Dissertations

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List of dissertations by alum name

Click on a alumni name to view more information. You can also click on the dissertation title to open a link (in a new window) to that dissertation in the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS).

Addawood
Understanding Misinformation on Twitter in the Context of Controversial Issues (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Amanzadeh
A Mathematical Interpretation of Human Body Movement (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Au
Bioinformatic methods in mammalian genomics: applications towards conservation and health (opens in a new browser window)
2025
Balamuta
Bayesian Estimation of Restricted Latent Class Models: Extending priors, link functions, and structural models (opens in a new browser window)
2021
Bracht
Forecasting without sequences: graph representations for dynamic systems in finance and beyond using GNNs (opens in a new browser window)
2025
Bukhari
Neurogenomic Dynamics Following Social Interactions in Male Threespined Sticklebacks (opens in a new browser window)
2018
Carter
Use of and Information Seeking Behaviors on Facebook Among Illinois Farmers and Farm Families (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Chaiprom
Analysis of Soybean Gene Regulation Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms of RHG1-Mediated Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Chandler
Semanitc-Prosodic Correlates of Backchannel Utterances in Human-Computer Dialog (opens in a new browser window)
2023
Chen
Urban informatics: Systems science and machine learning in spatiotemporal analysis (opens in a new browser window)
2022
De La Rosa
Multilayer future system-mapping using decentered prototypes: A participatory tool for design of public infrastructure in complex social environments (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Derksen
A smart toy system to educate children with autism: A comparison of tree-structured programming and machine learning models for an IoT device (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Fegley
Mechanisms Driving the Formation and Success of Collaborations between Scientists in Biomedicine (opens in a new browser window)
2016
Ferronato
The perception of benefits and risks as external variables of situational trust in autonomous vehicles (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Guigma
Place of Twitter and Google search data in disease outbreak monitoring and forecasting: Case of the COVID-19 pandemic (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Hounnou
Harnessing the power of machine learning, Bayesian neural networks, and spatial analysis in modeling a predictive system, credit risk, and organizational performance across continents (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Huang
Examining Older Users’ Online Privacy-Enhancing Experience from a Human-Computer Interaction Perspective (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Ikegwu
Machine Learning and Information-Theoretic Approaches for Financial Applications (opens in a new browser window)
2021
Ingebritsen
Auditory Kinesthesia: A Framework to Facilitate The Design and Performance of Interactive Music Systems (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Jiang
The Influence of Optical Character Recognition quality on the Robustness of Representation Learning (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Junokas
Using conditional restricted Boltzmann machines to generate timbral music composition systems (opens in a new browser window)
2018
Keefer
Advancing Knowledge-Rich Intelligent Systems in Geology: Research on Intelligent Integration, Representation, and Use (opens in a new browser window)
2023
Kim
Shaping Virtual Realities: Heuristics and Design Practices for Simulations & Games (opens in a new browser window)
2023
Le Paine
Practical Considerations for Deep Learning (opens in a new browser window)
2017
Lee
Integration of GIS and Machine Learning Techniques to Investigate the Impact of Environmental Contexts on Travel Modes (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Lee
Understanding the role of Visual Metaphors in Emerging Media Arts Research and Practice (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Liu
Sociotechnical Matching: Furniture Manufacturers at the Peripheries of Chinese Economic Reform (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Liu
Gender Identity and Influence in Human-Machine Communication: A Mixed-Methods Research Program (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Liu
High-Performance Evolutionary Computation for Scalable Spatial Optimization (opens in a new browser window)
2017
Michels
Integrating cyberGIS and big data for scalable spatial accessibility analysis (opens in a new browser window)
2025
Moon
Designing for empathy in higher education: a multiple case study of team-based learning with the empathic user experience research process (EUXRP) (opens in a new browser window)
2025
Moran
Stakeholder Representation in The CEO’s Letter to Shareholders (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Mughal
Evolution of Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics in Biological Systems (opens in a new browser window)
2020
Narisetti
Utility of Agricultural Mobile Apps Among Indian Rural Farmers (opens in a new browser window)
2020
Nasir
Structural and Functional Advances in the Evolutionary Studies of Cells and Viruses (opens in a new browser window)
2015
Nixon
Study of Phenotypic and Gene Expression Response to Bacterial Challenge (opens in a new browser window)
2015
Nuñez-Corrales
Toward a Unified View of Complex Multiscale Stochastic Systems: A Generalized Theory of Interactions and Its Computational Infrastructure for Their Universal and Efficient Investigation (opens in a new browser window)
2020
Paul
Development and Application of Machine Learning Tools for the Advancement of Energy Crop Genetic Manipulation using CRISPR/Cas Technology (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Pence
Theorizing and Quantifying Organizational and Social Factors in Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems (opens in a new browser window)
2020
Porteanu
Decision-Making For a Regenerative Society: Voice-Based Emotion AI (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Rai
Inferring Landscape Preferences from Social Media Using Data Science Techniques (opens in a new browser window)
2018
Rando
Genomic Response to Selection for Behavior (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Shahzad
Systems Physiology and Nutrition in Dairy Cattle: Applications of Omics and Bioinformatics to Better Understand the Hepatic Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Adaptations in Transition Dairy Cows (opens in a new browser window)
2017
Sharma
Engaging People in Ethical AI Development: Design, Dataset Creation, and Decision-Making (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Shin
Interdependency Between Complexity and Longevity Through The Lens of The Designer
2023
Smith
Health Disparities, Environmental Toxicants and Midlife Women’s Health Outcomes (opens in a new browser window)
2021
Soltani
A Distributed Workload-aware Approach to Partitioning Geospatial Big Data for Cybergis Analytics (opens in a new browser window)
2018
Sun
New Challenges for Smartphone Apps Among Chinese Urban Older Persons During the Covid-19 Pandemic (opens in a new browser window)
2022
Tuomela
Individual Reading Types and the Effects of Automated Annotation (opens in a new browser window)
2020
Walkow
Using Data Stories to Understand Spacial Mental Models of Data In Natural Science Domains: Characterizing Technical and Social Infrastructure (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Wang
Navigating The Social Media Privacy Landscape: Insight From User Experiences (opens in a new browser window)
2024
Wickland
Computational Methods For Genomic Variant Calling and Analysis (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Wilner
Narrative Comprehension Through Analogy: A Study in Cognitive Modeling and Narrative Clustering (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Yang
Dealing with Linguistic Mismatches for Automatic Speech Recognition (opens in a new browser window)
2019
Yun
Analyzing the Boundaries of Balance Theory in Evaluating Cause-Related Marketing Compatibility (opens in a new browser window)
2018
Zhang
Integration of Bioinformatics Approaches to Study Transcriptome patterns Associated with Complex Traits at the Gene and Isoform Levels (opens in a new browser window)
2021

