1. Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Recruitment and Hire for Public Accounting Firms Open Access Author: Proefrock, Casey Title: Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Recruitment and Hire for Public Accounting Firms Area of Honors: Accounting Keywords: Artificial intelligenceaccountingpublic accountingrecruitinghiringmachine learninginnovative technologybig databusiness structuretechnology File: Download Casey_Proefrock_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis SupervisorSamuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Honors AdvisorEdward Eugene Babcock, Jr., Faculty Reader
2. Using Generative Adversial Networks to Create Training Data from only Textual Descriptions Open Access Author: Cao, Jeffery Xufeng Title: Using Generative Adversial Networks to Create Training Data from only Textual Descriptions Area of Honors: Computer Science Keywords: GANmachine learningCNNtext-to-imageImage Classification File: Download JefferyThesisFinal.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Thomas F La Porta, Thesis SupervisorTing He, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Efficient Multi-Period Trading and Learning Techniques for Portfolio Optimization Open Access Author: Diwan, Ishaan Title: Efficient Multi-Period Trading and Learning Techniques for Portfolio Optimization Area of Honors: Computer Science Keywords: machine learningportfolio optimizationstockstradingboosted decision treesdecision treesMarkowitz mean-variance portfolio theory File: Download Diwan_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Mehrdad Mahdavi, Thesis SupervisorJohn Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Examine Microstructure of 17-4 Stainless Steel Open Access 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 learningmaterial characterizationmicrostructure File: Download Bina_Thomas_ThesisSP2020.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis SupervisorRobert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors AdvisorJoan Marie Redwing, Faculty Reader
5. Applied Defenses Against Adversarial Attacks Open Access Author: Payne, Collin Michael Title: Applied Defenses Against Adversarial Attacks Area of Honors: Security and Risk Analysis Keywords: machine learningartificial intelligenceadversarial attackssecurity and risk analysismachine learning securityadversarial machine learningmachine learning defensecomputer vision File: Download SHC_Thesis_-_Collin_Payne_-_Final_Version.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Edward J Glantz, Thesis SupervisorEdward J Glantz, Thesis Honors AdvisorAlison Ryan Murphy, Faculty Reader
6. Machine Learning Applications for Severe Weather Detection and Prediction Open Access Author: Bradley, Kyle J Title: Machine Learning Applications for Severe Weather Detection and Prediction Area of Honors: Data Sciences Keywords: machine learningdata scienceweather File: Download KyleBradley_FinalThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Z Wang, Thesis SupervisorJohn Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Capabilities for Multiple Choice Question Distractor Generation and Elementary Mathematical Problem Solving by Recurrent Neural Networks Open Access 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 networksnatural language processingmathematical language processingeducation assistive toolsencoder decoder attentional GRUencoder decoder LSTMrandom forestmachine learning File: Download PSU_THESIS_RBAKES.pdf Thesis Supervisors: C Lee Giles, Thesis SupervisorLucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors AdvisorJudith Todd Copley, Faculty Reader