The overall aim of this problem is to use two digital photographs of a person to compute the person’s 3-D shape. The photographs are taken with ‘ordinary’ equipment; a...
By Chris Cawthorn
12/04/12
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A SCUBA diver would like to know his/her position underwater, relative to the dive start position. GPS signals do not travel underwater, so this is not an option. Some transponder/pinger systems...
By Chris Cawthorn
10/04/12
3064 Views
Manufactured artefacts such as major aircraft components (wings, fuselage, tailplane) are defined at the concept and design stages using a variety of methods, namely Computer Aided Design (CAD),...
By Chris Cawthorn
02/04/12
3271 Views
High surface area powders are required in a number of technology areas. For example, the efficiency of catalysts is intimately linked to the surface area of the powder. In our context we are...
By Chris Cawthorn
29/03/12
2809 Views
Toxic substances released into the environment pose both an immediate and delayed risk to human health. When this release is in the form of a gas or vapour it is necessary to predict where the...
By Chris Cawthorn
29/03/12
3077 Views
The Environment Agency provides a flood forecasting and warning service to people at risk from flooding. However, flood forecasts are uncertain, which means there are sometimes differences...
By Chris Cawthorn
29/03/12
3236 Views
Toxic liquid chemicals released into the environment may pose an immediate risk to human health through contact or related vapour hazards. However, they can also interact with surfaces and...
By Chris Cawthorn
29/03/12
1391 Views
Ecotricity is an ethical energy company, being both an independent generator of renewable electricity and an electricity and gas supplier to circa 40,000 domestic and business customers. The...
By Chris Cawthorn
29/02/12
2270 Views
Dealing with ‘big data’ in the business world only through traditional database techniques is almost impossible but coming to terms with...
By Lorcan Mac Manus
03/02/12
1220 Views
These are two independent problems in the same problem domain.
1) Given a weighted bipartite graph, the optimal maximum weighted matching can be found using Edmonds Algorithm. In order to...
By Chris Cawthorn
24/11/11
3015 Views
The pharmaceutical industry screens many thousands of compounds against a disease target to help select promising candidates for new medicines. This screening can typically take two forms,...
By Chris Cawthorn
24/11/11
1270 Views
In a metallurgical process at Elkem there is a need for efficient melting of silicon.
Some relevant data for Si (Wikipedia):
Melting point: 1414 °C
Heat capacity at 25...
By Chris Cawthorn
24/11/11
1850 Views
Understanding the transport of hazardous airborne materials within buildings and other enclosed spaces is important for predicting and mitigating the impacts of deliberate terrorist releases of...
By Chris Cawthorn
24/11/11
3486 Views
The global air transport system has changed dramatically following the first scheduled passenger flight on January 1st 1914 from St Petersburg, Florida to Tampa. In 2009 4.76 trillion revenue...
By Chris Cawthorn
24/11/11
3122 Views
Safety is of paramount importance both in storage and deployment of explosives in both military and civilian applications. Explosives are typically surrounded by other inert materials which...
By Chris Cawthorn
14/11/11
1273 Views
The impact of landmines on countries recovering from conflict is generally well understood but less well known is the difficulty of detecting minimum metal landmines. Many minefields are...
By Rushen Patel
01/06/11
4061 Views
The topic for the internship is at the cutting-edge of financial and mathematical analysis in the reinsurance market, and is looking at how a reinsurance organisation would maximise...
By Rushen Patel
19/04/11
3369 Views
The topic for the internship is a central one in information systems security: sensitive data leak prevention. From malicious intent to simple negligence, from a genuine (accidental) error to...
By Rushen Patel
30/03/11
2372 Views
The objective of this Industrial CASE PhD project is to develop novel mathematical models for the prediction of thermal comfort and energy consumption in green buildings. Wall heat transfers for...
By Melvin Brown
01/10/10
5140 Views
The objective of this Industrial CASE PhD project is to improve the analysis of isentropic compression experiments by including the contribution due to shear strength. The incorporation of...
By David Allwright
01/10/10
2247 Views
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Determining 3D body shape from 2D images
