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Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation (2021)
Journal Article
Bendiek, P., Taha, A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Barakat, B. (2022). Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation. Applied Sciences, 12(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010134

Solar forecasting plays a key part in the renewable energy transition. Major challenges, related to load balancing and grid stability, emerge when a high percentage of energy is provided by renewables. These can be tackled by new energy management st... Read More about Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation.

Optimising Electrical Power Supply Sustainability Using a Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System—An NHS Hospital Case Study (2021)
Journal Article
Kahwash, F., Barakat, B., Taha, A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Imran, M. A. (2021). Optimising Electrical Power Supply Sustainability Using a Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System—An NHS Hospital Case Study. Energies, 14(21), Article 7084. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217084

This study focuses on improving the sustainability of electrical supply in the healthcare system in the UK, to contribute to current efforts made towards the 2050 net-zero carbon target. As a case study, we propose a grid-connected hybrid renewable e... Read More about Optimising Electrical Power Supply Sustainability Using a Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System—An NHS Hospital Case Study.

6G Opportunities Arising from Internet of Things Use Cases: A Review Paper (2021)
Journal Article
Barakat, B., Taha, A., Samson, R., Steponenaite, A., Ansari, S., Langdon, P. M., …Keates, S. (2021). 6G Opportunities Arising from Internet of Things Use Cases: A Review Paper. Future Internet, 13(6), Article 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13060159

The race for the 6th generation of wireless networks (6G) has begun. Researchers around the world have started to explore the best solutions for the challenges that the previous generations have experienced. To provide the readers with a clear map of... Read More about 6G Opportunities Arising from Internet of Things Use Cases: A Review Paper.

Identification of a Speaker from Characteristics of a Voice (2020)
Journal Article
Kinkiri, S., Bakarat, B., & Keates, S. (2020). Identification of a Speaker from Characteristics of a Voice. Sensors & transducers, 244(5), 7-12

Speech is unique mode of communication among humans. Speech is a complex method of communication systems when compared with other methods. As humans, we also use non-speech, which is non-verbal communication to convey information. Nonverbal communica... Read More about Identification of a Speaker from Characteristics of a Voice.

Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: Optimizing Frame Rate (Freshness) to Improve the Performance of Real-Time Objects Detection Application (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Barakat, B., Steponenaite, A., Lall, G. S., Arshad, K., Wassell, I. J., & Keates, S. (2020). Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: Optimizing Frame Rate (Freshness) to Improve the Performance of Real-Time Objects Detection Application. In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Practice: Proceedings, Part II (479-492). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49108-6_34

It has been 100+ years since the world’s first commercial radio station started. This century witnessed several astonishing inventions (e.g. the computer, internet and mobiles) that have shaped the way we work and socialize. With the start of a new d... Read More about Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: Optimizing Frame Rate (Freshness) to Improve the Performance of Real-Time Objects Detection Application.

Phonemes: An Explanatory Study Applied to Identify a Speaker (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Kinkiri, S., Barakat, B., & Keates, S. (2020). Phonemes: An Explanatory Study Applied to Identify a Speaker. In Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences (58-68). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6318-8_6

Speaker Identification (SI) is a process of identifying a speaker automatically via a machine using the speaker’s voice. In SI, one speaker’s voice is compared with n- number of speakers’ templates within the reference database to find the best match... Read More about Phonemes: An Explanatory Study Applied to Identify a Speaker.

How to Measure the Average and Peak Age of Information in Real Networks? (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Barakat, B., Yassine, H., Keates, S., Wassell, I., & Arshad, K. (2019). How to Measure the Average and Peak Age of Information in Real Networks?.

The Age of information (AoI) was proposed in the literature to quantify the freshness of information. The majority of the work done in this area has theoretically evaluated AoI and its Peak (PAoI). In this paper, a method for obtaining the value of A... Read More about How to Measure the Average and Peak Age of Information in Real Networks?.

Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics (2019)
Journal Article
Barakat, B., Keates, S., Wassell, I. J., & Arshad, K. (2021). Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 36(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445760.2019.1649402

Several traffic models for the Internet of Things (IoT) have been proposed in the literature. However, they can be considered as heuristic models since they only reflect the stochastic characteristic of the generated traffic. In this paper, we propos... Read More about Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics.

Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Barakat, B., Keates, S., Wassell, I., & Arshad, K. (2019). Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios. In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Multimodality and Assistive Environments (419-430). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23563-5_33

Real-time systems make their decisions based on information communicated from sensors. Consequently, delivering information in a timely manner is critical to such systems. In this paper, a policy for delivering fresh information (or minimising the Pe... Read More about Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios.