Graduation Semester and Year

Spring 2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science

Department

Computer Science and Engineering

First Advisor

Allison Sullivan

Second Advisor

Jacob Luber

Abstract

This dissertation combines insights across text, code, and image modalities to advance the robustness, efficiency, and adaptability of machine learning models. Specifically, we address challenges like adversarial vulnerability in text, the impact of test strategies on code generation, and dimensionality in image representation in unsupervised learning domain. These efforts highlight pipelines for designing machine learning systems that are not only efficient, but also adaptable to complex environments. In addition, these efforts together help form the basis for a multimodal AI capable of thriving in medical applications that this dissertation prototypes for future efforts.

Keywords

Machine Learning, Multimodal LLM, TDD, Adversarial Example, Unsupervised Learning, Medical Image Processing, NLP

Disciplines

Computer Engineering

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