List of dissertations by year

Click on a alumni name to view more information. You can also click on the dissertation title to open a link (in a new window) to that dissertation in the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS).

2025
Integrating cyberGIS and big data for scalable spatial accessibility analysis (opens in a new browser window)
Michels
2025
Forecasting without sequences: graph representations for dynamic systems in finance and beyond using GNNs (opens in a new browser window)
Bracht
2025
Designing for empathy in higher education: a multiple case study of team-based learning with the empathic user experience research process (EUXRP) (opens in a new browser window)
Moon
2025
Bioinformatic methods in mammalian genomics: applications towards conservation and health (opens in a new browser window)
Au
2024
A smart toy system to educate children with autism: A comparison of tree-structured programming and machine learning models for an IoT device (opens in a new browser window)
Derksen
2024
Harnessing the power of machine learning, Bayesian neural networks, and spatial analysis in modeling a predictive system, credit risk, and organizational performance across continents (opens in a new browser window)
Hounnou
2024
Stakeholder Representation in The CEO’s Letter to Shareholders (opens in a new browser window)
Moran
2024
Using Data Stories to Understand Spacial Mental Models of Data In Natural Science Domains: Characterizing Technical and Social Infrastructure (opens in a new browser window)
Walkow
2024
Engaging People in Ethical AI Development: Design, Dataset Creation, and Decision-Making (opens in a new browser window)
Sharma
2024
Place of Twitter and Google search data in disease outbreak monitoring and forecasting: Case of the COVID-19 pandemic (opens in a new browser window)
Guigma
2024
Navigating The Social Media Privacy Landscape: Insight From User Experiences (opens in a new browser window)
Wang
2024
Gender Identity and Influence in Human-Machine Communication: A Mixed-Methods Research Program (opens in a new browser window)
Liu
2023
Shaping Virtual Realities: Heuristics and Design Practices for Simulations & Games (opens in a new browser window)
Kim
2023
Interdependency Between Complexity and Longevity Through The Lens of The Designer
Shin
2023
Advancing Knowledge-Rich Intelligent Systems in Geology: Research on Intelligent Integration, Representation, and Use (opens in a new browser window)
Keefer
2023
Semanitc-Prosodic Correlates of Backchannel Utterances in Human-Computer Dialog (opens in a new browser window)
Chandler
2022
Sociotechnical Matching: Furniture Manufacturers at the Peripheries of Chinese Economic Reform (opens in a new browser window)
Liu
2022
Development and Application of Machine Learning Tools for the Advancement of Energy Crop Genetic Manipulation using CRISPR/Cas Technology (opens in a new browser window)
Paul
2022
Multilayer future system-mapping using decentered prototypes: A participatory tool for design of public infrastructure in complex social environments (opens in a new browser window)
De La Rosa
2022
The Influence of Optical Character Recognition quality on the Robustness of Representation Learning (opens in a new browser window)
Jiang
2022
A Mathematical Interpretation of Human Body Movement (opens in a new browser window)
Amanzadeh
2022
Decision-Making For a Regenerative Society: Voice-Based Emotion AI (opens in a new browser window)
Porteanu
2022
The perception of benefits and risks as external variables of situational trust in autonomous vehicles (opens in a new browser window)
Ferronato
2022
Auditory Kinesthesia: A Framework to Facilitate The Design and Performance of Interactive Music Systems (opens in a new browser window)
Ingebritsen
2022
Urban informatics: Systems science and machine learning in spatiotemporal analysis (opens in a new browser window)
Chen
2022
New Challenges for Smartphone Apps Among Chinese Urban Older Persons During the Covid-19 Pandemic (opens in a new browser window)
Sun
2021
Health Disparities, Environmental Toxicants and Midlife Women’s Health Outcomes (opens in a new browser window)
Smith
2021
Bayesian Estimation of Restricted Latent Class Models: Extending priors, link functions, and structural models (opens in a new browser window)
Balamuta
2021
Machine Learning and Information-Theoretic Approaches for Financial Applications (opens in a new browser window)
Ikegwu
2021
Integration of Bioinformatics Approaches to Study Transcriptome patterns Associated with Complex Traits at the Gene and Isoform Levels (opens in a new browser window)
Zhang
2020
Evolution of Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics in Biological Systems (opens in a new browser window)
Mughal
2020
Theorizing and Quantifying Organizational and Social Factors in Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems (opens in a new browser window)
Pence
2020
Individual Reading Types and the Effects of Automated Annotation (opens in a new browser window)
Tuomela
2020
Toward a Unified View of Complex Multiscale Stochastic Systems: A Generalized Theory of Interactions and Its Computational Infrastructure for Their Universal and Efficient Investigation (opens in a new browser window)
Nuñez-Corrales
2020
Utility of Agricultural Mobile Apps Among Indian Rural Farmers (opens in a new browser window)
Narisetti
2019
Understanding Misinformation on Twitter in the Context of Controversial Issues (opens in a new browser window)
Addawood
2019
Computational Methods For Genomic Variant Calling and Analysis (opens in a new browser window)
Wickland
2019
Genomic Response to Selection for Behavior (opens in a new browser window)
Rando
2019
Examining Older Users’ Online Privacy-Enhancing Experience from a Human-Computer Interaction Perspective (opens in a new browser window)
Huang
2019
Use of and Information Seeking Behaviors on Facebook Among Illinois Farmers and Farm Families (opens in a new browser window)
Carter
2019
Integration of GIS and Machine Learning Techniques to Investigate the Impact of Environmental Contexts on Travel Modes (opens in a new browser window)
Lee
2019
Understanding the role of Visual Metaphors in Emerging Media Arts Research and Practice (opens in a new browser window)
Lee
2019
Narrative Comprehension Through Analogy: A Study in Cognitive Modeling and Narrative Clustering (opens in a new browser window)
Wilner
2019
Analysis of Soybean Gene Regulation Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms of RHG1-Mediated Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (opens in a new browser window)
Chaiprom
2019
Dealing with Linguistic Mismatches for Automatic Speech Recognition (opens in a new browser window)
Yang
2018
Inferring Landscape Preferences from Social Media Using Data Science Techniques (opens in a new browser window)
Rai
2018
Analyzing the Boundaries of Balance Theory in Evaluating Cause-Related Marketing Compatibility (opens in a new browser window)
Yun
2018
A Distributed Workload-aware Approach to Partitioning Geospatial Big Data for Cybergis Analytics (opens in a new browser window)
Soltani
2018
Using conditional restricted Boltzmann machines to generate timbral music composition systems (opens in a new browser window)
Junokas
2018
Neurogenomic Dynamics Following Social Interactions in Male Threespined Sticklebacks (opens in a new browser window)
Bukhari
2017
Systems Physiology and Nutrition in Dairy Cattle: Applications of Omics and Bioinformatics to Better Understand the Hepatic Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Adaptations in Transition Dairy Cows (opens in a new browser window)
Shahzad
2017
Practical Considerations for Deep Learning (opens in a new browser window)
Le Paine
2017
High-Performance Evolutionary Computation for Scalable Spatial Optimization (opens in a new browser window)
Liu
2016
Mechanisms Driving the Formation and Success of Collaborations between Scientists in Biomedicine (opens in a new browser window)
Fegley
2015
Structural and Functional Advances in the Evolutionary Studies of Cells and Viruses (opens in a new browser window)
Nasir
2015
Study of Phenotypic and Gene Expression Response to Bacterial Challenge (opens in a new browser window)
Nixon

