Current thesis students
This page lists all students currently enrolled to complete a thesis at ECS.
Shabbir Abbasi
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Harith Al-SahafThesis Title: Automated behaviour based ransomware detection and classification
Mahdi Abdollahi
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Xiaoying Sharon Gao, Dr Yi MeiThesis Title: Improving Medical Document Classification via Feature Engineering
Taiwo Akindele
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma, Dr Yi MeiThesis Title: Evolutionary Computation approach to energy-efficient microservice resource allocation in the cloud
Baligh Al-Helali
Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang and Dr Qi ChenThesis Title: Genetic programming for symbolic regression on incomplete data
Mohammed Al-Shaboti
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Aaron ChenThesis Title: Fine-grained Access Control for Smart Spaces using User Inputs
Peter Alexander
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul TealThesis Title: Applications of a Bayesian Approach to Solving Inverse Problems
Ramya Anasseriyil Viswambaran
Supervisor(s): Dr Aaron Chen, A/Prof Bing Xue, and Dr Mohammad NekooeiThesis Title: Evolutionary Computation for designing and training of Deep Recurrent Neural Network
Mazhar Ansari Ardeh
Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Genetic Programming Transfer Learning for Solving Uncertain Capacitated Arc Routing
Zak Argabrite
Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM), Dr Mo Zareei (NZSM), Prof Dale Carnegie, and Prof Sally Jane Norman (NZSM)Thesis Title:
Morgan Atkins
Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Watterson, Dr Karsten LundqvistThesis Title: Automated Formative Assessment: Closing the Feedback Loop in Introductory Programming Courses
Ying Bi
Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, A/Prof Bing XueThesis Title: Evolutionary Deep learning Using Genetic Programming for Image Classification
Daniel Braithwaite
Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn, A/Prof Marcus Frean Thesis Title: Improving Variational Methods for Representation Learning and Generative Modelling
Tristan Bunn
Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Anslow, Dr Karsten LundqvistThesis Title: Visual Analytics for Learning Management Systems
Duncan Cameron
Supervisor(s): Dr Alvin Valera, Prof Winston SeahThesis Title: ElasticWISP: Energy-Proportional WISP Backhaul Networks
Kieran Carnegie
Supervisor(s): Dr Simon McCallum, Dr Gina Grimshaw (Psychology)Thesis Title:
Sam Carswell
Supervisor(s): Prof Dale Carnegie, Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM)Thesis Title:
Rongsen Chen
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Fanglue ZhangThesis Title:
Xiu Cheng
Supervisor(s): Prof Will Browne, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title:
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 GouwsThesis Title: Fabrication of a two-dimensional far-field superlens
Davis Cooper
Supervisor(s): Prof Stephen Marsland (SMS), A/Prof Marcus FreanThesis Title: Optimal Transport for Generative Modelling
Joao Costa
Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Hyper Heuristics for the Large-Scale Vehicle Routing Problem
Binh Dang
Supervisor(s): Dr Qiang Fu, A/Prof Peter Andreae and Prof Peter Smith (SMS)Thesis Title: Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Mobile Edge Computing
Rohit Duggal
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ramesh Rayudu, Dr James HinkleyThesis Title: Low-temperature geothermal energy extraction from hydrocarbon fields
Paul Dunham
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Dugal McKinnon (NZSM), Dr Mo Zareei (NZSM), Prof Dale CarnegieThesis Title: The Sound of Obsolescence in the Age of Digital Re-production
Kirita Escott
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma, Dr Aaron ChenThesis Title: Dynamic Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Computing
Qinglan Fan
Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, A/Prof Bing XueThesis Title:
Simon Finnie
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Fanglue ZhangThesis Title: Dynamic Scene Reconstruction Using a Hybrid RGB-D Sensor System
Isaac Oscar Gariano
Supervisor(s): Dr Marco Servetto, Prof James NobleThesis Title: Hybridly Typed Retroactive Polymorphism
Erin Greenwood-Thessman
Supervisor(s): Dr Michael Homer and Prof James NobleThesis Title:
Dylan Guja
Supervisor(s): Thesis Title:
Mona Hakami
Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn, Prof Dale CarnegieThesis Title: Speech Quality Estimation
Junaid Haseeb
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Masood MansooriThesis Title: Deception Techniques for IoT
Chathura Hewa Algiriyage
Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Craig WattersonThesis Title: Teaching Java Programming for Software Engineering and Computer Science Students: An Intelligent Tutoring Approach
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
Weng Khuan Hoh
Supervisor(s): Prof Neil Dodgson, Dr Fanglue ZhangThesis Title: Effect of Encoded Theories of Visual Perception in Computational Aesthetic Assessment
Junhao Huang
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue,Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title:
Zhixing Huang
Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title:
Faisal Ishtiaq
Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn, A/Prof Paul TealThesis Title: Signal representation in probabilistic Autoencoders
Harrison Jones
Supervisor(s): Dr Chris Hollitt, A/Prof Will BrowneThesis Title: High Speed Ball Tracking and Catching in an Outdoor Environment
Chibuzor Kama
Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Craig WattersonThesis Title: Using Game-Based Learning to Teaching Engineering Ethics to New Zealand Undergraduate Students.
