Deepali Aneja

Dissertation title
Learning-Based Techniques for Facial Animation
Advisor
Linda Shapiro
Destination
Research Engineer, Adobe Research
Hessam Bagherinezhad

Dissertation title
Towards Better Generalization: Model, Data, and Explicit Knowledge
Advisor
Ali Farhadi
Destination
Machine Learning Research Engineer, Apple
Antoine Bosselut

Dissertation title
Understanding Natural Language with Commonsense Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Simulation
Advisor
Yejin Choi
Destination
Assistant Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Gabriel Cadamuro

Dissertation title
Prediction and Inference on Big Data in Development
Advisors
Sham Kakade and Joshua Blumenstock
Destination
AI Engineer, Atlas AI
Daniel Gordon

Dissertation title
Learning by Watching and Learning by Doing
Advisors
Ali Farhadi and Dieter Fox
Destination
Researcher, Third Wave Automation
Brandon Haynes

Dissertation title
Data Models, Query Execution, and Storage for Traditional & Immersive Video Data Management
Advisor
Magdalena Balazinska
Destination
Senior Scientist, Microsoft Gray Systems Lab
Jane Hoffswell

Dissertation title
Languages and Visualization Tools for Data-Centric End User Programming of Interactive Visualization Designs
Advisor
Jeffrey Heer
Mohit Jain

Dissertation title
Making Chatbots More Transparent and Applicable to New Demographics
Advisor
Shwetak Patel
Destination
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
Ravi Karkar

Dissertation title
Designing Personal Health Technologies
Advisor
James Fogarty
Destination
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Niel Lebeck

Dissertation title
Simplifying High-Performance Data Management for Distributed Applications
Advisors
Irene Zhang, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Hank Levy
Destination
Software Engineer, Google
Ming Liu

Dissertation title
Building Distributed Systems Using Programmable Networks
Advisors
Arvind Krishnamurthy and Luis Ceze
Destination
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Liang Luo

Dissertation title
Towards Efficient Communication in Distributed Learning Systems
Advisors
Luis Ceze and Arvind Krishnamurthy
Destination
Researcher, Facebook
Parmita Mehta

Dissertation title
Large Scale Analytics on Scientific Image Data
Advisors
Magdalena Balazinska and Su-In Lee
Siva Natarajan Ramamoorthy

Dissertation title
Lower Bounds in Computational Complexity from Information Theory, Algebra and Combinatorics
Advisor
Anup Rao
Destination
Researcher, Theorem
Jacob Schreiber

Dissertation title
Latent Modeling of the Human Epigenome
Advisor
William Noble
Destination
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University
Jessica Schroeder

Dissertation title
Goal-Directed Self-Tracking in the Management of Chronic Health Conditions
Advisors
James Fogarty and Sean Munson
Destination
Evidation Health
Minjoon Seo

Dissertation title
Neural Interface for Web-Scale Knowledge
Advisors
Hannaneh Hajishirzi and Ali Farhadi
Destination
Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Helgi Kristvin Sigurbjarnarson

Dissertation title
Push-Button Verification of Systems Software
Advisor
Xi Wang
Amanda Marie Swearngin

Dissertation title
Expanding Interface Design Capabilities through Semantic and Data-Driven Analyses
Advisors
Amy Ko and James Fogarty
Destination
Research Engineer, Apple
Kyle Matthew Thayer

Dissertation title
Practical Knowledge Barriers in Professional Programming
Advisors
Amy Ko and Katharina Reinecke
Destination
Lecturer, The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle
Robert Haven Thompson

Dissertation title
HAWK/KW: An Online System for Studying Dyslexic Children’s Reading, Writing, and Programming
Advisor
Steve Tanimoto
Destination
Instructor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Robbie Weber

Dissertation title
Paring Things Off: Counting Stable Matchings, Finding Your Ride, and Designing Tournaments
Advisors
Anna Karlin and Shayan Oveis Gharan
Destination
Assistant Teaching Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Cong Yan

Dissertation title
Understanding and Improving Database-Backed Applications
Advisor
Alvin Cheung
Destination
Researcher, Microsoft Research