PhD Thesis Defence - Mohammad Mahdavian
January 14th, 2025, 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Title: Semantic Visual Navigation and Instruction for Autonomous Vehicles
Examining Committee: Dr. Mo Chen, Supervisor; Dr. Manolis Savva, Committee Member; Dr. Angelica Lim, Internal Examiner; Dr. Michael Jenkins, External Examiner; Dr. Ali Mahdavi-Amiri, Chair

PhD Thesis Seminar - Rimika Chaudhury
January 17th, 2025, 2:00 PM

Title: Semi-Automated Self-Monitoring to Enhance Reflection and Awareness among Self-Directed Learners
Examining Committee: Dr. Parmit Chilana, Supervisor, Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale, Committee Member, Dr. Lawrence Kim, Committee Member

PhD Depth Exam - Nhat Minh Bui
January 17th, 2025, 3:00 PM

Title: Safe Robot Social Navigation: a survey on human prediction
Examining Committee: Dr. Mo Chen, Co-Supervisor, Dr. Arrvindh Shriraman, Co-Supervisor, Dr. Hang Ma, Committee Member, Dr. Lawrence Kim, Examiner

PhD Thesis Seminar - Pedram Agand
January 20th, 2025, 1:00 PM

Title: AI-Enhanced Transportation: Optimizing Efficiency and Sustainability Across Urban and Maritime Domains
Examining Committee: Dr. Mo Chen, Supervisor, Dr. Edward J. W. Park, Committee Member

PhD Thesis Defence - Rimika Chaudhury
January 31st, 2025, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Title: Semi-Automated Self-Monitoring to Enhance Reflection and Awareness among Self-Directed Learners
Examining Committee: Dr.  Parmit Chilana, Supervisor; Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale, Committee Member; Dr. Lawrence Kim, Committee Member; Dr. Philip Winne, Education, Internal Examiner; Dr. Sean Munson, University of Washington, External Examiner; Dr. Nick Vincent, Chair

MSc Thesis Defence - Tam Hou In
Feburary 4th, 2025, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Title: SceneMotifCoder: Example-driven Visual Program Learning for Generating 3D Object Arrangements
Examining Committee:Dr. Manolis Savva, Supervisor; Dr. Angel X. Chang, Committee Member; Dr. Richard Zhang, Examiner; Dr. Wuyang Chen, Chair

PhD Thesis Seminar - Yasaman Etesam
Feburary 6th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Title: Vision Language Models for Environmental and Emotional Awareness
Examining Committee:  Dr. Angelica Lim, Supervisor; Dr. Özge Nilay Yalçın, Committee Member

PhD Thesis Defence - Yasaman Etesam
Feburary 14th, 2025, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Title: Vision Language Models for Environmental and Emotional Awareness
Examining Committee: Dr. Angelica Lim, Supervisor; Dr. Özge Nilay Yalçın, Committee Member; Dr. Fred Popowich, Internal Examiner; Dr. Mohammad Soleymani, External Examiner; Dr. Mo Chen, Chair