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Architecture Factory - May 10th - 16:00 - 18:30

4TH YEAR PROJECT SHOW 2017

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

I’m delighted to invite you to the 4th year Project Show 2017 for

the Department of Computer Science at Cork Institute of

Technology. The show will be held on Wednesday May 10th from

16:00 to 18:30 in the Architecture Factory, Melbourn Building,

Bishopstown Campus.

On display will be final year project poster presentations by

students from our honours degree programmes. These projects

demonstrate the quality of CIT Computer Science graduates and

their ability to solve real world problems.

Please join us on the day for what promises to be a great

celebration of our students’ achievements.

Tim Horgan, Head of Department

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StudentName:GeorgeO’Donnell Supervisor:DrTedScully

ProjectTitle:ComparativeApplicationforTextSimilarityAlgorithms

ResearchQuestion:Howcanwereliablymeasurethesimilaritybetweentwopassagesoftext?

ProjectAbstract:Theobjectiveofthisprojectistocreatefunctionalsoftwarethatwillperformacomparativeanalysisbetweenarangeoftextsimilarityalgorithms.Theapplicationwillinvolvetheimplementationandtestingoftextsimilarityalgorithmsonatrainingdataset.Thetestdatasetconsistsof5800sentencepairsthathavebeenextractedfromnewssourcesontheweb,alongwithhumanannotationsindicatingwhethereachpaircapturesaparaphrase/semanticequivalencerelationship.Theapplicationwilluseindividualalgorithmstodeterminethesimilarityofthesesentencepairs,andthencombinetheresultsofallimplementedalgorithmstodeterminesimilarity.Thiswillallowforacomparativelookathoweachalgorithmcanimproveorimpactthepossibleoutcomewhenpairedwithotheralgorithms,enablingustoassesstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingcertainsimilarityalgorithmstogether.

Technologiesused:Python

Class:BSc(Hons)SoftwareDevelopment

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StudentName:DavidGood Supervisor:MaryDavin

ProjectTitle:EmergencyVolunteerDispatchandManagementSystem.

ResearchQuestion:Canthemanagementanddispatchingofsecond-linevoluntaryemergencyservicesbemademoreefficientthroughtheuseofwebandmobileapplications?

ProjectAbstract:Secondlineemergencyservicesarecalledupontoassistthestatutoryagenciesintimesofsevereweatherincidentsandinlargesearchandrescueoperations.Currentlythereisnosysteminplacefordispatchingsecond-lineservicessuchastheCivilDefence.Thiscanleadtoadelayedresponsetimefromemergencyvolunteers.Thisprojectwillaimtoincreasetheresponsetimeandlevelofresponsefromavoluntaryagency,suchastheCivilDefenceduringnormaldaytimehoursandinparticularduringthenightwhenphonesaregenerallyonsilent.Thisprojecthastwoseparateapplicationsthatworktogethertoincreaseefficiency.Awebapplicationprovidesamanagementconsolefortheofficerinchargetomanagehis/hervolunteerteam.Theconsoleallowsaccesstoawiderangeofmanagementoptionsaswellastheabilitytotriggeranurgentalertforacallout.Themobileapplicationisintendedtobeinstalledoneachvolunteer’sphonewithintheorganisation.Whenacallgoesout,theapplicationwillforcethevolunteer’sphoneoutofsilentandplayatonesimilartothatofapager.Thisensuresthevolunteersgetthecalloutmessageandarethenabletorespond.

Technologiesused:HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Firebase, Bootstrap, Java, NPM.

Class:BSc(Hons)WebDevelopment

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StudentName:KevinMaher Supervisor:DrTedScully

ProjectTitle:CITCarpoolMobileApplication

ResearchQuestion:CananefficientcarpoolapplicationbedevelopedtohelpCITstudentsgettocollege?

ProjectAbstract:CarparkingfacilitiesatCITarefrequentlyunabletoaccommodatethenumberofcarsthatarriveeachmorning.Anyoneusingthecarparkingfacilitiesregularlywillnoticethatalargeproportionofthecarsarrivingcontainonlyasingleoccupant.Therefore,itwouldseemthatonesolutiontotheshortageofparkingspaceswouldbetouseacarpoolsystem.Theaimofthisprojectistodevelopamobileapplicationwhichcanfacilitateandmanageacarpoolsystemforthestudents.TheapplicationallowsparticipatingstudentstologinwiththeirMyCITemailaddressandthencreateaprofiletobeusedwithintheapp.Thisincludesenteringaprofilepicture,name,addressandcardetails,alongwithastartandfinishtimeforeachdayoftheweek.Thesystemimplementsanoptimizationalgorithmthatgeneratescarpoolgroupsforalltheparticipatingstudents.Theapplicationtheninformseachstudentoftheircarpoolgroupsvianotifications.Thecarpoolgroupinformationisthendownloaded,includingprofileinformationtohelpidentifyothergroupmembersastheywilllikelybestrangerstoeachother.TheusercanviewthegroupsrouteonamapandthedriverisgiventheoptiontobeginnavigatingtheroutewithGoogleMaps.Themobileapplicationalsoalertspassengerswhenthedriverhasbegundrivingandallowsthemtoviewthedriversprogressonthemap.Themostimportantpartoftheapplicationisthegenerationofthecarpoolgroupswhichrequiredthedevelopmentofanoptimizationalgorithm.Thealgorithmconsidersseveralfactorsincludingtheaddress,starttimeandfinishtimeofeachstudent,whengeneratingthegroups.Forthealgorithmtobeeffectiveitalsoaimstoensureeachcarhasaminimumoftwooccupantswherepossible,butwillideallyhavethreeormoreoccupants.Italsoensuresthestudentswillarriveatthecollegeontimeandthatthedriversrouteiskeptasshortaspossible.Thevaryingstartandfinishtimesthatstudentshavebecauseoftheirtimetablesaddsfurthercomplexity.Toaddresstheseissuesandgenerateeffectivegroupsseveraloptimizationtechniqueswereresearchedincludingparticleswarm,antcolonyandgeneticalgorithms.Theimplementedalgorithmusesanantcolonyoptimizationtechnique,anoptimizationtechniquebasedonthewayantsfindtheshortestroutebetweenthenestandafoodsource.Usingthisalgorithmtheapplicationisabletogeneratetheeffectivecarpoolgroupsrequired.

Technologiesused:Android,GoogleMapsAPI’s,Firebase,Bluemix,Cloudant,NodeJS,Python

4Class:BSc(Hons)SoftwareDevelopment

StudentName:WilliamBarrett Supervisor:HelenFagan

ProjectTitle:BuildSharedLibraryFuzzingCapabilitiesIntoSoftwareDevelopmentAutomationFrameworks

ResearchQuestion:I

ProjectAbstract:Intheinformationage,muchofourdailyroutinesandbusinesspracticesrevolvearoundtechnologiesreliabilityanditssecurity.Whilemanydevelopmentprocessesarebeingpracticedandwidelytaught,itisstilldifficulttosaythatasoftwareisdefect/vulnerabilityfree.Whilesomedefectsmayonlybeminor,otherscanresultinlossofbusiness,resourcesandevenlife.Withpracticesinplacehavingbeenproveneffective,thereisalwaysroomforimprovement.FuzzTestingorFuzzingisanautomatedtechniqueusedtodetecterrorsandloopholesinsoftware.Fuzzingtestsasoftware'sboundariesandvalidationusinginvaliddatainavarietyofdifferentways(FileFormats,APIcalls,NetworkProtocols,Inputsandmore).Inrealworldapplications,theseinputvectorscanbecomespoiledtocausefailure.Thiscanhappennaturallyviarelativecontextnoise,orintentionallybyamaliciousthirdparty.Fuzzinghascapturedtheattentionofmanyindustryleadersandnowholdsaplaceinthesoftwaredevelopmentlife-cycle.However,itrequiresitsownplaceawayfromsystemsintegration/unittesting.Thepurposeofthisprojectistoassessameansofintegratingfuzzingwithsoftwareautomationframeworks.Thefocuswillbeplacedonsharedlibraryfuzzing,duetoalackoflightweightsolutionsavailable.Typically,toreapthebenefitsofsharedlibraryfuzzing,onewouldhavetodownloadwholefuzzingsuites.Thiscancauseclutterandspecializedknowledgeisnecessary.Thesolutionwillprovideaneasytouse,easytointegratesharedlibraryfuzzerthatrequiresminimaltraining.ByprovidingthissolutionIhopetomakethebenefitsoffuzzingmoreappealingandcosteffective.

Technologiesused:Python,c++,ctypes,Pycharm,VisualStudio


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StudentName:RobertO'Riordan Supervisor:DrPaulDavern

ProjectTitle:EducationalVideoGameUsedtoReduceMentalIllnessStigma

ResearchQuestion:Isitpossibletoreducestigmatowardsthosesufferingfrommentalillnessusinganeducationalvideogame?

ProjectAbstract:Irelandcurrentlyfacesalargementalhealthproblem.ArecentstudydonebytheRoyalCollegeofSurgeonsrevealsthatIrishyouthhaveahigherrateofmentalhealthproblemsthanthatoftheirpeersinEuropeandtheUSA.Ontopofthisproblem,anothermorerecentstudybySt.PatricksMentalHealthServicesrevealsthatlargepercentagesofpeopleinIrelandthinkthatmentalillnesssufferersareuntrustworthyandviewmentalhealthdifficultyasasignofpersonalfailure.MyprojectseekstopartiallyaddressthisissueofmentalillnessstigmainIrelandbydevelopinganarrative-focusedvideogameintendedtosubtlyeducateayoungeraudienceontheimportanceofbeingsupportivetoafriendsufferingfrommentalillness.Inthegame,playersareplacedintheroleofateenagedcharacterwhotravelstoafictional,Irish,islandcommunitytovisittheiruncleforabriefperiod.Whilehelpingyourunclewithsimple,chore-liketasksaroundtheisland,youarereintroducedtoanoldfriendfromyourchildhood.Throughavarietyofuniqueinteractionswiththischaracter,playerstakepartinconversations,bothinpersonandviaphonemessaging,inwhichtheycanmakespecificchoicesofwhattosaytothisfriend,rangingfrompositivetonegative.Positiveresponsesimprovetheirrelationshipwiththecharacter,leadingtoadditionaluniqueinteractionswheretheylearnmoreaboutthecharacter’sbackstoryandillnessthattheystrugglewith.Negativeresponsesresultinlessinteractionswiththecharacter,leavingtheplayertospendmostoftheirtimeworkingontheuninterestingtasksassignedbyyouruncle.

Technologiesused:GodotGameEngine,GDScript,Inklewriter


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StudentName:EilishO’Tuama Supervisor:DrPaulDavern

ProjectTitle:OverHere!–IncidentandLocationMonitoringSystem

ResearchQuestion:Canincidentreactiontimeandlocationtrackingforruraland/orelderlyindividualsbeimprovedthroughtheuseofanAndroiddevice,withouttheneedforexternalsensors?

ProjectAbstract:CurrentlyinIrelandmanyruralareashavelowemergencyresponsetimesanditcanbeverydifficultforemergencyunitstopinpointtheexactlocationwhereincidentshaveoccurred.Thetargetresponsetimeforanambulancerespondingtoalife-threateningsituationcurrentlystandsat8minutes.InIrelandlastyearonly26.6%ofemergencycallswererespondedtowithinthattargettimeandthisdropsto6.6%whendealingwithruralareas.Usingthissystem,preciseinformationcanbesentatthetimeofanincidenttopredefinedcontactsoremergencyservicestoimprovethechancesofhittingtargetresponsetimes,thusincreasingpeople’schancesofsurvivalfromtheirinjuries.Thisprojectalsoaddressestheissueofbeingabletotrackindividualswhosecurrentlocationisunknown,particularlythosewhocannotberelieduponforinformation,suchasAlzheimer’sandDementiasufferers,whomayhaveforgottentheirsurroundings.Currently,studiesshowthat6outof10peoplewithDementiawillwanderandthenbecomedisorientedwiththeirsurroundings.Thiscanbecomedangerousiftheyareinanunfamiliarsettingandcannotbefoundquicklywhichcancausegreatdistressfortheindividual’sfamilyandlovedones.Allthisinformationissupportedbyacloud-basedwebapplicationwheretheuser'seventinformation,currentlocationandmovementscanbeviewableforanalysis.

Technologiesused:Android,SpringBoot,Heroku,PostgreSQL,GoogleMaps,HighCharts


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StudentName:DaraShorten Supervisor:DrPaulDavern

ProjectTitle:MicroservicesDevelopmentandOrchestration

ResearchQuestion:DevelopawebbasedapplicationwithamicroservicearchitectureusingtheTwitterAPItogeographicallydisplaytweets.

