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Modeling living systems (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2009, September). Modeling living systems. Presented at ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life, Budapest, Hungary

A fundamental issue of evolution of life is the emergence and maintenance of self-referential autocatalytic systems (e.g. living cells). In this paper the problem is analyzed from a computational perspective. It is proposed that such systems have to... Read More about Modeling living systems.

Networks of artificial social interactions (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2009, September). Networks of artificial social interactions. Presented at ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life, Budapest, Hungary

Evolution of cooperation is a fundamental question of socio-biology. Intrinsic factors like kinship play an important role in cooperation among selfish individuals. External factors like uncertainty and the structure of the social interaction network... Read More about Networks of artificial social interactions.

A Web-Services Based Architecture for Dynamic-Service Deployment (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chrysoulas, C., Haleplidis, E., Haas, R., Denazis, S., & Koufopavlou, O. (2009). A Web-Services Based Architecture for Dynamic-Service Deployment. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00972-3_19

Due to the increase in both heterogeneity and complexity in today’s networking systems, there arises a demand for an architecture for network-based services, that gives flexibility and efficiency in the definition, deployment and execution of the ser... Read More about A Web-Services Based Architecture for Dynamic-Service Deployment.

Streaming layered video over P2P networks (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhaisoni, M., Ghanbari, M., & Liotta, A. (2009). Streaming layered video over P2P networks. In MoMM '09 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (76-81). https://doi.org/10.1145/1821748.1821769

Peer-to-Peer streaming has been increasingly deployed recently. This comes out from its ability to convey the stream over the IP network to a large number of end-users (or peers). However, due to the heterogeneous nature among the peers, some of them... Read More about Streaming layered video over P2P networks.

Predicting quality of experience in multimedia streaming (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Menkovski, V., Oredope, A., Liotta, A., & Sánchez, A. C. (2009, December). Predicting quality of experience in multimedia streaming. Presented at MoMM '09: 7th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Measuring and predicting the user's Quality of Experience (QoE) of a multimedia stream is the first step towards improving and optimizing the provision of mobile streaming services. This enables us to better understand how Quality of Service (QoS) pa... Read More about Predicting quality of experience in multimedia streaming.

Optimized online learning for qoe prediction (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Menkovski, V., Oredope, A., Liotta, A., & Sánchez, A. C. (2009, October). Optimized online learning for qoe prediction. Presented at 21st Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC'09), Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Quality of Experience (QoE) consists of a set of indicators that show the perceived satisfaction of using a multimedia (or other kind of) service by the end user. Being so the QoE presents a subjective metric and the only relevant mechanisms for meas... Read More about Optimized online learning for qoe prediction.

Load balancing efficiency in P2P media streaming (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhaisoni, M. M., Ghanbari, M., & Liotta, A. (2009). Load balancing efficiency in P2P media streaming. In Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications: (IMSA 2009) Human-centered Multimedia Computing (168-173)

Recently, P2PTV has started up-and-coming as a prospective alternate to the well known client-server applications such as IPTV, Video on demand and real-time TV services; Because it overcomes fundamental client-server issues and introduces some new f... Read More about Load balancing efficiency in P2P media streaming.

An analysis of mobile signalling in converged networks (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oredope, A., Exarchakos, G., Menkovski, V., & Liotta, A. (2009). An analysis of mobile signalling in converged networks. In 2009 IEEE 9th Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC) (629-634). https://doi.org/10.1109/MICC.2009.5431419

Converged networks are viewed as a multi-access platform on which fixed and mobile communications can be easily merged into a unified system thus enabling the deployment of rich and personalized services. In this paper, we provide the outcomes of our... Read More about An analysis of mobile signalling in converged networks.

Verification & validation of agent based simulations using the VOMAS (virtual overlay multi-agent system) approach (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Niazi, M. A., Hussain, A., & Kolberg, M. (2009, September). Verification & validation of agent based simulations using the VOMAS (virtual overlay multi-agent system) approach. Presented at Second Multi-Agent Logics, Languages, and Organisations Federated Workshops, Turin, Italy

Agent Based Models are very popular in a number of different areas. For example, they have been used in a range of domains ranging from modeling of tumor growth, immune systems, molecules to models of social networks, crowds and computer and mobile s... Read More about Verification & validation of agent based simulations using the VOMAS (virtual overlay multi-agent system) approach.

Speech recognition system and formant based analysis of spoken Arabic vowels (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alotaibi, Y., & Hussain, A. (2009). Speech recognition system and formant based analysis of spoken Arabic vowels. In Future Generation Information Technology (50-60). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10509-8_7

Arabic is one of the world’s oldest languages and is currently the second most spoken language in terms of number of speakers. However, it has not received much attention from the traditional speech processing research community. This study is specif... Read More about Speech recognition system and formant based analysis of spoken Arabic vowels.

