentially promote the spread of HIV infection. Here we present a deterministic compartmental model of or dinary differential equations and a subsequent network model of HIV tran smission among an MSM population to study the impact of serosorting on H IV incidence and prevalence. Analysis of the compartmental model suggest that serosorting is an effective preventive measure at the population l evel only once a critical mean time to diagnosis has been achieved. The detrimental impacts of serosorting associated with longer times to diagn osis in the compartmental are nearly eliminated in the subsequent networ k model\, demonstrating the importance of considering network structure in models of this kind.\n LOCATION:IRMACS Room 10940 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a9575547-5572-4bbd-b05f-b6ba9262b628 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120622T204100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120622T204100Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120706T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120706T110000 SUMMARY:Andrew Henrey\, Thesis Defence MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Scien ce DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \nAndrew Henrey - MSc Defence \nDepartment of Statistics & Actuarial Science \nRoom: K9509 \nTitle: Adjustment Uncerta inty and Variable Selection in a Bayesian Context \n\nStatistics & Actua rial Science Defences CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e5ba1f8f-1306-4104-b57f-83a2c3746817 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120625T224916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120625T224916Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120706T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120706T123000 SUMMARY:Samaneh Soltani\, MSc Thesis Defence\, SIAT DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 6th\, 2012 \n\n10:30am - 12:30pm \n\nSenior Sup ervisor: Marek Hatala \n\nSupervisor: Dragan Gasevic \n\nExternal Examin er: Uwe Glaesser\n\nSFU Surrey\, Galleria 4\, Room 4010 \n\nTitle: Towa rds Automated Feature Model Configuration With Optimizing The Non-functi onal Requirements\n\nAbstract: \n\nA Software Product Line is a family o f software systems in a domain\, which share some common features but al so have significant variabilities. A feature model is a variability mode ling artifact\, which represents differences among software products wit h respect to the variability relationships among their features. Having a feature model along with a reference model developed in the domain eng ineering lifecycle\, a concrete product of the family is derived by bind ing the variation points in the feature model (called configuration proc ess) and by instantiating the reference model. However\, feature model c onfiguration is a cumbersome task because of: 1) the large number of fea tures in industrial feature models\, which increases the complexity of c onfiguration process\; 2) the positive or negative impact of the feature s on non-functional properties\; and 3) the stakeholders' preferences wi th respect to the desirable non-functional properties of the final produ ct. Several configuration techniques have already been proposed to facil itate automated product derivation. However\, most of the current propos als are not designed to consider stakeholders' preferences and constrain ts especially with regard to non-functional properties. In this work we address the software product line configuration problem and propose a fr amework\, which employs an artificial intelligence planning technique to automatically select suitable features that satisfy both the functional and non-functional preferences and constraints of stakeholders. We also provide tooling support to facilitate the use of our framework. Our exp eriments show that despite the complexity involved in the simultaneous c onsideration of both functional and non-functional properties\, our conf iguration technique is scalable. LOCATION:SFU Surrey CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3b150c33-5dd8-49eb-9172-8f43cf5bef38 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120612T185934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T185934Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120725T140000 SUMMARY:EdD Defence\, Steve Cardwell DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nName of Student: Steve Cardwell\nDegree: EdD\n\nThesi s Title:\nA Study of Student Engagement in Two Urban Secondary Schools\n \nDate: July 25\, 2012\n\nTime: 10:00 AM\n\nLocation: SFU Vancouver\, Room 2200\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Milt McClaren\, Professor Emerit us \nCo-Supervisor: Dr. Robin Brayne\, Adjunct Professor and Dire ctor of Graduate Programs\nMember: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\, Limite d Term Senior Lecturer \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Dan Laitsch\, Associa te Professor\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Don Krug\, Professor\, Faculty o f Education\, University of British Columbia\n\nChair: Dr. David Kaufma n\, Professor\n\n LOCATION:VAN: SFU Van (HC) room 2200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46563f47-8f5c-44f0-b380-af77776e7e43 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120709T224038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120709T224038Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120725T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120725T160000 SUMMARY:MA defense\, Sharon Wherland LOCATION:EDB 8508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6b4b2116-07b5-4fda-8fda-fd21b5efc964 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120612T220120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T220120Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120719T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120719T130000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Mr. Owen Gallupe - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b151f48b-da28-4acc-b153-5bbba9b7f214 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120613T181948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120613T181948Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120718T130000 SUMMARY:Alireza Hojjati\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:OBSERVATIONAL TESTS OF COSMIC ACCELERATION\n\nThe acceleratin g expansion of the universe is considered to be a well-established fact. However\, a physical explanation of its origin is still missing. While the cosmological constant\, Lambda\, is the favorite candidate\, a multi tude of other theories have been proposed. Rather than testing every the ory against data\, one can adapt phenomenological approaches aimed at te sting Lambda.\n\nAdopting a model-independent approach to studying dark energy\, we have investigated the utility of wavelets for constraining t he redshift evolution of the dark energy equation of state\, w(z)\, from a combination of the type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia)\, cosmic microwave bac kground (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscilation (BAO) data. We have shown t hat sharp deviations from w= -1 can be detected efficiently in the futur e SNe Ia data. Applying this method to the "Constitution" SNe Ia data\, combined with the CMB data from Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WM AP) and BAO data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)\, provided only we ak hints of dark energy dynamics.\n\nFuture weak lensing surveys will ha ve the ability to measure the growth of large scale structure with accur acy sufficient for discriminating between different theories of dark ene rgy and modified gravity (MG). The growth of structure can be tested\, i n a model-independent way\, by parametrizing the evolution equations of cosmological perturbations. At the linear level\, this can be achieved b y introducing two scale- and time-dependent functions (MG functions). We have consistently implemented the parametrized equations in the commonl y used public codes\, CAMB and CosmoMC\, while preserving the covariant conservation of the energy-momentum. As a demonstration\, we have obtain ed joint constraints on the neutrino mass and parameters of a scalar-ten sor gravity model from the CMB\, SNe Ia and the correlation of CMB with large scale structure.\n\nWe have performed a Principal Component Analys is (PCA) to find the eigenmodes and eigenvalues of the forecasted covari ance matrix of the MG functions for surveys like Dark Energy Survey and Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. By examining the eigenmodes\, we can le arn about the scales and redshifts where the surveys are most sensitive to modification of the growth. We have considered the impact of some of the systematic effects expected in weak lensing surveys. Also\, we have demonstrated the utility of the PCA as an efficient way of storing infor mation about the linear growth of perturbations.\n\nFinally\, we have an alyzed the degeneracy between the MG functions and other cosmological pa rameters\, paying special attention to the effective equation of state w (z). We have taken several models with different MG parametrizations and studied their merits. We have shown how the complementarity of differen t observables helps break the degeneracies.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nCh air: Eldon Emberly\n\nSenior Supervisor: Levon Pogosian\nSupervisor: And rei Frolov\nSupervisor: Howard Trottier\n\nSFU Examiner: Dugan O'Neil\n\ nExternal Examiner: Kris Sigurdson\, University of British Columbia\n LOCATION:P8445.1\, Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46085225-394a-4f95-abba-1a04bec8c300 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120705T183659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120705T183659Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120718T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120718T123000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Mr. Jeff Mathesius - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e84db731-7b7b-48e5-8e00-1c37289b1545 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120619T205503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120619T205503Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120704T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120704T120000 SUMMARY:Jie Liu\, Thesis Defence \, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \nJie Liu - MSc Defence \nRoom: ASB 10940 \n Title: A global test of association between non-Hodgkin lymphoma and SNP s in histone-pathway genes CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stchsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b43f2b1c-d816-4963-ac0d-8eb71d64db60 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120626T164630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120626T164630Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120730T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120730T150000 SUMMARY:Tiankuang (Tim) Wu\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Departmen t DESCRIPTION:\n(Sr. Supervisor: Peter Borwein)\n\nTitle: \nCritical Phenom ena with Renormalization Group Analysis of Hierarchical Model in Financi al Crashes\n\n\nAbstract:\nThe Renormalization Group (RG) is a mathemati cal apparatus that allows the\ndecomposition of a macroscopic problem vi ewed at different scales. The RG\nanalysis of the HM finds that the time to be the critical point of a system\nis a function of the interaction degree of stock traders in power law.\nMoreover\, the HM with the RG for malism shows that the behaviour of the\nfraction of all stock traders pu tting buy orders over time follows a power\nlaw coupled with log-periodi c oscillations. Based on the RG analysis\nresults of the HM\, a Log-Peri odic Power Law (LPPL) model is derived by\nconstructing an RG formalism from the risk-driven model.\n LOCATION:IRMACS Theatre 10900 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7d766a2-8e10-4628-9739-43acef27ef48 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120628T205639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120628T205639Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120712T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120712T123000 SUMMARY:M.Sc Thesis Defense\, Sapana Thakore DESCRIPTION:Sapana Thakore\, M.Sc Thesis Defense \nCharles Krieger\, seni or supervisor \nMiriam Rosin\, supervisor \nJonathan Choy\, external exa miner \nParveen Bawa\, chair \n\n\nTitle: The Distribution of the Inosit ol Phosphatase SHIP1 in the Spinal Cord of a Murine Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) \n\nSrc homology 2 domain-containing inositol-5 ’ phosphatase (SHIP1) is a protein which suppresses the activation\, pro liferation\, and survival of hematopoietic cells. Amyotrophic lateral sc lerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized b y the degeneration of specific neuron populations which leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles\, paralysis\, and ultimately death. Microgliosis is a common hallmark in ALS patients and mSOD1 mouse models\; however\, th e association between microgliosis and disease progression has not yet b een determined. \nThrough the use of immunohistochemistry (IHC)\, SHIP1 expression in macrophages and microglia was investigated in the lumbar s pinal cord of control and mSOD1 mice at 3 time points: 11 weeks (asympto matic)\, 15 weeks (symptomatic)\, and end-stage. A significant increase in SHIP1 expression was found between control mice and diseased mice at 15 weeks and end-stage. SHIP1 expression also significantly increased th roughout disease progression. This suggests that SHIP1 plays a role in r egulating microgliosis in ALS. \n LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f199a10f-6779-4943-9166-097c49af2d52 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120703T220820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120703T220820Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120726T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120726T123000 SUMMARY:Matthew Hayes\, MA Thesis Defence\, Anthropology DESCRIPTION:TITLE: \nHalifax Street\n\nABSTRACT:\nThis thesis is based up on a six-month long ethnographic study I conducted\, which led to the pr oduction of Tom Quixote\, a twenty-minute documentary film about Tom Cre an\, a Vancouver funeral director. It is about the role of collaboration in the making of the film\, as well as the role of chance in leading me there. It is narrated chronologically to show how\, step-by-step\, Tom and I developed our relationship\, how I was required to improvise in re sponse to ethnographic refusal and the emergence of newly relevant liter ature\, and to show when and why Tom and I encountered tensions. Despite our best efforts at developing\, as George Marcus calls it\, a “complic it” engagement\, Tom and I eventually reached a point where our artistic visions clashed\, and my vision was authorized over his. Ultimately\, T om and I were both extremely happy with the film and the results of the study\, considering our collaboration a success\, however the experience led me to reconsider and re-emphasize the significance of negotiation i n collaborative ethnography.\n\nKeywords: Ethics\; complicity\; document ary film\; funeral director\; collaboration\; chance\n\nEXAMINING COMMIT TEE:\nChair: Dr. Ann Travers\, Associate Professor of Sociology\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Dara Culhane\, Associate Professor of Anthropology\nComm ittee Member: Dr. Zoe Druick\, Associate Professor\, School of Communica tion\nInternal/External Examiner: Dr. Kate Hennessy\, Assistant Professo r\, SIAT\n\n LOCATION:Harbour Ctr 2235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17882eb5-52eb-432a-8d65-6f74d7dc151a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120705T183617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120705T183617Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120726T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120726T160000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Alicia Nijdam-Jones - Criminology LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96badcd8-1ecb-4ce1-8741-26f83a4278ea SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120704T162501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120704T162501Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120717T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120717T170000 SUMMARY:Sapana Thakore defense DESCRIPTION:Title: The Distribution of the Inositol Phosphatase SHIP1 in the Spinal Cord of a Murine Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) \n\n\nDate: July 17th\, 2012 \nTime: 2:00 PM \nPlace: TASC 2\, 7540 \n\ nSrc homology 2 domain-containing inositol-5’ phosphatase (SHIP1) is a p rotein which suppresses the activation\, proliferation\, and survival of hematopoietic cells. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressi ve neurodegenerative disease characterized by the degeneration of specif ic neuron populations which leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles\, paral ysis\, and ultimately death. Microgliosis is a common hallmark in ALS pa tients and mSOD1 mouse models\; however\, the association between microg liosis and disease progression has not yet been determined. \nThrough th e use of immunohistochemistry (IHC)\, SHIP1 expression in macrophages an d microglia was investigated in the lumbar spinal cord of control and mS OD1 mice at 3 time points: 11 weeks (asymptomatic)\, 15 weeks (symptomat ic)\, and end-stage. A significant increase in SHIP1 expression was foun d between control mice and diseased mice at 15 weeks and end-stage. SHIP 1 expression also significantly increased throughout disease progression . This suggests that SHIP1 plays a role in regulating microgliosis in AL S. \n LOCATION:TASC2\, Room 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f201136-ea64-4f97-af9e-b97af632cd0f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120705T162736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120705T162736Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120720T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120720T130000 SUMMARY:Jennifer Schneider\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Involuntary Spatial Attention Influences Audito ry Processing: Evidence from Human Electrophysiology\n \nChair: Dr. Tho mas Spalek\nCommittee: Dr. John McDonald\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Richar d Wright\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Matthew Tata\, Associate Professor\, Department of Neuroscience\, University of Lethbridge \n\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0d6910cb-ea80-4742-9117-1e0061737479 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120705T183640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120705T183640Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120723T120000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Ashley Hewitt - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8250692c-14c6-4544-96c8-8c7521b889c9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120724T215510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120724T215510Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120723T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120723T133000 SUMMARY:MSc Defence - Mike Simpson LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80e007ec-96ea-4b07-80cf-a8b35afacf18 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120711T195407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120711T195407Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120724T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120724T120000 SUMMARY:Juan Valero\, Thesis Defence\, MSc \, Statistics & Actuarial Scie nce DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \nJuan Valero- MSc Defence \nDepartment of Sta tistics & Actuarial Science \nRoom K9509 \nTitle: The Importance of Part nerships in Cricket \n\nStatistics & Actuarial Science \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de08d408-1c58-416b-9187-7c8845f7d5d3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120711T201434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120711T201434Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120724T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120724T110000 SUMMARY:Fabian Moya\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Scien ce DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \nFabyian Moya - MSc Defence \nDepartment of S tatistics & Actuarial Science \nRoom: K9509 \nTitle: TBA \n\nStatistics & Actuarial Science \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b87105e1-e475-46be-8909-050196990365 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120724T164937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120724T164937Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120731T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120731T153000 SUMMARY:Lorna BOSCHMAN\, SIAT PhD Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, July 31st\, 2012\n\n1:30pm - 3:30pm\n\nSenior Super visor: Tom Calvert\n\nCo-Supervisor: Suzanne de Castell\n\nSupervisor: Ron Wakkary\n\nInternal Examiner: John Bowes\n\nExternal Examiner: S hannon Bredin\n\nTitle: How Wii™ Play: Incorporating Wii Fit Plus™ into a Physical Activity Program for Midlife and Older Women\n\nAbstract:\n\ nAdults in industrialized countries are less physically fit than their c ounterparts twenty-five years ago. Exergames (encouraging players to be physically active through game play) are proposed as one means of encour aging inactive individuals to be active. The Wii Fitness Study tracked p hysical activity by midlife and older women after they were asked to pla y the commercially-produced exergame Wii Fit Plus as part of their overa ll program of physical activity. Thirty participants (ages 40-79) were t racked for three to six months. The data was collected and analyzed base d on Kathy Charmaz' constructivist grounded theory approach. Data collec tion methods included semi-structured interviews\, self-reported weekly minutes of activity\, Wii console data\, and previously validated fitnes s tests for aerobic endurance\, lower body strength\, and standing balan ce. The interviews and fitness tests were conducted at the beginning\, m id-point\, and conclusion of the study. Unlike traditional approaches\, the numerical and textual data were compared using the constant comparat ive method of qualitative analysis.\n\nThe frequency of Wii Fit Plus use was determined by the participants. While older and more sedentary play ers used the exergame throughout the study period\, younger and more act ive participants preferred vigorous-intensity outdoor activities to indo or monitor-based play. For participants whose balance was poor earlier i n the study\, regular use of Wii Fit Plus improved their ability to stan d one-legged. Wii Fit Plus balance games helped women over age fifty-fou r to determine that many of them could retrain their balancing ability. To participants who had been previously sedentary\, the moderate-intensi ty forms of activity offered by Wii Fit Plus appeared optimal\, and succ ess playing the game encouraged those participants to continue their pos itive exercise experience.\n\nParticipants wanted to remain ‘fit for lif e’\, sustaining physical activity in multiple locations using diverse in dividualized approaches. This study has provided both reasons and eviden ce suggesting that exergame designers might usefully exhibit the same le vel of functional creativity as cell phone designers have done. Only the n can the exergame become a vital part of an overall program of physical activity\, equipping many more of us with the confidence and competence to become\, and to remain\, fit for life. LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Galleria 3\, Room 3270 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e3df28c-346c-4a79-afc5-a7d98829d8d7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120611T205825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120611T205825Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120905T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120905T160000 SUMMARY:Nathan Hentze\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Nathan Hentze (Supervisor Dr. Ron Ydenberg)\, MSc Thesis Defe nce\n\nThesis Title: Characteristics of over-ocean flocking by Pacific dunlins (Calidris alpina pacifica)\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\ , Dept. of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ca858672-a711-4ca0-ba48-f7c2522dd793 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120824T184451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T184451Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120905T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120905T163000 SUMMARY:Miriam Castro\, MA Thesis Defence\, LAS DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThis paper examines the processes of interaction an d cooperation in the electronics industry in Jalisco as well as the impa ct of government strategies on the industry’s development of innovative activities. This paper relies upon the sectoral systems of innovation (S SI) as a theoretical framework for the analysis of the nature\, structur e\, organization\, and dynamic of the electronics sector of the metropol itan region of Guadalajara. The paper concludes that the interaction amo ng public-private actors has been an important factor in fostering upgra des in the industry. It also highlights the role of the government at th e state level in Jalisco as a key factor in facilitating the self- organ ization of a sector by creating bridge institutions that shape the inter action in the sector. Finally\, the paper points out the limited integra tion in the scientific-educational sector and the necessity to incorpora te domestic firms into the value chain of the industry.\n\nKeywords: Mex ico\; sectoral patterns of innovation\; competitiveness\; public interve ntion\; electronics industry LOCATION:HC 1315 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:intst@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8f3e67ee-37ec-4e70-91f3-bc11baafd35f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120719T212553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120719T212553Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120919T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120919T180000 SUMMARY:Charles Stevens\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Structural and Computational Analysis of the Escherichia coli Chaperone protein DmsD \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Sr. Superv isor) \nDr. Christopher Beh \nDr. Edgar Young \nDr. Michel Leroux (Publi c Examiner) \nDr. Michael Murphy - UBC (External Examiner) \n\nDr. David Baillie (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1b189f49-c8ae-49f2-a47a-184e567a0c84 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120801T212142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120801T212142Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120913T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120913T133000 SUMMARY:Petr Skoda\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Bojan Mohar\n\nTitle:\nObstructions for Emb edding Graphs into Surfaces\n\nAbstract:\nOnly for two surfaces\, the 2- sphere and the projective plane\, the complete list of obstructions\nis known. We aim to expand our understanding of obstructions for higher-gen us surfaces\nby studying obstructions of low connectivity. Classes of gr aphs are described such that\neach obstruction of connectivity 2 is obta ined as a 2-sum of graphs from those classes.\nIn particular\, this stru cture allows us to determine the complete lists of obstructions of\nconn ectivity 2 for the torus and the Klein bottle. LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46ea5685-7a4b-4053-b2e8-17db9aa4c5c7 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120806T014929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120806T014929Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T160000 SUMMARY:Corey Watson\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Corey Watson (Senior Supervisor Dr. Felix Breden)\, PhD thesi s defence \n\nTitle: Genetic Diversity at Human Immunoglobulin Loci and Implications for Human Disease \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c0b93a5e-2b3a-43b0-9ced-e11c16e9b8c2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120816T182620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120816T182620Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T140000 SUMMARY:Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Ms. Katherine Rossiter - Criminology LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70800d4f-597e-4958-a966-03447802bbe3 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120824T180203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T180203Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T130000 SUMMARY:Steven Hubert\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Steven Hubert\nTitle: FOUNTAINS OF SAND PART II\nDate: Septem ber 21st\nTime: 9:30am\nLocation: Audain Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\n LOCATION:Audain Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f711ca0-5a0c-4790-9702-b11502a30186 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120830T153211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120830T153211Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T163000 SUMMARY:Lucas Swanson\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nLucas Swanson \n\nBSc\, Joint Honour s First Class in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry and Computer Science\, S FU\, 2010 \n\nFriday\, September 21st\, 2012 3:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \ n\n\nTitle: \n\nDETECTING AND CHARACTERIZING FUSIONS AND TANDEM DUPLICAT IONS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA TRANSCRIPTOME ASSEMBLIES USING BARNACLE \ n\nAbstract: \n\nChimeric transcripts are RNA molecules that cannot be e xplained by linear models of alternative splicing and can arise from eve nts at either the DNA or the RNA level. Three types of chimeras\, fusion s\, partial tandem duplications (PTDs)\, and internal tandem duplication s (ITDs)\, are important in the detection\, prognosis\, and treatment of many human cancers. Here we report Barnacle\, a high-throughput analysi s tool that detects and characterizes fusions\, PTDs\, and ITDs in de no vo assembled RNA-seq data. We characterized Barnacle’s sensitivity and s pecificity with simulated data\, and compared Barnacle’s fusion detectio n performance with that of TopHat-Fusion. We ran Barnacle on two deeply- sequenced acute myeloid leukemia (AML) RNA-seq datasets. Among the event s that Barnacle predicted in these libraries are three known to be impor tant in AML: fusions between PML and RARA\, PTDs in MLL\, and ITDs in FL T3. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Cenk Sahinalp\, Senior Supervis or \nDr. Inanc Birol\, Supervisor \nDr. Ryan Morin\, Examiner \nDr. Fund a Ergun\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:734d3095-efb2-48fe-8f8e-4d030a7fc0b9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120806T015336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120806T015336Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120917T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120917T120000 SUMMARY:Toby St. Clair\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Toby St. Clair (Supervisor Dr. Leah Bendell)\, MSc Thesis Def ence\n\nTitle: Heavy metals and selenium in Pacific Dunlin: Patterns o f accumulation\, exposure from prey and toxicity risks\n\nLocation: Ben nett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59d15e05-3824-4136-ae7b-2f4bd760ac15 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120824T175828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T175828Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120917T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120917T180000 SUMMARY:Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte\nTitle: In-Between\nDate: September 17th\nTime: 3pm\nLocation: World Art Centre\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\n LOCATION:World Art Centre\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96c917ed-c825-488e-9164-44dd1a222e94 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120808T215240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120808T215240Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120911T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120911T150000 SUMMARY:Ms. Sharon Lau\, EdD Thesis Examination DESCRIPTION:\nStudent: Sharon Lau\, EdD Thesis Examination \n\n\nThesis T itle: \nLearning about Teacher Leadership Through the Lived Experiences of High School Teacher Leaders \n\nDate: Sept. 11\, 2012 \nTime: 1:00 pm \nLocation: SFU Surrey\, room 4040 \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Ba ilin\, Professor Emeritus \nCo-supervisor: Dr. Fred Renihan\, Adjunct Pr ofessor \nMember: Dr. Dan Laitsch\, Associate Professor\nInternal: Dr. B ruce Beairsto\, Adjunct Professor\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Willow Brown\, Associate Professor\, School of Education\, The University of Northern British Columbia \n\nChair: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones\, Limited Term Senior Lecturer LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Room 4040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2d5939e8-9caf-4c9a-a8b4-d91a796187a1 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120906T150256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120906T150256Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120911T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120911T153000 SUMMARY:Mark Roth\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nMark Roth \n\nBSc. Computer Science\ , Simon Fraser University\, 2007 \n\nTuesday\, September 11th\, 2012 1:3 0 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nPERFORMANCE FACTORS IN PARALLEL PRO GRAMS \n\nAbstract: \n\nOver the past 10 years we have seen the transiti on from single core computer to multicore computing\, with high end cons umer computers advertising marketing up to 12 cores. However\, taking ad vantage of these cores is non-trivial. Simply using twice as many cores does not immediately generate twice the performance. Yet performance deb ugging of parallel programs can be extremely difficult. Our experience i n tuning parallel applications led us to discover that performance tunin g can be considerably simplified\, and even to some degree automated\, i f profiling measurements are organized according to several intuitive pe rformance factors common to most parallel programs. In this work we pres ent these factors and propose a hierarchical framework composing them. W e present various case studies where analyzing profiling data according to the proposed principle led us to improve performance of parallel prog rams by significant factors (up to 20x). This work lays foundation for n ew ways of organizing and visualizing profiling data in performance tuni ng tools. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Alexandra Fedorova\, Seni or Supervisor \nDr. Arthur (Ted) Kirkpatrick\, Supervisor \nDr. Arrvindh Shriraman\, Examiner \nDr. Arthur L. Liestman\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ebc1025-d25c-4ac9-b206-dfa07b826d28 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120816T225414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120816T225414Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120928T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120928T133000 SUMMARY:Francis Abbott\, PhD Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:Examining Committee:\n\nJack Little - Sr. Supervisor\nNicolas Kenny - Supervisor\nWilleen Keough - Internal/External Supervisor\nColi n Coates - External - York University\nRoxanne Panchasi - Chair\n\nThesi s Title: The Body or the Soul? Religion and Culture in a Rural Quebec Parish\, St-Joseph-de-Beauce\, 1736-1901 LOCATION:2520 Wosk Conference Room - Harbour Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36b1e3ef-4b67-4d40-83e0-ed39e22e5d3a SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120824T181728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T181728Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120928T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120928T180000 SUMMARY:Christopher Anderson\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Name: Christopher Anderson\nTitle: The Other Stage\nDate: Sep tember 28th\nTime: 3pm\nLocation: World Art Centre\, SFU\, Goldcorp Cent re for the Arts\n LOCATION:World Art Centre\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e9f2b764-64d3-4de0-a1f4-67a5f5df88a3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120820T065612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120820T065612Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120907T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120907T120000 SUMMARY:Tzu-Ang (Andy) HUANG\, SIAT MSc Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 7th\, 2012 \n\n10:00am - 12:00pm \n\nSenio r Supervisor: Halil Erhan \n\nSupervisor: Rob Woodbury \n\nExternal Exam iner: Carmen Neustaedter \n\nTitle: DiNA Framework: Supporting Collabora tion in the Wild \n\nAbstract: \n\nMuch of the available collaboration s upport tools focus on sharing of documents and man- aging projects that require planned activities. These tools tend to fall short in meeting “p rinciple of least effort”\, or take into account the reality of complex overlapping scheduling of professionals. I propose DiNa\, a set of recom mendations as a framework for a topic- centric\, as opposed to the conve ntional document-centric\, collaboration system utilizing readily availa ble devices. A series of prototypes are used to demonstrate the novel in terac- tion techniques that enable collaborators to define ‘topics’ and address them in their own terms. The framework aims to complement existi ng systems\, and the evaluation reveals suggestions for improving such s ystems for effective collaboration in different modes.