ProjectAbstract:InthemodernerapeoplepostthevastmajorityoftheiropinionsonsocialmediasuchasFacebookandTwitter.Thisapplicationgeographicallyrepresentspeople'stweets.Theapplicationisdevelopedwithamicroservicearchitecture.TheapplicationsearchesfortweetsonaparticulartopicusingtheTwitterAPIanddisplaythemonamap.Thefinalwebdashboardpresentsaninteractiveworldmapshowingthelocationsoftweetsonthattopic.Afteradesignphase,wherealltheneededmicro-servicesmustbeidentifiedandspecified,eachmicroservicewillbeimplementedseparately,preferablyusingatleasttwodifferentlanguagesorframeworksinordertodemonstratetheirisolation.TheuseofDockerwillhelpwithcontinuousdeliveryofthisapplicationitalsoallowsforeasyportabilityacrossoperatingsystems.ThebiggestfactorforchoosingDockeristheeaseofscalability.Thebackendofthisapplicationwillhavetodealwiththousandsofdifferenttweetsunderdifferentterms.Beingabletoscaleupanddowneasilyisextremelyusefulforsuchanapplication.Theuseofmicro-serviceswillallowextraresourcesbeingallocatedtocertainpartsoftheapplication.Unlikeamonolithicservicemicro-serviceswillallowtheallocationofextraresourcestocertainpartsoftheprojectsuchasscrapingtheTwitterAPIfortweetsofadesiredtopic.Amajorbenefitofmicroservicesisthatifonemicro-servicefailsduringruntimeonlythefunctionofthatmicro-serviceisimpacted.Itmayinterferewithacertainpartoftheapplication,howeverasawholeitdoesn’tcompletelytakedowntheentireapplication.Withanapplicationthathassuchaheavyworkloadtheuseofmicro-servicesisvitaltoprovideagooduserexperience.

Technologiesused:Docker,Node.js,NPM,Java,JQuery,Eureka,MongoDB,GoogleMaps,Bootstrap


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StudentName:AlanSheehan Supervisor:DrJohnCreagh

ProjectTitle:HomeMonitoring&AutomationSystemwiththeInternetofThings

ResearchQuestion:CantheInternetofThingsbeusedtoautomateandmonitorahousehold?

ProjectAbstract:TheInternetofThingshasrapidlybecomeoneofthemosttalkedabouttechnologiesinrecentyears.TheInternetofThings,orIoTforshort,isdefinedastheinterconnection,viatheinternet,ofcomputingdevicesembeddedineverydayobjects,enablingthemtosendandreceivedata.IoThaspavedthewayforawiderangeofnewapplicationpossibilities,includingenvironmentalmonitoring,infrastructure&energymanagement,automationandmore.TheobjectiveofthisprojectwastoexploretheapplicationoftheInternetofThingsinahousehold.Theaimistodevelopahomeautomationsystemwhichwouldimprovethehomeowner’squalityoflife.AnumberofRaspberryPicomputersaredeployedinahousehold,equippedwithvarioussensorsandactuators,whichenablereal-timemonitoringaswellasautomationofsomeday-to-daytasksinthehouse.Theimplementationfocusedonthreemainaspectsofthemodernhome–temperaturemonitoring&control,securityandproducemanagement.Thisfunctionalityisprovidedbyasensorboard,cameraandweighingscalerespectively.Theresultisahomemanagementsystemwithacentralpointofcontrol:anAndroidsmartphoneapplication.

Technologiesused:Java,Python,Spring,InternetofThings,AndroidDevelopment,MQTT,Linux&Hardware


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StudentName:MonikaHajkova Supervisor:DrJohnCreagh

ProjectTitle:DynamicBlacklistingBasedonanIPReputationDatabase

ResearchQuestion:HowcanyoublacklistIPaddressesbasedontheirreputationinIBM’sX-Forcedatabase?

ProjectAbstract:Technologyhasbecomeabigpartofpeople’severydaylife.MajorityofthedevicescanconnecttotheInternetwiththeirMACaddressandanIPaddress.ThetwoaddressesworktogetherasapassportwhenaccessingtheInternetoverthestandardcommunicationmethod,TCP/IPprotocol.WhileMACaddressesareuniquetoeachdeviceandshouldneverchange,theIPaddresscaneitherbestaticordynamic.BecauseIPaddressescanchange,dependingonthenetworkyouareconnectedto,itisbecomingincreasinglydifficultforsecurityadministratorstomonitorandblacklistIPaddressesfrommalicioussites,botnets,orcommandandcontrolservers.IftheadministratorsweretoblacklistsuchIPaddresses,itmayresultinblockinggenuineusersorservices.Currently,IBMhaveateamofsecurityprofessionalscalledX-ForceResearch.Thesesecurityprofessionalsmonitorandanalysesecurityissuesfromavarietyofsources,providingthreatintelligencecontent.PartoftheX-ForceAPIisanIPreputationdatabase.TheproposedsolutionisaprocessthatwouldblacklistanIPaddressafterverifyingitsreputationintheX-Forcedatabase,andwouldre-authoriseitassoonasitisdeemedacceptableagain.Thiswouldbringextraprotectiontoawebserverwithouthavingtheundesirablesideeffects.OnceanIPaddresshasgonethroughthatcycle,itcanbeconsideredbeinginagreyarea.Thismeansthatevenifitwasconsideredclean,itwouldstillbecheckedonaregularbasistomakesureithasn'tbeenusedbysomemalicioussoftwareagain.ThisallowsyoutotakesomemeasuresagainstthatIPbeforeithitsthewebserver.

Technologiesused:Python,X-Force,ELK,WordPress,Nginx,Apache


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StudentName:JoelSatkauskas Supervisor:DrJohnCreagh

ProjectTitle:AStatisticalAnalyticalSolutionforRetailerReceipts

ResearchQuestion:Canwegatherdataonpeople’sreceiptstogetabetterinsighttotheirshoppinghabits?

ProjectAbstract:SNIPPhasmanyprogramsweretheyrewardconsumersforcertainproductsbought.Theycollectalotofreceiptsfromusersbutonlyusethemtoconfirmthatacertainproductwaspurchased.Thereisalargepotentialhereforbig-datagatheringandusingthatdatatodisplayanalyticinformationtoSNIPP’sclients.Receiptshavealotofinformationinthemandcangiveagoodinsightintoconsumersandtheirshoppinghabits.Productproducerscouldgreatlybenefitfromthisinformationastheonlyotheralternativeispayingtheretailerforthisdata.Thisprojectexplorestheideaofusingopticalcharacterrecognitiontoreadthereceiptsthataresubmittedbyconsumersandgatherstatisticsfromthem.ThedatawouldbeextractedandthenbedisplayedtotheuserusingtheGoogleMapsandChartsAPIasitsmainmeans.Thesestatisticscanbeanythingfromgenderratioofconsumers,todaysoftheyearthatacertainproductismostbought.

Technologiesused:C#,ASP.NETMVC,MongoDB,TesseractOCR,GoogleChartsAPI,GoogleMapsAPI,Angualr.js,Typescript,JavaScript,Html,CSS,Git,VisualStudio,JQuery,ISS,AJAX.


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StudentName:DaveKavanagh Supervisor:DrJohnCreagh

ProjectTitle:OpticalCharacterRecognitionforBettingPointofSaleSystems

ResearchQuestion:CanOpticalCharacterRecognitionbeeffectivelyutilisedtoautomatetheprocessofacceptingpaperbetsinaBookmakers?

ProjectAbstract:Thisprojectaimstoserveasaproofofconcept(PoC),thatopticalcharacterrecognition(OCR)couldbeemployedtoeffectivelyenhancecommonbusinesspracticeinretailbettingenvironments.Theproblemaddressedisthatof“translating”bets,aspecificusecasethatistriggeredbytheeventofacustomerplacingabetinabettingshop.Whenabetisplacedinstore,acustomerwritesthebetonpaperandhandsittothebettingassistant,whothenscansthebetuponwhichpointanimageofthebetisaddedtoaqueue,inthebetmanagementsystem,ofbetsthatneedtobe“translated”.Thistranslationismanualdataentry,wherebythecontentsofthebetaswrittenonthebettingsliparetypedupandsavedinthebetmanagementsystem.ThisPoCaimstoexhibitthatOCRcanalleviatetheworkloadcausedbytheneedtotranslatebets,byextractingtextfrombettingslipimagesandrecordingthedataautomaticallyinthebettingmanagementsystem.Theabovedetailedproofofconceptisincorporatedinaweb-applicationthatconsistsoffullbet,race,customerandusermanagementcapabilities,andamobilebettingapplicationhasalsobeendevelopedthatinterfaceswiththebettingmanagementsystem.

Technologiesused:OCR,Python,Java,Spring,jQuery,Ajax,MySQL,Android


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StudentName:YuliyaVerbishchuk Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:DemonstrationofsoftwaredefinedcontrolofwhiteboxReconfigurableOpticalAddDropMultiplexers(ROADMs)

ResearchQuestion:HowtoachieveprecisecontrolofwhiteboxopticalROADMsusingsoftwaredefinedtechniques?

ProjectAbstract:Softwaredefinednetworks(SDN)isanemergingparadigmwhichischangingthewaynetworksanddatacentresarebuilt,maintainedandoperatedatscale.SDNseparatesthecontrolplaneanddataplane;forwardingstateinthedataplaneisprogrammedandconfiguredwithacontroller.SDNtechniquesarewell-advancedonpacket-basedforwardingdevices,i.e.Layer2Ethernetswitchesdeployedwithinwarehousescaledatacentres.Theyarelessadvancedwithopticalswitchesthatworkbyreceivingandemittingopticalcarriers,i.e.coloursoflightthatmaycontaindatapackets.Theprojectwilldevelopmethodstocontrolandswitchanincomingsetofopticalcarrierstoasetofoutputports.ThiswillallowthecontrollertodynamicallycontroltheROADMandchoosewhatsignaltobemultiplexed.Itwillalsoallowcontrolofthepowerandgainofthesignal.ThewhiteboxopticalROADMdevicewilluseopensoftwaretoprogramtheforwardingfunction.Theprojectwillhelptoimprovebandwidthmanagementandqualityofserviceonopticalfibresbetweenlocationsinatelecommunicationsnetwork.TheuseofROADMsinopticaltransportnetworksprovidestheabilitytoeasilyturnupbandwidththroughfastercircuitprovisioningandactivation,simplifiedreconfigurationandreallocationofbandwidthandimprovedagility.

Technologiesused:YANG,NetConf,ONOS,Netopeer,UbuntuServer

Class:BSc(Hons)ITManagement

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StudentName:RobertKowalczyk Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:TechnologiesinContainerizedEnvironments

ResearchQuestion:Howcancontainerizationbeusedtotestanddeployservices?

ProjectAbstract:ContainerizationisamethodofOperatingSystemlevelvirtualization.Itisalightweightalternativetofullsystemvirtualization(i.e.systemvirtualmachines)promisingbetterutilizationofresources.Intheworldofvirtualization,thereisspaceforimprovementswhichcanbeprovidedbycontainerization,e.g.provisioningmoreresourcesatlowercostsandoverhead.ContainerizationhasalsogainedsignificantpopularityamongdevelopersasitprovideseasierapplicationportabilitybetweendifferentOSdistributions.Thisprojectaimstodeliveracontainerizedenvironmentusingtrendingtechnologiesinthearea,specificallyDockerandKubernetes.ItwilluseadistributionbasedontheUbuntuOSanddeliverascalableenvironmentthatcanbecentrallymanagedandmonitored.Lastly,theprojectwillincorporateabriefcomparativeanalysisbetweencontainerizationandfullsystemvirtualization(i.e.containerizationversusVMs).

Technologiesused:Docker,Kubernetes,VMwareWorkstation,UbuntuOS


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StudentName:DeclanCahill Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:HyperConvergedInfrastructure-KeepingTheFutureTogether.

ResearchQuestion:Howcanhyperconvergedinfrastructurehelpwiththemanagementofoperationsinacloudenvironment?

ProjectAbstract:Therehasbeenaninformationboominthedigitaluniverseinrecentyears,withenormousamountsofinformationbeingproduced,gatheredandanalyseddaily.ThisinformationboomhasbeenasignificantcontributingfactorintherecentconvergenceofbusinessandIT,withbusinessesincreasinglydependentonITsystems,particularlycloudenvironments,fordeliveryoftheiroperationsandapplications.HyperConvergedinfrastructure(HCI)isarecenttrendincloudcomputingthatallowsextremelyefficientmanagementofresourcesinacloudenvironment.AccordingtoGartner,Inc.,theareawillbeworth€5Billionby2019,clearlysignalingHCIasthefutureforcloudcomputing.

