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CASOS Graduate Student Thesis

Hicks, Matthew. (2025). AI-Enabled Social-Cyber Maneuver Detection and Creation. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

King, Catherine. (2025). Effective and Practical Strategies for Combatting Misinformation. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Lepird, Christine (Sowa). (2025). Digital Pink Slime: Measuring, Finding, and Countering Online Threats to Local News. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Jacobs, Charity. (2025). Characterizing State-Sponsored Information Campaigns through Network Discovery. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Uyheng, Joshua. (2024). Narratives and Networks of Online Hate. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Blane, Janice. (2023). Social-Cyber Maneuvers for Analyzing Online Influence Operations. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Magelinski, Thomas. (2023). Contextualized Conversational Network Dynamics on Social Media. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Dobson, Geoffrey. (2022). Cyber-FIT: An agent-based framework for simulating cyber team performance. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Villa-Cox, Ramon. (2022). Leveraging Stances in Conversations for the Assessment of Contentious events in Twitter. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Software and Societal Systems, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy.

Tyagi, Aman. (2021). Challenges in Climate Change Communication on Social Media. Â鶹´å, The College of Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Beskow, David. (2020). Finding and Characterizing Information Warfare Campaigns. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy. []

Huang, Binxuan. (2020). Learning User Latent Attributes on Social Media. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Cruickshank, Iain. (2020). Multi-view Clustering of Social-based Data. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Kumar, Sumeet. (2020). Social Media Analytics for Stance Mining - A MultiModal Approach with Weak Supervision. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Benigni, Matthew. (2017). Detection and Analysis of Online Extremist Communities. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Frankenstein, William. (2016). Computational Models of Decision making in Nuclear Proliferation. Â鶹´å, The College of Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Joseph, Kenneth. (2016). New Methods for the Study of Social Identities and Stereotypes. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Wei, Wei. (2016). Probabilistic Models of Topics and Social Events. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, CASOS, Doctor of Philosophy, []

Mezzour, Ghita. (2015). Assessing the Global Cyber and Biological Threat. Carnegie Mellon Univerisity, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, []

Wei, Wei. (2015). Learning Latent Event Representations: Structured Probabilistic inference on Spatial, Temporal and Textual Data. Institute for Software Research, CASOS Center, Graduate Student Thesis Proposal. 

Lanham, Michael. (2015). Rapid Mission Assurance Assessment via Sociotechnical Modeling and Simulation. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, May 2015, Doctor of Philosophy.

Behrman, Robert. (2014). Structural Measurement of Military Organization Capability. Â鶹´å, Carnegie Institute of Technology, May 2015, Doctor of Philosophy.

Frantz, Terrill. (2013). A Behavioral Theory of the Merger. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, Doctor of Philosophy.

Kas, Miray. (2013). Incremental Centrality Algorithms for Dynamic Network Analysis. Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Â鶹´å, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Daimler, Eric. (2013). Machine detection of persisting pragmatic linguistic relationships in Monetary Policy and Financial Economics.. Carnegie Mellon Univerisity, School of Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, []

Louie, Marcus A. (2012). Developing a Relational Theory of Intra-State Conflict Dynamics: How Coalitions are Formed and Utilized. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, Â鶹´å, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Diesner, Jana. (2012). Uncovering and Managing the Impact of Methodological Choices for the Computational Construction of Socio-Technical Networks from Texts. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, September 2012, Doctor of Philosophy.

Kas, Miray. (2011). Structures and Statistics of Citation Networks. Thesis Advisor: Prof. L. Richard Carley. Â鶹´å, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 15, 2011.
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Davis, George B. (2011). Unsupervised Spatial, Temporal and Relational Models from Social Processes. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, February 2012, Doctor of Philosophy.

McCulloh, Ian. (2009). Detecting Changes in a Dynamic Social Network. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, Doctor of Philosophy.

Wagstrom, Patrick A. (2009). Vertical Interaction in Open Software Engineering Communities. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Engineering and Public Policy and Computation, Organizations and Society, Doctor of Philosophy.

Moon, Il-Chul. (2008). Destabilization of Adversarial Organizationa with Strategic Interventions. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, Doctor of Philosophy.

Lee, Ju-Sung. (2008). Inferring Adolescent Social networks Using Ego-Network Substance Use Data. Â鶹´å, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy. [] 

Ashworth, Michael J. (2007). Computational and Empirical Explorations of Work Group Performance. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, February 8, 2007, Doctor of Philosophy.

Cataldo, Marcelo. (2007). Dependencies in Geographically Distributed Software Development: Overcoming The Limits of Modularity. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, December 2007, Doctor of Philosophy.

Airoldi, Edoardo. (2006). Bayesian Mixed-Membership Models of Complex and Evolving Networks. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, December 2006, Doctor of Philosophy.

Schreiber, Craig. (2006). Human and Organizational Risk Modeling, Critical Personnel and Leadership in Network Organizations. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, September 14, 2006. Doctor of Philosophy.