\n\nKeywords: Comp uter Aided Collaboration\, Mobile Devices\, Personal Computing LOCATION:SFU Surrey\, Podium 2\, Room 2735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:siatgrad_admissions@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5894f036-8c11-4bb7-94ba-72a50f165ac3 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120824T175233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T175233Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120914T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120914T130000 SUMMARY:Nikolai Gauer\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Nikolai Gauer \nTitle: Almost Everywhere \nDate: September 14 th \nTime: 9:30am \nLocation: Audain Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts LOCATION:Audain Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e1707677-095a-4166-91fb-e0041f62c783 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120824T175429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T175429Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120914T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120914T163000 SUMMARY:Casey Wei\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\nCasey Wei\nTitle: Murky Colors\nDate: September 14th\nTime: 1:30pm\nLocation: Room 4955\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\n LOCATION:Room 4955\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:efd395ce-25e0-4317-91f9-4e6aa28cc320 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120907T142829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120907T142829Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120914T130000 SUMMARY:Tyler Dwyer\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nTyler Dwyer \n\n\nBachelor of Comput er Science\, specializing in Cognitive Science\, Queen's University\, 20 09 \n\nFriday\, September 14th\, 2012 11:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTit le \n\nA PRACTICAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION ON MULT ICORE PROCESSORS\, AND ITS APPLICATION TO HPC WORKLOADS \n\nAbstract \n\ nWhen multiple threads or processes run on a multicore CPU they compete for shared resources\, such as caches and memory controllers\, and can s uffer performance degradation as high as 200%. We design and evaluate a new machine learning model that estimates this degradation online\, on p reviously unseen workloads\, and without perturbing the execution. \n\nO ur motivation is to help data center and HPC cluster operators effective ly use workload consolidation. Consolidation places many runnable entiti es on the same server to maximize hardware utilization\, but may sacrifi ce performance as threads compete for resources. Our model helps determi ne when consolidation is overly harmful to performance. Our work is the first to apply machine learning to this problem domain\, and we report o n our experience reaping the advantages of machine learning while naviga ting around its limitations. We demonstrate how the model can be used to improve performance fidelity and save power for HPC workloads. \n\nM.Sc . Examining Committee: \nDr. Alexandra Fedorova\, Senior Supervisor \nDr . Jian Pei\, Supervisor \nDr. Greg Mori\, Examiner \nDr. Arrvindh Shrira man\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6833ba7-1148-427a-ba0b-cb0051831bec SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120824T180744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120824T180744Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120924T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120924T173000 SUMMARY:Ryan Mathieson\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Ryan Mathieson\nTitle: Surface Production: The Replication an d Display of Objects\nDate: September 24th\nTime: 2:30pm\nLocation: Auda in Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f138e6d8-b450-47db-940c-e4e7b9c2285e SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120829T182620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120829T182620Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120924T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120924T130000 SUMMARY:Anna Marie Repstock\, MFA Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Title: Sign Painting\nDate: September 24th\nTime: 10am\nLocat ion: Audain Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\n LOCATION:Audain Gallery\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c467f71a-dda9-4556-bac8-ba591cde0887 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120911T161728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120911T161728Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120918T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120918T130000 SUMMARY:Hazel Walling\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Hazel Walling (Supervisor Dr. Leah Bendell)\, MSc Thesis Defe nce\n\nThesis Title: Structural and functional responses to metal-enric hed leaf material in small streams\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Dept. of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b232c2f8-a611-4238-9099-4efebd9c4ed2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120910T192617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120910T192617Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120918T133000 SUMMARY:Patrick Shao-Kai Chen\, PhD defence DESCRIPTION:Presentation: Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products and Analogues \n\nLocation: Thesis Defence room LIB 2020\, 10:00 a.m. \n\nCh air: Dr. Hua-Zhong Yu \n\nSr. Supervisor: Dr. Peter Wilson \n\nCommittee members: Dr. George Agnes\, Dr. Robert Britton \n\nInternal examiner: D r. Tim Storr \n\nExternal examiner: Dr. Alexander G. Fallis \n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:315c2071-cd64-4641-99fb-218989263521 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120918T223256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120918T223256Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T123000 SUMMARY:Jeffrey (JJ) Hill\, MA Project Defence\, Graduate Liberal Studies LOCATION:HC 2520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6fb57986-352f-47c2-ad7b-656528b710f9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120914T224421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120914T224421Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120925T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120925T121500 SUMMARY:Azin Dastpak\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENSE \n\nAzin Dastpak \n\nB.Sc.\, Sharif Univ ersity of Technology\, Iran 2009 \n\nTuesday\, September 25\, 2012\, 10: 30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nCOPY DETECTION OF 3D VIDEOS \n\nAb stract \n\nIn recent years\, there has been a tremendous growth in multi media applications over the wireless Internet. The significant bandwidth usage and quality of service requirement for multimedia transmission ha s increased the demand for radio spectrum. The scarcity of prime spectru m has challenged \nthe conventional fixed spectrum assignment policy. As a result\, Cognitive radio emerged as a new paradigm to address the spe ctrum underutilization problem by enabling unlicensed users to opportuni stically access the unused spectrum bands. In this thesis\, we propose a framework for video transmission over cognitive radio networks. Our obj ective is to determine the optimal streaming policy\, optimal enhancemen t layer bit rate of each frame\, in order to maximize the overall percei ved video quality while keeping quality fluctuation at minimum. In our f ramework we introduce a channel usage pattern model based on the two-sta te Markov model and estimate the future busy and idle \nduration of spec trum based on past observations. On the basis of this scheme\, we formul ate the streaming optimization problem under the constraint of the avail able bandwidth budget so that the optimal number of enhancement layer bi ts are assigned to each frame. We extend this algorithm for three differ ent optimization levels: frame\, GOP and scene. We evaluate our algorith m through \nextensive trace-driven simulation\, and show it improves the received video quality and increases bandwidth utilization. \nM.Sc. Exa mining Committee: \nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, Supervisor \nDr. Qianping Gu\, Examiner \nTBA\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70a49385-f9ac-4f13-a846-7dbc88868970 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120612T163141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T163141Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120810T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120810T130000 SUMMARY:Melanie Hart\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Melanie Hart (Supervisor Dr. Felix Breden)\, PhD Thesis Defen ce\n\nThesis Title: Making waves: The use of sound by a mosquito and t hree moth species\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, IRMACS CENTRE\, IRMACS THEATRE room 10900 LOCATION:IRMACS Theatre 10900 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b9c49ec5-e905-4be9-af07-70bca9b8cb4a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120713T162056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120713T162056Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120810T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120810T150000 SUMMARY: Danica Matheson Thesis Defence MA\, Education LOCATION:Blusson Hall 10031 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dccc474c-e9c1-4932-a93c-2d78d01762f4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120719T224141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120719T224141Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120810T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120810T163000 SUMMARY:Jordan Barnes\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Measuring the Hebbian Components of Selective A ttention Using Eye-tracking and Dynamic Field Theory\n \nChair: Dr. Ralp h Mistlberger\nCommittee: Dr. Mark Blair\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Tim Ra cine\nDr. Paul Tupper\n \nExternal Examiner: Dr. John Alderete\, Associa te Professor\, Department of Linguistics\, Simon Fraser University\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0c55d665-201a-435a-8bab-0bb85a1102c2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120619T204149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120619T204149Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T170000 SUMMARY:Lesley K. Shelley\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Lesley Kathleen Shelley (Supervisor Dr. Chris Kennedy)\, PhD Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Endocrine-immune interactions and the i mmunotoxicity of endocrine disrupting chemicals in rainbow trout (Oncorh ynchus mykiss)\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Biological Science s Seminar room B9242\n LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f1c4b3f9-8e26-482f-8f76-1e55b669faad SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120629T211300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120629T211300Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T170000 SUMMARY:Tammy Wong\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Gene Identification in Caenorhabditis elegans through Next Generation Sequencing \n\nDr. Jack Chen (Sr. Supervisor) \ nDr. David Baillie \nDr. Nancy Hawkins \nDr. Fiona Brinkman (Public Exam iner) \n\nDr. Edgar Young (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e33558c1-2618-40c1-ae00-cf4fe06af80d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120711T172214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120711T172214Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T160000 SUMMARY:Peter Smith\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Studies of selected modulated two-dimensional fermionic syste ms \n\nIn this thesis\, three examples of fermionic systems in two dimen sions in which spatial modulations either arise spontaneously or are ext ernally imposed are studied using a combination of numerical and analyti cal techniques. First\, the effects of Landau level mixing on charge den sity wave (CDW) formation in quantum Hall systems is studied. It is show n that the tendency towards CDW formation in quantum Hall systems surviv es in the presence of Landau level mixing. A Landau free energy theory i s then developed using the Hartree-Fock approximation to describe the po ssible CDW states that may arise when mixing is strong enough to bring t wo energy levels near degeneracy. The possible orderings that can take p lace for the specific example of Rashba spin-orbit coupling as a basis f or Landau level mixing are then considered. Second\, the effect of disor der on quantities reflecting superconducting tendencies in the checkerbo ard Hubbard model is studied using exact diagonalization calculations. T he results suggest that spatial modulations in the hopping parameters of the Hubbard model lead to a robustness to disorder for $d$-wave superco nductivity. Third\, a tight-binding model whose low energy excitations a re relativistic fermions with two different Fermi velocities is introduc ed. It is shown numerically that these birefringent fermions have the no vel property that there exist fractionalized zero-modes that break vorte x-anti-vortex symmetry for an appropriately chosen topological defect. I n each system\, spatial modulations in the real-space properties of the system have a non-trivial effect on the observed physics. \n\nExamining Committee \n\nChair: Dr. Jeffrey McGuirk \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Malc olm Kennett \nSupervisor: Dr. David Broun \nSupervisor: Dr. Igor Herbut \n\nSFU Examiner: Dr. George Kirczenow \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Rachel Wortis\, Department of Physics & Astronomy\, Trent University LOCATION:Bennett Library Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cdc1e1cc-9e5a-4f8f-b42d-c0d82b5c19fc SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20120731T230535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120731T230535Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120814T150000 SUMMARY:Jesús Alejandro Hernández Ramírez\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology DESCRIPTION:TITLE: \nColombian and Mexican Youth Migration and Acculturat ion Experiences: The Shaping of Identities in Metropolitan Vancouver \n\ nABSTRACT: \nThis qualitative study explores the acculturation processes and the shaping of identities of 17 foreign-born Colombian and Mexican young adults living in Metropolitan Vancouver\, aged 19 to 30 years. The research analyzed both participants’ acculturation processes in the edu cation and employment spheres and their inter-relationship with youth’s shaping of identities\, mediated by their ethnicity and class locations. Using a mixture of subject-oriented oral histories and semi-structured interviews\, the findings signal that participants shaped their identiti es based on oppositional but negotiable terms with a predominant Anglo-C anadian identity\, as well as with a new developed Latino pan-ethnic ide ntity\, where class location played a significant role. Since immigrant Latin Americans constitute a young and rapidly growing visible minority group in Canada\, and there is a few but growing literature focusing on this population\, this research makes an important and timely contributi on to our knowledge and understanding of youth\, identities\, and immigr ation in Canada. \n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE: \n\nChair: Dr. Cindy Patton\, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Gerardo Otero\, Professor of Sociology \nCommittee Member: Dr. Barbara Mitchell \, Professor of Sociology and Gerontology \nExternal/External Examiner: Dr. Wendy D. Roth\, Assistant Professor of Sociology\, UBC LOCATION:AQ 5067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06289231-aea7-4763-b37d-32baf21fec3c SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120620T164212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120620T164212Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120815T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120815T163000 SUMMARY:Amey Dhopeshwarkar\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Amey Dhopeshwarkar (Supervisor Dr. Russell Nicholson)\, PhD T hesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Actions of benzophenanthridine alkaloids and various synthetic compounds on the cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor pat hway of mouse brain with particular reference to the effects on [3H]CP55 940 and [3H]SR141716A binding\, interference with basal and CP55940-stim ulated [35S]GTPgS binding\, and modification of WIN55212-2-dependent inh ibition of L-glutamate release from synaptosomes \n\nDefence Location: B urnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) LOCATION:Bennett LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43853e09-82b4-420c-8ff1-43a4378922db SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120716T173555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120716T173555Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120815T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120815T130000 SUMMARY:Sonia Milbradt\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Microwave Spectroscopy of Organic Superconductors\n\nOrganic superconductors\, discovered in 1979\, continue to be of immense interes t in condensed matter physics because they provide a clean realization o f low dimensional electronic systems in which kinetic and potential ener gies are finely balanced. Of particular interest in our context is the n eed to reconcile contradictory evidence regarding the symmetry of the Co oper pair wave function.\nHigh resolution microwave spectroscopy has bee n used to carry out electrodynamic measurements on single crystals of κ- (BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br and κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(SCN)2. Cavity perturbation m easurements were carried out at a frequency of 2.91 GHz at temperatures down to 0.1 K. A microwave magnetic field was applied perpendicular to t he conducting planes to induce in-plane screening currents. In both samp les\, measurements of superfluid density reveal clear regimes of linear temperature dependence at intermediate temperatures with crossovers at l ow temperatures to higher temperature power laws. This result is consist ent with d-wave superconductivity in the presence of strong disorder.\n\ nExamining Committee\n\nDr. Nancy Forde\, Chair\n\nDr. David Broun\, Sen ior Supervisor\nDr. Michael Hayden\, Supervisor\nDr. Malcolm Kennett\, S upervisor\n\nDr. Jeffrey McGuirk\, SFU Examiner LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e1ee6b31-aef2-4a68-a348-cb1e06477f5c SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120810T174709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120810T174709Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120815T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120815T150000 SUMMARY:Caitlyn M. McColeman\, MA Thesis Defense\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: The Influence of Salience and Similarity on Sel ective Attention\n \nChair: Dr. Ralph Mistlberger\nCommittee: Dr. Mark B lair\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Thomas Spalek\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Ch ung-hye Han\, Associate Professor\, Department of Linguistics\, Simon Fr aser University \n LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:718bc84a-4fa6-4d6f-b9aa-cd8a3237df98 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120621T180409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120621T180409Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120808T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120808T110000 SUMMARY:Chiaka Drakes\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\n(Sr. Supervisor: JF Williams) \n\nTitle: \nMathematical Mod elling: From Novice To Expert \n\nAbstract:\nThis study strives to under stand how mathematical modelling is perceived by novice\, intermediate a nd expert modellers\, through comparing and contrasting their understand ing and habits of modelling. The study adopted a qualitative methodology based on observations\, interviews and surveys of 81 participants. This included 14 experts who are professors\, 14 intermediates consisting of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows\, and 53 undergraduates or novices. The study incorporated interviews of the professors and the maj ority of the post-graduate participants\, while questionnaires were util ized to understand the perspective of the undergraduate students. The st udy revealed that the majority of expert participants see modelling as a collaborative effort. There is a dichotomy among them regarding whether mathematical modelling is the setting up of a mathematical model alone\ , which is deemed an art\, or if it includes the solving of the model\, which is more a science. These differences have implications on how mode lling is taught and how novices and intermediates in turn will view the modelling process. Experts also vary in their opinion on whether models must be verifiable or not. One key feature of the experts’ approach is t hat they begin by assuming that they do not understand the question aske d and work to ensure that they do. This is despite their superior abilit y to solve problems. Intermediate participants were more forth-coming wi th their emotions on modelling than experts\; they cited research as opp osed to collaboration as their primary means of dealing with barriers ar ising during the modelling process\, and gave credit to intuition as a s kill needed for solving - something not mentioned among the experts. Nov ices were the most descriptive about their feelings when modelling. They conveyed a tendency to be more passive when encountering barriers\, wai ting for help or giving up as opposed to actively working through the pr oblems. Many of our results\, including those mentioned above\, have imp lications for the teaching of effective mathematical modelling. LOCATION:IRMACS 10908 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1535205-c89f-49a8-8bee-faacbf57f323 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120801T175959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120801T175959Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120808T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120808T123000 SUMMARY:Clare Protheroe\, M.Sc Thesis Defense DESCRIPTION:Investigating Syncope in Children and Adolescents \n\nAbstrac t \n\nSyncope\, or fainting\, is a heterogeneous condition and hence dif ficult to diagnose. Treatments for syncope are vast and largely ineffect ive because individual variability impacts success. Research into the me chanisms and treatment of syncope has focused on adults\, despite 15-25% of children experiencing episodes. Thus\, we aimed to investigate synco pe in children and adolescents and explore a non-pharmacological approac h to its treatment. \nWe conducted cardiovascular autonomic function tes ting (Valsalva manoeuvre\, cerebral reactivity to hypo- and hypercapnia\ , and orthostatic stress testing) to evaluate cardiovascular factors pre disposing to syncope in 21 children. We also evaluated the efficacy of g raded calf compression stockings for the treatment of syncope in 15 youn g adults. \nWe found that (1) autonomic function testing in children was appropriate\, but current diagnostic criteria may need to be altered fo r paediatric populations\; and (2) the utility of calf compression stock ings to improve orthostatic tolerance is dependent on specific anthropom etric variables. \n\nKeywords: syncope\; paediatric\; autonomic function testing\; orthostatic tolerance. \n LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66f32d0b-be20-417f-a059-874949c3182d SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120625T213536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120625T213536Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120803T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120803T130000 SUMMARY:VAN: EdD Defence\, Kim Lockhart DESCRIPTION:\nStudent: Kim Lockhart \n\n\nThesis: \nL'identité profession nelle des enseignants de l'immersion français en Colombie-Britannique \n \n\n\nDate: Friday\, August 3\, 2012\nTime: 10:00 AM\nLocation: SFU Vanc ouver\, Room 2200\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Marianne Jacquet\nMember: Dr . Diane Dagenais\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Roumi Illieva\nExternal Examine r: Dr. Sylvie Roy\, Faculty of Education\, University of Calgary\n\nChai r: Dr. David Kaufman\n LOCATION:VAN: SFU Van (HC) room 2200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4f559f70-8579-42e7-b13a-a489a3d2fdb0 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120626T202238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120626T202238Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120803T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120803T120000 SUMMARY:Yuanxun (Bill) Bao\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Departmen t DESCRIPTION:\n(Sr. Supervisor: David Muraki)\n\nTitle: On the Parametric Instabilities of Internal Gravity Waves in a Density-Stratified Fluid\n\ nAbstract:\nThe parametric instability of a finite-amplitude\, internal gravity wave is a widely studied process in atmospheric and oceanic flui d dynamics\, and has been extensively investigated through experiments a nd direct numerical simulations. The mathematical approach of the Floque t-Fourier method leads to a linear algebraic computation of Floquet expo nents (stability eigenvalues) as a function of disturbance wavenumbers. The number of numerical eigenvalues is determined by the truncation of t he Fourier series in the Floquet solution of the linearized Boussinesq e quations. Yet\, the physical linear dispersion relation for the frequenc y eigenvalues is only a double-valued function of wavenumbers. We invest igate this ambiguity in the eigenvalue count through the development of resonant-mode perturbation analyses that identify the physically relevan t instabilities. Our choice of Floquet exponents is interpreted as branc hes of a Riemann surface from the complex analysis of Floquet spectral t heory.\n LOCATION:PIMS Room 8500\, TASC 2 Bldg\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b8f77a59-0ba0-4c80-9ba8-79209ecaa24f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120626T171101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120626T171101Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120807T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120807T120000 SUMMARY:Justin Meskas\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Department DESCRIPTION:\n(Sr. Supervisor: Razvan Fetecau)\n\nTitle:\n"A nonlocal kin etic model for predator-prey interactions in two dimensions"\n\nAbstract :\nEulerian models based on integro-differential equations may be used t o model collective behaviour\, by treating the group of individuals as p opulation densities. In comparison with Lagrangian models\, where one t racks distinct individuals\, Eulerian models are formulated as evolution equations for the density field\, and hence permit rigorous analysis to be performed. The population densities are influenced by the social in teractions of attraction\, repulsion and alignment. We introduce a new m odel for predator-prey dynamics that generalizes a previous integro-diff erential equation model by introducing the predator dynamics and a blind zone for the prey. Extensive simulations were performed to showcase th e realism of the model\, and these simulations are presented in four sta ges. First\, the prey reacts solely due to interactions with itself. S econd\, a stationary predator distribution is introduced. Third\, the p redator’s distribution remains fixed but moves in a predetermined fashio n. Finally\, the predator dynamics are governed by equations analogous to those of the prey. Variations in the size of the blind zone for the prey are explored that can determine whether a prey cluster stays togeth er or splits apart. The prey and predator demonstrate realistic behavio urs that are seen in nature. LOCATION:PIMS 8500\, TASC 2 Bldg Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5a35961a-ddaa-41b7-a369-d396c858c381 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120626T213549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120626T213549Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120809T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120809T173000 SUMMARY:Fatima Ahmed\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Profiling antibody responses to engineered HIV- 1 gp120 antigens \n\nDr. Ralph Pantophlet (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Jamie S cott \nDr. Jonathan Choy \nDr. Lisa Craig (Public Examiner) \n\nDr. Rob Holt (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1aa10927-b0a4-48f6-aa2c-44e67691be6a SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120628T172025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120628T172025Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120809T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120809T120000 SUMMARY:Iain Crump\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics Department DESCRIPTION:\n(Sr. Supervisor: Karen Yeats)\n\nTitle: \nForbidden minors for 3-connected graphs with no non-splitting 5-configurations\n\n\nAbstr act: For a set of five edges\, a graph splits if one of the associated D odgson polynomials is equal to zero. A graph G splitting for every set o f five edges is a minor-closed property. As such there is a finite set o f forbidden minors F such that if a graph H does not contain a minor iso morphic to any graph in F\, then H splits. In this paper we prove that i f a graph G is simple\, 3-connected\, and splits\, then G must not conta in any minors isomorphic to K5\, K3\,3\, the octahedron\, the cube\, or a graph that is a single delta-Y transformation away from the cube. As s uch this is the set of all simple 3-connected forbidden minors. The comp lete set of 2-connected or non-simple forbidden minors remains unresolve d\, though a number have been found.\n LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7d6b10a7-68a4-4cdb-9732-f7a401138f1a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120705T183724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120705T183724Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120802T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120802T120000 SUMMARY:M.A. Thesis Defence - Ms. Sarah Rizun - Criminology LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9cf4765d-436c-405f-9a35-1bd20ac37b5f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120713T192945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120713T192945Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120824T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120824T163000 SUMMARY:Norann Richard - PhD Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Ingroup Identification’s Effects on the Recou nting of and Reactions to Discrimination\n \nChair: Dr. Kathleen Slaney\ nCommittee: Dr. Stephen Wright\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Michael Schmitt\ nDr. David Cox\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Kumari Beck\, Faculty of Educatio n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Alexander Czopp\, Department of Psychology\, W estern Washington University\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c784578-95a9-4f79-837e-f5da3f50329e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120726T204116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120726T204116Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120824T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120824T120000 SUMMARY:Golnar Zandpour\, MET Project Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Golnar Zandpour (Supervisor Dr. F. Gobas)\, MET Project Defen ce\n\nProject Title: Development and Evaluation of a Multimedia Environ mental Fate and Food Web Model for Phthalate Esters in False Creek\, Bri tish Columbia\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Dept. of Biological Science s\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ef099be-95ca-421c-ac74-d64e83838df2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120716T154143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120716T154143Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120820T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120820T150000 SUMMARY:Hua Zheng\, MSc Defence\, MSc\, Statitics & Actuarial Scienc DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \n\nHua Zheng - MSc Defence \nDepartment of St atistics & Actuarial Science \nRoom: ASB 10908 \nTitle: Statistical Mode lling of Temporary Stream Flow in Canadian Prairie Provinces \n\n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:af3f31e7-6624-4af5-a3c5-d4464eda8cd4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120717T185346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120717T185346Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120820T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120820T140000 SUMMARY:Peter Budnik\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Structural Characterization of Fe/PD/Fe/GaAs(001) Thin Films by X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy\n\nThe small lateral dim ensions of spintronic devices and high density memory bits require the e mployment of magnetic ultrathin metallic ?lm structures. In magnetic tri layer systems of the form ferromagnetic/non-ferromagnetic/ferromagnatic the magnetic moments in the ferromagnetic ?lm are locked together by exc hange coupling through the non-magnetic spacer layer. The magnetic behav iour in these systems - the magnetic anisotropy and interlayer coupling - is strongly dependent on the thickness of the layers\, the nature of t he interface between layers\, the strain in the layers and the extent of any interdi?usion or reaction between layers and substrate. Understandi ng the structure is a critical component of developing the correct inter pretation of the magnetic behaviour.\n\nThe Molecular Beam Epitaxy facil ity\, MBE-1\, was developed for use on the undulator beamline of the Pac i?c Northwest Consortium Collaborative Access Team at the Advanced\nPhot on Source to permit in situ epitaxial growth of metal ?lms and their str uctural characterization by synchrotron radiation techniques. In this th esis it was used to characterize iron/palladium/iron on the GaAs(001) tr ilayer system. Three categories of samples were prepared and examined in situ. Iron ?lms were deposited on the 4?6-reconstructed surface of GaAs (001) with thicknesses ranging from 0.5 to 38.5 monolayers. Palladium ?l ms were deposited on iron as follows: 1 monolayer palladium on 9 monolay ers of iron\, and 3.5 and 7 monolayers palladium on 24 and 38.5 monolaye rs of iron. Finally\, iron ?lms 4 and 10 monolayers thick were deposited on 7 monolayers of palladium.\n\nThe polarization-dependent X-ray absor ption ?ne structure (XAFS) technique in total reflection mode was employ ed to examine the samples and compare in-plane to out-of-\nplane structu re in these ?lms. This technique allows to extract nearest neighbour rad ial distances\, coordination numbers and mean square relative displaceme nt to characterize the\nprobed system\, while being sensitive to the ato mic species of both absorber and scatterer.\n\nIron and palladium K-edge spectra were obtained both above and below the critical angle for total reflection. Near 4 monolayers for iron ?lms on GaAs(001)\, a transition from\nisland to layer-by-layer growth modes is accompanied by the obser vation of a distortion of the iron to a body-centered tetragonal structu re (as compared to bulk body-centered cubic iron) with a c=a ratio of 1. 030(8)\, with no thickness dependence observed to 38.5 monolayers. The i ntermediate palladium layer shows distortion from its natural face-cente red cubic structure to face-centered tetragonal structure. Alloying at t he interface with the underlying iron is restricted to a depth of 0.5-1. 0 monolayers. The upper layer of iron shows tetragonal distortion simila r to the layers of iron grown on GaAs(001)-4?6. There is also evidence o f alloy formation at the interface involving the underlying palladium wi th the thickness of the alloy region being 2-2.5 monolayers.\n\nExaminin g Committee\n\nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Dary l Crozier\nSupervisor: Dr. Karen Kavanagh\nSupervisor: Dr. Bret Heinrich \n\nSFU Examiner: Dr. Neil Alberding\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. T.K. Sham \, University of Western Ontario\n LOCATION:P8445.2 Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1e989634-c8d0-423b-b12a-19fe07cfd75f SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120806T015801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120806T015801Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120820T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120820T120000 SUMMARY:Anna Di Carlo\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Anna Di Carlo (Supervisor Dr. Z. Punja)\, MSc Thesis Defence \n\nTitle: Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Pseudomonas sp ecies on blueberry plants \n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Dept. of Biolog ical Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7dff0520-895e-4663-9e4e-cb3c86e25840 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120719T200822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120719T200822Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120823T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120823T140000 SUMMARY:Charles Eyrich\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Exchange Stiffness in Thin-Film Co Alloys \n\nThe exchange st iffness (Aex) is one of the key parameters controlling magnetization rev ersal in magnetic materials but is very difficult to measure\, especiall y in thin films. We developed a new technique for measuring the exchange stiffness of a magnetic material based on the formation of a spin spira l within two antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic films [1]. Usin g this method\, we were able to measure the exchange stiffness of thin f ilm Co alloyed with Cr\, Fe\, Ni\, Pd\, Pt and Ru. The results of this w ork showed that the rate at which a substituent element reduces the exch ange stiffness is not directly related to its effect on the magnetizatio n of the alloy. These measured trends have been understood by combining measurements of element specific magnetic moments obtained using X-ray m agnetic circular dichroism (XMCD)\, and material specific modeling based on density functional theory (DFT) within the local density approximati on (LDA). The experimental results also hint at significant reduction of the exchange stiffness at the interface that can account for the differ ence between our results and those obtained on bulk materials. \n\n[1] E rol Girt\, W. Huttema\, O. N. Mryasov\, E. Montoya\, B. Kardasz\, C. Eyr ich\, B. Heinrich\, A. Yu. Dobin\, O. Karis\, J. Appl. Phys.\, 109\, 07B 765 (2011). \n\nExamining Committee \n\nDr. J. Steven Dodge\, Chair \n\n Dr. Erol Girt\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Bret Heinrich\, Co-supervisor \n Dr. Simon Watkins\, Supervisor \n\nDr. David Broun\, SFU Examiner \n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0172b360-669c-4c06-aeaa-ce796401275a SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120720T183549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120720T183549Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120823T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120823T133000 SUMMARY:Mariam Klait\, MA Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:Examining Committee: \n\nPaul Sedra - Sr. Supervisor \nDerryl MacLean - Supervisor \nThomas Kuehn - Supervisor \nKenneth Seigneurie - External - World Literature\,SFU \nAndrea Geiger - Chair \n\nThesis Tit le: Narrating Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Space\, Civil Society and the Social Economy of Refugees LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9678132f-89ed-4045-b253-d8cd740791ba SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120720T184129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120720T184129Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120823T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120823T163000 SUMMARY:Ivan Antak\, MA Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:Examining Committee: \n\nJack Little - Sr. Supervisor \nElean or Stebner - Supervisor\nRobert MacDonald - External - History\, Unversi ty of British Columbia\nElise Chenier - Chair \n\nThesis Title: "John Ro bson and His Faith: Church and State in Late Nineteenth Century British Columbia". LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ca473b2-5ded-4aeb-b333-147c0a13d6b2 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120720T182541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120720T182541Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120816T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120816T130000 SUMMARY:Timothy Stielow\, MA Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:Examining Committee: \n\nAndrea Geiger - Sr. Supervisor \nJan ice Matsumura - Supervisor \nJordan Stanger-Ross - External - University of Victoria \nMary-Ellen Kelm - Chair \n\nThesis Title: No Quarter Requ ired: Japanese Experiences and Media Distortions in the Steveston Fisher s’ Strike of 1900 \n LOCATION:Thesis Defence Room\, Bennet Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:009e5706-1388-426b-9a05-f7f3325adcd3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120725T213824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120725T213824Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120816T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120816T150000 SUMMARY:Hua Zheng\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics and Actuarial Scien ce DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \nHua Zheng - MSc Defence \nDepartment of Stat istics & Actuarial Science \nRoom: ASB 10908 \n\nTitle: Statistical Mode lling of Temporary Stream Flow in Canadian Prairie Provinces \nStatistic s & Actuarial Science - Defences \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a5ff2253-c0e7-47cd-93c4-587097402f27 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120725T213951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120725T213951Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120816T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120816T120000 SUMMARY:Jinhee Lim\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Scienc e. DESCRIPTION:Burnaby Campus \nJinhee Lim - MSc Defence \nDepartment of Sta tistics & Actuarial Science \nRoom: ASB 10908 \n\nTitle: Forecasting mov ie attendance of individual movie showings: A hierarchical Bayes approac h \n\n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9ac9661c-8f05-4240-bfac-149d87ef2de6 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120720T184046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120720T184046Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120831T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120831T130000 SUMMARY:Christine Garneau\, MA Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:Examining Committee:\n\nMary-Ellen Kelm\, Sr. Supervisor\nKar en Ferguson\, Supervisor\nSylvie Murray\, External\, History\, Universit y of the Fraser Valley\nChair: TBD\n\nThesis Title: Establishing an El ite Sport: The Men and Hounds of the National Beagle Club of America\, 1 890-1940\n LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aa83f646-129a-4026-8b60-5bb0a883fc40 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120724T190723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120724T190723Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120822T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120822T123000 SUMMARY:Sarah Reeve\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Determining the Transmission Efficiency for 3He(α\,γ)7Be in D RAGON\n\nThe cross section of the 3He(α\,γ)7Be reaction is an important quantity in numerous areas of nuclear\nastrophysics. However\, the cross section is not well known at centre of mass energies above\nErel = 1.5 MeV where only two discrepant data sets currently exist. In September of 2011\, four\n3He(α\,γ)7Be cross section measurements above Erel = 1.5 M eV were made using the direct 7Be\nrecoil detection method with the DRAG ON (Detector of Recoils And Gammas Of Nuclear reactions)\nrecoil mass se parator at TRIUMF. Since 100% recoil detection efficiency is not possibl e\nwith DRAGON\, a two stage Monte Carlo simulation has been completed t o determine the recoil\ntransmission efficiency for each 3He(α\,γ)7Be cr oss section measurement. This thesis describes the\nsimulation\, discuss es its results\, and draws conclusions relevant to future experiments.\n iii\n\nExamining Committee\n\nDr. J. Steven Dodge\, Chair\n\nDr. Bernd S telzer\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Barry Davids\, Co-Supervisor\n\nDr. Howa rd Trottier\, Supervisor\n\nDr. Levon Pogosian\, Examiner LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d5e51714-8142-4708-aeab-583ee318e8e7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120803T210816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120803T210816Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120829T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120829T170000 SUMMARY:Natalie Murphy\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Microwave frequency vortex dynamics of the heavy fermion supe rconductor CeCoIn5\n\nExamining Committee\n\nChair: Dr. Patricia Mooney\ n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. David Broun\nSupervisor: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n Supervisor: Dr. Erol Girt\n\nInternal Examiner: Dr. George Kirczenow LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e289b70f-4995-4e9f-96a0-730c437bcdc1 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120821T200842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120821T200842Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120829T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120829T120000 SUMMARY:Rachel Huang\, MSc thesis defence DESCRIPTION:Rachel Huang\, M.Sc. \nWednesday\, August 29\, 2012 \n10:00 a .m. presentation LIB-2020 \nSupervisor: Dr. Tim Storr \nCommittee member s: Dr. Rob Britton\, Dr. Byron Gates \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Charles Wa lsby \n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e9b803d8-9dbb-4844-aacd-0ce337fde243 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120808T215048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120808T215048Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120828T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120828T130000 SUMMARY:Jeremy Morrow\, EdD Thesis Examination DESCRIPTION:\nEdD Defence \n\nStudent: Jeremy Morrow \n\nThesis Title: \n Through the Lens of the Rural Lifeworld: A Phenomenological investigatio n of the Rural School Principalship \n\n\n\nDate: August 28\, 2012 \n\nT ime: 10:00 AM \n\nLocation: SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre) Room 2200 \n\ nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Milt McClaren\, Professor Emeritus \nMember: Dr. Harry Janzen\, Adjunct Professor \nMember: Dr. Keven Elder\, Superinten dent and CEO \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Byron Robbie\, Adjunct Professor \ nExternal Examiner: Dr. Paul Shaw\, President\, Southern Cross Education (Canada) Inc. \n\nChair: Dr. G LOCATION:SFU Vancouver room 2200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12b4d95c-ab34-4589-85d6-23370c91cc02 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120807T221236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120807T221236Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120828T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120828T190000 SUMMARY:SeyedMohsen Jamali\, PhD Thesis defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nSeyedMohsen Jamali \n\nB.Sc. Compute r Engineering\, Sharif University of Technology\, Iran\, 2005 \nM.Sc. Co mputer Engineering\, Sharif University of Technology\, Iran\, 2007 \n\nT uesday August 28th\, 2012 5:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle: \nPROBABI LISTIC MODELS FOR RECOMMENDATION IN SOCIAL NETWORKS \n\n\nRecommender sy stems are becoming tools of choice to select the online information rele vant to a given user. Collaborative filtering is the most popular approa ch to building recommender systems and has been successfully employed in many applications. However\, collaborative filtering based approaches p erform poorly for \nso-called cold start users. With the advent of onlin e social networks\, the social network based approach to recommendation has emerged. This approach assumes a social network among users and make s recommendations for a user based on the ratings of the users that have direct or indirect social relations with the given user. \nAs one of th eir major benefits\, social network based approaches have been shown to reduce the problems with cold start users. In this research we propose n ovel methods to address the recommendation problem in online social netw orks. To better understand the underlying mechanisms of user behavior in a social network\, we first \npropose a model to capture the temporal d ynamics of user behavior based on different effects influencing the beha vior of users in rating items and creating social relations (e.g. social influence\, social selection and transitivity of relations). Then we pr opose a memory based approach based on random walk models to perform \nr ecommendation in social networks. Matrix factorization is the most promi nent model based approach for collaborative recommendation. We extend ma trix factorization and propose a model that takes into account the socia l network as well as the rating matrix. Finally\, we present a mixed mem bership community based model for recommendation in social networks base d on stochastic block models. This model is capable of performing both r ating and link prediction. \n\nAll methods have been experimentally eval uated and compared against \nstate-of-the-art methods on real life data sets from Epinions.com\, \nFlixster.com and Flickr.com. The Flixster dat a set has been crawled \nand published as part of the research during th is thesis. \nExperimental results show that our proposed models achieve \nsubstantial quality gains compared to the existing methods. \n\n\n\n\n Ph.D. Examining Committee: \nDr. Martin Ester\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Jian Pei\, Supervisor \nDr. Oliver Schulte\, Internal Examiner \nDr.\, E xternal Examiner \nDr. Joseph Peters\, Chair \n\n\n LOCATION:TASc1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de611bfb-b687-437c-9dce-ab93e08e15e7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120808T230318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120808T230318Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T160000 SUMMARY:Kayi Chan\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Kayi Chan (Senior Supervisor Dr. Leah Bendell)\, MSc Thesis D efence\n\nThesis Title: Potential effects of an invasive bivalve\, Nutt alia obscurata\, on biogeochemical cycling in the intertidal\n\nLocation : Burnaby Campus\, Dept. of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences S eminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f5aa0641-0265-4f4c-affc-ee1bfe2e8ca2 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120821T204238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120821T204238Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T160000 SUMMARY:Roanne D. Millman\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Communication Quality as a Moderator of the Int erplay Between Newlyweds’ Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction\n\nChair: Dr. Robert McMahon \nCommittee: Dr. Rebecca Cobb\, Senior Supervisor \n Dr. Kim Bartholomew \n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Lori A. Brotto\, Associat e Professor\, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology\, The University of British Columbia \n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:757c493d-f45e-47e1-acda-f9d0a3c500ab SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120718T201413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120718T201413Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T160000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Carl-Johan Carling DESCRIPTION:SSB-7172 \nTitle: The Use of Upconverting Nanoparticles to Dr ive Organic Photoreactions. \nMonday\, August 27\, 2012 \n1:00 pm \nChai r: tba \nSenior Supervisor: Neil Branda \nSupervisors: Gary Leach\, Rob Britton \nInternal Examiner: Tim Storr \nExternal Examiner: Peter Wan\, University of Victoria CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c25f1849-227f-4fae-b68a-0363dd29b79b SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120815T154005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120815T154005Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120827T123000 SUMMARY:Yin Chu Yeh\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\n\nYin Chu Yeh \n\nB.Sc.\, University of British Columbia\, Vancouver BC\, 2010 \n\n\nMonday\, August 27\, 20 12 10:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\n\nTitle: \n\nIDENTIFYING PCB CONTAMINA TED TRANSFORMERS THROUGH ACTIVE LEARNING \n\nAbstract \n\nExposure to po lychlorinated biphenyals (PCBs) is hazardous to human health. The United Nations Environment Programme has decreed that nations\, including Cana da and the US\, must eliminate PCB contaminated utility equipment such a s transformers by 2025. Sampling\, which imposes a non-trivial expenditu re\, is required to confirm the PCB content of a transformer. For the fi rst time\, we apply an iterative machine learning technique known as act ive learning to construct a PCB transformer identification model that ai ms to minimize the number of transformers sampled and thus reduce the to tal cost. In this thesis\, we propose a dynamic sampling size algorithm to address two key issues in active learning: the sampling size per iter ation and the stopping criterion. The proposed algorithm is evaluated us ing the real world dataset from BC Hydro in Canada. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Ke Wang\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Martin Ester\, Superv isor \nDr. Jian Pei\, Examiner \nDr. Oliver Schulte\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ea952347-e596-4abd-a6b7-ce0d822f2bab SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120816T181614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120816T181614Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121002T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121002T133000 SUMMARY:Lino Demasi\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Sr. Supervisor: Bojan Mohar\n\nTitle: \nRooted Minors and Del ta-Wye Transformations\n\nAbstract:\nIn this thesis\, we study terminal minors and delta-wye reducibility. The concept of terminal minors exten ds the notion of graph minors to the case where we have a distinguished set of vertices $T$ in our graph $G$ that must correspond to a distingui shed set of vertices $Y$ in the minor. Delta-wye reducibility concerns the study of how graphs can be reduced under a set of six operations: th e four series-parallel reductions\, delta-wye\, and wye-delta transforma tions.\n\nFor terminal minors\, we completely characterize when\, given a planar graph with four terminals\, we can find a minor of $K_{2\,4}$ i n that graph with the four terminal vertices forming the larger part of the bipartition. This is an extension of a result due to Robertson and Seymour for the case when a graph contains three terminals. For delta-w ye reducibility\, we study the problem of reducibility for the class of graphs consisting of four-terminal planar graphs. Using the results abo ut rooted $K_{2\,4}$ minors\, we are able to characterize when 3-connect ed graphs in this class are reducible. LOCATION:K9509 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a1430c3f-39b4-472e-b3d9-87f974ba6edd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120912T194527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120912T194527Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121019T160000 SUMMARY:Carlos Palomera Garcia\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Carlos Palomera Garcia (Supervisor Dr. Leah Bendell)\, PhD Th esis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Effects of land use activities in the Ayu quila river's fauna\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, IRMACS ASB 10 908 LOCATION:IRMACS ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3cf76335-d9af-4a81-916b-81b6531b0c27 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120912T200027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120912T200027Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T163000 SUMMARY:Jennifer Sunday\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Sunday (Supervisor Dr. Michael Hart)\, PhD Thesis De fence\n\nThesis Title: The evolution of reproductive divergence in the s ea\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e4ee2405-59cb-4814-8dee-fa53b00a9be9 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120914T212801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120914T212801Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121022T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121022T173000 SUMMARY:Yu Fu\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Kenneth Kasa\nAbstract:\nThis thesis consi sts of three independent essays on the fields of development economics a nd environmental economics. The first two papers use the same theoretica l model to explain different issues in developing countries. The third p aper studies the effects of population growth on the Environmental Kuzne ts Curve provided it exists.\nChina's internal migration plays an import ant role in explaining its recent economic success. The first paper cons tructs a model of labor migration\, focusing on the role of selection ef fects in determining labor market outcomes\, and then calibrates it to q uantify the effects of China's labor market reforms on its outputs and i nequality. I show that the removal of internal migration restrictions be nefits the economy as a whole\, while exacerbating inequality within bot h rural and urban areas. \nThe second paper suggests that minimum wage policy may be beneficial for a transitional economy in which labor is m igrating from rural areas to urban areas when positive moving costs occu r. With a moving cost wedge a modestly binding minimum wage can cause re latively low productivity urban workers to be replaced by higher product ivity rural migrants\, and therefore increase aggregate output. To achie ve the second best outcome\, government shall fully compensate the movin g costs for the marginal migrant workers who move from the rural industr ial sector to the urban subsistence sector and a binding minimum wage sh all be imposed on the urban workers but not the migrant workers in the u rban industrial sector.\nThe Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesi s postulates an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth a nd many local environmental health indicators. By using an overlapping g enerations (OLG) model\, I focus on technological effects\, where the pr operties of the existing pollution abatement technologies could generate the inverted U-shaped EKC and other forms of growth-pollution paths for the less advanced economies. Moreover\, I examine the effects of popula tion growth on the shape of the EKC\, provided that it exists. Simulatio ns indicate positive population growth raises the height of the EKC at e very level of output per worker\; thus\, putting an extra burden on envi ronment quality. Empirical evidence from China partially supports the re sults.\n LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f477978d-719e-4e06-9656-5ed32c4eb99c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120927T174120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120927T174120Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T180000 SUMMARY:MFA Thesis Defence - Iris Lau LOCATION:Room 4955\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, SFU Woodward's CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58eba1f1-5ffe-4d09-91f2-cb0d5d9b3444 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121001T213540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121001T213540Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T123000 SUMMARY:Hassan Khosravi\, PhD Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nHassan Khosravi \n\nBachelor's degre e\, Shahid Bahonar University\, 2005 \nMaster's degree\, AmirKabir Unive rsity of Technology\, 2007 \n\nFriday\, October 12th\, 2012 10:30 a.m. T ASC1 9204 West \n\nDIRECTED MODELS FOR STATISTICAL RELATIONAL LEARNING \ n\nStatistical Relational Learning is a new branch of machine learning t hat aims to model a joint distribution over relational data. Relational data consists of \ndifferent types of objects where each object is chara cterized with a dierent set of attributes. The structure of relational d ata presents an opportunity for objects to carry additional information via their links and enables the model to show correlations among objects and their relationships. This dissertation focuses on learning graphica l models for such data. \n\nLearning graphical models for relational dat a is much more challenging than learning graphical models for propositio nal data. One of the challenges of learning graphical models for relatio nal data is that relational data\, unlike propositional data\, is non In dependent and identically distributed and cannot be viewed in a single t able. \nRelational data can be modeled using a graph\, where objects are the nodes and relationships between the objects are the edges. In this graph\, there may be multiple edges between two nodes because objects ma y have dierent types of relationships with each other. The existence of multiple paths of different length among objects makes the learning proc edure much harder than learning from a single table. We use a lattice se arch approach with lifted learning to deal with the multiple path proble m. \n\nMy dissertation focuses on learning the structure of Markov Logic Networks\, which are a first order extension of Markov Random Fields. O ur approach combines the scalability and efficiency of learning in direc ted relational models\, and the inference power and theoretical foundati ons of undirected relational models. We utilize Parametrized Bayes nets\ , an extension of Bayesian networks based on first order \nlogic\, for l earning class-level or first-order dependencies\, which model the genera l database statistics over attributes of linked objects and their links. We then convert the Parametrized Bayes net to a Markov Logic Network us ing the standard moralization procedure (marry spouses\, omit edge direc tions). \n\nExperimental results indicate that our methods are two order s of magnitude faster\, and predictive metrics are superior or competiti ve with state-of-the-art Markov Logic Network learners on six benchmark datasets. \n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee: \nDr. Oliver Oschulte\, Senio r Supervisor \nDr. Martin Ester\, Supervisor \nDr. Jim Delgrande\, Inter nal Examiner \nDr. Lise Getoor\, External Examiner \nDr. Anoop Sarkar\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:012a088e-54ca-45e8-9d41-bc24bdf4a8cd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121003T173456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121003T173456Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T180000 SUMMARY:Kenneth Lam\, Phd Thesis Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Robert Jones\nThesis Title: Credit Rating Transitions and Observable Covariates\nAbstract:\nInvestors benefit from measuring and forecasting potential changes in the credit risk of se-\n curities. This paper examines the linkage between observable macroeconom ic variables and\ncredit rating transitions of U.S. residential mortgage -backed securities (RMBS). I specify a\nfully-parametric\, heterogeneous credit rating intensity model\, then use maximum likelihood\nand forwar d selection methods to determine the significant covariates and correspo nding rating\ntransition intensities over time. These estimated intensit ies are converted to transition prob-\nabilities over intervals by numer ically solving simple forward differential equations. I use a\nmodified exponential distributed model to generate rating transition replicate re cords to study\ntheir sample distributions.\nMajor findings are that RMB S having different levels of risk have different statistically\nsignific ant covariates to which they are related and have quite different sample distributions.\nThere is no evidence that rating agencies do not rate t hrough the business cycle. RMBS in-\nvestors should be alert to the fact that AAA securities of different RMBS classes have different\ntransitio n probabilities over time. Also\, the transition probabilities generated from covariates\ndata from 2007 forecast a sharp increase in the probab ility of credit downgrades for Subprime\nRMBS after the 2007 crisis. Rat ings data is from the Standard & Poors CreditPro Structured\nFinance Dat abase from 1978 to the second quarter of 2007.\nKeywords: Credit rating transitions\, Residential mortgage-backed securities\, Subprime crisis LOCATION:Library Thesis Room LB2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0ed378e0-8588-464d-98e7-1816459486f0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121023T154217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121023T154217Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T123000 SUMMARY:Xiaoming Li\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nXiaoming Li \n\nB.Sc.\, Simon Fraser University\, Canada\, 2008 \n\nTuesday\, October 30th\, 2012\, 10:30 a. m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPECTRAL EMBEDDI NG METHODS \n\nAbstract \n\nSpectral methods\, which employ eigenvalues\ , eigenvectors\, or eigenspace projections derived from linear operators \, have been proposed in the computer science literature in recent decad es. In the area of geometry processing and analysis\, various spectral m ethods have been developed and used to solve a diversity of problems\, s uch as shape classification\, graph partitioning\, mesh parameterization \, mesh segmentation\, shape correspondence\, and symmetry detection. \n In order to have a better understanding and use of the strength and weak ness of different spectral approaches\, this preliminary comparative stu dy will explore the behaviors of four spectral embedding methods: Global Point Signatures Embedding (GPSE)\, Heat Kernel Signature Embedding (HK SE)\, Multi-Dimensional Scaling Embedding (MDSE)\, and Spectral Embeddin g using Gaussian-filtered affinity matrices (SEG)\, working on three app lications: segmentation\, correspondence and symmetry detection. The goa l will be to observe and investigate the similarities and differences of spectral methods when applied onto different applications. \nKeywords: spectral embedding\, geometry processing\, 3D shape\, mesh segmentation\ , symmetry detection\, shape correspondence \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committe e: \nDr. Hao (Richard) Zhang\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Torsten Möller\, Supervisor \nDr. Ghassan Hamarneh Examiner \nTBA \, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62492ea7-51a8-43f3-a5f0-580912b56099 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121002T182943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121002T182943Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T123000 SUMMARY:Amir Hedayaty\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nAmir Hedayaty \n\nB.Sc.\, Shahid Beh eshti University \, Iran\, 2005 \nM.Sc.\, Sharif University of Technolog y\, Iran\, 2008 \n\nTuesday\, October 30\, 2012 10:30 a.m. ASB 9896 \n\n \nTitle: \n\nCOMPLEXITY OF APPROXIMATING #CSPs \n\nAbstract: \n\nConstra int satisfactions is a framework to express combinatorial problems. #CSP is the problem of finding the number of solutions for a constraint sati sfaction problem instance. In this work we study complexity of approxima tely solving the #CSP. We provide several techniques for approximation p reserving reductions among counting problems. Most of this work is aroun d the #BIS\, the problem of finding number of independent sets in a bipa rtite graph. \nWe prove that approximately solving #CSP over relations\, we call them monotone\, is not harder than #BIS. We also prove that app roximately \nsolving #CSP over relations\, we call them RBA\, are harder than #BIS. \nFinally\, we provide a characterization of the reflexive m onotone graphs. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Pavol Hell\, Seni or Supervisor \nDr. Funda Ergun\, Supervisor \nDr. Valentine Kabanets\, Examiner \nDr. David Mitchell\, Chair \n LOCATION:ASB 9896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df909aa0-14e7-4150-ba52-45c8a4b04d95 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121016T223611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121016T223611Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121025T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121025T160000 SUMMARY:Kristina M. Gicas\, MA Thesis Defense\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Kristina M. Gicas (MA Candidate) Defends Thesis \n \nDate: O ctober 25\, 2012 (Thursday) \nLocation: LB 2020\nTime: 1:00 p.m.\n \nThe sis Title: Neurocognitive Profiles of Marginalized Persons with Comorbid Substance Dependence\, Viral Infection\, and Psychiatric Illness\n \nCh air: Dr. Kathleen Slaney\nCommittee: Dr. Allen Thornton\, Senior Supervi sor\nDr. Wendy Thornton\nDr. Geoff Smith\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Chris tian G. Schutz\, Associate Professor\, Department of Psychiatry\, Univer sity of British Columbia\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e6d8a0e-b37a-4955-acac-f2841f9dc42d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121001T180323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121001T180323Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121025T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121025T123000 SUMMARY:Mohammad Dashti\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nMohammad Dashti \n\nBSc. Computer En gineering\, Old Dominion University\, USA\, 2004 \nMSc. Mobile and Perso nal Communications\, King's College London\, 2006 \n\nThursday\, October 25\, 2012 11:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle: \n\nIMPLEMENTATION OF R ESOURCE CONTENTION MANAGEMENT IN THE LINUX KERNEL FOR MULTICORE NUMA SYS TEMS \n\nAbstract: \n\nIn modern Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) system s\, there are multiple memory nodes\, each with its own memory controlle r. Local nodes can be accessed in less time than remote ones. Contention exists even if threads are scheduled on different memory domains when t he threads have all or portions of their memory allocated on the same no de. The contended resource in this case would be the node’s memory contr oller. Therefore\, the scheduler must not only appropriately schedule me mory-intensive applications\, but it also must consider how to place the memory of these applications. \nIn this work we investigate several mem ory migration strategies that can be used by the scheduler whenever it d ecides to migrate threads. Also\, we design and implement a contention-a ware thread scheduler in Linux. This scheduler strives to achieve a bala nced system for workloads consisting multiple cpu-intensive and/or memor y-intensive applications. We also investigate issues and design consider ations for a completely NUMA-aware scheduler. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Commit tee: \nDr. Alexandra Fedorova\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Arrvindh Shriram an\, Supervisor \nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Examiner \nDr. Janice Regan\, Cha ir \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7ed4f517-914f-4e85-87aa-77a319fdfed9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121015T185350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121015T185350Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121029T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121029T130000 SUMMARY:Thomas Torsney-Weir\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science\, DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nThomas Torsney-Weir \n\n\nB.S. Compu ter Science\, Georgetown University\, Washington\, DC 2002 \n\nMonday\, October 29\, 2012 11:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nVISUAL ANALYS IS OF HIGH-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETER SPACES \n\nAbstract \n\nWe present a sy stem called Tuner to systematically analyze the parameter space of com- plex computer simulations\, which are time consuming to run and conseque ntly cannot be exhaustively sampled. We begin with a sparse initial samp ling of the parameter space\, then use these samples to create a fast em ulator of the simulation. Analyzing this emulator gives the user insight on further sampling the simulation. Tuner guides the user through sampl ing and provides tools to find optimal parameter settings of up to two o bjective functions and perform sensitivity analysis. We present use-case s from the domain of image segementation algorithms. \nSince our method must utilize samples of the simulation and relies on an inherently inter active visualization method\, we perform a complexity analysis to see ho w many samples can be rendered while staying interactive. We also examin ed how rendering performance changes with the dimensionality\, reconstru ction kernel size\, and number of sample points. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Com mittee: \nDr. Torsten Möller\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Derek Bingham\, S upervisor \nDr. Greg Mori\, Examiner \nDr. Fred Popowich\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6f406e61-806f-4b09-a4ba-36b7ea31e486 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120927T150010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120927T150010Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T161500 SUMMARY:Maryam Booshehrian\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nMaryam Booshehrian \n\nB.Sc.\, Shari f University of Technology\, Iran\, 2005 \nM.Sc.\, Sharif University of Technology\, Iran\, 2007 \n\nThursday\, October 4\, 2012 2:30 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nVISMON: FACILITATING ANALYSIS OF TRADE-OFFS\, U NCERTAINTY\, AND SENSITIVITY IN FIHSERIES MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING \n\ n\nAbstract \n\nVismon is designed to support sophisticated data analysi s of simulation results by managers who are highly knowledgeable about t he fisheries domain but not experts in statistical data analysis. The fe atures of Vismon include sensitivity analysis\, comprehensive and global trade-offs analysis\, and a staged approach to visualization of the unc ertainty of the underlying simulation model. The tool was iteratively re fined through a multi-year engagement with fisheries scientists with a t wo-phase approach\, where an initial diverging experimentation phase to test many alternatives was followed by a converging phase where the set of effective multiple linked views were integrated together in a useable way. A user study has been performed in Alaska among a group of fisheri es scientists and managers to examine the usefulness of Vismon in data a nalysis. Until now\, several fisheries scientists have used Vismon to co mmunicate with policy makers\, and it is scheduled for deployment to pol icy makers in Alaska. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Torsten Mölle r\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Randall Peterman\, Supervisor \nDr. Tamara M unzner\, Supervisor\, UBC \nDr. Hao (Richard) Zhang\, Examiner \nDr. Ale xandra Fedorova\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22053839-fbce-48af-95a5-7904f55ecb61 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120910T192648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120910T192648Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T173000 SUMMARY:Jeffrey Mowat\, PhD Defence\, LIB2020 DESCRIPTION:Thesis: Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Eleutherobin a nd Other Marine Natural Products \nChair: Dr. David Vocadlo \nSenior Sup ervisor: Dr. Robert A. Britton \nSupervisors: Dr. Peter Wilson\, Dr. Hua -Zhong Yu \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Robert N. Young \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Louis Barriault (abstentia)\, University of Ottawa CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8d11722-ca50-480a-923f-6eda2d934a17 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120924T205633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120924T205633Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121108T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121108T130000 SUMMARY:Michael Shih-Min Chou\, M.Sc. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: The Group-I Paks participate in a regulatory ne twork controlling actomyosin contractility in the Drosophila follicular epithelium \n\nDr. Nicholas Harden (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Nancy Hawkins \nDr. Esther Verheyen \nDr. David Baillie (Public Examiner) \n\nDr. Jeni fer Thewalt (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7d817308-5640-4a89-8027-ffcd1f2daca7 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121002T213226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121002T213226Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121108T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121108T120000 SUMMARY:Emily S. Darling\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Emily S. Darling (Supervisor Dr. Isabelle Coté)\, PhD Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Corals in a stressful world: Life histories\, synergies and resilience\n\nDefence location: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f2b94524-9e73-46f0-981c-4e80b20c7e45 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121003T222450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121003T222450Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121108T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121108T120000 SUMMARY:Jennifer O'Hagan\, MA Thesis Defence\, Gerontology DESCRIPTION:Title: Predictors of Enjoyment in Older and Middle-Aged Adult s Engaged in Episodic Volunteer Work LOCATION:Harbour Centre Campus 1500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6b4842a1-4f5b-4bc9-86a8-6aaee6d1c729 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120926T230718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120926T230718Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121123T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121123T140000 SUMMARY:Maryam Rahnama\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Characterization of the role of Nemo and Homeod omain-interacting Protein Kinase\, two conserved regulators of signaling \, in Drosophila development \n\nDr. Esther Verheyen (Sr. Supervisor) \n Dr. Nicholas Harden \nDr. Michel Leroux \nDr. Sharon Gorski (Public Exam iner) \nDr. Vanessa Auld - UBC (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Chris Beh (Ch air) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f7b3ceb1-3c51-4969-a3df-516aabab9c63 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121018T220910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121018T220910Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121123T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121123T133000 SUMMARY:Ardalan Rezamand\, MA Thesis Defence\, History DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: A Philosophical Interpretation of Velayat-e Faq ih: Reza Davari Ardakani \n\nDr. Derryl MacLean (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. T homas Kuehn \nDr. Paul Sedra \nDr. Peyman Vahabzadeh - UVIC (External Ex aminer) \n\nDr. Emily O'Brien (Chair) LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4eb9aa91-9920-481f-90c4-475271c41d0e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20120928T212937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120928T212937Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121102T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121102T160000 SUMMARY:Firuz Demir\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules Chemically Bound to Ele ctrodes\n\nThe atomic scale structures of the molecule-metal interfaces of single-molecule nanowires forming\nstable electrically conducting bri dges between metal electrodes have been studied intensively for\nmore th an a decade but have remained elusive\, and are still central to the fie ld of single-molecule\nnanoelectronics. In this theoretical study\, I sh ow how inelastic tunneling spectroscopy experiments\nwith the help of th eory are now capable of determining the unknown bonding geometries betwe en\nthe molecule and electrodes\, and thus resolving the long standing “ contact problem" of molecular\nnanoelectronics. As an example I consider the propanedithiol (PDT) molecules bridging gold\nnanocontacts in the r ecent experiment of Hihath et al. [Nano Lett. 8\, 1673 (2008)]. Based on ab\ninitio density functional and semi-empirical calculations\, I find the relaxed geometries and vibrational\nmodes of extended molecules each consisting of one or two PDT molecules connecting two\ngold nanocluster s and calculate their elastic conductances and inelastic tunneling spect ra. Comparing\nmy results with the data of Hihath et al.