Technologiesused:ESXi6.0,VCSA6.0,windowsserver2012,convergedinfrastructure.


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StudentName:OrlaStanton Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:Ananalysisofaprivate,on-premisesvirtualdesktopsolutionforanInstituteofTechnologyenvironment

ResearchQuestion:WhichVDIsolutionwouldbemostsuitableforanInstituteofTechnologyenvironmentandwhy?

ProjectAbstract:TheobjectiveofthisprojectistoidentifythebenefitsofavirtualenvironmentimplementationinanInstituteofTechnologyandtoinvestigatethevariousvirtualdesktopinfrastructure(VDI)technologiescurrentlyavailable.AcomparativeanalysisofthevirtualenvironmentsoftwoInstitutesofTechnology,namelyCITandDIT,wasperformed.Thekeymetricsofinterestincludethevarietyandeaseofuseofdesktops,andtheresultingbenefitstoadministrationstaffandstudents.Aspectstobeinvestigatedincludetheinfrastructureanddesign,thesoftwarerequired,andtheinstallation,administrationandconfigurationoftheenvironment.Insummary,theprojectisananalysisofhowanInstituteofTechnologycouldimplementavirtualdesktopsolution,takingintoaccountthespecificrequirementsofaneducationalenvironment.

Technologiesused:VMwareView7,CiscoServers,Microsoftimages


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StudentName:BrianHennessey Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:NetworkTrafficAnalyzerforaPharmaceuticalPlant

ResearchQuestion:Willimplementingareal-timenetworkmonitorpreventunplanneddowntimeduetonetworkflooding?

ProjectAbstract:Theamountofdatathatisgenerated,usedandstoredinanActivePharmaceuticalIngredient(API)plantisstaggering.Thiscouldbeanythingfromthetemperatureofacertainvat,tothestatusofoneofthefilterdryers,tothelatestpercentageyieldproducedbyabatchofproduct.AllofthisdataiscarriedacrosstheDistributedControlSystem(DCS)oftheplant.EachcontrollerisconnectedviaEthernettotheplantnetwork.DeltaVisthesoftwarethatprovidesautomationoftheDCSintheplantinquestion.Thisprojectcameaboutduetothelackofanidentifiedserviceinplantoperation.AnerroroccurredrecentlyinaplantDCScomponentcausingthecomputerinquestiontofloodtheplantnetworkwithtraffic.Theerrorwentunnoticeduntilthenetworkshutdownunderthestrainofthetrafficlevel,resultinginalmost48hoursofunplanneddowntime.Theprimarygoalofthisprojectistoprovideanapplicationthatcandistributealertsifaproblemisoccurringsomewhereintheplant.Networktrafficisconstantlymonitoredandloggedasnecessary.Alertsarethenpropagatedtorelevantindividualsshouldaspecifiedthresholdlimitbebrokenforacertainperiodoftime.Thesealertscontaininformationaboutthecurrentnetworksituation-forexample,whichdevicesaregeneratingmoretrafficthanusual.

Technologiesused: Eclipse,DeltaV,Jpcap,Install4j,Wireshark

Class:BSc(Hons)ComputerSystems

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StudentName:PaulFoley Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:Helpr

ResearchQuestion:Creatingamobileapplicationthatallowschildrenwithlanguageand/orcommunicationdisorderstoeasilycommunicatewiththeirparent/guardian.

ProjectAbstract:Theapplicationisdesignedtoallowchildrenwithlanguageand/orcommunicationdisorderstocommunicatewiththeirparents/guardiansviaemailand/orshortmessageservice(SMS).Italsoprovidesanalyticswhichcanbeusedbyparentsormedicalprofessionalstoidentifytrendsorabnormalitiesinthechild'sbehaviourandprovideinsightintothethoughts,feelingsandneedsofthechild.Giventhattheanticipatedend-userisachildwithcommunicationdifficulties,usabilityisofcentralimportance.Theinterfaceisbasedona“one-click”methodologyandisdesignedinawaywhichallowschildrentoeasilyinterpretthefunctionalityofeachbutton.Theapplicationisdesignedtobeeasytouseforbothchildrenandparents/guardians.

Technologiesused:Android,Java,XML,Firebase,Facebook,Google,SQLite,GraphView,GitHub,Dropbox,ProGuard,Samsung.


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StudentName:RoryKelleher Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:InternetofThingsenhancedDigitalBabyMonitor

ResearchQuestion:Cannewtechnologybeappliedtoanurserystapletoincreasefunctionality,satisfactionandpeaceofmind?

ProjectAbstract:Theoverallgoalofthisprojectwastodevelopaunifiedsystemwhereausercancheckontheirchildusingexistingtechnologyinthehome(asopposedtorequiringaplethoraofnewdevices).ARaspberryPibasedmonitorwillpushalldatatoafullyfunctionalandlivewebsite.Thewebsitewillhavesupportforallbrowsersandhavedynamicscalingformobiledevices.Thiswillenableittobeusedontabletsandsmartphonesalike.Therearetobethreeprimaryfunctions:

1. VideoStream:asolidvideostreamwillbethecornerstoneoftheproject.Thiswillallowusers/parentstocheckinontheirbabyfromanywhereandanydevice.

2. AudioStream:anaudiofeedtomonitorforcriesorissues.

3. Temperature/Humidity:twosensorstotracktemperatureandhumiditylevelsinthe

room.Thesefunctionswillcombinetocreateasystemthatwillprovideparentswithaplatformtocheckontheirchildrenwithoutbeinggroundedbyatraditionalreceiver.

Technologiesused:HTML5,JavaScript,Python,PHP,RasbianJeese,Node.js,.mp3livestream,.h264videolivestream.


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StudentName:StephenCoveney Supervisor:DavidMurphy

ProjectTitle:Silentoneclick-basedapplicationforsafetyconcerns

ResearchQuestion:Canwecreateasilentandfastapplicationtoalertauthoritiesinthecaseofanysafetyconcern?

ProjectAbstract:Unfortunatelyinthisdayandage,situationsoftenarisewherepeople’spersonnelsafetyisputindanger.Sincesmartphoneshavebecomesoubiquitousinsociety,alogicalstepisthedevelopmentofaphoneapplicationtohelpusersinsituationssuchasthese.Theapplicationwillfeaturealocation-basedalertsystem,visualisedviaGoogleMaps.ItwillallowtheusertoauthenticatethemselvesrapidlyviatheirGoogleaccountcredentials.ThehomepagewillshowlocationsofongoingalertsandaGoogleMaprepresentationoftheircurrentlocation.Aclearlyrepresentediconwillbeavailablefortheusertocreatetheirownalert.Thisalertwillrecordtheuser'sgeolocation,togetherwithdetailssuchastheirname,phonenumber,etc.,andsendthesetoareal-timedatabasewhichismonitoredbytheauthorities.Theuserwillbeabletoaccessfurtherinformationoneachalertlistedbyselectingitfromthelist.Selectionofanalertwillopenanotherpagewithanyrelevantinformationfromtheauthoritiesabouttheattack,togetherwithalistofusersthathavedeclaredthemselvessafeinthatlocation(thefunctionalityforausertodeclarethemselvessafewillbeprovidedwithintheapp).TheprojectwillbedevelopedusingAndroidStudioinconjunctionwithacloudbaseddatabasetoreceivedatafromtheapplication.AuthenticationoftheuserwillbemadeusingtheirGoogleaccount,connectingtotheGmailAPI.Tofindthegeolocationoftheuser,theappwillmakeuseoftheGoogleMapsAPI.

Technologiesused:Java,AndroidStudio,SQLite,NoSQLDatabase,JSON,GoogleFirebase,GoogleAuthentication,GoogleMapsAPI,GmailAPI.


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StudentName:ThomasOHalloran Supervisor:MaryDavin

ProjectTitle:FranchiseManagementSystem.

ResearchQuestion:Couldamanagementsystemimprovetheoverallperformanceofafranchisebusinessthroughcontentorganisationandreporting?

ProjectAbstract:ThisprojectisthedevelopmentofasuiteofapplicationsthatworktogethertocreateaFranchiseManagementSystem.Thissystemprovidesafranchisebusinesswithasoftwaresolutiontomanagealllocationswithinthefranchisebusiness.Thissystemgivesthefranchisebusinesstheabilitytorapidlyexpandbyprovidingtoolstocreatenewbusinesslocationsandtocontrolthecontentthatisshowntocustomersforeachbusinesslocationseparately.TodemonstratetheeffectivenessaFranchiseManagementSystemtheapplicationdevelopedisappliedtoacinemafranchise.A cinema franchise consists of multiple locations with each location having unique content. Eachlocationconsistsofanumberofscreens,alistofavailablemovies,amovieshowtimeschedule,andprice lists. Thenatureof a cinema franchise is that their content changes regularlywithnewmoviereleases.Withnocontentmanagement system inplace, thewebsite/mobileappwhich isdisplayingthecontentwouldneedtobeupdatedregularlybysoftwaredevelopers.Allcontentrelatedtoeachlocation can be modified through the content management application and when saved can bedisplayedonthemobileapplicationwithouttheneedforsoftwaredevelopers.Thissystemalsoincludesanaccountmanagementsectiontoallowafranchisetoaddnewmanagersandassignpermissionsrelatedtotheirrole. FranchiseManagerandLocationManageraretherolesavailable inthissystem.Afranchisemanagercancontrolallcontentforall locationsandcanupdatetheaccountmanagementsectionwhereasalocationmanagerisassignedtoasinglelocationandcanonlyeditcontentforthatlocation.Toenhance this system Ihavealso includeda reportingandanalytics sectionwhich canbeused tomonitortheperformanceofeachlocationorthefranchiseasawhole.ThisfunctionalitycouldassistaFranchiseManager tomake crucialbusinessdecisions in relation to specific franchise locationswithregardtotheirperformanceorlackthereof.Itcoulddriveinvestmenttoareaswherealocationisnotperformingortoalocationthatneedstoexpand.

Technologiesused:VisualStudio,AndroidStudio,XCode,AngularJS,Javascript,HTML,CSS,Java,Python,Flask,SQLite,REST,HTTP


21StudentName:DeclanKelly Supervisor:EoinO’Regan

ProjectTitle:FirstLetters-LearningtoWriteforPrimarySchoolChildren

ResearchQuestion:Canamobileapplicationbedevelopedtoaidachildintheirinitialstepstowardslearningtowrite?

ProjectAbstract:Withtheproliferationoftechnologyandtheinternetintoalmostallaspectsofoureverydaylives,

childrenevenofschoolstartingagearereadilyfamiliarwithsmartphonesandtablets.They

alreadyusethemforplayinggamesorwatchingvideos,sothisfamiliarityprovidesanopportunity

todevelopanapptoaidchildrenwhentheyarelearningtowrite.

Theaimoftheprojectistodevelopamobileapplicationthatwillallowachildtowritelettersona

touchscreendevicewiththeirfinger(orstylus).Theapplicationwillthenbeabletocheckifthe

lettermatchescorrectlyoneofthe26lettersofthealphabetandgivefeedbacktothechild.

Itwillbeanimportantaspectthateveniftheygetaletterwrongtheappwillencourageachildto

tryagain.Tothisendasystemofstarsorotherbadgeswillbeusedtointroduceagamefeelto

aidinthelearningprocess.

Afterasession,theappwillsaveprogresstopreserveachild’sscoreforthenexttimethechild

usesit.Achild’sprogressreportwillalsobepossibletoviewbyaparentorteachertomonitor

progress.Theappwillalsoallowforthesettingupofpersonalisedtasksforthechildsuchas

lettersthatthechildfindsmoredifficultbyaparentorteacher.

Technologiesused:Android,Java,AndroidStudio,SQLite.GSON,Gradle,GoogleTouchGestures.


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StudentName:IsamBrahim Supervisor:EoinO’Regan

ProjectTitle:DiabeticManagementSystemasaService

ResearchQuestion:Canwecreateamobileappallowingpeopletobettertakecareoftheirdiabetes?

