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Mobile Software Development Platform Comparison: Windows Phone 7 and Android

Student: Ahmad Hasan Supervisor: J. Ostroff Description Over the past decade the development and use of smartphone technologies has become increasingly sophisticated. The computational power of modern smartphones is growing to match the power of conventional...

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Exploring the notion of Variability in Business Process Modeling (and its relationship with Goals)

Exploring the notion of Variability in Business Process Modeling (and its relationship with Goals)

Student: Dean Shaft Supervisor: S. Liaskos and Y. Lesperance Description Business Process Modeling (BPM) notations are an increasingly popular subject of investigation in the analysis and design of Information Systems. Such notations allow analysts to...

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An Open Source Structural Equation Modeling Graph Drawing Application

An Open Source Structural Equation Modeling Graph Drawing Application

Student: Doug Scheurich Supervisor: J. Edmonds Description Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical technique that is becoming increasingly popular in the sciences. SEM allows researchers to test the validity of hypothesized models involving...

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Imputation of missing values in microarray data

Imputation of missing values in microarray data

Student: Michael Larin Supervisor: S. Datta Description Microarrays are a relatively new technology that have had tremendous impact on many areas within biology and bioinformatics. Microarray technology enables researchers to study the behaviour of many...

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Comparison of Finger Tracking systems

Comparison of Finger Tracking systems

Supervisor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger Required Background: C/C++ coding Description: This project compares the Leap Motion and the 3Gear System against each other in a comparative Fitts’ law study Completed: Winter, 2013

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DDoS Attack using Google-bots

DDoS Attack using Google-bots

Supervisor: Ntalija Vlajic Recommended Background: CSE 3213 or CSE 3214, CSE 3482 Not long ago, botnets – networks of compromised computers – were seen as the most effective (if not the only) means of conducting Distributed Denial of Service...

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Hunting for Bugs in Logging: applying JPF to log4j

Hunting for Bugs in Logging: applying JPF to log4j

Supervisor: Franck van Breugel Description: Java PathFinder (JPF) is a tool that can detect bugs in Java code. The Java library Apache log4j allows developers to control which log statements are output. In the past, Dickey et al. [1] have attempted to...

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Data Visualization Project

Data Visualization Project

Supervisor: Jarek Gryz Session: Summer 2015 Required Background: EECS2031 and general EECS4080 prerequisites We have a large project in data visualization projects and may have a couple of projects for 4080 this summer. Some of the projects will require...

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Hierarchical grouping of salient paths