This collection contains some of the Ph.D dissertations written by students in the Dartmouth Department of Computer Science.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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Polarimetric Capture and Differentiable Rendering, Katherine Anne Salesin

Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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ADVANCING OMNIMODALITY: EXPANDING HUMAN CREATIVITY THROUGH ADAPTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE MULTIMODAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS, Joshua Urban Davis

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Towards Trustworthy LLMs: Understanding the Security and Privacy Risks of Large Language Models, Kang Gu

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Leveraging Large Language Models for Enhancing Well-being in the Digital Age, Xiaobo Guo

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Efficient and Effective Learning of Foundational Large Multi-Modal Models, Yiren Jian

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Towards scalable autonomous underwater construction with free-floating robots, Samuel Eric Lensgraf

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SIMULATING CROSS-SCALE SOLID-FLUID INTERACTION PHENOMENA, Jinyuan Liu

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Aligning Language Models with the Human World, RUIBO LIU

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Scalable Methods for Resource-Constrained Adaptive Sampling, Kizito Masaba

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Mitigating Safety Issues in Pre-trained Language Models: A Model-Centric Approach Leveraging Interpretation Methods, Weicheng Ma

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Consistent Monte Carlo methods for non-linear applications in light transport, Zackary T. Misso

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Toward the Integration of Behavioral Sensing and Artificial Intelligence, Subigya K. Nepal

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3-D Reconstruction for Underwater Robots with a Monocular Camera and Lights, Monika Roznere

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Random Walk Methods for Geometry Representation Agnostic Transport, Dario R. Seyb

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Design, Analysis, and Drop Assembly of Interlocking Rigid Bodies, Amy K. Sniffen

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On adaptivity and randomness for streaming algorithms, Manuel Stoeckl

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ADVANCING MOBILE SENSING IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS, Weichen Wang

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Resolving Low-Clarity Text Input on Mobile Platforms, Zheer Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Probing and enhancing the reliance of Transformer models on poetic information, Almas Abdibayev

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DEEP LEARNING METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF AND ESCAPE FROM PROTEIN RECOGNITION, Bowen Dai

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Self-Supervised Pretraining and Transfer Learning on fMRI Data with Transformers, Sean Paulsen

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Sensitive and Makeable Computational Materials for the Creation of Smart Everyday Objects, Te-yen Wu Mr

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Protecting Systems From Exploits Using Language-Theoretic Security, Prashant Anantharaman

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Correlations and Reuse for Fast and Accurate Physically Based Light Transport, Benedikt Bitterli

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Space-Efficient Algorithms and Verification Schemes for Graph Streams, Prantar Ghosh

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Information Provenance for Mobile Health Data, Taylor A. Hardin

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Multimodal Human Group Behavior Analysis, Chongyang Bai

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DETECTION OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOURS USING HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICES, Shengjie Bi

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Exploiting Group Structures to Infer Social Interactions From Videos, Maksim Bolonkin

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Analyses and Creation of Author Stylized Text, Keith Carlson

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Data Driven Analysis And Characterization Of Modern Android Malware, Qian Han

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Towards Effective Delivery of Digital Interventions for Mental and Behavioral Health, Varun Mishra

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Data-driven Personalized Applications in Networks, Chuankai An

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Defense in Depth of Resource-Constrained Devices, Ira Ray Jenkins

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Bridging the Gap Between Intent and Outcome: Knowledge, Tools & Principles for Security-Minded Decision-Making, Vijay Harshed Kothari

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Stylized 2D Fabrication of Non-photorealistic Images, Athina Panotopoulou

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Trustworthy Wireless Personal Area Networks, Travis W. Peters

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Interlocking structure design and assembly, Yinan Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Secure short-range communications, Timothy J. Pierson

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Complex Neural Networks for Audio, Andy M. Sarroff

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Types for the Chain of Trust: No (Loader) Write Left Behind, Rebecca Shapiro

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Algorithmic Problems Arising in Posets and Permutations, Shahrzad Haddadan

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Towards A Verified Complex Protocol Stack in a Production Kernel: Methodology and Demonstration, Peter C. Johnson

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Implications of Motion Planning: Optimality and k-survivability, Yu-Han Lyu

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Seamless Authentication for Ubiquitous Devices, Shrirang Mare

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Privacy-preserving controls for sharing mHealth data, Aarathi Prasad

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TEDDI: Tamper Event Detection on Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems, Jason O. Reeves

