Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Computer Science, College of Sciences, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2025, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Dissertation: Adopt: An Environmentally-Friendly System for Alerting Drivers to Occluded Pedestrians Traffic, Abrar Abdulrahman Alali
Dissertation: Leveraging Blockchain for Trust Enhancement in Decentralized Marketplaces: A Reputation System Perspective, Meshari Mohammd Aljohani
Dissertation: Refinement of AlphaFold-Predicted Models Using Cryo-EM Density Maps and Enhancement of Protein Secondary Structure Topologies With Residue Contacts, Maytha Naif Alshammari
Dissertation: ETDSuite: A Toolkit to Mine Electronic Theses and Dissertations to Enrich Scholarly Big Data Using Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision, Muntabir Hasan Choudhury
Dissertation: A Microservices Approach to Electroencephalography Research in the Public Cloud, Bathsheba Farrow
Thesis: Surfacing Text Changes in Archived Webpages, Lesley Frew
Dissertation: Streaminghub - A Realtime Biosignal Processing Framework for Lab Scale Experimentation, Yasith Jayawardana
Dissertation: RAEMAP: Real-Time Advanced Eye Movements Analysis Pipeline, Gavindya Jayawardena
Dissertation: Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Framework for IoT Malware Detection, Sabbir Ahmed Khan
Thesis: Study of Deep Learning Models to Classify Nasa’s Kepler Light Curves, Heena Minnich
Dissertation: A Portable Numerical Library for the Calculation of Multi-Dimensional Integrals, Ioannis Sakiotis
Thesis: Symbolic Regression for Data-Driven Equation Discovery: A Physics-Informed Approach, Anusha Reddy Singireddy
Thesis: Who Wrote the Scientific News? Improving the Discernibility of LLMs to Human-Written Scientific News, Dominik Soós
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Dissertation: Inverse Mappers for QCD Global Analysis, Manal Almaeen
Thesis: Assessing the Prevalence and Archival Rate of URIs to Git Hosting Platforms in Scholarly Publications, Emily Escamilla
Thesis: Supporting Account-based Queries for Archived Instagram Posts, Himarsha R. Jayanetti
Dissertation: Detecting Malware With Securedeep Accelerator via Processor Side-Channel Fingerprinting for Internet of Things, Zhuoran Li
Dissertation: Tracing and Segmentation of Molecular Patterns in 3-Dimensional Cryo-ET/EM Density Maps Through Algorithmic Image Processing and Deep Learning-Based Techniques, Salim Sazzed
Dissertation: Towards Intelligent Runtime Framework for Distributed Heterogeneous Systems, Polykarpos Thomadakis
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Dissertation: Machine Learning-Based Event Generator, Yasir Alanazi
Thesis: Using Ensemble Learning Techniques to Solve the Blind Drift Calibration Problem, Devin Scott Drake
Dissertation: A Relevance Model for Threat-Centric Ranking of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities, Corren G. McCoy
Dissertation: Evaluation of Generative Models for Predicting Microstructure Geometries in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing, Andy Ramlatchan
Thesis: TransParsCit: A Transformer-Based Citation Parser Trained on Large-Scale Synthesized Data, MD Sami Uddin
Dissertation: Towards Privacy and Security Concerns of Adversarial Examples in Deep Hashing Image Retrieval, Yanru Xiao
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Dissertation: MOVE: Mobile Observers Variants and Extensions, Ryan Florin
Dissertation: Improving Collection Understanding for Web Archives with Storytelling: Shining Light Into Dark and Stormy Archives, Shawn M. Jones
Dissertation: A Unified Framework for Parallel Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation, Christos Tsolakis
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: MementoMap: A Web Archive Profiling Framework for Efficient Memento Routing, Sawood Alam
Dissertation: A Framework for Verifying the Fixity of Archived Web Resources, Mohamed Aturban
Thesis: Parallelization of the Advancing Front Local Reconnection Mesh Generation Software Using a Pseudo-Constrained Parallel Data Refinement Method, Kevin Mark Garner Jr.
