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PhD. Theses

This is a list of all PhD. theses completed in the School:
(supervisors' names are in brackets).

2007

  • Ferguson, Paul, Index ordering by query-independent measures. (A. Smeaton)
  • Awad, George, A framework for sign language recognition using support vector machines and active learning for skin segmentation and boosted temporal sub-units. (A. Sutherland)
  • Camous, Fabrice, Ontology-based document representation for biomedical information retrieval. (S. Blott) & (A. Smeaton)
  • Whelan, Claire, Investigating power and fault analysis with specific application to bilinear pairings. (M. Scott)
  • Mellebeek, Bart, TransBooster: black box optimisation of machine translation systems. (J. VanGenabith & A. Way)
  • Kabir, Md. Humayun, Automatic inductive theorem proving and program construction methods using program transformation. (G. Hamilton)
  • O'Hare, Neil K, Semi-automatic person-annotation in context-aware personal photo collections. (A. Smeaton)
  • Ward, Monica, The integration of CL resources in CALL for Irish in the primary school context. (J. VanGenabith
  • Koller, Thomas, Design, development, implementation and evaluation of a purilingual ICALL system for romance languages aimed at advanced learners. (J. VanGenabith & M. Ward)
  • Chan, Ching Hau, Affect-based indexing and retrieval of multimedia data. (G. Jones)
  • Barat, Ana, Probabilistic models for drug dissolution. (M. Crane) & (H. Ruskin)
  • Judge, John, Adapting and developing linguistic resources for question answering. (A. Cahill & J. VanGenabith)
  • Groves, Declan, Hybrid data-driven models of machine translation. (A. Way)
  • Ó hÉigeartaigh, Colm, Pairing computation on hyperelliptic curves of genus 2. (M. Scott)

2006

  • Burke, Michael, Automatic treebank annotation for the acquisition of LFG resources. (H. Ruskin)
  • Coleman, Gerard, Investigating software process in practice : a grounded theory perspective. (R. O'Connor)
  • Doris, Thomas, Computational models of cognition. (A. Way)
  • Gaughan, Georgina, Novelty detection in video retrieval : finding new news in TV news stories. (A. Smeaton)
  • Gunning, Patricia, Stratification of skewed populations. (J. Horgan)
  • Harford, Steven, Content-based retrieval of melodies using artificial neural networks. (M. Humphrys)
  • McCullagh, Noel, Crytographic applications of bilinear maps. (M. Scott)
  • O'Donovan, Ruth, Automatic extraction of large-scale multilingual lexical resources. (A. Way)
  • Sharkasi, Adel, The characterisation of international stock markets using signal processing techniques. (H. Ruskin)

2005

  • Browne, Paul, Video Retrieval Using Objects and Ostensive Relevance Feedback. (A. Smeaton)
  • Burns, John, Emergent Networks in Immune System Shape Space. (H. Ruskin)
  • Candebat, Thibault, A Secure Architecture enabling End-User Privacy in the context of Commercial Wide-Area Location-enhanced Web Services. (D. Gray)
  • Gough, Nano, Example-Based Machine Translation using the Marker Hypothesis. (A. Way)
  • Hearne, Mary, Data-Oriented Models of Parsing and Translation. (A. Way)
  • McCaul, Barry, Predictive Text-entry in Immersive Environments. (A. Sutherland)
  • Quinn, Noreen, Modelling lactation and liveweight curves in Irish dairy cows. (A. Sutherland)
  • McDonald, Kieran, Discrete language models for video retrieval. (A. Smeaton)

2004

  • Becarevic, Damir, An Object Query Language for Multimedia Federations. (M. Roantree)
  • Cahill, Aoife, Parsing with Automatically Acquired, Wide-Coverage, Robust, Probabilistic LFG Approximations. (J. VanGenabith & A. Way)
  • Ye, Jiamin, Aggregated Feature Video Retrieval for MPEG-7 via Clustering (A. Smeaton)

2003

  • Aziz, Benyamin Y. Y., A Static Analysis Framework for Security Properties in Mobile and Cryptographic Systems. (G. Hamilton)
  • Judge, Miriam, Introducing ICT into the Irish School System: An exploratory study of the impact of innovative technology models on schools participating in the Schools IT 2000 SIP Initiative. (H. Ruskin)
  • Kelleher, John, A Perceptually Based Computational Framework for the Interpretation of Spatial Language. (J. VanGenabith & F. Costello & M. Humphrys)
  • Shamaie, Atid, Hand Tracking and Bimanual Movement Understanding. (A. Sutherland)
  • Wang, Ruili, Modelling Unsignalised Traffic Flow with reference to Urban and Interurban Networks. (H. Ruskin)

2002

  • Gurrin, Cathal, Evaluation of Linkage-Based Web Discovery Systems (A. Smeaton)
  • O'Hara, Noel, Hierarchical Imposters for FLocking Algorithm in 3D (M. Scott)
  • Power, Norah, A Grounded Theory of Software Requirements Documentation (T. Monyihan)
  • Sødring, Thomas, Content-Based Retrieval of Digital Music (A. Smeaton)
  • Wu, Hai, Gesture Recognition using Principal Component Analysis, Multi-scale Theory and Hidden Markov Models (A. Sutherland)

2001

  • Clarke, Siobhán, Composition of Object-Oriented Software Design Models.(J.Murphy)
  • Egan, Alan, Stability and Efficiency of Passive Dynamic Walker with Torso and Simple Controller.(M. Scott)
  • Lee, Hyowon, User Interface Development and Evaluation for Keyframe-Based Video Content Browsing.(A. Smeaton)

2000

  • Darragh O'Brien. Concatenative Speech Synthesis Based on a Harmonic Model (Dr. A. Monaghan)

1999

  • Fitzpatrick, Donal. Towards Accessible Technical Documents: Production of Speech and Braille Output from Formatted Documents.(Dr. A. Monaghan)
  • Manso-Cortes, Oscar. R2PC: Fault-Tolerance Made Easy. (D.Sinclair)

1998

  • Allen, Robert.  Computer Integrated Assistive Technology Systems for Disabled Peoples.  (M. O'hEigeartaigh)
  • Hammad, Abdelhakeem. Cellular Automata Models for Traffic flow in Urban Networks.  (H. Ruskin)

1997

  • Davern, Paul The application of stenography to fractal image compression (M. Scott)
  • Feng, Yu Computer Modelling of Complex (Many-cell) Systems with Applications in Physics and Related Areas (H. Ruskin)
  • Kelledy, Fergus Fast Retrieval Strategies on Large Text Collections. (A. Smeaton)
  • Mushi, Allen Application of the Theory of Polyhedral Combinatorics to the Resource Levelling Problem. (M. O'hEigeartaigh)

1996

  • Kiernan, Paul Two-dimensional minimum free energy autoregressive parametric modelling and spectral estimation. (M. Scott)

1995

  • Power, James. Institutional approaches to programming language specification. (T. Monyihan)
  • Richardson, Ray. A semantic-based approach to information processing. (A. Smeaton)
  • Shafa'amry, Moutasem. The design of a secure data communication system (M. Scott)
  • Wang, Bang. A study of mobile robot motion planning. (C. Daly)

1994

  • McCarren, Andrew L. Modelling piezo-spectroscopic data. (H. Ruskin)

1993

  • Sinclair, David. Load balancing in parallel and distributed systems (M. O'hEigeartaigh)

1991

  • Comiskey, Catherine. Mathematical Models for the Transmission Dynamics of HIV and its Progression to AIDS in Ireland.
    (H. Ruskin /A.Wood(Maths.)

 

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