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Dissertations Index 2013

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Masters in Computer Science
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning
Masters in Computer Science (2013)
Fitzpatrick, Ian (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Musikell: A Functional Reactive Approach to Sound Synthesis"
(Supervised by: Strong, Glenn)
Ganter, David (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Kinect Stream Recording, Point Cloud Extraction and Point Cloud Registration"
(Supervised by: Dahyot, Rozenn)
McCarthy, Eoin (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Dynamic Allocation of Virtual Machines in the Cloud"
(Supervised by: O'Mahony, Donal)
McEvoy, Conor (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Peer-to-peer networks and their application as Distributed Social Networks"
(Supervised by: Tewari, Hitesh)
Mosse, Richard (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Sentiment Analysis of Financial and Commodity Markets"
(Supervised by: Ahmad, Khurshid)
O'Meara, Mark (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Survey & Analysis of E-Voting Solutions"
(Supervised by: Brady, Mike)
Szadowski, Zak (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"On place-names"
(Supervised by: Vogel, Carl)
Theurer, Dennis (2013) PDF
Masters in Computer Science
"Incremental Updates of Contraction Hierarchies for Road Network Routing"
(Supervised by: Gregg, David)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media) (2013)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology) (2013)
Costigan, Timothy (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Cartoon Hair Simulation"
(Supervised by: McDonnell, Rachel)
Fallon, John (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Believable Behaviour of Background Characters in Open World Games"
(Supervised by: Haahr, Mads)
Feng, Ge (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Comparing Acceleration Data-Structures for Real-time Ray Tracing on GPU"
(Supervised by: Manzke, Michael)
Grogan, Mairead (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Head Movement and Facial Expression Transfer from 2D Video to a 3D Model"
(Supervised by: Dahyot, Rozenn)
Legg, Sean (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Comparing the Traversal of Acceleration Data Structures for Real-time Ray Tracing"
(Supervised by: Manzke, Michael)
O'Mullane, Ronan (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Laser scan quality 3D mesh using kinect capture"
(Supervised by: Dahyot, Rozenn)
Shannon, James (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Exploring the real world applications of cellular automata and its application to the simulation of flocking behaviour"
(Supervised by: Mac An Airchinnigh, Micheal)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing) (2013)
Adams, Christopher (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Biometric Monitoring in Team Sports Using Wireless Ad-Hoc Networking"
(Supervised by: Dukes, Jonathan)
Callanan, Jacqueline (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Improving Reliability In Body Area Sensor Network Communications For eHealth Monitoring"
(Supervised by: Dukes, Jonathan)
Delaney, James (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Real-Time Streaming of mHealth Data from Multi-Sensor Body Area Networks"
(Supervised by: Dukes, Jonathan)
Gasparian, Ruben (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Smooth surface image stitching with use of laser illumination"
(Supervised by: Shevlin, Fergal)
Goudelis, Evangelos (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Trading-off immediacy and trustworthiness in participatory sensing"
(Supervised by: Bouroche, Melanie)
Gu, Juntao (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Secure Dropbox"
(Supervised by: Tewari, Hitesh)
Labastille, Sean (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Wireless Ethernet"
(Supervised by: Weber, Stefan)
Li, Jinwu (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Developing knowledge models of social media over the World Wide Web"
(Supervised by: Wade, Vincent)
Ruck, Rene (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Design of an energy efficient body area network based on Bluetooth 4.0 low energy for medical applications"
(Supervised by: Huggard, Meriel)
Wang, Qian (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Privacy-Aware Urban Noise Mapping"
(Supervised by: Bouroche, Melanie)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems) (2013)
Albanie, Samuel (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Sarcasm Detection on Twitter: bolstering lexical features with contextual clues"
(Supervised by: O'Connor, Alex)
Hardy, Colin (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Stream reasoning on resource-limited devices"
(Supervised by: O'Sullivan, Declan)
Li, Ruohua (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Upper Confidence Bounds for Trees on Demand-Side Management: Charging Electric Vehicles"
(Supervised by: Barrett, Stephen)
Liu, Yanjun (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Using Data Mapping and Facebook Data to Enrich Web Browsing"
(Supervised by: O'Sullivan, Declan)
Luo, Chen (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Dublin Green Watch"
