Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Binding Time - A Theory of How Flexible and Adaptive Temporal Integration Shapes Perception
Published 2026This thesis develops a theory of temporal binding, the perceptual process via which we temporally integrate sensory features. While psychophysical and neurophysiological findings have revealed much about temporal binding, ...Open AccessThesis -
Understanding Algorithmic Fairness: An Investigation of How Stakeholders Construct Algorithmic Fairness in the HR Context
Published 2026Algorithmic fairness has gained increasing scholarly and public attention, as numerous examples show that algorithmic decision making (ADM) systems can introduce new forms of unfair treatment. This thesis responds to calls ...Open AccessThesis -
Responsible Innovation and the Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies
Published 2026As governments worldwide seek to encourage innovation, there is a growing concern for doing so in a way that fosters competitive technological advancement while generating societal benefits. Responsible innovation (RI) is ...Open AccessThesis -
Holocene on the High Country: A multiproxy interrogation of paleoenvironmental sensitivity along an elevational transect of high-altitude Australia
Published 2026High-altitude landscapes are among the most sensitive environments to climate and land use change. However, paleoscientific determinations of high-altitude sensitivity are disproportionately informed by paleoecological ...Open AccessThesis -
The design and analysis of inflatable dams
Published 1973A number of models were constructed to study the static and dynamic behaviour of hydraulic inflatable dams. Points of particular interest included fabric tension and profile shape in an 'infinitely' long dam. Qualitative ...Open AccessThesis