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Dissertations Index 2016


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MAI (Computer Engineering)
MAI (Electronic/Computer Engineering)
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
MAI (Computer Engineering) (2016)
Beatty, Claire (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Real-Time Augmentation of a Newspaper Using Computer Vision"
(Supervised by: Dawson-Howe, Kenneth)
Broderick, Conor (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Robust Recognition and Identification of Paintings using Computer Vision Techniques"
(Supervised by: Dawson-Howe, Kenneth)
Dowd, Daniel (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Self Tuning of Transactions Running on Intel's Restricted Transactional Memory"
(Supervised by: Jones, Jeremy)
Fraser, Kieran (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Notification Abstraction: An info-bead modeling approach to personalised notification management"
(Supervised by: Conlan, Owen)
Martin, Eoghan (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Technology Based Aid For The Visually Impaired"
(Supervised by: Donal, Brendan)
McElhinney, Cian (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Smooth Route - Cyclist Routing With Crowd-Sensed Road Metrics"
(Supervised by: Clarke, Siobhan)
O'Shea, Conor (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
MAI (Computer Engineering)
"Supporting the Curation of a Structured Collection from the Unstructured Open Corpus"
(Supervised by: Conlan, Owen)
MAI (Electronic/Computer Engineering) (2016)
Masters in Computer Science (2016)
Egan, Ciaran (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
Masters in Computer Science
"End-to-end capacity reservation in Software Defined Networks"
(Supervised by: Ruffini, Marco)
Green, Sam (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
Masters in Computer Science
"Augmented Reality Keyboard for an Interactive Gesture Recognition System"
(Supervised by: Lacey, Gerard)
Hennessy, Kevin (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
Masters in Computer Science
"Investigating Interrupts in the Xtratum Hypervisor using CSP"
(Supervised by: Butterfield, Andrew)
Hodgins, Geoffrey (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
Masters in Computer Science
"Classifying the Quality of Questions and Answers From Stack Overflow"
(Supervised by: Vogel, Carl)
Matthews, Tara (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
Masters in Computer Science
"TBC"
(Supervised by: Lewis, Dave)
Patrick, Neil (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
Masters in Computer Science
"Narrative Entity & Relation Alignment: Structuralist Analysis In Natural Language Processing"
(Supervised by: Vogel, Carl)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media) (2016)
Blanchard, Louis Stephane (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Creating Empathy in Video Games: Emotion Sharing in the Context of Ludic Interactivity"
(Supervised by: Putney, Charlene)
Coffey, Aoife (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"The impact that music streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music have had on consumers, artists and the music industry itself"
(Supervised by: Cawley, Jack)
Estrada Irigoyen, Luz Maria (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"UEQ-MD: a Protocol to Compare User Experience in Mobile Applications Made with Google's Material Design"
(Supervised by: O'Mahony, Donal)
Farrell, Julie (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"A review of multimedia formats and social media use for traditional radio broadcasting in Ireland"
(Supervised by: Gill, Susan)
Gallen, Enda Joseph (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Narrative Expression, Player Agency & Collaborative Storytelling In Video Games"
(Supervised by: Putney, Charlene)
Holohan, Aisling (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Theorising aesthetic design in contemporary Irish animation: A Case Study of Cartoon Saloon's The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea"
(Supervised by: O'Kelly, Vivienne)
Kubelkova, Pavlina (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Examining creativity"
(Supervised by: Haahr, Mads)
Langtry, Adrian (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Go beyond the screen:the evolution and design pressures of viewership, from Hollywood to Silicon Valley"
(Supervised by: O'Mahony, Donal)
McCarthy, Catriona (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Evolving Trends in Television Consumption"
(Supervised by: O'Kelly, Vivienne)
McLaughlin, Conor (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"How a maturation in interface design has brought user experience to a new paradigm, where function meets aesthetics in harmony, yielding a passive user"
(Supervised by: O'Mahony, Donal)
McManus, Cathal Joseph (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Down the Rabbit Hole: Feeling Present in Virtual Reality "
(Supervised by: Gill, Susan)
Picard, Mari Helene Kathleen (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Perceiving the conceptual deficit: effective policy for the Information Age"
(Supervised by: O'Mahony, Donal)
Romain, Hailee (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Collective Knowledge, Individual Experience, and Sharing Stranger's Homes: The Effects of Digital Technologies on Tourism Consumption"
(Supervised by: Gill, Susan)
Romanova Hynes, Maria (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Enlightened Intelligence: Towards an Ethical Framework for Strong AI"
(Supervised by: Haahr, Mads)
Ryan, Hannah (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"The aptitude of MOOCs such as Irish Lives in War and Revolution for exposing and spotlighting microhistories"
(Supervised by: Bresnihan, Nina)
Sheehan, Anna (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"Spectator and Screen: The evolution of immersive cinematic technologies through the lens of Bazinian classic realist theory"
(Supervised by: Gill, Susan)
Taaffe, Carol Mary (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Digital Media)
"A New Kind of Play: Theatre in the Digital Age"
(Supervised by: Bresnihan, Nina)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology) (2016)
De Kegel, Barbara (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Procedural Generation of Narrative Puzzles"
(Supervised by: Haahr, Mads)
Huang, Yuanqi (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Position-Based Viscoelastic fluid simulation"
(Supervised by: Manzke, Michael)
Nagaraj, Navneeth (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"Implementation of Cloth Simulation that can be Used in Games and Animation"
(Supervised by: Manzke, Michael)
Patrick, O'Halloran (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"A Multi-tiered Level of Detail System for Game AI"
(Supervised by: Haahr, Mads)
Walsh, Daniel (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology)
"A Study of Deformation and Fracture in Virtual Environments"
(Supervised by: Manzke, Michael)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing) (2016)
Christian, Michael (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Influencing Factors in the Quality of Software Development"
(Supervised by: Barrett, Stephen)
Sarah, Mei-Kim (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Patient Health Monitoring with a Wellness Score Using Body Area Networks"
(Supervised by: McGoldrick, Ciaran)
Singh, Anuj (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing)
"Towards autonomic uplift of information"
(Supervised by: O'Sullivan, Declan)
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems) (2016)
Baruah, Dibangku (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Exploring Efficient Ways of Distributing Code Quality Metrics in Cloud"
(Supervised by: Barrett, Stephen)
Dhar, Ranjan (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Comparative evaluation of Virtual Environments: Virtual Machines and Containers"
(Supervised by: Weber, Stefan)
Rajendran, Jeeva (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"OF-ICN : OpenFlow-based control plane for Information-Centric Networking"
(Supervised by: Weber, Stefan)
Singh, Harpreet (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems)
"Proactive Configuration of Data Centre Networks for Big Data Processing"
(Supervised by: Weber, Stefan)
M.Sc. in Health Informatics (2016)
Darcy, Rita (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"What is the optimal design of a Mountain Rescue Patient Assessment Smartphone Application"
(Supervised by: Sharp, Mary)
Gallagher, Philomena (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Data collection and quality issues in relation to cancer staging and treatments for the Irish National Cancer Registry. Can information and communication technology access improve data capture?"
