Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Competency in general surgical training
Published 2025Surgical training has challenges, including the need to equip surgeons for future growth, which is underpinned by their training. This thesis systematically examines the application and implications of a competency-based ...Open AccessThesis -
The Black Wave: An Ecocritical Reading of Water Pollution in Greek and Latin Epic
Published 2024This thesis analyses episodes of water pollution in five works of epic: Homer’s Iliad, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Silius’ Punica, Statius’ Thebaid, and Nonnus’ Dionysiaca. Using the lens of ecocriticism and its recent ‘blue’ ...USyd AccessThesis -
Energy and Bandwidth-Aware Federated Learning in Wireless Internet of Things
Published 2024In this thesis, we examine the challenges associated with implementing Federated Learning (FL) in wireless systems that have constraints on energy and bandwidth. First, we investigate decentralized FL in a wireless system, ...Open AccessThesis -
Independent Australian Citizenship: A Study of the Introduction of the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 (Cth)
Published 2024Before 26 January 1949, Australians held only British nationality. There was no separate legal Australian nationality status before the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 (Cth) came into being on 26 January 1949. This ...Open AccessThesis -
Enhancing Dental Radiographic Interpretation by Collaborating with AI Systems to Minimise Interpretive Errors
Published 2025Interpretive errors in dental radiology pose risks to patient care, often resulting from limitations in human capabilities, including visual detection, pattern recognition and clinical reasoning. Despite the critical role ...Open AccessThesis