Dissertation: Towards Dynamic Vehicular Clouds, Aida Ghazizadeh
Dissertation: Bootstrapping Web Archive Collections From Micro-Collections in Social Media, Alexander C. Nwala
Dissertation: Automatic Linear and Curvilinear Mesh Generation Driven by Validity Fidelity and Topological Guarantees, Jing Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dissertation: Expanding the Usage of Web Archives by Recommending Archived Webpages Using Only the URI, Lulwah M. Alkwai
Dissertation: Highly Accurate Fragment Library for Protein Fold Recognition, Wessam Elhefnawy
Dissertation: Scalable Parallel Delaunay Image-to-Mesh Conversion for Shared and Distributed Memory Architectures, Daming Feng
Dissertation: Aggregating Private and Public Web Archives Using the Mementity Framework, Matthew R. Kelly
Thesis: Enhancing Portability in High Performance Computing: Designing Fast Scientific Code with Longevity, Jason Orender
Thesis: Novel Use of Neural Networks to Identify and Detect Electrical Infrastructure Performance, Evan Pierre Savaria
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: New Methods to Improve Protein Structure Modeling, Maha Abdelrasoul
Dissertation: Applying Machine Learning to Advance Cyber Security: Network Based Intrusion Detection Systems, Hassan Hadi Latheeth AL-Maksousy
Thesis: To Relive the Web: A Framework for the Transformation and Archival Replay of Web Pages, John Andrew Berlin
Thesis: Supporting Big Data at the Vehicular Edge, Lloyd Decker
Thesis: Deep Learning for Segmentation Of 3D Cryo-EM Images, Devin Reid Haslam
Dissertation: FlexStream: SDN-Based Framework for Programmable and Flexible Adaptive Video Streaming, Ibrahim Ben Mustafa
Thesis: Novel Technique for Gait Analysis Using Two Waist Mounted Gyroscopes, Ahmed Nasr
Dissertation: Leveraging Resources on Anonymous Mobile Edge Nodes, Ahmed Salem
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Dissertation: SenSys: A Smartphone-Based Framework for ITS applications, Abdulla Ahmed Alasaadi
Dissertation: ItsBlue: A Distributed Bluetooth-Based Framework for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Ahmed Awad Alghamdi
Dissertation: Finite Element Modeling Driven by Health Care and Aerospace Applications, Fotios Drakopoulos
Dissertation: Efficient Machine Learning Approach for Optimizing Scientific Computing Applications on Emerging HPC Architectures, Kamesh Arumugam Karunanithi
Thesis: Multi-GPU Accelerated High-Fidelity Simulations of Beam-Beam Effects in Particle Colliders, Naga Sai Ravi Teja Majeti
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Dissertation: Using Web Archives to Enrich the Live Web Experience Through Storytelling, Yasmin AlNoamany
Thesis: Magnopark, Smart Parking Detection Based on Cellphone Magnetic Sensor, Maryam Arab
Dissertation: Scripts in a Frame: A Framework for Archiving Deferred Representations, Justin F. Brunelle
Dissertation: Machine Learning Methods for Brain Image Analysis, Ahmed Fakhry
Dissertation: Novel Monte Carlo Methods for Large-Scale Linear Algebra Operations, Hao Ji
Dissertation: Machine Learning Methods for Medical and Biological Image Computing, Rongjian Li
Dissertation: Toward Open and Programmable Wireless Network Edge, Mostafa Uddin
Thesis: An Optimized Multiple Right-Hand Side Dslash Kernel for Intel Xeon Phi, Aaron Walden
Dissertation: Towards Aggregating Time-Discounted Information in Sensor Networks, Xianping Wang
Dissertation: A Computational Framework for Learning from Complex Data: Formulations, Algorithms, and Applications, Wenlu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Efficient Algorithms for Prokaryotic Whole Genome Assembly and Finishing, Abhishek Biswas
Dissertation: De Novo Protein Structure Modeling and Energy Function Design, Lin Chen
Dissertation: High Performance Large Graph Analytics by Enhancing Locality, Naga Shailaja Dasari
