Acknowledgements from Selected Theses

Acknowledgements from Selected Theses

Chanada (MSc, Oct 2022)

Chanda, Shekhor (2022) Domain adaptation for image classification and crowd counting. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

Also, it is an honor to have Dr. Carson Leung and Dr. Pingzhao Hu on my thesis committee and for their valuable suggestions to decorate my thesis perfectly.

Wen (MSc, Mar 2022)

Wen, Qi (2022) Personalized privacy-preserving recommendation system. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my research supervisor Dr. Carson K. Leung. Back when I was an undergraduate student, I acquired data mining knowledge from Dr. Leung, and published my first paper. During the graduate study, he provided me an opportunity to work on a Mitacs project with the industrial partner Protegra, Inc. Such a project inspired me with an idea in the current thesis. This thesis would not be possible without his encouragement and academic support.

I would also like to thank my examining committee members, Dr. Cüneyt Gürcan Akçora (Computer Science and Statistics) and Dr. Saman Muthukumarana (Statistics) for their time in reviewing and analyzing my thesis. Thanks Dr. Avery Miller to chair my M.Sc. thesis defence. I would also like to thank mentors and colleagues, as well as Wadood Ibrahim, Ian Scatliff and Chris McLatchie from Protegra, Inc., for their kindness and patience.

Qi Wen
B.C.Sc.(Hons.), The University of Manitoba, 2019

The University of Manitoba
March 28, 2022

Li (PhD, Feb 2022)

Li, Rui (2022) Clustering-based shape segmentation for surface unfolding, model retrieval, and 3D printing applied in bolus shaping. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank Drs. Carson Leung and Malcolm Xing. They provided insightful comments and encouragement for my research and thesis. The valuable questions incented me to widen my research from various perspectives.

Bonner (MSc, Jan 2022)

Bonner, Courtney (2022) Markov chain Monte Carlo synthetic data generation from casino slot floor event data. M.Sc. Thesis, Individual Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of Statistics, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgment Page

Finally, thank you to my committee members Dr. Julien Arino and Dr. Carson Leung for their time in reviewing this work.

Shaiket (MSc, Jan 2022)

Shaiket, Md Hosne Al Walid (2022) Business intelligence application for patient reported experience measures (PREMs) to support performance management analytics. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Dr. Noman Mohammad for being on my committee.

Zhang (MSc, Dec 2021)

Zhang, Dehou (2021) Online algorithm with predictions for trading problems. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to my committee members Dr. Carson Leung and Dr. Avery Miller, for their help and valuable feedback.

Nesca (MSc, Nov 2021)

Nesca, Marcello (2021) Measuring the quality of unstructured text in routinely collected electronic health data: a review and application. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would also like to thank my committee members for their key perspectives in this research, in particular Dr Katz for his expertise in the field of Family Medicine and administrative data, and Dr Leung for his expertise in the field of Computer Science in database and data mining.

Hosseinzadeh (PhD, Oct 2021)

Hosseinzadeh, Mehrdad (2021) Connecting vision and language via image retrieval and captioning. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I am also grateful to my committee members, Prof. Carson Leung and Prof. Carl Ho for their continuous and constructive feedback throughout the course of my Ph.D. program. Also, many thanks to Prof. Graham Taylor for serving as the external examiner for this thesis and holding productive discussions during the Ph.D. defense session.

Deng (MSc, Sep 2021)

Deng, Deyu (2021) Dynamic pricing for predictive analytics in parking. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to my wife, my parents, my academic advisor (Dr. Carson K. Leung), my advisory/examining committee members (Dr. Mike Domaratzki from Computer Science at University of Manitoba/Western University, and Dr. Xikui Wang from Warren Centre for Actuarial Studies and Research in Asper School of Business), MSc defence chair (Dr. Parimala Thulasiraman), and also the people who have supported me along the way.

I also thank Mitacs and Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) for their financial support. Thanks also to Scott Marohn, Colin McFadyen, Ronalyn Olaes-Zimolag, Trevor Strome, Ran Wei, and Balder Zamorano at WAA, as well as Blake Podaima at Virtuistix Inc./Manitoba Training & Research Consortia (MTRC), for their domain expertise.

