Thesis students

This page lists all students currently enrolled to complete a thesis at ECS.

Mirza Sumair Ahmed

Supervisor(s): Dr Ramesh Rayudu
Thesis Title: Potential of Low Voltage Direct Current in New Zealand

Haesum Ali

Supervisor(s): Dr Daniel Burmester, A/Prof Ramesh Rayudu
Thesis Title: Investigating P2P Energy Trading for Enhanced PV and EV Hosting Capacity in New Zealand's Distribution Network

Buddhima Amarathunga

Supervisor(s): Dr Jyoti Sahni
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Hayden Andersen

Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Lensen, Dr Will Browne, Dr Yi Mei
Thesis Title: Evolving Human-Friendly Explanations

Zak Argabrite

Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM), Dr Mo Zareei (NZSM), Prof Dale Carnegie, and Prof Sally Jane Norman (NZSM)
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Nishadi Ariyasinghe

Supervisor(s): https://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~craig/
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Tristan Bunn

Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Anslow, Dr Karsten Lundqvist
Thesis Title: Visual Analytics for Learning Management Systems

Duncan Cameron

Supervisor(s): Dr Alvin Valera, Prof Winston Seah
Thesis Title: Empowering Rural Internet Service Providers With Self-Driving Networks

Supervisor(s): Dr Simon McCallum, Dr Gina Grimshaw (Psychology)
Thesis Title: Depth of Field Rendering affects comfort on Head Mounted Displays through minimizing discomforting motions during locomotion

Rongsen Chen

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Fanglue Zhang
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Ruiqi Chen

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Yi Mei , Prof Mengjie Zhang and Dr Fangfang Zhang
Thesis Title: Reinforcement learning and evolutionary computation for scheduling

Ze Chen

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Anu Choudhary

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ramesh Rayudu, Dr James Hinkley
Thesis Title: Carbon Emissions from Geothermal powerplant in New Zealand

Hamish Colenso

Supervisor(s): Dr Ciaran Moore (University of Canterbury), Dr Gideon Gouws
Thesis Title: Fabrication of a two-dimensional far-field superlens

Joao Costa

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Automatic Configuration of Local Search-based Heuristics for the Large-Scale Vehicle Routing Problem

Binh Dang

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Peter Andreae and Dr Bach Nguyen
Thesis Title: Error Space-based Optimization Framework

Kaan Demir

Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue, Dr Bach Nguyen
Thesis Title: Sparsity-based Feature Selection for Multi-label Classification

Lin Dong

Supervisor(s): Mengjie Zhang, Bing Xue, Ying Bi
Thesis Title: Genetic programming for image analysis

Rohit Duggal

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ramesh Rayudu, Dr James Hinkley, Dr John Burnell
Thesis Title: Low-enthalpy geothermal energy extraction from oil and gas fields

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Nkiru Ede

Supervisor(s): https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/jens.dietrich https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/uli.zuelicke
Thesis Title: Networks of Knowledge Sharing - Complex Dynamics of Software Components

Kirita-Rose Escott

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma, Dr Aaron Chen
Thesis Title: Dynamic Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Computing

Chibuike Eze

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Mathew Falloon

Supervisor(s): Dr Aaron Chen
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Zhengxin Fang

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma and Dr Aaron Chen
Thesis Title: Composite Applications Resource Allocation in Container-based Clouds

Isaac Gariano

Supervisor(s): Dr Marco Servetto, Prof James Noble
Thesis Title: Hybridly Typed Retroactive Polymorphism

Roydon Goldsack

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Jamey Hepi

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, A/Prof Ian Welch
Thesis Title: Native Flora Recognition and Diagnostics on a Mobile Device

Nimasha Herath

Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Lensen, Dr Anya Leenman, Dr Mairead de Roiste
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Chathura Hewa Algiriyage

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Craig Watterson
Thesis Title: Liminal Transitions in Software Development

Hiroshika Hinduramage

Supervisor(s): Dr Stuart Marshall, Dr Nadia Pantidi (CMIC)
Thesis Title: An AR Mobile Application for Training Children with ASD with Social Skills

Fahimeh Hosseinnia Shavaki

Supervisor(s): Dr Jennifer Ferreira, Prof Alex Potanin
Thesis Title: New Zealand agricultural pollution data trading platform

Xiaohan Hu

Supervisor(s): Prof Winston Seah / Dr Jyoti Sahni / Prof Colin Simpson
Thesis Title: Scalable and Patient-centric Medical Data Sharing

Junhao Huang

Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue,Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Design of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Kun Huang

Supervisor(s): Dr Fanglue Zhang, Prof Neil Dodgson
Thesis Title: Dynamic Panoramic Video Leanrning and Editing

Zhixing Huang

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Using Linear Genetic Programming for Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling

Amer Hussain

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Faisal Ishtiaq

Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn, A/Prof Paul Teal
Thesis Title: Signal representation in probabilistic Autoencoders

Taran John

Supervisor(s): Harith Al-Sahaf, Qurrat Ul Ain, Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Utilising Machine Learning to Extract Clinically Oriented Features for Skin Cancer Detection

Janani Kahahena

Supervisor(s): Dr Gideon Gouws,Dr Christopher Hollitt
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Chibuzor Kama

Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Craig Watterson
Thesis Title: Using Game-Based Learning to Teach Engineering Ethics to New Zealand Undergraduate Students.