Asra Khalid
Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Anne Yates (Education)Thesis Title:
Roomana Khalid
Supervisor(s): Prof Alan BrentThesis Title: Multi-criteria optimization of multi-micro-grids considering whole-life cost and power loss objectives
Hashim Khamis
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ramesh Rayudu, Dr Daniel BurmesterThesis Title: Power Transfer on Decentralized PV-Battery based Mini-Grid System
Sazid Khan
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma and Dr Aaron ChenThesis Title:
Sasha Leitman
Supervisor(s): Prof Dale Carnegie, Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM)Thesis Title: Resonant Interfaces
Bradley Leuw
Supervisor(s): Thesis Title:
Yiheng Li
Supervisor(s): Fanglue ZhangThesis Title: Edit Propagation with Spatial-Temporal Consistency for Panorama Video
Jiabin Lin
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue,Dr QiChenThesis Title: Evolutionary transfer learning for feature selection
Yi Liu
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Will Browne, A/Prof Bing XueThesis Title:
Trevor Londt
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Xiaoying Sharon Gao, A/Prof Peter AndreaeThesis Title: Synthesis of character-level ConvNets using Evolutionary Deep Learning.
Kurt Ma
Supervisor(s): A/Prof John Lewis, Dr David Balduzzi, A/Prof Marcus Frean, and Prof Bastiaan KleijnThesis Title: Deep articulated Hand Tracking with RGB camera
Kosisochukwu Madukwe
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Xiaoying Gao, A/Prof Bing XueThesis Title: Detection and Classification of Online Textual Hate Speech
Chaitra Mahendra
Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Anslow, Prof James NobleThesis Title: Improve Secure Programming by developing new tools and APIs
Andrew McGhie
Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, A/Prof Bing XueThesis Title: Machine Learning for Aquaculture data
Chelsea Miller
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Pawel Dmochowski, Prof Peter Smith (SMS)Thesis Title:
Soheil Mohseni
Supervisor(s): Prof Alan Brent, Dr Daniel Burmester, and A/Prof Will BrowneThesis Title: Development of a method to optimally size micro-grids based on meta-heuristic optimisation algorithms
Amr Morssy
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, A/Prof Marcus FreanThesis Title:
Rasika Nandana
Supervisor(s): Thesis Title:
Trung Nguyen
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Will Browne, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Pattern reusability in Learning Classifier Systems with Code Fragments
Damien O'Neill
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title:
Muru Raj Odiathevar
Supervisor(s): Prof Winston Seah, A/Prof Marcus FreanThesis Title: Anomaly Detection in Dynamic and Distributed Scenarios
Lisa Patterson
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Bryan Ng, Dr Sue ChardThesis Title: Data Privacy and Security: Investigating Safety of Internet Technologies for the Everyday User
Wenbin Pei
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Genetic Programming for Classification with High-dimensional Unbalanced Data
Lohit Petikam
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Prof Ken Anjyo (CMIC)Thesis Title:
Sunethra Pitawala
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, Prof Mark McGuinness (SMS)Thesis Title: Bayesian estimation of Bound Fluid Fraction from NMR relaxation
Ben Powley
Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Anslow, Dr Mairead de Roiste (Geography)Thesis Title: Exploring Immersive and Non-Immersive Techniques for Geographic Data Visualization
Ryan Roberts
Supervisor(s): Prof Alan Brent, Dr James HinkleyThesis Title:
Mike Ruigrok
Supervisor(s): Dr Maren Wellenreuther (Plant & Food Research), Prof Mengjie Zhang, A/Prof Bing Xue, Dr Linley Jesson (Plant & Food Research), Dr Yi MeiThesis Title:
Soheila Sadeghiram
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma, Dr Aaron ChenThesis Title: Distributed Data-Intensive Web Service Composition
