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Just tweet it - The collection, processing, classification and analysis of 2 million fitness tweets
(NUI Galway, 2018-06-13)
In 2013, the World Health Organization coined the term “Globesity” to highlight the importance of the epidemic and impact as a major health problem in many parts of the world (World Health Organization, 2013). Many believe ...
Contributions to the measurement of depth in consumer imaging
(NUI Galway, 2018-06-12)
This thesis aims to examine and investigate methods that could potentially utilize images captured by consumer cameras such as smartphones to estimate depth and generate a 3D
structure.
After more than a century of ...
Confocal microwave imaging and artifact removal algorithms for the early detection of breast cancer
(NUI Galway, 2018-03-29)
Microwave imaging is an emerging imaging modality for the early detection of breast cancer. Early-time artifact removal and imaging algorithm are the two most important signal processing components of any Confocal Microwave ...
Contributions to deep learning methodologies
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-26)
In recent years the Deep Neural Networks (DNN) has been using widely in a big range of
machine learning and data-mining purposes. This pattern recognition approach can handle
highly nonlinear problems.
In this work, ...
On the application of analytical techniques to mobile network CDRs for the characterisation and modelling of subscriber behaviour
(NUI Galway, 2018-06-13)
This thesis describes work completed on the characterisation and modelling of the behaviour of subscribers in mobile phone networks implementing dynamic pricing by means of Call Detail Records (CDR) datasets analysis. The ...
Signal and image processing technology for smart agriculture applications
(NUI Galway, 2019-04-25)
This thesis is concerned with development of signal and image processing technology for
smart agriculture applications, with a particular focus on applications in automatic weeding
systems. Developing an automatic weeding ...
Optimised energy management for energy harvesting powered wireless sensors
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-30)
Energy harvesting provides a promising opportunity as the power source for wireless sensors for the Internet of Things (IoT) related applications (e.g. smart buildings, autonomous cars). However there are issues encountered ...
Ultrawideband Radar for the Early Detection of Cancer Within the Heterogeneous Breast
(2012-01-18)
Ultrawideband (UWB) microwave imaging is an emerging breast screening modality
based on the electromagnetic reflections generated by the dielectric contrast between
soft tissue types within the breast at microwave ...
Applications of image processing for performance assessment of wastewater treatment plants
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-13)
This thesis is concerned with the development of methodologies for automatically assessing fluid properties in wastewater treatment plants, and to monitor plant performance and efficiency. Reliable performance metrics are ...
Towards improved breast cancer diagnosis using microwave technology and machine learning
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)
Today, the early detection of breast cancer for asymptomatic women primarily relies on generalised screening programmes with x-ray mammography. However, the long-term value of screening mammography has been questioned due ...