Computer Science: Recent submissions
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Planning and adaptation of virtual human character motion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)This thesis covers some work on planning and adapting motions for a virtual 3d human character. The motivation is to use the physical features of the motion to drive both the planning of motion sequences and the subsequent ... -
Supporting group communication in mobile ad-hoc networks
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2007)Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are networks formed when mobile nodes communicate over a wireless medium as and when they come within each other's radio range. Highly unstable communication links are characteristic of ... -
Supporting personalised recommendations in context-aware applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2009)Personalisation is the process of tailoring application behaviour to the requirements of its users. A primary concern of personalisation is providing users with behaviour recommendations that will aid them with their tasks. ... -
A study of notions of participation and discourse in argument structure realisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2008)There is a lack of consensus on the nature of the process of linking; that is, how the conceptual form of thoughts determines the form of the spoken expressions used to describe them. Prominent theories of argument structure ... -
Improving parallelism through communication, partitioning and load balancing optimizations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2016)Multi-core processors have been of great importance for the increase in performance of high-end computing in the last decade. This thesis focuses on several bottlenecks of parallel applications that utilize these next-generation ... -
Discovery of delay-tolerant networking endpoint elements
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)In this thesis, we study discovery problems in heterogeneous networks. Internet applications generally involve contemporaneous low-latency connectivity oriented around hosts and addresses. The discovery standards, protocols ... -
Using visualisation to support Reflective Community Design
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Online communities have developed as a mainstay of contemporary internet culture. Their application has enabled the creation of media and software artefacts and resulted in new systems of economic and cultural production. ... -
An expert-supported approach to data exploration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2011)Almost all information domains have witnessed a large increase in the amount of structured and semi-structured data available. However, there is still a lack of support for casual computer users who wish to create queries ... -
An approach to modelling learner cognition for Technology Enhanced Learning
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)Adaptive Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) combines pedagogical and psychological theory with technological approaches in order to support the learner as an individual. TEL environments have already begun to demonstrate ... -
Risk perceptions on social networking sites : an investigation of age and other factors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)Since the mid 2000’s, social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Bebo have seen phenomenal growth. These sites provide many benefits for users, but there are risks in using them. To date most of the studies that ... -
Time-adaptive dynamic software reconfiguration for embedded software
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2010)Reactive embedded systems, such as sensor nodes, or real-time control systems, are embedded into and interact with a physical environment for controlling and measuring purposes. When deployed in environments with changing ... -
Water distribution network sectorisation Water distribution network sectorisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2015)A water distribution network (WDN) supplies drinking water to homes and businesses, and links water sources to consumers. Such networks are typically complex and dynamic, consisting of thousands of nodes interconnected by ... -
Prioritised slotted-Circus
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)The main difference between a software and hardware design is that the hardware cannot be patched or updated after releasing. Also in the case of software, compilation and tests can be performed with the “click of a button”, ... -
Integrated Intra-HAN and Inter-HAN service interoperability
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2011)In recent years the Home Area Network (HAN) has been going through a revolution. From enabling multiple desktops in the household to share an Internet connection, it evolved as a service-oriented platform, enabling devices ... -
Load balancing and rate limiting based algorithms for improving cloud computing performance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)The cloud computing paradigm has recently become an increasing popular method for the delivery of internet services. While the increased utilisation of the cloud has made it easier for cloud operators to recover their ... -
Charge routing networking : using lightning strikes to add dynamicity to CCN
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2016)This thesis presents a novel routing mechanism designed to improve the performance of information-centric networks where there is a large degree of content producer mobility. Usage patterns on the Internet have changed a ... -
Reactive execution-time forecasting of dynamically-adaptable software
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2011)Software operating in domains such as process management systems, wireless sensor networks and spacecraft control systems are expected to continue uninterrupted operation over extended periods, without any manual supervision, ... -
Probabilistic program verification in the style of the unifying theories of programming
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2013)We present a novel framework to reason on programs based on probability distributions on the state space of a program: they are functions from program states to real numbers in the range [0..1], which can be used to represent ... -
The Influence of Culture on the Successful Implementation of ICT Projects in Omani E-government
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2018)Given the importance of ICT in the modern world, it is surprising that so little attention is paid to the impact of culture on the success of the implementation of ICT. While an enormous amount of research has gone into ... -
Bayesian modelling and analysis of utility-based maintenance for repairable systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2017)This thesis focuses on modelling and inference for maintenance systems for the purpose of utility optimisation. Providing standardised notation throughout, we first demonstrate the motivation for investigating the problem ...