ProjectAbstract:Nowadays,Diabetes iswidespread,affectingyoung,middleagedandolderperson fromseveralcontinent around the globe. Diabetes hasmany side effects such as tiredness, excessive thirst,nausea,heartdiseaseandstroke.Inordertocontrolthesessideeffectsandavoidanyfurthercomplication,diabetesarerequiredtomonitortheirbloodglucoselevelsondailybasis,takemedicationtoremedytheirglucoselevelsandalwaysavoidconsumingdrinks&foodswithhighsugarcontent.Traditionally diabetics managing their condition using logbooks for daily input, text books fornutritional information however due tomobile apps ubiquitous onwhich this project is based,manyofdailytasksnecessaryfordiabetescanbecombinedintooneprimarysourcetoincreasetheefficiencytomanageandmonitortheircondition.ThisProject'smaingoalistodevelopanandroidappwiththepurposeofhelpingdiabeticstomanagetheirillness.Themanagementsystemaimsto:� Provideasimpleinterfaceforallowingdailyinputofdiabeticglucoselevel,insulinorpills

takenandcommentspacesforuser’simportantnotes.� Provideinterfacetoenterpersonname,surname,age,height,mobile,doctoremail,

emergencycontact,diabetictypeandgender.� Visualizeallofdiabetic’spersonaldata,suchasdailyinputwhichissavedtodatabase,

buildupovertime.� Graphicviewforglucoselevelwiththeoptionofselectdatetoview.� Actsasalertforusersifheforgettotakebloodglucoselevels.� Sendanalertemailandmessagewithuserdetailsandlocationinemergencywhenuser

needassistance.� Storeallhisdetailsanddailyinputsinthecloudtoviewwhenheneededfromanydevice

whenhelogin.� Actsasasourceofinformation,cuttingouttheneedfortirelesslysearchingforrequired

informationelsewhere.

Technologiesused:Java,JavaScript,AndroidStudio,NodeJS,MySQL,PHP,Authentication,API.


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StudentName:MartinBluszcz Supervisor:GaryCouse

ProjectTitle:OutdoorAugmentedrealityTreasurehuntapplication.

ResearchQuestion:ApplicationoflocationbasedaugmentedrealityforAndroidandiOSusingUnity3D

ProjectAbstract:AugmentedReality(AR)hasbecomeoneofthehottopicsinrecentyears.Project’saimisto

implementAugmentedrealitytechnologyusingUnity3DforAndroidandiOSplatformstocreatea

treasurehuntgame.

Theapplicationwillallowitsuserstocreateatreasurehuntgamesandsharethemamongothers.

Also,theappwilltakeadvantageofcamerafeedandothersensorsavailabletooverlaydatain

usersviewusingARSDK’savailableforUnity3D.TheappwilluseKudanARmarker-less

capabilitiestoshowobjectinthecamerafeed.

ApplicationwillalsouseMapBoxSDKandit’sgeocodingfacility,totranslateusercoordinatesin

bothwayse.g.reverseandforward.Additionally,oneofthemostinterestingfeaturesMapBox

hastoofferistheirDirectionAPI,implementedforthepurposeoftheTreasureHuntApptopoint

usersinrightdirection

ApplicationwillalsouseservicesprovidedbyFirebase.Firebaseprovidesarealtimedatabases

andbackendasaservices,whichgivesusersfastdatafeedsandstoresthedatasafelyonthe

cloud.FirebaseAuthfacilityallowsforauthorizationandmanagementsystemforregistration.

Technologiesused:Unity3D,MapBoxSDKforUnity3D,KudanAR,FirebaseSDK,SamsungGalaxyS4Active,MicrosoftVisualStudio2017,C#


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StudentName:JadeO’Sullivan Supervisor:GaryCouse

ProjectTitle:Usingmobiledevicesandvariouswebtechnologiestohelpincreasemotivationinweightmanagement.

ResearchQuestion:Howcanwebtechnologiesbeusedwithmobiledevicestohelpencourageuserstomaintainahealthylifestyle?

ProjectAbstract:Thepurposeofthisprojectistousewebtechnologiesandmobiledevices,alongwithmotivationaltechniquestoencourageindividualstomaintainahealthylifestylethroughacombinationofdietandexercise.Thefirstpartofthisprojectinvolvesresearchingdifferenttechniquestohelpmotivateusersincluding:� Dailyfoodandexerciselogsallowindividualstotrackandmonitortheirprogress� WeightLogsallowtheusertoviewahistoryoftheirweight� Acombinationofdifferentchartsandgraphsallowuserstovisuallydocumenttheir

progressincludingtheirweightandtheirBMI.� Notificationmessagesaresenttotheuser’sdeviceatatimespecifiedbythatuser.These

messagesareusedtomotivateindividualsbydisplayinganinspirationalquote,adailyfact,oranencouragingmessage.Eachmessageischosenrandomlyfromthedatabase.ThiscanbecompletedusingtheNotificationsAPI.

� Foodloggingremindersaresenttotheuser’sdevicetoremindthemtologtheirfoodforthatday.

Thesecondpartofthisprojectlooksattheimplementationofmanymodernwebtechnologiesincludingprogressivewebapplications.AlongwiththeServiceWorkersAPI,progressivewebapplicationsallowdeveloperstocreateanapplicationthatcanoffertheuseranativeapp-likeexperiencefromamobilebrowser.Progressivewebapplicationscanprovidetheuserwithanaddedlistoffunctionalitiesincludingtheabilitytologtheirdatawhileoffline.Sinceprogressivewebapplicationsprovidetheuserwithafast,reliable,andengagingexperience,itwillallowtheusertoquicklyandconvenientlymonitorbasicinformationsuchastheirweightandtheirfoodintake.

Technologiesused::HTML,CSS,JavaScript,PHP,CanvasJS,Bootstrap,ServiceWorkers,Notifications,VPSHosting


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StudentName:AlanSmith Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:corasEAM-EmergencyAccommodationManagement.

ResearchQuestion:CanwecreateasmartsystemtomakeEmergencyAccommodationcentresmoreaccessibletothoseinneed?

ProjectAbstract:Homelessnessisamajorissue,notjustinIreland,butworldwide.InIrelandaloneover6000peopleavailofemergencyaccommodationonamonthlybasis,oftenpeoplehavetobeturnedawayduetolackofspace.Thisprojectaccomplishesthefollowinggoals:1.Enableemergencyaccommodationservicestobemoreaccessibletothoseinneed.2.Enablein-depthandpubliclyavailablestatisticstobeavailableabouttheextentofthoseusingemergencyaccommodationservices.3.Enablethoseprovidingsaidservicestobeabletobetterplanresourceallocationthroughdataanalyticsprovidedbythesystem.Thisprojectaddressestheaboveproblemsbyprovidingmultiplesystemswhichworktogethertoletthoseinneedofemergencyaccommodationcheckavailabilityofcentresnearthem,andreserveaspaceifspaceisavailable.Itletscentresthemselvestracktheuseoftheservicesprovidedinamoredetailedway,andprovidesrecommendationsonresourceallocationbasedonpastdataandotherfactors.Thisisachievedbyleveragingsomeofthemostcuttingedgetechnologiesacrossserverinfrastructure,webapplicationdevelopment,mobileapplicationdevelopmentandmachinelearning.

Technologiesused:Angular.JS,Node.JS,Express.JS,CoffeeScript,Android,Java,Python,SciKitLearn,Golang,Echo,Socket.IO,Electronandmanymore.


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StudentName:DarrenSmith Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:Portablenotificationsystemforpeoplewithhearingimpairments.(Alert!fy)

ResearchQuestion:CanwedevelopanITsolutiontoalerthearingimpairmentpeopleintheeventofanemergencyinabuilding?

ProjectAbstract:Hearingimpairmentsisalotmorewidespreadthanmostpeoplerealise.Onaverage2childrenperthousandarebornwithahearingloss,with8%ofIrishadultshavingasignificantdisablinghearinglossand1in3peopleovertheageof65havingasignificantdisablinghearingloss.Intheeventofanemergencyinabuilding(suchasexcessivesmokeorsmellofgas),alertingtheoccupantsquicklyandkeepingtheminformedduringthecourseofthesituationcanreduceinjuriesandsavelives.Theaimofthisprojectistoinvestigate,modelandimplementatechnicalsolutiontoeffectivelyalertpeoplesufferingfromprofounddeafnessandhearingimpairments.Theissueofalertingthehearing-impairedresidentinthescenarioofavisitorarrivingattheirdoorwillalsobeaddressed.Theproposedsolutionfocusesonnotifyingresidentsinthehotelenvironment.Itincludesanadministrationwebsite,ahotelmanagementwebsiteandamobileapplicationforthehotelclients.Thefunctionalityincludesautomaticrecognitionofnearbyusersandtheirautomaticnotificationintheeventofanemergency.Additionalclient-staffcommunicationissupportedtoprovideclientswithdifferentservicesduringtheirstayatthehotel.

Technologiesused:Python,Java,HTML,CSS,JavaScript,MySQL,Android,Django,Bootstrap,RabbitMQ,Git.


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StudentName:AlanRiordan Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:ImprovingTimetableAccessibilityandAttendanceMonitoringSystemsinCITthroughESLRoomTimetableDisplays,MobileTechnologiesandNFC.

ResearchQuestion:CantimetableadministrationandattendancemonitoringinCITbeimprovedbyusinganovelITsolutioncombiningESLdisplays,amobileappandNFC?

ProjectAbstract:Thisprojectaimstoofferamoreautomatedwayfordealingwithtimetableadministration,timetabledeliveryandattendancemonitoringinCIT.Thesystemiscomprisedoftwoprimarycomponents:

1. Anetworkofelectronicroom-timetabledisplays,eachcapableofdisplayingdynamiccontentandautomaticallyupdatingtheirdisplaysinaccordancewithsemestertimetableactivity.Theservicerunsbehindthenetworkofelectronicdisplays,monitoringthetimetabledatabaseforchangesandforwardingupdatestotheappropriatedisplaysaccordingly.Thiseffectivelyautomatesthetaskofupdatingroomtimetables.

2. Amobileapplication,whichservesasaportaltoallinformationrelevanttoCITstudentsandlecturers,includinginformationontimetablechangesandstudentattendance.Ontopofthecommonfunctionalityprovidedtobothstudentsandlecturerstheappallowslecturerstoviewtheattendanceroll-sheetsperclass,aswellastonotifylecturecancellationsduetoillnessorotherreasons.Lectureupdateswillbereflectedinthemobileapplicationandtheappropriateelectronicroom-timetables.Studentsavailofspecificfunctionality,allowingthemtocheck-intoclassusinganNFCtouch-basedconnectionbetweentheelectronicroom-timetableandthemobilephonecontainingtheapp.ThisNFCcheck-inprocessautomatestheprocessofattendancerecording.

Technologiesused:ASP.NETMVC,EntityFramework,MicrosoftSQLServer,MicrosoftAzureCloudPlatformandServices,Android,WindowsServices,ImagotagESL(ElectronicShelfLabel)


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StudentName:MichaelO’Sullivan Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:SportsHub.

ResearchQuestion:Cananandroidapplicationbecreatedforgettingincontactwithpeoplewhowanttoplaysports?

ProjectAbstract:Practisingateamsportisknowntobehealthyandgoodfun.Thus,theamountofsportevents(andpeopleattendingtothem)couldbeincreasedifthecommunityofpotentialuserswantingtoplaycouldbegetincontact.Theprimarygoalofthisprojectistocreateamobileapp-basedsocialmediaserviceallowinguserstoorganise/participateonasportingeventinasportingcategorytheyaremostinterestedin,suchassoccer,tennisorbasketball.Oncethesportseventiscreated,otheruserscanjointhisevent.Eachuserhasitsownprofile,consistingofratingfrompreviouseventsattended.Afteranevent,theeventorganisercanleaveareviewontheplayers,suchastheirperformanceoriftheyshowup.Userscansendfriendrequesttootherusersontheapplicationwhotheymayhaveplayedtogetherwithinapreviousevent.Oncefriends,theycanaddeachothertogroups,wheretheycancreateneweventsand/orsendmessages.

Technologiesused:Android,Node.JS,AWS,Firebase,MySQL,GoogleCloudMessaging,REST,RxJava/Android,Retrofit,Butterknife,GIT


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StudentName:JaneLee Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:Automatinginternshiprecruitmentthroughtheapplicationofmatchingalgorithms.

ResearchQuestion:Caninternshiprecruitmentbeautomatedandenhancedthroughtheapplicationofmatchingalgorithms?