Deyu Deng

B.Sc., The University of Manitoba, 2017

The University of Manitoba

September 02, 2021

Ali (MSc, Aug 2021)

Ali, Hafsa Moontari (2021) Rare disease classification from facial photographs using deep learning. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgement

I would also like to extend my gratitude to my advising committee members Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung, and Dr. Max Turgeon for their valuable time and patience in reviewing my thesis work.

Monchka (MSc, Aug 2021)

Monchka, Barret (2021) The effect of disease co-occurrence measurement on multimorbidity networks. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

This contribution to scientific literature was made possible through the guidance and mentorship of Dr. Lisa Lix, who demonstrated her strong dedication to scholarship excellence as thesis advisor; and through the insightful and constructive feedback provided by advisory committee members Dr. Nathan Nickel and Dr. Carson Leung, who remarkably enriched this project with their respective expertise in epidemiology and computational methods.

Surani Lakshima (MSc, Jan 2021)

Surani Lakshima, Mathara Arachchige Dona (2021) Assessing feature selection methods and their performance in high dimensional classification problems. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Statistics, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgment

I would also like to thank Dr. Max Turgeon and Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung for being in the advisory committee and allocating their time to review and help me to complete this thesis.

Souza (MSc, Jan 2021)

Souza, Joglas do Nascimento (2021) Explainable articial intelligence for human-friendly explanations to predictive analytics on big data. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I want to begin by thanking my academic advisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, who has supported me in all means to achieve the conclusion of my Master's degree successfully. He has always been patient and thoughtful on my learning process in the academic environment.

To my lab friends in the Database and Data Mining Lab, I would like to thank them for the discussions and feedback during my research development.

Moreover, I would like to thank DecisionWorks Consulting Inc. for providing the real-life customer churn data used in this thesis. Thanks also to its President, Grant Barkman, for giving valuable insights to make this work happen.

Joglas do Nascimento Souza

AA.Sc.(Data Processing Technology), FATEC S~ao Paulo, Brazil, 2012

The University of Manitoba

January 25, 2021

Anik (MSc, CS, Nov 2020)

Anik, Md. Ariful Islam (2020) Data-centric explanations: Explaining training data of machine learning systems to promote transparency. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my committee members Dr. Carson Leung and Dr. Yang Wang for their precious time reading my proposal, checking on my progress, examining my thesis, and providing feedback at all the stages.

Hoi (MSc, Aug 2020)

Hoi, Calvin Soen Him (2020) Visualization for frequent pattern mining. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I give thanks to my research supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, for his encouragement and academic support. In my undergraduate degree, I had taken Dr. Leung's database and data mining courses, which made me very interested in data science. After I completed my undergraduate degree, I decided to continue my study and extend my education in the area of data mining. This M.Sc thesis would not have been achievable without the valuable guidance and advice from Dr. Leung.

Database and Data Mining Lab at the University of Manitoba has been an excellent research and study environment for my graduate study. I would like to thank all the lab members in the Database and Data Mining Lab, whose feedback and supports have stimulated my idea and design in this research study.

Calvin Soen Him Hoi

B.Sc. (Honours), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2017

The University of Manitoba

August 26, 2020

Lotfi (MSc, CS, Aug 2020)

Lotfi, Roya (2020) Exploring earable technology to detect chewing moments in sedentary common daily activities. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I thank Dr. Shahin Kamali, Dr. Carson Leung, and Dr. Parimala Thulasiraman for being on my committee.

Mahdi (PhD, CS, Aug 2020)

Mahdi, Md Safiur Rahman (2020) Privacy-preserving biomedical data sharing and computation. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I also extend my thanks to Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Dr. Carl Ho for being my thesis committee members. I appreciate the time they have spent for reading my thesis and their thoughtful suggestions.

Krishna Reddy (MSc, CS, Apr 2020)

Krishna Reddy, Mahesh Kumar (2020) Scene adaptive crowd counting. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

Also, it is an honor to have Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Dr. Ekram Hossain on my thesis committee and for their invaluable suggestions in perfecting my thesis.

Zaamout (PhD, UCalgary, Apr 2020)

Zaamout, Khobaib (2020) A team composition approach for social crowdsourcing communities. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I also want to thank Professor Guenther Ruhe, Professor Anthony Tang, Professor Thomas O'Neill and Professor Carson Leung for their insightful feedback on my research project.

