Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Essays on Machine Learning in Economics
Published 2026This thesis presents three studies exploring how machine learning can be applied to understand and model complex phenomena in economics. Chapter 2 investigates how machine learning can be used to examine geographic diversity ...USyd AccessThesis -
Multimodal Emotion Elicitation and Recognition in Virtual Reality
Published 2026Virtual Reality (VR) has been effectively used for eliciting emotions, yet most research focuses on the intensity of affective responses rather than on how interaction influences those experiences. To address this gap, ...Open AccessThesis -
Causes, Mechanisms, and Mitigation of Socially-Induced Nocebo Effects
Published 2026The nocebo effect refers to adverse symptoms that arise in response to treatment but cannot be explained by its active properties. Despite their major clinical, social, and economic burden, nocebo effects remain understudied. ...Open AccessThesis -
Leveraging deep learning to enable real-time beam-view image-guided radiotherapy
Published 2026Real-time image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is essential for minimising the clinical impact of patient motion during radiotherapy. Existing IGRT systems often rely on additional imaging dose or specialised, expensive ...USyd AccessThesis -
Learning Theory for Transformers: An Operator-Learning Viewpoint
Published 2026Large language models (LLMs) have reshaped the foundations of artificial intelligence research and the modes of interaction between human cognition and machine intelligence. Their influence extends further still, transforming ...Open AccessThesis