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Complex-valued computational model of hippocampal CA3 recurrent collaterals (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shiva, A., Gogate, M., Howard, N., Graham, B., & Hussain, A. (2017). Complex-valued computational model of hippocampal CA3 recurrent collaterals. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCI-CC.2017.8109745

Complex planes are known to simplify the complexity of real world problems, providing a better comprehension of their functionality and design. The need for complex numbers in both artificial and biological neural networks is equally well established... Read More about Complex-valued computational model of hippocampal CA3 recurrent collaterals.

Development of 3D Sculpted, Hyper-Realistic Biomimetic Eyes for Humanoid Robots and Medical Ocular Prostheses (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Strathearn, C., & Ma, M. (in press). Development of 3D Sculpted, Hyper-Realistic Biomimetic Eyes for Humanoid Robots and Medical Ocular Prostheses. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics (SWARM 2017)

Hyper-realistic Humanoid Bio-robotic Systems (HHBS) are the precise electro-mechanical bodily emulation of natural human being in materiality, form and function. However, the standardised approach of constructing static ocular prosthesis for implemen... Read More about Development of 3D Sculpted, Hyper-Realistic Biomimetic Eyes for Humanoid Robots and Medical Ocular Prostheses.

Utilising natural cross-modal mappings for visual control of feature-based sound synthesis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tsiros, A., & Leplâtre, G. (2017, November). Utilising natural cross-modal mappings for visual control of feature-based sound synthesis. Presented at International Conference on Multimodal Interaction 2017

This paper presents the results of an investigation into audio-visual (AV) correspondences conducted as part of the development of Morpheme, a painting interface to control a corpus-based concatenative sound synthesis algorithm. Previous research has... Read More about Utilising natural cross-modal mappings for visual control of feature-based sound synthesis.

Fast Millimeter Wave Assisted Beam-Steering for Passive Indoor Optical Wireless Networks (2017)
Journal Article
Torres Vega, M., Koonen, A. M. J., Liotta, A., & Famaey, J. (2018). Fast Millimeter Wave Assisted Beam-Steering for Passive Indoor Optical Wireless Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 7(2), 278-281. https://doi.org/10.1109/lwc.2017.2771771

In light of the extreme radio congestion, the time has come to consider the upper parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Optical beam-steered wireless communications offer great potential for future indoor short-range connectivity, due to virtually u... Read More about Fast Millimeter Wave Assisted Beam-Steering for Passive Indoor Optical Wireless Networks.

Security, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Akram, R. N., Markantonakis, K., Mayes, K., Habachi, O., Sauveron, D., Steyven, A., & Chaumette, S. (2017). Security, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones. In 2017 IEEE/AIAA 36th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC),

Interconnected everyday objects, either via public or private networks, are gradually becoming reality in modern life -- often referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT) or Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). One stand-out example are those systems based... Read More about Security, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones.

A virtual uneven grid-based routing protocol for mobile sink-based WSNs in a smart home system (2017)
Journal Article
Liu, X., & Liu, Q. (2018). A virtual uneven grid-based routing protocol for mobile sink-based WSNs in a smart home system. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-017-1093-2

In a non-uniformly distributed network, the dataconcentrating centre equipped with sparse nodes rapidly depletes its battery energy due to the hotspot problem. To solve this problem, a Virtual Uneven Grid-based Routing protocol (VUGR) is proposed in... Read More about A virtual uneven grid-based routing protocol for mobile sink-based WSNs in a smart home system.

What role will wearables play in future healthcare? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C. (2017, November). What role will wearables play in future healthcare?. Presented at Seminar on the future of Health care, Big Data and Wearables

A better and more efficient health sector through digitalization and the use of Big Data – personalized treatment, prevention and diagnostics based on a more encompassing understanding of the patient; continuous surveillance and home based treatment. Read More about What role will wearables play in future healthcare?.

Head-mounted displays as opera glasses: using mixed-reality to deliver an egalitarian user experience during live events (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, C., Esteves, A., & McGregor, I. (2017). Head-mounted displays as opera glasses: using mixed-reality to deliver an egalitarian user experience during live events. In ICMI 2017 Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Inte

This paper explores the use of head-mounted displays (HMDs) as a way to deliver a front row experience to any audience member during a live event. To do so, it presents a two-part user study that compares participants reported sense of presence acros... Read More about Head-mounted displays as opera glasses: using mixed-reality to deliver an egalitarian user experience during live events.

An applied pattern-driven corpus to predictive analytics in mitigating SQL injection attack (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Uwagbole, S. O., Buchanan, W. J., & Fan, L. (2017). An applied pattern-driven corpus to predictive analytics in mitigating SQL injection attack. In 2017 Seventh International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST),. https://doi.org/10.1109/es

Emerging computing relies heavily on secure back-end storage for the massive size of big data originating from the Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices to the Cloud-hosted web applications. Structured Query Language (SQL) Injection Attack (SQLIA) r... Read More about An applied pattern-driven corpus to predictive analytics in mitigating SQL injection attack.

A Closer Look at Adaptation Mechanisms in Simulated Environment-Driven Evolutionary Swarm Robotics (2017)
Thesis
Steyven, A. S. W. A Closer Look at Adaptation Mechanisms in Simulated Environment-Driven Evolutionary Swarm Robotics. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253630

This thesis investigates several aspects of environment-driven adaptation in simulated evolutionary swarm robotics. It is centred around a specific algorithm for distributed embodied evolution called mEDEA. Firstly, mEDEA is extended with an explici... Read More about A Closer Look at Adaptation Mechanisms in Simulated Environment-Driven Evolutionary Swarm Robotics.