Pazdor (MSc, Dec 2019)

Pazdor, Adam G.M. (2019) Revolving drivers: data mining and discovering the causes of driver turnover. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First and foremost I would like to thank Dr. Carson K. Leung for his support as my supervisor during my time as a graduate student. It was because of him that I chose to pursue a Master's degree at all, and he has shown infinite patience throughout my attempts to get a thesis completed. He has also been a great supporter of my fledgling teaching career, and provided me the opportunity to work on the industrial project that ultimately became this thesis.

I would like to thank the students in the Data Science, Database, & Data Mining lab for always creating a friendly and welcoming environment, especially ex-lab member Dr. Fan (Terry) Jiang, who was an inspiration to me and in whose footsteps I am attempting to follow.

I thank my partner on the project, Joglas Souza, as well as Grant Barkman and Wing Kwong at DecisionWorks. I also thank Dave F., Adrian F., and Robert M. for their expertise as workers in the trucking industry.

Adam G.M. Pazdor

B.Sc.(Maj.), The University of Manitoba, 2014

The University of Manitoba

December 06, 2019

Pawliszak (MSc, Dec 2019)

Pawliszak, Tomasz (2019) An operon-based data science approach for the inference of tRNA and rRNA gene evolution. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my academic supervisors, Dr. Carson K. Leung and Dr. Olivier Tremblay-Savard, for their advice, wisdom and guidance during my M.Sc. thesis.

I would like to thank all of the students in the Bioinformatics Lab and the Data Science, Database & Data Mining Lab for all of their advice and feedback to help me become a better public speaker.

Tomasz Pawliszak

B.Sc.(Maj.) in Microbiology, The University of Manitoba, 2012

B.C.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Manitoba, 2015

The University of Manitoba

December 05, 2019

Zhang (MSc, ECE, Jul 2019)

Liu, Zhiqiang (2019) Improved discrete-time switch model for electro-magnetic transient simulation of voltage sourced converters. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgement

Second, I would like to thank my examining committee for taking their time and going through my thesis and defense. Thank you Dr. Carson Leung, Dr, Yi Zhang.

Shikder (MSc, CS, Jul 2019)

Shikder, Rayhan (2019) Time efficient and novel ways of analyzing high-dimensional multi-omics datasets: parallel computing and multi-view learning. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would also like to extend my gratitude to my advising committee members Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung, and Dr. Bob McLeod for their valuable time, and patience in reviewing my thesis work.

Hossain (MSc, CS, Apr 2019)

Hossain, Mohammad Asiful Hossain (2019) Deep learning models for crowd counting in images. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Dr. Ekram Hossain, for their valuable suggestions as well as potential feedback in perfecting my thesis.

Adelakun (MSc, ECE, Feb 2019)

Adelakun, Tosin Lanre (2019) A multifractal approach for detecting distributed denial of service attacks. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I appreciate my committee members for the time spent at evaluating every aspect of my thesis. I am thankful to Drs. Dean McNeill and Carson Leung for their tremendous and relentless efforts in ensuring an acceptable and quality research work is accomplished by me.

Yi (MSc, ECE, Feb 2019)

Yi, Yue (2019) FPGA implementation of impedance-compensated phase-locked loop. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

Besides, I would like to thank my committee members Dr. Jenny Zhou and Dr. Carson Leung for their valuable time and feedbacks on my thesis.

*FPGA = field programmable gate array

Medina (MMath, Waterloo, Sep 2018)

Medina, Irish (2018) Predicting short-term water consumption for multi-family residences. M.Math. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Next, I would like to thank the people who have helped me get to where I am today:

Thank you, Professor Carson Leung, for reaching out to me during undergrad and encouraging me to apply for a summer research assistantship under your supervision. This opportunity provided me with the first step towards pursuing a graduate degree, which I am tremendously grateful for.

Carson and Gary [Van Domselaar], thank you for helping me realize my full potential and for your immensely strong encouragement throughout all my endeavours. I would not be where I am today if it wasn't for you.

