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IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Health Informatics for the Developing World (2017)
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Qadir, J., Mujeeb-U-Rahman, M., Rehmani, M., Pathan, A., Imran, M., Hussain, A., …Luo, B. (2017). IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Health Informatics for the Developing World. IEEE Access, 5, 27818-27823. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.278311

We live in a world with growing disparity in the quality of life available to people in the developed and developing countries. Healthcare in the developing world is fraught with numerous problems such as the lack of health infrastructure, and human... Read More about IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Health Informatics for the Developing World.

Visualization of Online Datasets (2017)
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Peng, T., & Downie, C. (2017). Visualization of Online Datasets. International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing, 6(1), 11-23. https://doi.org/10.2991/ijndc.2018.6.1.2

As computing technology advances, computers are being used to orchestrate and advance wide spectrums of commercial and personal life, information visualization becomes even more significant as we immerse ourselves into the era of big data, leading to... Read More about Visualization of Online Datasets.

Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH): A Novel Feature Extraction Technique (2017)
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Wajid, S. K., Hussain, A., & Huang, K. (2018). Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH): A Novel Feature Extraction Technique. Expert Systems with Applications, 112, 388-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.11.057

In this paper, we present a novel feature extraction technique, termed Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH), and exploit it to detect breast cancer in volumetric medical images. The technique is incorporated as part of an in... Read More about Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH): A Novel Feature Extraction Technique.

A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation (2017)
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Khan, F. A., Ahmed, J., Khan, J. S., Ahmad, J., & Khan, M. A. (2017). A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation. Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 33(6), 3753-3765. https://doi.org/10.3233/JIF

Internet is used as the main source of communication throughout the world. However due to public nature of internet data are always exposed to different types of attacks. To address this issue many researchers are working in this area and proposing d... Read More about A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation.

Affective Reasoning for Big Social Data Analysis (2017)
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Cambria, E., Hussain, A., & Vinciarelli, A. (2017). Affective Reasoning for Big Social Data Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 8(4), 426-427. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2017.2763218

This special section focuses on the introduction, presentation, and discussion of novel techniques that further develop and apply affective reasoning tools and techniques for big social data analysis. A key motivation for this special section, in par... Read More about Affective Reasoning for Big Social Data Analysis.

Towards graduate employment: exploring student identity through a university-wide employability project (2017)
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Smith, S., Smith, C., Taylor-Smith, E., & Fotheringham, J. (2019). Towards graduate employment: exploring student identity through a university-wide employability project. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43(5), 628-640. https://doi.org/10.1080/03

Students have expectations of their university education leading to graduate careers, with universities investing considerable resources in institution-wide initiatives designed to enhance opportunities for student work placements and work-related le... Read More about Towards graduate employment: exploring student identity through a university-wide employability project.

Fast Millimeter Wave Assisted Beam-Steering for Passive Indoor Optical Wireless Networks (2017)
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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.

A virtual uneven grid-based routing protocol for mobile sink-based WSNs in a smart home system (2017)
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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.

Learning from Few Samples with Memory Network (2017)
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Zhang, S., Huang, K., Zhang, R., & Hussain, A. (2018). Learning from Few Samples with Memory Network. Cognitive Computation, 10(1), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-017-9507-z

Neural networks (NN) have achieved great successes in pattern recognition and machine learning. However, the success of a NN usually relies on the provision of a sufficiently large number of data samples as training data. When fed with a limited data... Read More about Learning from Few Samples with Memory Network.

A Machine Learning Approach to Detect Router Advertisement Flooding Attacks in Next-Generation IPv6 Networks (2017)
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Anbar, M., Abdullah, R., Al-Tamimi, B. N., & Hussain, A. (2018). A Machine Learning Approach to Detect Router Advertisement Flooding Attacks in Next-Generation IPv6 Networks. Cognitive Computation, 10(2), 201-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-017-9519-8

Router advertisement (RA) flooding attack aims to exhaust all node resources, such as CPU and memory, attached to routers on the same link. A biologically inspired machine learning-based approach is proposed in this study to detect RA flooding attack... Read More about A Machine Learning Approach to Detect Router Advertisement Flooding Attacks in Next-Generation IPv6 Networks.

Multimodal MR Synthesis via Modality-Invariant Latent Representation (2017)
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Chartsias, A., Joyce, T., Giuffrida, M. V., & Tsaftaris, S. A. (2018). Multimodal MR Synthesis via Modality-Invariant Latent Representation. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 37(3), 803-814. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmi.2017.2764326

We propose a multi-input multi-output fully convolutional neural network model for MRI synthesis. The model is robust to missing data, as it benefits from, but does not require, additional input modalities. The model is trained end-to-end, and learns... Read More about Multimodal MR Synthesis via Modality-Invariant Latent Representation.