\, I find that t he most frequently realized conformation\nin the experiment was trans mo lecules top-site bonded to both electrodes. I identify the features\nobs erved in the experimental inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IET S) of these molecules\nat phonon energies near 46\, 40 and 42 meV and sh ow the switching from the 42 meV vibrational\nmode to the 46 meV mode ob served in the experiment to be due to the transition of trans molecules\ nfrom top-bridge to top-site bonding geometries. I extend my study to ev aluating the effect of thiol\nhydrogen atoms in molecular junctions and show how IETS can be used to monitor gold-thiol bond\nformation and the cleavage of the S-H bond during this process. For pairs of PDT molecules connecting\nthe gold electrodes in parallel\, I find total elastic cond uctances close to twice those of single\nmolecules bridging the contacts with similar bonding conformations and small splittings of the vibratio nal\nmode energies for the modes that are the most sensitive to the mole cule-electrode bonding\ngeometries. I also describe the dependence of th e transport properties of alkanedithiols molecular\njunctions on the len gth of the alkane chain.\n\nExamining Committee\n\nChair: J. Steven Dodg e\nSenior Supervisor: George Kirczenow\nSupervisor: Eldon Emberly\nSuper visor: Vance Williams\nSFU Examiner: Karen Kavanagh\nExternal Examiner: Hong Guo\, McGill University CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9ab47f0f-1afd-48e3-a171-5f50078e282f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121019T181322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121019T181322Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121102T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121102T170000 SUMMARY:H. Robert Outten\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: To Engage or Disengage? How Group-Based Copin g Options Explain the Relationship Between Group Identification and Well -Being for Disadvantaged Groups \n\nChair: Dr. Rachel Fouladi \nCommitte e: Dr. Michael Schmitt\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Stephen Wright \nDr. Ki m Bartholomew \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Elizabeth Page-Gould\, Department of Psychology\, The University of Toronto \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Toni Schmader\, Department of Psychology\, The University of British Columbi a \n LOCATION:RCB 7322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91da63d3-74eb-40c7-bae3-d81e516c7bfc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121005T182112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121005T182112Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121130T170000 SUMMARY:Stephanie Green\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Jane Lee Green (Supervisor Dr. Isabelle Coté)\, PhD Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Predation by invasive Indo-Pacific lio nfish on Atlantic coral reef fishes: Patterns\, processes and consequen ces\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aecb6e10-1136-4476-b674-ea8c9f01f8c7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121106T192223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121106T192223Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121130T170000 SUMMARY:Jason Nardella\, MSc defence DESCRIPTION:Jason Nardella\, M.Sc. \nFriday\, November 30\, 2012 \n2:00-2 :30 C9076 pre-defence mtg \n2:30-6:00 AQ6229 defence \nChair: Michael Ei kerling \nSr. Supervisor: Erika Plettner \nCommittee: Nancy Forde\, Bing yun Sun \nInternal Examiner: David Vocadlo CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7c67a620-3d2c-4580-bc95-823ff463a92f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121023T160802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121023T160802Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121126T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121126T123000 SUMMARY:Pegah Tabassinejad\, MFA Project Defence LOCATION:World Art (Room 2555)\, SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f2877529-4014-494b-9c13-c1c0fae004fc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121025T220955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121025T220955Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121126T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121126T170000 SUMMARY:Jason Starnes\, PhD Thesis\, English LOCATION:Halpern 114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:englgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11ce7d3c-6e2b-445d-af2f-395fc83fa51e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121026T161352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121026T161352Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121126T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121126T160000 SUMMARY:Michelle Boudreau\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:ANALYTIC MASS RECONSTRUCTION OF TOP-ANTITOP RESONANCES IN THE DILEPTON CHANNEL AT ATLAS\n\nMany theories beyond the Standard Model pr edict new massive particles that decay preferentially to top-antitop qua rk pairs. This thesis investigates the dilepton final state where both W bosons from the top quarks decay into leptons. This final state featur es the highest purity for top quarks at ATLAS but is kinematically under -constrained due to the presence of the two neutrinos that leave the ATL AS detector without being detected. Using kinematic constraints from th e top-antitop quark decay chain\, along with the missing energy\, lepton s\, and jets\, that are measured with the ATLAS detector\, a set of anal ytic solutions for the four-vectors of the neutrinos can be obtained. W ith this information\, the invariant mass can be reconstructed up to a f our-fold ambiguity. Methods used to eliminate incorrect neutrino solutio ns are investigated and characterized. For a resonance particle with a mass much larger than the top quark mass\, the top quarks will be highly boosted\, resulting in collimated decay products of the top quark. Opti mizing the lepton selection in such an environment is very important and is discussed as well.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nChair: Malcolm Kennett\ n\nSenior Supervisor: Bernd Stelzer\nSupervisor: Michel Vetterli\nSuperv isor: Dugan O'Neil\n\nExaminer: Sarah Johnson LOCATION:Shrum Science Centre P8445.1 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6303905-d936-4e45-b5bb-bc1c0d503641 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121023T160841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121023T160841Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121101T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121101T160000 SUMMARY:Fay Nass\, MFA Project Defence LOCATION:Room 4945\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, SFU Woodward's CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a3f3557-220d-4fba-a4b3-cdfee11e389d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121023T212122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121023T212122Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121115T130000 SUMMARY:Bonnie Nish\, MA Thesis Defense\, Education LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eca33ffe-a82a-4b69-960e-65602285dbbe SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121026T205350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121026T205350Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121122T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121122T160000 SUMMARY:Hildur Knutsdottir\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF BREAST CANCER CELL INVASION: EXPLORING THE EGF/CSF-1 PARACRINE SIGNALING BETWEEN MICROPHAGES AND TUMOR CELLS\n \nMacrophages have been shown\, experimentally\, to be directly involved in the invasion of breast tumor cells into surrounding tissues and bloo d vessels. Macrophages interact with tumor cells via a short ranged sign aling pathway involving epidermal growth factor\, EGF\, and colony-stimu lating factor 1\, CSF-1. To study this signaling pathway and the observe d motility behaviour of tumor cells I developed a 3D individual cell bas ed computational model. Simulations with my model successfully reproduce d results from in vitro and in vivo experiments. The model can help expl ain mechanisms responsible for the observed motility behaviour of tumor cells and the noted ratio of 3 invasive tumor cells per 1 invasive macro phage. A parametric sensitivity analysis showed that changing model para meter such as the degradation and secretion of EGF and CSF-1 could alter and even eliminate the invasion of tumor cells. These results yield ins ight into possible new targets in chemotherapy.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n \nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Eirikur Palsson\, Department of Biology\nSupervisor: Dr. Eldon Emberly\nSupervisor: Dr. J enifer Thewalt\n\nSFU Examiner: Dr. Martin Zuckermann LOCATION:P8445.1\, Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42a361dd-0392-4955-b6bb-75e12750a3c9 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121030T213718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121030T213718Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121122T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121122T170000 SUMMARY:Rahat Imran\, PhD Thesis Defence\, DGS/Special Arrangements DESCRIPTION:Locating a Documentary Cinema of Accountability: \nThe Emerge nce of Activist Film Practices as a SocioPolitical Movement in Contempor ary Pakistan LOCATION:LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sheilagh@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41d43b43-479b-4da0-af14-568403be70d6 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121110T011108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121110T011108Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121116T160000 SUMMARY:Anka Mueller\, PhD Dissertation Defense\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Sleep and Circadian Organization as Regulators of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis\n \nChair: Dr. Mario Liotti\nCommittee : Dr. Ralph Mistlberger\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Neil Watson\nDr. Liisa Galea\, Department of Psychology\, University of British Columbia\n\nInt ernal Examiner: Dr. Michael Silverman\, Department of Biological Science s\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Brian Christie\, Division of Medical Sciences\ , University of Victoria\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13c67545-19ed-4ff5-a887-9da7639d4ffd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121113T231919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121113T231919Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121129T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121129T160000 SUMMARY:Charles Eyrich\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:EXCHANGE STIFFNESS IN THIN-FILM Co ALLOYS\n\nThe exchange sti ffness (Aex) is one of the key parameters controlling magnetization reve rsal in magnetic materials but is very difficult to measure\, especially in thin films. We developed a new technique for measuring the exchange stiffness of a magnetic material based on the formation of a spin spiral within two antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic films [1]. Using this method\, we were able to measure the exchange stiffness of thin fi lm Co alloyed with Cr\, Fe\, Ni\, Pd\, Pt and Ru. The results of this wo rk showed that the rate at which a substituent element reduces the excha nge stiffness is not directly related to its effect on the magnetization of the alloy. These measured trends have been understood by combining m easurements of element specific magnetic moments obtained using X-ray ma gnetic circular dichroism (XMCD)\, and material specific modeling based on density functional theory (DFT) within the local density approximatio n (LDA). The experimental results also hint at significant reduction of the exchange stiffness at the interface that can account for the differe nce between our results and those obtained on bulk materials. \n\n[1] Er ol Girt\, W. Huttema\, O. N. Mryasov\, E. Montoya\, B. Kardasz\, C. Eyri ch\, B. Heinrich\, A. Yu. Dobin\, O. Karis\, J. Appl. Phys.\, 109\, 07B7 65 (2011).\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n\nSuper visor: Dr. Erol Girt\nCo-Supervisor: Dr. Bret Heinrich\n\nSupervisor: Dr . Simon Watkins\n\nExaminer: Dr. David Broun LOCATION:P8445.1 Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fb0316cc-c76c-4d6a-a86a-ab6ebadae9ec SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121123T224817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121123T224817Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121129T130000 SUMMARY:Nat Wilson\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences LOCATION:Library Thesis Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75a4b924-4bf8-482e-806e-01b6c30c2f49 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T193811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T193811Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121129T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121129T190000 SUMMARY:Golnoosh Mostafavi\, MASc. Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - Mechatronics DESCRIPTION:Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Interrupted Rectangular Fins LOCATION:Surrey Campus room 5380 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5b91bd35-daed-4348-b58c-3a6bf6f31c96 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20121116T190544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T190544Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121128T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121128T123000 SUMMARY:Parisa Erfani\, MA Thesis Defense\, Linguistics DESCRIPTION:Title: Azeri Morphosyntax: The Influence of Persian on a Turk ic Language \n\nAbstract: \nAzeri\, the second largest language in Iran\ , is a Turkic language\, but its lexicon is heavily influenced by Persia n\, an Indo-Iranian language. This thesis examines the effect of Persian on Azeri morphosyntax. Turkic languages are head-final: in noun phrases \, modifiers appear before \nhead nouns. In contrast\, Persian is head-i nitial: modifiers follow head nouns. Azeri allows both head-final and he ad-initial structures. A field study conducted with ten Azeri speakers i n Tabriz\, Iran\, revealed that in two domains—relative clauses and noun compounds—the two types of structures are used almost equally. However\ , older\, monolingual speakers prefer head-final structures\, while youn ger\, educated\, bilingual speakers prefer head-initial structures. This shows that Azeri is becoming persified\, as predicted in such situation s of language contact involving a politically-dominant language. However \, all speakers accept head-final structures\, showing the persistence o f Turkic morphosyntax despite a millennium of intense social and cultura l contact with Persian. \n\nKeywords: Language contact\; Azeri morphosyn tax\; Turkic language\; bilingualism\; relative clauses\; noun compoundi ng. \n\nMembers of the Examining Committee: \nChair\, Dr Maite Taboada\, mtaboada@sfu.ca \nSr. Supervisor\, Dr Donna Gerdts\, gerdts@sfu.ca \nSu pervisor\, Dr Panayiotis Pappas\, papappas@sfu.ca \nExternal Examiner\, Dr Özlem Sensoy ozlem_sensoy@sfu.ca LOCATION:AQ 6106 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:203722b1-91cc-4e17-8cfa-a71412d0b4b2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121002T182226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121002T182226Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T143000 SUMMARY:Ivy Yeuk Wah Chung\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Crystallographic analysis of Birnavirus VP4 p roteases \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Michel Leroux \nDr. Peter Unrau \nDr. Edgar Young (Public Examiner) \nDr. Martin Boulanger - UVic (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Jack Chen (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9cf0db78-4070-4c4f-b363-e18ea926df6f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121126T222427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T222427Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T130000 SUMMARY:Michael Derby\, MA Defence\, Faculty of Education LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 8651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3ddf2fad-44db-427f-b3d5-1d38b1792d84 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121126T222533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T222533Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T131500 SUMMARY:Evan Henderson\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Evan Henderson (Supervisor Dr.Isabelle Coté) MSc Thesis Defen ce \n\nThesis Title: Economic and ecological implications of interaction s between lobsters and invasive lionfish in the Bahamas \n\n LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7ee7875-2586-4b4f-9fbf-1a1479cc0f3b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T194509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T194509Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T150000 SUMMARY:Alireza Hekmati\, MASc. Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - Me chatronics LOCATION:Surrey Campus\, room 3200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6f7970f9-27ca-4aee-8004-2ec5ddc88222 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121127T184808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T184808Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T150000 SUMMARY:Eddy Elmer\, MA Thesis Defence\, Gerontology DESCRIPTION:Title: Development and Initial Validation of "The Gay Men's P hysical Attractiveness Scale" LOCATION:HCC 1425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d034b1e-2432-4e5f-bd04-89be7c53e848 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121203T160216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121203T160216Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121212T153000 SUMMARY:Ahmed Bu-khamsin\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nAhmed Bu-khamsin \n\nBSc.\, King Fah d University of Petroleum and Minerals\, Saudi Arabia\, 2007 \n\nWednesd ay\, December 12th\, 2012 2:00 p.m. Room 4010\, SURREY CAMPUS \n\nTitle: \n\nSOCKET DIRECT PROTOCOL OVER PCI EXPRESS INTERCONNECT: DESIGN\, IMPL EMENTATION AND EVALUATION \n\nAbstract: \n\nIn the past few years\, PCI Express (PCIe) has evolved to deliver higher throughput\, lower latency\ , low cost\, and low power consumption. More capabilities have also evol ved including I/O virtualization and host-to-host communication. Such ev olution made PCIe-based interconnects an attractive option for datacente r and small high-performance computing clusters. A number of efforts hav e addressed the topic of using PCIe as an interconnect. However\, the ch allenges of compatibility with socket-based applications and scalability are not fully addressed. In this thesis\, we propose using Socket Direc t Protocol (SDP) on top of PCIe as a cost-effective\, socket-compatible solution. We conducted experimental evaluation using benchmarks and real -life applications. We used Infiniband interconnect as a basis for evalu ation. Benchmarking shows that the proposed approach achieves up to 98% of the maximum achievable bandwidth. Further\, application-based evaluat ion shows over 10% improvement in file transfer performance and much low er CPU utilization when compared to Infiniband. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Comm ittee: \nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Alexandra Fedorov a\, Supervisor \nDr. Robert D. Cameron\, Examiner \nDr. Brian Fraser\, C hair \n LOCATION:SURREY CAMPUS 4010 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c3755d57-bd9c-4b01-8ad0-a8a3b0738be2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121026T174902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121026T174902Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121205T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121205T173000 SUMMARY:Martin Davidson\, PhD Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION: \nThesis Title: “You Have to Have the Relationship”: A Yout h Perspective on Psychotherapy and the Development of a Therapeutic Rela tionship\n \nChair: Dr. Rachel Fouladi\nCommittee: Dr. Robert Ley\, Seni or Supervisor\nDr. David Cox\nDr. Jeff Sugarman\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Nadia Gill\, Faculty of Education\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Marion Ehrenbe rg\, Department of Psychology\, University of Victoria\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:777a629f-7f89-417a-ab47-09b7d69e5ba4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121126T222328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T222328Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121205T130000 SUMMARY:Nadia Chaney\, MA Defence\, Faculty of Education LOCATION:SFU Vancouver\, 2250 Westcoast Energy Meeting Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11b4d1e7-8fd4-4935-96da-9b1e784d06f7 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121029T182725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121029T182725Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T160000 SUMMARY:Mandip Basi\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Sociology and Anthropology DESCRIPTION:Title: Navigating the Medical Marketplace: Consuming Ayurveda in Delhi \n\nAbstract: This dissertation examines what is becoming of t raditional medicine amongst the middle-class of Delhi following India’s transition to neoliberal market policies. My research is based on interv iews\, conversations\, and participant observation conducted in 2004 and 2005-2007 on the consumption of Ayurveda\, a two thousand year indigeno us medical system. \nScholars who study indigenous medical and consumpti on tend to equate medications with medical system. However Ayurveda cann ot be reduced to objects such as medications alone. Accordingly\, I purs ue what my urban middle-class interlocutors identified as “Ayurveda\,” p aying close attention to their therapeutic landscapes of health care. Th is medical practice is an extensive repertoire of knowledge that is enac ted by a variety of informal and formal experts. I argue that consumptio n and health care practices cannot be suitably understood if one’s analy sis is restricted to exchange in the formal market economy. I portray me dical practice as an activity system rather than a mere assemblage of ob jects or technologies (p.508). \nI trace the materiality and relationshi ps which enact Ayurveda across the spaces of the household\, clinic\, an d expositions. The household is a site for consumption\, but one that ta kes place along non-market pathways. Members use their domestic network to access various unofficial practitioners who provide medical resources such as remedies and knowledge. The clinic highlights series of activit ies and verbal narratives\, which form the basis of treatment for its pa tients. Even as the clinic becomes more marketized\, informal repertoire s of knowledge continue to be produced both by the patients and practiti oners in their quest for health. The expositions foreground Ayurveda as a mass-produced object while relying on tropes of nationhood and authent icity to simultaneously lend authority to the practice and allow it to b enefit from the expanding health care market. These spaces are not self- enclosed\; rather they are points of convergence for the objects and rel ationships which propagate Ayurveda. My project highlights the continued relevance of multiple institutions consisting not only of the market bu t also the state\, family\, and neighbourhood in enacting formal and inf ormal health care practices for consumption. \n\nExamining Committee: \n Chair: Dr. Cindy Patton\, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology \nSeni or Supervisor: Dr. Stacy Pigg\, Professor of Anthropology \nCommittee Me mber: Dr. Dara Culhane\, Associate Professor of Anthropology \nCommittee Member: Dr. Vinay Kamat\, Associate Professor of Anthropology (UBC) \nI nternal Examiner: Dr. Craig Janes\, Professor\, Faculty of Health Scienc es \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Judy Pugh\, Associate Professor of Anthropol ogy (MSU) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28cfed63-e582-4e71-ae0d-3d256926a17f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121123T225027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121123T225027Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T123000 SUMMARY:Zack Tuckey\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7f4e8296-9aa8-4552-9038-209975c1e496 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121106T193054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121106T193054Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T163000 SUMMARY:Jarod Moore\, MSc defence DESCRIPTION:Jarod Moore\, MSc thesis defence \nTuesday\, December 4\, 201 2 \n1:00 p.m. pre-defence meeting in C-9076 \n1:30 p.m. defence in SSB-8 114 \nChair: tba \nSr. Supervisor: Rob Britton \nCommittee: Tim Storr\, David Vocadlo \nInternal Examiner: Pete Wilson CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1b79f8f8-4826-4177-b805-5a88c83f9a7d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121106T230903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121106T230903Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121204T123000 SUMMARY:Peng Peng\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nPeng Peng \n\nB.Eng.\, University of Science and Technology of China\, 2010 \n\nTuesday\, December 4th\, 201 2 10:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\n\nTitle: \n\nCAPTURING STRUCTURAL DISTO RTIONS IN DIGITAL IMAGES AND VIDEOS \n\nAbstract: \n\nWith the growing d emand for image and video services\, objective analysis of image and vid eo quality has received increased interest from the content providers an d network operators. This study approaches visual quality assessment by emphasizing the structural distortions. For image quality assessment (IQ A)\, we significantly improve the classic SSIM indexes with low addition al computation overhead by taking into account the preservation of edge orientations. For video quality assessment (VQA)\, a unified framework f or visual saliency guided structural distortion measure is presented bas ed on the motion-tuned spatiotemporal oriented energies (SOEs) and a spa tiotemporal saliency model driven by Shannon’s self- information of the oriented energies and motion. A descriptive and reliable spacetime textu re representation for motion is introduced\, which alleviates the proble ms typically associated with optical-flow based motion estimation. The p roposed VQA method demonstrates good quality-prediction performance and appealing computational efficiency. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nD r. Ze-Nian Li\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Greg Mori\, Supervisor \nDr. Mar k Drew\, Examiner \nDr. Richard Vaughan\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ea988f72-d0cd-4927-8660-df2821574d54 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121030T165747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121030T165747Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T140000 SUMMARY:Douglas C. Braun\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Douglas C. Braun (Senior Supervisor Dr. John Reynolds)\, PhD Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: The role of life history and environmen t in population dynamics of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)\n \nDefe nce Location: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:268fc231-be80-4569-97fe-a9b31c8af111 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121129T175811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121129T175811Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T113000 SUMMARY:Aparna Howlader\, MA Project Defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Alexander Karaivanov \nAbstract: \nThis pa per evaluates the short run and long run impact of Thailand’s “Million B aht\nVillage Fund”\, one of the largest microfinance programs in the wor ld. The study\nwill use pre-program and post-program Townsend Thai Proje ct data for the\nanalysis considering both the individual and village le vel heterogeneity. All the\nstudies will be done with comparison to the other important microfinance\ninstitution in Thailand\, BAAC. This paper finds that for the huge credit flow and\npolicy restrictions of the Mil lion Baht Fund\, migration behaviour and saving\nbehaviour acts differen tly compared to other microfinance loans. The level of\nincome has incre ased over time\, but the impact on the ranking of a household\naccording to income differs in the short and the long run. I also find that in th e long\nrun\, income inequality goes down and the absolute value of this decrease is greater\nin the poorer provinces. In the analysis where vil lage level heterogeneity comes\nfrom demographical differences among the villages\, the result indicates that some\ntype of policy improvement i s needed to have more income equity from this\nprogram. LOCATION:West Mall Centre 4602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4564562b-f5c5-4940-a3d6-e528f579e1bb SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121106T181053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121106T181053Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T170000 SUMMARY:Nazanin Komeilizadeh\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:PHYSICS OF BIREFRINGENT FERMIONS\n\nThere has been much recen t interest in Dirac fermions due to their physical realization\nas low e nergy excitations in graphene. In this thesis we introduce birefringent relativistic\nfermions\, for which the chiral symmetry usually present f or Dirac fermions is broken\, and\nthere can be more than one Fermi velo city. We first introduce a lattice model of spinless\nfermions that can arise from a scheme to introduce an artificial magnetic field for cold\n atoms. This model has an unusual Hofstadter-like spectra as a function o f the flux per\nplaquette. When there is an average of half a flux quant um per plaquette\, the model has\nDirac points in its spectrum and exhib its low energy excitations with two different “speeds\nof light”\, i.e. birefringent fermions. We investigate the effects of several perturbatio ns on\nthe spectrum such as staggered potentials and topological defects and we study the ordered\nphases that can arise from interactions. We f ind that sufficiently strong nearest neighbour\ninteractions lead to a c harge density wave phase but that next-nearest neighbour interactions\na llow the possibility of other phases. We also study the response of bire fringent fermions\nto a magnetic field and discuss how both Landau level s and the Integer Quantum Hall effect\nfor regular Dirac fermions are mo dified for birefringent fermions.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nChair: Dr. J . Steven Dodge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Malcolm Kennett\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Paul Haljan\nSupervisor: Dr. Igor Herbut\n\nSFU Examiner: Dr. Jeffre y McGuirk\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Arun Paramekanti\, University of Tor onto CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8d13b52e-fb5c-4fed-82c9-d6c569651710 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121113T225526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121113T225526Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T130000 SUMMARY:Kelly Kitchen MA Defence LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, EDB 8508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42f98d86-640d-4768-ad58-5e9fe3d728db SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121126T222518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T222518Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T173000 SUMMARY:Patricia Kelly\, PhD Defence\, English LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:86a85d5c-fff9-44cd-aec7-633f994d043c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T194026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T194026Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T160000 SUMMARY:Ehsan Asadi\, MASc. Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - Mechat ronics DESCRIPTION:Investigation of Effectiveness of a Semi-active Haptic Interf ace LOCATION:Surrey Campus\, room 5060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6a1958e-32b0-4031-8cb2-3d5bdc79a0fe SEQUENCE:6 DTSTAMP:20121113T202555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121113T202555Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T133000 SUMMARY:Sung-Eun Nam\, Ph.D. Thesis Defense\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Crystallographic analysis of Bacillus subtilis signal peptide peptidase (SppA) \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Sr. Supervisor) \n Dr. Nicholas Harden \nDr. Edgar Young \nDr. Jack Chen (Public Examiner) \nDr. Thomas Beatty - UBC (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Michael Silverman (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4f056611-29ad-461c-86f0-6d142814ca6c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121113T225529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121113T225529Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T160000 SUMMARY:Natalie Dinsdale\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Natalie Dinsdale (Senior Supervisor Dr. Bernie Crespi)\, MSc Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Empathy\, autism and the extreme female brain\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Dept. of Biological Sciences\, roo m B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5551dbf5-a869-495a-95e7-875eed6d654e SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121106T193352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121106T193352Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T173000 SUMMARY:Joseph Han\, PhD defence DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis Defence of Joseph Ha \nThursday\, December 6\, 2 012 \n2:00-2:30 p.m. C9076 pre-defence meeting of examining committee on ly. \n2:00-6:00 p.m. Thesis Defence Room\, LIB 2020 \nChair: Rob Britton \nSr. Supervisor: Gary Leach \nCommittee: Michael Eikerling\, Zuo-Guang Ye \nInternal Examiner: Steve Holdcroft \nExternal Examiner: Alexandre Brolo\, University of Victoria CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0968f6b7-70bf-4ab7-8092-18ce38a4802a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121114T191941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121114T191941Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T120000 SUMMARY:Rasoul Narimani\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF IONIC RANDOM GRAFT POLYMERS BASED ON SCATTERING TECHNIQUES\n\nIn this work\, we have studied the morphology of an ionic random graft copolymer\,\npartially sulfonated poly([vinylid ene difluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene]-g-styrene)\n[P(VDF-co-CTFE)-g -sPS]\, using small angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS\nand SANS)\ , and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) techniques. SAXS and SANS\nmeas urements were used to investigate the phase separation and morphology of the\npolymer at nano-scale lengthscales\, and WAXS measurements were us ed to determine the\ndegree of the crystallinity of the polymer. We have developed a self-consistent morphological\nmodel for the studied system . In this model\, dry samples consist of quasi-spherical\nfluorous domai ns embedded in a continuous phase of partially sulfonated polystyrene. W e were\nable to characterize the size and spacing of the domains and als o quantify the degree of\nphase separation. Our analysis shows that crys tallinity acts as a hindering factor in the\nphase separation of the flu orous domains. Moreover\, we ?find that\, generally\, partially\nsulfona ted samples possess a less-developed phase separation than the unsulfona ted or fully\nsulfonated samples. The morphology of the wet samples cons ists of fluorous domains as\nwell as quasi-spherical water-rich domains. We ?find that samples swell homogeneously at\nthe nano-scale level and that the swelling is consistent with water content measurements\nfor the se samples\, as long as the water content is < 80% vol. We have also cha racterized\nthe spherical water-rich domains of the samples and argue th at these water-rich domains\nare connected with nano-channels of water c ontaining ionic acid groups. Our results\nsuggest that conductivity of t he membrane is proportional to the size of the spherical\nwater-rich dom ains and to the water volume associated with each domain\, but is invers ely\nproportional to the spacing between them.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\ nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Frisken\n\ nSupervisor: Dr. Michael Eikerling\, Department of Chemistry\nSupervisor : Dr. Steven Holdcroft\, Department of Chemistry\nSupervisor: Dr. Karen Kavanagh\n\nSFU Examiner: Dr. Michael Plischke\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Olivier Diat\, Institut de Chimie Separative de Marcoule\, France\n LOCATION:P8445.2 Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ead07df0-0a07-4e4a-bd22-18510543a4a9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121123T225339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121123T225339Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T163000 SUMMARY:Meghan Hewton\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Earth Sciences LOCATION:Library Thesis Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:175932a0-a3d3-43e0-9b63-e23119996d01 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T194638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T194638Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T180000 SUMMARY:Kelly Sakaki\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - Mechatr onics LOCATION:Room APSC 9705 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91b4dbbf-3e51-43d0-b9d6-ff8f666fab83 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20121215T000741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121215T000741Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121217T170000 SUMMARY:Sean Wilkinson\, MA Thesis Defence - History DESCRIPTION:Location: AQ6229\n\nThesis Title: Catholicism and Skwxwú7mes h Political Economy\, 1864-1923 \n\nDr. Mary-Ellen Kelm (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Jack Little \nDr. Rudy Reimer - Department of Archaeology\, SFU ( External Examiner) \n\nDr. Jay Taylor (Chair) LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a269647-6123-4f65-8941-b15dd0cd6342 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121124T002409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121124T002409Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121203T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121203T163000 SUMMARY:Larry Green\, PhD Thesis Examination LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, EDB 8508\, Blue room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:232ce6df-55c6-4dff-8733-a453f27ca239 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121126T222202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T222202Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121203T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121203T130000 SUMMARY:Deanna Berg\, MA\, Faculty of Education LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDb 8508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f5c495d2-f785-41f3-95d4-1eb5b073b6b0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121124T002555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121124T002555Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T163000 SUMMARY:Cheryl Annetta Kay LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ab37d390-e574-464b-8da6-18af386a64cc SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20121126T222631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T222631Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T180000 SUMMARY:Kelly M. Ablard\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Kelly M. Ablard (Senior Supervisor Dr. Gerhard Gries)\, PhD T hesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Local mate competition\, and mechanisms\ , functions and fitness consequences of courtship and mating behaviour i n the parasitoid wasp 'Ooencyrtus kuvanae'(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) \n\n Location: Burnaby Campus\, IRMACS\, ASB10908 LOCATION:IRMACS\, ASB10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:af48fffb-3e44-4bba-ba94-61b6e1ce9a2f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T221047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T221047Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T130000 SUMMARY:Michael Donovan\, MA\, Project Defense\, Graduate Liberal Studies DESCRIPTION:\nOur Western political systems are under great strain to mai ntain their legitimacy. Voter turnout trends downwards\, and public prot est occurs against governments accused of serving the interests of narro w\, powerful sectors of society. Furthermore\, the participatory and ope n nature of the internet instills in many the expectation that they shou ld be permitted to play a part in decision-making and have access to rel evant information. The solution might not be “better” elected representa tives\, for the limits of electoral democracy may have been reached.