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An architecture for secure searchable cloud storage
(2012)
Cloud Computing is a relatively new and appealing concept; however, users may not fully trust Cloud Providers with their data and can be reluctant to store their files on Cloud Storage Services. The problem is that Cloud ...
Meta-standardisation of interoperability protocols
(2012)
The current medley of interoperability protocols is potentially problematic. Each protocol is designed by a different group, each provides a single service, and has its own syntax and vocabulary. Popular protocols such as ...
The design of a mobile user interface for an interest rate calculator
(2012)
In our search towards an interactive mobile fixed rate calculator, in this dissertation, we are interested in the human-centred design and in particularly exploring the mobile user interface design and the user experience ...
Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market
(2012)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in general, and mobile phones in particular, have demonstrated positive outcomes in the various social transformation and human development dimensions. As a result, many ...
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 ...
Improving searchability of automatically transcribed lectures through dynamic language modelling
(2012)
Recording university lectures through lecture capture systems is increasingly common. However, a single continuous audio recording is often unhelpful for users, who may wish to navigate quickly to a particular part of a ...
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 ...
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 ...
ITIKI: Bridge between African indigenous knowledge and modern science on drought prediction
(2012)
The now more rampant and severe droughts have become synonymous with Sub-Saharan Africa; they are a major contributor to the acute food insecurity in the Region. Though this scenario may be replicated in other regions in ...
Performance benchmarking physical and virtual linux envrionments
(2012)
Virtualisation is a method of partitioning one physical computer into multiple "virtual" computers, giving each the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated hardware. Each virtual system functions as a ...