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Unmasking the imposters: towards improving the generalisation of deep learning methods for face presentation attack detection. (2023)
Thesis
ABDULLAKUTTY, F.C. 2023. Unmasking the imposters: towards improving the generalisation of deep learning methods for face presentation attack detection. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2270640

Identity theft has had a detrimental impact on the reliability of face recognition, which has been extensively employed in security applications. The most prevalent are presentation attacks. By using a photo, video, or mask of an authorized user, att... Read More about Unmasking the imposters: towards improving the generalisation of deep learning methods for face presentation attack detection..

Towards handling temporal dependence in concept drift streams. (2023)
Thesis
WARES, S.B. 2023. Towards handling temporal dependence in concept drift streams. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2271523

Modern technological advancements have led to the production of an incomprehensible amount of data from a wide array of devices. A constant supply of new data provides an invaluable opportunity for access to qualitative and quantitative insights. Org... Read More about Towards handling temporal dependence in concept drift streams..

Collective behaviour monitoring in football using spatial temporal and network analysis: application and evaluations. (2022)
Thesis
CORSIE, M.R. 2022. Collective behaviour monitoring in football using spatial temporal and network analysis: application and evaluations. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1880207

Analysis is an important part of understanding and exploiting performance of football teams. Traditional approaches of analysis have centred around events that may not fully incorporate the highly dynamic nature of matches. To circumvent this weaknes... Read More about Collective behaviour monitoring in football using spatial temporal and network analysis: application and evaluations..

The utility of mathematical fitness-fatigue models for assisting with the planning of physical training for sport: from in silico experiments employing synthetic data, lower-bound operational conditions and model estimation, to the development of software resources for future research. (2021)
Thesis
STEPHENS HEMINGWAY, B.H. 2021. The utility of mathematical fitness-fatigue models for assisting with the planning of physical training for sport: from in silico experiments employing synthetic data, lower-bound operational conditions and model estimation, to the development of software resources for future research. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1603154

The greatest potential application of mathematical models in sport science is to predict future performance of individual athletes in response to training, with sufficient accuracy to assist with planning of training programs and short tapering perio... Read More about The utility of mathematical fitness-fatigue models for assisting with the planning of physical training for sport: from in silico experiments employing synthetic data, lower-bound operational conditions and model estimation, to the development of software resources for future research..

Learning from class-imbalanced data: overlap-driven resampling for imbalanced data classification. (2020)
Thesis
VUTTIPITTAYAMONGKOL, P. 2020. Learning from class-imbalanced data: overlap-driven resampling for imbalanced data classification. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

Classification of imbalanced datasets has attracted substantial research interest over the past years. This is because imbalanced datasets are common in several domains such as health, finance and security, but learning algorithms are generally not d... Read More about Learning from class-imbalanced data: overlap-driven resampling for imbalanced data classification..

Learning from small and imbalanced dataset of images using generative adversarial neural networks. (2019)
Thesis
ALI-GOMBE, A. 2019. Learning from small and imbalanced dataset of images using generative adversarial neural networks. Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

The performance of deep learning models is unmatched by any other approach in supervised computer vision tasks such as image classification. However, training these models requires a lot of labeled data, which are not always available. Labelling a ma... Read More about Learning from small and imbalanced dataset of images using generative adversarial neural networks..

Beyond the pixels: learning and utilising video compression features for localisation of digital tampering. (2019)
Thesis
JOHNSTON, P. 2019. Beyond the pixels: learning and utilising video compression features for localisation of digital tampering. Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

Video compression is pervasive in digital society. With rising usage of deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in the fields of computer vision, video analysis and video tampering detection, it is important to investigate how patterns invisible to... Read More about Beyond the pixels: learning and utilising video compression features for localisation of digital tampering..

Deep learning based approaches for imitation learning. (2018)
Thesis
HUSSEIN, A. 2018. Deep learning based approaches for imitation learning. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Imitation learning refers to an agent's ability to mimic a desired behaviour by learning from observations. The field is rapidly gaining attention due to recent advances in computational and communication capabilities as well as rising demand for int... Read More about Deep learning based approaches for imitation learning..

Cognitive modelling and control of human error processes in human-computer interaction with safety critical IT systems in telehealth. (2017)
Thesis
ALWAWI, I. 2017. Cognitive modelling and control of human error processes in human-computer interaction with safety critical IT systems in telehealth. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The field of telehealth has developed rapidly in recent years. It provides medical support particularly to those who are living in remote areas and in emergency cases. Although developments in both technology and practice have been rapid, there are s... Read More about Cognitive modelling and control of human error processes in human-computer interaction with safety critical IT systems in telehealth..

On pruning and feature engineering in Random Forests. (2016)
Thesis
FAWAGREH, K. 2016. On pruning and feature engineering in Random Forests. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Random Forest (RF) is an ensemble classification technique that was developed by Leo Breiman over a decade ago. Compared with other ensemble techniques, it has proved its accuracy and superiority. Many researchers, however, believe that there is stil... Read More about On pruning and feature engineering in Random Forests..

3D anthropometry: quantifying the shape and size variability within the UK male offshore oil and gas workforce. (2016)
Thesis
LEDINGHAM, R.J. 2016. 3D anthropometry: quantifying the shape and size variability within the UK male offshore oil and gas workforce. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

Background: UK male offshore workers typically increased in weight by 19% since 1985, and are also heavier than the background UK male population. Aim: To conduct an anthropometric survey on UK offshore workers, employing the latest portable 3D scann... Read More about 3D anthropometry: quantifying the shape and size variability within the UK male offshore oil and gas workforce..

Content based video retrieval via spatial-temporal information discovery. (2013)
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WANG, L. 2013. Content based video retrieval via spatial-temporal information discovery. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Content based video retrieval (CBVR) has been strongly motivated by a variety of realworld applications. Most state-of-the-art CBVR systems are built based on Bag-of-visual- Words (BovW) framework for visual resources representation and access. The f... Read More about Content based video retrieval via spatial-temporal information discovery..

An investigation into the cognitive effects of instructional interface visualisations. (2013)
Thesis
AKINLOFA, O.R. 2013. An investigation into the cognitive effects of instructional interface visualisations. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

An investigation is conducted into the cognitive effects of using different computer based instructions media in acquisition of specific novel human skills. With recent rapid advances in computing and multimedia instructional delivery, several contem... Read More about An investigation into the cognitive effects of instructional interface visualisations..