\nTh is paper looks at the ancient practice of sortition\, or the selection o f decision makers by lottery\, and explores the potential for its employ ment in modern politics. The discussion includes sortition’s actual impl ementation in citizens’ assemblies and other deliberative forums\, as we ll as the more radical proposals for randomly chosen legislators. Dialog ue among the members of sortition’s mini-publics naturally would compris e a wide range of views and interests. That diverse groups of individual s can outperform more homogeneous ones in solving difficult problems and in making accurate forecasts is discussed as is the innovative potentia l of consensus-building. Some thoughts on how the common good could be a dvanced follow.\nFurthermore\, it is argued\, that sortition contains a means for its own correction. Policy-making mini-publics free to make de cisions on how decisions ought to be made\, would cause systems of gover nance to adapt to the evolving needs of the social body. For this to hap pen\, however\, we would have to give up our fetish for procedure and ad ministration and instead create environments where experimentation and d evelopment can occur.\n\n LOCATION:HC 2050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81cce922-c0f4-45da-9c02-a6133c34ea14 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121214T003421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121214T003421Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T173000 SUMMARY:James Inkster\, PhD defence DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis defence of James Inkster \nThursday\, December 1 3\, 2012 \n1:30-2:00 p.m. C9076 pre-defence meeting \n2:00 p.m. AQ-6229 (southeast corner) \nChair: Michael Eikerling \nSr. Supervisor: Tim Stor r \nCommittee: Tom Ruth\, Dipankar Sen\, Rob Britton\, Paul Schaffer \nI nternal Examiner: Bob Young \nExternal Examiner: Len Wiebe\, University of Alberta CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2cf37228-99d6-431e-9fe0-ef4fd00bca78 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T194208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T194208Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121210T120000 SUMMARY:Hossein Dehghani\, MASc. Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - M echatronics LOCATION:Surrey Campus\, room 5380 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7931f1d1-b825-442c-b274-d07e993912b8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T194310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T194310Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121211T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121211T130000 SUMMARY:Jin Wook Lee\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - Mechatr onics LOCATION:Surrey Campus\, room 5380 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3bc0ae82-da18-4007-899f-9ceddadedfe9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121127T194408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121127T194408Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121211T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121211T170000 SUMMARY:Soroush Norouzi\, MASc. Thesis Defence\, Engineering Science - Me chatronics LOCATION:Surrey Campus\, room 5360 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d48a3e7b-6407-421d-ab44-c7f2c301cd6a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121106T193301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121106T193301Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121211T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121211T183000 SUMMARY:Neil Draper\, PhD defence DESCRIPTION:Neil Draper\, Ph.D. \nTuesday\, December 11\, 2012 \n3:00-3:3 0 C9076 pre-defence mtg \n3:30 LIB-2020 defence \nChair: tba \nSr. Super visor: George Agnes \nCommittee: Pete Wilson\, Byron Gates \nInternal Ex aminer: Danny Leznoff \nExternal Examiner: Lynne S. Taylor\, Purdue Univ ersity CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ba5a5ee-6d5f-4466-95de-880bdf2ff0e9 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20120306T211411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120306T211411Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100410T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100410T120000 SUMMARY:Farshid Marbouyti Defence MA Education LOCATION:EDB 9511 Education Building CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bd861df0-4375-428e-bee3-5f7bff05ee6a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121122T204535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121122T204535Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T133000 SUMMARY:Kristi Lauridsen PhD Thesis Examination LOCATION:Education CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f33f7982-409a-4898-9472-7e4995efebf8 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121203T170501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121203T170501Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T120000 SUMMARY:MSc Defence - Jimmy Poon DESCRIPTION:\nBurnaby Campus \n\nJanuary 18\, 2013 \nJimmy Poon - MSc Def ence \nRoom - K9509 \nTitle: TBD \n\nStatistics & Actuarial Science - De fences \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a6dcba97-a4c0-4f0a-b023-241ec67dd56a SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20121220T201937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121220T201937Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T120000 SUMMARY:Kevin Mitchell\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: David Muraki \n\nTitle: \nRossby Wave Propa gation in the Tropics and Midlatitudes \n\nAbstract: \nRossby waves are the slow atmospheric waves that propagate thousands of kilometres on \nt he timescale of days and are associated with weather. The small amplitud e linear theory of \nRossby waves on the sphere goes back over two centu ries to Laplace's Tidal Equations and \nis today considered thoroughly u nderstood. However\, with a more realistic background flow \nthat includ es both the tropical tradewinds and the midlatitude jetstream\, the glob al wave \ntheory has not been fully established. To study this problem\, this thesis uses the Rotating \nShallow Water (RSW) equations on the sp here as a model for Earth's atmosphere. The \nspectrum of the RSW equati ons is numerically computed using a Galerkin method. It is \nfound that the Rossby spectrum of this global model consists of two parts that natu rally \ncorrespond respectively to local tropical and midlatitude theori es. \nThe first part of the spectrum is the countably in?nite set of dis crete eigenmodes with \narbitrarily small wavelength near the equator\, consistent with the local tropical ?-plane \ntheory. These discrete mode s however\, achieve only a ?nite limiting wavelength in the \nmidlatitud es. To account for smaller scales in the midlatitudes\, it is necessary to consider \nthe continuous spectrum that results from regular singular points in the RSW operator \narising from shear in the background flow. The regular singular points correspond to critical \nlatitudes\, which prevent wave propagation from the midlatitudes into the tropics. \nThe n umerical results are complimented by small wavelength asymptotics of ray theory \nand Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) analysis to gain an unders tanding of the local wavelength\, \namplitude and group velocity for Ros sby waves. Further quantitative understanding \nof the continuous spectr um waves near the critical latitudes is achieved using the method \nof F robenius. Finally\, the global understanding of Rossby waves presented i n this thesis is \nused to provide some explanation of the small number of Rossby modes found in long-term \nclimatological observations of the real atmosphere. LOCATION:IRMACS 10908 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:00fe651b-027e-4131-9fa2-0164ffe6fb12 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130110T194148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130110T194148Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T143000 SUMMARY:Margaret L. Eng\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Margaret L. Eng (Senior Supervisor Dr. Tony Williams)\, PhD T hesis Defence\n\n\nThesis Title: Early exposure to a brominated flame r etardant (BDE-99): an assessment of long-term effects using an integrate d laboratory and field avian model system\n\nLocation: Burnaby Campus\, Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6db89eb0-f6ab-4ab2-9810-25ca2190ee91 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130110T172524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130110T172524Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130118T123000 SUMMARY:Mingzhe Zhu\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nMingzhe Zhu \n\nB.Eng. in Zhejiang U niversity\, China\, 2008 \n\nFriday\, January 18th\, 2013 10:30 a.m. TAS C1 9204 West \n\n\nTitle: \n\nCOMPUTATIONAL STUDY FOR BRANCH-DECOMPOSITI ONS OF PLANAR GRAPHS \n\nAbstract: \n\nIt is known that many NP-hard pro blems in a graph G admit efficient dynamic programming algorithms if G h as a small branchwidth. These algorithms usually run in exponential time in the width of a given branch-decomposition of G and polynomial time i n the size of G. So it is very important to decide the branchwidth and c ompute an optimal branch-decomposition of a given graph. It is NP-hard t o compute an optimal branch-decomposition for general graphs. For a plan ar graph G\, it is known that an optimal branch-decomposition of G can b e computed in O(n^3) time. In this thesis\, heuristics are proposed to i m- prove the practical efficiency of the O(n3) algorithm for the optimal branch-decomposition. Computational studies are conducted for the propo sed heuristics and the results show that the practical performance of th e O(n^3) time algorithm can be improved signifcantly. The heuristics imp lemented provide efficient tools for computing the branchwidth and optim al branch-decomposition of planar graphs. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committe e: \nDr. Qianping Gu\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Supervis or \nDr. Ramesh Krishnamurti\, Examiner \nDr. Pavol Hell\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5dc2830b-8fa1-463a-8dd0-a7566c74cf94 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121123T001926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121123T001926Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130121T133000 SUMMARY:Scott Yuzwa\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Development of functional tools to study the ro le of O-GIcNAc in tau biology \n\nDr. David Vocadlo (Sr. Supervisor) \nD r. Michel Leroux \nDr. Edgar Young \nDr. Michael Silverman (Public Exami ner) \nDr. Cheryl Wellington - UBC (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Dipankar Sen (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:608dff6e-df41-4e88-a82f-a144af06e18b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121212T225118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121212T225118Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130117T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130117T123000 SUMMARY:Ariam Jimenez\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Ariam Jimenez (Senior Supervisor Dr. Ronald Ydenberg)\, PhD T hesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: The "secret garden": microphytobenthic b iofilms and the foraging ecology of calidridine sandpipers \n\nDefence L ocation: Burnaby Campus\, Biological Sciences Seminar Room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar Room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscugra@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f86d8f98-4efa-4acb-a3b7-fc8b5ff6b50f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20121212T230259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121212T230259Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T160000 SUMMARY:Lindsay L. Farrell\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Lindsay L. Farrell (Senior Supervisor Dr. Felix Breden)\, PhD . Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Molecular Genetics of Alternative Rep roductive Morphs in Ruffs\n\nDefence Location: Burnaby IRMACS ASB 10908 LOCATION:IRMACS ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscugra@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2d8a7d64-eb4e-44f2-8c74-37d36c4d73ff SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130107T170634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130107T170634Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T123000 SUMMARY:Sacha O'Regan\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Sacha O'Regan (Supervisor Dr. Wendy Palen)\, MSc Thesis Defen ce\n\nThesis Title: Amphibians under stress: life history\, density de pendence\, and differences in vulnerability LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ba71ae76-7aea-43e4-900e-41602b4a224b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130109T181219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130109T181219Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T170000 SUMMARY:VAN: Christine Wong\, EdD Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:\nEdD Defence\, \nStudent: Christine Wong \n\nDate: January 2 4\, 2013 \nTime: 2:30 pm \nLocation: SFU Vancouver (HC) room 2250 \n\nTh esis: Confucian Junzi Leadership: A model of authentic moral transformat ion for educational leaders\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Allan MacKinnon \n Member: Dr. Heesoon Bai \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Paul Crowe \nExternal E xaminer: Dr. Xin Li\, Professor\, California State University \nChair: D r. Celeste Snowber LOCATION:SFU Van (HC) room 2250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a975a97d-c9f5-4359-8b4c-a86fd7588195 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20121215T000827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121215T000827Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130110T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130110T123000 SUMMARY:Star Deibert-Turner\, MA Thesis Defence - History DESCRIPTION:\nLocation: Library Thesis Defence Room\n\nThesis Title: "Th e Golden Speculum: A History of the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective\ , 1970-1983" \n\nDr. Elise Chenier (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Mary-Ellen Kel m \nDr. Marina Morrow - Department of Health Sciences\, SFU (External Ex aminer) \n\nDr. Emily O'Brien(Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2448bcc4-17cb-46af-8fe5-65dce15427a7 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121215T000916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121215T000916Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130115T130000 SUMMARY:Roy Smith\, MA Thesis Defence - History DESCRIPTION:\nLocation: Library Thesis Defence Room\nThesis Title: "Vanc ouver Longshoremen\, Resilient Solidarity\, and the 1935 Interruption: C ompany Unionism 1923-1945." \n\nDr. Mark Leier (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Ge off Mann \nDr. Andrew Parnaby - Department of History\, Cape Breton Univ ersity (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Roxanne Panchasi (Chair) LOCATION:AQ6229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e772b31f-28a5-469e-8744-915f1f5a2c3e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130102T164017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130102T164017Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130115T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130115T123000 SUMMARY:Pariya Raoufi\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENSE \n\nPariya Raoufi \n\nB.Sc.\, Sharif Uni versity of Technology\, Iran 2008 \n\n\nTuesday\, January 15th\, 2013\, 10:30 a.m. SURREY CAMPUS \n\nTitle \n\nREAL-TIME VIDEO STREAMING OVER WI MAX NETWORKS WITH H.264 CODING \n\nAbstract \n\n\nBroadcasting multimedi a over wireless channels from a base station to wireless devices has ene rgy and quality concerns due to limited power of wireless devices and ex pected quality by the users. Moreover\, in a wireless environment the ch annel's rate changes over time. We have developed a Power-Rate-Buffer-Di stortion optimization framework in order to maximize receivers' lifetime and meet quality and rate constraints. Our framework makes it possible to select coding parameters in a way to minimize the energy consumption of receivers. Examples of these coding parameters are bit rate and intra refresh rate. Our simulation shows that our framework has a good perfor mance compare to the conventional video streaming method. It can reduce energy consumption considerably based on the requested video quality. \n \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Joseph Peters\, Senior Supervisor \ nDr. Arthur L. Liestman\, Co-Senior Supervisor \nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, E xaminer \nDr. Arrvindh Shriraman\, Chair \n LOCATION:SURREY CAMPUS Room 4040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bc23b9cf-29ad-455b-a71f-ffbe447e7585 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121215T001337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121215T001337Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130122T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130122T123000 SUMMARY:Mei-En (Lisa) Lai - MA Thesis Defence History DESCRIPTION:Location: Library Thesis Defence Room\n\nThesis Title: Socia l Status\, the Patriarch and Assembly Balls\, Upper Class Masculinity\, and the Transformation in Elite Identity \n\nElise Chenier (Sr. Supervis or) \nJennifer Spear (Supervisor) \nLara Campbell (External\, Gender Stu dies and Women's Studies) \n\nRoxanne Panchasi (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de4220e7-4070-4278-976c-b38a5287f219 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130121T183357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130121T183357Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130122T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130122T173000 SUMMARY:RESCHEDULED: Maria Tamayo\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics N EW DATE & TIME DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Cedric Chauve \n\nTitle: \nAlgorithms for f inding Tucker patterns \n\nAbstract: \nThe Consecutive-One Property (C1P ) in binary matrices is a combinatorial concept with applications in sev eral area\, from graph planarity testing to computational biology. Tucke r patterns are families of submatrices that characterize non-C1P matrice s\, and thus represent natural certificates of non-C1P matrices. However \, there are very few algorithmic results regarding Tucker patterns. In the present work\, that is part of systematic study of Tucker patterns\, we present several algorithmic and structural results about Tucker patt erns in binary matrices that do not satisfy the C1P. \n- An output-sensi tive enumeration algorithm for Tucker patterns. \n- A detailled study of the link between partition refinement and Tucker patterns. \n LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:228e8980-e0f6-4dfe-9fae-15e3c7974a9f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130102T225834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130102T225834Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130108T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130108T163000 SUMMARY:Eric Martin\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Identifying correlates of CTL-mediated control of HIV using computational and biomedical approaches\n\nDr. Mark Brockma n (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Zabrina Brumme (Co-Supervisor) \nDr. Jonathan C hoy \nDr. Rob Holt \nDr. Fiona Brinkman (Public Examiner) \n\nDr. Peter Unrau (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 8114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5519fa92-8805-4ada-ac87-e4504bbe94ed SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130109T182434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130109T182434Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130114T160000 SUMMARY:Noel Swain\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Noel Swain (Supervisor Dr. John Reynolds) MSc Thesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Effects of spawning Pacific salmon on the trophic and population ecology of stream-resident sculpins \n\n LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41a10158-d4eb-41de-89ea-5d394c3aaca3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130110T195623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130110T195623Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130114T160000 SUMMARY:Mikaela L. Davis\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Mikaela L. Davis (Senior Supervisor Dr. T. Williams)\, MSc Th esis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Dietary Ecology of the Glaucous-winged Gu ll (Larus glaucescens) in the Pacific North-West: Conventional and Stabl e Isotope Techniques and Implications for Eco-toxicology Monitoring\n\nL ocation: Burnaby Campus\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f0ef8dac-779f-4727-9994-dbef601a6007 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20121217T172152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121217T172152Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130114T120000 SUMMARY:Ashleigh Wilson\, MA Project Defence\, Gerontology DESCRIPTION:Title: Examining Key Factors and Influential Actos Involved i n the Decision to Relocate Into Assisted Living: A Sample Funding Propos al. LOCATION:HCC Room 1425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b68608ee-4983-4907-96e6-cc30217bffd5 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130111T165255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130111T165255Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130131T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130131T133000 SUMMARY:Koos van Nieuwkoop\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:BRINGING THE HIGGS BOSON TO REST\n\nWithin the Standard Model of particle physics\, the Higgs boson can decay to a pair of W bosons w hich decay leptonically. Despite its relatively high branching ratio\, t his is a challenging channel to search for the Higgs boson since we cann ot detect neutrinos directly with the ATLAS detector. The matrix element method is a first principles approach that allows for better separation of signal and background by responding to subtle differences in the mea sured event kinematics. A straightforward implementation of the method i s to assume that the Higgs boson is produced at rest in the transverse p lane. However\, this is often not the case due to next-to-leading order effects like initial state radiation. In order to improve the sensitivit y of the matrix element analysis\, we developed an estimator for the tra nsverse momentum of the Higgs boson that allows us to boost it into its transverse rest frame. Using a regression tree algorithm to estimate the transverse kinematics of the Higgs boson on an event-by-event basis\, w e observe a 15% improvement in sensitivity. The application of this tech nique to Higgs boson property measurements\, such as determination of sp in\, is also explored.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nChair: Dr. Eldon Emberl y\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Bernd Stelzer\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Dugan O'Nei l\nSupervisor: Dr. Michel Vetterli\n\nExaminer: Dr. Sarah Johnson LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bcc1b90e-9a9e-4599-9180-eb35d858f592 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130122T204811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130122T204811Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130128T160000 SUMMARY:Mannan Wang\, M.Sc Thesis Defense\, BPK DESCRIPTION:Muscle-associated Drosophila adducin regulates larval neuromu scular junction development and the localization of Draper to the synaps e \n\nAbstract \nAdducin\, the cross linker of actin and spectrin\, has important regulatory roles in the remodeling of cortical cytoskeleton wh ich permits modification of the membrane at sites of cell-cell contact d uring synaptic development. In Drosophila\, Drosophila adducins\, encode d by hu-li tai shao (hts)\, are localized to both pre-synaptic and post- synaptic larval neuromuscular junction (NMJ). In animals with muscle-spe cific knock-down of Hts\, NMJs are underdeveloped\, whereas overexpressi on of Hts in the muscle results in NMJ overgrowth. Draper\, a transmembr ane engulfment receptor\, has also been shown to regulate larval NMJ dev elopment and may interact with Hts. In vivo\, Draper colocalizes Hts at the postsynaptic region. Moreover\, in animals with muscle-specific knoc k-down of Hts\, Draper is 'tighter' localized to the synapse\, whereas o verexpression of Hts causes delocalization of Draper immunoreactivity fr om the synapse. This delocalization of Draper induced by Hts highlights a new avenue by which Hts may be exerting its influence on NMJ developme nt. \nKeywords: adducin\, Hu-li tai shao (Hts)\, Draper\, Drosophila NMJ \, synaptic development LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d82cd820-e22f-4459-9d1f-d823a157c5ea SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130104T154607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130104T154607Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130116T150000 SUMMARY:Ravikiran Vadlapudi\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nRavikiran Vadlapudi \n\n\nBtech\, In ternational Institute of Information Technology\, India\, 2008 \nMsc\, I nternational Institute of Information Technology\, India\, 2010 \n\nWedn esday\, January 16th\, 2013 1:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nVERB OSE LABELS FOR SEMANTIC ROLES \n\nAbstract \n\nWe introduce a new task t hat takes the output of semantic role labeling and associates each of th e argument slots for a predicate with a verbose description such as buye r or thing bought to semantic role labels such as `Arg0' and `Arg1' for predicate like "buy". Ambiguous verb senses and syntactic alternations m ake this a challenging task. We adapt the \nframe information for each v erb in the PropBank to create our training data. We propose various base line methods and more informed models which can identify such verbose la bels with 95.2% accuracy if the semantic roles have already been correct ly identified. We extend our work to text visualization to illustrate th e importance of verbose labeling. As a proof of concept\, we built an in teractive browser for human history articles from Wikipedia\, called len singwikipedia (http://www.lensingwikipedia.cs.sfu.ca). \nKeywords: Seman tic Role Labeling\, Verbose Labeling\, Text Visualization\, Verb Sense \ nPrediction\, PropBank \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Anoop Sarkar \, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Fred Popowich\, Supervisor \nDr. John Dill\, Examiner \nDr. Oliver Schulte\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ab6d5677-a3f8-4728-a3d6-749dc8837041 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20121213T154159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121213T154159Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130104T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130104T163000 SUMMARY:Alireza Ghane\, MSc Project Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. PROJECT DEFENCE \n\nAlireza Ghane \n\nB.Sc. Computer En gineering Department\, Sharif University of Technology\, Tehran\, Iran\, 2005 \nM.Sc. Computer Engineering Department\, Sharif University of Tec hnology\, Tehran\, Iran\, 2008 \n\n\nFriday\, January 4\, 2013 2:30 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\n\nTitle: \n\nTHE EFFECT OF DATA ORDERING ON CPU CAC HE PERFORMANCE \n\nAbstract: \n\nMemory\, as a shared resource\, has alw ays been a high latency and \nbandwidth limited bottleneck of the execut ion pipeline in multi-core systems. This project analyzes data structure s for a more efficient memory allocation method to improve cache utiliza tion and reduce memory access bandwidth. While single-threaded run-time improvements are limited\, we demonstrate up to 30% improved run-time an d energy consumption in multi-threaded applications when the processing cores are competing for cache space and memory bandwidth. \n\n\nM.Sc. Ex amining Committee: \nDr. Torsten Möller\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Arrvin dh Shriraman\, Supervisor \nDr. Alexandra Fedorova\, Examiner \nDr. Hao (Richard) Zhang\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e4043347-0204-40ef-a107-4801a51f9abe SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130103T175208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130103T175208Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130214T143000 SUMMARY:Giselle Liberman - LAS MA Defence - HC 1315 DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: The Argentine Wine Industry: Creating new space s for coordination? \n\nAbstract \nThe purpose of this study is to under stand the effects of public policies and institutional support in the de velopment of the wine industry of Argentina. It is concerned principally with understanding how interaction and coordination among actors within this sector aids the developments of this industry. It relies upon the Triple Helix approach of university (research)-industry-government inter action to compare and examine the institutional arrangements in the wine industry of three Argentine provinces and at the national level. It fin ds that this approach is useful for understanding the institutional foun dation for innovation\, knowledge diffusion\, and economic success\; how ever\, it struggles to explain how different actors make sense of coordi nation and how the latter is achieved. This study demonstrates that it i s necessary to first build a sense of collaboration and coordination amo ng the relevant institutional spheres to reproduce a Triple Helix framew ork in practise. LOCATION:HC 1315 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:intst@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cacab04f-b2ca-4f84-9002-976e6d98448e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130104T172812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130104T172812Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T160000 SUMMARY:Yang Liu\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:NON-LINEAR STRUCTURE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KINETIC SUNYAEV-Z ELDOVICH POWER SPECTRUM\n\nIn the last two decades\, a satisfactory stan dard cosmological model has been established. On the other side\, a weal th of new precise data from various astronomical observations is becomin g available\, leading to increased interest in details of the CMB foregr ound physics. In this thesis we investigate a very promising foreground effect\, the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (kSZ) effect\, and calculate its contribution to the CMB power spectrum. The kSZ effect is due to the int eraction of CMB photons with a moving structure between the observer and the surface of last scattering\, such as a cluster of galaxies\, that c ontains ionized gas and moves with a certain peculiar velocity. The stre ngth of the effect is determined by both the non-linear density distribu tion of matter inside clusters and the peculiar velocity which is govern ed by the linearly perturbed matter density around them. We analyze the relative importance of the the linear and non-linear contributions to th e kSZ considering only gravitational interactions. We find that the non- linear contribution significantly change the power spectrum in very smal l scales\, thus we believe including baryonic physics which also governi ng the nonlinear evolution of the structures is necessary. The effect of baryons is to redistribute matter toward the centres of halos\, which c an be dramatic when baryon component is allowed to cool. We calculate th is deviation as well as its impact on the kSZ CMB power spectrum.\n \n\n EXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Levon Pogosian\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Andrei Frolov\nSupervisor: Dr. How ard Trottier\n\nExaminer: Dr. Dugan O'Neil LOCATION:P8445.1 Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24153680-7361-419e-802a-ecf413b23e89 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130108T184910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130108T184910Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T130000 SUMMARY:Simon Wang\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Regulation of Dlg-containing adhesion complexes during epithelial and synaptic plasticity\n\nDr. Nicholas Harden (Sr. S upervisor)\nDr. Nancy Hawkins\nDr. Charles Krieger\nDr. Esther Verheyen\ nDr. Bruce Brandhorst (Public Examiner)\nDr. J. Roger Jacobs - McMaster University (External Examiner)\n\nDr. Michel Leroux (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82b90f22-0851-47d3-a6c1-ff3cac498a12 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130131T214827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130131T214827Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130226T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130226T123000 SUMMARY:Haowen Fang\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: John Stockie \n\nTitle: \nTwo Dimensional I mmersed Boundary Simulations of Swimming Jellyfish \n\nAbstract:\nThe sw imming behavior of jellyfish\, driven by the periodic contraction of bod y muscles\, can\nbe modeled as a two-dimensional bell-shaped membrane im mersed in fluid with a periodic\ncontraction force exerted along the mem brane. We aim to use a simple two-dimensional\nelastic membrane to simul ate the swimming behavior without imposing any given membrane\nconfigura tion\, in which the swimming behavior is driven naturally by the interac tion\nbetween the elastic membrane and fluid and solved by the immersed boundary (IB) method.\nWe begin by describing our implementation of stre tching and bending forces in the IB\nformulation\, and then study the re lative importance of the stretching and bending forces for\nan idealized closed membrane. We then develop a two-dimensional model of a jellyfish whose\nbell resists any deformation from a given realistic target shape . The swimming dynamics\nare driven by a muscle contraction force that i s fit to experimental data. Numerical simulations\ndemonstrate an emerge nt swimming behavior that is consistent with experimentally\nobserved je llyfish. LOCATION:TASC II 8500 (PIMS) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c9048732-b640-483f-ab09-4a80de620e74 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130108T190128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130108T190128Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T170000 SUMMARY:Matthew Whiteside\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Computational Ortholog Prediction: Evaluating U se Cases and Improving High-Throughput Performance\n\nDr. Fiona Brinkman (Sr. Supervisor)\nDr. Margo Moore\nDr. Jack Chen\nDr. Ryan Morin (Publi c Examiner)\nDr. Rosemary J. Redfield - UBC (External Examiner)\n\nDr. R alph Pantophlet (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 8114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f151a7f5-8f98-4c23-863c-01b98c5fedad SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130226T230749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130226T230749Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T120000 SUMMARY:John Manning\, M.Sc Thesis Defense: Transplanted Haematopoietic C ells Populate The Murine CNS In The Absence Of Irradiation DESCRIPTION:Please note proposed new time (snugent@sfu.ca) \n\nFriday\, M arch 8th at 10:00 am \n\n\nAbstract \nCurrently\, there are no effective treatments available for patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sc lerosis (ALS)\, a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progres sive loss of upper and lower motor neurons. Experiments in rodents and h umans with neurodegenerative diseases have shown that after bone marrow transplantation following irradiation-induced myeloablation\, donor cell s can be found in the central nervous system (CNS). Previous work indica tes that irradiation itself may be essential for bone marrow-derived cel l (BMDC) entry into the CNS. Here we attempted to determine whether myel osuppressive regimens alternative to irradiation potentiate BMDC accumul ation in the CNS. Transgenic mice over-expressing human mutant superoxid e dismutase-1 (mSOD) develop motor neuron loss resembling amyotrophic la teral sclerosis (ALS). We treated control and mSOD mice with the chemoth erapeutic Busulfex (BU) and transplanted with GFP+ BM. Sub-myeloablative doses of 60-100 mg/kg BU were capable of inducing ≥80% blood chimerism in these animals. GFP+ cells were additionally observed in the spinal co rds of both control and mSOD mice. Greater numbers of GFP+ cells were de tected in mSOD spinal cords at disease end-stage compared to controls. H istological analysis of BMDCs revealed that a fraction of donor cells ac quired the stellate morphology and immunophenotype characteristic of par enchymal microglia. These data demonstrate that BU alone can be used to achieve high level BM chimerism in mice and lead to accumulation of BMDC s in spinal cord. Potentially\, these protocols could be adapted for use in humans having neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS. \nKeywords: Am yotrophic Lateral Sclerosis\, Bone Marrow Transplant\, mSOD mouse\, Lumb ar Spinal Cord\, Busulfan\, \n LOCATION:TASC2 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f7e151d7-4b16-42e7-8e3c-77b647fd6818 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130131T215634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130131T215634Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130319T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130319T123000 SUMMARY:Sudeshna Ghosh\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:Room: TASC II PIMS 8500 Burnaby Campus\n\nSr. Supervisor: Jo hn Stockie \n\nTitle: \nThe immersed boundary method for simulating grav itational \nsettling and fluid shear-induced deformation of elastic stru ctures \n\n\nAbstract: \nIn this work\, we study several fluid-structure interaction problems in two dimensions using \nthe “Immersed Boundary ( IB) method”. The IB method is a versatile and robust approach \nfor simu lating the interaction of complex\, elastic structures with an incompres sible fluid \nflow. The method has been used to simulate a wide range of biological and non-biological \nfluid-structure interaction problems. \ nThe particular choice of problems we study is motivated by the dynamics of biofilms which \nare characterized by flow-induced deformation of co mplex structures as well as free flowing \nsuspended biofilm particles. In this work we consider massless as well as massive structures. \nFor t he massive structures\, mass is incorporated by distributing point masse s at a collection \nof IB points on and inside the structure. Our mathem atical model for massive IB structures \nuses a Boussinesq approximation which is valid for ?