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Department of Computer Science Postgraduate Students

Postgraduate Symposia are held once a year. Symposia Archive.

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Name	Thesis	Rm	Supervisors	Research Outputs
Waqas Ahmad	Efficient transmission schemes for large-scale MIMO systems	128	Haibo Zhang, Yawen Chen
Mahdi Arghavani	Cross Layer Optimization in Edge Computing	128	Haibo Zhang, David Eyers
Travis Dai	Accelerating the Artificial Neural Networks on Optical Network-on-chip	257	Yawen Chen, Zhiyi Huang, Haibo Zhang
Kieran Elmes	Fitness Landscapes in Evolutionary Biology	TBA	Alex Gavryushki
Shazia Gul	Localization and tracking for augmented reality in dynamic large scale environments	230	Stefanie Zollmann, Steven Mills
Shuangyao Huang	Energy Efficient Path Planning Schemes for UAV Swarms	257	Haibo Zhang, Zhiyi Huang
Mahdi Amiri Kordestani	Virtualisation in multicore computing	128	Zhiyi Huang, David Eyers
Sobhan Latifi	Optimising triply periodic minimal surfaces for fluid flow and 3D printing	257	Brendan McCane, Holger Regenbrecht
Jinge Li	Wilf equivalence in permutation classes	TBA	Michael Albert
Elliot Munro	Real-world Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning	230	Brendan McCane, Lech Szymanski
Franz Ombler	Extending PAPRIKA to improve its usefulness for cost-benefit and conjoint analysis	tba	Michael Albert
Ying Pang	Distributed machine learning for communication and network optimization	128	Haibo Zhang, Jeremiah Deng
Daniel Slack	Neural network models of visuomotor cognition	257	Ali Knott, Brendan McCane
Xianheng Wang	Finding EEG biomarkers with deep learning algorithms	257	Zhiyi Huang, Veronica Liesaputra
Chengpeng Xia	Optical computing architectures and communication schemes for neural network accelerator	128	Yawen Chen, Haibo Zhang
Hao Zhang	On-chip Optical Technology for multicore systems	128	Yawen Chen, Zhiyi Huang, Haibo Zhang

