This page collects the digitized full text Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. For work accomplished after Fall 2023 please also see the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Selected titles of Undergraduate honors thesis written prior to 2011 can be found in Special Collections.
Theses from 2024
The Quantitative Analysis and Visualization of NFL Passing Routes, Sandeep Chitturi
Automatic Extraction of Vulnerability Information for Security Operators Using GPT Models, Waeland Elder
Privacy Protection in Mobile Photography with Face Cloaking, Rithyka Heng
CIGNN: Community-induced Graph Neural Networks, Shi Yin Hong
Investigating Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Weed Elimination, Abraham Mitchell
Exploring Decentralized Computing Using Solid and IPFS for Social Media Applications, Pranav Balasubramanian Natarajan
An In-Network Approach for PMU Missing Data Recovery with Data Plane Programmability, Jack Norris
Development and Simulation of a Damage Assessment and Recovery Method for Critical Database Systems, Anthony Pham
An Exploration of Procedural Methods in Game level design, Hector Salinas
Theses from 2023
Characterization of 2D Quantum Materials using AI and Large-scale Quantum Data Collection, Apoorva Bisht
Analysis of a Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Medical Image Data: Privacy and Performance Perspective, Julia Brixey
Universal Computation Using Self-Assembling, Crisscross DNA Slats, Jackson S. Bullard
Cybersecurity in Critical Infrastructure Systems: Emulated Protection Relay, Mitchell Bylak
Culture in Computing: The Importance of Developing Gender-Inclusive Software, Creighton France
SVAR: A Virtual Machine for Portable Code on Reconfigurable Accelerators, Nathaniel Fredricks
Multi-Object Tracking: A Computer Vision Paradigm, Natalie Friede
Chicken Keypoint Estimation, Rohit Kala
A Survey and Comparative Study on Vulnerability Scanning Tools, Cassidy Khounborine
Reverse Engineering Post-Quantum Cryptography Schemes to Find Rowhammer Exploits, Sam Lefforge
Preserving User Data Privacy through the Development of an Android Solid Library, Alexandria Lim
Developing Detection and Mapping of Roads within Various Forms of Media Using OpenCV, Jordan C. Lyle
Smart-Insect Monitoring System Integration and Interaction via AI Cloud Deployment and GPT, Ahmed Moustafa
Developing a Multi-Platform Application to Facilitate Internal Campus Hiring, Carissa Patton
Digital Simulations of Memristors Towards Integration with Reconfigurable Computing, Ivris Raymond
Linux Malware Obfuscation, Brian Roden
Fuel Prediction: Determining the Desirable Stops for the Cheapest Road Trips, Maxx Smith
Critical Infrastructure Workforce Development Pods for Teaching Cybersecurity using NETLAB+, Gideon Sutterfield
Poultry Pose Estimation with DeepLabCut, Chiyou Vang
Simulation and Analysis of Self-Assembling Slat-Based DNA Ribbons, Lukas Vaughan and Hunter J. Fleming
Realtime In-Network Cyberattack Detection in Power Grid Systems using a Programmable Network, Luke Waind
Theses from 2022
Demonstration of Cyberattacks and Mitigation of Vulnerabilities in a Webserver Interface for a Cybersecure Power Router, Benjamin Allen
Using a BERT-based Ensemble Network for Abusive Language Detection, Noah Ballinger
Ransomware and Malware Sandboxing, Byron Denham
An Investigation Into, and the Construction of, an Operable Windows Notifier, Grey Hixson
Comparative Study of Snort 3 and Suricata Intrusion Detection Systems, Cole Hoover
Analysis of GPU Memory Vulnerabilities, Jarrett Hoover
Gauging the State-of-the-art for Foresight Weight Pruning on Neural Networks, Noah James
A Study of Software Development Methodologies, Kendra Risener
Side-Channel Analysis on Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms, Tristen Teague
A Versatile Python Package for Simulating DNA Nanostructures with oxDNA, Kira Threlfall
Using Bluetooth Low Energy and E-Ink Displays for Inventory Tracking, David Whelan
Theses from 2021
Using Large Pre-Trained Language Models to Track Emotions of Cancer Patients on Twitter, Will Baker
City Goers: An Exploration Into Creating Seemingly Intelligent A.I. Systems, Matthew Brooke
Data Forgery Detection in Automatic Generation Control: Exploration of Automated Parameter Generation and Low-Rate Attacks, Yatish R. Dubasi
A Comparison of Word Embedding Techniques for Similarity Analysis, Tyler Gerth
Improving Bayesian Graph Convolutional Networks using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Graph Sampling, Aneesh Komanduri
TruncTrimmer: A First Step Towards Automating Standard Bioinformatic Analysis, Z. Gunner Lawless, Dana Dittoe, Dale R. Thompson, and Steven C. Ricke
Semi-Supervised Spatial-Temporal Feature Learning on Anomaly-Based Network Intrusion Detection, Huy Mai
Using Deep Learning to Analyze Materials in Medical Images, Carson Molder
Malicious Hardware & Its Effects on Industry, Gustavo Perez
Applying Emotional Analysis for Automated Content Moderation, John Shelnutt
Using Deep Learning for Children Brain Image Analysis, Rafael Toche Pizano
Contrastive Learning for Unsupervised Auditory Texture Models, Christina Trexler
Automated Report Based System to Encourage a Greener Commute to Campus, Ronald Velasquez
Theses from 2020
Applying Imitation and Reinforcement Learning to Sparse Reward Environments, Haven Brown
On the Explanation and Implementation of Three Open-Source Fully Homomorphic Encryption Libraries, Alycia Carey
Investigating Machine Learning Techniques for Gesture Recognition with Low-Cost Capacitive Sensing Arrays, Michael Fahr Jr.