ρ ≤ ρf \, where ρf is the density of \nthe fluid an d ?ρ is the density difference between the structure and fluid. We consi der \ngravitational settling of massive particles and aim to capture hyd rodynamic interactions \nwith bounding walls as well as other particles. In all cases\, we perform extensive numerical \nsimulations and compari sons to other published experimental and numerical results in the \nlite rature. \nThen we consider the deflection of a flexible cantilever beam in response to a shear flow. \nOur numerical results are discussed in th e context of analytical results from the linear beam \ntheory. This mode l is extended to handle porosity in the solid\, which is a characteristi c \nfeature of biofilm layers. LOCATION:TASC II PIMS 8500 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3dc645a8-22e1-496b-8db8-de58a067f629 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130307T172529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130307T172529Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130319T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130319T120000 SUMMARY:Ibrahim Numanagic\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nIbrahim Numanagic \n\nB.Sc. Computin g Science\, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics\, University of Sarajevo\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, 2011 \n\n\nTuesday\, March 19th\, 20 13 10:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle: \n\nBOOSTING HIGH THROUGHPUT SE QUENCING DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHMS USING REORDERING \n\nAbstract: \n\n The high throughput sequencing (HTS) platforms generate unprecedented am ounts of data that introduce challenges for the computational infrastruc ture. \nCurrently\, most HTS data is compressed through general purpose algorithms such as gzip. These algorithms are not designed for compressi ng data generated by the HTS platform\, as they do not take advantage of the specific nature of genomic sequence data. Here we present SCALCE\, a ``boosting'' scheme based on Locally Consistent Parsing technique whic h reorganizes the reads in a way that results in a higher compression sp eed and compression rate\, independent of the compression algorithm in u se and without using a reference genome. Our tests indicate that SCALCE improves compression rate and time of gzip significantly. We also showed that reordering problem can be considered as an instance of set-cover p roblem\, and that Locally Consistent Parsing is practically good as the best known approximation of set-cover problem. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Com mittee: \nDr. Cenk Sahinalp\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Funda Ergun\, Supe rvisor \nDr. Martin Ester\, Examiner \nBrad Bart\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6e7a36b8-a535-4a27-97a6-2a4d82f350ad SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130226T185945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130226T185945Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130319T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130319T153000 SUMMARY:Samaneh Abbasi Moghaddam PhD Defence\, Cmpt Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nSAMANEH ABBASI MOGHADDAM \n\nB.Sc.\, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad\, Mashhad\, Iran\, 2005 \nM.Sc.\, Sharif University of Technology\, Tehran\, Iran\, 2008 \n\nTuesday\, March 19t h\, 2013 1:30 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nASPECT-BASED OPINION MINING IN ON LINE REVIEWS \n\n\nAbstract: \n\nOther people’s opinions are important p iece of information for making informed decisions. Today the Web has bec ome an excellent source of consumer opinions. However\, as the volume of opinionated text is growing rapidly\, it is getting impossible for user s to read all reviews to make a good decision. Reading different and pos sibly even contradictory opinions written by different reviewers even ma ke them more confused. In the same way\, monitoring consumer opinions is getting harder for the manufactures and providers. These needs have ins pired a new line of research on mining customer reviews\, or opinion min ing. Recently\, opinion mining has emerged as an interesting new researc h direction due to the availability of a huge volume of user-generated c ontent. Aspect-based opinion mining\, is a relatively new sub-problem th at attracted a great deal of attention in the last few years. Extracted aspects and estimated ratings clearly provides more detailed information for users \nto make decisions and for suppliers to monitor their consum ers. In this thesis\, we address the problem of aspect-based opinion min ing and seek novel methods to improve limitations and weaknesses of curr ent techniques. We first propose a method\, called Opinion Digger\, that takes advantages of syntactic patterns to improve the accuracy of frequ ency-based technique. We then move on to model-based approaches and and propose an LDA-based model\, called ILDA\, to jointly extract aspects an d estimate their ratings. In our next work\, we compare ILDA with \na se ries of increasingly sophisticated LDA models representing the essence o f the major published methods in the literature. A comprehensive evaluat ion of these models indicates that while ILDA works best for items with large number of reviews\, it performs poorly when the size of the traini ng dataset is small\, i.e.\, for cold start items. The cold start proble m is critical as in real-life data sets around 90% of items are cold sta rt. We address this problem in our last work and propose a LDA-based mod el\, called FLDA. It models items and reviewers by a set of latent facto rs and learns them using reviews of an item category. Experimental resul ts on real life data sets show that FLDA achieve significant gain for co ld start items compared to the state-of-the-art models. \n\n\nPh.D. Exam ining Committee: \nDr. Martin Ester\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Fred Popow ich\, Supervisor \nDr. Jian Pei\, Internal Examiner \nDr. Bing Liu\, Ext ernal Examiner \nDr. Andrei Bulatov\, Chair \n\n\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49c1f49d-aae2-4221-90b4-13e6b7c8eade SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130212T232812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130212T232812Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T160000 SUMMARY:YiFan Wang's MASc. Thesis Defense DESCRIPTION:Fabrication of Relative Humidity Sensors based on Polyimide N anoparticles LOCATION:ASB 9705 - Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:043e8ade-3f17-42ce-96f6-4f628883d4b2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130305T185044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130305T185044Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T140000 SUMMARY:Arthur James Horton\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library\n\nTHE JET ENERGY SCALE AT ATLAS USING Z+JET EVENTS\n\nJets collimated sprays of subatomic particles\, ar e an important component of the final state in high-energy proton-proton scattering\, a correct jet energy scale is therefore essential to the s uccess of the ATLAS experiment. In this thesis the missing transverse p rojection fraction method is used to measure the jet energy scale in Z+j et events where the Z decays into a pair of leptons.\n\nThis measurement complements similar measurements made using gamma+jet events while exte nding the calibration to lower energies. The possibility of taking adva ntage of the differing fraction of events in each sample with gluon-init iated jets as a method for deriving a flavour-dependent jet response is also explored. Preliminary results are shown to agree with Monte Carlo predictions within their statistical uncertainty.\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Michel Vetterli\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Dugan O'Ne il\nSupervisor: Dr. Bernd Stelzer\n\nSFU Examiner: Dr. Corina Andreiou\, Department of Chemistry\n\n\n\n LOCATION:Room 2020 Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ee0107d9-71f6-435a-972c-7886d18c9866 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130213T223703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130213T223703Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T130000 SUMMARY:Raven Bowen\, MA Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: John Lowman\n\nThesis Title: They Walk Amo ng Us: Sex Work Exit\, Re-entry and Duality\n\nAbstract: \n\nThis examin ation of sex work exit\, re-entry\, and duality includes the thoughts\, experiences\, and factors that individuals identify as having influenced their decisions about sex industry involvement. Utilizing literature on sex work exit from around the world\, and using a blend of theoretical frameworks which include constructionist intersectionality\, symbolic in teractionism\, and concepts of “capital\,” “field\,” and “habitus”\, the decision-making processes of the 22 participants who contributed to thi s study are made clear. Their socio-structural positions as well as thei r personal dispositions are examined in order to understand exiting\, re -entry\, and duality from their viewpoint.\n\nThe 22 participants are sp lit into three subsamples based on their level of involvement in sex wor k: a) those who have exited and do not intend to return (n=9)\; b) those who have exited and acknowledge that they may return (n=8)\; and c) tho se who live dual lives both in and out of sex work (n=5). Sample partici pants make sense of their involvement in square work and sex work throug h their personal convictions as well as their interpretations of interac tions with acquaintances and loved ones.\n\nLocation: Saywell Hall 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:142cd894-39a9-4000-a963-def6238da731 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130214T233422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130214T233422Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T160000 SUMMARY: Jacqueline Pizzuti-Ashby\, EdD Thesis Examination DESCRIPTION:\n\nEdD Student: Jacqueline Pizzuti-Ashby \n\nThesis: Designi ng for the Future: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the Peter Jones Learni ng Centre \n\nDate: March 28\, 2013 \nTime: 2:00 pm \nLocation: SFU Van (HC) room 2250 \n\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. David Zandvliet \nMember: Dr . David Paterson \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Kris Magnusson \nExternal Exam iner: Dr. Ray Cole\, UBC \nChair: Dr. Milt McClaren LOCATION:SFU Vancouver\, HC room 2250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:sschiede@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ed3dbab-aa52-434e-adbd-482ce4c4744b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T224144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T224144Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T153000 SUMMARY:Tanmay Deshpande\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Luis Goddyn\n\nTitle: \nCones\, Lattice and Hilbert Bases of Cuts \n\nAbstract:\nA Hilbert Basis is defi?ned as a t o be a set of vectors S such that every\nvector in the cone and lattice generated by S can also be expressed as a non\nnegative integer combinat ions of vectors in S. Goddyn (1991) conjectured\nthat characteristic vec tors of cuts of graphs form Hilbert Basis. A counter\nexample to this co njecture was given by Laurent in 1996. We study the\nclass of graphs who se cuts form a Hilbert basis and prove that the cuts of\ngraphs formed b y uncontractions of K5 form Hilbert bases. In addition\,\nwe repair an i ncorrect result of Laurent that says the cuts of all proper\nsubgraphs o f K6 form Hilbert bases by proving that the cuts of K6 n e do\nnot form a Hilbert basis. We also study the cones\, lattices and Hilbert\nbases o f contractible cycles of projective planar graphs by looking at the\ncut s of their dual graphs.\n\n LOCATION:IRMACS 10908 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:110825c8-8cef-4a10-91ea-3b0f9519c489 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130306T192240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130306T192240Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130328T150000 SUMMARY:Nadiya Mankovska\, PhD Thesis defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Richard Harris\nAbstract:\nWithin the fram ework of dynamic CGE model for the economy of China\, we simulate increa ses\nin global food prices\, in global energy prices and appreciation of nominal exchange rate.\nFirst\, our results show that increases in glob al prices for agricultural products in the last\ndecade made overall pos itive effects on the Chinese economy – investment growth and an\nimprove d trade balance pushed the GDP up. The consumption per capita fell below the\nbenchmark in the short to medium run\, but overcame this trend in the long run. The food price\nincreases explain partially the consumer p rice inflation in China and\, partially too\, the observed\naccumulation of foreign asset holdings. We demonstrate that restrictive policy inter ventions into\nagricultural markets have harmed the development of China ’s agricultural sector.\nSecond\, in contrast to the impact of increased food prices\, raise in global prices for\nenergy commodities negatively influenced both the real economy and private incomes in China.\nWithin the knocked down GDP growth\, household consumption suffered the most si gnificant\nhurt. We also find that energy prices were largely responsibl e for the domestic inflation in the last\ndecade. While the economic gro wth rate has slowed down\, the growth itself has continued:\npositive de velopment rates of all economic indicators have maintained. This suggest s the strong\ngrowth foundation of the China’s economy as well as it bei ng equipped well enough to meet the\nchallenge of increased energy price s.\nThird\, we found that the recent appreciation of nominal exchange ra te of the yuan\, the\nChinese national currency\, has had contractionary effects on the economy and deepened income\ninequality. Nevertheless\, it has appreciably helped to curb inflation and reduced external\nimbala nces. We argue that the yuan appreciation can serve as an effective infl ation control\ninstrument\, which should be accompanied by proper social policies targeting income inequality.\nIn general\, China’s economy has proved to be strong enough to respond to global\nchallenges. Most negat ive effects do not eliminate the positive growth rate\, but slightly slo w it\ndown. Provided proper policies\, China has potential to continue i ts role as a leading power in the\nworld economy for the decades to come .\nKeywords: dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model\; econom y of China\; global\nfood prices\; global energy prices\; exchange rate appreciation\; economic optimization in GAMS LOCATION:West Mall Centre\, Economics Dept CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a6ccdd95-45f8-42f4-8969-b5e146d5df02 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130215T223909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130215T223909Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130307T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130307T153000 SUMMARY:Lisa Hareuther\, MA Thesis Defence\, Sociology and Anthropology DESCRIPTION:Harbour Centre\, Room 2050\n\nExamining Committee:\nDr. Dara Culhane\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Adrienne Burk\, Committee Member\nDr. L eslie Robertson\, External Examiner\n\nThesis Title:"To Keep the Memorie s Floating": Complexities of Memory Work\n\nAbstract: This thesis explor es\, through an ethnographic methodology situated within a living histor y museum and a military museum\, the notion that memories are not ‘pre-g iven’ objects but are instead actively created and re-membered in comple x and layered ways. Drawing upon interviews\, observations\, and persona l memories of working in the living history museum\, I take as a startin g point memory work in these two museums related to the World Wars. This thesis considers in turn five key lenses on memory as work\; that is\, how it evolves from labour\, crafting\, and selection\, and is constitut ed in fluid and dynamic ways. In particular\, I consider the blurred bou ndaries between presumed dichotomies of memory/history and remembering/f orgetting\, as well as issues of authenticity and performance. This rese arch adds to the relatively scarce scholarly literature on how people wo rking in museums experience and 'perform' memory\, as well as argues tha t memory is a central yet complex aspect of ethnographic fieldwork that requires critical reflexive analysis. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7932e2b-5b4d-4c01-a949-8576864c7444 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130208T184340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130208T184340Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130307T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130307T113000 SUMMARY:Hamid Reza Vaezi Joze\, Phd Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nHAMID REZA VAEZI JOZE \n\nB.Sc.\, Sh arif University of Technology\, Iran\, 2006 \nM.Sc.\, Sharif University of Technology\, Iran\, 2008 \n\nThursday\, March 7th\, 2013 9:30 a.m. TA SC1 9204 West \n\nESTIMATING THE COLOUR OF THE ILLUMINANT USING SPECULAR REFLECTION AND EXEMPLAR-BASED METHOD \n\nIn this thesis\, we propose me thods for estimation of the colour of the illuminant. First\, we investi gate the effects of bright pixels on several current colour constancy al gorithms. Then we use bright pixels to extend the seminal Gamut Mapping Colour Constancy algorithm. Here we define the White-Patch Gamut as a ne w extension to this method\, comprising the bright pixels of the image. This approach adds new constraints to the standard constraints and impro ved estimates. Motivated by the effect of bright pixels in illumination estimation\, \nwe go on to incorporate consideration of specular reflect ion per se\, which tends to generate bright pixels. To this effect we pr esent a new and effective physics-based colour constancy representation\ , called the Zeta-Image\, which makes use of a novel log-relative-chroma ticity planar constraint. This method is fast and requires no training o r tunable parameters\; moreover\, and importantly\, it can be useful for removing highlights. We then go on to present a new camera calibration method aimed at finding a straight-line locus\, in a special colour feat ure space\, that is traversed by daylights and approximately by specular points. The aim of the calibration is to enable recovering the colour o f the illuminant. Finally\, we address colour constancy in a novel appro ach by utilizing unsupervised learning of a model for each training surf ace in training images. We call this new method Exemplar-Based Colour Co nstancy. In this method\, we find nearest-neighbour models for each test \nsurface and estimate its illumination based on comparing the statisti cs of nearest-neighbour surfaces and the target surface. We also extend our method to overcome the multiple illuminant problem. \n\nPh.D. Examin ing Committee: \nDr. Mark Drew\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Ze-Nian Li\, Su pervisor \nDr. Graham Finlayson\, Supervisor \nDr. Tim Lee\, Internal Ex aminer \nDr. Maria Vanrell\, External Examiner \nDr. Greg Mori\, Chair \ n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a44a1755-5e0b-418a-80c0-19209d6752e8 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130218T171556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130218T171556Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T133000 SUMMARY:Kasra Yousefi\, Thesis Defence\, MSc\, Statistics & Actuarial Sci ence DESCRIPTION:\n\nBurnaby Campus \nKasra Yousefi - MSc Defence \nDepartment of Statistics & Actuarial Science \nTime: 12:00 PM \nRoom: ASB 10908 - IRMACS \nTitle: A BAYESIAN SPATIAL HIERARCHICAL MODEL FOR PUTTING IN GOL F \n\nStatistics & Actuarial Science CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:stat_grad_sec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d296ce7-75f1-481a-b009-2391af8ac630 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130313T224434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T224434Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T143000 SUMMARY:Jennifer Godfrey\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library\n\nCROSS SECTION MEASUREMENT AND SEARCH FOR NEW PHYSICS WITH TOP QUARK PAIR EVENTS INVOLVING A TAU LEPTON IN ATLAS\n\nIn 2011\, the ATLAS detector recorded an integrated luminos ity of over 5\ninverse femtobarns of proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC at a\ncentre-of-mass √s = 7 TeV. This large dataset allows fo r tests of the\nstandard model as well as searches for new physics. Two measurements are\nreported in this thesis. The first analysis is a test of the standard\nmodel and has resulted in the world’s most precise meas urement of the\ntop quark pair production cross section for final states which include a\nhadronically decaying tau lepton. The second analysis uses the same\ndataset to search for a charged Higgs boson\, also result ing in the\nworld’s best limits for the search channel.\n\nIn the cross section measurement\, 2.1 inverse femtobarns of ATLAS\nproton-proton col lision data is used to measure the top quark pair\nproduction cross sect ion in events containing an isolated electron or\nmuon and a tau lepton decaying hadronically. After initial event\nrequirements\, the leading b ackground comes from top quark pairs with\njets faking tau leptons. A fi t to a tau lepton identification variable\nis used to determine the sign al yield. The measured cross section\,\n186 ±13 (stat.) +20 -19 (syst.) ±7 (lumi.) pb\, is in good agreement with\nthe standard model prediction .\n\nSeveral extensions to the standard model predict the existence of a t\nleast one charged Higgs boson\, H±. According to these extensions\, t he\ntop quark can decay into a bottom quark and a light charged Higgs bo son\nin addition to the standard model decay to a bottom quark and a W b oson.\nIn the second analysis\, event yield ratios between different fin al\nstates are measured using 4.6 inverse femtobarns of ATLAS data. This is\ncompared to simulation in order to search for a violation of lepton \nuniversality. This ratio-based method reduces the impact of systematic \nuncertainties in the analysis. No significant deviations from the\nsta ndard model predictions are observed. With the assumption that the\nchar ged Higgs boson branching ratio to a tau lepton and a neutrino is\n100%\ , upper limits in the range 3.2%–4.4% can be placed on the top quark\nto charged Higgs branching ratio for 90 ≤ mH±≤ 140 GeV. After\ncombination with results from a search for charged Higgs bosons in\ndecays using th e tau(had)+jets final state\, upper limits on this\nbranching ratio can be set in the range 0.8%–3.4%\, for 90 ≤ mH±≤ 140 GeV.\n\nEXAMINING COMM ITTEE\n\nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Dugan O'Ne il\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Bernd Stelzer\nSupervisor: Dr. Michel Vetterli\n\n Internal Examiner: Dr. Howard Trottier\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Hirohis a Tanaka\, University of British Columbia LOCATION:Room 2020\, Bennett Library CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df58a0b6-8f5e-4a79-8d67-49513b579ca7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130220T004344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130220T004344Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T163000 SUMMARY:MSc Defence\, Yiting Tang DESCRIPTION:The following arrangements have been made for Yiting Tang's M .Sc. Thesis Defence: \n\nFriday\, March 15\, 2013 \nPre-defence meeting: C-9076\, 1:00-1:30 p.m. \nPresentation: AQ-5020\, 1:30 p.m. \nChair: Dr . Krzysztof Starosta \nSr. Supervisor: Dr. Hua-Zhong Yu \nCommittee memb ers: Dr. Michael Eikerling\, Dr. timothy Beischlag \nExternal examiner: Dr. Dan Bizzotto\, UBC\, Dept. of Chemistry CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:772cbf9a-31d8-4f69-b378-bb696093b92f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130219T174706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130219T174706Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130325T120000 SUMMARY:Amirhossein Sarafrazian's MASc. Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Model based Prototyping for hydraulic passive Engine Mount wi th Emphasis on Inertia Track LOCATION:Room 5320 - Surrey Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c3c95886-2156-415e-8830-6e8f76e3b8e0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130311T203204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130311T203204Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130325T120000 SUMMARY:Rozanna Becker\, MA Thesis Defence\, Arts Education\, Faculty of Education LOCATION:EDB 8508 - Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c85f9e4a-7d9a-4af9-a972-35c451cc24b8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130318T165920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130318T165920Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130325T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130325T113000 SUMMARY:Mohsen Kamalzadeh\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nMohsen Kamalzadeh \n\nB.Sc. Computer Engineering\, Sharif University of Technology \nTehran\, Iran\, 2010 \n \nMonday\, March 25th\, 2013 9:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nLIS TEN OR INTERACT? A LARGE-SCALE SURVEY OF MUSIC LISTENING AND MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOURS \n\nAbstract \n\nThe results of an online survey on music lis tening and management are presented and analyzed. With 590 participants\ , the main goal was to understand how much control the respondents desir ed on their music listening experience and how much interaction with the ir music source they would be willing to have in order to exert such con trol. A need for interaction techniques which take minimal effort and le t users steer the listening experience by controlling key attributes of songs was observed. The time required for this interaction should be sim ilar to how long it takes to skip one song. Examples of attributes that needed to be controlled were found to be mood\, familiarity\, tempo\, an d how distracting the songs are. Some other notable findings were that o ur participants had a median of 4600 songs in their music collections\, that portable devices are the most popular music source\, that commuting and work are the top activities accompanying music\, and that online mu sic services have not gained much traction with users. \n\nKeywords: Mus ic\, listening\, interaction\, behaviours\, habits\, online survey\, des ign implications \nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Torsten Möller\, Sen ior Supervisor \nDr. Dominikus Baur\,Supervisor\,Ludwig Maximilian Unive rsity\, Munich\, Germany \nDr. Joanna McGrenere\, Examiner\, UBC \nDr. H ao (Richard) Zhang\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:094e1bbb-613c-4b2a-9993-45e56e490a73 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130221T223318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130221T223318Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130327T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130327T160000 SUMMARY:Yadvinder Singh's MASc. Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Experimental Investigation and Numerical Modelling of Hydroge n Exposed Piezoelectric Actuators for Fuel Injector Applications. LOCATION:Room 5060 - Surrey Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8d102790-2291-4242-98d9-c3e9d7282725 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T203950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T203950Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130327T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130327T133000 SUMMARY:Catherine Read PhD Education Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9cf796cc-fc50-4a02-807c-dac049d2f972 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130220T002142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130220T002142Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130301T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130301T163000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Kristen Soo DESCRIPTION:The following arrangements have been made for Kristen Soo's M .Sc. Thesis Defence: \n\nFriday\, March 1\, 2013 \n1:30-2:00 p.m. Physic s room #9449 pre-defence meeting of examining committee only. \n2:00-4:3 0 p.m. Thesis Defence Room\, LIB 2020 \n\nChair: Dr. David Vocadlo \nSr. Supervisor: Dr. Steven Holdcroft \nCommittee members: Dr. Tim Storr\, D r. Vance Williams \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Hua-Zhong Yu CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b941d12f-be5d-414d-b351-c5674052c0ea SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130125T224628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130125T224628Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T180000 SUMMARY:Christian Frech\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Comparative Genome Analysis of Malaria Parasite Species\n\nDr. Nansheng Chen (Sr. Supervisor)\nDr. David Baillie\nDr. F iona Brinkman\nDr. Carl Lowenberger (Public Examiner)\nDr. Jessica Kissi nger - Univ. of Georgia (External Examiner)\n\nDr. Nancy Hawkins (Chair) \n LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75f1eb47-3a7d-44aa-b149-04ae969cb23f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T203920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T203920Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T133000 SUMMARY:Vandy Corrine Britton\, PhD Education Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, Bennett Library\, LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c72301ea-fdfa-46b4-a429-495d8f835034 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130219T221255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130219T221255Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T170000 SUMMARY:Anna Evelyn Gray Drake\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Anna Evelyn Gray Drake (Supervisor Dr. David Green)\, PhD The sis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Seasonal interactions in the Yellow Warble r (Setophaga petechia): winter habitat use\, migration and demography \n \nLocation: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) LOCATION:Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:673fa349-def8-4a3a-8a63-63f5331ce77f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T203840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T203840Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T133000 SUMMARY:Peter Koci PhD Education Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 8508\, Blue Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:da364ff9-2f49-4f45-ab2e-c791989daf4c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130415T221840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130415T221840Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T160000 SUMMARY:Patrick W. Poyner-Del Vento\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Patrick W. Poyner-Del Vento (PhD Candidate) Defends Dissertat ion \n \nDate: April 16\, 2013 (Tuesday) \nLocation: RCB 6152\nTime: 1: 00 p.m.\n \nThesis Title: Observed Support in Marriage: The Roles of Su pport-Seeking Behaviour and Stress Reactivity\n \nChair: Dr. Robert McMa hon\nCommittee: Dr. Rebecca Cobb\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Kim Bartholome w\nDr. Norm O’Rourke\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Erica Woodin\, Department o f Psychology\, University of Victoria\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Anita DeLo ngis\, Department of Psychology\, University of British Columbia\n LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c22656e8-65fa-4300-ad03-14a9ea35f57d SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20130220T230159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130220T230159Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T180000 SUMMARY:Agnes Koos\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Poli Science LOCATION:Room 2020 Library\, Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:polgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a9d45d68-6dfd-4fd1-b2c6-7e107b189036 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130228T002516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130228T002516Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T143000 SUMMARY:Vladimir Zaychenko\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Simon Verdun-Jones \n\nTitle: Multiple Str eams in Russian Penal Policy Making: The Case of Sanctions and Sentencin g Reform \n\nAbstract: \n\nThis research aims to address the relative sc arcity of comparative studies of policy analysis in the area of criminal justice by looking at a familiar problem (prison overcrowding) in a \nl ess familiar comparative context (Russian policy environment) through th e theoretical lens of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams framework. \n\nIt prese nts a systematic record of the processes\, which led to the significant changes in Russian penal policy\, resulting in an overhaul of its sancti ons and sentencing system. Based on \na documentary review and legal ana lysis\, an historical record\, beginning in the late 1990s and progressi ng to 2003\, is laid out. The record systematically describes events in the policy\, \nproblem\, and political stream as they related to the cre ation of a policy image of prison overcrowding and Russian sanctions and sentencing policy in need of reform. Specifically\, in \nthe policy str eam\, there was an emergence of interest in non-custodial sanctions and liberalization of sentencing rules as a long-term legislative solution t hat could constrain the \ngrowth of prison population. In the problem st ream\, the magnitude of the overcrowding crisis demanded more radical an d lasting solutions to the problem. In the political stream\, changes in \npolitical leadership echoed national demands for stability and order and led to further consolidation of political power by the President and Presidential Administration. The \nadministration seized the opportunit y to couple all three streams together and successfully created a policy image of sanctions and sentencing system in need of correction. Acting on \nbehalf of the President\, it was able to enact its vision of policy change with virtually no resistance from the closely controlled parliam ent. \n\nThis research expands the applicability of Kingdon’s Multiple S treams Model beyond the scope of the public policy setting for which the model was originally designed (i.e.\, American \npublic policy agenda-s etting). It has confirmed the existence of all the domains of Kingdon’s Multiple Stream Model supporting the utility and value of the MSM in exa mining penal policies of \npolities with different political structures and regimes. \n\nLocation: Thesis Defence Room (Room 2020\, WAC Bennett Library) CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3cfa218e-c71c-4348-a0a6-b3204d26fe76 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130327T220500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130327T220500Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T133000 SUMMARY:Lindsay DeVorkin\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Caspase regulation of autophagy in Drosophila melanogaster \n\nDr. Sharon Gorski (Sr. Supervisor) \nDr. Esther Verhey en \nDr. Nicholas Harden \nDr. Gordon Rintoul (Public Examiner) \nDr. Ki mberley McCall - Boston University (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Mark Broc kman (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 8114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2dcb1322-b6e3-43cd-a855-ed1123728273 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130327T164707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130327T164707Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T150000 SUMMARY:Elaheh Kamaliha\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nElaheh Kamaliha \n\nB.Sc\, Computer Engineering\, Sharif University of Technology\, 2009 \n\nMonday\, April 8th\, 2013 1:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTitle \n\nCLIENT-SIDE CACHING F OR CLIENT-SERVER OLAP SYSTEMS \n\nAbstract \n\nRecently\, client-side da ta caching has become popular for building highly interactive web applic ations. \nThis research is about client-side data caching in a client-se rver OLAP system. Contrary to the traditional OLAP systems\, the system we study here is client-centric which contains a light-weight OLAP engin e and a data cache\, such that queries posed by the user may be processe d on the client without a round-trip to the server. It has been shown th at this system works better than the traditional ones in some data visua lization scenarios. In this study\, we focus on the client-side data cac hing in this system. We implemented a new data structure for storing mul tidimensional data on the client-side\, which occupies a small memory fo otprint and decreases the load time significantly with a minimal client- side processing overhead. \nAlso\, we investigate the efficiency of clie nt-side caching when the processing of the query needs extra data that a re not already client-resident. Our results show that in some cases it c ould be cost-effective to download more than $80\\%$ of the required dat a from the server\, rather than to download the entire sub-cube from the server. \n\n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Wo-Shun Luk\, Senior Sup ervisor \nDr. Oliver Schulte\, Supervisor \nDr. Jian Pei\, Examiner \nDr . Uwe Glȁsser\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1a07307-e3e6-4f1d-8253-d51f2452bfcf SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130226T164549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130226T164549Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T113000 SUMMARY:Soheil Sadequi MASc. Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Broadening the Frequency Bandwidth of Piezoelectric Energy Ha rvesters Using Coupled Linear Resonators LOCATION:Room 5320 - Surrey Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:msepa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a15efa0-c591-4ee1-953e-0bfe1d06675b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T203935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T203935Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T133000 SUMMARY:William Radford PhD Education Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 8508\, Blue Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14f424aa-1fde-44ff-b23f-773a954a5e3b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130304T173421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T173421Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T130000 SUMMARY:Elise Larue\, MA Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Martin Andresen\n\nThesis Title: Patterns of Crime and Universities: A Spatial Analysis of Burglary\, Robbery and Motor Vehicle Theft Patterns Surrounding Universities in Ottawa\n\nAbstr act:\n\nThis thesis explores the spatial distribution of crime in Ottawa \, Canada in 2006. Crime pattern theory provides the theoretical framew ork for examining the relationship between the rates of burglary\, robbe ry\, and motor vehicle theft and the two universities\, University of Ot tawa and Carleton University. This thesis uses ArcView 3.3 software to geocode and spatially join the crime and census data\, and uses GeoDa 0. 