Name

Thesis

Rm

Supervisor

Name	Thesis	Completed	Research Outputs
Pradeesh Parameswaran	A tough nut to crack: Challenges in natural language processing	31/8/22
Wei Hong Lo	Situated Visualisation to Enrich Sports Experience for On-site Spectators	28/06/2022
Lena Collienne	Computational methods for phylogenetic time-tree inference	31/8/2021
Lewis Baker	Augmented Reality for On-site Visualisation of Sports Data	31/7/2020
Murray Tannock	Combinatorics of relational classes	31/5/2020
Luming Wan	Efficient routing in delay-tolerant networks based on fine-grained contact history (Submitted)	31/7/2021
Haitao Xu	Deep learning and support vector machines	31/8/2020
Xiaogang Yan	Manipulation and Object Representation	17/12/2019
Kieran Elmes	MSc: Computational methods for inferring genetic interactions	31/8/2020
Reuben Crimp	MSc: Improving Ad Hoc Retrieval with Linguistic Semantics	30/6/2021
James Byron Walmsley	Efficient configuration of transmitting parameters for low-power wide-area networks	10/04/2021
Craig Atkinson	Achieving Continual Learning in Deep Neural Networks through Pseudo-Rehearsal	4/10/2020
David Wang	EEG analysis using deep learning	8/4/2020
Johnny Flame Lee	Exploring deep reinforcement learning based methods for search query optimization	1/3/2020
Shenghuan Zhang	PhD: Reading the brain's personality: using machine learning to investigate the relationships between EEG and depressivity	27/2/2020
Lahiru Ariyasinghe	PhD: Improving the Quality of Experience of Over-the-top Video Delivery	13/11/2019
Tapabrata Chakraborti	PhD: Collaborative Learning of Fine-grained Visual Data	1/11/2019
Wen Yang	PhD: Routing and Wavelength Assignment for Multicast Communication in Optical Network-on-Chip	22/10/2019
Abbas Arghavani	PhD: Power Adaptive Communication for Wireless Body Area Networks	21/10/2019
Russel Mesbah	PhD: Convolutional neural networks for medical image semantic segmentation.	18/7/2019
Leila Eskandari	PhD: Task Scheduling in Data Stream Processing Systems	17/7/2019
Aleksei Fedorov	PhD: Wireless channel modelling and reconstruction in massive MIMO systems.	17/7/2019
Joshua La Pine	Alternative Musical Interface with Dynamic Timbre Control	1/5/2019
Chris Gorman	PhD: A Mechanism for Attending to Unusual Object Properties, and its Role in a Model of Object Categorization	5/2/2019
Guangbing Xiao	PhD: Decentralized Broadcast for Reliable and Real-time Dissemination of Cooperative Awareness Messages in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks	5/10/2018
Glenn Blanchette	PhD: The Boltzmann Machine: a Connectionist Model for Supra-Classical Logic	10/2018
Maria Mikhisor	PhD: 3D Face Tracking Using Stereo Cameras with Whole Body View	15/2/18
Paul Crane	PhD: An Indoor Localisation System Based on Ubiquitous Technology	3/11/17
Azam Shirrafi	PhD: Interaction of STDP and metaplasticity in modelling heterosynaptic plasticity.	1/11/2017
Umair Khan	PhD: Unsupervised Detection of Emergent Patterns in Large Image Collections	10/2017
Hamza Bennani	PhD: Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Human Lumbar Spine from Bi-planar Radiographs	25/10/17
Feiyang Liu	PhD: High-Performance and Wavelength-Reused Optical Network on Chip (ONoC) Architectures and Communication Schemes for Manycore Processor	25/10/17
Lewis Baker	MSc: Power Line Detection from Mobile Devices	8/6/2017
Jinge Li	MSc: The enumeration of subclasses of the 321-avoiding permutations	1/5/17
Adeel Javed	PhD: Train Localisation using Wireless Sensor Networks	11/16
Xiping Fu	PhD: Manifold and non-manifold learning for computer vision	17/6/16
Matt Crane	PhD: Improved Indexing & Search Throughput	1/3/2016
Chris Heinrich	MSc: Physically exploring volume data using hand-held mobile hardware	23/11/2015
Reece Arnott	PhD: Towards 3D Scanning from Digital Images by Novice Users	18/11/2015
Maryam Bagher Oskouei	PhD: Simulating gene regulatory networks	22/10/2015
Gonzalo Sanchez Nido	PhD: Dynamical properties of gene regulatory networks involved in long-term potentiation	15/8/2015
Mira Guise	PhD: An examination of polychronous neural groups as a potential substrate for representation	12/6/2015
Andrew Webb	PhD: Actions of attention, and attention to action: investigating the relationship between visual attention, episodic representation, and language	12/6/2015
Jason Mair	PhD: Power Modelling in Multicore Computing	2/4/15
Nicholas Hananeia	MSc: Computational Modelling of Synaptic Plasticity in the Dentate Gyrus Granule Cell	3/2015
Claudia Ott	PhD: Decoding Feedback: Improving feedback practices for students in introductory programming courses	16/3/2015
Ben MacDonell	MSc: Spinal Cord Axon Segmentation	11/2014
Paul McCarthy	PhD: Functional network analysis of aging and Alzheimer's Disease	11/7/2014
Nabeel Khan	PhD: Self localisation in indoor environments using machine vision	27/3/2014
Jennifer McDonald	PhD: A pragmatic tutorial dialogue system: design, implementation and evaluation in a health sciences domain	27/3/2014
Sheetal Jadhav	PhD: QoS-based Handover for Next Generation Wireless Networks	13/3/2014
Nurazlin Zainal Azmi	PhD: A Natural Interface for 3D Manipulation	4/3/2014
Xiangfei Jia	PhD: Approaches to an Efficient and Effective Search Engine	11/2013
Aysha Al Hinai	MSc: Exploiting Social Contact for Efficient Delay Tolerant Network Routing	18/09/2013
Jeremy Lee-Hand	MSc: A Neural Network Model of Causative Actions	7/2013
Tim Neumegen	MSc: A computational model of reaching to grasp	7/2013
Kai-Cheung Leung	PhD: View-Oriented Parallel Programming and its Performance Evaluation on Multicore Architectures	06/2013
Vaughn Wood	MSc: Improving Query Term Expansion with Machine Learning	13/11/2012
Thomas Harper	MSc: A Comparative Study of Function Approximators Involving Neural Networks	23/07/2012
Jie Fu	MSc: Learning Hierarchical Sparse Filters for Feature Matching	20/07/2012
Halizah Basiron	PhD: A Statistical Model of Error Correction for Computed Assisted Language Learning Systems	07/06/2012
Lech Szymanski	PhD: Deep architectures and classification by intermediary transformations	02/03/2012
Byung-Hyun Yu	PhD: Design and Implementation of an Efficient and Scalable Software Distributed Shared Memory System	06/12/2011
David Alexander	MSc: Click Logs as a Source of Data for Evaluating the Quality of Hypertext	02/11/2011
Matthew Crane	MSc: The New User Problem in Collaborative Filtering	13/09/2011
Rob Visser	PhD: Physics-Based Simulation of Canine Gait	30/08/2011
Andrew Cahill	MSc: Catastrophic Forgetting in Reinforcement-Learning Environments	27/05/2011
Syed Faisal Hasan	PhD: Protocol Support for Adaptive Streaming Media	2010
Ignas Kukenys	PhD: Human Face Detection with Support Vector Machines	2010
Michael Liddle	PhD: Some neuro-computational investigations into the reviewing of object-files	2010
Andres Navarro Newball	PhD: A model for a dog facial animation system	2010
Hayden Walles	PhD: A perceptual basis for noun phrase syntax	2010
Natascha Chrobok	MSc: Receiver Driven Email Delivery	2010
David Keeler	MSc: Ranking by examples - Using probability density estimation to determine relevance	2010
Hao Yang	MSc: Mapping land stability	2010
Philip McLeod	PhD: Pitch Detection Tools for Music Analysis	2009
Gregory Caza	MSc: The role of social-pragmatic cues in word learning: a neural network model (Cog Sci)	2009
Swen Huebner	MSc: Beliefs, Disbeliefs and Emotions	2009
Jochen Moellmer	MSc: Numeric and stochastic simulation of fluids	2009
Robin Sheat	MSc: How representation influences evolution of genetic algorithms	2009

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