ProjectAbstract:Everyyear50+studentsfromtheComputerSciencedepartmentgoonworkplacement.Ahighnumberofcompaniesofferawiderangeofpositions,lookingforstudentswithanicecombinationoftechnicalandsocialskills.Theaimofthisprojectistosimplify,en-hanceandautomatetheworkplacementrecruitmentprocessatCIT,alsomaximisingthesatisfactionofstudentsandcompanies.Oneofthemajorcostfactorsassociatedwithonlinerecruitmentistime.Thisplatformaimstoreducethiscostfactorforemployersandcandidatesalike,throughtheapplicationofawell-knownmatchingalgorithm(basedontheclassical“stablemarriageproblem”),whichmatchescandidatesandpositionsbasedonpreferences.Toperformsuchmatching,employerandcandidatepreferencesmustbespecified.Employerpreferencesareautomatedthroughpsychometrictesting(whichcandidatescompletefollowingregistration),whilecandidatepreferencesaremanuallychosenfromalistofappliedpositions.Thisautomatedmatchingprocesssignificantlyreducestime-wasting,whilemaximisingthesatisfactionforallinvolvedparties.Theplatformitselfisprofile-based,allowinguserstodisplaytheirinformationontheirpersonalprofilesasopposedtoatraditionalcv.Theaimofthisistoeliminatecv-stylerecruitmentandprovideamoremodernanduserfriendlyinterface,inwhichinformationsuchasexperience,education,availablepositionsandmediaisdisplayed.

Technologiesused:Node.js,MongoDB,Handlebars.Js,Ajax,Python,jQuery,HTML5,CSS3,Bootstrap


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StudentName:SineadMcDonnell Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:PaaSMonitoringApplication.

ResearchQuestion:CanwemonitorawebapplicationhostedbyaPaaSprovidertoseeiftheirServiceLevelAgreement(SLA)isbeingadheredto?

ProjectAbstract:CloudserviceprovidersallowanITcompanytoreduceitsinfrastructurebudgetbyhostingitsapplications/servicesoff-premises(onthecloud)andsubscribingtoSLA-basedpaymentmethods.Withanincreasingnumberofcompaniesfollowingthisavenue,itbecomescrucialtoprovideindependenttestingtoensuresuchtheseSLAsarebeingrespected.ThepurposeofthisprojectistomonitoranapplicationthatisbeinghostedbyaPaaSprovider,forexamplePivotalWebServices(PWS)orAmazonWebServices(AWS).Thekeyelementsbeingmonitoredaretheuptimeandtheloadbalancingoftheapplication.Auserisabletoregisterasmanyapplicationsastheyrequireformonitoring.Themonitoringisdonebyusingapingtotheapplicationthatisbeinghosted.Iftheapplicationisfoundtobedown,thenanemailissenttotheusertonotifythemofsuchevent.Theapplicationalsomonitorsifthehostedapplicationisbeingloadbalancedbyanalyzingtheresponsethatisreturnedfromtheping.Thedatathatisobtainedfromthisisthendisplayedvisuallythroughtheuseofgraphsonthehomepageofeachindividualuser.

Technologiesused:Nodejs,MongoDB,HTML5,Bootstrap,CSS3


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StudentName:JakubPronobis Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:Dietbook-Dietingsocialnetworkingwebsite.

ResearchQuestion:Canadietingsocialnetworkingwebsitebeusedtoencouragehealthyeating?

ProjectAbstract:Nowadays,peoplearebecomingawareofthebenefitsofhavingahealthydiet,eatingfoodsthatprovidetheessentialnutrientsforthehumanbodyandconsumingthesefoodsinmoderation.Thelackofahealthydietisabigprobleminmodernsocieties:OnlyinIreland,aresearchbyIrishHeartFoundationreported61%ofIrishadultstobeobeseoroverweight,andthussusceptibleofsufferingdiabetes,heartdiseaseorhighbloodpressure.However,carryoutahealthydietisnotaneasytask,asitrequiresknowledgeandcommitment.Ashumans,thepossibilityofsharingourexperienceandbeingexposedtotheoneofothershelpsusoncarryingitatask.Inthiscontext,socialnetworksseemtobetheperfectscenariotosharethishealthyeatingexperienceglobally.Theaimofthisprojectistotakeadvantageofsocialnetworkandhealthyeatingtrendstocreateasocialnetworkingwebsitewithdietmanagementfunctionality.Thefunctionalityincludesthepossibilityofaddingingredients,meals,dietsanddietsjourneys,trackingthenutrientsbeingtakenandmeasuringtheweightloss.Thesocialnetworkingcomponentallowstoaccesstheprofilesofotherusers,tobeexposedtotheiringredients,mealsanddiets.

Technologiesused:React.js,MySQL,AmazonWebServices(AWS),Node.js,SourceControl(Bitbucket)


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StudentName:StephenHiggins Supervisor:DrIgnacioCastiñeiras

ProjectTitle:Medicationtrackingandnotificationandroidapplication.

ResearchQuestion:Cananapplicationbedevelopedforthetrackingofmedicationbeingtakenbyauser?

ProjectAbstract:Medicationhelpspeopletoincreasetheirlifeexpectancy.However,withmanymedicationsthatareincompatiblewithoneanother,itisvitalthatpeopleareawareofwhattheyaretakingandwhatnottotaketogether.Thedangersofmixingdifferentmedicationarebothimportantanddifficulttoremember,sohavinganapplicationtrackingthisinformationfortheuserwouldbeextremelybeneficialandwouldhelptopreventanyaccidentallyconsumptionofincompatiblemedication.ThegoalofthisprojectistodevelopanAndroidapplicationforthetrackingandmanagementofthemedicationtobetakenbyauser.Theusercanaddwhatpills/medicationaretobetaken,aswellastheintakefrequency.Theapplicationkeepstrackofthisinformation,triggeringreminderstotheuseratintaketime.Italsocross-referencesmedicaldatatodetermineincompatibilitiesbetweensubmittedmedications.Intheeventthattheuserisoutofmedication,amapshowsthelocationofthenearestpharmacy.Theadministratoroftheapplicationwillbeabletoviewvariousstatisticsrelatingtoinformationenteredbyallusersoftheapplication.

Technologiesused:Java,AndroidStudio,MySQL,GoogleMapsAPI,Github,AWS,MySQLWorkbench


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StudentName:ShaneMurphy Supervisor:DrAlejandroArbelaez

ProjectTitle:OnlineVotingSystemusingBiometricData

ResearchQuestion:IsitpossibletocreateasafeandencryptedplatformtoallowonlinevotingusingasampleofBiometricData?

ProjectAbstract:Theobjectiveofthisprojectistocreateaservicethatwouldallowonlinevotingwhileauthenticatinganindividual'sidentitywiththeuseofthefingerprintscannerfeatureonandroidphones.In2016electionstherewasa64.5%voterturnout,meaningroughly1,170,000votersdidnothavetheirsay,whichcouldbearesultofmultiplereasons,includingeaseofaccessandconflictwithworkschedules.Withthisinmind,Iwishtocombatthelowturnoutandallowaneasierandhassle-freewayofvoting.Voterswillberequiredtoregisteronasitetobecomeaverifieduser.Whenareferendumistakingplace,tovote,auserwilllogintothesiteanda2-wayauthenticationwilltakeplace.Anemailwithauniquetokenwillbesenttotheuserandauniquetokenwillbegeneratedwhenauserverifiestheirfingerprintusingtheandroidapplication.Theuserwillbegivenalimitedamountoftimetoenterbothcodestoallowthemtoproceedtothevotingstage.Onceavotehasbeencasted,countedandcheckedifvotedbyaverifieduser,theidentificationoftheuserwillbestrippedtoallowthevotetobeanonymousanduntraceable.ThewebsitewillbecreatedusingPHP,HTML,CSSandReact.jsandwhichwillbehostedonaserverusingAmazonWebServices.

Technologiesused:MySQL,PHP,HTML,React.js,CSS,AWS,Java,AndroidStudio,Atom,MySqlWorkbench


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StudentName:DarrenSisk Supervisor:DrAlejandroArbelaez

ProjectTitle:FantasyFootballDraftAndroidApplication

ResearchQuestion:Doestheadditionofpopularortrendingfeatureshelporhinderaclassicgamedesign.

ProjectAbstract: FantasyFootballisanextremelypopulargamethatisplayedmymillionsofpeoplearoundtheworld.Thepremiseofitingeneraltermsisthatyouarebasicallythemanagerofyourteamofplayersfromaparticularleague.Formyproject,Iwillbechangingcertainfeaturesbutalsolookingataddinginfeaturesthatarepopularornewlytrendinginotherapplications. Mymainideaistoincorporatetheelementofadraftwhenselectingyourteam,ratherthanthetraditionalmethodofhavingabudgettoselectanyplayersyouwant.SowhatIwoulddoishave11emptyslotsintheteamselectionscreen.Whentheuserclicksononeoftheslots,theywillbepresentedwith5differentplayerswhoplayinthatposition.ThisideaisbasedonafeaturethatwasimplementedintoFIFA16lastyearonthePlayStationandXbox.Iwouldalsoliketoincorporateanelementofanewsfeedtotheapp.ThisissomethingthathadbeenintroducedintopopularfootballgamessuchasProEvolutionSoccerinthelastcoupleofyears.Theyuserscankeepuptodatewiththeirfavouriteteamthroughthegame.Ialsowanttodisplaycertainplayeranalyticsingraphform,todemonstratehowgoodaplayerisperforming,andhowmuchaplayerhasgrowninthelastfewyears.Thisisanicewaytotrackhowyourplayershavebeenperforminginreallife.

Technologiesused:Java,AndroidStudio,PHP,SQL,PHPAdmin


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StudentName:NealusBurke Supervisor:DrAlejandroArbelaez

ProjectTitle:MobileApplicationLocalisationPlatform

ResearchQuestion:CanthelocalisationofIntelSecurity’sGooglePlayAppStorecontentbehandledusingawebapplication?

ProjectAbstract:Localisation(L10n)istheprocessofadaptingaproductorcontenttoaspecificlocaleormarket.Internationalization(I18n)isadesignprocessthatensuresaproduct(usuallyasoftwareapplication)canbeadaptedtovariouslanguagesandregionswithoutrequiringengineeringchangestothesourcecode.ThelocalisationdepartmentofIntelSecurityspecialisesintranslatingcontentsothatitisadaptabletovariouslocales.IntelSecurityareseeingthemovetomobilecreatenewopportunitiesandnewchallenges,oneoftheirmainproblems ishowtheyhandle the translationof the textneededwhensubmittinganapplicationtotheGooglePlayappstore.With no automated solution to handle this content they have the following issues: currentprocessistimeconsuming,errorprone;nosuitablesystemorprocessinplacetosupportscaleandgrowthofcontentanddeliveryrequirements;nofacilityforLocalizedContentre-use or leveraging in place; a basic of all localisation systems is to store and reuseexistingtranslationstosavemoney.Currentprocessisnotmatureenoughtosupportthis.Theaimofthisprojectistocreateanend-to-endworkflowsystemthatwill:managethetranslationofbothEnglishandnon-Englishcontent;provideastandardisedlocalisationrequestsystem;provideaccesstoaTMS(TranslationManagementSystem)toautomatethetranslationworkflow;provideabilitytoscaleforfuturegrowth.

Technologiesused:AngularJS,CoffeeScript,C#,Sass,MySQL,Npm,GlobalSightAPI,HTML,Node.js


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StudentName:ColmO’Sullivan Supervisor:DrAlejandroArbelaez

ProjectTitle:WebbasedPointofSaleApplication

ResearchQuestion:DeveloparesponsivewebbasedPointofSaleApplicationforamulti-storebusiness

ProjectAbstract:

Pointofsalesystemsareanintegralpartofthedaytodayoperationsofmostshops,legallybusinesseswhomaketaxablesalesarerequiredtokeepsixyearsoftransactionrecords.Theprimarypurposeofthisprojectistoprovideaneasilyaccessibleinterfacewhichcanperformandrecordsales.Theprojectisaimedatsmalltomediumsizedbusinesses.

Thesystemalsoenableabusinesstohavemultiplestores,tillsforeachstore,employees,customersandproducts.Thesystemisavailablefromanywebbrowserondesktopormobilewitharesponsivelayout.RunningonadesktopwillenabletheusertoscanproductbarcodeswithaUSBbarcodescannerandprintreceiptswithaUSBthermalreceiptprinter.

CustomerscanregisterforaloyaltyprogrambyscanningtheirNFCenabledphoneoveraNFCtagwhichdirectsthemtothecustomerregistrationpageandanandroidapplicationenablesthecustomertologinandviewprevioustransactions

Technologiesused:Java,JavaScript,AngularJS,AngularMaterial,HTML5,CSS3,SpringBoot,Hibernate,ApacheTomcat,Maven,MySQL,AWS,Android


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StudentName:CormacFinnegan Supervisor:DrSeanMcSweeney

ProjectTitle:ATLAS-AnAutonomousUAVSystemforAutomatedSensorNetworks

ResearchQuestion:Canremotesensordatadatacollectionbeaccomplishedthroughanautonomousplatform?

