"An Odysseus intern will develop showcase exemplars that will allow them to tell the story of this research to the wider lay community."
Projects list for 2006
Upto 34 projects in 2006 will be on offer to any interested student and all facilities (lectures, seminars, industry visit, weekly alternating site location, etc.) are available to all 34 projects and will attract the weekly stipend of €300 taxfree and some may be offered travel and accomodation support.

Speech and Language Processing (10 projects)

CodeShort TitleSupervisorSite
0106-UCDSpeech-to-Speech 1Dr. Julie BerndsenUCD
0206-UCDSpeech-to-Speech 2Dr. Julie BerndsenUCD
0306-UCDMining WordNetDr. Tony VealeUCD
0406-UCDMining WikipediaDr. Tony VealeUCD
0506-UCDmLearning SMSDr. Joe Carthy and Dr. Michela BertolottoUCD
0606-UCDSpeaker IdentificationDr. Fred CumminsUCD
0706-DCUWikipedia (integration)Prof. Josef van GenabithDCU
0806-DCUWikipedia (interface)Prof. Josef van GenabithDCU
0906-DCUSpeech-to-Speech 3Dr. Andy WayDCU
1006-DCUSpeech-to-Speech 4Dr. Andy WayDCU

Imaging and Visualization (9 projects)

CodeShort TitleSupervisorSite
1106-UCDHolographic informationDr. Michela Bertolotto and Dr. Eleni ManginaUCD
1206-UCDSecure streamingDr. Eleni ManginaUCD
1306-UCDCollaborative Visualisation Dr. Aaron Quigley and Dr. Lorcan CoyleUCD
1406-UCDDistributed VisualisationDr. Aaron Quigley and Dr. Hamish CarrUCD
1506-DCUSenseCam imagesProf. Alan SmeatonDCU
1606-DCU3D MuseumDr. Noel O ConnorDCU
1706-DCUIrish sign languageDr. Alistair SutherlandDCU
1806-DCUShape matchingDr. Alistair SutherlandDCU
1906-DCUGoogle Earth photosDr. Gareth JonesDCU

Pervasive Computing (8 projects)

CodeShort TitleSupervisorSite
2006-UCDWearablesProf. Barry SmythUCD
2106-UCDRecommendation KioskProf Barry Smyth and Dr. Lorraine McGintyUCD
2206-UCDGlow tagsDr. Simon Dobson, Prof. Paddy Nixon and and Dr. Lorcan Coyle UCD
2306-UCDTyndall motesProf Paddy NixonUCD
2406-UCDLow power hardwareDr. Chris BleakelyUCD
2506-DCUBreathable sensor fabricProf. Dermot DiamondDCU
2606-DCUGarment constructionProf. Dermot DiamondDCU
2706-DCULow power hardwareDr. Noel O ConnorDCU

Software Engineering (7 projects)

CodeShort TitleSupervisorSite
2806-DCUPrivacy managementDr. Steve BlottDCU
2906-UCDArchive searchingDr. Jill Freyne and Dr. Lorraine McGintyUCD
3006-DCUTwigstackDr. Mark RoantreeDCU
3106-DCUIdentity managementDr. Steve BlottDCU
3206-DCUMobile votingDr. John MurphyUCD
3306-DCUWeb servicesDr. Claus PahlDCU
3406-DCUP2P SimulationDr. Mark RoantreeDCU

Site column indicates where the majority of the project will be based.

Important Dates
Mar 24 Application Deadline
Apr 3 Notification to applicant
June 6 Summer School Starts
Aug 25 Summer School Ends
Projects in this stand range from automatic speech recognition to language learning.
Projects in this strand range from sign language recognition from video to distributed visualisation of web-graphs.

Projects in this strand range from adaptive recommendation kiosks to location-based tagging and glow-tags.
Projects in this strand range from P2P simulation to mobile voting and large-scale embedded systems.

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