PhD Defences 2017

Håkon Normann, 22 December, at 10 AM
Location: Auditorium 1
Thesis: "Independence, name-passing and constraints in models for concurrency"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Jesper Bengtson, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Professor Uwe Nestmann, Technische Universität Berlin
Professor Nobuko Yoshida, Imperial College London
Supervisor
Associate Professor Thomas Hildebrandt, IT University of Copenhagen

Fabricio Batista Narcizo, 24 November, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 4
Thesis: "Using Priors to Improve Head-Mounted Eye Trackers in Sports Analysis"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Bjørn Thór Jónsson, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Associate Professor Arantzazu Villanueva, Universidad Púplica de Navarra
Professor Ben William Tatler, University of Aberdeen
Supervisor
Associate Professor Dan Witzner Hansen, IT University of Copenhagen

Ştefan Cătălin Stănciulescu, 23 November, at 1PM
Location: 4A22
Thesis: "Systematic Reuse and Ad Hoc Forking to Develop Software Variants"
Examination Committee
Professor Kasper Støy, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Associate Professor Michael W. Godfrey, University of Waterloo
Associate Professor Paul Grünbacher, Johannes Kepler Universität
Supervisor
Professor Andrzej Wąsowski, IT University of Copenhagen
Co-supervisor
Associate Professor Kasper Østerbye, IT University of Copenhagen

Johan Sivertsen, 22 November, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis: "Similarity Problems in High Dimensions"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Riko Jacob, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Associate Professor Kasper Green Larsen, Aarhus University
Associate Professor Ke Yi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Supervisor
Professor Rasmus Pagh, IT University of Copenhagen

Farzad Nejatimoharrami, 21 November, at 12:30PM
Location: Auditorium 2
Thesis: "Cloud-Enabled, Reactive Liquid Handling Robot"
Examination Committee
Professor Andrzej Wąsowski, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Professor František Štěpánek, University of Chemistry and Technology
Professor John Hallam, University of Southern Denmark
Supervisor
Professor Kasper Støy, IT University of Copenhagen

Agata Anna Murawska, 17 November, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 4
Thesis: "Modern Logical Frameworks Design"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Marco Carbone, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Professor Iliano Cervesato, Carnegie Mellon University
Professor Gopalan Nadathur, University of Minnesota
Supervisor
Associate Professor Carsten Schürmann, IT University of Copenhagen

Marco Scirea, 11 October, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis: "Affective Music Generation and its effect on player experience"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Miguel Sicart, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Associate Professor Philippe Pasquier, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Professor Palle Dahlstedt, Aalborg University
Supervisor
Associate Professor Sebastian Risi, IT University of Copenhagen
Co-supervisor
Head of Business IT and Professor Peter Eklund, IT University of Copenhagen

Jean Melo, 31 August, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 4
Thesis: "Variability: Program and Programmer Perspective"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Troels Bjerre Lund, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Associate Professor Alexander Serebrenik, Eindhoven University of Technology
Associate Professor Rohit Gheyi, Federal University of Campina Grande
Supervisor
Associate Professor Claus Brabrand, IT University of Copenhagen
Co-supervisor
Professor Andrzej Wasowski, IT University of Copenhagen

Iago Abal Rivas, 9 June, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 1
Thesis: "Effective Bug Finding"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Marco Carbone, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Professor Marieke Huisman, University of Twente
Professor Alan Mycroft, Cambridge University
Supervisor
Professor Andrzej Wasowski, IT University of Copenhagen
Co-supervisor
Associate Professor Claus Brabrand, IT University of Copenhagen 

James Maguire, 4 May, at 1PM
Location: Auditorium 2
Thesis:"Icelandic Geopower: Accelerating and Infrastructuring Energy Landscapes"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Steffen Dalsgaard, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Professor Anna Tsing, Aarhus University & University of California Santa Cruz
Senior Lecturer Jamie Cross, University of Edinburgh
Supervisor
Associate Professor Laura Watts, IT University of Copenhagen

Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Fróes, 27 February, at 1PM
Location: Room 5A14-16
Thesis: "Playful Literacy: A thesis on young children's play practices on digital tablets"
Examination Committee
Associate Professor Miguel Sicart, IT University of Copenhagen (Chairman)
Associate Professor Stine Ejsing Duun, Aalborg University
Professor Jackie Marsh, Sheffield University
Supervisor
Associate Professor Susana Pajares Tosca, IT University of Copenhagen