9.5-i software to conduct a spatial regression procedure that accounts f or spatial autocorrelation between the crime rates and socio-demographic characteristics at the dissemination area level. This thesis finds sup port for crime pattern theory and the geometric theory of crime\, as uni versities are the strongest predictors of the rates of burglary and moto r vehicle theft. This thesis also finds some support for both social di sorganization theory and routine activity theory as a number of the expe cted relationships between the socio-demographic and socio-economic vari ables and crime are observed. \n\nLocation: Saywell Hall 10121 LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7516f438-9d3e-47b7-87f1-4b8843056e18 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130405T000223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130405T000223Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T160000 SUMMARY:Sandra Lockwood\, MA Thesis Project Defence\, Graduate Liberal St udies DESCRIPTION:Sandra Lockwood\n2007 Cohort\nFriday April 12th\n2:00\nHC 205 0\n\n\nThin Places\n\n\nAbstract\n\nThis inquiry into the three great qu ests of the twentieth century–the South Pole\, Mount Everest\, and the M oon–examines our motivations to venture into these sublime\, yet life-ta king places. The Thin Place was once the destination of the religious pi lgrim seeking transcendence in an extreme environment. In our age\, the Thin Place quest has morphed into a challenge to evolve beyond the confi nes of our own physiology\; through human ingenuity and invention\, we r each places not meant to accommodate human life. The early Antarctic exp lorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard defined exploration as “the physical express ion of intellectual passion.” Our quests to explore the end of the earth \, the top of the world\, and into outer space exemplify this definition . Moreover\, these quests have great metaphoric value\; they are symboli c of supreme achievement\, and help define what it means to be human.\n\ nKeywords : exploration\; numinosity\; twentieth century\; South Pole\; Mount Everest\; the Moon LOCATION:HC 2050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0d17c4da-6e9d-4500-89c2-9a7e2a7c5f54 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T203853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T203853Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130418T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130418T133000 SUMMARY:Karen Lynne McKinlay Kurnaedy PhD Education Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, LIB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a603e979-5c4f-4b71-8090-2e5226e791fd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130312T185724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130312T185724Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130418T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130418T170000 SUMMARY:Michaela Martin\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nMichaela Martin (Senior Supervisor Dr. David Green)\, MSc T hesis Defence\n\n\nThesis Title: Latitudinal variation in life-history traits and incubation patters of Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia)\n\ nLocation: Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c9e26f92-af9d-4f68-9170-d496f3cbb925 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130319T191201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130319T191201Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130418T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130418T133000 SUMMARY:Laleh Samii\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:P8445.2\, Shrum Science Centre\n\nSTUDIES OF SYNTHETIC MOLECU LAR MOTORS\n\nTo better understand the underlying principles by which bi ological motors operate\, recent work has focused both on understanding their operational principles\, and on designing new molecular motors ab initio. Here\, by studying and designing motors which use Brownian motio n and track asymmetry to bias the direction of motion\, I gained insight into the underlying principles by which such motors operate. "Molecular spiders" [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128\, 12693 (2006)\, Nature 465\, 206 (2010 )] are one example of synthetic biomolecular walkers able to generate bi ased motion by coupling the chemical asymmetry arising from substrate bi nding and cleavage to bias their mechanical stepping. These DNA-based mo tors diffuse to their substrate track where productive binding between a molecular spider’s DNAzyme leg and a ssDNA substrate facilitates cleava ge of the substrate. Once cleaved\, the decreased binding affinity betwe en the DNAzyme and resulting product allows the motor to diffuse along t he track and form new interactions with uncleaved substrate molecules. T o investigate the origin of biased motion of molecular spiders\, I have performed Monte Carlo simulations. Using my simulations\, I also invest igated their performance as molecular motors\, and determined how to opt imize their motor properties by modifying tunable experimental parameter s in spider design. These studies assisted us in the design and constru ction of a novel protein-based synthetic motor\, the "Lawnmower"\, which uses a burnt–bridges type of mechanism\, the same as spiders\, to auton omously and diffusively move forward. The lawnmower has trypsin protease s as blades\, linked to a quantum dot hub\, that interact with a one-dim ensional peptide substrate track via binding to and cleavage of the subs trates. Experimentally\, it is confirmed with kinetic assays that our la wnmower is an active motor and that there are an average number of 8 bla des on each motor. I also outlined the synthesis and characterization of a highly modified DNA-peptide construct\, which acts as the track for t he lawnmower. For this\, I employed PCR to generate a densely labeled DN A and click chemistry for peptide conjugation to the functionalized DNA. As an additional motors-related project\, I present the synthesis of a long one-dimensional DNA track with periodically repeating elements that provide specific binding sites for the "Tumbleweed" molecular motor [HF SP J. 3\, 204 (2009)].\n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE\n\nChair: Dr. J. Steven Do dge\n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Forde\n\nSupervisor: Dr. Martin Zuck ermann\nSupervisor: Dr. Dipankar Sen\, Department of Molecular Biology a nd Biochemistry\nSupervisor: Dr. Eldon Emberly\n\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Peter Unrau\, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry\n\nExter nal Examiner: Dr. Zev Bryant\, Assistant Professor\, Bioengineering and (by courtesy) Structural Biology\n Schools of Medicine and Engineering\, Stanford University LOCATION:P8445.2\, Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42ecb22d-d265-48c2-a6a6-7cb86f04609d SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130306T234030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130306T234030Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T140000 SUMMARY:Helen Kang\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Sociology and Anthropology DESCRIPTION:Location: Harbour Centre\, Room 3150\n\nExamining Committee: \nDr. Stacy Pigg\, Chair \nDr. Cindy Patton\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Da ny Lacombe\, Committee Member \nDr. Zoe Druick\, Committee Member \nDr. Lara Campbell\, SFU Examiner (GSWS) \nDr. Nancy Tomes\, External Examine r (History\, SUNY Stony Brook) \n\nThesis Title: Medical Disinterestedne ss: An Archaeology of Scientificness and Morality in the Canadian Medica l Profession \n\nAbstract: In this dissertation\, I consider the emergen ce of and the shifts in the scientific and moral standards in the Canadi an medical profession\, or what I call medical disinterestedness. I exam ine editorial content from medical journals as a discursive space in whi ch professional norms are constituted. I draw on the works of Pierre Bou rdieu in order to argue that doctors are enmeshed in a unique system of rewards that cannot be explained by an economic model based on profit. I investigate three crisis moments during which Canadian doctors faced ac cusations from the public\, the media and the government for not acting with scientific and moral judgment. The first crisis moment I examine oc curs in the nineteenth century when doctors faced a hostile government t hat refused them the right to govern all aspects of medicine. During thi s time\, doctors drew on middle-class masculine codes of etiquette and t heir privileged access to university education in order to claim that th ey were learned gentlemen acting on behalf of the public. This claim was called into question during the 1950s-1960s\, however\, when the Canadi an media shamed the medical profession for opposing the proposal for a u niversal health care system. In this second crisis moment\, in order to restore their moral credibility\, doctors upheld general practice and pu blic health as humane forms of medicine and adopted media relations stra tegies aimed at improving their image. Opening the doors to the media cr eated complications\, however\, as demonstrated in the third crisis mome nt when the editors at the top Canadian medical journal were fired in 20 06. This event revealed that the supposedly pure intellectual space of m edical science collides with media-market forces\, professional politics and journalism in ways that have troubling ramifications for medical pr actice. My analysis of these crisis moments demonstrates that morality\, objectivity and ethics are not fixed concepts but are rather shaped in relation to historical\, social\, cultural\, political and economic fact ors. This dissertation extends ethical discussions in medicine to includ e the ways in which doctors define and communicate what it means to act with integrity in relation to the state\, professional politics and the media. LOCATION:Harbour Centre\, Room 3150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradsecsa@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10db16aa-7065-44b8-85d4-8b66b05128cd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130325T180151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130325T180151Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T130000 SUMMARY:Morena Anamali\, MA Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Dr. Martin Bouchard\n\nTitle: Depends Who Offers and Where Offered: The Context of Drug Offers and First Time Cann abis Use\n\nAbstract:\n\nResearch has shown that proximal sources (peers ) are associated to substance use. Rarely examined\, however\, is the im mediate context or the precise situation in which drugs are offered for the first time. This includes the nature of the relationship between the person offering and the adolescent receiving the offer\, the location i n which the offer occurs\, and how these may affect the likelihood of ac cepting or rejecting a first offer. Using a sample of 171 adolescent can nabis users\, this study examines the likelihood of accepting a first of fer as a function of social proximity and proximity of location. Results show that both these elements matter in the decision to accept. More sp ecifically\, offers are more likely to be accepted when they come from b est friends and when they are made in one's own home. The implications o f these results for drug use prevention programs\, which neglect situati onal factors\, are discussed.\n\nLocation: Faculty Conference Room (Room 10121\, Saywell Hall) LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d7f44044-80d4-4413-9a61-02bef7231413 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20130403T164854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130403T164854Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T153000 SUMMARY:Ben Harris\, PhD Thesis defence\, Economics DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: Krishna Pendakur \nTitle: Essays in Applie d Econometrics \nAbstract: \nThis thesis includes three essays in applie d econometrics. The ?rst and third \nchapter focus on labor market outco mes of minority group members\, while the \nsecond chapter focuses on th e education. Chapter 1 deals with the relationship \nbetween sexual orie ntation\, gender\, partnership\, and labor market outcomes. I \nsuggest that if there are compensating di?erentials and a gender gap in potentia l \nwages\, an income e?ect can lead partnered gay men to choose jobs wi th lower \nwages and higher amenities than partnered straight men. The s ame mechanism \nwould lead partnered lesbians to lower amenity and highe r wage jobs than part- \nnered straight women\, and we would expect no d i?erences in wages or amenities \nbetween singles. I present results on estimated wages and new data on stressfulness \nof one's working environ ment that are largely consistent with these predictions\, and \nthen I d iscuss possible alternative explanations for my ?ndings. Chapter 2 focus es \non the e?ect of open enrollment policies on students' academic achi evement. The \nintroduction of open enrollment may improve student achie vement by providing \naccess to better schools and by increasing inter-s chool competition. We use mea- \nsures of the local scope for school cho ice and competition before and after the policy \nchange to investigate its e?ect on test scores. We ?nd the policy's e?ect depends on \nthe qua lity of public schools that are located in proximity to a students resid ence. \nStudents who are already guaranteed access to the locally top-ra nked school earn \nlower scores under open enrollment\, while those who gain access to higher-ranked \nschools earn higher scores. All students experience a small positive e?ect from in- \ncreased competition among p ublic schools. Chapter 3 explores the role of initial \nhousing conditio ns on labor outcomes of new immigrants to Canada. We focus on \nwhether immigrants arranged housing before landing. Within the framework of a \n dual search model\, this variable can be interpreted as capturing the op portunity \ncost of searching for a job. We ?nd that not pre-arranging h ousing is associated \nwith temporary worse labor outcomes among unskill ed immigrants. The remainder \nof the chapter is spent looking for evide nce that these results are due to an unob- \nserved variable that drives both housing arrangements as well as labor outcomes\, \nbut no such evi dence is found. \nKeywords: Sexual Orientation\; Immigration\; Wage Gaps \; School Choice LOCATION:Bennett Library Thesis Room\, LB2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:kva10@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:766e38bb-2199-4698-89de-b182533cdfa5 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130410T170902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130410T170902Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T120000 SUMMARY:Fan Zhang\, MSc Defence\, Actuarial Science DESCRIPTION:Fan Zhang\, MSc Defence\, Actuarial Science \n\nLocation: ASB 10908 - IRMACS\, Burnaby Campus \n\nTitle: Use of Genetic Algorithms fo r Optimal Investment Strategies \n\nAbstract: In this study\, a genetic algorithm is used in the development of investment strategies that decid e the optimum asset allocations which back up a portfolio of term insura nce contracts and the re-balancing strategy that responds to the changin g financial markets\, such as change in interest rates and mortality exp erience. The objective function used allows us to accommodate three obje ctives that should be of interest to the management in insurance compani es. The three objectives under consideration are\, maximizing the total value of wealth at the end of the period\, minimizing the variance of th e total value of the wealth across the simulated interest rate scenarios and achieving consistent return on the portfolio from year to year. Exp eriments are conducted to compare the performance of the investment stra tegy proposed by the genetic algorithm to the standard duration matching strategy in terms of the different objectives under different situation s. LOCATION:ASB 10908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:cbradbur@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72b9c207-5fb2-4865-8aca-f77068e9ba5b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130412T191904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130412T191904Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T123000 SUMMARY:Christopher Dagenais\, MA\, Extended Essays Defence\, Graduate Li beral Studies DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\n\nEssay 1: A critical analysis of our emerging te chnocracy unfolds through an annotated commentary on an imagined technoc rat’s manifesto. The essay contrasts the romanticization of technology’s liberating qualities with a sober warning about its tendency towards op pression.\n\nKeywords: technocracy\; technology and culture\; techne\; f aith in reason\n\nEssay 2: Approximately one third of the world’s popula tion uses the Internet. It is a communications platform that ostensibly defies political boundaries and social status\, putting unprecedented am ounts of information in the hands of all users equally. However\, the In ternet operates within a social and political context that influences th e information it contains. Every online interaction is explicitly or tac itly attended by an imperative to buy\, making commerce a key driving fo rce of the Internet. The online user is a modern-day\, digital proletari at\, subject to exploitation by the corporate interests that have embrac ed the Internet. Themes of manipulation\, alienation\, and ahistoricism in the information age are examined through a principally Marxian lens. \n\nKeywords: Internet\; digital revolution\; online communications\; se arch engines\; online commerce\; utopian perspectives of the Internet \n LOCATION:RM 2050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:975fc6c1-243a-481b-895d-5ba2f5894208 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130312T225810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130312T225810Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T130000 SUMMARY:Calen P. Ryan\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Calen P. Ryan (Supervisor Dr. Tony Williams)\, MSc Thesis Def ence \n\n\nThesis Title: Prolactin and avian clutch size: Testing the on ly physiological model for a key life history trait \n\nLocation: Bennet t Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room) LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:08a8fdf4-29b8-422e-b35b-0aebb8407abd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130415T221952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130415T221952Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T160000 SUMMARY:Jill M. Logan\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Jill M. Logan (MA Candidate) Defends Thesis \n \nDate: April 19\, 2013 (Friday)\nLocation: RCB 6152\nTime: 1:00 p.m.\n \nThesis Titl e: Benefits of Capitalization in Newlyweds: Predicting Marital Satisfac tion and Depression Symptoms\n \nChair: Dr. Rachel Fouladi\nCommittee: D r. Rebecca Cobb\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Kim Bartholomew\n\nExternal Exa miner: Dr. Natalee Popadiuk\, Assistant Professor\, Educational Psycholo gy and Leadership Studies\, University of Victoria\n LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3efa1bef-a68b-4501-a66b-4440a499b6f5 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130409T155003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130409T155003Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T113000 SUMMARY:Snehasish Kumar\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nSnehasish Kumar \n\nB.Tech\, Compute r Science and Engineering\, Biju Patnaik University of Technology\, Indi a\, 2010 \n\nFriday\, April 19th\, 2013 9:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nTi tle: \n\nARCHITECTURAL SUPPORT FOR A VARIABLE GRANULARITY CACHE MEMORY S YSTEM \n\nAbstract: \n\nThe data access patterns of modern workloads are increasingly less uniform which makes it hard to design a memory hierar chy with rigid design principles that performs optimally for a wide rang e of workloads. This dissertation proposes and evaluates the benefits of a novel architecture\, called the Amoeba Cache\, for the on chip memory hierarchy which would allow it to dynamically adapt to the requirements of the application. We propose a design that can support a variable num ber of cache blocks\, each of a different granularity. \n\nCompared to a fixed granularity cache\, the Amoeba Cache improves cache utilization t o 90% - 99% for most applications\, saves miss rate by up to 73% at the L1 level and up to 88% at the LLC level\, and reduces miss bandwidth by up to 84% at the L1 and 92% at the LLC. The Amoeba Cache also reduces on -chip memory hierarchy energy by as much as 36% and improves performance by as much as 50%. \n\nKeywords: cache memory\, adaptive\, dynamic vari able granularity \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Arrvindh Shriraman \, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Alexandra Fedorova\, Supervisor \nDr. Robert Cameron\, Examiner \nDr. Anoop Sarkar\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ffefb3e9-211b-4e67-8a17-b3eb079242ab SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130314T181605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130314T181605Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T120000 SUMMARY:Lorraine White-Wilkinson's MA Thesis Examination\, Faculty of Edu cation LOCATION:Halpern Centre Room 114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educmast@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7513438f-d351-483f-9edc-828b66cecd70 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130402T211529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130402T211529Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T130000 SUMMARY:Dorna Niroomand\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:P8445.2\, Shrum Science Centre\n\nOBSERVATION OF THE CASTAING INSTABILITY IN A TRAPPED ULTRACOLD BOSE GAS\n\nUltracold trapped atomic systems are ideal model systems to investigate physical phenomena in th e quantum regime. In this work we studied instabilities in spin dynamics of a sample of nondegenerate trapped 87Rb gas. This is the first experi mental investigation of the so-called Castaing instability in such syste ms. The Castaing instability is an instability in the spin dynamics of s pin-polarized systems as a result of introducing sharp spin gradients in their spin profile.\n\nWe used an optical technique via the ac Stark ef fect to initialize arbitrary spin profiles in a sample of evaporatively cooled nondegenerate 87Rb gas. The experimental results manifest evidenc e for the presence of the Castaing instability in both transverse and lo ngitudinal spin channels. The results agree reasonably well with theoret ical studies and results of a numerical solution to the spin transport e quation. Some imperfection in the longitudinal spin gradient due to the spin-state preparation technique makes the signature of the instability less clear in the transverse channel. We propose other preparation techn iques to overcome this shortcoming in future experiments.\n\nEXAMINING C OMMITTEE\n\nDr. J. Steven Dodge\, Chair\n\nDr. Jeffrey McGuirk\, Senior Supervisor\n\nDr. Paul Haljan\, Supervisor\nDr. Malcolm Kennett\, Superv isor\n\nDr. Mike Hayden\, SFU Examiner LOCATION:P8445.2\, Shrum Science Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:physgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:488d2e20-3110-4010-9ad4-40539e686456 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130318T183044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130318T183044Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130423T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130423T150000 SUMMARY:Elly Knight\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Elly Knight (Senior Supervisor Dr. David Green)\, MSc Thesis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Impacts of habitat fragmentation by agricultur e on breeding songbirds in the Okanagan sagebrush shrubsteppe\n\nDefence Location: Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Semi nar room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:73b5656c-746b-4183-ba0b-2d2e6e9aa498 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130410T163439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130410T163439Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130423T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130423T150000 SUMMARY:Ramasamy Meyyappan\, M.Sc Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Date: April 23rd \nTime: 1:00 pm \nPlace: Tasc 2\, 7540 \n\nP lease let me know if you require a parking pass LOCATION:TASC 2\, 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:366e8f4b-a0ee-4467-ae94-bb040fbcff80 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130410T163503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130410T163503Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130423T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130423T170000 SUMMARY:Colin Francis\, M.Sc Thesis Defence DESCRIPTION:Date: April 23rd \nTime: 3:00 pm \nPlace: Tasc 2\, 7540 \n\nP lease let me know if you will require a parking pass. LOCATION:TASC2 7540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:snugent@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:57529c69-9342-4d2a-ba1b-422744647b8e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130319T172222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130319T172222Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130426T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130426T130000 SUMMARY:Shannon Squires\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Shannon Squires (Senior Supervisor Dr. Sherryl Bisgrove\, MSc Thesis Defence\n\n\nThesis Title: The microtubule associated protein E ND BINDING1b\, auxin\, and root responses to mechanical cues\n\nLocation : Department of Biological Sciences\, Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21afa87d-9b9c-4a78-977a-45a42343e40c SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130410T171315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130410T171315Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130426T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130426T143000 SUMMARY:Jorge Rodriguez\, MSc Defence\, Statistics DESCRIPTION:Jorge Rodriguez\, MSc Defence\, Statistics \n\nLocation: Libr ary 2020 - Thesis Defence Room - Burnaby Campus\n\nTitle: The Hot Hand i n Golf \n\nAbstract: In this project\, an analysis is made to try to det ermine whether the phenomenon known as the hot hand\, exists in golf. Da ta from a particular golf tournament in 2012 is studied in order to try to find out whether this proposition seems true. For this tournament\, t he scores for each golfer are split into the number of strokes and the n umber of putts required to complete the course. The key idea in this pro ject is the substitution of the number of putts with the expected number of putts. The rationale is that putting is a highly stochastic element of golf and that the randomness conceals evidence of the hot hand. This expected value will be based on the distance to the pin once the ball is on the green. This distance to the pin is obtained from the ShotLink we bsite. New scores for all golfers are calculated and consist of the sum of the number of strokes plus the expected number of putts in order to c omplete a course. The association between said scores in the first round and similar scores in the second round is calculated. The results seem to point to the conclusion that there is no hot hand in golf. \n LOCATION:Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:cbradbur@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:550ce370-7e54-468d-b702-c49f7e36286e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130319T200752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130319T200752Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T140000 SUMMARY:Christina Rose Sill\, MA Project Defence\, Graduate Liberal Studi es 2007 Cohort DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThis historical survey reviews incidences and pop ularity of mechanical humans from\nPtolemaic Alexandria to the present d ay. These devices were of special interest in\nthe Enlightenment as mode ls of a mechanistic self\, as artistic and scientific\nspectacles\, and as entertainment devices. Historical mass audiences may not have\nshared the negative associations held by audiences of today\, however intense\ nresponses have been documented. The project finds that audience respons e is\ninformed by a wide variety of factors that should be considered to gether when\ndetermining the depth of uncanniness present in a device. T he project explores\nissues related to the philosophical interpretation\ , imagery\, and social contexts of\nandroid automata.\n\nKeywords: autom ata\; androids\; eighteenth century\; artificial life\; popular culture\ ;\nhistory LOCATION:HC 3100 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:wendy_sjolin@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11c49c95-e4c2-4079-a280-90b00cf1244d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130409T231155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130409T231155Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T193000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence\, David Newman\, School of Communication DESCRIPTION:PhD Defence – Wednesday\, April 10\, 2013 - 4:30 pm\, Harbour Centre - Room 1600\n\nResisting Hollywood? A Comparative Study of Briti sh Colonial Screen Policies in the Interwar Pacific:\nHong Kong\, Singap ore and New Zealand\n\nDavid Newman\n\n\nCommittee\nChair – TBD\nCatheri ne Murray\, Senior Supervisor\nDal Yong Jin\, Supervisor\nJanet Wasko\, Supervisor (University of Oregon)\nColin Browne\, Internal Examiner (Con temporary Arts\, SFU)\nRichard Maltby\, External Examiner (Flinders Univ ersity)\n\nAbstract\n\nSet against a background of imperialism\, this st udy uses a comparative approach to investigate government policies towar d\, and interventions in\, the motion picture industry prior to 1942 in three former British territories —Hong Kong\, Singapore (Straits Settlem ents) and New Zealand.\n\nThis study is based primarily on government an d industry documents preserved in archives spanning several countries\, drawing on both political economy and new cinema history to provide both the underlying narrative and analysis. Although ‘new cinema’ history fo cuses on cinema as a commercial institution and the socio-cultural histo ry of its audiences\, this study suggests such a conceptualisation shoul d be broadened to explicitly include the political system. The developme nt of policies and regulatory frameworks for the industry defined the op erational context and boundaries of the audience experience.\n\nThe unde rlying political narrative in each locality is different. In Hong Kong\, there was the lost opportunity of utilising local-language production t o meet Imperial quota goals. Singapore presents the story of censorship and early attempts at multi-culturalism through social control. New Zeal and events reveal a government attempting to use the motion picture indu stry for social control and to maintain a thoroughly British identity. W hat links the three cases together is the local governments’ struggle to balance satisfying the requirements of the Imperial government in Londo n\, and meeting the demands of both local audiences and of theatre owner s dependent on Hollywood product.\n\nEach of these cases show the role i n which governments played in shaping the viewing experience for audienc es\, both through explicit regulation such as censorship and cinema oper ating hours\, as well as more hidden areas such as fire regulations\, as well as the production and distribution of certain forms of motion pict ure. The study concludes that three broad policy imperatives explain the actions of governments in the motion picture industry: safety\, both mo ral and physical\; social control and development\; and economic factors .\n\nThe focus on the social-cultural context of the audience experience of cinema inherent in new cinema history is seen to provide an importan t dimension missing from political economy and its focus on structure an d agency.\n\nKeywords\n\nimperialism\; motion pictures\; new cinema hist ory\; government policy\; comparative screen policy\; colonial policy\; political ecology\; political economy of film\; New Zealand\; Hong Kong\ ; Straits Settlements\; Singapore\; British Malaya. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:gradcmns@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3e40c22a-bfa7-4aee-8865-f15b7b6c34e1 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130222T231214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130222T231214Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T173000 SUMMARY:Brinda Prasad\, PhD defence LIB-2020 DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis defence of Brinda Prasad \nWednesday\, April 10\ , 2013 \n2:0-2:30 p.m. C7080 pre-defence meeting of examining committee only. \n2:30 p.m. Thesis Defence Room\, LIB 2020 \nChair: Dr. Michael Ei kerling \nSr. Supervisor: Dr. Erika Plettner \nSupervisors: Dr. David Vo cadlo\, Dr. Dipankar Sen \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Daniel B. Leznoff \nEx ternal Examiner: Dr. Lindsay Eltis CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:98e59e45-4d14-4293-95cc-e8e5f1e57472 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130326T202027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130326T202027Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130402T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130402T173000 SUMMARY:Matthew Pelling\, MA Thesis Defence\, Political Science DESCRIPTION:Location: Goldcorp Centre\, Woodwards\, Room 2205\n\nTitle: T HE POLITICS OF ANOMALIES: POLICY FORMULATION PROCESSES AND THE TRANSFORM ATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY PARADIGM IN CANADA\n\nAbstract\nThis thes is introduces a research programme to develop and test a theory for unde rstanding the role of ideas in the policy process. By focusing on actors ’ treatment of policy anomalies\, the theory builds upon existing framew orks that map “orders” of ideational change using the concept of policy paradigms. The empirical section employs discourse analysis and process tracing techniques to explain industrial policy change in the province o f Saskatchewan between 1970 and 1995. Using new analytical tools\, this thesis explains how paradigmatic ideas may come to be dominant\, hegemon ic or contested\, and how formulation processes came to yield the replac ement of the industrial policy paradigm in many other jurisdictions but a much less consequential paradigmatic shift in Saskatchewan. The conclu ding section outlines the next steps of the research agenda and highligh ts areas in which discourse analysis may play a greater role in the poli cy sciences. CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:polgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6b7931ec-71fc-4a5e-aaae-bfef7ecd3bea SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130301T234520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130301T234520Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130402T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130402T170000 SUMMARY:Zohreh Moatazedi\, PhD Defence DESCRIPTION:“Coordination and Organometallic diamido-donor Iron and Cobal t Complexes” \nSenior Supervisor\, Dr. Daniel B. Leznoff \nSupervisors\, Dr. Andrew J. Bennet\, Dr. Vance E. Williams \nInternal Examiner\, Dr. Tim Storr \nExternal Examiner\, Dr. Kevin M. Smith\, University of Briti sh Columbia\, Okanagan \nThesis Defence Room\, LIB-2020 \nChair: Dr. Hua -Zhong Yu \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a2f9e07e-aea7-43f4-aec3-7170c9d5142f SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130304T185924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130304T185924Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130402T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130402T120000 SUMMARY:Kim McKercher\, MA Thesis Defence\, Gerontology DESCRIPTION:Title: The Role of Community Gardens in Promoting Social Enga gement Among Urban Dwelling Older Adults LOCATION:Harbour Centre Room 1415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:762c86fc-cee6-4bab-99b0-a1fa24ff5384 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130327T162134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130327T162134Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T123000 SUMMARY:Gordon Gray\, MA Thesis Defence\, Humanities LOCATION:Grace MacInnis Room AQ 5119 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:cdr3@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c8c613c8-bc1c-4b2d-b5de-bfe32e7477c0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130327T183649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130327T183649Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130404T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130404T140000 SUMMARY:PhD Thesis Defence - Michelle Hanson LOCATION:Library Thesis Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eascgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74c8a8f8-2a47-4e36-819d-ef83c85e6285 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130408T155754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130408T155754Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T150000 SUMMARY:Leila Goulamhoussen\, MA Project Defense\, Gerontology DESCRIPTION:Title: Safety culture in long-term care organizations: what c an be learnt from the commercial aviation industry? LOCATION:Harbour Centre Room 1425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29e19f79-1912-4401-b115-e312b4d337f5 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130416T221728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130416T221728Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T170000 SUMMARY:Stephanie Gayle Craig\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Gayle Craig (MA Candidate) Defends Thesis \n \nDat e: April 22\, 2013 (Monday)\nLocation: RCB 6152\nTime: 2:00 p.m.