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-This project is taken and no longer available Quantum communications protocols for entanglement distribution

Marco Ruffini (email | all projects)

Project Description: The exploration of quantum communication protocols for entanglement distribution is critical to advancing secure and efficient quantum networks. Entanglement, a unique quantum phenomenon, enables instantaneous correlations across vast distances, which is essential for applications like quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum teleportation. In particular, quantum teleportation is an essential feature of quantum networks as … Read more

[Taken] Project Proposal: Machine Learning for Mobility Model Identification and Feature Understanding in Large Networking Datasets

Merim Dzaferagic (email | all projects)

In the era of large-scale communication networks, understanding user mobility patterns is crucial for optimizing network resources, improving service quality, and enhancing user experience. Mobility models provide insights into how users move within a network, influencing network planning, resource allocation, and handover decisions. However, traditional approaches to identifying these models often rely on predefined assumptions … Read more

Project Proposal: Agent-Based Modeling for Self-Organization in Communication Networks

Merim Dzaferagic (email | all projects)

The growing complexity of communication networks, especially with the introduction of 5G and future 6G, requires new approaches to ensure that these networks can meet the increasing demands for low latency, high reliability, and efficient resource allocation. Traditional centralized control methods often struggle to cope with the dynamic nature of these networks, particularly in environments … Read more

TAKEN Visualisation of health telemonitoring data in support of multi-disciplinary clinics TAKEN

Lucy Hederman (email | all projects)

Motor neurone disease (MND) patients attending the multi-disciplinary clinic at Beaumont Hospital are encouraged to use a telemonitoring system to record their status between clinic visits. The current system does not facilitate efficient review by clinic staff planning the clinic or easy use of the data during visits. This project will build on one last … Read more

XRPL and Smart Contracts

Hitesh Tewari (email | all projects)

A smart contract is a piece of code that is locked into the blockchain and executes automatically when the correct input is provided to it. Ethereum differentiates itself from Bitcoin by providing native support for smart contracts. Currently Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRPL) does not have native support for “smart contracts”. It makes use of a … Read more

Reconstructing Redacted Text Using A Tranformer LLM

Doug Leith (email | all projects)

Currently, the main method for enhancing the privacy of text is redaction i.e. masking out selected key words such as names, emails etc. While this is effective for removing obvious personally identifiable information, redacted text may potentially still leak textual patterns that can reveal authorship, sensitive topics (e.g. that the text relates to a medical … Read more

How Best To Optimise Machine Learning Hyperparameters?

Doug Leith (email | all projects)

When designing and training a neural network model the hyperparameters include the SGD step size, mini-batch size, gradient decay policy, choice of regularisation etc. Selecting values for these hyperparameters is a key step in obtaining a useful model. While selection is commonly based on heuristics and trial and error, there is also much interest in … Read more

Training A Transformer LLM To Play Tic Tac Toe

Doug Leith (email | all projects)

Transformer neural nets have transformed natural language processing, but they can also be applied to other sequences not just sequences of words. In particular, they can be applied to game playing, which consists of a sequence of moves and where the task is to predict a good next move. In this project you will investigate … Read more

Coastal Erosion Prediction Using Functional Data Regression

Mimi Zhang (email | all projects)

Coastal erosion, defined as the loss of coastal lands due to the net removal of material near the shoreline, poses significant hazards to people, infrastructure, the environment, and cultural heritage. The coast is a critical junction for environmental settings, human activities, infrastructure, and sensitive ecosystems, making coastal erosion a pressing concern. Ireland’s coastline features both … Read more