Miru Samarakoon
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, A/Prof Marcus FreanThesis Title: Predictive Analytics in Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Waveforms
Roshni Satheesh Babu
Supervisor(s): Dr Ciaran Moore (University of Canterbury), Dr Gideon GouwsThesis Title: Development of bimetallic Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors
Harisu Abdullahi Shehu
Supervisor(s): Prof Will Browne, A/Prof Hedwig Eisenbarth (Psychology)Thesis Title: Emotion Detection and its Effect in Decision-making
Tao Shi
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma, Dr Aaron ChenThesis Title: Location-aware and Cost-effective Application Placement in Multi-cloud Environment
Abubakar Siddique
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Will Browne, Dr Gina Grimshaw (Psychology)Thesis Title:
Anwarul Sifat
Supervisor(s): Dr. Fiona Stevens McFadden, Dr. Ramesh Rayudu, Dr. Arvid HunzeThesis Title: Magnetic Sensor Application to Critical Fault Detection & Classification in Electricity Distribution Network
Ikram Singh
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Pawel Dmochowski, Prof Peter Smith (SMS)Thesis Title:
Manish Singh
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Alex Potanin, A/Prof Lindsay Groves Thesis Title:
Christian Suppan
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Andrew Chalmers (CMIC), Dr Alexander DoroninThesis Title: TBD
Atefeh Talebian
Supervisor(s): Dr Alvin Valera, Prof Winston SeahThesis Title: Mobility induced migration in fog computing
Maryam Var Naseri
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Masood MansooriThesis Title: Application of AI to Situation Awareness in the context of Honeypot
Pravin Vaz
Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Louise Starkey (Education)Thesis Title:
Nicolas Vergnaud
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun RheeThesis Title: Adding mobility and depth perception to the basics of Virtual Teleportation
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
Bin Wang
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Evolving Deep Learning (Using Evolutionary Algorithms to Search for Deep Neural Networks) for Image Classification
Ganlong Wang
Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn, A/Prof Marcus FreanThesis Title: Preprocessing Sound to Maximize the Auditory Information Throughput
Peng Wang
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Evolutionary Multimodal Optimization for Feature Selection in Classification
Shaolin Wang
Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: GPHH for Uncertain Capacitated Arc Routing Problem
Josh Weir
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Andrew Chalmers (CMIC)Thesis Title: Portrait Relighting for Video Conferencing
Meng Xu
Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title:
Yulia Yagunova
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, Adjunct Prof Mark Poletti (Callaghan)Thesis Title: Sonic Simulation in Virtual Reality Contexts
Longfei Yan
Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan KleijnThesis Title: Neural Network Based Blind Source Separation
Guang Yang
Supervisor(s): Dr Robin Dykstra, A/Prof Paul TealThesis Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging with An Inhomogeneous Single-sided Sensor
Yifan Yang
Supervisor(s): Thesis Title:
Juan Pablo Yepez Placencia
Supervisor(s): Prof Dale Carnegie, Dr Jim Murphy (NZSM)Thesis Title: Integrated Approaches for Mechatronic Design and Construction
Gonglin Yuan
Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, A/Prof Bing XueThesis Title: Evolutionary Computation for Neural Network Construction
Faisal Zaman
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Craig AnslowThesis Title: Mixed Reality Collaboration based Immersive Analytics System
Fangfang Zhang
Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie ZhangThesis Title: Genetic Programming Hyper-heuristics for Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling