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Affective common sense knowledge acquisition for sentiment analysis (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cambria, E., Xia, Y., & Hussain, A. (2012, May). Affective common sense knowledge acquisition for sentiment analysis. Presented at International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Thanks to the advent of Web 2.0, the potential for opinion sharing today is unmatched in history. Making meaning out of the hugeamount of unstructured information available online, however, is extremely difficult as web-contents, despite being perfe... Read More about Affective common sense knowledge acquisition for sentiment analysis.

A novel road traffic sign detection and recognition approach by introducing CCM and LESH (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zakir, U., Usman, A., & Hussain, A. (2012, November). A novel road traffic sign detection and recognition approach by introducing CCM and LESH. Presented at 19th International Conference, ICONIP 2012, Doha, Qatar

A real time road sign detection and recognition system can provide an additional level of driver assistance leading to an improved safety to passengers, road users and other vehicles. Such Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can be used to aler... Read More about A novel road traffic sign detection and recognition approach by introducing CCM and LESH.

The game is aFoot, Watson: DeepQA systems and the future of HCI (2012)
Book Chapter
Keates, S., & Varker, P. (2012). The game is aFoot, Watson: DeepQA systems and the future of HCI. In M. M. Soares, & F. Rebelo (Eds.), Advances in Usability Evaluation Part II (341-348). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b12324-40

In February 2011, the IBM Watson DeepQA (deep question and answer) system took part in a special challenge, pitting its question and answer capability against former Jeopardy!TM grand champions in a televised match. Watson emerged victorious from the... Read More about The game is aFoot, Watson: DeepQA systems and the future of HCI.

Servitization in laser job shops : interviews with laser job shops and machine providers (2012)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G., Hussain, R., Roy, R., Williams, S., & Lockett, H. (2012). Servitization in laser job shops : interviews with laser job shops and machine providers. The Laser User Magazine, 65,

Manufacturers often outsource laser cutting to laser job shops which will cut components to fairly tight deadlines and budgets. However, the concept of laser cutting as a way to improve manufacturing output is no longer novel; it has now been 'commod... Read More about Servitization in laser job shops : interviews with laser job shops and machine providers.

Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G. A., Chakrabarti, A., & Corney, J. (2012, September). Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2012)

Concept generation plays a vital role in establishing a broader foundation in the design process to create novel products. In globalized, collaborative, designing scenario, unambiguous representation of captured ideas to explicate designer‘s thoughts... Read More about Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation.

Double-clicking poverty: the diffusion of ICT in the hotel sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Demeke, W. (2012, December). Double-clicking poverty: the diffusion of ICT in the hotel sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Paper presented at University of West London, MPhil/PhD Conference Presentation

According to the United Nations Development Program, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a significant impact on the reduction of poverty in developing countries. In addition, a number of studies emphasise the positive developmental im... Read More about Double-clicking poverty: the diffusion of ICT in the hotel sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

RiLIES2: Final report (2012)
Report
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Irving, C. (2012). RiLIES2: Final report. United Kingdom: Library and Information Science Research Coalition

Research report of the RiLIES2 (Research in librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study) project commissioned by the Library and Information Science Research Coalition to support the use and execution of research by librarians and information scientists

Optimization of a Long Period Grating Distal Probe for Temperature and Refractive Index Measurement (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alwis, L., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. (2012, September). Optimization of a Long Period Grating Distal Probe for Temperature and Refractive Index Measurement. Presented at EuroSensors 2012, Krakow, Poland

Long Period Gratings (LPG)-based sensors are widely used due to their higher sensitivity to various measurands. However, a single grating based LPG sensor system has the disadvantage of the probe being used in transmission mode due to the broad bandw... Read More about Optimization of a Long Period Grating Distal Probe for Temperature and Refractive Index Measurement.

Do pedestrian have Right Of Way in the UK? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saleh, W., & Al Saeed, K. (2012, December). Do pedestrian have Right Of Way in the UK?. Paper presented at Tenth International Conference of World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)

Are bus lanes effective and efficient transport policies? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al Zaidi, A., & Saleh, W. (2012, December). Are bus lanes effective and efficient transport policies?. Paper presented at Tenth International Conference of World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)