Asra Khalid

Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Anne Yates (Education)
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Ciaran King

Supervisor(s): Bastiaan Kleijn
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Simin Kou

Supervisor(s): Fang-Lue Zhang, Neil Dodgson
Thesis Title: 360-degree Videos Representation and Manipulating

Anton Lee

Supervisor(s): Dr Heitor Murilo Gomes, Dr Yaqian Zhang
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Sasha Leitman

Supervisor(s): Prof Dale Carnegie, Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM)
Thesis Title: Resonant Interfaces

Jiabin Lin

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue,Dr QiChen
Thesis Title: Evolutionary transfer learning for feature selection

Saining Liu

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Trevor Londt

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Xiaoying Sharon Gao, A/Prof Peter Andreae
Thesis Title: Synthesis of ConvNets for Classification Tasks.

Jordan MacLachlan

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei
Thesis Title: Evolutionary computation for emergency dispatch

Abdullah Mamun

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Harith Al-Sahaf
Thesis Title: APT detection using Artificial Intelligence

Tawera Manaena

Supervisor(s): Jyoti Sahni
Thesis Title: Enabling Seamless Communication in UAV Swarms

Mayuravaani Mathuranathan

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Fraser McConnell

Supervisor(s): Daniel Burmester
Thesis Title: Optimisation of Small-Satellite Electrical Power System Architecture

Carl McMillan

Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang
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Zuhaib Mirza

Supervisor(s): Prof Alan Brent
Thesis Title: A multi-dimensional comparative analysis of the transition to renewable energy

Sanjib Mishra

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ramesh Rayudu
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Mohamad Rimas Mohamad Anfar

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Michaella Moon

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Amr Morssy

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, A/Prof Marcus Frean
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Eduardo Mossmann

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Marcus Frean, Prof Stephen Marsland (SMS)
Thesis Title: A Topic in Game Theory

Rasika Nandana

Supervisor(s): https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/Peter.Andreae
Thesis Title: Testing Earthquake Early Warning Systems for NZ

Damien O'Neill

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang
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Philip Oliver

Supervisor(s): Dr Michael Homer, A/Prof Jens Dietrich, Dr Craig Anslow
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Junwei Pang

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Lisa Patterson

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Bryan Ng, Dr Sue Chard
Thesis Title: Data Privacy and Security: Investigating Safety of Internet Technologies for the Everyday User

Isabella Pimentel Pincelli

Supervisor(s): Dr. James Hinkley, Prof Alan Brent
Thesis Title: Integrating material cycles in low-carbon energy transition analyses for Aotearoa - New Zealand

Sunethra Pitawala

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, Prof Mark McGuinness (SMS)
Thesis Title: Bayesian estimation of Bound Fluid Fraction from NMR relaxation

Rere Pope

Supervisor(s): Dr Marcus Frean, Dr Sydney Shep, Dr David O'Sullivan
Thesis Title: He Tina Ki Runga, He Taamore Ki Raro

Ben Powley

Supervisor(s): Dr. Craig Anslow, A/Prof. Mairéad de Róiste (Geography),Dr. Stuart Marshall
Thesis Title: Exploring Immersive and Non-Immersive Techniques for Geographic Data Visualization

Agatha Rachmat

Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Watterson
Thesis Title: TBD

Zane Rawson

Supervisor(s): Kevin Shedlock
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Christian Raymond

Supervisor(s): Dr. Qi Chen, Prof. Bing Xue
Thesis Title: Learning Loss Functions via Meta-Learning

Ryan Roberts

Supervisor(s): Prof Alan Brent, Dr James Hinkley
Thesis Title: Understanding the Impacts of Community Energy in New Zealand

Demelza Robinson

Supervisor(s): Dr Alex Doronin, Prof Bastiaan Kleijn
Thesis Title: Probabilistic machine learning for biomedical optical diagnostics

Amer Saeed

Supervisor(s): Dr. Aaron Chen; Dr. Hui Ma;Dr. Qiang Fu
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Miru Samarakoon

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, A/Prof Marcus Frean
Thesis Title: Predictive Analytics in Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Waveforms

Ikram Singh

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Pawel Dmochowski, Prof Peter Smith (SMS)
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Manish Singh

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Alex Potanin, A/Prof Lindsay Groves
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Fengyang Sun

Supervisor(s): Hui Ma, Aaron Chen
Thesis Title: Knowledge-driven Optimization Algorithm for IoT Service Composition

Ziyi Sun

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Computation for Image Analysis

Atefeh Talebian

Supervisor(s): Dr Alvin Valera, Prof Winston Seah
Thesis Title: Mobility induced migration in fog computing

Angus Tan

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Waleed Tariq

Supervisor(s): Dr Ramesh Rayudu, Daniel Burmester
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Gavin Tasker

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Alexander Telfar

Supervisor(s): Will Browne
Thesis Title: Model-based reinforcement learning

Yuan Tian

Supervisor(s): Yi Mei
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Hansi Udapola

Supervisor(s): Dr Simon McCallum, Dr Nadia Pantidi
Thesis Title: Co-design and Mixed-method evaluation study to evaluate the role of facilitator in promoting social interactions in virtual reality environments among adolescents experiencing social isolation