Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Characterisation of Echocardiographic Markers of Right Ventricular Function in Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
Published 2025Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) is characterised by intrinsic myocardial dysfunction that culminates in heart failure (HF), a syndrome associated with significant symptoms, morbidity and mortality. Contemporary guidelines ...Open AccessThesis -
Combining Actor-Critic Methods with Model Predictive Control via Stein Variational Inference
Published 2026Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has demonstrated remarkable success in continuous control tasks. However, it often requires extensive training data, struggles with complex long-horizon planning, and may fail to maintain ...USyd AccessThesis -
Deep Generative Modeling for Chest X-ray Interpretation and Synthesis
Published 2026Multimodal Generative Modeling has significantly advanced chest x-rays (CXRs) interpretation and synthesis, but key challenges remain— such as bone suppression task for CXRs diagnosis, unifying interpretive and generative ...Open AccessThesis -
Deep Feature Learning for Multi-Modality Dental Image Analysis
Published 2025Dental medical imaging underpins modern oral healthcare by supporting diagnosis, treatment planning, and clinical education, thereby reducing disease progression and long-term healthcare burdens. X-ray imaging remains the ...USyd AccessThesis -
Evaluation of stiffness-based approaches for assessing soil compaction in laboratory and field
Published 2025Sometimes referred to as the “dark art” of civil engineering, earthworks remain an essential yet costly and often uncertain component of modern infrastructure projects. Increasingly, pavement design emphasizes mechanisti ...Open AccessThesis