The University of Sheffield
Department of Computer Science

MSc Dissertations 2015/16

These dissertations are published by of the University of Sheffield and all quotations from them should be credited both to the author and the University of Sheffield. Thus all citations of these dissertations should contain the author's name, the project title, and the words "Department of Computer Science MSc Dissertation 2015/16"

Abstracts are publicly available, dissertations are only available within the campus and code is only available to academic staff.

Dissertations marked '*' are those which achieved a Distinction mark


Author Title Abstract Dissertation Code

Suleiman Abahussein Effects of mobile devices on our abilities abstract dissertation


Temitope Adeosun An app for finding my car abstract dissertation code
* Nasser Albunian Cellular Genetic Algorithm for Test Generation abstract dissertation code *

Ali Alqahtani Building a dictionary of words related to a Java class abstract dissertation code

Tomiwa Ayeni AN APP FOR FINDING YOUR CAR abstract dissertation code

Zhiduo Che The XML Olympics abstract dissertation code
* Hao Chen Effects of mobile device on our abilities abstract dissertation code *

Ruoyi Chen The TWITTERATI: Text Analysis of Twitter and other Social Media abstract dissertation code

Tongyang Chen Cloud computing simulation abstract dissertation


Peng Cheng Mouse Control by Hand Gestures abstract dissertation code

Hang Chi Internet Privacy in the Age of Blanket Surveillance abstract dissertation

* Hannah Clough A Runtime Analysis for the (1 + (lambda,lambda)) Genetic Algorithm abstract dissertation
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Gemma Cooper Simulating the impact of diabetes on models of electrical activity in heart cells abstract dissertation code

Xiaolong Dai Synchronized Movement for Lego EV3 Robots abstract dissertation code

Yifan Deng The Applications of Wavelets to Image Processing abstract dissertation code

Jeeva Prakash Devanga Ramu Mapping the Uncharted abstract dissertation code

Dong Ding Hiding medical data in medical images and physiological signals abstract dissertation code

Yuhe Dong A Tool for Marking Dissertations abstract dissertation code

Yuekai Fang Image Deblurring and Feature Extraction abstract dissertation

* Yan Ge Experiments for the (1+(lambda,lambda)) Genetic Algorithm in Combinatorial Optimization Problems abstract dissertation
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* Lingxin Gu A Time Traveller's Map abstract dissertation code *

Zhenyang Han Scratch for Ruby on Rails Applications abstract dissertation

* Wenyi Hu Tracking individuals across multiple scenes/shots in video
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Nurul Nazihah Ismail An Investigation on Quantum Cryptography abstract dissertation


Ziyi Jiang "Kinecting" with statues in the virtual museum abstract dissertation


Hui Jin Static Data Flow Analysis for Finding Security Vulnerabilities in Mobile Applications abstract dissertation code

Xin Jin Automatic Sentiment Analysis of Chinese Social Media abstract dissertation code
* Roderick Johnstone Visual analysis of crowd senes abstract dissertation code *
* Xiaxin Li Community Question Answering abstract dissertation code *
* Jingzhi Liu An Application for Emotion Recognition in Speech abstract dissertation code *

Qi Liu Testing Puzzles abstract dissertation code

Kuan Lu Testing Puzzles abstract dissertation code

Shibei Lu Improved Multi-side Face Detection abstract dissertation code
* Jessica Magallanes Castaneda Capturing your heart rate using a smartphone abstract dissertation code *
* Richard Marshall Low-cost home sensing using the Raspberry Pi to assist with monitoring the elderly abstract dissertation code *
* Nathan Mccoy Joint Multiword Expression and Supersense Tagging with Recurrent Neural Networks and Conditional Random Fields abstract dissertation code *
* Nur Azmina Mohamad Zamani Experimental Performance Analysis for the Parameter-less Population Pyramid abstract dissertation code *

Pshko Mohammed Amin Capturing Your Heart Rate Using a Smartphone abstract dissertation code
* Luis Rene Montana Gonzalez Using human motion capture to control an anglepoise lamp abstract dissertation code *

Carlos Morales Garduno Textual Alignment of News and Blogs abstract dissertation code
* John Ogbonoko Creating a Computing Laboratory and Library Resources for Teaching Internet of Things: A Case of the Raspberry Pi Home abstract dissertation code *
* Richard Oliver Software for a Retro Computer Platform abstract dissertation code *

Xin Qiu A Test Suite for Evaluating Application Security Testing Tools abstract dissertation code

Zhouyou Ren Development of a Cellular Automata-based Teaching Tool in Python abstract dissertation code
* Gerardo Roa Dabike Automatic Speech Recognition in Music abstract dissertation code *
* Murtadha Sahbudin Automatic Plagiarism Detection against Large Text Collection abstract dissertation code *

Yiqing Shao Using Voice to Control a Robot’s Behaviours abstract dissertation code

Zezhong Shi The assignment of trains at a station abstract dissertation code

. Shude Classification Challenge Web-host abstract dissertation code

Jian Song Modelling the effect of street trees abstract dissertation

* Xingyu Tang A Graphical Interface for Programming LEGO® EV3 Robots abstract dissertation code *

Zehua Wang Mobile Robot Localisation abstract dissertation code

Yue Xiao Optimal scheduling of planes at an airport abstract dissertation code

Mingze Xu Creating Animated 3D Line Drawings in Virtual Space abstract dissertation code

Weiwei Xu The TWITTERATI: Text Analysis of Twitter and other Social Media abstract dissertation code

Zhiyuan Yang Monitoring in the Internet-of-Things abstract dissertation code

Gengbin Zhang Gamification of Software Testing abstract dissertation code

Jincao Zhang Reinforcement Learning withRobotics:Analysis andImplemetation abstract dissertation code
* Rong Zhang Investigate people's concerns about having robot teachers in school classrooms. abstract dissertation
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Jiahui Zhao Automated Generate Behavioral Test Based on Web Crawling abstract dissertation code

Yiyao Zheng Design a HCI system-Mouse Control By Hand Gestures Detection abstract dissertation

* Xuan Zhu Augmented Reality in the Diamond abstract dissertation code *

Fahad Zulfiqar Implementation of a Tree-based algorithm for Contact Detection abstract dissertation code