Thank you to all the supervisors and mentors who I've had the privilege to work with along this journey. Thank you for seeing my potential and giving me every opportunity to succeed. Thank you for granting me the freedom and autonomy towards achieving my goals. Thank you for pushing me to further elevate myself in all aspects.

Kim (MSc, CS, Aug 2018)

Kim, Junhyeok (2018) Text-entry on a miniature peripheral for wearable devices. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am honoured to have, as my committees, Dr. Carson Leung, and Dr. Zahra Moussavi who gave me insightful feedback on my thesis and advice on my future.

Yu (MSc, Jul 2018)

Yu, Jialiang (2018) Fast and scalable MapReduce-based vertical mining. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my research supervisor Dr. Carson K. Leung. This thesis would not have been possible without his encouragement and academic support. Back when I was an undergraduate student, I acquired my database and data mining knowledge from Dr. Leung. His enthusiasm and inspiration made me interest in the research area of data mining. After I finished my undergraduate degree and started working, Dr. Leung gave me an opportunity to come back to conduct research on this M.Sc. thesis. In addition, I also acknowledge the Database and Data Mining Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, and University of Manitoba for providing me a comfortable research environment, plenty of research equipment, and rapid technical support.

Jialiang Yu

B.C.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2009

The University of Manitoba

July 2018

Rahman (MSc, CS, Jun 2018)

Rahman, Tanzila (2018) Person re-identification in images and videos. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Dr. Jun Cai, for their valuable suggestions and constructive feedback in perfecting my thesis.

Mai (MPAS, May 2018)

Mai, Monica (2018) Look who's talking: the use of social media among the emerging Canadian PA profession. Capstone project, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

7. Acknowledgements

Thanks are due to Dianne DeKezel and my supervisor Dr. Carson Leung for their assistance throughout this study. Their skills and expertise were an immeasurable asset.

Braun (MSc, Mar 2018)

Braun, Peter (2018) Transportation mode classification. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Carson K. Leung for supporting me throughout my journey as a graduate student. He has been a great mentor, advisor, and teacher to me and always helped me with any problems I encountered. Through him, I was first introduced to data mining and had the chance to learn a lot about the field, in particular frequent pattern mining. He has also given me the chance to explore different data mining topics, including the field of urban data mining and transportation mode classification.

I would also like to thank my lab mates and friends from the Database and Data Mining Lab, and other labs, Hao Zhang, Richard K. MacKinnon, Fan Jiang, Zhao Han, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Mrigank Rochan, and many more that I worked with and have helped me. I am honoured to have made such great new friends over the years and I appreciate their support and encouragement.

I thank Frank Franczyk, president of Persen Technologies Inc. (PERSENTECH), for his support and encouragement throughout my studies and for providing me with a modified OttoFleet Mobile™ tracking application.

Peter Braun

B.C.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2012

The University of Manitoba

March 21, 2018

Mateo Salas (MSc, ECE, Mar 2018)

Mateo Salas, Oliva Vianey (2018) Load balancing, power factor correction, and voltage regulation using a static var compensator. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank Dr. Vajira Pathirana and Dr. Carson Leung for their comments and insightful questions which, in spite our short interactions, gave me a renewed perspective into my work.

Hasan (MSc, CS, Dec 2017)

Hasan, Mohammad Zahidul (2017) Private computation on genomic data. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I also extend my thanks to Drs. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Ken Ferens for being my thesis committee members. I appreciate the time they have spent for reading my thesis and their thoughtful suggestions.

Sarumi (PhD, FUTA, Oct 2017)

Sarumi, Oluwafemi Abimbola (2017) Mining frequent patterns from big uncertain bio-sequence data with distributed systems. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

My sincere gratitude to my supervisor at the University of Manitoba, Canada, Prof. Carson Leung who taught me how to be a good and effective researcher; he was very patient and always ready to offer advice on my research work. I would like to thank him once again for admitting to supervise me and for providing all the needed tools and materials in his laboratory (Database and Data Mining) for my research bench work for a period of one year under the TETFUND splitsite study programme of the Nigeria government.

The intellectual and materials contributions of the University of Manitoba Library and the Department of Computer Science, University Manitoba for a period of one year spent under the supervision of Prof. Carson Leung is highly appreciated.

