Public defence of doctoral thesis in Computer Science: Jenny Kunz

14:00 -- 17:00

Jenny Kunz at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), defends her doctoral thesis entitled "Understanding Large Language Models: Towards Rigorous and Targeted Interpretability Using Probing Classifiers and Self-Rationalisation". Main supervisor: Marco Kuhlmann, Professor, IDA. Opponent: Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Chairman of the event: Patrick Lambrix, professor, IDA. The event is open to the public and held in English.

Location: Ada Lovelace, Building B, Entrance 27, Campus Valla

Public defence of licentiate thesis in Statistics: Woodrow Hao Chi Kiang 

10:15 -- 13:00

Woodrow Hao Chi Kiang, at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), defends his licentiate thesis entitled "Uncertainty Estimation in Models of Multivariate Trait Evolution on Given Phylogenies". Main supervisor: Krzysztof Bartoszek, Associate Professor, IDA. Opponent: Fredrik Ronquist, professor, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Chairman of the event: Dietrich von Rosen, visiting professor, MAI, LiU. The event is open to the public and held in English. 

Location: Ada Lovelace, Building B, Entrance 27, Campus Valla