Dissertation Defense

Information about my dissertation defense.

Date, Time & Location

15 August 2025, 10 AM — 1 PM EST (~3h)
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Physical location
Dr. Roscoe Williams Ballroom
Room 155, Jaguar Student Activities Center (JSAC)
Summerville Campus
Augusta University
Directions (campus map)

Online
on zoom — [link TBD]

Dissertation Documents

Title: "Applied Implicit Computational Complexity"

• Full draft
• Extended abstract

For all documents see this dedicated page →

Committee

• Clément Aubert, major advisor, Augusta University
• Martin Avanzini, Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur, France
• Yuyan Bao, Augusta University
• Bogdan Chlebus, Augusta University
• Harley Eades III, Augusta University

Timeline & Progress

Responsible or involved party
[A]=advisor   [C]=committee   [S]=student   [T]=The Graduate School (TGS)

	Date (2025)	Description
✔️	January	[T] Approval for alternative template
✔️	March 4	[S] Deadline to submit "Graduation Application Form"
✔️	April	[S+C+T] Schedule Defense
✔️		• [C] With committee members
✔️		• [C+T] Submit "Faculty Agreement Form"
✔️		• [S] Room reservation
✔️	May 5	[S] Submit dissertation draft to Major Advisor
✔️	July 3	[S] A practice defense talk at a doctoral symposium
✔️	July 8	[A] Approval of draft by Major Advisor
✔️	July 9	[S] Submit dissertation draft to the Advisory Committee
	August 1	[S] Submit to The Graduate School min. 2 weeks before defense
		• [C] Signed "Dissertation Approval Form"
		• [S] Electronic copy of the "Defense Announcement"
		• [S] Corrected and printed dissertation draft
	August 1	[S] Defense announcement min. to faculty and students
	August 15	[S] Enroll for fall semester
	August 15	[A+C+S] Oral Defense
	December	[S+T] Complete at least 1 week before graduation
		• [S] Electronic version of final corrected dissertation    must have final approval of TGS Dean (with signature)
		• [S] Submit "ETD Submission for Publication Approval Form" to TGS
		• [S+T] Schedule an exit interview with TGS
		• [S] Submit dissertation to ProQuest
		• [S] "Survey of Earned Doctorates" (online)
		• [S] Graduate Questionnaire

Timeline compiled from/based on the various documents below.

Guidelines and Forms

Dissertation guidelines

• Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) - Library resources
• Preparation booklet v. 2024 - The Graduate School guidelines
• LaTeX dissertation template - thanks to my advisor this exists ♡

Policies

• Dissertation defense by The Graduate School
• Oran Exam Procedures by The Graduate School
• "Final Oral Examination" excerpt from The Graduate School Handbook
• "Dissertation Defense" excerpt from the School of Computer & Cyber Sciences handbook
• Defense Schedule/Calendar
• Guidelines for dissertation submission

Required Forms

• □ Dissertation Approval Form
• □ ETD Submission for Publication Approval Form
• □ Survey of Earned Doctorates
• □ Defense Announcement (template)
• ☑ Summerville Graduation Application
• ☑ Faculty Agreement Form