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A two-screen approach to facilitate communication and collaboration in the context of distance education

Sasa, Hobert (Thesis, Master of Science, 2011)

For the past decades, many academic institutions avoided, or tried to avoid physical travel in favour of Video Conferencing Systems (VCS). With VCS, the real-time two-way visual and verbal interaction of the traditional ...
Chosen-Ciphertext Secure Hierarchical Identity-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanisms

Jing, Yun (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

In 1984, Shamir managed to build an Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) scheme in which an entity's public identification information, such as an email address or a telephone number, can be used as a valid public key. For ...
Opal's Conversation Manager (CM)

Goh, Vincent, Wing Soon (Thesis, Master of Applied Science, 2011)

Multi-agent systems consist of multiple agents to accomplish tasks or goals that require coordination and collaboration through interactions, such as agent conversation. This thesis provides description of the technologies ...
The digitisation of New Zealand’s research, heritage and culture

Stanger, Nigel (Chapter in Book, Return to Tomorrow: 50 Years of Computing in New Zealand, 2010)

Over the last 25 years, it has become possible to digitise and store an ever-increasing amount and variety of material. New Zealand has been one of the leaders in this area, with early initiatives such as the New Zealand ...
Diﬀerentiation of Parkinson’s Tremor from Essential Tremor using Action Tremor Analysis

Woods, Alan Michael (Thesis, Master of Science, 2012)

Similarities in the physiological and psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Essential Tremor (ET) make accurate diagnosis of PD and ET conditions difficult. It has up to 25% diagnostic error rate. Both ...
The Influence of Facebook Friends on Consumers’ Purchase Decisions

Alghamdi , Mohammed (Thesis, Master of Science, 2012)

Social network sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, are one of the fastest-growing types of websites on the Internet. They have attracted millions of Internet users around the world. Social network sites provide a fast and an ...
Always Best Connected (ABC) and Perceived Value: An Analytical Study

Parameswaran, Vinod (Thesis, Master of Applied Science, 2011)

The concept of Always Best Connected (ABC) is pivotal to the emerging scenario of 4G networks, which intends to integrate different network technologies in order to exploit mutual advantages and to provide a variety of ...
Interfacing a cognitive agent platform with Second Life

Ranathunga, Surangika; Cranefield, Stephen; Purvis, Martin (Discussion Paper, 2011)

Second Life is a multi-purpose online virtual world that provides a rich platform for remote human interaction. It is increasingly being used as a simulation platform to model complex human interactions in diverse areas, ...
Socially-Inspired Mechanisms for Restricting Exploitation in Artificial Agent Societies

Savarimuthu, Amala Arul Sharmila (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

Human societies have long cultivated the ability to organise themselves into groups and have also established formal or informal rules of behaviour that are expected within these groups. In the field of multi-agent systems, ...
Beacon - A Rapidly Deployable Cellphone Network

Crane, Paul (Thesis, Master of Science, 2012)

In this thesis we examine the use of rapidly deployable cellphone networks for disaster relief efforts. Disasters are require a coordinated response from many different groups and clear communication to civilians affected ...