Summer Research Scholarships
School of Computer Science
Project Titles 2015/16
Genetic Programming for Automated Bug-Fixing
Supervisor: Dr Brad Alexander
Evolving 3D Models using a Cell-Growth Model
Supervisor: Dr Brad Alexander
From Pictures to Programs - Evolving Recursive Code from Hand-Drawn Call-trees
Supervisor: Dr Brad Alexander
Automated Construction and Tuning of Artificial Pipe Networks.
Supervisor: Brad Alexander and Sylvan Elhay
Spore: Developing a Tool for Understanding Evolution using Bio-Informatics
Supervisors: Dr Claudia Szabo and Dr Pablo Munguia
Oceanview: Population Structure in Marine Species
Supervisors: Dr Claudia Szabo and Dr Pablo Munguia
Benchmarking MapReduce on Unstructured Data
Supervisor: Dr Claudia Szabo
Classifying Tweets to obtain useful Information about Events
Supervisor: Dr Claudia Szabo
Collaborative Recommendation with Regularizing Implicit Relations
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Sheng and Dr Lina Yao
Context-aware Fall Detection Using RFID
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Sheng and Dr Lina Yao
Activity Based Computing Platform for Software Design Teams
Supervisor: Prof Ali Babar
Design and Develop a Cloud-Based Mobile Platform for Emergency Management
Supervisor: Prof Ali Babar
Real-World Benchmark Suite for Multi-Objective Optimisation
Supervisor: Dr Markus Wagner
Development of an Online Leaderboard for Optimisation Competitions
Supervisor: Dr Markus Wagner
Tracking Student Performance Across Courses: Are Pre-requisites a Good Indicator?
Supervisor: Dr Nick Falkner
Badges, Stars and the Dangled Carrot: Separating Effects from Reported Outcomes in Gamification
Supervisor: Dr Nick Falkner and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Developing a Moodle plug-in to Foster Higher-Degree Research Skills
Supervisor: Dr Amali Weerasinghe and Dr Damith Ranasinghe
Developing a Moodle Plug-in to Support Communication Skills through Peer-Assessment
Supervisor: Dr Amali Weerasinghe and Dr Damith Ranasinghe
Investigating Practice Patterns in learning computer programming
Supervisor: Dr Brad Alexander, Dr Cruz Izu and Dr Amali Weerasinghe
Developing a Moodle Plug-In to Support Self-Directing Learning via E-Portafolios
Supervisor: Cruz Izu and Amali Weerasinghe
Are you learning efficiently or effectively: What do tutorial interventions reveal?
Supervisors: Amali Weerasinghe, Brad Alexander and Antonija Mitrovic
Exploring students' reflective practices using eye gaze data
Supervisors: Amali Weerasinghe, Brad Alexander and Antonija Mitrovic
Developing an Adaptive Problem Selection Tool to Support Student Practice for Problem Solving Courses/Competitions
Supervisor: Brad Alexander and Cruz Izu
Visualising Student Progress from their Web Submission Records
Supervisor: Cruz Izu and Brad Alexander
Enhancing the Learning Support in PencilCode through Customised Feedback
Supervisor: Amali Weerasinghe
Developing a Moodle plug-in to Foster Self-Assessment Skills using Learning Analytics Techniques
Supervisor: A/Prof Katrina Falkner and Dr Amali Weerasinghe
Using a Software Defined Radio to Intercept the Control and Video Communication Channels of a Drone
Supervisor: Yuval Yarom and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Use a Software Defined Radio to Capture Bluetooth Traffic
Supervisor: Dr Yuval Yarom and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Evaluate the Security of a Smart Card System
Supervisor: Dr Yuval Yarom and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Hack a Computer using a Mobile Phone
Supervisor: Dr Yuval Yarom and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Power Analysis of Smart Cards
Supervisor: Dr Yuval Yarom and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Stress Detection using Mobile Devices
Supervisor: Dr Padraig O’Leary
Six Minute Walk Test
Supervisor: Dr Padraig O’Leary
3-D Modelling from Concept Sketches of Human Characters with Minimal User Interaction
Supervisor: A/Prof Gustavo Carneiro
Developing a remote telemetry system for civilian drones for conservation of endangered animals
Supervisors: Dr Damith Ranasinghe and A/Prof Katrina Falkner
Has your Smart Card caught a Virus?
Supervisors: Dr Damith Ranasinghe and Dr Yuval Yarom
Building Lightweight Ciphers for Computational RFID Tags
Supervisors: Dr Damith Ranasinghe and Dr Yuval Yarom
Behaviour Patterns from Dense Sensing: Ant size Computers for Human Behaviour Modelling
Supervisors: Dr Damith Ranasinghe
Just-In-Time Aspect in Bin Packing
Supervisor: Dr Sergey Polyakovskiy
Vehicle Routing Problem with Loading Constraints
Supervisor: Dr Sergey Polyakovskiy
Learning from Twitter, there’s a message in there somewhere
Supervisor: Prof Anton Van Den Hengel
Scaffolding clinical decision making for trainee radiologists
Supervisor: A/Prof Gustavo Carneiro and Dr Amali Weerasinghe
Visualisation and diagnostics for automotive control software using a virtual platform.
Supervisor: Brad Alexander and VLab-Works (vlabworks.com)
The University of Adelaide
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