Christina Onyeke Dissertation Proposal Defense, Monday, November 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm Central Time
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Xishuang Dong TITLE: INTERPRETABLE AI FOR DEEP KNOWLEDGE TRACING TO IMPLEMENT PERSONALIZED LEARNING AT HBCUS ABSTRACT: Deep Knowledge Tracing (DKT) has emerged as an AI-based transformative technology in educational data science, enabling the modeling and forecasting of students’ learning path through their interactions with academic tasks. While DKT has shown impressive predictive [...]
Oladapo Ajike Master’s Thesis Defense, Monday, November 10, 2025 @ 1:00 pm Central Time
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Mohamed Chouikha TITLE: MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DETECTION OF COVERT DATA EXFILTRATION VIA ELECTROMAGNETIC SIDE-CHANNEL EMISSIONS FROM COMPUTER MEMORY IN AIR-GAPPED SYSTEMS ABSTRACT: Air-gapped computer systems are physically isolated from unsecured networks. Though isolated, they remain vulnerable to covert data exfiltration through electromagnetic side channels and other covert channel attacks. This research presents a [...]