Record number of doctoral theses at the Department of Computing Science

Sonakshi Garg is one of several talented doctoral students at the Department of Computing Science who will defend their thesis. "We are immensely proud of our researchers and the vibrant academic community they help sustain, says Professor Frank Drewes, Head of the Department.

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While many organisations faced uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Computing Science at Umeå University made a strategic round of recruitments – a decision that is now paying off.

"We congratulate Mariam Taha, Ayush Kumar Varshney, Maarten Laurits Jensen, Lidia Kidane, Sonakshi Garg, Emil Häglund and Charles Meyers for reaching this important step in their academic journeys. Their work spans a wide range of cutting-edge topics, reflecting the department's broad expertise and commitment to innovation," says Frank Drewes, Head of the Department.

"These defences are not only a celebration of individual accomplishments but also a reflection of the department’s long-term vision and resilience. We are immensely proud of our researchers and the vibrant academic community they help sustain.”

Defences of doctoral theses

The department is looking forward to the presentations of these scholars’ research work. You are welcome to participate!

• Mariam Taha, "Probabilistic metric space for machine learning: data and model spaces". Friday 23 May, 09:00 - 12:00. More information can be found here. Doctoral thesis can be found here.
  
  
• Ayush Kumar Varshney, "Navigating model anonymity and adaptability.  Monday 26 May at 10:00 - 14:00. More information. Doctoral thesis can be found here.
  
  
• Maarten Laurits Jensen, "Dynamic context-sensitive deliberation for social simulations: balancing scalability and realism". Tuesday 27 May, 13:00 - 17:00. More information can be found here. Doctoral thesis can be found here.
  
  
• Lidia Kidane, "Accurate and low-overhead workload prediction for cloud management". Friday 30 May, 13:15 - 17:00. More information. Doctoral thesis can be found here.
  
  
• Sonakshi Garg, "Bridging AI and privacy: solutions for high-dimensional data and foundation models". More information about the event can he found here. Doctoral thesis can be found here.
  
  
• Emil Häglund, "Contextual intelligence: leveraging AI for targeted marketing. Thursday 5 June at 10:00 - 13:00. More information about the event can be found here. Read the doctoral thesis here.
  
  
• Charles Meyers, "Trustworthy Machine Learning". Wednesday 11 June at 13:15 - 17:00. More information can be found here. (link to the doctoral theis will be available later)