(Supervised by: Sharp, Mary)
Gaule, Patricia (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"An exploration of information needs for adolescents with epilepsy."
(Supervised by: Stephens, Gaye)
Impey, Sinead (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Learning lessons: A discussion on the unintended consequences of electronic record adoption on nurses documentation practices and implications for a national Electronic Health Record (EHR)"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
Kumar, Anil (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"An Exploration of Discharge Summaries of Psychiatric Patients"
(Supervised by: Stephens, Gaye)
Moore, Sarah (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"An Investigation into the Use of CDS to Improve the Appropriateness of Ordering of Specialist Radiological Examinations"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
Nevin, Fionnuala (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"The effect of a prescriber training intervention on the prevalence and types of prescribing errors generated by an electronic prescribing system"
(Supervised by: Stephens, Gaye)
Raza, Mubshir (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"A decision support system for scheduling carers in domiciliary care settings: What are the key factors, weightings, and constraints?"
(Supervised by: Sharp, Mary)
Solomon, Clement (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"THE IMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT CLINICS ON SURGICAL CANCELLATIONS AND OPERATING THEATRE EFFICIENCY"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
Varghese, Daniel (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Health Informatics
"Information needs within the national forensic mental health services in Ireland"
(Supervised by: Hederman, Lucy)
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems (2016)
Andrew, Cathal (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"An Exploratory Study of the Security and Privacy Issues Affecting the Adoption of the Internet of Things"
(Supervised by: Joseph, Patrick)
Barreto, Jaqueline (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"The Influence of Local R&D Tax Benefits on Irish ICT Inventions"
(Supervised by: Wilson, Diana)
Daniel, Jonathan (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Open Source Software in Irish Government Bodies: A Total Cost of Ownership and Procurement Analysis"
(Supervised by: Faughnan, Noel)
Djulger, Aleksandr (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"A study of ICT risk management approaches in formal methodologies and practical application"
(Supervised by: Joseph, Patrick)
Fallon, Gordon (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Case Study: Impact of Adopting Agile Methods in ICT Shared Services"
(Supervised by: Roberts, Paula)
Glatzl, Benedikt (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"The Next Tech Bubble - Lessons from the Dot-com Crisis for Todays Investors"
(Supervised by: Leahy, Denise)
Harrington, Marc (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"A Spatial Decision Support System To Address Precision Agriculture Adoption Challenges"
(Supervised by: O'Kane, Brian)
Martinez, Alberto (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Software-Defined Networking: Current state, Adoption Factors and Future Impact on Network Engineers"
(Supervised by: Roberts, Paula)
Pagious, Simbarashe (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"IT and OT Convergence: The case of implementing the connected enterprise"
(Supervised by: Niland, Tony)
Piechota, Joanna (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"A case study on the ICT skills deficit/shortage in Ireland, through the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of the Department of Education and Skills"
(Supervised by: Wilson, Diana)
Tri, Desi (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"The Relationship between Service Innovation and Loyalty on Vendor Selection Process"
(Supervised by: O'Kane, Brian)
Wei, Kai (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
"Who Wants to Live Forever? Towards a Chinese Thanatechnology"
(Supervised by: Wilson, Diana)
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning (2016)
Minogue, Patrick (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning
"Pro-Vision: Read, Record, Review; A model framework using video technology to enhance reading fluency through prosodic skill development"
(Supervised by: Arnedillo, Inmaculada)
Rankin, Craig (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning
"Technology-Enhanced Inquiry-Based Learning and the Development of Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Geography in a Post-Primary School Setting"
(Supervised by: Millwood, Richard)
Reddy, Aideen (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning
"Assessing the value of a digital badge credentialing system to improve student awareness when developing key skills in post-primary education."
(Supervised by: Millwood, Richard)
Wallace, Doireann (2016) PDF   ABSTRACT
M.Sc. in Technology and Learning
"How do instructor cues influence comment characteristics in an anchored environment xMOOC? A case study of the TCD Irish Lives in War and Revolution MOOC"
(Supervised by: Gallagher, Silvia)