List of dissertations by title

Click on a alumni name to view more information. You can also click on the dissertation title to open a link (in a new window) to that dissertation in the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS).

A Distributed Workload-aware Approach to Partitioning Geospatial Big Data for Cybergis Analytics (opens in a new browser window)
Soltani
2018
A Mathematical Interpretation of Human Body Movement (opens in a new browser window)
Amanzadeh
2022
A smart toy system to educate children with autism: A comparison of tree-structured programming and machine learning models for an IoT device (opens in a new browser window)
Derksen
2024
Advancing Knowledge-Rich Intelligent Systems in Geology: Research on Intelligent Integration, Representation, and Use (opens in a new browser window)
Keefer
2023
Analysis of Soybean Gene Regulation Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms of RHG1-Mediated Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (opens in a new browser window)
Chaiprom
2019
Analyzing the Boundaries of Balance Theory in Evaluating Cause-Related Marketing Compatibility (opens in a new browser window)
Yun
2018
Auditory Kinesthesia: A Framework to Facilitate The Design and Performance of Interactive Music Systems (opens in a new browser window)
Ingebritsen
2022
Bayesian Estimation of Restricted Latent Class Models: Extending priors, link functions, and structural models (opens in a new browser window)
Balamuta
2021
Bioinformatic methods in mammalian genomics: applications towards conservation and health (opens in a new browser window)
Au
2025
Computational Methods For Genomic Variant Calling and Analysis (opens in a new browser window)
Wickland
2019
Dealing with Linguistic Mismatches for Automatic Speech Recognition (opens in a new browser window)
Yang
2019
Decision-Making For a Regenerative Society: Voice-Based Emotion AI (opens in a new browser window)
Porteanu
2022
Designing for empathy in higher education: a multiple case study of team-based learning with the empathic user experience research process (EUXRP) (opens in a new browser window)
Moon
2025
Development and Application of Machine Learning Tools for the Advancement of Energy Crop Genetic Manipulation using CRISPR/Cas Technology (opens in a new browser window)
Paul
2022
Engaging People in Ethical AI Development: Design, Dataset Creation, and Decision-Making (opens in a new browser window)
Sharma
2024
Evolution of Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics in Biological Systems (opens in a new browser window)
Mughal
2020
Examining Older Users’ Online Privacy-Enhancing Experience from a Human-Computer Interaction Perspective (opens in a new browser window)
Huang
2019
Forecasting without sequences: graph representations for dynamic systems in finance and beyond using GNNs (opens in a new browser window)
Bracht
2025
Gender Identity and Influence in Human-Machine Communication: A Mixed-Methods Research Program (opens in a new browser window)
Liu
2024
Genomic Response to Selection for Behavior (opens in a new browser window)
Rando
2019
Harnessing the power of machine learning, Bayesian neural networks, and spatial analysis in modeling a predictive system, credit risk, and organizational performance across continents (opens in a new browser window)
Hounnou
2024
Health Disparities, Environmental Toxicants and Midlife Women’s Health Outcomes (opens in a new browser window)
Smith
2021
High-Performance Evolutionary Computation for Scalable Spatial Optimization (opens in a new browser window)
Liu
2017
Individual Reading Types and the Effects of Automated Annotation (opens in a new browser window)
Tuomela
2020
Inferring Landscape Preferences from Social Media Using Data Science Techniques (opens in a new browser window)
Rai
2018
Integrating cyberGIS and big data for scalable spatial accessibility analysis (opens in a new browser window)
Michels
2025
Integration of Bioinformatics Approaches to Study Transcriptome patterns Associated with Complex Traits at the Gene and Isoform Levels (opens in a new browser window)
Zhang
2021