My appreciation goes to all the staff of the Department of Computer Science, for their concerns and support. Also to my friends and laboratory members at the Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Canada. Terry F. Jiang, Richard K. MacKinnon, Hao Zhang, Zhao Han, Peter Braun, Aaron M. Peddle, Edson M. Dela Cruz, and many others who helped me during my one year stay at the University of Manitoba.

Islam (MSc, CS, Jun 2017)

Islam, Md Amirul (2017) Dense image labeling using deep learning. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I would also choose this moment to thank my committee members, Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung and Dr. Ekram Hossain, who have provided valuable suggestions and constructive feedback in perfecting my thesis.

Jiang (PhD, Jan 2017)

Jiang, Fan (2017) Efficient frequent pattern mining from big data and its applications. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my Ph.D. research supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung. This thesis would not have been possible without his encouragement and academic support. Back when I was an undergraduate student, his enthusiasm and inspiration made me interest in the research area of data mining. After I finished my B.C.Sc. (Hons.) degree, Dr. Leung strongly encouraged me to stay in this research area, which gave me the opportunity to start my graduate study. Now, I look back, that was six years ago. During this six years, I finished my thesis based M.Sc. degree, taught some computer science courses in University of Manitoba as a sessional instructor, contributed more than 40 refereed research publications, and, most important, I learned so much about research from Dr. Leung. Therefore, without doubt, he is the first one on my list to appreciate.

I acknowledge the Database and Data Mining Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, and University of Manitoba for providing me a comfortable research environment, plenty of research equipment, and rapid technical support. I also want to thank my friends and lab members, Richard K. MacKinnon, Hao Zhang, Zhao Han, Peter Braun, Aaron M. Peddle, Edson M. Dela Cruz, as well as Oluwafemi A. Sarumi (a visiting graduate student from Nigeria), Mrigank Rochan (a graduate student from the Computer Vision Lab next door), and many others who helped me during my graduate studies at University of Manitoba.

Fan Jiang

B.C.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2010

M.Sc., The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2012

The University of Manitoba

January 2017

Zhang (MSc, Nov 2016)

Zhang, Hao (2016) Scalable vertical mining for big data analytics. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First, I express my great respects to Dr. Carson K. Leung as my academic super visor during my studies here. As an international student here, sometimes I ran into some troubles that I had no idea how to deal with it. But, he gave me a lot of usefully advice to help me to get through and survive here. Whenever I have a question, he has always been there to help no matter it was in his office hour at the university or late at night when he was in somewhere else, he always replied my email in a very short time. Without his guidance, I could not finish my work here.

Moreover, I thank my lab mates here in Database and Data Mining Lab, including those who are going to graduate and also who are already graduated. It is my honor to meet you guys. Thanks for your help and accompany, I really had a great time here.

Hao Zhang

B.Sc., Northwest A&F University, China, 2009

The University of Manitoba

November 2016

Afshari (MSc, ME, Nov 2016)

Afshari, Hamid (2016) Multi-objective optimal design of sustainable products and systems under uncertainty. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

Many thanks are also directed to the advisory committee members, Professors Yong Zeng (Concordia University), Carson Leung (Computer Science), and David Kuhn (Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering) for their constructive advice.

Han (MSc, Aug 2016)

Han, Zhao (2016) Delivering scalable frequent pattern mining for non-expert data miners. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

For people in Canada, I would like to specially thank my academic supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, and my girlfriend, Shihan Zheng. Dr. Leung introduced me to the exciting field of data mining. His enthusiasm in teaching and research, as well as his extensive knowledge, led me to graduate studies and kept inspiring me during my B.C.Sc. (Hons.) study and throughout my M.Sc. thesis research. His attentiveness to students and constructive feedback made my thesis progresses more smoothly.

I also would like to say thank you to my lab mates in the Database and Data Mining Laboratory. Thanks Richard Kyle MacKinnon for proofreading and offering feedback while I fulfill my course requirements of my current M.Sc. degree. Thanks Hao (Thomas) Zhang and Fan (Terry) Jiang for making the life in the lab more fun. Thanks Fan again for sharing with me your positive previous experience on M.Sc. study and properly answering my questions.