\n \nThe sis Title: The Impact of Early Onset Conduct Disorder on Depression Amon g Adolescent Girls Versus Boys: Gender Matters\n \nChair: Dr. Rebecca C obb\nCommittee: Dr. Marlene Moretti\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Robert McMa hon\, Supervisor\n\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Erica Woodin\, Assistant Prof essor\, Department of Psychology\, University of Victoria\n LOCATION:RCB 6152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e5fbc3c-3937-4802-b85f-3db8c8a143e3 SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130416T222950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130416T222950Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T160000 SUMMARY:Glenn J. Landry\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Glenn J. Landry (PhD Candidate) Defends Dissertation \n\nDate : April 22\, 2013 (Monday) \nLocation: LB 2020 \nTime: 1:00 p.m. \n\nThe sis Title: Neural Mechanisms of Food-Anticipatory Circadian Rhythms in R ats \n\nChair: Dr. Rachel Fouladi \nCommittee: Dr. Ralph Mistlberger\, S enior Supervisor \nDr. Neil Watson \nDr. Michael Antle\, Psychology Depa rtment\, University of Calgary \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Frank Lee\, Facu lty of Health Sciences \nExternal Examiner: Dr. Susan Ritter\, College o f Veterinary Medicine\, Washington State University \n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:64551d43-e16c-441f-94ff-bb33265385ad SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130411T174314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130411T174314Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130429T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130429T160000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence\, Piper Jackson\, Comp Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nPIPER JACKSON \n\nB.A. East Asian St udies and English (Cultural Studies)\, McGill University\, 1996 \nB.Sc. Computing Science\, Simon Fraser University\, 2005 \n\nMonday\, April 29 th\, 2013 2:00 p.m. TASC1 9204 West \n\nA FRAMEWORK FOR SOFTWARE MODELLI NG IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH \n\n\nSocial science is critical to decisi on making at the policy level. Software modelling and simulation are inn ovative computational methods that provide alternative means of developi ng and testing theory relevant to policy decisions. Software modelling i s capable of dealing with obstacles often encountered in traditional soc ial science research\, such as the difficulty of performing real-world e xperimentation. As a relatively new science\, computational research in the social sciences faces significant challenges\, both in terms of meth odology and acceptance. However\, there is great potential for computing to aid in the application of scientific thinking to the grave issues fa cing society. This is particularly true since technological advances and societal change continue to make our lives more complex. Policy decisio ns can have significant impacts in the lives of those affected\; it is i mperative we strive to develop novel and effective methods to inform the se decisions. \nThis thesis focuses on the interaction of modelling\, so ftware development\, and experimentation in computational social science research pursued by small teams of interdisciplinary scientists. I pres ent an innovative software development framework designed for this kind of research. By integrating software throughout the research process for both modelling and experimentation\, and utilizing a flexible and itera tive development model\, my framework addresses many pressing issues of computational social science: uncertainty due to lack of data or changin g conditions\; validation of models\; usability\; rapid adjustment to ch anges in direction\; facilitating collaboration\; and communication of r esults to peers and stakeholders. Case studies of projects developed usi ng this software modelling framework are used to illustrate and discuss the approach. The case studies span several fields of the social science s\, including Criminology\, Geography\, Political Science\, and Public H ealth. \nKeywords: Abstract state machine\; computer simulation\; interd isciplinary research\; mathematical modelling\; social science\; softwar e development \n\nPh.D. Examining Committee: \nDr. Uwe Glaesser\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Vahid Dabbaghian\, Supervisor \nDr. Lou Hafer\, Intern al Examiner \nDr. Nathaniel Osgood\, External Examiner \nDr. Steven Pear ce\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f1121155-3985-487b-9ca5-6164da9f8571 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130314T185944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130314T185944Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T120000 SUMMARY:PhD defence: P. Narasimachary DESCRIPTION:The following arrangements have been made for Sudha Narasimac hary's Ph.D. Thesis Defence: \n\nTuesday\, April 30\, 2013 \nPre-defence meeting: C-9034\, 8:00-8:30 a.m. \nDefence: Library Committee Room\, LI B-7200\, 8:30 a.m. \nChair: tba \nSr. Supervisor: Dr. Michael H. Eikerli ng \nCommittee members: Dr. Steven Holdcroft\, Dr. Zuo-Guang Ye \nIntern al examiner: Dr. Barbara J. Frisken\, Physics\, SFU \nExternal examiner: Dr. Stephen J. Paddison\, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering\, Univers ity of Tennessee\, Knoxville CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ca65ca67-f404-4c8d-9ea2-95133f2a5500 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130417T175716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130417T175716Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T153000 SUMMARY:ANDREA TAGLIASACCHI\, PhD Defence\, Cmpt Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nANDREA TAGLIASACCHI\n\nB.Sc. (cum lau de)\, Politecnico di Milano\, 2005\nM.Sc. (cum laude)\, Politecnico di M ilano\, 2007\n\nTuesday\, April 30th\, 2013 1:30 p.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\ nSKELETON EXTRACTION AND SKELETON-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF INCOMPLETE DATA\n \nIn the proposed thesis\, we address two challenges related to skeleton s. The first is to formulate novel ways to define and compute curve skel etons - a specific type of skeleton. The second is to employ skeletons t o enhance surface reconstruction for geometry affected by severe amounts of missing data. In solving these challenges we discuss three different approaches. In the first approach we focus our attention to watertight geometry. We propose a curve skeletonization algorithm that evolves the shape's surface towards a curve by means of a motion that accentuates it s local shape anisotropy. In the second approach we shift our attention to acquired data\, where severe amounts of missing data introduce a sign ificant challenge. To tackle this issue\, we propose a technique that ro bustly extracts curve skeletons by interpreting its branches as local ax es of rotational symmetry. We also propose an application that\, by expl oiting the extracted skeletons\, helps to repair the data by performing a skeleton-based volumetric inpainting. Our last approach further explor es the idea of volumetric inpainting by replacing curve skeletons with m edial skeletons. Thanks to the fact that medial skeletons provide a natu ral volumetric representation of the shape\, we propose a surface recons truction method that considers volumetric smoothness as a novel and effe ctive shape prior.\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee:\nDr. Hao Zhang\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Ghassan Hamarneh\, Co-supervisor\nDr. Kamal Gupta\, Int ernal Examiner (ENSC)\nDr. Paolo Cignoni\, External Examiner (ISTI-­CNR) \nDr. Richard Vaughan\, Chair\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:772b516a-08b8-48d2-8b59-3c7de49c128a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130320T173419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130320T173419Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130405T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130405T120000 SUMMARY:Vivienne Wallace\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Computing Science DESCRIPTION:M.SC. THESIS DEFENCE \n\nVivienne Wallace \n\nB.Sc.\, Univers ity of Toronto\, 2004 \n\nFriday\, April 5th\, 2013\, 10:00 a.m. TASC1 9 204 East \n\nTitle \n\nFROM CONSCIOUSNESS TO COMPUTATION: A SPECTRUM OF THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SELECTED SALIENT FEATURES GERMANE TO THE D EVELOPMENT OF THINKING MACHINES \n\nAbstract \n\nThis study investigated the field of consciousness to isolate concepts that might be useful in producing thinking machines\, potentially with full consciousness. Quest ions that informed the research were: Is it possible to identify “succes sful” theories of consciousness? Can there be a set of salient features that would be useful in the evaluation of theories of consciousness? \n\ nA literature survey identifies ways in which enduring problems in discu ssing intelligence\, cognition and consciousness are addressed. The find ings trace the development of Western theories of consciousness in the f ield of Cognitive Science. The resulting Spectrum of Theories of Conscio usness is a high-level organization schema\, evaluating theories for the ir relative reliance on physically verifiable evidence. Four selected Sa lient Features are: The Turing Test\, Qualia\, Implementation and System aticity. The Spectrum and Salient Features provide a novel structure for comparison and evaluation of theories within the field of consciousness and the attempt to create thinking machines. \n\nKeywords: Theories of Consciousness\; Cognitive Science\; Turing Test\; Qualia\; Systematicity \; Computational Implemenation. \n\nM.Sc. Examining Committee: \nDr. Rob ert Hadley\, Senior Supervisor \nDr. Richard Vaughan\, Supervisor \nDr. Fred Popowich\, Examiner \nDr. Oliver Schulte\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 East CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75cbc179-88c1-4f94-b3c6-57f61b01c556 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130416T205812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130416T205812Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130425T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130425T133000 SUMMARY:David Shinkaruk\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Physics DESCRIPTION:Shrum Science Centre\, P8445.1 \n\nMEASURING THE QUARK AND GL UON JET ENERGY RESPONSE IN PROTON-PROTON COLLISIONS AT 7 TeV CENTER-OF-M ASS ENERGY WITH THE ATLAS DETECTOR \n\nThe jet energy scale is one of th e largest systematic uncertainty at ATLAS\, making it vital to understan d and minimize. This thesis provides a comprehensive study of the quark and gluon jet responses\, by comparing results of the missing transverse energy projection fraction method in the established gamma+jet events a nd the newly developed dijet events. A likelihood discriminator is used to tag jets according to their calorimeter response\, and correct the re sponse to one for the dijet MPF study. The mean energy of quark and gluo n tagged jets is shown to differ by 4-7%\, depending on the energy of th e jet. \n\nEXAMINING COMMITTEE \n\nChair: Dr. J. Steven Dodge \n\nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Michel Vetterli \n\nSupervisor: Dr. Dugan O'Neil \n\nSF U Examiner: Dr. Sarah Johnson LOCATION:Shrum Science Centre\, P8445.1 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER:MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5df9a8ba-8903-4837-9a82-bb210721cdeb SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130423T230343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T230343Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130425T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130425T130000 SUMMARY:Krista Johnston\, MA Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:Thesis Title: Does General Anxiety Predict Peer-Related Socia l Outcomes in Youth with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder?\n \n Chair: Dr. Robert McMahon\nCommittee: Dr. Grace Iarocci\, Senior Supervi sor\nDr. Arlene Young\, Supervisor\nDr. Rachel Fouladi\n \nExternal Exam iner: Dr. Jonathan Weiss\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Psycholog y\, York University \n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76404086-ae4b-4767-b9c0-0842c743eb87 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130305T181322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130305T181322Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130509T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130509T180000 SUMMARY:Brett Favaro\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Brett Favaro (Supervisor Dr. Isabelle Coté)\, PhD Thesis Defe nce\n\n\nThesis Title: Can fishing gear protect non-target fishes? Desi gn and evaluation of bycatch reduction technology for commercial fisheri es\n\nDefence Location: Bennett Library 2020 (Thesis Defence room)\n\n\ n LOCATION:Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e21e1426-f88b-4c9b-92f6-378e81560dc2 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130409T185354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130409T185354Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130509T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130509T170000 SUMMARY:Amin Nouri Khorasani\, MSc defence DESCRIPTION:\n\nFinal MSc Oral Examination \n“NANOSCALE PHENOMENA IN ULTR ATHIN CATALYST LAYERS OF PEM FUEL CELLS: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR DYNAMIC S” \nPresented by Amin Nouri Khorasani \nSenior Supervisor: Dr. Michael H. Eikerling \nThursday\, May 9\, 2013 \n2:00 p.m. \nSouth Science Bldg. \, SSB-7172 \n\nSupervisors: Dr. Byron D. Gates\, Dr. Gary W. Leach\, Dr . Kourosh Malek \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Noham Weinberg \n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2c07cb86-2333-4c4d-aed4-e94f268febbf SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130429T174145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130429T174145Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130509T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130509T120000 SUMMARY:OULDOOZ BAGHBAN KARIMI\, Phd Defence\, Comp Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nOULDOOZ BAGHBAN KARIMI\n\nM.Sc.\, Com puter Engineering\, Iran University of Science and Technology\, 2006\nB. Sc.\, Computer Engineering\, University of Tehran\, 2003\n\nThursday May 9th\, 2013 10:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\nEFFICIENT RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN ADVANCED WIRELESS NETWORKS\n\nWith advancements in wireless communic ation technologies\, broadband wireless services will be prevalent in th e near future. Meanwhile\, increased capability of mobile devices is dra stically increasing the mobile data usage. This increase is far in exces s of mobile network capacities. Therefore\, despite the higher availabil ity of these networks\, higher number of users they support\, and their improved spectral efficiencies\, effective utilization of wireless resou rces is required to keep up with the ever-increasing user demands for mo bile content.\n \nThis thesis targets high-throughput data transmission in advanced cellular wireless networks\, and wireless mesh networks. The se wireless networks have been widely used for broadband wireless access and are constantly enhanced for future applications. We present efficie nt resource allocation solutions to meet the transmission requirements o f high bandwidth applications\, like video streaming\, in these networks . Our solutions combat bandwidth limitations in different settings\, inc luding dense networks and high mobility. We compare our proposed methods with state-of-the-art solutions and prove their effectiveness.\n \nWe a lso discuss the availability of cost-effective wireless access solutions that are yet to be considered for expanding mobile data networks. If ef ficiently used\, these networks can offload considerable traffic off the mobile networks. We discuss wireless local area networks for their abun dant resources and extensive deployment. We present an optimal solution to opportunistically use dense deployment of local access points and col laboratively serve wireless users. We present our solution within a set of networks that share the same upstream provider. Our solutions show si gnificantly improved throughput in dense implementations\, a remarkable step towards pervasiveness in next generation of mobile communication sy stems.\n\nKeywords: Wireless Networks\, 802.11\, Mesh\, WiFi\, LTE\, Cel lular\, Cell Array\, and Optimization\n\n\nPh.D. Examining Committee:\nD r. Jiangchuan Liu\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Qianping Gu\, Supervisor\nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Lin Cai\, External Examiner\nD r. Petra Berenbrink\, Chair\n\n\n CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4b4cd4d0-8952-4d78-b315-d42f93c4c1fa SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130403T170917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130403T170917Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T120000 SUMMARY:Bahar Behsaz\, M.Sc. Thesis Defence\, Mathematics DESCRIPTION:\nSr. Supervisor: Ladislav Stacho\n\nTitle: \nComputational A spects of DNA Self-Assembly Systems at Temperature 1\n\nAbstract:\nIn th is thesis\, we investigate the computational power of some variants of\n Winfree's abstract Tile Assembly Model (aTAM) at Temperature 1 (Winfree\ n1998). Although aTAM at temperatures higher than 1 are proved to be Tur ing\nUniversal\, i.e. they can simulate an arbitrary Turing Machine (Win free\n1998)\, the computational power of aTAM at temperature 1 is still an open\nquestion. It is known that some modifications of aTAM are indee d Turing\nUniversal at temperature 1(Cook 2011\, Patitz 2011). In this t hesis\, we\nfirst show that two variants of aTAM\, namely the Stage Tile Assembly Model\nand Step-wise Tile Assembly Model at Temperature 1\, ar e also Turing\nUniversal.\n\n Next\, we discuss the theoretical power of the self-assembly with\ntriangular tiles and hexagonal tiles\, respecti vely. We prove that these\nmodels can simulate arbitrary systems under a TAM and vice versa\, and\nconsequently\, they have the same computationa l power as aTAM. LOCATION:K9509 Burnaby Campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mathgsec@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e30921d4-f172-463b-8122-bf7b6809e33b SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130415T222722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130415T222722Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130510T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130510T193000 SUMMARY:Cory Scott - MA Thesis Defence History DESCRIPTION:\nLocation: Bennett Library\, Thesis Defence Room\n\nThesis Title: Re-examining Uganda’s 1966 Crisis: The Uganda People’s Congress and the Congo Rebellion \n\nThomas Kuehn (Sr. Supervisor)\nIlya Vinkovet sky (Supervisor)\nAaron Windel (External Examanier\, History)\n\nRoxanne Panchasi (Chair) LOCATION:Bennet Library Thesis Defence Room CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:histgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9b44f097-87e1-4246-9d05-b25a2a0cd830 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130425T181359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130425T181359Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130510T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130510T130000 SUMMARY:Natalia L. Nikolova - PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: The Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revise d: Evaluation of Its Psychometric Properties\, Incremental Validity\, a nd Moderating Effects of Gender in a Correctional Sample\n \nChair: Dr. Robert Ley\nCommittee: Dr. Kevin Douglas\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Stephe n Hart\nDr. Marlene Moretti\nInternal Examiner: Dr. William Glackman\, S chool of Criminology\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Martin Sellbom\, Department of Psychology\, The University of Alabama\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d28fa02c-0775-4472-8b68-6fefb1ff83be SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130409T220213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130409T220213Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130515T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130515T170000 SUMMARY:Vijay Dhand\, MSc defence DESCRIPTION:“SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLIC NATURAL PRODUCTS JASPINE B AND (-) -SWAINSONINE” \nPresented by Vijay Kumar Dhand \nSupervisor: Dr. Robert A. Britton \nWednesday\, May 15\, 2013 \n2:00 p.m. \nThesis Defence Room 2020 \n(Bennett Library\, Burnaby) \n\nSupervisors: Dr. Krzysztof Staro sta\, Dr. Robert N. Young \nInternal Examiner: Dr. Peter D. Wilson \nCha ir: Dr. Hua-Zhong Yu CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:we@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41792d19-403d-4649-bcc4-7b97b524e628 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130422T172606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130422T172606Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T170000 SUMMARY:Heather Osachoff\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Heather Osachoff (Supervisor Dr. C. Kennedy) \n\nThesis Title : Xenoestrogen effects on fish: molecular to physiological approaches LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c68e6c45-c205-4931-8dec-be011d59181c SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130514T161246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130514T161246Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T130000 SUMMARY:Adhi Susilo PhD Education Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dc8e9416-0bd8-411a-838a-eca4d6b063b8 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130516T184802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130516T184802Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T133000 SUMMARY:PhD Defence\, Haiyang Wang\, Comp Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE \n\nHAIYANG WANG \n\nMaster from Tongji University\, CHINA 2005 \n\nThursday May 30th\, 2013 11:30 a.m. TASC1 92 04 West \n\nFROM PEERS TO CLOUDS: DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES FOR CONTENT DELI VERY AND USER COLLABORATION \n\nIn this thesis\, we tackle the problem o f content delivery and user collaboration with emerging Internet technol ogies. Our investigation starts from peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing with soc ial relations to contemporary cloud computing with flexible resource pro visioning. We seek to leverage distributed resources for efficient shari ng and collaboration\, which leads to a hybrid system design that seamle ssly bridges users' local resources to public datacenters. \n\nWe first explore social-network-based optimizations in peer-to-peer content deliv ery. We give solid evidences that long-term social relations can be foun d and applied to enhance the sharing efficiency in peer-to-peer networks \, and present practical implementation strategies for the popular BitTo rrent system. We then investigate the performance of cloud-based file sy nchronization applications and identify the bottlenecks in their system design\, in particular\, the task interferences. We propose an interfere nce-aware provisioning algorithm\, which effectively mitigates the probl em. We further examine the users' interactions in state-of-the-art cloud -based distributed interactive applications. We find that\, despite the benefit in terms of cost savings and better scalability\, the cloud-base d deployment greatly increases the users' interaction latency. We demons trate that a smart assignment algorithms for virtual machines can remark ably reduce such latency. Finally\, we present a real-world system desig n that effectively bridges users' local resources to enterprise cloud pl atforms. Our measurements as well as system analysis indicate that it se rves as a complement of great potentials to enterprise cloud services. \ n\nPh.D. Examining Committee: \nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Senior Supervisor \ nDr. Mohamed Hefeeda\, Supervisor \nDr. Qianping Gu\, Internal Examiner \nDr. Kui Ren\, External Examiner \nDr. Steven Pearce\, Chair \n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e5b4415-a5ae-42ac-8119-a63b2ae25349 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130516T205252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130516T205252Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130530T133000 SUMMARY:Haiyang Wang\, Phd defence\, Comp Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nHAIYANG WANG\n\nMaster from Tongji Un iversity\, CHINA 2005 \n\nThursday May 30th\, 2013 11:30 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\nFROM PEERS TO CLOUDS: DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES FOR CONTENT DELIVER Y AND USER COLLABORATION\n\nIn this thesis\, we tackle the problem of co ntent delivery and user collaboration with emerging Internet technologie s. Our investigation starts from peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing with social relations to contemporary cloud computing with flexible resource provisi oning. We seek to leverage distributed resources for efficient sharing a nd collaboration\, which leads to a hybrid system design that seamlessly bridges users' local resources to public datacenters.\n\nWe first explo re social-network-based optimizations in peer-to-peer content delivery. We give solid evidences that long-term social relations can be found and applied to enhance the sharing efficiency in peer-to-peer networks\, an d present practical implementation strategies for the popular BitTorrent system. We then investigate the performance of cloud-based file synchro nization applications and identify the bottlenecks in their system desig n\, in particular\, the task interferences. We propose an interference-a ware provisioning algorithm\, which effectively mitigates the problem. W e further examine the users' interactions in state-of-the-art cloud-base d distributed interactive applications. We find that\, despite the benef it in terms of cost savings and better scalability\, the cloud-based dep loyment greatly increases the users' interaction latency. We demonstrate that a smart assignment algorithms for virtual machines can remarkably reduce such latency. Finally\, we present a real-world system design tha t effectively bridges users' local resources to enterprise cloud platfor ms. Our measurements as well as system analysis indicate that it serves as a complement of great potentials to enterprise cloud services.\n\nPh. D. Examining Committee:\nDr. Jiangchuan Liu\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Moh amed Hefeeda\, Supervisor\nDr. Qianping Gu\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Kui Ren\, External Examiner\nDr. Steven Pearce\, Chair\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ddcfeaf6-1eb5-44f5-b6cb-f4a9e3515722 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130422T202852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130422T202852Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130521T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130521T160000 SUMMARY:Brian Uher-Koch\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Supervisor Dr. Ronald Ydenberg\n\nThesis Title: Latitudinal and seasonal variation in non-breeding survival of surf and white-winged scoters LOCATION:Bennett Library 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:efdd09fc-8ff4-48a7-8d49-b643dd29c976 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130429T225839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130429T225839Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130516T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130516T160000 SUMMARY:Jennifer Scott\, PhD Defence\, English LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020\, Burnaby campus CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:englgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:183c17d0-3594-45ef-86ec-7c675c9e2ef3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130501T161931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130501T161931Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130516T120000 SUMMARY:Dharani Kalidasan\, MSc Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:\nDharani Kalidasan (Supervisor Dr. Allison Kermode)\, MSc Th esis Defence\n\nThesis Title: Functional analysis of a conifer protein that interacts with the global transcriptional regulator\, Abscisic Acid Insensitive 3\n\nLocation: Biological Sciences seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d8a73180-cc48-4774-bf3f-f29c8c029cb3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130515T162906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130515T162906Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130522T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130522T200000 SUMMARY:Joshua Newman\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Political Science DESCRIPTION:Location: SFU Harbour Centre\, The Repap Policy Room (1425)\n \nTitle: The Governance of Public-Private Partnerships: Success and Fail ure in the Transportation Sector\n\nAbstract \n\nSince the economic cris es of the 1970s\, the political climate in many developed countries has been reoriented from a focus on the public provision of goods and servic es to an emphasis on curbing government spending\, reducing taxes\, and limiting bureaucracy. As a consequence\, alternative service delivery ar rangements\, in which non-government entities and private sector corpora tions are involved in public service delivery\, have become increasingly popular in the last 30 years. The term “governance” is now commonly use d to signify this shift away from a traditional hierarchical mode of gov ernment to a more horizontal environment of policy formulation and imple mentation. For many supporters of alternative service delivery\, increas ed freedom for the private sector is regarded as the key to successful g overnance.\n Public-private partnerships (P3s) are a family of alternati ve service delivery mechanisms that allow the private sector to finance\ , own\, and deliver goods and services to the public through long-term c ontractual arrangements with governments and other public sector agencie s. P3s fit comfortably into the logic of alternative service delivery\, which implies that by removing some – but not all – elements of the publ ic sector and replacing them with some – but not all – aspects of the pr ivate sector\, a balance between public sector accountability and privat e sector efficiency can be struck. However\, this presents an inherent c onflict\, as the public sector is viewed simultaneously as the problem a nd as the solution to improving public service delivery. \n This inheren t conflict in governance arrangements can sometimes lead to governance f ailure\, a phenomenon that is not sufficiently understood. First\, I sho w that governance failure can have negative consequences for the state a nd society. Then\, I examine two case studies in P3 delivery of transpor tation infrastructure\, the Canada Line in Vancouver\, Canada and the Sy dney Airport Link in Sydney\, Australia\, to determine how governance fa ilure occurs and how it can be avoided. These two cases have similar tec hnical parameters and political motivations\, but in the Canadian case\, where the public sector demonstrated policy leadership through the fost ering of policy networks\, through bounded-rational policy learning\, an d through a collaborative institutional approach to project implementati on\, successful governance was achieved. By contrast\, the Australian ca se\, in which the government was not substantially engaged in the partne rship\, resulted in governance failure. From an analysis of these two ca ses I conclude that public sector policy leadership is essential to the prevention of governance failure.\n LOCATION:Repap Policy Room 1425\, SFU Harbour Centre CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:polgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f027a83a-8ecc-4235-a8c0-f111b6c4cf6a SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130422T172355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130422T172355Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130618T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130618T150000 SUMMARY:Kyla Hingwing\, PhD Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Identification of hcf-1 in a genetic screen f or dsh-2 suppressors in C. elegans \n\nDr. Nancy Hawkins (Sr. Supervisor ) \nDr. Esther Verheyen \nDr. Harald Hutter \nDr. Nicholas Harden (Publi c Examiner) \nDr. Bruce Bowerman - University of Oregon (External Examin er) \n\nDr. Ryan Morin (Chair) LOCATION:Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4cfd6f39-a5e3-41c7-a6fd-51d219a150f2 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130423T221952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T221952Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130604T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130604T130000 SUMMARY:Janine Althorp\, MA Thesis Defence\, Criminology DESCRIPTION:Senior Supervisor: John Lowman \n\nThesis Title: Beyond the S tage: A Gaze into the Working Lives of Exotic Stage Dancers in Western C anada \n\nAbstract: \n\nThis policy analysis examines the working lives of exotic stage dancers in the stage-dancing circuit in two Western Cana dian provinces: British Columbia and Alberta. The study explores their w ork experience\, classification as independent contractors\, lack of a s ocial safety net\, lack of employment protections\, and their potential for collective resistance by forming an exotic dancers union. The mixed methods approach to data collection included an online self-administered survey (n=37) and ten semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted wit h a purposive sample of exotic stage dancers. To add context\, I draw up on my twelve years of experience working in the exotic dancing industry. Findings indicate that\, because stage dancers face numerous obstacles – including poorly maintained workplaces\, inadequate security\, and ina dequate support from strip club management and booking agents – they hav e limited means to resist poor work conditions. \n\nKeywords: exotic dan cers\; strippers\; strip clubs\; working conditions\; independent contra ctors \n\nLocation: Saywell Hall 10121 LOCATION:SWH 10121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:crimgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4e95644b-3fc5-49e0-ad33-266fb158201f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130425T184540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130425T184540Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130604T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130604T133000 SUMMARY:Andrew Spice\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Psychology DESCRIPTION:\nThesis Title: Remorse\, Psychopathology\, Psychopathic Char acteristics\, and Recidivism among Adolescent Offenders\n \nChair: Dr. G race Iarocci\nCommittee: Dr. Jodi Viljoen\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Kevin Douglas\nDr. Stephen Hart\nInternal Examiner: Dr. Julian Somers\, Facul ty of Health Sciences\nExternal Examiner: Dr. Randy Salekin\, Department of Psychology\, The University of Alabama\n\n LOCATION:LB 2020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:eka28@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df23b6d7-ad20-49ae-87eb-526f179f73e4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130425T215017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130425T215017Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130606T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130606T133000 SUMMARY:Olga Shipulina\, Education PhD Thesis Examination LOCATION:SFU Burnaby\, EDB 9511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:educdoc@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8661bebb-0aaa-48a2-9d0f-09b75c42fe2a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130515T173455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130515T173455Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130606T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130606T150000 SUMMARY:Nancy Tam\, Interdisciplinary Arts Thesis Defence LOCATION:SFU Woodward's (Goldcorp Centre for the Arts)\, Room 4955 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mfagrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fd3988e1-1b88-4633-928e-93f5d300f7ad SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20130501T204503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130501T204503Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130619T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130619T150000 SUMMARY:Apollos Kim\, Ph.D. Thesis Defence\, MBB DESCRIPTION:\n\nThesis Title: Structural and kinetic analysis of Escheric hia coli signal peptide peptidase A \n\nDr. Mark Paetzel (Sr. Supervisor ) \nDr. Nicholas Harden \nDr. Edgar Young \nDr. Dipankar Sen (Public Exa miner) \nDr. Ross MacGillivray - UBC (External Examiner) \n\nDr. Frederi c Pio (Chair) LOCATION:SSB 7172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:mbb@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b02a261e-82cb-4590-8608-3f07f73395b5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130516T184746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130516T184746Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130603T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130603T130000 SUMMARY:Payam Valadkhan\, PhD Defence\, Comp Sci DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Thesis DEFENSE\n\nPAYAM VALADKHAN\n\nB.Sc. in Computer Engineering\, Sharif University of Technology\, October 2006\nM.Sc. in C omputing Science\, Simon Fraser University\, June 2009\n\nMonday\, June 3\, 2013 11:00 a.m. TASC1 9204 West\n\nMATRIC PARTITIONS OF SPECIAL GRAP HS\n\n\nLet $M$ be a symmetric $m\\times m$ matrix with entries from the set $\\{0\,1\,*\\}$. The $M$-partition problem asks whether the vertice s of a given graph $G$ can be partitioned into $m$ parts $V_0\,V_1\\cdot s\,V_{m-1}$ such that any two distinct vertices in (possibly equal) part s $V_i$ and $V_j$ are adjacent if $M(i\,j)=1$\, and non-adjacent if $M(i \,j)=0$\, while $M(i\,j)=*$ signifies no restriction. This problem gener alizes the $k$-coloring\, the $H$-coloring and many other well-known gra ph problems. In its list version\, which is called the list $M$-partitio n problem\, a list is assigned to each vertex to restrict its placement into certain parts. \nA current direction is to study the complexity of (list) $M$-partition problems (for different matrices $M$). The main ope n problem\, known as the dichotomy problem\, asks whether each $M$-parti tion problem is polynomial or NP-complete.\nThe difficulty of this probl em led to studying restrictions on the input graphs. A secondary goal wa s to identify the well-known graph classes for which all (list) $M$-part ition problems are polynomial. Several graph classes including perfect g raphs\, chordal graphs\, etc have been studied so far. In this thesis we continues this line of research\, focusing mainly on the list version. We identify certain graph classes defined in terms of geometric configur ations\, and we prove that for these classes all list $M$-partition prob lems are polynomial. These classes include such well-known classes as in terval and circular arc graphs. We also consider other standard graphs c lasses including some generalizations of the above classes\, line graphs and their extensions to quasi-line and claw-free graphs\, and some spec ial cases of $H$-free graphs. For these classes we prove a positive answ er to the dichotomy problem for certain kinds of matrices $M$. \n\n\\tex tbf{Keywords:} list $M$-partition problem\, graph partitions\, homomorph ism\, special graph classes\, perfect graphs\, interval graphs\, line gr aphs\, $H$-free graphs\, dichotomy \n\\\newline\n\\textbf{Subject Terms: } Graph Theory\, Graph Coloring\, Graph Partitions\, Graph Algorithms\n\ nPh.D. Examining Committee:\nDr. Pavol Hell\, Senior Supervisor\nDr. Gab or Tardos\, Supervisor\nDr. Andrei Bulatov\, Supervisor\nDr. Binay Bhatt acharya\, Internal Examiner\nDr. Kathie Cameron\, External Examiner\nDr. Ramesh Krishnamurti\, Chair\n\n\n LOCATION:TASC1 9204 West CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:csgrada@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5dec0935-08aa-4e77-aece-384753b488f2 SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20130513T184217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130513T184217Z CREATED:20130523T123019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130709T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130709T140000 SUMMARY:Nathan Woodbury\, PhD Thesis Defence\, Biological Sciences DESCRIPTION:Nathan Woodbury (Senior Supervisor Dr. G. Gries)\, PhD Thesis Defence \n\nThesis Title: Identification\, mode of transmission\, and f unctional role of the microbial symbionts of firebrats\, Thermobia domes tica (Thysanura: Lepismatidae)\n\nLocation: Biological Sciences Seminar room B9242 LOCATION:B9242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="MAILTO:biscgrad@sfu.ca":MAILTO:dgsit@sfu.ca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR