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A maiden edition of AUSTECH 2015 International Conference Book of Abstracts
(African University of Science and Technology, 2016-02-20)
Simplified models for multi-criteria decision analysis under uncertainty
(2010)
When facilitating decisions in which some performance evaluations are uncertain, a decision must be taken about how this uncertainty is to be modelled. This involves, in part, choosing an uncertainty format {a way of ...
Software Support for Podcasting Mobile Lecture Content for Education in Sub-Sahara African Universities
(2013-11)
Podcasting is fast gaining traction in developing regions as a means to augment classroom instruction. Commercial podcasting tools such as Apple’s Leopard Server, Tele-task and OpenEya, despite being successfully used in ...
Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users
(2013)
This dissertation documents a journey into the design of Ummeli with a community of semi‐literate job seekers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town whose primary access to the internet was through their mobile phones. Working closely ...
Active shape model segmentation of Brain structures in MR images of subjects with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(2010)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is the most common form of preventable mental retardation worldwide. This condition affects children whose mothers excessively consume alcohol whilst pregnant. FASD can be identified ...
Voxel-space shape grammars
(2012)
The field of Procedural Generation is being increasingly used in modern content generation for its ability to significantly decrease the cost and time involved. One such area of Procedural Generation is Shape Grammars, a ...
Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities
(2011)
This thesis situates digital storytelling in rural African communities to enable rural people to record and share their stories and to express their imaginations digitally. We explore the role of design and the methods and ...
A simulation model for evaluating national patient record networks in South Africa.
(2012)
This study has shown that modelling and simulation is a feasible approach for evaluating NPR solutions in the developing context. The model can represent different network models, patient types and performance metrics to ...
Building heritage collections using games on social networks
(2012)
An application on a social network may provide a means to avoid the cost, decrease time and increase scale of operation of heritage preservation by motivating users to supply and process the data. This project uses a ...
Cloud computing for digital libraries
(2013)
Information management systems (digital libraries/repositories, learning management systems, content management systems) provide key technologies for the storage, preservation and dissemination of knowledge in its various ...