(Supervised by: Clarke, Siobhan)
Naseem, Suhaib (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"CBR Exploiting Broadcast Transmissions using Characteristic Based Communication"
(Supervised by: Weber, Stefan)
Porto, Pablo (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Escriba, an adaptive web CAT tool"
(Supervised by: Lewis, Dave)
Rhinow, Florian (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Scargos: Towards automatic vulnerability distribution of zero-day vulnerabilities"
(Supervised by: Clear, Michael)
Yue, Lin (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Leveraging the Power of Social Media and Data Visualisation"
(Supervised by: Wade, Vincent)
Zhang, Yan (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Implementation and Performance Evaluation of A CMIS Server for Open Source PHP Based WCMS"
(Supervised by: Lewis, Dave)
M.Sc. in Health Informatics (2013)
Byrne, Marie (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Process Improvement in a Physiotherapy Outpatients Setting"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
Fanning, Caroline (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"The Potential Impact of Money Follows the Patient and Universal Health Insurance on Clinical Coding in Ireland"
(Supervised by: Grimson, Jane)
Gormley, Sandra (2013) PDF
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Understanding Participation in Knowledge-Sharing in Virtual Communities of Practice on the HSELanD elearning Portal"
(Supervised by: Kane, Bridget)
Heckmann, Patricia (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Challenges to Collecting Health Data for Secondary Use: A Case Study"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
Hyland, Bernie (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"An analysis of factors likely to impact on the interoperability required for health information exchanges in the Health Service Executive as perceived"
(Supervised by: Bannister, Frank)
Jordan, Sarah (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Towards supporting community healthcare in Ireland through the use of information communication technology: a cloud-based proposition"
(Supervised by: Berry, Damon)
Kalukondanahally Muniyappa, Giribabu (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"USERS EXPECTATIONS AND PERCEIVED BENEFITS REALISATION OF PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (PACS) "
(Supervised by: Sharp, Mary)
Kehoe, Brian (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"An investigation into international community pharmacy anticoagulation management services"
(Supervised by: Stephens, Gaye)
Murray, Paul (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Can Lean Six Sigma be used to improve the Specimen Sample Process Flow within the NDTC Laboratory?"
(Supervised by: Stephens, Gaye)
O'Grady, Phillip (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Developing an Electronic Health Record for Ireland"
(Supervised by: Grimson, Jane)
Vernon, Paula (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"The Impact of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support for Hospital Admission and Continued Stay Appropriateness Determination on Healthcare Quality"
(Supervised by: Sharp, Mary)
Wood, Debbie (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Design and evaluation of a mobile application for pre-procedural safety checklists"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems (2013)
Allen, Neil (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Evolution of the Online Poker Ecosystem"
(Supervised by: Roberts, Paula)
Barrett, Simon (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"IT Value in Irish Micro-Enterprises and the Adoption of Zero-Cost Services"
(Supervised by: McLaughlin, Stuart)
Bhat, Vikas (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"The Importance of Iteration Lengths in Agile Software Development Methods"
(Supervised by: McGinnes, Simon)
Jacob, Jiby (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Security Behaviour of System Professionals on their Home Computer"
(Supervised by: Leavy, Susan)
Kenny, Robert (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"How Irish SMEs Can Derive Value From the Adoption of Cloud Computing"
(Supervised by: Faughnan, Noel)
Lee, Judith (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Administrators in Academia: Utilising ICT to adapt and develop support staff roles"
(Supervised by: Leahy, Denise)
McAdam, Sean (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Research into attitudes concerning security and privacy when utilising geolocation technologies"
(Supervised by: Bannister, Frank)
O'Sullivan, Declan (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Factors Affecting the Adoption of Online Biometrics by the Internet User Community"
(Supervised by: Keaney, Aideen)
Rante, Felix (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Cloud Computing: what are the significant security threats that might impede its adoption"
(Supervised by: Niland, Tony)
Whitty, John (2013) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"The Impact of IT Consumerisation Usage on Perceived Stress Levels"
(Supervised by: Leahy, Denise)
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning (2013)