Research - PhD Completions

PhD completions 2007/2008

• Mark Goodall (EIMC July 2008) Thesis title: Godfathers of Mondo: A critical analysis of the films of Jacopetti in relation to documentary cinema and Italian popular culture.
  Supervisor: Patrick Allen
• Salam Assi (Computing July 2008) Thesis Title: Performance Analysis of Interconnection Networks with Wormhole Routing
  Supervisor: Prof Demetres Kouvatsos
• Tehmina Khan MPhil (Computing July 2008) Thesis Title: Resilient Routing in Adhoc Networks.
  Supervisors: Mr John Mellor and Prof Mike Woodward
• Khalid Al-Diri (EIMC June 2008) Thesis title: The Effect of Visual Media Cues on Initial Trust in Business to Consumer Electronic Commerce Websites in Saudi Arabia.
  Supervisors: Dr D Hobbs and Dr R Qahwaji
• Eyan Elyan (EIMC June 2008) Thesis title: Geometric Modelling, Representation and Recognition of Human Faces using Partial Differential Equations.
  Supervisor: Dr H Ugail
• Suhendro Irianto (EIMC June 2008)
  Thesis title: Image Retrieval in the Compressed Domain.
  Supervisor: Dr Jianmin Jiang.
• Osamah Ghazi Almadani (EIMC June 2008)
  Thesis title: Are On-line Newspapers a Substitute for Traditional Newspapers?
  Supervisors: Mr P Allen and Dr D Hobbs.
• Daniel Celis (EIMC May 2008)
  Thesis title: Efficient Low Budget Video Based Motion Capture.
  Supervisors: Dr H Ugail and Dr I Palmer.
• Fahad Al-Shathry MPhil (Computing May 2008)
  Thesis title: An Approach to Integrate the Data of Interview Investigation and Digital Evidence.
  Supervisors: Dr A Konstadopulou and Dr R Fretwell.
• Mohammad Alsuraihi (Computing March 2008)
  Thesis title: Multimodal Interface Design: A Software Engineering Approach.
  Supervisor: Dr D Rigas Khalid Tashkandi – MPhil (Computing March 2008)
  Thesis title: An Empirical Approach to Virtual Collaboration in Working and Education Sectors in Saudi Arabia.
  Supervisor: Dr D Rigas
• Eyan Elyan (EIMC June 2008) Thesis title: Geometric Modelling, Representation and Recognition of Human Faces using Partial Differential Equations.
  Supervisor: Dr H Ugail.
• Khalid Al-Diri (EIMC June 2008) Thesis title: The Effect of Visual Media Cues on Initial Trust in Business to Consumer Electronic Commerce Websites in Saudi Arabia.
  Supervisors: Dr D Hobbs and Dr R Qahwaji.
• Fahad Al-Raddady (Computing March 2008)
  Thesis title: Development and performance analysis of some new Internet congestion control algorithms based on Random Early Detection.
  Supervisor: Prof M Woodward.
• Shafkat Hameed (Computing February 2008)
  Thesis title: Factors mediating the routinisation and integration of e-learning into a blended learning environment within traditional higher education institutions.
  Supervisors: Dr A Cullen and Mr J Mellor.
• Mohammed Mansour (Computing February 2008)
  Thesis title: Enhanced micro-mobility handover mechanisms using dynamic location prediction.
  Supervisors: Mr J Mellor and Dr I Awan.
• Nasser Abdulkreem Almojel (EIMC February 2008)
  Thesis title: Fostering Trust for Middle-Eastern B2C e-Commerce.
  Sub title: An Investigation of the Effects of Voice, Accent and Culture in an English e-commerce website on Trust perception among Middle Eastern Consumers.
  Supervisors: Dr D Hobbs and Dr T Wan.
• Aymen Abubaker (EIMC February 2008)
  Thesis title: Automatic Detection of Breast Cancer Microcalcifications in Digitized X-ray Mammograms.
  Supervisors: Dr R Qahwaji and Dr S Ipson.
• Nauman Israr (Computing January 2008)
  Thesis title: Performance Modelling of Energy Efficient Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks.
  Supervisor: Dr I Awan.
• Raheel Ali Baloch – MPhil only (Computing January 2008)
  Thesis title: Performance analysis of resource allocation schemes in Wireless Cellular Networks.
  Supervisors: Dr I Awan and Dr G Min.
• Tufan Colak (EIMC January 2008)
  Thesis title: Automatic Short-term Prediction of Solar Flares using Image Processing and Machine Learning
  Supervisor: Dr R Qahwaji.
• Abdulmonam Geat Ali (Computing December 2007)
  Thesis title: Some new congestion control methods for quality of service provision.
  Supervisor: Prof Mike Woodward.
• Rafe K. M Alasem (Computing December 2007)
  Thesis title: Intelligent Active Queue Management Schemes for Congestion Control in TCP/IP Network.
  Supervisors: Dr M A Hossain and Dr I Awan.
• Constantinos Artikis (Computing December 2007)
  Thesis title: Integral Part Models and Bernoulli-selecting Processes in Risk Management Operations.
  Supervisor: Dr D Jerwood.
• Vassilis Theodorakopoulos (Computing October 2007)
  Thesis Title: Error resilient video communications using high-level M-QAM.
  Supervisor: Prof Mike Woodward.