Zhao Han

B.C.Sc. (Honours), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2014

The University of Manitoba

August 2016

Rochan (MSc, CS, Jul 2016)

Rochan, Mrigank (2016) Object localization in weakly labeled images and videos. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I am also honored to have Dr. Neil Bruce, Dr. Carson Leung and Dr. Wayne Xu on my thesis committee.

Singh (MSc, UWinnipeg, Mar 2016)

Singh, Gagandeep (2016) Answering label constraint reachability queries in graph databases. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Applied Computer Science, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

A very special thanks to my thesis committee members Dr. Christopher Henry and Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung.

MacKinnon (MSc, Nov 2015)

MacKinnon, Richard Kyle (2015) Seeing the forest for the trees: tree-based uncertain frequent pattern mining. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

On teaching...

In his role as advisor, I will be forever grateful to Dr. Carson K.-S. Leung for all he has done for me. He first introduced me to the subject of data mining as an undergraduate student and I have not looked back. Without his reminders and support I would not have had the amazing opportunities that I have had, and my situation would be quite different today. His feedback has been invaluable in the evolution of this work.

On friends...

My lab mates as well as a small group of graduate students from other labs have been an important part of my life these past two and a half years. Thank-you. I hope I've enriched your lives as much as you have mine.

On my advisory committee...

Drs. Xikui Wang (王熙逵), Yang Wang (王洋), Carson K.-S. Leung and chair Peter C.J. Graham: your time and advice in this service does not go unappreciated. Thank-you for your selfless commitment.

Richard Kyle MacKinnon

B.C.Sc. (Honours), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2013

The University of Manitoba

November 2015

Uchime (MSc, ECE, May 2015)

Uchime, Chidoteremndu Chinonyelum (2015) Near sets in set pattern classification. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I will like to thank the following people, for their role in the completion of this thesis.

• • My examination committee members, Professor Attahiru Alfa and Professor Carson Leung, for accepting to serve on my committee.

Duan (MSc, ECE, Jun 2014)

Duan, Tong (2014) Towards a rough-fuzzy perception-based computing for vision-based indoor navigation. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

It is my honour to have Professor James Peters and Professor Carson Leung to be my examination committee. Their advices for the development of high quality thesis are extremely of importance. I would like to express my gratitude to them for their tremendous effort.

Shpaner (MSc, CS, Apr 2014)

Shpaner, Roiy (2014) Exploring and evaluating the effects of user-enhanced video browsing. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I also thank my committee members, Dr. Carson Leung and Mr. Herbert Enns for their time and constructive feedback on this work.

Aman (MSc, CS, Apr 2014)

Aman, Hina (2014) Visualizing geo-temporal documents: an application to data from crisis maps. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I also appreciate the feedback offered by my committee members: Dr. Carson Leung and Dr. Saumen Mandal.

Chen (MSc, BioE, Jan 2014)

Chen, Yixuan (2014) Approaching "big data" in biological research imaging spectroscopy with novel compression. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Biosystems Engineering, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Jitendra Paliwal and Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung, for their insightful comments, and hard questions.

Ali (PhD, UWO, May 2013)

Ali, Shaimaa (2013) Localizing state-dependent faults using associated sequence mining. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario (Western University), London, ON, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my supervisor "Dr. Jamie Andrews", advisors "Dr. Nazim Madhavji" and "Dr. Robert Mercer” and examiners "Dr. Hanan Lutfiyya", "Dr. Michael Bauer", "Dr. David Bellhouse" and "Dr. Carson Leung" for the help and advice they provided for the work in this thesis.

Carmichael (MSc, Mar 2013)

Carmichael, Christopher Lee (2013) Visualization for frequent pattern mining. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I thank my research supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, for his encouragement and academic & financial support. This thesis would not have been possible without him. Back when I was an undergraduate student, I took all three database and data mining courses as well as the Undergraduate Honours project course with Dr. Leung. His enthusiasm and inspiration make me interested in the research area of data mining. After I finished my undergraduate degree, I decided to stay in this research area, which gave me an opportunity to research on this M.Sc. thesis.

I would also thank my fellow members, especially Juan J. Cameron, in the Database and Data Mining Laboratory for their support, help and assistance.