Integration of GIS and Machine Learning Techniques to Investigate the Impact of Environmental Contexts on Travel Modes (opens in a new browser window)
Lee
2019
Interdependency Between Complexity and Longevity Through The Lens of The Designer
Shin
2023
Machine Learning and Information-Theoretic Approaches for Financial Applications (opens in a new browser window)
Ikegwu
2021
Mechanisms Driving the Formation and Success of Collaborations between Scientists in Biomedicine (opens in a new browser window)
Fegley
2016
Multilayer future system-mapping using decentered prototypes: A participatory tool for design of public infrastructure in complex social environments (opens in a new browser window)
De La Rosa
2022
Narrative Comprehension Through Analogy: A Study in Cognitive Modeling and Narrative Clustering (opens in a new browser window)
Wilner
2019
Navigating The Social Media Privacy Landscape: Insight From User Experiences (opens in a new browser window)
Wang
2024
Neurogenomic Dynamics Following Social Interactions in Male Threespined Sticklebacks (opens in a new browser window)
Bukhari
2018
New Challenges for Smartphone Apps Among Chinese Urban Older Persons During the Covid-19 Pandemic (opens in a new browser window)
Sun
2022
Place of Twitter and Google search data in disease outbreak monitoring and forecasting: Case of the COVID-19 pandemic (opens in a new browser window)
Guigma
2024
Practical Considerations for Deep Learning (opens in a new browser window)
Le Paine
2017
Semanitc-Prosodic Correlates of Backchannel Utterances in Human-Computer Dialog (opens in a new browser window)
Chandler
2023
Shaping Virtual Realities: Heuristics and Design Practices for Simulations & Games (opens in a new browser window)
Kim
2023
Sociotechnical Matching: Furniture Manufacturers at the Peripheries of Chinese Economic Reform (opens in a new browser window)
Liu
2022
Stakeholder Representation in The CEO’s Letter to Shareholders (opens in a new browser window)
Moran
2024
Structural and Functional Advances in the Evolutionary Studies of Cells and Viruses (opens in a new browser window)
Nasir
2015
Study of Phenotypic and Gene Expression Response to Bacterial Challenge (opens in a new browser window)
Nixon
2015
Systems Physiology and Nutrition in Dairy Cattle: Applications of Omics and Bioinformatics to Better Understand the Hepatic Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Adaptations in Transition Dairy Cows (opens in a new browser window)
Shahzad
2017
The Influence of Optical Character Recognition quality on the Robustness of Representation Learning (opens in a new browser window)
Jiang
2022
The perception of benefits and risks as external variables of situational trust in autonomous vehicles (opens in a new browser window)
Ferronato
2022
Theorizing and Quantifying Organizational and Social Factors in Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems (opens in a new browser window)
Pence
2020
Toward a Unified View of Complex Multiscale Stochastic Systems: A Generalized Theory of Interactions and Its Computational Infrastructure for Their Universal and Efficient Investigation (opens in a new browser window)
Nuñez-Corrales
2020
Understanding Misinformation on Twitter in the Context of Controversial Issues (opens in a new browser window)
Addawood
2019
Understanding the role of Visual Metaphors in Emerging Media Arts Research and Practice (opens in a new browser window)
Lee
2019
Urban informatics: Systems science and machine learning in spatiotemporal analysis (opens in a new browser window)
Chen
2022
Use of and Information Seeking Behaviors on Facebook Among Illinois Farmers and Farm Families (opens in a new browser window)
Carter
2019
Using conditional restricted Boltzmann machines to generate timbral music composition systems (opens in a new browser window)
Junokas
2018
Using Data Stories to Understand Spacial Mental Models of Data In Natural Science Domains: Characterizing Technical and Social Infrastructure (opens in a new browser window)
Walkow
2024
Utility of Agricultural Mobile Apps Among Indian Rural Farmers (opens in a new browser window)
Narisetti
2020

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