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

Shabbir Abbasi

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Harith Al-Sahaf
Thesis Title: Automated behaviour based ransomware detection and classification

Mirza Sumair Ahmed

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

Taiwo Akindele

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Hui Ma, Dr Yi Mei
Thesis Title: Genetic algorithm for energy-efficient resource allocation in the cloud

Buddhima Amarathunga

Supervisor(s): Dr Jyoti Sahni
Thesis Title:

Ramya Anasseriyil Viswambaran

Supervisor(s): Dr Aaron Chen, A/Prof Bing Xue, and Dr Mohammad Nekooei
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Computation for designing and training of Deep Recurrent Neural Network

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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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 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

Kieran Carnegie

Supervisor(s): Dr Simon McCallum, Dr Gina Grimshaw (Psychology)
Thesis Title:

Rongsen Chen

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Fanglue Zhang
Thesis Title:

Anu Choudhary

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

Maxwell Clarke

Supervisor(s): Prof Bastiaan Kleijn (Primary), Dr JP Lewis (Secondary)
Thesis Title: Conditional Generative Transformers for Hand-Guided Animation Automation

Hamish Colenso

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

Davis Cooper

Supervisor(s): Prof Stephen Marsland (SMS), A/Prof Marcus Frean
Thesis Title: Optimal Transport for Generative Modelling

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

Connor Cresswell

Supervisor(s): Dr Stephen Marsland
Thesis Title: Accurate sound source localisation in outdoor environments.

Elroy Dalefield

Supervisor(s): Dr Stuart Marshall and Dr Simon McCallum
Thesis Title: Multithreaded Procedural Generation at Runtime

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

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

Hayden Dyne

Supervisor(s): Prof. Bastiaan Kleijn
Thesis Title:

Kirita-Rose Escott

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

Qinglan Fan

Supervisor(s): Prof Mengjie Zhang, Prof Bing Xue
Thesis Title: Genetic Programming with New Representations for Image Classification

Simon Finnie

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Fanglue Zhang
Thesis Title: Dynamic Scene Reconstruction Using a Hybrid RGB-D Sensor System

Isaac Gariano

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

Marc Gluyas

Supervisor(s): Dr Alexander Doronin
Thesis Title: Real-Time Raytracer Aided by Artificial Intelligence

Junaid Haseeb

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Masood Mansoori
Thesis Title: Deception Techniques for IoT

Chathura Hewa Algiriyage

Supervisor(s): Dr 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):
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Xiaohan Hu

Supervisor(s): Prof Winston Seah / Dr Jyoti Sahni
Thesis Title:

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:

Faisal Ishtiaq

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

Celine Jane

Supervisor(s): Christopher Hollitt, Jakub Glowacki
Thesis Title: Magnetic Disturbance Rejection in Electrically Propelled Spacecraft

Janani Kahahena

Supervisor(s): Dr Gideon Gouws,Dr Christopher Hollitt
Thesis Title:

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.

Maral Keramat Dashliboroun

Supervisor(s):
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Asra Khalid

Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Anne Yates (Education)
Thesis Title:

Ciaran King

Supervisor(s): Bastiaan Kleijn
Thesis Title:

David Knox

Supervisor(s): Professor Bing Xue,Professor Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title:

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

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

Kosisochukwu Madukwe

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Xiaoying Gao, A/Prof Bing Xue
Thesis Title: Detection and Classification of Online Textual Hate Speech

Abdullah Mamun

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ian Welch, Dr Harith Al-Sahaf
Thesis Title: Application of AI in Honeypots

Tawera Manaena

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

Sanjib Mishra

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

Amr Morssy

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Paul Teal, A/Prof Marcus Frean
Thesis Title:

Rasika Nandana

Supervisor(s):
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Josh O'Hagan

Supervisor(s): Main.AndrewChalmers, Main.TaehyunRhee
Thesis Title: Marine Life Digital Twin using Physically Based Rendering

Hamish O'Keeffe

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

Damien O'Neill

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

Philip Oliver

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

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

Christian Raymond

Supervisor(s): Dr. Qi Chen, Prof. Bing Xue
Thesis Title:

David Rhode

Supervisor(s): Prof Winston Seah, Dr Alvin Valera
Thesis Title: Mesh Networking for IoT Traps to Catch the Last Predator in New Zealand Bush

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: Polarimetric Imaging of Cervical Pre-cancer Aided by Machine Learning

Amer Saeed

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

Miru Samarakoon

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

Harisu Abdullahi Shehu

Supervisor(s): Prof Will Browne, A/Prof Hedwig Eisenbarth (Psychology)
Thesis Title: Emotion Detection and its Effect on Decision-making

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:

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

Christian Suppan

Supervisor(s): A/Prof Taehyun Rhee, Dr Andrew Chalmers (CMIC), Dr Alexander Doronin
Thesis Title: Deep Material Estimation from RGBD Images

Atefeh Talebian

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

Angus Tan

Supervisor(s):
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Waleed Tariq

Supervisor(s): Dr Ramesh Rayudu, Daniel Burmester
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Hansi Udapola

Supervisor(s): Dr Simon McCallum, Dr Nadia Pantidi
Thesis Title: Gamified Social VR for Adolescents with Significant Illness to Enhance Social Engagement

Nisal Udawatta

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

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

Pravin Vaz

Supervisor(s): Dr Karsten Lundqvist, Dr Louise Starkey (Education)
Thesis Title:

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 Zhang
Thesis Title: Evolving Deep Learning (Using Evolutionary Algorithms to Search for Deep Neural Networks) for Image Classification

Peng Wang

Supervisor(s): Prof Bing Xue, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis Title: Evolutionary Multimodal Optimization for Feature Selection in Classification

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

Nicholas Webster

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

Josh Weir

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

Ava Wolfe

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robin Dykstra, Dr. Sergei Obruchkov
Thesis Title: Low-Cost Integrated Network Analyzer for MRI Coil Characterization

Jesse Wood

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

Meng Xu

Supervisor(s): Dr Yi Mei, Prof Mengjie Zhang
Thesis 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 Kleijn
Thesis Title: Neural Network Based Blind Source Separation

Yifan Yang

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

Gonglin Yuan

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

Faisal Zaman

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

Dylon Zeng

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

Hengzhe Zhang

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

Anjali de Silva

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