Semi-supervised learning for big social data analysis (2017)
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Hussain, A., & Cambria, E. (2018). Semi-supervised learning for big social data analysis. Neurocomputing, 275, 1662-1673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2017.10.010

In an era of social media and connectivity, web users are becoming increasingly enthusiastic about interacting, sharing, and working together through online collaborative media. More recently, this collective intelligence has spread to many different... Read More about Semi-supervised learning for big social data analysis.

A methodology for the security evaluation within third-party Android Marketplaces (2017)
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Buchanan, W. J., Chiale, S., & Macfarlane, R. (2017). A methodology for the security evaluation within third-party Android Marketplaces. Digital Investigation, 23, 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2017.10.002

This paper aims to evaluate possible threats with unofficial Android marketplaces, and geo localize the malware distribution over three main regions: China, Europe; and Russia. It provides a comprehensive review of existing academic literature about... Read More about A methodology for the security evaluation within third-party Android Marketplaces.

Analysis of the adoption of security headers in HTTP (2017)
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Buchanan, W. J., Helme, S., & Woodward, A. (2018). Analysis of the adoption of security headers in HTTP. IET Information Security, 12(2), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ifs.2016.0621

With the increase in the number of threats within Web-based systems, a more integrated approach is required to ensure the enforcement of security policies from the server to the client. These policies aim to stop man-in-the-middle attacks, code injec... Read More about Analysis of the adoption of security headers in HTTP.

Clustering-Oriented Multiple Convolutional Neural Networks for Single Image Super-Resolution (2017)
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Ren, P., Sun, W., Luo, C., & Hussain, A. (2018). Clustering-Oriented Multiple Convolutional Neural Networks for Single Image Super-Resolution. Cognitive Computation, 10(1), 165-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-017-9512-2

In contrast to the human visual system (HVS) that applies different processing schemes to visual information of different textural categories, most existing deep learning models for image super-resolution tend to exploit an indiscriminate scheme for... Read More about Clustering-Oriented Multiple Convolutional Neural Networks for Single Image Super-Resolution.

Locally Excited State–Charge Transfer State Coupled Dyes as Optically Responsive Neuron Firing Probes (2017)
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Sirbu, D., Butcher, J. B., Waddell, P. G., Andras, P., & Benniston, A. C. (2017). Locally Excited State–Charge Transfer State Coupled Dyes as Optically Responsive Neuron Firing Probes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(58), 14639-14649. https://doi.org

A selection of NIR-optically responsive neuron probes was produced comprising of a donor julolidyl group connected to a BODIPY core and several different styryl and vinylpyridinyl derived acceptor moieties. The strength of the donor–acceptor interact... Read More about Locally Excited State–Charge Transfer State Coupled Dyes as Optically Responsive Neuron Firing Probes.

Remote control by body movement in synchrony with orbiting widgets: an evaluation of TraceMatch (2017)
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Clarke, C., Bellino, A., Esteves, A., & Gellersen, H. (2017). Remote control by body movement in synchrony with orbiting widgets: an evaluation of TraceMatch. PACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 1(3), Article 45. https://doi

In this work we consider how users can use body movement for remote control with minimal effort and maximum flexibility. TraceMatch is a novel technique where the interface displays available controls as circular widgets with orbiting targets, and wh... Read More about Remote control by body movement in synchrony with orbiting widgets: an evaluation of TraceMatch.

Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments (2017)
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Alsarhan, A., Itradat, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Zomaya, A. Y., & Min, G. (2018). Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 29(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1109/tp

In the current cloud business environment, the cloud provider (CP) can provide a means for offering the required quality of service (QoS) for multiple classes of clients. We consider the cloud market where various resources such as CPUs, memory, and... Read More about Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments.

A Bayesian Assessment of Real-World Behavior During Multitasking (2017)
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Bergmann, J., Fei, J., Green, D., Hussain, A., & Howard, N. (2017). A Bayesian Assessment of Real-World Behavior During Multitasking. Cognitive Computation, 9, 749-757. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-017-9500-6

Multitasking is common in everyday life, but its effect on activities of daily living is not well understood. Critical appraisal of performance for both healthy individuals and patients is required. Motor activities during meal preparation were monit... Read More about A Bayesian Assessment of Real-World Behavior During Multitasking.

A novel decision support system for the interpretation of remote sensing big data (2017)
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Boulila, W., Farah, I. R., & Hussain, A. (2018). A novel decision support system for the interpretation of remote sensing big data. Earth Science Informatics, 11(1), 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-017-0313-7

Applications of remote sensing (RS) data cover several fields such as: cartography, surveillance, land-use planning, archaeology, environmental studies, resources management, etc. However, the amount of RS data has grown considerably due to the incre... Read More about A novel decision support system for the interpretation of remote sensing big data.