Advances in Machine Learning Techniques for Sign Language Interpretation
Published in Springer LNNS (ICTCS 2024) - survey of CNN, LSTM, Transformer, and hybrid methods for sign language interpretation.
Computer Vision, Sign Language, Deep Learning
Publications & Projects
Publications
Research Experience
Bi-Directional Sign Language Translator
Final Year Project - real-time ISL-to-text using MediaPipe landmarks, achieving 94.32% accuracy on dynamic gestures with DTW.
Python, MediaPipe, LSTM
Single Image De-Raining
Independent Study (Honours Seminar) - lightweight CNN for rain-streak removal, outperforming baselines on PSNR and SSIM.
Python, TensorFlow, CNN
Personal Projects
JRaytrace
A software raytracing engine written entirely in Java with no external libraries. Supports primitives, OBJ models, coloured lighting, texturing, normal mapping, and reflection.
Java, Raytracing, Rendering
Flapocalypse (AR survival shooter)
AR shooter using Vuforia environment tracking to spawn moving 3D targets, orientation-based aiming, tap-to-shoot, and difficulty escalation. Built during a 30-hour AR workshop (University of Johannesburg x PICT).
AR, Unity3D, Vuforia
KRONOS (VR action-survival)
Voxel-style assets in Blender, wave-based enemy system, placeable barrier mechanics, and Oculus performance optimizations. Built during a 50-hour AR-VR workshop at PICT in collaboration with Appy Monkeys Pvt. Ltd.
VR, Unity3D, Blender
2D Fluid Simulator
Real-time 2D Navier-Stokes fluid simulation in pure Java with interactive dye injection and velocity visualization.
Java, Fluid Simulation, Numerical Methods