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Approval of Candidacy for the Doctoral Degree

Date: July 10, 2017

Approved: [Signature]

The candidacy of Yanxin Lu (ID # S01179519), Department of Computer Science, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, is hereby approved. A timeline for defense of theses is located in the General Announcements.

The Thesis Committee hereby appointed is:

  • a) Swarat Chaudhuri (Chair)
  • b) Chris Jermaine
  • c) Ankit Patel

The student's responsibilities relating to the oral defense are to:

(1) Schedule the examination. You must be registered the semester you defend.

(2) See General Announcements for requirements concerning the announcement of date, time, and place of the oral examination.

(3) Submit to the online thesis submission site the signed original of this form within one week after the oral examination. Students who pass the oral examination defense of thesis on or before Friday of the first week of classes of any semester do not have to register for that or any subsequent semester even though minor revisions to the final copy may be continuing. Exemption from registration is dependent upon receipt of this properly signed form in the office of Graduate Studies.

(4) You have six (6) months after the successful completion of your defense to submit your thesis documents online and to the office of Graduate Studies.

Additional responsibilities of the candidate are outlined in the thesis instructions and in the Rice General Announcements.


Will you continue to register the semester after your defense? No (checked)

I certify that all of the information listed on this form is correct. [Student signature]


Thesis Title (PLEASE HAND-PRINT LEGIBLY): Corpus-Driven Systems for Program Synthesis and Refactoring

Report of the Thesis Committee:

The date of the oral defense of thesis was: 11/19/18

The committee hereby certifies that the candidate passed. Signatures MUST be ORIGINAL.

  • (a) [Signature - Swarat Chaudhuri]
  • (b) [Signature - Christopher Jermaine]
  • (c) [Signature - Ankit Patel]
  • (d) ___
  • (e) ___
  • (f) ___

Remarks: ___


Graduate Office Record

Thesis Accepted: ___ (Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)

Date: ___