ProjectAbstract:Environmentaldatacollectionisanimportantfactorinmanyindustries,fromscientificresearchtopropertydevelopment.However,evenwiththenewandexcitingmethodsusedbyInternetofThingstechnologytoimproveperformance,gettingdatafromthefieldtothecomputerstillreliesonphysicalhumancollection.ThisprojectproposesasolutionthatutilisesUAVtechnologytocollectdatafromdeployedsensornodes.IndividualsensornodesareplacedinaremotelocationandanapproximateGPScoordinateforeachisrecorded.ThenodelocationsareaddedtoNodetextfilesinaspecifieddirectorywhicharereadbythesystem.Uponselectinganodefordatacollectionthesystemcreatesaflightplan(Mission)fortheUAVandsendsittotheonboardcomputer.TheUAVwillthenautonomouslynavigatetotheNode’slocationandperformthecollectionoftheNodedataandreturntothepointofinitialtakeoff.TheUAV’stelemetrydataincludingBatteryLevelandLocationaresentcontinuouslybacktotheBaseStationduringtheflight.UponreturningtothebasestationthedatacanthenbereadfromtheonboardRaspberryPibytheusertorecordnodedata.

Technologiesused:TinyOS,Python,RaspberryPi,3DRSolo,APM


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StudentName:KamilMudy Supervisor:DrSeanMcSweeney

ProjectTitle:Adeployablereusableenvironmentalsensorpod

ResearchQuestion:Canthedeploymentofremotesensingpodsbeautomated?

ProjectAbstract:Planningmunicipalitieshasbecomeahardtaskfortoday’surbanandsuburbanplannersandadministratorsastherearemanyfactorsthatneedtobeconsideredwhenperformingthisactivity,suchfactorsinclude,butarenotlimitedto:airquality,noisepollutionandtemperature.Theexistingenvironmentalmonitoringsystemsareoftenbig,immobileandexpensivewhichmayputsomelimitsonplannersandadministratorswhenitcomestoexpandingorplanningfornewmunicipalities.Thisprojectaimstocutdownondeploymentofenvironmentalmonitoringsystemsaswellasautomatealotofthestepsinvolvedinsettingupandrunningofsuchsystem.TheprojectachievesthoseaimsbyusingasmallbudgetInternetofThingssolution.TheprojectutilisesIntelEdison,asmallcomputeronmodulewhichtakescareofcollectingthedatafromdifferentsensors.TheEdisonthensendscollecteddatatoaserverandfromtheservertothedatabase.Asimpleandeasilyreadablewebsitedisplaystheresultsoninformativegraphs.Theprojectisscalable,whichmeansapotentialusercouldaddasmanysensorpodsequippedwithEdisonasdesiredaswellasfullycustomisethesensorsontheboardtosatisfyusersneeds.

Technologiesused:IntelEdison,ArduinoIDE,Node.js,Express,Handlebars,HTML,MongoDB,D3.js


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StudentName:LornaCostello Supervisor:MaryDavin

ProjectTitle:Managementbookingsystemandapplicationformedicalbasedpractice.

ResearchQuestion:Howcanthestandardmedicalpracticesystembeimprovedforproductivityandeaseofuse?

ProjectAbstract:Themaingoaloftheprojectistocreateanapplicationthatsolvestheissueofappointmentsinamedicalpracticegoingunfilled,duetocancellationsandtimeconstraints.Withagrowingdemandonmedicalservicesinstandardmedicalpractices,itisharderforpatientstoaccessappointmentswhenneeded.Ifapatientdoesnotshowforanappointmentitalsomeansthatapracticeisunabletofillavailabletimeslots.Theprojectaimstoprovideaservicetoallowspatientstobookandcancelonline,andtoalsoreducetheworkloadofthesecretaryinapracticesothattheycanthenfocusonpatientsattendingthepracticeratherthanschedulingappointments.Italsoaimstoprovidepracticeswithatechnologicalbase,duetoeachgenerationbecomingmoreexpectantinrelationtotheprovisionofservices.

Technologiesused:SpringBoot,Cassandra,Bootstrap,Gradle,Twilio,PivotalWebServices


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StudentName:EileenHogan Supervisor:GerardMacSweeney

ProjectTitle:TheUseofMobileDeviceManagementSystemsinaWorkplaceEnvironment

ResearchQuestion:WhatwouldbethebestsolutionforBYODinaworkplacesuchasMarymount

UniversityHospital&Hospice,andwhatMDMSProviderwouldbemostsuited?

ProjectAbstract:

ThenumberofBYOD(BringYourOwnDevices)hasincreaseddramaticallyintheworkplace.This

providesmanybenefitsbutalsobringsahighersecurityrisk.MobileDeviceManagementSystems

makeusingyourowndevicewithsensitiveworkinformationpossibleastheydealwithcorporate

datasegregation,securingemails,securingcorporatedocumentsondevice,enforcingcorporate

policies,integratingandmanagingmobiledevices.Theycanalsowipeadeviceofanydataassoon

asthereisasecuritybreach.

ThisprojectinvestigatesdifferentMobileDeviceManagementSystems.Itprovidesacomparison

ofthesystemstohelppotentialuserstobeabletomakeaninformeddecisionastowhichmight

bemostsuitableforaspecificarea/industry.I’mspecificallyconsideringwhichMDMSismost

suitedintoMarymountUniversityHospitalandHospice.

Technologiesused:SOTIMobiControl,ManageEngine&MicrosoftIntune

Class:BSc(Hons)inITManagement

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StudentName:EileenMurphy Supervisor:GerardMacSweeney

ProjectTitle:AmazonWebServicesDesktopApplication

ResearchQuestion:CanapythonapplicationforAmazonWebServicesprovideconvenientaccesstoAmazonWeb

Servicestotheirusers?

ProjectAbstract:

CloudComputingisrapidlyexpandingandnewtechnologiesarecreateddaily.Asaresult,ITis

rapidlychangingandtechnologiesarequicklybecomingobsolete.Ascloudcomputinghas

expanded,AmazonWebServiceshavealsoevolvedandexpandedandisnowthemostused

providerforcloudcomputingforbothpersonalandbusinessuse.

Thepurposeofthisprojectistocreateamenubasedpythonapplicationthatsupportsthese

servicesinaconvenientwayforuserstoaccesstheseservicesquicklyandeasilyusingasingle

pointofentry.Currently,thisapplicationissetuptoprovideusersaccesstoAmazonWeb

ServicesEC2,S3,DynamoDBandSQSservices.

Technologiesused:Python,AmazonWebServicesandBoto(aPythonpackagethatprovidesinterfacestoAmazon

WebServices.


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StudentName:JamesReynolds Supervisor:GerardMacSweeney

ProjectTitle:VXLANinaDataCenter

ResearchQuestion:DoesVXLANofferaviablesolutionforthelimitationsofVLAN?

ProjectAbstract:

VXLANinthecontextofadatacenterisaimedataddressingthelimitationsimposedby

VLAN.TheaimofVXLANistoalleviatethelimitationof4096VLANspernetworkwhere

VXLANoffers17.6millionsegmentsor40962.Themainaimofthisprojectistobothresearch

VXLANandthenimplementit.

WithoutasolutionlikeVXLANthecostofnetworkinginadatacenterwillskyrocketand

becomeunmanageable.ByusingVXLANadatacentercangreatlyreducethecostinvolved

withtakingonmorecustomers.

Technologiesused:CumulusLinux,MellanoxTechnologiesSwitches,UbuntuServer.


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StudentName:PatrickNeville Supervisor:GerardMacSweeney

Project Title: Creation of an automated cloud testing platform capable of performing software

automatedtestingaimedatsmalltomediumsizeenterprises.

ResearchQuestion:IsitpossibleforaSMEtocreateacloudplatformcapableofperformingsoftwareautomated

testingonaverylimitedbudgetanddosointernallywithoutoutsourcing?

ProjectAbstract:

The use of computer software is paramount today and is used formany different purposes by

smallandlargeorganisations.Itisadvancingatarapidrateandthistrendissettocontinueand

accelerate.Mostorganisationsboth largeand smalluse software. Softwarehas tobedesigned,

writtenandimplemented.Italsorequiresthoroughtestingandthemostproductivetestprocess

insoftwaretestingisautomation.

Thisprojectfocusesonusingthescalable,on-demandcharacteristicsofcloudforthepurposeof

runningautomatedsoftwaretestsinamannerwhichiscosteffectiveforSMEs.

Technologiesused:AmazonWebServices,AWSEC2,SeleniumWebDriver,Test-NG,Maven,Jenkins,GitHub


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StudentName:KevinVerma Supervisor:NoreenGubbins

ProjectTitle:Securityvulnerabilitieswhendevelopingasocialmediaplatform

ResearchQuestion:Whatsecurityrisksdosocialmediausersfaceandhowcandeveloperssecuretheserisks?

ProjectAbstract:Themaingoaloftheprojectistodemonstratethesecurityvulnerabilitiesthatcanoccurwhendevelopingasocialmediaplatform.Asocialmediaplatformwasdevelopedwheremultipleuserscanengagesafelyandeasilywithoneanother.Securitywaskepttotheforefrontofthedevelopmenttoensureusersarekeptsafeandtheirinformationisprotectedinthebestpossibleway.Ateachstageofthedevelopmentiteration,securityrisksaredetermined.Alivedemonstrationoftheseattacksastheywouldoccurinarealworldenvironmentisimplemented.Foreachrisk,itisshownhowsuchriskcanbemitigatedorremoved.

Technologiesused:ApacheWebServer,PHP7,MySQLWorkbench,Metasploit


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StudentName:AidanO’Neill Supervisor:ByronTreacy

ProjectTitle:

ResearchQuestion:IsRFIDthemostsuitabletechnologytousefortrackingofhardwareassets

ProjectAbstract:ThisprojectfocusesontheareaofAssetManagementandTrackingofassets.IresearchedthestateofthearttoseewhatsystemsarealreadyinplaceandiftherearesystemsouttherethatmeetJanssenPharmaceuticalsrequirements.Icomparedthesesystemsanddocumentedindetailhowassettracking,especiallyRFID,hasbeenutilisedtogoodeffectbyotherorganisations.IdevelopedaplantoimplementanAssetManagementandTrackingsystematJanssenPharmaceuticals.

Technologiesused:


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StudentName:ColinRyan Supervisor:DrDonnaO’Shea

ProjectTitle:ImprovingStudentRetentionWithBluetoothLowEnergyBeacons

ResearchQuestion:● IsitfeasibletouseBluetoothLowEnergy(BLE)Beaconsinathirdlevelacademic

institutionwiththeaimofautomatingandrecordingstudentattendance?● WhatisthebestpositioninalectureorlabtoinstalltheBLEBeacons?● Whatisthemintransmissionpowerrequiredtoprovidereliableandaccuratecoveragein

differentpositionsinalaborclassroom?

ProjectAbstract:TheHigherEducationAuthority(HEA)estimatethatasmanyasoneinsixstudentsinthehighereducationsystemfailtoprogresspasttheirfirstyearofstudy.TheHEAreportsthatthisproblemisparticularlyacuteintechnicalcoursessuchascomputerscience.Collegeshaverespondedbydevelopingstudentengagementandretentioninitiativesthatfocusoncollaboratingwithacademicstafftoimplementarangeofstudent-centricstrategies.Apivotalenablerofsuchstrategiesistheearlyidentificationofat-riskstudents,whichfacilitatespro-activeengagementwiththestudent.Akeystrategysupportingtheidentificationofat-riskstudentsisstudentattendancerecords,monitoringstudentparticipatingineveryclass.Atpresent,mosthighereducationinstitutionsuseapaperbasedapproachtorecordthisinformationandthisinformationisnotsharedorcorrelatedtosupporttheearlyidentificationofatriskstudents.Theaimofthisprojectistocreateanautomatedstudentparticipationandclassregistrationframework.InthisframeworkstudentsparticipationandclassregistrationwillbeautomaticallymonitoredandmanagedusingtechnologiessuchasBLEbeaconsandasmartphoneapp.Abeaconisinstalledineachclassroomandastudentusestheapptorecordtheirattendancebasedonthebeacontheyareinproximityof.Awebapplicationwillbeprovidedtomanagethesystemandviewregistrationrecords.Asbeacontechnologyisstillinanexperimentalstageakeyobjectiveofthisprojectistoinvestigatethesuitabilityofbeaconsforuseinatraditionaluniversitycampussetting.Theresearchmethodologyadoptedinthisprojectusedexperimentalresearchdesignandmethods.Thepurposeoftheexperimentsandsubsequentquantitativeanalysiswastodeterminetheidealbeaconplacementinvariouslab,classroomandothersettings,takingintoconsiderationenvironmentalinterferenceandsignalpropagation.