Christopher Lee Carmichael

B.Sc.(Honours), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2007

The University of Manitoba

March 2013

Simeon (PhD, URegina, Sep 2012)

Simeon, Mondelle (2012) Discovering group differences from qualitative and quantitative attributes using contrast set mining with discretization and measures of interestingness. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to my external examiner Dr. Carson Leung. It was an honour to have him participate in the process.

Hayduk (MSc, Mar 2012)

Hayduk, Yaroslav (2012) Mining frequent patterns from uncertain data with MapReduce. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Last, but surely not the least, I want to thank my supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, who has made sure that I most certainly carry my M.Sc. thesis project all the way through to the defense in this uncertain world.

Yaroslav Hayduk

B.Sc.(Honours), Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, 2009

The University of Manitoba

March 2012

Jiang (MSc, Mar 2012)

Jiang, Fan (2012) Frequent pattern mining of uncertain data streams. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my research supervisor Dr. Carson K. Leung. This thesis would not have been possible without his encouragement and academic support. Back when I was an undergraduate student, I took all database and data mining courses with Dr. Leung. His enthusiasm and inspiration make me interested in the research area of data mining. After I finished my undergraduate degree, Dr. Leung strongly encouraged me to stay in this research area, which gave me an opportunity to research on this M.Sc. thesis.

In addition, I also acknowledge the Database and Data Mining Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, and University of Manitoba for providing me a comfortable research environment, plenty of research, and rapid technical support. Particularly, I thank my lab members, Syed K. Tanbeer, Yaroslav Hayduk, Juan J. Cameron, Lijing Sun, and Monjur M. Dewan.

Fan Jiang

B.C.Sc.(Honours), The University of Manitoba, Canada, 2010

The University of Manitoba

March 2012

Brajczuk (MSc, Aug 2011)

Brajczuk, Dale Allan (2011) Mining frequent sequences in one database scan using distributed computers. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Foremost, I thank Dr. Carson Leung, for the guidance and support he has provided throughout my research, as well as giving me the opportunity to participate in other research projects.

Dale Allan Brajczuk

B.C.Sc.(Honours), University of Manitoba, Canada, 2006

The University of Manitoba

August 2011

Alallah (MSc, CS, Apr 2011)

Alallah, Fouad Shoie (2011) OA-Graphs: orientation agnostic graphs for improving the legibility of simple visualizations on horizontal displays. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to my committee members, Dr. Carson Leung and Dr. Saumen Mandal, for your time, helpful comments, and support.

Hao (MSc, Jun 2010)

Hao, Boyu (2010) Mining frequent itemsets from uncertain data: extensions to constrained mining and stream mining. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First of all, I owe my deepest gratitude to my research supervisor—Dr. Carson K. Leung—for his encouragement, valuable support and advice on my research work. I first met Dr. Leung when he was the professor for my data mining course. His course materials were carefully prepared, well organized, intellectually stimulating, and clearly explained. His enthusiasm and inspiration make me interested in the research area of data mining, which subsequently leads to this M.Sc. thesis research.

I acknowledge Database & Data Mining Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba for providing me a comfortable research environment, plenty of research equipment, and rapid technical support. I am very glad to study and do research in such a friendly atmosphere. I particularly thank my lab members, Chris Carmichael and Dale Brajczuk.

Boyu Hao

B.Eng., Heilongjiang University, China, 2002

B.Sc.(Honours), Trent University, Canada, 2004

The University of Manitoba

June 2010

Heikinheimo (DSc(Tech), TKK, Jan 2010)

Heikinheimo, Hannes (2010) Extending data mining techniques for frequent pattern discovery: trees, low-entropy sets, and crossmining. D.Sc.(Tech.) Thesis, Department of Information and Computer Science, Aalto University School of Science and Technology (formerly, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)), Espoo, Finland.

Acknowledgements

I also thank the pre-examiners of this thesis: Professor Jian Pei of the Simon Fraser University and Professor Carson Kai-Sang Leung of the University of Manitoba.

Hannes Heikinheimo, Otaniemi, December 2009

Mateo (MSc, Nov 2008)

Mateo, Mark Anthony F. (2008) A multi-layer quality control tool for weather-driven agricultural decision support models. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I wish to express my sincerest gratitude and appreciation to my research supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung for his encouragement, patience, invaluable support and sound advice on my research project. During my time at the University of Manitoba, he has been my professor, supervisor, mentor, and boss. Without his guidance and encouragement, this thesis could not have progressed.

