Research Student Projects (William Buchanan)

Director of Studies
Solomon Uwagbole (PhD 2011-)
Digital immunisation through network packets payload analysis and patterns-matching within a security boundary. The immune approach in anomaly detection enables detecting known and unknown intrusive activities in packets payload. Cloud computing has extended security boundaries from the traditional security...
Second Supervisor
Maryamosadat Kazemitabar (MSc/MA 2010-)
Immune based anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks. The topic Addresses the development of novel secrity echanisms for mobile ad hoc networks, inspired by mechanisms apparent in the biological immune system.
Second Supervisor
Mustafa Bani Khalaf (PhD 2010-)
Towards optimal probabilistic routing for next generation ad hoc networks. Mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) technology has been a major avenue for many wireless and mobile networked based applications in different fields including, but not limited to, industry, military,...
Second Supervisor
Nicole Hazelhoff Roelfzema (PhD 2009-)
A novel methodology for the monitoring of information security risks in health care.
Director of Studies
Omair Uthmani (PhD 2008-)
Context-aware definition, modelling and implementation for policy-compliant information sharing between Police and Community Partners. The exchange of information between the police and community partner organisations forms a core aspect of effective policing and community service provision.
Panel Chair
Nseabasi Igoniderigha (PhD 2010-)
Metadata tagging of digital assetsand visualization.
Director of Studies
Owen Lo (PhD 2010-)
Framework for evaluation of e-health platform and services. Methodologies for evaluation of e-Health platforms are still lacking. This research proposes an e-Health evaluation framework that aims to provide a concise methodology for the evaluation of e-Health...
Panel Chair
Tom Flint (PhD 2009-)
The experience of interactive art is appropriation. This investigation examines various methods for evaluating interactivity and engagement with technology. By using a static model, namely the interactive gallery at The Public in West Bromwich it is...
Director of Studies
Mathew Miehling (PhD 2008-)
An investigatory framework for electronic fraud using affiliate fraud as a case study.
Panel Chair
Keshava Grama (PhD 2006-)
Binary matrix for pedestrian tracking in infrared images.

Past Projects