A Capacitive Sensing Gym Mat for Exercise Classification & Tracking, Adam Goertz
Identifying Privacy Policy in Service Terms Using Natural Language Processing, Ange-Thierry Ishimwe
Dependency Mapping Software for Jira, Project Management Tool, Bentley Lager
Image Enhancement and Restoration for Colonoscopy Images, Sarah Paracha
Lexicon Based Approaches to Sentiment Analysis of Spanish Tweets: A Comparative Study, Jean Roca
An Exploration of Methods for Classifying Air-Written Letters from the Spanish Alphabet, Manuel Serna-Aguilera
Speech Processing in Computer Vision Applications, Nicholas Waterworth
Theses from 2019
Incorporating word order explicitly in GloVe word embedding, Brandon Cox
Stoplight Detection: Implementation and Forgery Attacks, Olivia Degner
Multiple Face Detection and Recognition System Design Applying Deep Learning in Web Browsers using JavaScript, Cristhian Gabriel Espinosa Sandoval
Image-Driven Automated End-to-End Testing for Mobile Applications, Caleb Fritz
Identifying Fake News using Emotion Analysis, Brady Gilleran
Prototyping a Capacitive Sensing Device for Gesture Recognition, Chenglong Lin
Arkansas' Coding for All - Is it Really Reaching All Students?, Kaitlin McKenzie
Different Approaches to Blurring Digital Images and Their Effect on Facial Detection, Erich-Matthew Pulfer
Optimization of Ultra-Low Power Application-Specific Asynchronous Deep Learning Integrated Circuit Design, Cole Sherrill
Applications of Fog Computing in Video Streaming, Kyle Smith
Stock Price Using Domain Specific Lexicons, Zane Turner
Theses from 2018
Learning-based Analysis on the Exploitability of Security Vulnerabilities, Adam Bliss
Training Machine Learning Agents in a 3D Game Engine, Diego Calderon
Exploring Photo Privacy Protection on Smartphones, David Darling
Comparison of Data Transfer Alternatives in Asynchronous Circuits, Mark Howard
The 3D abstract Tile Assembly Model is Intrinsically Universal, Aaron Koch, Daniel Hader, and Matthew J. Patitz
A Scalable, Chunk-based Slicer for Cooperative 3D Printing, Jace J. McPherson
TAMScript - High Level Programming Interface for the abstract Tile Assembly Model, Perry Mills
Computational Complexity of Determining the Rigidity of FTAM Assemblies, Ian Perkins
Designing a Distributed Network of Air Quality Sensors, Kaylee Rauso
Usability of Sound-Driven User Interfaces, Zachary T. Roth and Dale R. Thompson
Fingerprint Database Privacy Guard: an Open-source System that Secures Fingerprints with Locality Sensitive Hashing Algorithms, Enrique Sanchez
An Embarrassment of Riches: Data Integration in VR Pompeii, Adam Schoelz
Comparison of Google Image Search and ResNet Image Classification Using Image Similarity Metrics, David Smith
An Agent-Based Approach to Simulating the Minimum Wage Market, Luke Snyder
Dynamic 3D Network Data Visualization, Brok Stafford
Automatic Testing in the United States Air Force, Pearson Wade
Theses from 2017
Improving Automatic Content Type Identification from a Data Set, Kathy T. Dai
Generation and Analysis of a Social Network: Hamlet, Preston Evans
Music Feature Matching Using Computer Vision Algorithms, Mason Hollis
Simulating Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry Production and Processing to Defend Against Intentional Contamination, Silas B. Lankford
Project Pradio, Trigg T. La Tour
A Study of Activation Functions for Neural Networks, Meenakshi Manavazhahan
Folding Tiles, Michael Sharp
Theses from 2016
Ant Colony Optimization for Continuous Spaces, Rachel Findley
Bluetooth Low Energy Platform with Simblee, Calvin W. Freeman