Thesis: Avoiding Spoilers on Mediawiki Fan Sites Using Memento, Shawn M. Jones
Dissertation: Energy Harvesting-Aware Design for Wireless Nanonetworks, Shahram Mohrehkesh
Thesis: Parallel Two-Dimensional Unstructured Anisotropic Delaunay Mesh Generation for Aerospace Applications, Juliette Kelly Pardue
Dissertation: Detecting, Modeling, and Predicting User Temporal Intention, Hany M. SalahEldeen
Dissertation: Wireless Networking for Vehicle to Infrastructure Communication and Automatic Incident Detection, Sarwar Aziz Sha-Mohammad
Dissertation: Computational Development for Secondary Structure Detection From Three-Dimensional Images of Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Dong Si
Thesis: Mobile Cloud Computing Based Non Rigid Registration for Image Guided Surgery, Arun Brahmavar Vishwanatha
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Web Archive Services Framework for Tighter Integration Between the Past and Present Web, Ahmed AlSum
Dissertation: Modeling Stem Cell Population Dynamics, Samiur Arif
Dissertation: A Framework for Web Object Self-Preservation, Charles L. Cartledge
Dissertation: Document Classification in Support of Automated Metadata Extraction Form Heterogeneous Collections, Paul K. Flynn
Dissertation: Resource Allocation in Vehicular Cloud Computing, Puya Ghazizadeh
Thesis: Generating Combinatorial Objects- A New Perspective, Alexander Chizoma Nwala
Dissertation: Enhancing Understanding of Discrete Event Simulation Models Through Analysis, Kara Ann Olson
Dissertation: Scalable Reasoning for Knowledge Bases Subject to Changes, Hui Shi
Dissertation: Improving Structural Features Prediction in Protein Structure Modeling, Ashraf Yaseen
Thesis: Computational Analysis of Gene Expression and Connectivity Patterns in the Convoluted Structures of Mouse Cerebellum, Tao Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Thesis: HTTP Mailbox - Asynchronous Restful Communication, Sawood Alam
Dissertation: TDMA Slot Reservation in Cluster-Based VANETs, Mohammad Salem Almalag
Thesis: Protein Loop Length Estimation From Medium Resolution Cryoem Images, Andrew R. McKnight
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Dissertation: De Novo Protein Structure Modeling from Cryoem Data Through a Dynamic Programming Algorithm in the Secondary Structure Topology Graph, Kamal H. Al Nasr
Dissertation: FRIEND: A Cyber-Physical System for Traffic Flow Related Information Aggregation and Dissemination, Samy S. El-Tawab
Thesis: An Extensible Framework for Creating Personal Archives of Web Resources Requiring Authentication, Matthew Ryan Kelly
Thesis: Visualizing Digital Collections at Archive-It, Kalpesh Padia
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Dissertation: A Framework for Incident Detection and notification in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Mahmoud Abuelela
Dissertation: A Framework for Dynamic Traffic Monitoring Using Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Mohammad Hadi Arbabi
Thesis: A Probabilistic Analysis of Misparking in Reservation Based Parking Garages, Vikas G. Ashok
Thesis: A Penalty-Based Approach to Handling Cluster Sizing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Ryan Florin
Dissertation: Data Aggregation and Dissemination in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Khaled Ibrahim
Dissertation: Using the Web Infrastructure for Real Time Recovery of Missing Web Pages, Martin Klein
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: A Virtual Infrastructure for Mitigating Typical Challenges in Sensor Networks, Hady S. Abdel Salam
Thesis: Merging Schemas in a Collaborative Faceted Classification System, Jianxiang Li
Thesis: XPath-Based Template Language for Describing the Placement of Metadata within a Document, Vijay Kumar Musham
Dissertation: Providing Location Security in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Gongjun Yan