2026 Graduates by College
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Graduates
Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D.
* cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude § Honors Program
| Distinctions | Name | Degree | Ceremony |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Andrew | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Alternative Color Mode Design: Supporting Mobile App Creators with Evidence-Based Guidelines Advisor: Garreth Tigwell, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Pradeep Bajracharya | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Active Learning Methodologies and Applications Advisor: Linwei Wang, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Caluã de Lacerda Pataca | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Improving the Accessibility of Speech for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals through Affective Captions Advisors: Matt Huenerfauth, Ph.D., and Roshan Peiris, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Abhisek Dey | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: In Context Retrieval for Molecules and Synthesis Pathways Advisor: Richard Zanibbi, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Sujan Dutta | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Toward Reliable Computational Social Science: Inconsistency-Aware Methods for Human Annotation and AI Inference Advisor: Ashique R. KhudaBukhsh, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Brandon Neil Keller | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Software Vulnerability Recidivism in Open-Source Projects Advisor: Andrew Meneely, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Viktoria Koscinski | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Identifying Underspecifications in Security Requirements Using a Formal Reasoning Approach Advisor: Mehdi Mirakhorli, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Emily Kuang | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Crafting Human-AI Collaborative Analysis for Usability Evaluations Advisor: Kristen Shinohara, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Nilesh Kumar | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Using Generative Models for Data Augmentation in Medical Imaging Advisor: Linwei Wang, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Ziming Li | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Large Language Model-Driven Agents in Virtual Reality for Inclusive Communication Training Advisor: Roshan Peiris, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Xin Miao Lin | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Model Explainability: From Post-hoc to Self-explainable Model Advisor: Matthew Wright , Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Zimeng Lyu | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Online and Offline Multi-Variate Time Series Forecasting with NeuroEvolution Based Neural Architecture Search Advisor: Travis Desell, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Nathanael James Mathews | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Advancing Applications of Deep Learning on Network Traffic Analysis and Fingerprinting Advisor: Matthew Wright, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Ryan Missel | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: On the Adaptation of Latent Dynamics Models Advisor: Linwei Wang, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Justin R. Namba | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Enhancing JSON Schema Inference via Semantic and Structural Modeling of Heterogeneous Data Advisors: Travis Desell, Ph.D., and Michael J. Mior, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Suresh Pokharel | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Protein Language Models-Based Representation for Post-translational Modification Prediction Advisor: Dukka KC, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Xiaofan Que | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: A Robust Learning Framework for Resource-Constrained Domain Adaptation Advisor: Xumin Liu, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Ayush Kumar Shah | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Parsing of Math Formulas and Chemical Diagrams Using Graph-Based Representation and Attention Models Advisor: Richard Zanibbi, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Saniat Javid Sohrawardi | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: DeFaking Deepfakes: Designing and Evaluating AI-Powered Digital Media Verification Tools for Journalists Advisor: Matthew Wright, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Allahsera Auguste Tapo | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: NLP Crowdsourcing for Predominantly Oral Languages: The Case of Bambara Advisor: Christopher Homan, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Maryam Toloubidokhti | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Physics Meets Data: Merging Physics-Based Methods with Deep Learning to Model Complex Systems Advisor: Linwei Wang, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Peter J. Willis | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Meshed Trees: A Framework for Resilient Network Algorithms and Protocols Advisor: Nirmala Shenoy, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Jiangnan Xu | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Understanding Computer-Mediated Human Experience in Digital-Physical Hybrid Space Advisor: Konstantinos Papangelis, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Dayou Yu | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Towards a Foundational Framework for Real-World Active Learning: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications Advisor: Qi Yu, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Huadong Zhang | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: UltraRenderer: Real-time Heterogeneous CPU-GPU Memory Management and Adaptive View-Dependent Rendering for Massive 3D Environments Advisor: Chao Peng, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR | |
| Yuansheng Zhu | Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation: Toward a Unified Framework for Open World Visual Learning Advisor: Xumin Liu, Ph.D. |
Doctoral Hooding: May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ May 9, 12:30 p.m., GOR |
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