David Dorran
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Practical Aspects of Teaching via the Group-Based Learning Environment Open
As a result of the modern phenomenon of globalization, accrediting agencies and employers alike are emphasizing the importance of non-technical (also called key, transferable, or generic) skills (critical thinking as in design, group skill…
The phantom menace: spatial abilities and STEM outreach to fight underrepresentation in STEM Open
Spatial abilities are an important, and often overlooked, component of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education with skills like spatial visualisation and mental rotation being important for technical professions s…
Audio-based cough counting using independent subspace analysis Open
In this paper, an algorithm designed to detect characteristic cough events in audio recordings is presented, significantly reducing the time required for manual counting. Using time-frequency representations and independent subspace analys…
Digital Signal Processing Foundations Open
Signals are all around us and come in a wide variety of shapes and forms. When we speak we create pressure variations in the air which generate audio signals; earthquakes produce large seismic signals; healthcare professionals monitor ECG …
Re-annotation of cough events in the AMI corpus Open
Cough sounds act as an important indicator of an individual's physical health, often used by medical professionals in diagnosing a patient's ailments. In recent years progress has been made in the area of automatically detecting cough even…