Technologiesused:Beacons(BluetoothLowEnergy),Eddystone,Android,Java,AmazonWebServices,DynamoDB,SpringFramework


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StudentName:KyleWilliamson Supervisor:DrDonnaO’Shea

ProjectTitle:Evaluationofamicroservicefirstapproachtosoftwaredevelopment.

ResearchObjectives:● DevelopafullyfunctionalapplicationandDevOpenvironmentusingmicroservices&

containers.● Usinganapplicationasacasestudy,developanexperiencereportofamicroservicefirst

approachtodevelopment.● Evaluatelessonslearntanddevelopbestpracticesfordevelopingapplicationsand

applyingamicroservicearchitecturetosoftwareandservices.

ProjectAbstract:Overthepastnumberofyears,anewparadigmforsoftwarearchitecturehasemerged,referredtoasmicroservices.Microservicesaresingularintermsoftheirresponsibilityandcanbeindependentlyscaled,testedanddeployed.Servicesdevelopedusingthisapproacharebuiltaroundbusinesscapabilitiesusingbestpracticesfromdomain-driven-design.Advantagesofapplyingmicroservicesmeanthat“accidental”complexityintroducedaspartofthetraditionalmonolithicapproachofsoftwaredevelopmentcannowbemovedandmanagedthroughsystemautomationandDevelopment&Operations(DevOps).Insuchautomatedandmanagedenvironments,microservicesaretypicallydeployedandexecutedincontainerssuchasDocker.Whiletheaboverepresentanovelapproachtosoftwaredevelopment,therealityisthatthefieldisverynewandithasbeenwidelyacceptedthattherearealackofexperiencereportsandbestpracticesindevelopingapplicationsusingmicroservices,containersandDevOps.Thepurposeofthisproject,istodevelopanapplicationusingamicroservicefirstapproachandaspartoftheprocesscriticallyanalysetheprocessofdevelopmentanddevelopbestpracticestosupportthisnewandemergingarea.Theapplicationdevelopedusingthemicroservicefirstapproachwasanappliancemanagementandmaintenancesystem.Thisrequirementsbehindthisapplicationwasmotivatedbythefactthatovernumberofyearsfrom1991-2011,thenumberofprivaterentedhouseholdshadincreasedby10%.Thisincreasingnumberofrentedpropertieshasresultedinacorrespondingincreasedemandforpropertymanagementservicestoensurethesmoothrunningoftenancyagreements.Insuchproperties,itisdictatedbylawthateachrentalpropertyhastohaveatleastfourkitchenappliances.Thepurposeoftheapplicationdevelopedaspartofthecasestudyistodevelopanappliancemanagementsolutionthatiscapableofstreamliningthemaintenanceofappliancesmanagedbypropertymanagementfirms.Theobjectivesoftheprojectisthedesignanddevelopthisapplicationusingamicroservicefirstapproachandthecriticalevaluationoftheprocessinvolvedusingmicroservicesasthearchitecturaldesignpattern.

Technologiesused:Docker,DockerCompose,Java,SpringBoot,SpringCloud,SpringData,NetflixOSS,RabbitMQ,Maven,MongoDB,PostgreSQL,AndroidSDK,NFC,MaterialDesign,Gradle,Python.


48StudentName:MarkO’Connell Supervisor:KarlGrabe

ProjectTitle:Authenticationpatternsthroughpressureandtimegestures

ResearchQuestion:Canandroidloginmechanismsbemademoresecureusingsensors;i.e.pressure/time?

ProjectAbstract:Inthisdayandage,peoplerelymoreandmoreontheirmobilephonesandotherdevicesforalotofreasonsintheireverydaylives.Oneofwhichisstoringpersonalinformation,includingsocialmediaaccounts,contactsandPINs.Itisthereforenecessarytohavesomesortofsecurityinthecasethattheperson’sdeviceisstolenoraccidentallylost.Theyarevulnerabletotheftandlossduetotheirsmallsizeandthecharacteristicsoftheircommonusageenvironment.Itisimportantthatamoresecuretypeofauthenticationisimplemented.Themainobjectiveistotrytosolvethesesecurityissuesinmobiledevices.Devicesecurityinverypoor;PINs,patternsandpasswords.Thesecaneasilybeattemptedbyadifferentuserandgainunauthorisedaccesstoadevice.Theideaistoauthenticateusersaccessingandroiddevicesbyusinggesturerecognitionandauthenticatingthemusingdataparameterssuchaspressureandtimeextractedfromthegesture.

Technologiesused:Java,Android,Gesturelibraries,MachineLearning,Bluemix,Cloud,Node.js,MongoDB,Github,Androidstudio,NoSQL


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StudentName:PavelVasilev Supervisor:KarlGrabe

ProjectTitle:AutomatedAttendanceManagementSystem

ResearchQuestion:Investigatethesuitabilityofbeaconstobeusedasanidentificationdeviceinlimitedenvironment.

ProjectAbstract:Themainpurposeofthissystemistoprovidewithfullautomatedattendancesystem.Mostofthecurrentattendancesystemsrequiremanualhandlingtobemanaged.Thisisinnovativeideatoprovethatbeaconscanactasidentificationinmonitoredfacilities.Intermsofusesthissystemcanbeaccommodatedinmultipleindustries(e.gprimaryschool,prison,workplace,university).Thesystemisfocusedongatheringuniqueinformationfromthebeaconandchangingthereal-timedatabase,whichisconnectedtoadashboardtoshowcasethewhereaboutsoftheperson.

Technologiesused:Java,Android,Javascript,CSS,HTML5,Firebase,Beacons,Polymer,CSS,HTML5,NOSQL,REST,JSON,Maven,Gradle


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StudentName:LiamOGorman Supervisor:KarlGrabe

ProjectTitle:HospitalBedManagementSystem

ResearchQuestion:DeterminethesuitabilityofInternetofThings(IoT)devicesforrealtimeassetstatemonitoringinclinicalenvironments

ProjectAbstract:ThegoalofthisprojectistotryanddeterminewhetherIoTcanbenefitassetstatemonitoringinrealtimesystems.Forproofofconcept,ahospitalbedmanagementsystemwasdeveloped.Thecurrentrealtimemonitoringofhospitalbedstatusesinmanyhospitalsisdonewithoutusingtechnology.Insomecases,anurseadmittingpatientstoabedwillhavetoringthewardmanagernumeroustimestoconfirmbedavailability.Insomecasesabedmaynotbeoccupiedbutisunavailableisitisbeingcleaned.Apatientcanbeadmittedtoawardbutsentbackbecausethebedwasmistakentobefree.Thiscanleadtounnecessarydelaysinpatientswaitingtogetabed.ByusingaWi-Fitaggingdeviceandamobileapplicationthatallowscleanerstoupdatethebedstatus,userswillbeabletotrackthecurrentstatusofanybedatanytime.Thiswillallowusersofthesystemtoknowwhatbedsarefree,speedingupthecurrentprocess.

Technologiesused:RaspberryPi3,AndroidThings,Java,JavaScript,HTML,CSS,JTable,JSON,JQuery,Spring,Hibernate,REST,Logback/SLF4J,Android,Heroku,PostgreSQL,Retrofit2,Junit,GIT,Maven,Gradle


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StudentName:PaulBudden Supervisor:KarlGrabe

ProjectTitle:AutonomousAerialInspectionofRemoteStructures.

ResearchQuestion:Cantheaerialinspectionofremotefacilitiesbeautomated?

ProjectAbstract:Theprojectisaproofofconceptinregardstoautonomousaerialinspectionsofremotestructures.Thesystemwhichwasdevelopedforthisproject,reliesoninteractionsbetweenhardwareandsoftwaretoallowforthesevisualinspectionstobecarriedout.Thehardwareincludesa3DRsolodrone,aRaspberryPiasacompanioncomputer,andaRaspberryPicameramodule.Thesoftwareincludesa“groundstation”webapplication.Thisapplicationhassomefeatureswhichusecomputervisionlibrariesforimageprocessingandsoftwareusedforcommunicationwiththedrone.Simulationsoftware,called“MissionPlanner”wasusedthroughoutthedevelopment.Thegoaloftheprojectwastoeliminatetheneedforanoperatortobeonthegroundduringtheinspection.

Technologiesused:Java,Spring,REST,WebSockets,ThymeLeaf,Javascript,JQuery,CSS,HTML,Bootstrap,Jackson/JSON,Maven,GIT,OpenCV,MobaXterm,RaspberryPi2,Python,DroneKit,MavLink,ArduPilotandPythonRequests


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StudentNameFranklynAghedo Supervisor:VincentRyan

ProjectTitle:StorageRedundancywithEncryptionApplication

ResearchQuestion:Howbesttoensurethesecurityofdatastoredonthecloud

ProjectAbstract:Theneedforbusinesscontinuityhasbecomeveryimportanttomanyorganisations.LawenforcementagenciesinIrelandandwiderEuropehaveidentifiedazerodaymalwarethreatonsometheircomputersystems,althoughtheexactsourceoftheseattacksarenotknowntheyallpointtomaliciousattacks.Thisnewtypeofmalwarecalledransomwarewilltakeholdofuserscomputersystemsorevennetworkswhereamaliciouscodewillencryptsthedataandlocksthecomputersystemsortheentiredatainthestorageareanetwork.Legitimateusersofthedataarethenrequestedpayaransomtothemalicioushackerunlessthisamountispaid,theywilldeleteanddestroythedata.Whentheransomispaidadecryptioncodeisthensenttotheusertounlocktheircomputersornetworksystems.Mysolutionistodevelopastandalonebackupapplicationrunningonawebbrowserforbackupdataredundancy.Twoormoreinstancesofdataissenttotwoseparatecloudstorageproviderconcurrently.Thedatasent/storedisalsoencryptedagainstunauthorizedaccess.

Technologiesused:PHP,MySQL,Apache(Xampp),HTML5,JavaScript,CSS,JSON,jQuery,Composer,AmazonS3,GandiCloudStorage,Openssl,LetsEncrypt/CertbotEFF


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StudentName:SaraMagdziak Supervisor:ColinManning

ProjectTitle:ACustomizedContentManagementSystemforCIT

ResearchQuestion:CanacustomizedCMSallowaninstitutiontoimprovehighereducationexperienceforstudents?

ProjectAbstract:TheaimofthisprojectistoaddresstheneedsofstudentsbyallowingCITtoprovideusefulinformationtostudentsinanautomatedmanner.Thestudentswillbeprovidedwith:basicinformationontheInstitute,thedistancetotheInstituteonGoogleMaps,travelinformation,accommodationinformation,informationonInstitutefacilitiesTheplatformwillhavethefollowingfeaturestoallowCITtomeettheexpectationsofstudentsforconciseandrealtimeinformation:� RecentlyaddedaccommodationaroundCITfromDaft.ie.� Transportation,GoogleMapsandweatherforecastingAPIs.� AllowsadminuserstoprovidestudentswithcollegefacilitiesavailableinCITandallows

studentstocommentonthesefacilities.� Allowsanadminusertoeasilymanagetheplatformbycreating,deletingandeditingany

content.� Allowsadmintoassignrolesandpermissionstousersinordertoallowthemtomanage

certaincontentontheplatform.

Technologiesused:Drupal,HTML,CSS,JavaScript,PHP,XAMPP,JQuery,API,Scraping,YQL


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StudentName:SeanCollins Supervisor:ColinManning

ProjectTitle:NFCWriterPal

ResearchQuestion: CanNFCtagsbeusedtoautomateanumberofday-to-dayprocessesincludinginteractingwithaHomeManagementSystem.

ProjectAbstract: TheappdevelopedinthisprojectwillallowtheusertoselectvariousfunctionsandthenwritethesefunctionstoanNFCtag.Somepossibleusecasesforthisappinclude(butarenotlimitedto): � AnNFCtagcouldbeconfiguredtoautomaticallypopulateatext.Forexample,anNFCtag

couldbeplacedonalanyardandgiventoanelderlypersonandincaseofemergenciestheycouldtaptheirphoneoffthetagandsimplytapsendtosendatexttotheiremergencycontact.

� AtagcouldbeplacedbyyourfrontdoororplacedinakeyringthatwheninteractedwithwillrunaspecifiedscriptonaHomeManagementSystem.

� Alocationcouldbewrittentoatagwhichcouldbeusedforadvertisingaspecificeventlocationorestablishment.

� Apreconfiguredemailcouldbeplacedonatagsoasthatsomeonewhomayneedtosendaspecificemailregularlycouldhaveitreadytogoatamoment’snotice.

Technologiesused: Java,Python,PHP,AndroidSDK,NFC,AndroidNDEFToolsAPI,RaspberryPi,Raspbian,Apache.


