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Field D* pathfinding in weighted simplicial complexes
(2013)
The development of algorithms to efficiently determine an optimal path through a complex environment is a continuing area of research within Computer Science. When such environments can be represented as a graph, established ...
Situation recognition using soft computing techniques
(2012)
The last decades have witnessed the emergence of a large number of devices pervasively launched into our daily lives as systems producing and collecting data from a variety of information sources to provide different ...
Adapting a novel public display system for an educational context
(2010)
Universities in developing nations are viewed as gateways to global knowledge and as the source of human capital for their countries' economies (Juma, 2008). However, these universities face challenges in accessing educational ...
An end to end solution for complex open educational resources
(2012)
The main objective of this thesis is to provide content creators and educators with a solution that simplifies the process of depositing into digital repositories. We created a desktop tool named ORchiD, Open educational ...
Distributed texture-based terrain synthesis
(2011)
Terrain synthesis is an important field of Computer Graphics that deals with the generation of 3D landscape models for use in virtual environments. The field has evolved to a stage where large and even infinite landscapes ...
Tissue segmentation of the cerebellum from MR images
(2011)
The cerebellum is known to be very susceptible to prenatal exposure to alcohol and people affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) show a decrease in cerebellar volume. Unfortunately, there seems to be little ...
Imulating storyteller-audience interactions in digital storytelling: questions, exchange structures & story objects
(2012)
This work revolves around the design and evaluation of digital storytelling simulating real personal storytelling. Study One was an ethnography, of real storytellers, which revealed types of narratives, dynamism and ...
DAS Writeback: A collaborative annotation system for proteins
(2010)
We designed and developed a Collaborative Annotation System for Proteins called DAS Writeback, which extends the Distributed Annotation System (DAS) to provide the functionalities of adding, editing and deleting annotations. ...
Gesture based interface for asynchronous video communication for deaf people in South Africa
(2010)
The preferred method of communication amongst Deaf people is that of sign language. There are problems with the video quality when using the real-time video communication available on mobile phones. The alternative is to ...
Cross-layer RaCM design for vertically integrated wireless networks
(2010)
Wireless local and metropolitan area network (WLAN/WMAN) technologies, more specifically IEEE 802.11 (or wireless fidelity, WiFi) and IEEE 802.16 (or wireless interoperability for microwave access, WiMAX), are well-suited ...