School of Computer Science and Statistics
*This project is for a MSc in Statistics and Sustainability student. “Reproducibility, closely related to replicability and repeatability, is a major principle underpinning the scientific method. For the findings of a study to be reproducible means that results obtained by an experiment or an observational study or in a statistical analysis of a data set … Read more
ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student taking the MSc in Statistics and Sustainability. An agricultural experiment was carried out across multiple sites in Europe. At each site, species diversity was manipulated agronomic grassland plots, and the yield was recorded across multiple harvests. The climatic conditions vary considerably across the sites where the experiments were … Read more
ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student taking the MSc in Statistics and Sustainability. Increasing the number of species sown in an agricultural grassland system provides a potential way to improve the sustainability of the overall system. Experiments designed to test this typically have species diversity manipulated across field-scale plots, with a plot-level response such … Read more
This project is in collaboration with the joint School of Medicine/ADAPT health research project called PARADISE. ANCA Vasculitis is a rare auto-immune disease in which sufferers are susceptible to flares, whereby a person’s immune system attacks their own body. Treating people with vasculitis is difficult, because the most successful treatments, such as rituximab, have significant … Read more
Are the connections between the Star Wars characters more than meets the eye? In this project, data on interactions between Star Wars characters (from an episode of the students choosing) are studied through the lens of latent space models. This model can construct a latent social space that reveals the underlying structure of this iconic … Read more
In the last decade, Airbnb has become a mainstay for tourists worldwide. In this project, we will use data from insideairbnb.com to obtain a better geographic understanding of Dublin. Which parts are expensive or reasonable to rent? Where do tourists like to stay, and in what type of accommodation? We will study these issues using … Read more
Forecasting conflict on a fine-grained grid level has real-life policy implications that can empirically inform meaningful healthcare and peace-preservation decisions. In many settings, interpretable models have the appeal that policymakers know how to draw conclusions from the model and do not have to base their decisions on black-box models. On the other hand, machine learning … Read more
I am happy to supervise student-led projects in the areas of: online learning or the use of technology (e.g., Gen AI or lecture capture) in Higher Education; data analysis or applied statistics in the areas of higher education or student support services; and, statistics/mathematics education in Higher Education. Students interested in the this project should … Read more