Electronic & Electrical Eng (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Probing the neural mechanisms of adult-onset isolated focal dystonia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2018)Adult onset isolated focal dystonia (AOIFD) is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner with a reduced penetrance of 12-15%; cervical dystonia (CD) is the most common phenotype in northern Europe. It is believed that the ... -
The sense ensemble; An approach to music composition for deaf and hearing alike
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2018)Effective music composition approaches for the deaf are investigated. After a review of existing methods for deaf musical engagement, the reasons for music being popularly regarded as an auditory-centred experience are ... -
Development of audio-based signal processing methods to objectively assess patient adherence in respiratory medicine
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2018)Over four million people die every year from chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is no cure currently available for these diseases; however, they may be ... -
Transient Stability of Power Generating Stations synchronously connected to Low Inertia Electrical Power systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2018)The ever-present requirement to decarbonize energy generation, consequently the impetus to increase energy levels from sustainable sources means that wind turbines and solar photovoltaic installations have become major ... -
Digital signal processing approaches to bird song analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2017)The ability to automatically analyze bird vocalizations would provide major assistance to zoologists in their behavioral and ecological studies. Revisions of taxonomy need to be made in cases where a population of species ... -
Isolating neural indices of continuous speech processing from multivariate neural data
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2017)The human ability to understand speech is underpinned by a hierarchical auditory system whose successive stages process increasingly complex attributes of the auditory input. To produce categorical speech perception, it ... -
Embodied sonification
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2016)Sonification is the communication of data using sound. This thesis is concerned with meaning-making in sonification. It examines how meaning emerges during sonification listening through the lens of embodied cognitive ... -
Varational Bayes inference in digital receivers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)This thesis is primarily concerned with the trade-off between computational complexity and accuracy in digital receivers. Furthermore, because OFDM modulation is key in 4G systems, there is an interest in better demodulation ... -
Methods of signal processing applied to speech and language for objective assessment of cognitive function in ageing and psychiatry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)Ageing is associated with a change in cognitive function. Impaired cognitive function is the biggest limiting factor to independence in older adults. Cognitive decline does not appear suddenly, but occurs gradually over ... -
An indoor resource optimisation for TDMA incorporating a convex space building configuration and accurate ray-tracing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2004)The contents of this work are designed for planning wireless telecommunication systems in indoor environments with application intended for time division multiple access (TDMA) systems. The term resource optimisation ... -
Development of neural engineering methods for objective assessment of cognitive processing based on Gait Data : an analysis of a truly nationally representative cohort of older adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2015)Knowledge of the brain substrates and neural networks at play during gait are not well understood. However, strong associations between gait and cognitive function have been found in literature. Examining this relationship ... -
Optimised real-time rendering of auditory events in immersive virtual environments
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)This project looks at the problem of the capture or synthesis of acoustic events in reverberant spaces and their subsequent plausible reproduction in a virtual version of the original space, otherwise known as a Virtual ... -
Classical and quantum escape rates of particles from potential wells for all values of the dissipation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)The thesis is concerned with the calculation of the escape rate of a Brownian particle out of a deep potential well. A new derivation of the Kramers energy controlled diffusion equation using only the concept of the Langevin ... -
Spaciousness control for sound field recording and reconstruction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2015)Auditory Spaciousness' is a perceptual characteristic which has been recognized as being an important aesthetic feature of music presentations of various types. Most previous research has been focused on the identification ... -
Flexo-elastic and electro-optical studies of some novel liquid crystalline systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)This thesis presents the experimental investigation of the material properties of liquid crystalline systems composed of (i) bent-core molecules, (ii) bimesogens composed of rod-like molecules and (iii) dimesogens composed ... -
Enhancement, summarization and analysis of videos of Nephrops habitats
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)Harvesting the commercially significant lobster, Nephrops Norvegicus, is a multi-million dollar industry in Europe. Stock assessment is essential for maintaining this activity but it is conducted by manually inspecting ... -
Art of decision : exploring citizenship through art and technology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2008)This thesis represents a step forward in the creation of art for social change by presenting an interdisciplinary approach that informs the creation of artwork to raise awareness of citizenship. It presents a body of work ... -
Quasiprobability density diffusion equations for the quantum Brownian motion in a potential
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2007)Wigner's [E. P. Wigner, Phys. Rev., 1932, 40, 749] representation of the density operator as a c-number quasiprobablity distribution in phase space allowing quantum mechanical averages involving the density matrix to be ... -
Enhanced multi-antenna capabilities through small cell collaboration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2015)This thesis shows that collaboration between base stations in small cell scenarios can lead to enhanced multiple-antenna gains. We demonstrate this for the case of multi-user MIMO-based reassignments between adjacent small ... -
Radio Access Network and Spectrum Sharing in Future Mobile Networks
(2016)Future mobile networks will be characterized by wide-spread resource sharing, and a more nuanced view of what it means to offer a mobile service. The traditional view of a mobile network as a system that simply delivers ...
