Thesis Supervision - Ralucca Gera, Professor of Mathematics
Thesis Supervision
Current Advised and Co-advised Students, as well a PhD Dissertation Committee Member service:
- CDR. Paolo Singh -- PhD in math; advisor
- Chris Cirullo -- PhD in Information Science; PhD dissertation committee member
- Tawana Davis -- Masters in Systems Engineering; advisor
- Brad Dinkel -- Masters of Science in Mathematics; advisor
- Gordon Herrero -- Masters of Science in Mathematics; advisor
Advised PhD Students:
- LTC Jon Roginski -- PhD in Mathematics (Network Science), Title: The Distance Centrality: Measuring Structural Disruption of a Network. March 2018.
- Ben Pimentel – PhD in Information Science, co-advised wit Alex Bordeski, Title: June 2022
Advised Masters Students:
- Daryl Hsu Lee, Singapore -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Summer 2013) Graduating with Distinction, also Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for International Students , as well as Outstanding Thesis. Thesis Title: Toward Large-Graph Comparison Measures To Understand Internet Topology Dynamics
- CPT Jamar Wright, US Army -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science). Thesis title: Temporal comparison of Internet topology
- CPT Britton Landry, US Army -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science). Thesis title: Comparing internet probing methodologies through an analysis of large dynamic graphs
- Ryan Miller -- Masters in Mathematics (Network Science), winner of the Church Award. Winner of General Joseph W. Stillwell Chapter, Award for Outstanding Army Student. Thesis Title (outstanding thesis award): Purpose-Driven Communities in Multiplex Networks: Thresholding User-Engaged Layer Aggregation.
- Scott Warnke -- Masters in Mathematics (Network Science) Thesis Title: Partial Information Community Detection in a Multilayered Network
- ENS Mitchell Heaton -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science) June 2017.
- Daniel Meadows -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science). June 2017.
- Marcelo Presa -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science). Analysis of Malicious Activity on U.S. Army Networks (restricted distribution). September 2017.
- Matt Critchley -- Masters in Math (Network Science), A Recommender Model Using Social Tie Strength for the CHUNK Learning System. June 2021.
- Andrew Dietz -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Personalizing Talent Development Utilizing a Network Framework. June 2021.
- Tommy Reeder -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Analysis of a Similarity-based Approach to Positively Affect Mentor-Mentee Relationships Among Service Members. June 2021.
- James Sherrell -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Classified, June 2022.
Co-Advised Students
- Captain Douglas Fletcher, United States Army -- Master of Science in Mathematics. (June 2007) Thesis Title: Realizable triples in dominator colorings
- Major Norberth Karczewski, US Marine Corps -- Master of Science in Operations Research and Master of Science in Mathematics. (September 2007) Thesis Title: Optimal aircraft routing in a constrained path-dependent environment
- Spyros Pullatos, Hellenic Navy -- Master of Science in Operations Research and Master of Science in Mathematics. (June 2008) Thesis Title: Solving the maximum clique problems on a class of network graphs, with applications to social networks
- LT US Navy Randy Honaker -- Masters in Computer Science and Master of Science in Mathematics. (March 2011) Thesis Title: Novel topic authorship attribution
- Major James McShea, US Marine Corps -- Masters in Computer Science and Master of Science in Mathematics. (Summer 2010) Thesis Title: File Similarities in Bulk Forensics
- Major James Browne, United States Army -- Masters in Computer Science and Master of Science in Mathematics. (September 2012) Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Award. Thesis title: Masterless Distributed Computing Over Mobile Devices
- CPT Jonathan Judy, United States Army -- MBA. (December 2012). Thesis title: An Empirical Study of the Social Network of the Contracting Officer's Representative.
- Patrick Hamilton, DoD -- MBA (September 2013) Thesis Title: An Empirical Study of the Contracting Officer Representative's Social Network
- Virginia Bobcock, DoD --MBA (September 2013) Graduating with Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for Department of Defense Students Thesis Title: An Empirical Study of the Contracting Officer Representative's Social Network
- Derrick Torgerson, DoD -- MBA (September 2013) Thesis Title: An Empirical Study of the Contracting Officer Representative's Social Network
- Erick Nelson, DoA -- MBA (September 2013) Thesis Title: Price Analysis On Commercial Item Purchases Within The Department Of Defense
- Matthew White, DoN -- MBA (September 2013) Thesis Title: Price Analysis On Commercial Item Purchases Within The Department Of Defense
- Andrew Redfern, DoA -- MBA (December 2013) Thesis Title: Price Analysis On Commercial Item Purchases Within The Department Of Defense
- LCDR Paul Fox, US Navy -- MBA (June 2014) Thesis Title: Price Analysis On Commercial Item Purchases Within The Department Of the Navy
- Capt. Erick Rye, US Marine Corps -- Masters in Computer Science and Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science) June 2015. Recipient of the Church Award. Thesis Title: Evaluating the Limits of Network Topology Inference via Virtualized Network Emulation
- Janina Green -- Masters in CS, co-advised with Michael McCarrin. Thesis Title (outstanding thesis award): Constructing Social Networks from Secondary Storage with Bulk Analysis Tools
- Greg Allen -- Masters in CS (Network Science), co-advised with Michael McCarrin. Thesis title: Locality Based Email Clustering. Here is a list of the attribute data he used, and a link to the code.
