Thesis students

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

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Nabil Adam

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Mirza Sumair Ahmed

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


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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


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Mustafa Alqudah

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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


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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/
Thesis Title:


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Tristan Bunn

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


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Duncan Cameron

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


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Kieran Carnegie

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


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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


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Ze Chen

Supervisor(s):
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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


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Hamish Colenso

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


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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


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Binh Dang

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


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Kaan Demir

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


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Lin Dong

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


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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


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Kirita-Rose Escott

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


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Chibuike Eze

Supervisor(s):
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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


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Isaac Gariano

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


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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


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Nimasha Herath

Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Lensen, Dr Anya Leenman, Dr Mairead de Roiste
Thesis Title:


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Chathura Hewa Algiriyage

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


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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


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Fahimeh Hosseinnia Shavaki

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


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Xiaohan Hu

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


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Junhao Huang

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


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Kun Huang

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


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Zhixing Huang

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


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Amer Hussain

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Faisal Ishtiaq

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


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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


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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.


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Asra Khalid

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

Supervisor(s): Bastiaan Kleijn
Thesis Title:


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Simin Kou

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


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Anton Lee

Supervisor(s): Dr Heitor Murilo Gomes, Dr Yaqian Zhang
Thesis Title:


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Sasha Leitman

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


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Jiabin Lin

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


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Saining Liu

Supervisor(s):
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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.


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Jordan MacLachlan

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


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Abdullah Mamun

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


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Tawera Manaena

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


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Mayuravaani Mathuranathan

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Fraser McConnell

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


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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


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Sanjib Mishra

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ramesh Rayudu
Thesis Title:


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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


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Rasika Nandana

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


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Damien O'Neill

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title:


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Philip Oliver

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


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Junwei Pang

Supervisor(s):
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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


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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


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Sunethra Pitawala

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


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Rere Pope

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


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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


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Agatha Rachmat

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


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Zane Rawson

Supervisor(s): Kevin Shedlock
Thesis Title:


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Christian Raymond

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


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Ryan Roberts

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


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Demelza Robinson

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


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Amer Saeed

Supervisor(s): Dr. Aaron Chen; Dr. Hui Ma;Dr. Qiang Fu
Thesis Title:


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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


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Ikram Singh

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Pawel Dmochowski, Prof Peter Smith (SMS)
Thesis Title:


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Manish Singh

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Alex Potanin, A/Prof Lindsay Groves
Thesis Title:


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Fengyang Sun

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


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Ziyi Sun

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


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Atefeh Talebian

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


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Angus Tan

Supervisor(s):
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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


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Yuan Tian

Supervisor(s): Yi Mei
Thesis Title:


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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


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Nisal Udawatta

Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Anslow, Dr Brian Robinson, Dr Stuart Marshall
Thesis Title: Immersive Cardiac Catheter Ablation Procedure for Electrophysiology


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Maryam Var Naseri

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Masood Mansoori
Thesis Title: Application of AI to Situation Awareness in the context of Honeypot


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Nathan Villicana-Shaw

Supervisor(s): Prof Dale Carnegie, Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM), Dr Mo Zareei (NZSM)
Thesis Title: Middleware for Composing Music for Mechatronic Ensembles


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Chunyu Wang

Supervisor(s): Dr. Qi, Prof. Bing and Prof. Meng
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Machine Learning for image classification


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Qinyu Wang

Supervisor(s):
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Shaolin Wang

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: GPHH for Uncertain Capacitated Arc Routing Problem


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Yujia Wang

Supervisor(s):
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Nicholas Webster

Supervisor(s): Dr. Marco Servetto, Dr. Michael Homer
Thesis Title: Performant Strict Automatic Parallelisation


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Jiahong Wei

Supervisor(s):
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Josh Weir

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Andrew Chalmers (CMIC)
Thesis Title: Portrait Relighting for Video Conferencing


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Jesse Wood

Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue, Dr Bach Nguyen, Prof Mengjie Zhang, Dr Daniel Killeen
Thesis Title: Rapid determination of bulk composition and quality of marine biomass in Mass Spectrometry


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Binke Xu

Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang, Dr Ying Bi
Thesis Title: Genetic algorithm for tree image segmentation


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Meng Xu

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title:


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Felix Yan

Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn
Thesis Title: Neural Network Based Blind Source Separation


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Beihong Yang

Supervisor(s):
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Yifan Yang

Supervisor(s): Dr AaronChen, A/Prof Hui Ma, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Dynamic Multi-Workflow Scheduling in Network-aware Cloud


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Gonglin Yuan

Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, Prof Bing Xue
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search for Image Classification


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Faisal Zaman

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Craig Anslow
Thesis Title: Mixed Reality Collaboration based Immersive Analytics System


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Dylon Zeng

Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang A/Prof Ivy Liu Prof Bing Xue
Thesis Title: Image Analysis


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Hengzhe Zhang

Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, Prof Bing Xue, Dr Qi Chen
Thesis Title: Genetic Programming based Evolutionary Feature Construction


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Bonny Zhao

Supervisor(s): Dr Aaron Chen,A/Prof Hui Ma
Thesis Title:


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Anjali de Silva

Supervisor(s): Dr Aaron Chen
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Computation for Community Detection in Social Networks