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StudentName:CianRedmond Supervisor:ColinManning

ProjectTitle:MusicLearning

ResearchQuestion:Howtechnologycanbeusedtoimprovemusicians’practiceskills?

ProjectAbstract:Musicaffectspeopleonadailybasis.ItisheardonTV,ontheradioetc.Allmusiciansstartedoutwithlittleknowledgeofmusicandpracticedtoperfecttheirskillsasmusicians.Todayitisaloteasiertopickupamusicalinstrumentduetotheadvancementsintechnology.TherearefreeonlinecoursesandYouTubetutorialvideosfornearlyeveryinstrument.Alltheseservicesareonlineandmakeiteasierforpeopletolearnnewinstrumentsastheyareavailable24/7whichmakesitconvenientandflexiblefortheuserastheycanlearnwheneversuitsthem.E-learningalsoreducestimeandcostasitgetridsoftheneedfortravelastheusercanlearnfromhome.Itsavestheusersmoneyanditisoftencheaperthanthetraditionalprivatetuition.Howevertheproblemwithpeoplelearningmusicisthattheydon’tknowhowtopractice.Whentheygoontoonlinetolearningsitestheyaremainlyfollowingtutorialsandvideos.Buttheyarenotgettingconstructivecriticismorpositivefeedbackonwhattheyaredoingandasaresultcan’tprogressasmusicians.Anotherkeytopracticingislisteningtoperformance.Musiciansmustrecordthemselvesplayingsothattheycanhearforthemselveswhatmistakesarebeingmade.Progresscan’tbemadewithouthearingwhatiswrong.

Technologiesused:PHP,JavaScript,Html,Bootstrap,Ajax


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StudentName:PeterDineen Supervisor:ColinManning

ProjectTitle:ProceduralGenerationofLevelswithaDifficultyParameterfor2DPlatformingGames

ResearchQuestion:Cangamecontentbegeneratedautomatically?

ProjectAbstract:Withoriginsinroguelikegamesofthelate1970sandearly1980s,proceduralcontentgeneration(PCG)isthealgorithmicgenerationofgamecontent.PCGallowsforthecreationofamassiveamountofuniquegamecontentwithminimalinvestmentfromdevelopersascomplexitycanbegeneratedratherthanmanuallydesigned.PCGisusedforthegenerationofgameplayelementssuchasnon-playercharacters(NPCs),usableitems,levels,worlddesign,entitybehaviour,andeventhegame'splot.Aswellasthis,itcanbeusedtogenerateassetsliketextures,meshes,music,andsounds.Thepurposeofthisprojectwastodevelopanalgorithmfortheproceduralgenerationofgamelevelsforaplatformergame.Thealgorithmwillalsogeneratesubsequentlevelsaccordingtoadifficultymetricobtainedfromassessingtheplayer'sperformanceonapreviouslycompletedlevel.

Technologiesused:PERL,Phaser


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StudentName:ColinO’Regan Supervisor:DeirdreDunlea

ProjectTitle:NimbusCentre–ImplementationofIndustryStandardsforDevelopment

ResearchQuestion:Canindustrydevelopmenttools,standardsandmethodologiesbeappliedtoresearchdevelopmentprojects?

ProjectAbstract:Inresearchcentresthereexistprojects,especiallyoflongdurationswheremorethanoneresearcherworkstogether.Researchprojectsdifferentiatetoindustryonesinthesensethereisanelementofunknownandassuchmultiplealternatives(possiblyresultingtocodebranches)needtobeconsideredandtested.Furthermore,researchersmaybeunfamiliarwiththebestpracticesforsoftwaredevelopmentfollowedbyindustrialorganisationsandeitherneedtobetrainedortheappropriatesolutionsthatwillfitwiththeirethosneedstobeadopted.Theresearchpartofthisprojectistoinvestigatetheparticularitiesofresearchsoftwareprojectsandspecifyanenvironmentthatwillfacilitate:CollaborativesoftwaredevelopmentProjectmanagementfollowingorabidingbyAgile/ScrumprinciplesoranyothersoftwaredevelopmentprocessesQuantifyingandmonitoringtheprogressoftasksThedevelopmentpartwillbedeliveredusingexistingrunningprojectsintheNimbusCentreascasestudiesandwillinvolve:Investigation/settingupofissuetrackingtoolsInvestigation/settingupofprojectmanagementtoolsImplementationofstandardcoderepositoryforallcodestorageSettingupofanautomatedtesting/buildsystemlikeHudson/JenkinsonprojectcodeThedeliverablesofthisprojectwouldbeamethodologyformanagingthesoftwaredevelopmentinresearchprojectswithhands-onapplicationsandtoolstosupportthatmethodologyinrunningcase-studies.

Technologiesused:Agile/Scrum,GitLab,Trello,TacoAp


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StudentName:SeanAhearne Supervisor:JonathanSherwin

ProjectTitle:DemonstrationofsoftwaredefinedcontrolofwhiteboxEthernetswitcheswithTunableWavelengths

ResearchQuestion:CanwehavecontrolthewavelengthsatwhichatuneableopticalswitchoperatesusingSDNmethods?

ProjectAbstract:Inthecomputingindustry,thereiscurrentlyahugechangeinnetworkinghappening.ManymajorISP’sandcloudcomputingcorporationsarecurrentlyimplementingSoftwareDefinedNetworking(SDN)methodsacrosstheirnetworks.SDNoffersnumerousadvantages,suchasincreasedproductivityandreducedmaintenance.WhileSDNismakinggoodprogressonelectricalEthernetswitches,progresshasbeensloweronopticalswitches.Thisisduetotherebeingmorevariablesthathavetobedealtwithwhendealingwithamorecomplicatedopticalinterfacethanasimplerelectricalone.Oneofthesevariablesischangingthe‘channel’(thewavelength)thattheopticallaserisoperatingon.Thepurposeofthisprojectistoattempttobeabletocontrolthechannelonwhichtheopticallaserinaswitchesopticalinterfaceistransmittingandreceivingon.TheadvantagesofdoingthisareitallowsanSDNcontrollertochangethechannelofmultipleopticalswitchesatonceandautonomously,whichcanbeveryusefulforbandwidthmanagement,networkmonitoring,andQualityofService.Myprojectiscontributingtotheareaofnetworkengineering.Atthemoment,itispossibletodowhatthisprojectoutlinesonaproprietaryswitch,butthereisnodocumentedmethodonhowtodoitonanopen“whitebox”switch.Thatis,aswitchthatallowstheinstallationofanyOperatingSystemonit,allowingtheusertochooseanOSoftheirown.Myintentionistofindawaytodothisfortheseswitches.

Technologiesused:C,NETCONF/YANG,Software-DefinedNetworking


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StudentName:PeterKehoe Supervisor:JonathanSherwin

ProjectTitle:IntermediateDevice,Profile-Dependant,PathAllocationusingSoftwareDefinedNetworking

ResearchQuestion:CanSwitchprofileshelpanSDNcontrollerforwardtrafficthroughanetwork,comprisedofdeviceswithvaryinglevelsofSDNsupport?

ProjectAbstract:The objective of this project is to develop a module for an openflow controller which will improve the performance of the network by allocating appropriate paths through the network and help integrate networking equipment from multiple vendors, or with differing degrees of support for the SDN protocol, openflow. By taking into account same device characteristics such as a device’s supported openflow version, memory capabilities and current traffic load, these profiles can help the controller make better decisions when installing forwarding rules. This is an important consideration as while large businesses and organisations will use devices from the same vendor, all of the same model, with the same software and hardware capabilities, the same cannot be said for all networks. Many networks will grow and evolve in stages, devices bought and integrated into the network as needed, so a dedicated decision making module that will factor in these devices, is a potential advantage for an expanding network and for current networks migrating to a software defined network. A side goal of this project is to immerse myself in the area of SDN, as an emerging technology it was not a topic that gets covered in great details during the four years of our undergraduate.

Technologiesused:


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StudentName:AdamLloyd Supervisor:MaryDavin

ProjectTitle:Metis–ProgramManagementSystem.

ResearchQuestion:TocreateaprogrammanagementsystemtoimproveIntelSecurity’slocalisationworkflowandprovidearobustAPItointegrateintotheirexistingtechnologyinfrastructure.

ProjectAbstract:ThelocalisationdepartmentofIntelSecurity(McAfee)isresponsibleforlocalisingallofthecontentthatIntelSecurityowns.Thisnotonlyincludessoftwarebutsales,marketingandsupportdocuments.Toensurethatallofthiscontentiscorrectlylocalizedintoallofthetargetlanguages,theexpertiseandresourcesoftranslationvendorsareleveraged.Thispresentsaproblemsuchthat,forlargeprojects,thousandsofwordsmustbetranslatedintomanylanguagesallwithvaryingratesofteninvolvingmultiplevendorstomeetthelanguagerequirementsoftheproject.Withexistingsystems,themanagementoftheseprojectsisdonemanuallyresultingintimelossandincreasedriskoferror.Tofacilitatethisprocess,anapplicationwasrequiredtoprovidestakeholderswithaninterfacetomanageallprojectandfinancialdetailsinonelocation.Itmustbecustomerfacingtoallowthetranslatorsthemselvestosubmitthelogsoftheirworkoncecompletedandintegratewithexistinglocalisationtools.Theresultingprogrammanagementsolutionfeaturesamodernandhighlyusableinterfacewithwhichallthestakeholderscanaccessprojectinformation.Thisincludesfinancialdata,projectplanningdetails,projectprogress,detailsofprojectactivities,stakeholderdetailsandservesasacentralrepositoryforallofthisinformation.Allstakeholdersnowreferencethesameinformationresultinginworkflowimprovementsandareducederrorrate.ThisinformationcanalsobeaccessedandintegratedwithexistingIntelsystemsviaarobustAPI.ThesolutionhasbeendevelopedfromthegrounduptoallowformaximumpotentialforexpandingitsfunctionalitywhilefollowingtherequirementsspeclaidoutbyIntelSecurityattheinceptionoftheproject.Thiswasachievedbyfollowingagiledevelopmentprinciplesandadheringtoastrictsprintschedule.

Technologiesused: AngularJS,CoffeeScript,C#,.NetWebAPIEntityFramework,SQLServer,IIS,Sass,Bootstrap,Grunt,Git,Jenkins,Jira(ProjectManagement)

61StudentName:LouiseJennings Supervisor:Dr.RuairiO’Reilly

ProjectTitle:Awellnessplatformpromotingsocialinteraction,encouragingachievementandmonitoringprogression.

ResearchQuestion:Canthecombinationofgamificationtechniquesandmoderntechnologysimplifytheprovisioningofopportunitiesfordesirablesocialinteractionamongstemployees,assistintheachievementofbusinessobjectivesandinstilanincreasedsenseofself-worthinemployees.

ProjectAbstract:Awellnessprogramisdesignedtopromotehealthyinitiatives,increaseproductivity,andencourageprogressionusingmotivationandrecognition-basedrewards.WellnessWorksisaplatformthatenablessocialengagement,promotesinteractivity,andprovidesfeedbacktouserstohelpmotivatethemastheyprogressthroughtheirprogram.Gamificationelementsareemployedtofocusonbehaviouralchanges,triggersasenseofplay,andhelpkeepusersmotivated.WellnessWorksenablesemployerstotailorwellnessprogramsthatencouragedesirablebehavioural/lifestyletraitsintheiremployees.Thesecanrangefromhealthyliving,tobeingmoresociallyactiveormaintainingabalancedlifestyle.Thisisachievedthroughtheuseofincentivisedeventsthatalignwiththedesiredtraits.Thecreationofarbitraryeventsandmonitoringofparticipationcanbetimeconsuming,thesponsoringofeventscanbecostlyandensuringtheyarenotabusedcanbechallenging.WellnessWorksenablesemployerstoautomatethisprocess,monitortheirreturnoninvestmentandensuretheyarenotbeingtakenadvantageof.WellnessWorksutilisesNFCallowingregistrationofeventsprovidedbyemployers.Thisenablesthepromotionandmonitoringofsocialinteractions.Creation,registration,attendance,andthesubsequentanalysisthatfollowstheseeventsisawidespreadproblemafflictingmulti-domains.AssuchthereisaninherentvalueinabstractingfromtheWellnessWorksproblemdomainandmakingitavailableinagenericmannersuchthatitisutilisablebythirdpartyservices.WellnessWorksdevelopedamechanismtospeedupandsimplifyattendancemonitoringusingNFCcapabilities.ThistoolcanbeabstractedandusedasagenerictoolforthirdpartyapplicationssuchasMeetup.

Technologiesused: Node.js,Handlebars.js,JavaScript,MongoDB,AJAX,NFC,MeetupAPI


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