- Daniel Funk -- Master of Science in Operations Research and Mathematics (Network Science), co-advised with Dave Alderson. Thesis title: Analysis of the Global Maritime Transportation System and its Resilience. June 2017.
- Brian Weaver -- Master of Science in Mathematics (Network Science). Analyzing U,S. Army Internetwork Anomalies with Split-protocol Graphs (restricted thesis). September 2017.
- Rachel Cline -- Master of Science in Operations Research and Mathematics (Network Science), Understanding Automatic Identification System Data as Applied to Social Network Relationships and Activities. co-advised with Dave Alderson. June 2018.
- Erin Ward -- Masters in CS (Network Science), Constructing Social Networks and Classifying Email Addresses from Raw Forensic Images. co-advised with Marcus Stefanou, Michael McCarrin. June 2018.
- Justin Goodwin -- Masters in CS, Constructing Social Networks and Classifying Email Addresses from Raw Forensic Images. co-advised with Marcus Stefanou, Michael McCarrin. June 2018.
- Kenny Hicks -- Masters in Math (Network Science), A Network Theoretic Investigation into the Topological Characteristics of US Airline Route Network Growth co-advised with Michelle Isenhour, June 2018.
- Ee Hong Aw -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Terrorism from a Global Perspective: Influence an Network Structure Analysis. co-advised with Michelle Isenhour, September 2018.
- Daniel Cleven -- Masters in OR and Math (Network Science), A Multilayer Network Approach for Real-time Adaptive Personalized Learning, co-advised with Michelle Isenhour, December 2018.
- Christian Sorenson -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Logistics in a Contested Environment: Network Analysis and Flow Optimization. co-advised with Michael Atkinson, June 2020.
- John Lucero -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Optimizing Adaptive Learning Using Statistical and Network Analysis within the CHUNK Learning System, co-advised with Michelle Isenhour, June 2020.
- Zachary Klein -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Structural Properties of I-Graphs: Their Independence Number and Cayley Graphs,, co-advised with Thor Martinsen and Pante Stanica, Jun 2020.
- Matthew Dods -- Masters in Math (Network Science), Independence Number of Specified I-graphs, co-advised with Thor Martinsen and Pante Stanica, Jun 2020.
- Lewis Flinn (Higgins) -- Masters in OR and Math (Network Science), Boundary Search and Traverse: Determining the Threshold Boundary for Infrastructure Network Resilience Problems, co-advised with Dave Alderson, December 2020.
- Maj David Wren -- Masters in OR (Network Science). SARS-COV-2 Dissemination Using United States County Adjacencies, Also recipient of the United States Army, General Joseph W. Stilwell Chapter, Award for Outstanding Army Student. 2021
PhD Dissertation Committee Member
- Anjum Gupta, civilian Spawar System Center -- PhD in Computer Science. (March 2011) Dissertation Title: New framework for cross-domain document classification.
- Terence Tan, civilian -- PhD in MOVES. (March 2013) Dissertation Title: Learning and prediction of relational time series.
- Major Jong Chung, United States Army -- PhD in Mathematics (September 2013) Title: An Affine Equivalence and Constructions of Cryptographically Strong Boolean Functions.
- Major Alan Bairley, United States Army -- PhD in Computer Science (December 2016) Title: Efficient Orchestration of Data Centers via Comprehensive and Application-aware Trade-off Exploration.
- Jamie Safar – ECE PhD (December 2020) Title: "Spectral Graph-Based Cyber Detection and Classification System with Phantom Concepts"
- Aaron Geary – PhD in Mathematics, PhD (June 2022): "C-differential bent functions and perfect nonlinearity"
- Dave Barnhill -- PhD in Operations Research: "Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling of Tropically Convex Sets" (March 2024)
- Kasey Miller -- PhD in Information Science: "Advanced Technologies to Enable Optimized Maintenance Process in Extreme Conditions: Machine Learning, Additive Manufacturing and Could Technology" (March 2024)
Second Reader
- Major Stanley Florkowski, United States Army -- Master of Science in Mathematics. (Fall 2009) Thesis title: Spectral graph theory of the Hypercube
- Major Christian Klaus, German Army -- Masters in Operations Research and Master of Science in Mathematics. (Summer 2011) Thesis title: Probabilistic search on optimized graph topologies
- MAJ David Wren, United States Army -- Master of Science in Mathematics. (Spring 2021) Thesis title:, Major Stanley Florkowski, United States Army -- Master of Science in Mathematics. (Fall 2009) Thesis title: Spectral graph theory of the Hypercube
Other Relevant Thesis
- Guillermo P. Baltra Lieutenant, Chile Navy -- Master in CS and EE (Summer 2013) Thesis title: Efficient strategies for active interface-level network topology discovery