Browsing Computer Science (PhD Theses) by Subject "Ph.D. Trinity College Dublin."
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A systematic approach to safe coordination of dynamic participants in real-time distributed systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Computer systems that employ autonomous robots have been demonstrated in many areas including entertainment (e.g., robot soccer), defense (e.g., reconnaissance) and homeland security (e.g., disaster rescue). To ensure ... -
A technology enhanced learning framework for enterprise performance optimisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)Enterprise perfornnance optimisation is critical for organisations to survive and prosper in today's competitive global market-place. While this is true for all organisations, the need is even greater for the Small and ... -
Adaptive composition of personalised learning activities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)eLearning practitioners are increasingly adopting more activity based approaches to online learning, as they move away from more traditional content centric approaches in an effort to provide their learners with more ... -
Adaptive object code compression
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2009)Previous object code compression schemes have employed static and semi-adaptive compression algorithms to reduce the size of instruction memory in embedded systems. The suggestion by a number of researchers that adaptive ... -
Adaptive retrieval, composition & presentation of closed-corpus and open-corpus information
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)A key challenge for information access systems lies in their ability to deliver information that is most suited to a user's needs, preferences and context. Personalised Information Retrieval (PIR) seeks to address this ... -
An inexpensively elastic resource allocation model for platform as a service cloud computing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2015)With the growth in cloud computing there is additional complexity introduced in cloud systems and therefore there is a need for more efficient resource allocation. Autonomic computing is a promising approach for resource ... -
Animation of quadrupedal animals and perceptual evaluation of their gaits
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2010)Computer generated animals have become a common feature of today's digitised society, often found in animated films. In computer games highly realistic animals are simulated in real time. High quality characters and their ... -
Authoring adaptive soft skill simulations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)This thesis examines the personalisation of online training simulations which are a key modern approach in computer aided education. More specifically it focuses on the difficulties involved in authoring personalised ... -
Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis and decision making in Health Technology Assessments
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)In this thesis statistical methodologies to improve reimbursement decisions in healthcare are developed. The allocation of healthcare resources is a very topical issue in the current economic climate. Given a limited ... -
Compiler techniques to improve indirect branch prediction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)Computers employ a class of branches called indirect branches to realize various programming language features. Multiway branching (switch statements), virtual function dispatch and function calls are all realized through ... -
Constructionism in non-goal orientated virtual worlds
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Non-goal orientated virtual worlds have gained particular interest from educators in recent years; however learning experiences tend to replicate traditional praxis and lack pedagogical underpinning. This thesis proposes ... -
Cross-Site Personalisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2014)Web users are continuously confronted with vast amounts of information. This phenomenon is known as the information explosion and can lead to disorientation and decreased productivity as users attempt to navigate through ... -
Data and type optimizations in virtual machine interpreters
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2010)Virtual machines provide a portable platform for the execution of programming languages. They are popular amongst language designers as they simplify the task of developing a language and its features. Programmers benefit ... -
Designing visual decision support for sociotechnical enterprises
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2009)As automation becomes more pervasive in industry, human decision-makers are becoming increasingly dependent on sensor-data to monitor and interpret performance across largescale enterprises. At the same time an exponential ... -
Distributed optimal routing in wireless ad hoc networks
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)In this thesis, optimal routing problems in wireless ad hoc networks are investigated. The majority of existing routing algorithms follow a selfish strategy, where routing decisions are based on individual communication ... -
Domain-aware user model interoperability
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Exchanging user information between multiple sources can potentially bring many benefits that enhance the user experience in software applications. Richer and more dynamic user models can be constructed allowing more ... -
Enhancing real-time focus and context direct volume rendering
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Direct volume rendering is a challenging problem both due to the technical difficulty of displaying large volume datasets on limited hardware and due to the difficulty of rendering such complex information in a manner which ... -
Improving pervasive application behaviour with other users' information
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)The behavior of a pervasive application is much improved with access to accurate, relevant information describing the situation of the application's user. Unfortunately, sensor failure, sensor drift, and device mobility ... -
Intrinsic and extrinsic component evaluation in interactive multilingual speech applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)Due to the steady progress in technology, together with the rapid increase of powerful mobile devices, the use of voice interfaces and other speech enabled technologies has invaded our every day lives. Today people talk ... -
k-NN approach for classifying semantic roles via Tai-mapping projections
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Semantic role labelling (SRL) is the task of labelling text with a semantic notation in order to identify who did what? When? How? Etc. Once the text is labelled; that information can be used to solve a multitude of other ...