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Representations and Models for Large-Scale Video Understanding, Du Le Hong Tran

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Constraint-based robot knot tying, Weifu Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Methods for efficient object categorization, detection, scene recognition, and image search, Alessandro Bergamo

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ModFlows: Methods for Studying and Managing Mesh Editing Workflows, Jonathan D. Denning

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Geometrical and probabilistic methods for determining association models and structures of protein complexes, Himanshu Chandola

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Usable Security for Wireless Body-Area Networks, Cory Cornelius

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Photo Forensics from Partial Constraints, Eric R. Kee

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Sampling for Complexity in Rendering, Jiawei Ou

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Access Control In and For the Real World, Sara Sinclair

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Security-Policy Analysis with eXtended Unix Tools, Gabriel A. Weaver

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Anomaly Detection in Network Streams Through a Distributional Lens, Chrisil Arackaparambil

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Minimum time kinematic trajectories for self-propelled rigid bodies in the unobstructed plane, Andrei A. Furtuna

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Assisting Human Motion-Tasks with Minimal, Real-time Feedback, Paritosh A. Kavathekar

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Appearance-design interfaces and tools for computer cinematography: Evaluation and application, William B. Kerr

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Tackling Latency Using FG, Priya Natarajan

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Large-scale Wireless Local-area Network Measurement and Privacy Analysis, Keren Tan

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Flexible Object Manipulation, Matthew P. Bell

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Some Communication Complexity Results and their Applications, Joshua E. Brody

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Graph algorithms for NMR resonance assignment and cross-link experiment planning, Fei Xiong

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Optimization Algorithms for Site-directed Protein Recombination Experiment Planning, Wei Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Hardware-Assisted Secure Computation, Alexander Iliev

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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A Dynamically Refocusable Sampling Infrastructure for 802.11 Networks, Udayan Deshpande

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Group-Aware Stream Filtering, Ming Li

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Attribute-Based, Usefully Secure Email, Christopher P. Masone

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Mesh-Mon: a Monitoring and Management System for Wireless Mesh Networks, Soumendra Nanda

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Evaluating Mobility Predictors in Wireless Networks for Improving Handoff and Opportunistic Routing, Libo Song

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Anchor-Free Localization in Mixed Wireless Sensor Network Systems, Yurong Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Lighting and Optical Tools for Image Forensics, Micah Kimo Johnson

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Complete Configuration Space Analysis for Structure Determination of Symmetric Homo-oligomers by NMR, Shobha Potluri

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Settling for limited privacy: how much does it help?, Anna M. Shubina

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Experiment Planning for Protein Structure Elucidation and Site-Directed Protein Recombination, Xiaoduan Ye

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Secure Context-sensitive Authorization, Kazuhiro Minami

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Path Planning Algorithms under the Link-Distance Metric, David Phillip Wagner

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Natural Image Statistics for Digital Image Forensics, Siwei Lyu

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Efficient Wait-Free Algorithms for Implementing LL/SC Objects, Srdjan Petrovic

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On-line Metasearch, Pooling, and System Evaluation, Robert A. Savell

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Improving Large-Scale Network Traffic Simulation with Multi-Resolution Models, Guanhua Yan

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Performance Evaluation of Distributed Security Protocols Using Discrete Event Simulation, Meiyuan Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Parallel Out-of-Core Sorting: The Third Way, Geeta Chaudhry

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Solar: Building A Context Fusion Network for Pervasive Computing, Guanling Chen

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Heterogeneous Self-Reconfiguring Robotics, Robert Charles Fitch

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Statistical Tools for Digital Image Forensics, Alin C. Popescu

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Type-Safe Operating System Abstractions, Lea Wittie

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Efficient I/O for Computational Grid Applications, Ron A. Oldfield

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An Analysis of Convergence Properties of the Border Gateway Protocol Using Discrete Event Simulation, Brian J. Premore

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On the Complexity of Implementing Certain Classes of Shared Objects, King Yang Tan

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Metasearch: Data Fusion for Document Retrieval, Mark H. Montague

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Market-based Control of Mobile-agent Systems, Jonathan L. Bredin

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Naming and sharing resources across administrative boundaries, Jonathan R. Howell

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Multiple Media Correlation: Theory and Applications, Charles B. Owen

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Agent Tcl: A flexible and secure mobile-agent system, Robert S. Gray

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Galley: A New Parallel File System for Parallel Applications, Nils Nieuwejaar

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Efficient Parallel Algorithms for Closest Point Problems, Peter Su