Multi-modal speech processing methods: an overview and future research directions using a MATLAB based audio-visual toolbox (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abel, A., & Hussain, A. (2008, April). Multi-modal speech processing methods: an overview and future research directions using a MATLAB based audio-visual toolbox. Presented at COST Action 2102 and euCognition International School, Vietri sul Mare, Italy

This paper presents an overview of the main multi-modal speech enhancement methods reported to date. In particular, a new MATLAB based Toolbox developed by Barbosa et al (2007) for processing audio-visual data is reviewed and its performance potentia... Read More about Multi-modal speech processing methods: an overview and future research directions using a MATLAB based audio-visual toolbox.

Maximising audiovisual correlation with automatic lip tracking and vowel based segmentation (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abel, A., Hussain, A., Nguyen, Q., Ringeval, F., Chetouani, M., & Milgram, M. (2009, September). Maximising audiovisual correlation with automatic lip tracking and vowel based segmentation. Presented at BioID: European Workshop on Biometrics and Identity Management, Madrid, Spain

In recent years, the established link between the various human communication production domains has become more widely utilised in the field of speech processing. In this work, a state of the art Semi Adaptive Appearance Model (SAAM) approach develo... Read More about Maximising audiovisual correlation with automatic lip tracking and vowel based segmentation.

Controlled and automatic processing in animals and machines with application to autonomous vehicle control (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gurney, K., Hussain, A., Chambers, J., & Abdullah, R. (2009, September). Controlled and automatic processing in animals and machines with application to autonomous vehicle control. Presented at ICANN: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Limassol, Cyprus

There are two modes of control recognised in the cognitive psychological literature. Controlled processing is slow, requires serial attention to sub-tasks, and requires effortful memory retrieval and decision making. In contrast automatic control is... Read More about Controlled and automatic processing in animals and machines with application to autonomous vehicle control.

Common sense computing: From the society of mind to digital intuition and beyond (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cambria, E., Hussain, A., Havasi, C., & Eckl, C. (2009, September). Common sense computing: From the society of mind to digital intuition and beyond. Presented at BioID: European Workshop on Biometrics and Identity Management, Madrid, Spain

What is Common Sense Computing? And why is it so important for the technological evolution of humankind? This paper presents an overview of past, present and future efforts of the AI community to give computers the capacity for Common Sense reasoning... Read More about Common sense computing: From the society of mind to digital intuition and beyond.

An investigation into audiovisual speech correlation in reverberant noisy environments (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cifani, S., Abel, A., Hussain, A., Squartini, S., & Piazza, F. (2008, October). An investigation into audiovisual speech correlation in reverberant noisy environments. Presented at COST Action 2102 International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

As evidence of a link between the various human communication production domains has become more prominent in the last decade, the field of multimodal speech processing has undergone significant expansion. Many different specialised processing method... Read More about An investigation into audiovisual speech correlation in reverberant noisy environments.

A novel implicit adaptive pole-placement PID controller (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zayed, A., El-Fandi, M., Hussain, A., & El-Fllah, A. (2009). A novel implicit adaptive pole-placement PID controller.

In this paper, a new computationally efficient multivariable self-tuning controller with a proportional plus integral plus derivative (PID) is derived. The algorithm features a combination of the self-tuning property, in which the controller paramete... Read More about A novel implicit adaptive pole-placement PID controller.

New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wid én-Wulff, G., Huvila, I., Hall, H., Nivakoski, O., Kronqvist-Berg, M., & Francke, H. (2009, November). New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web. Presented at 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Thriving on diversity – Information opportunities in a pluralistic world,, Vancouver, Canada

Engaging in interactive and social events on the Web has become very common practice. Activities such as blogging, posting web pages, instant messaging, engaging in e-commerce, chatting online etc. all comprise elements of personal information produc... Read More about New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web.

Intrusion Detection Using Geometrical Structure (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamdagni, A., Tan, Z., Nanda, P., He, X., & Liu, R. (2009, December). Intrusion Detection Using Geometrical Structure. Presented at 2009 Fourth International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

We propose a statistical model, namely Geometrical Structure Anomaly Detection (GSAD) to detect intrusion using the packet payload in the network. GSAD takes into account the correlations among the packet payload features arranged in a geometrical st... Read More about Intrusion Detection Using Geometrical Structure.

A Multiple Viewed Interrelated Ontology Model for Holistic Component Specification and Retrieval (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, C., Liu, X., & Kennedy, J. (2009, December). A Multiple Viewed Interrelated Ontology Model for Holistic Component Specification and Retrieval. Presented at International Conference on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications: ASEA 2009, Jeju Island, Korea

Despite the success that Component-Based Development has achieved so far, component mismatch remains as a major hurdle for wider and smoother component reuse due to the lack of effective and automated approaches to component specification and retriev... Read More about A Multiple Viewed Interrelated Ontology Model for Holistic Component Specification and Retrieval.