Computing, School of
The School of Computing has developed its program through research and scholarship and has become one of the leading establishments in its field. The School is in the process of expanding, particularly in the areas of software design and engineering, and biomedical computing.
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Automated Generation of Language Use Vector Extractors from TXL Grammars
Software development continues to demand advanced features which current programming languages do not offer. Language developers constantly evolve their languages to simplify common tasks, make the language more natural ... -
An Empirical Analysis of Java Language Use in Open Source Applications
Java is one of the most popular programming languages currently in use, and many modern applications and websites are programmed using Java. In this work, we examine how Java language features are actually used by programmers ... -
Application of Optical CT to Estimate the Mass of Macroalgae in a Tank of Water
This thesis develops and tests a mass estimation system for macroalgae using optical computed tomography. The system consists of a table with a fixed camera and backlighting, which rotates around a container of macroalgae ... -
Exploring Epigenetic Drug Discovery Using Computational Approaches
The misregulation of epigenetic mechanisms has been linked to disease. Current drugs that treat these dysfunctions have had some success, however many have variable potency, instability in vivo and lack target specificity. ... -
Investigating Selenium Usage Challenges and Reducing the Performance Overhead of Selenium-based Load Tests
Selenium automates the testing of web applications. Quality Assurance (QA) engineers usually write Selenium scripts to test the content that is rendered in a browser and simulate user interactions with the web content for ... -
The Design and Personalization of Aim Assistance Algorithms
Aiming is the act of directing an action toward a target object, location, or direction. Many activities in games require aiming. In order for players to perform these activities successfully, they must be able to aim ... -
Computer-Integrated Methods for Breast Cancer Surgery and Brachytherapy Guidance
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women in Canada. Lumpectomy and brachytherapy are treatments of choice for early stage breast cancer, but the soft nature of the breast makes it difficult to ... -
Recruitment Algorithms for Vehicular Crowdsensing Networks
Vehicular crowdsensing aims to utilize the plethora of onboard sensors and resources on smart vehicles to gather sensing data in a large coverage area. Due to vehicles’ predictable mobility, roadside service providers can ... -
Vehicle as a Resource (VaaR)
(2015)Intelligent vehicles are considered key enablers for intelligent transportation systems. They are equipped with resources/components to enable services for vehicle occupants, other vehicles on the road, and third party ... -
Energy-Efficient Adaptive Video Transmission: Exploiting Rate Predictions in Wireless Networks
(2014)The unprecedented growth of mobile video traffic is adding significant pressure to the energy drain at both the network and the end user. Energy efficient video transmission techniques are thus imperative to cope with the ... -
Toward Green Media Delivery: Location-aware Opportunities and Approaches
(2014)Mobile media has undoubtedly become the predominant source of traffic in wireless networks. The result is not only congestion and poor Quality-of-Experience, but also an unprecedented energy drain at both the network and ... -
Predictive Green Wireless Access: Exploiting Mobility and Application Information
(2013)The ever increasing mobile data traffic and dense deployment of wireless networks have made energy efficient radio access imperative. As networks are designed to satisfy peak user demands, radio access energy can be reduced ... -
A Priced Public Sensing Framework for Heterogeneous IoT Architectures
(2013)The proliferation of wireless sensors has given rise to public sensing (PS) as a vibrant data-sharing model. This vision can be extended under the umbrella of the Internet of Things (IoT) to include versatile data sources ... -
Virtutello: Balancing Physical and Digital Interaction in a Mixed Reality Sculpting Tool
Sculpture is an art form dating back over millennia. More recently, 3D digital sculptures are used in video games, movies, and manufacturing. Traditionally, sculptors have used their hands and tools to shape wood, clay, ... -
How Can Game Developers Leverage Data from Online Distribution Platforms? A Case Study of the Steam Platform
Developing a successful game is challenging. Prior work shows that gamers are extremely difficult to satisfy, making the quality of games an important issue. Prior work has yielded important results from mining data that ... -
Computer-assisted Assessment and Feedback for Image-guided Interventions Training
To improve patient safety, many surgical and interventional specialties use simulation training. This ensures that trainees have a minimum level of proficiency prior to real patient encounters. During simulation training, ... -
Managing Connection Costs in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
(2014)Common Radio Resource Management techniques have shown great promise in both enhancing network operation and user satisfication. Such gains are achieved through the joint management of the individual access technologies ... -
A Lookback Scheduling Framework for Long‐term Quality of Service Over Multiple Cells
(2014)In current cellular networks, schedulers allocate wireless channel resources to users based on instantaneous channel gains and short‐term moving averages of user rates and queue lengths. By using only such short‐term ... -
Understanding the Impact of Neighboring Strategy in Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming Applications
(2012)Peer-to-peer (P2P) multimedia streaming applications need to reduce network traffic to address ISPs’ concerns without sacrificing the quality of users’ viewing experience. Several studies on P2P file sharing applications ... -
A Survey of Peer-to-Peer Live Video Streaming Schemes – an Algorithmic Perspective
(2012)Live video streaming applications have gained great popularity among users but exert great pressure on video servers and the Internet. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks provide an attractive solution due to their low cost and ...
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