Title: Computational Methods for High-Resolution Microbiome Profiling

Ph.D. Candidate: Rye Howard-Stone

Major Advisor: Dr. Ion Mandoiu

Associate Advisors: Dr. Derek Aguiar, Dr. Mukul Bansal

Date/Time: Monday, November 10th, 2025, 10:00 am

Location: HBL 1947 room

Title: Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification for Spatiotemporal Data Prediction

Ph.D. Candidate: Huiqun Huang

Major Advisor: Dr. Fei Miao
Associate Advisors: Dr. Caiwen Ding, Dr. Qian Yang

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 11:15 a.m.

Location: HBL 1947 room

Title: An integrated deep learning framework for real-time visual quality assessment of strawberries in greenhouse
M.S. Candidate: Xinhao Wang
Major Advisor: Dr. Dongjin Song
Associate Advisors: Dr. Qian Yang & Dr. Yangchao Luo
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2:15 - 3:45 pm

Location: HBL 1102

Title: Unified Change-Detection Frameworks for Data-Efficient and Generalizable Scientific Imaging

Ph.D. Candidate: Yushuo Niu

Major Advisor: Dr. Qian Yang
Associate Advisors: Dr. Fei Miao, Dr. Dong-Guk Shin, Dr. Anson Ma, Dr. Yuanyuan Zhu

Date/Time: Monday, November 17, 2025, 12:30 -2:15 pm

Location:HBL 1947 room

Title: Gut Microbiome Alterations in Multiple Sclerosis: Insights from Multi-omics and Meta-analysis, with a Methodological Advance in Strain-Level Genomics

Ph.D. Candidate: Qingqi Lin

Major Advisor: Dr. Yufeng Wu

Associate Advisors: Dr. Yanjiao Zhou, Dr. Derek Aguiar

Committee members: Dr. Ion Mandoiu, Dr. Pavel Skums, Dr. Sheida Nabavi

Date/Time: Friday, Nov 21, 2025, 10:00 am