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Author:

Keffalas, Matthew George

Title:

FEATURE SELECTION AND CLASSIFICATION TO AUTOMATICALLY DETECT KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS USING MRI

Area of Honors:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

support vector machine
feature selection
osteoarthritis
machine learning
MRI

File:

Download thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Miller, Thesis Supervisor
David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth Urish, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Murphy, William P

Title:

Using Supervised Learning To Identify Descriptions Of Personal Experiences Related To Chronic Disease On Social Media

Area of Honors:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

machine learning
sentiment analysis
data mining
social media
twitter
supervised learning

File:

Download shc_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Yen, Thesis Supervisor
Lisa Firing Lenze, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Costa, Michael Jerrick

Title:

Visual Scan Path Feature Based Image Emotion Analysis

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

images
emotion analysis
scan path
machine learning
computer vision

File:

Download Costa_Michael_visualscanpathfeaturesemotions_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Z Wang, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mirabile, Dominic

Title:

Using Student Characteristics for Machine Learning Modeling in Higher Education Alumni Giving

Area of Honors:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

machine learning
algorithms
higher education
fundraising
artificial intelligence

File:

Download Thesis_Mirabile_Dominic.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Thesis Supervisor
Andrea H Tapia, Thesis Honors Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Faculty Reader

Author:

Siergiej, Christopher M

Title:

Google Trends Predict Stock Volatility

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

trading
statistical modeling
data mining
machine learning

File:

Download Google_Trends_Predict_Stock_Volatility.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jesse Louis Barlow, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ryan, Philip John

Title:

Machine Learning Techniques for Early Disease Detection in Potato Plants

Area of Honors:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
unsupervised learning
principal component analysis
PCA
optics

File:

Download Philip_Ryan_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zhiwen Liu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Julio V. Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chen, Edward Jing

Title:

APPLICATIONS OF MACHINE LEARNING

Area of Honors:

Statistics

Keywords:

machine learning
kaggle
data science
data analytics

File:

Download Chen_Edward_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ethan Fang, Thesis Supervisor
Murali Haran, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

De La Fuente Duran, Andres

Title:

Extending the Temporal Range of Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

machine learning
reinforcement learning
deep neural networks
temporal abstraction
hierarchical learning
artificial intelligence

File:

Download honors_thesis__1_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cowell, Robert Henry

Title:

Utilizing Friendship Networks to Predict User Susceptibility to Fake News

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

machine learning
fake news
social media
Twitter
user susceptibility
school shootings

File:

Download RobertCowell_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dongwon Lee, Thesis Supervisor
Danfeng Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Davis, Steven Lee

Title:

Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning

Area of Honors:

Computer Engineering

Keywords:

reinforcement learning
machine learning
maritime
unmanned underwater vehicle
autonomous underwater vehicle
navigation
q learning
autonomous

File:

Download Davis_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. John Phillip Sustersic Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wong, Joseph C

Title:

Smart Home Surveillance System Through Edge Computing

Area of Honors:

Computer Engineering

Keywords:

smart home
machine learning
deep learning
motion detection
facial recognition
security
edge computing

File:

Download thesis_joseph_wong.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Proefrock, Casey

Title:

Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Recruitment and Hire for Public Accounting Firms

Area of Honors:

Accounting

Keywords:

Artificial intelligence
accounting
public accounting
recruiting
hiring
machine learning
innovative technology
big data
business structure
technology

File:

Download Casey_Proefrock_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Supervisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Honors Advisor
Edward Eugene Babcock, Jr., Faculty Reader

Author:

Cao, Jeffery Xufeng

Title:

Using Generative Adversial Networks to Create Training Data from only Textual Descriptions

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

GAN
machine learning
CNN
text-to-image
Image Classification

File:

Download JefferyThesisFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Thomas F La Porta, Thesis Supervisor
Ting He, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Diwan, Ishaan

Title:

Efficient Multi-Period Trading and Learning Techniques for Portfolio Optimization

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

machine learning
portfolio optimization
stocks
trading
boosted decision trees
decision trees
Markowitz mean-variance portfolio theory

File:

Download Diwan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mehrdad Mahdavi, Thesis Supervisor
John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bina, Thomas F

Title:

Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Examine Microstructure of 17-4 Stainless Steel

Area of Honors:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
material characterization
microstructure

File:

Download Bina_Thomas_ThesisSP2020.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Faculty Reader

Author:

Payne, Collin Michael

Title:

Applied Defenses Against Adversarial Attacks

Area of Honors:

Security and Risk Analysis

Keywords:

machine learning
artificial intelligence
adversarial attacks
security and risk analysis
machine learning security
adversarial machine learning
machine learning defense
computer vision

File:

Download SHC_Thesis_-_Collin_Payne_-_Final_Version.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Edward J Glantz, Thesis Supervisor
Edward J Glantz, Thesis Honors Advisor
Alison Ryan Murphy, Faculty Reader

Author:

Bradley, Kyle J

Title:

Machine Learning Applications for Severe Weather Detection and Prediction

Area of Honors:

Data Sciences

Keywords:

machine learning
data science
weather

File:

Download KyleBradley_FinalThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Z Wang, Thesis Supervisor
John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bakes, Riley

Title:

Capabilities for Multiple Choice Question Distractor Generation and Elementary Mathematical Problem Solving by Recurrent Neural Networks

Area of Honors:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

recurrent neural networks
natural language processing
mathematical language processing
education assistive tools
encoder decoder attentional GRU
encoder decoder LSTM
random forest
machine learning

File:

Download PSU_THESIS_RBAKES.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

C Lee Giles, Thesis Supervisor
Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

Author:

Yan, April Yujie

Title:

Autofocus of phase-constrast images of yeast cells using machine learning

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

machine learning
image processing
convolutional neural network
biophysics
microscopic autofocusing
cell imaging
focus measures

File:

Download Yujie_Yan_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Lu Bai, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Muralidhar, Shivran

Title:

Addressing Overfitting Issues with Deep Learning Model for Video Action Recognition

Area of Honors:

Computer Engineering

Keywords:

deep learning
machine learning
video recognition
computer vision

File:

Download Muralidhar_Shivran_Addressing_Overfitting_Issues_with_Deep_Learning_Model.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Supervisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Honors Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Faculty Reader