During my Masters studies, I had the chance to travel both in Canada and abroad specially in places as far as Hong Kong and New Delhi—places which I never ever thought of being able to step my feet into. I wish to acknowledge the generous financial support of my supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Graduate Studies for making these conference trips possible.

Mark Anthony F. Mateo

B.Sc, University of the Philippines - Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 2004

The University of Manitoba

November 2008

Lu (MSc, CS, Aug 2007)

Lu, Weihua (2007) A signature file algorithm for large image databases. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks go to the members of my thesis examining committee, Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung, Dr. Attahiru S. Alfa, for giving me valuable comments and suggestions for improving the quality of my thesis work.

Hoque (MSc, Mar 2007)

Hoque, Tariqul (2007) A constraint based interactive frequent pattern mining algorithm for large databases. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First of all, I express my profound gratitude to Dr. Carson K. Leung, my research supervisor. This thesis could not have been written and completed without Dr. Leung, who not only served as my research supervisor but also encouraged and guided me throughout my academic program.

I deeply appreciate the financial support from my research supervisor (Dr. Leung), TRLabs Winnipeg and my parents. Without their financial support, I would not be able to start and continue my M.Sc. study at the University of Manitoba.

Tariqul Hoque

B.S., North South University, Bangladesh, 2001

The University of Manitoba

March 2007

Khan (MSc, Jun 2006)

Khan, Quamrul Islam (2006) Constraint-based frequent itemset mining from data streams. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Carson K. Leung, my research supervisor, for his support (both academically and financially). Dr. Leung gave me the opportunity to work as his research assistant, which helped me improve my research skills and gave me insight on this research project.

Quamrul Islam Khan

B.S., North South University, Bangladesh, 2000

The University of Manitoba

June 2006

Zita (MA, Anth, Apr 2006)

Zita, Paul (2006) Early Neolithic intra settlement social organization : a relational database approach to Foeni-Salaș (SW Romania). M.A. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank all my committee members for dedicating their time to reading and providing feedback to me during the course of writing this thesis. Their skills and knowledge helped me to think through my ideas and identify problem areas with my work. Dr. Leung, your questions always kept me thinking and trying to stay one step ahead.

Li (MSc, Apr 2006)

Li, Zhan (2006) Exploring Boolean combinations of succinct constraints for frequent pattern mining. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

First, I would like to acknowledge the inspiration, helpful advice and suggestions I received from my research supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung. This thesis would not have been completed without his help and guidance in the whole research process. He is an active researcher in the data mining area with nice personality. It is a great experience to work with him and I benefit in many ways.

Zhan Li

B.Eng., Harbin Engineering University, China, 2002

The University of Manitoba

April 2006

Zhang (MSc, Oct 2005)

Zhang, Haonan (2005) Parallel processing techniques for electronic commerce systems. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

A special thank goes to my co-supervisor, Dr. Carson K. Leung, who provided me with detailed feedback and insightful advice on my thesis and my oral examination. Without his constant guidance, I could not have finished this thesis.

I would also like to thank my thesis examination committee, Dr. Carson K. Leung, Dr. Vojislav B. Misic and Dr. Robert D. McLeod, for evaluating this thesis, and Dr. Neil Arnason for chairing my thesis defense.

Geng (PhD, URegina, Aug 2005)

Geng, Liqiang (2005) Finding interesting summaries in GenSpace graphs. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.

Post Defense Acknowledgment

I would like to thank Dr. Carson Leung, the external examiner, for his thorough reading, insightful questions, and valuable suggestions that led to the improvement of this thesis. His time and efforts are greatly appreciated.

Huang (MSc, CS, May 2005)

Huang, Kai (2005) A parallel algorithm to price Asian options with multidimensional assets. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Acknowledgements

I also would like to thank my thesis committee members, Dr. Carson K. Leung in Department of Computer Science and Dr. Shiu. H. Lui in Department of Mathematics, for their valuable comments and suggestions that helped me to improve the quality of the final document.