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Software Suite to Aid Protein Target Identification for Rational Drug Discovery (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Idowu, O., Lynden, S., Periorellis, P., Young, M., & Andras, P. (2003). Software Suite to Aid Protein Target Identification for Rational Drug Discovery. In Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory and Wellcome Trust Conference on Pharmacogenomics

The process of rational drug discovery requires analysis of complex biological systems such as protein-protein interaction, metabolic pathways and gene interaction networks. Our aim is to develop a software suite for data retrieval and analysis that... Read More about Software Suite to Aid Protein Target Identification for Rational Drug Discovery.

Dynamic resource management for mobile services (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ragusa, C., Liotta, A., & Pavlou, G. (2003). Dynamic resource management for mobile services. In Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications: 5th International Workshop, MATA 2003, Marrakech, Morocco, October 8-10, 2003. Proceedings (156-169). https

In this paper we propose a dynamic resource management system addressing the key requirements of mobile services – i.e. services realized as Mobile Agents (MAs). MAs are exploited here in different ways. First, to realize adaptable, configurable, con... Read More about Dynamic resource management for mobile services.

Aggregation of composite location-aware services for mobile cellular networks (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yew, A., Strand, A., Liotta, A., & Pavlou, G. (2003). Aggregation of composite location-aware services for mobile cellular networks. In Self-Managing Distributed Systems: 14th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Manage

The introduction of context-aware services through service frameworks such as Open Service Access gateways in 3rd Generation networks has coincided with the increasing popularity of Business to Business (B2B) solutions such as Web Services. It is env... Read More about Aggregation of composite location-aware services for mobile cellular networks.

Stability analysis of a new non-linear pole-zero placement controller incorporating neural networks (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zayed, A., & Hussain, A. (2003). Stability analysis of a new non-linear pole-zero placement controller incorporating neural networks. In Proceedings - INMIC 2003: IEEE 7th International Multi Topic Conference (290-294). https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC.2003

The stability analysis and parameter convergence of a newly reported self-tuning pole-zero placement controller algorithm for non-linear dynamic systems are studied. The original controller overcomes the shortcomings of other linear designs and provi... Read More about Stability analysis of a new non-linear pole-zero placement controller incorporating neural networks.

Novel non-linear PID based multiple-controller incorporating a neural network learning sub-model (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zayed, A., & Hussain, A. (2003). Novel non-linear PID based multiple-controller incorporating a neural network learning sub-model. In 7th International Multi Topic Conference, 2003. INMIC 2003 (283-289). https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC.2003.1416729

The paper proposes a new non-linear adaptive PID based multiple-controller incorporating a neural network learning sub-model. The unknown non-linear plant is represented by an equivalent model consisting of a linear time-varying sub-model plus a non-... Read More about Novel non-linear PID based multiple-controller incorporating a neural network learning sub-model.

New neural network based mobile location estimation in urban propagation models (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad, J., Hussain, A., & Ahmed, W. (2003). New neural network based mobile location estimation in urban propagation models. . https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC.2003.1416679

Location estimation finds its applications in many important decisions in cellular networks. Hand offs, cellular fraud detection and location sensitive billing are some of the examples. Many different techniques are currently in use. This work first... Read More about New neural network based mobile location estimation in urban propagation models.

Best practice for implementing a data warehouse: a review for strategic alignment. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weir, R., Peng, T., & Kerridge, J. (2003). Best practice for implementing a data warehouse: a review for strategic alignment. In Design and Management of Data Warehouses 2003: Proceedings of the 5th Intl. Workshop DMDW'2003, Berlin, Germany, September 8,

A review of literature pertaining to data warehouse implementations over the last eight years has been undertaken. It was found that the views of data warehouse practitioners in particular have changed over the period’s pre and post 2000, to the exte... Read More about Best practice for implementing a data warehouse: a review for strategic alignment..

A generative and component based approach to reuse in database applications. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B. H. (., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003). A generative and component based approach to reuse in database applications. In 5th Generative Programming and Component Engineering Young Researcher Workshop

The development of database application systems will benefit from high reusability because similar design circumstances recur frequently in database developments. However, research in software reuse has shown that mismatches of components with the... Read More about A generative and component based approach to reuse in database applications..

Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003, October). Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation. Presented at Fifth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, Las Vegas, NV, USA

The development of database application systems will beneft from high reusabiliiy because similar design circumstances recur frequently in database developments. However, research has shown that mismatches between pre-qualified components with th... Read More about Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation.

Achieving flexible reuse through scenario-based deep component adaptation and generation. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B. H. (., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003). Achieving flexible reuse through scenario-based deep component adaptation and generation. In Software Engineering and Applications (SEA'03) (397)

Mismatches between pre-qualified existing components and the particular reuse context in applications have been a major factor hindering component reusability. Component adaptation is a key solution to the elimination of these mismatches. However, de... Read More about Achieving flexible reuse through scenario-based deep component adaptation and generation..

The phenomenology of familiarity. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Van de Walle, G., Turner, P., & Davenport, E. (2003). The phenomenology of familiarity. In INTERACT 2003 - Bringing the Bits togETHer

Place and placelessness in virtual environments. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., Carroll, F., Benyon, D., McCall, R., & Smyth, M. (2003). Place and placelessness in virtual environments. In Proc. 6th Annual International Workshop on Presence

Where am I? Place as the basis for Presence. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2003). Where am I? Place as the basis for Presence. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Workshop on Space, Spatiality and Technologies

R-wave detection using continuous wavelet modulus maxima. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romero Legarreta, I., Addison, P., Grubb, N. R., Clegg, G. R., Robertson, C. E., Fox, K. A. A., & Watson, J. N. (2003). R-wave detection using continuous wavelet modulus maxima. In Computers in Cardiology, 2003 (565-568). https://doi.org/10.1109/CIC.2003

Modulus maxima derived from the continuous wavelet transform offers an enhanced time-frequency analysis technique for ECG signal analysis. Features within the ECG can be shown to correspond to various morphologies in the continuous modulus maxima dom... Read More about R-wave detection using continuous wavelet modulus maxima..

Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muir, L. J., Richardson, I., & Leaper, S. (2003). Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language.

Sign language communication via videotelephone has demanding visual quality requirements. In order to optimise video coding for sign language it is necessary to quantify the importance of areas of the video scene. Eye movements of deaf users are trac... Read More about Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language..

Channelling expertise from Napier’s HCI group – human-centred knowledge transfer. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T., Benyon, D., & Turner, S. (2003). Channelling expertise from Napier’s HCI group – human-centred knowledge transfer. In H. Johnson (Ed.), HCI 2003 - Designing for Society

The scope of the activities of Napier University’s HCI Group includes technology transfer, which led recently a national award. UCD is a typically mature set of ideas now ready for transfer, but as technology transfer gives way to knowledge transfer,... Read More about Channelling expertise from Napier’s HCI group – human-centred knowledge transfer..

Capital in communities: the case of the Cipher Challenge (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2003). Capital in communities: the case of the Cipher Challenge. In Virtual communities 2003

Much of the literature on communities of practice is concerned with enhancing collaborative work at the level of a single organisation (for example, Huberman & Hogg, 1994) or networks of organisations (for example, Huang, Newell, & Galliers, 2002). I... Read More about Capital in communities: the case of the Cipher Challenge.

Mutual inspiration in the development of new technology for older people. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eisma, R., Dickinson, A., Goodman, J., Mival, O., Syme, A., & Tiwari, L. (2003). Mutual inspiration in the development of new technology for older people. In Proceedings-Include 2003 (7:252-7:259)

There are few guidelines on how to involve older people in the design process of new IT related products. In this paper we describe some of the difficulties encountered when working with older people, and introduce the concept of mutual inspiration,... Read More about Mutual inspiration in the development of new technology for older people..