Malin, Bradley. (2006). Trail Re-identification and Unlinkability In Distributed Databases. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, March 29, 2006. Doctor of Philosophy.

Yahja, Alex. (2006). WIZER: A Tool for Validation of Social Simulations. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, September 6, 2006. Doctor of Philosophy. []

Graham, John M. (2005). Dynamic Network Analysis of the Network-Centric Organization: Towards an Understanding of Cognition & Performance. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, June 20, 2005. Doctor of Philosophy.

Tsvetovat, Max. (2005). Social Structure Simulation and Inference using Artificial Intelligence Techniques. Â鶹´å, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Computation, Organizations and Society, June 15, 2005. Doctor of Philosophy.

Chen, Li-Chiou. (2003). Computational Models for Defenses against Internet-based Attacks. Â鶹´å, Engineering and Public Policy, Doctor of Philosophy.

Fujimoto, Kayo. (2003). Evaluation of Social Networks Among American Female Adolescents. University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology, November 10, 2003. Doctor of Philosophy.

Lewis, Eleanor T. (2002). Influences on Isomorphism in the Rhetoric of Organizational Language. 

Butts, Carter. (2002). Spatial Models of Large-Scale Interpersonal Networks. Final Public Oral Examination for the degree of Doctor Philosophy; Â鶹´å, Department of Social & Decision Sciences, April 16, 2002.

Chopra, Kari. (2001). Information and the Internet: Enhancing Trust Through Consensus. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, August 13, 2001. Doctor of Philosophy.

Brinton Anderson, Bonnie. (2001). Modeling Managerial Adoption User Acceptance of Software. Â鶹´å, H.J.Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, August 14, 2001. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and Management.

Strachan, Neil D. (2000). Adoption and Supply of Distributed Energy Technology. Â鶹´å, Engineering and Public Policy, Doctor of Philosophy, December, 2000.

Ramanujam, Rangaraj. (2000). The Effects of Change on Errors in Organizations: An Empirical Study. Â鶹´å, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, May 22, 2000.

Springall-Gautier, Lille C. (2000). Top Management Teams' Cognitive Models of Interorganizational Social Networks, Strategic Decision-making, and Firm Performance. Â鶹´å, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Doctor of Philosophy.

Yamagata, Hisashi. (1999). Dynamic of Gender Inequality in the Federal Government over a Quarter of a Century. Â鶹´å, H.J.Heinz 111 School of Public Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and Management.

Bulter, Brian S. (1999). The Dynamic of Cyberspace: Examining and Modeling Online Social Structure. Â鶹´å, GSIA, April 30, 1999, Doctor of Philosophy.

Casciaro, Tiziana. (1999). The Formation of Strategic Alliance Networks. Â鶹´å, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy.

Kaplan, David J. (1999). The Star System: a Unified Multi-Agent Simulation Model of Structure, Task, Agent, and Resource. Â鶹´å, H. J. Heinz III School of public Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy.

Hill, Vanessa. (1998). An Examination of Culture and Maintenance in Temporary Placement Agencies. Â鶹´å, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, September 8, 1998.

Chowdhury, Sumit. (1998). Struggle for Power and Influence: a Network Study of Mergers, Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances, & Competition in the Communication, Information, and Entertainment Industries. Â鶹´å, H. J. Heinz III School of public Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy.

Teitelbaum, Daniel. (1998). Technological Change and Pollution Control: An Adaptive Agent-Based Analysis. Â鶹´å, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering and Public Policy.

Burley Gant, Diana. (1998). The Web of Affiliation: Theoretical Motives for the Strategic Establishment of Inter-organizational Relationship on the World Wide Web. Â鶹´å, The Dept of Social and Decision Science, Doctor of Philosophy.

Behrens, Dean M. (1997). Self-Isolation and The Structuring of Support: The Relationship Between Stress and Network Evolution. Â鶹´å, The Department of Social And Decision Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Science and Sociology.

Tu, Kung-Jen. (1997). The Effects of Organizational Workplace Dynamics and Building Infrastructure Flexibility on Environmental and Technical Quality in Offices. Â鶹´å, School of Architecture, November 4, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy.

Gibson, Faison. (1996). Learning in Dynamic Decision Tasks. Â鶹´å, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Doctor of Philosophy.

Ahuja, Manju. (1995). A Longitudinal Study of Network and Individual Performance in Distributed Design Groups. Â鶹´å, Katz Graduate School of Business., Doctor of Philosophy.

Zahray, Paul. (1990). Electronic Dissemination of Scholarly Journals: and Economic and Technical Analysis. Â鶹´å, Engineering and Public Policy, Doctor of Philosophy.

Wang, Bin. (1990). Organizational Labor Markets and Job Networks. Â鶹´å, H. J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy.

Palmquist, Michael. (1990). The Lexicon of The Classroom: Language and Learning in writing classroom. Â鶹´å, Department of English, May 9, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric.

Shapiro, Stuart. (1989). Computer Software as Technology: an Examination of technological Development. Â鶹´å, History Department, Doctor of Philosophy.