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Facillitating, teaching and learning of programming with inter-active multimedia. (2004)
Thesis
Choi, S.-H. Facillitating, teaching and learning of programming with inter-active multimedia. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5681

This thesis investigates effective ways of designing and integrating Interactive
Multimedia (IMM) to facilitate teaching and learning of programming. Drawing on a
preliminary investigation in IMM and learning, an initial design and integration
app... Read More about Facillitating, teaching and learning of programming with inter-active multimedia..

Evolutionary Computation Combinatorial Optimization. (2004)
Journal Article
(2004). Evolutionary Computation Combinatorial Optimization. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 3(4),

Guest Editor of Special issue of Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms

Neural activity pattern systems (2004)
Journal Article
Andras, P. (2005). Neural activity pattern systems. Neurocomputing, 65, 531-536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2004.10.041

Understanding how neural systems work needs appropriate models. Here we propose a model that describes neural systems in terms of abstract communication systems. We indicate how to apply the proposed framework to the analysis of real neural systems.

A social shaping perspective on an e-Governmental system(ic) failure. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2004, August). A social shaping perspective on an e-Governmental system(ic) failure

The paper that follows is concerned with the communities of interest (or actor networks) and communities of practice that articulate the delivery of e-government services, and with the discourse formations that shape the delivery of e-government serv... Read More about A social shaping perspective on an e-Governmental system(ic) failure..

Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing the experiences of real and virtual places. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2004, October). Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing the experiences of real and virtual places. Presented at 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence

An alternate approach to characterizing and describing experiences of both real and virtually recreated places is described both in theoretical and empirical terms.

Probing the sense of place. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neill, S., McCall, R., Smyth, M., & Benyon, D. (2004, October). Probing the sense of place. Presented at 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Valencia, Spain

This paper describes the application and results of
two studies using a qualitative tool designed to examine
sense of place in relation to presence research in the
BENOGO project. The ‘place probe’ incorporates a
range of techniques aimed at arti... Read More about Probing the sense of place..

A method for designing virtual places. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., & Carroll, F. (2004, October). A method for designing virtual places. Presented at 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence

This paper discusses our experiences of using a
range of methods and techniques to measure the sense of
place in real and virtual environments. The paper
presents a discussion on presence and how this is linked
directly with our sense of place. F... Read More about A method for designing virtual places..

Bacillus Subtilis protein interaction network analysis (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Idowu, O. C., Lynden, S. J., Young, M. P., & Andras, P. (2004, August). Bacillus Subtilis protein interaction network analysis. Presented at 2004 IEEE Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference, Stanford, CA, USA

Identifying functionally important proteins that are essential to the survival of a bacterial cell is of considerable interest in the development of new antimicrobial agents. Recent studies have shown that functionally important components in protein... Read More about Bacillus Subtilis protein interaction network analysis.

e-Science Tools for the Analysis of Complex Systems (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Idowu, O., Lynden, S., & Andras, P. (2004, August). e-Science Tools for the Analysis of Complex Systems. Presented at UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2004, Nottingham


Many real world complex systems (e.g., protein-protein interaction networks in living cells, the Internet) can be conceptualised as graphs of interacting components, where the components are the nodes and the interactions are the edges of the grap... Read More about e-Science Tools for the Analysis of Complex Systems.

Phase transition properties of clustered travelling salesman problem instances generated with evolutionary computation. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
van Hemert, J. I., & Urquhart, N. B. (2004, September). Phase transition properties of clustered travelling salesman problem instances generated with evolutionary computation. Presented at Parallel Problem Solving From Nature (PPSN) VIII

We introduce a generator that creates problem instances for the Euclidean symmetric travelling salesman problem. To fit real world problems, we look at maps consisting of clustered nodes. Uniform random sampling methods do not result in maps where th... Read More about Phase transition properties of clustered travelling salesman problem instances generated with evolutionary computation..

Active Serial Port: A Component for JCSP. Net Embedded Systems (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clayton, S., & Kerridge, J. (2004, September). Active Serial Port: A Component for JCSP. Net Embedded Systems. Presented at Communicating Process Architectures 2004, Oxford Brookes University, UK

The javax.comm package provides basic low-level access between Java programs and external input-output devices, in particular, serial devices. Such communications are handled using event listener technology similar to that used in the AWT package. Us... Read More about Active Serial Port: A Component for JCSP. Net Embedded Systems.

The Materiality of Wearable Computers – Craft and Authentic User Experience (2004)
Journal Article
Kettley, S., & Smyth, M. (2004). The Materiality of Wearable Computers – Craft and Authentic User Experience. Design Journal, 7(2), 32-41. https://doi.org/10.2752/146069204789354381

This paper presents work undertaken as part of an ongoing research programme into wearable computers and the processes for designing personal digital artifacts that exhibit authenticity. Authenticity is discussed in its associations with contemporary... Read More about The Materiality of Wearable Computers – Craft and Authentic User Experience.

Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, T., & Kennedy, J. (2004, July). Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions. Presented at 21st Annual British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD21)

We are developing an ontology as a defined terminology for the taxonomic description of botanical specimens. To allow these descriptions to unambiguously refer to a given plant structure, the ontology specifies compositional relationships between ana... Read More about Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions..

Stable clustering through mobility prediction for large-scale multihop intelligent ad hoc networks (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sivavakeesar, S., Pavlou, G., & Liotta, A. (2004, March). Stable clustering through mobility prediction for large-scale multihop intelligent ad hoc networks. Presented at 2004 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA

In this paper we present a framework for dynamically organizing mobile nodes (MNs) in large-scale mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), with the eventual aim to support quality of service (QoS). Our dynamic, distributed clustering approach is based on int... Read More about Stable clustering through mobility prediction for large-scale multihop intelligent ad hoc networks.

Dealing with complex networks of process interactions: A security measure (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Periorellis, P., Idowu, O. C., Lynden, S. J., Young, M. P., & András, P. (2004, April). Dealing with complex networks of process interactions: A security measure. Presented at Ninth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, Florence, Italy

The majority of faults and consequent errors and failures in computer systems stem from the complexity of the system itself according to B. Schneier (2000). Yet complexity as a non-functional property is largely disregarded from initial development p... Read More about Dealing with complex networks of process interactions: A security measure.

How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LePlâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2004, July). How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study. Presented at International Conference on Auditory Displays, ICAD'2004, Sydney, Australia

This paper discusses the importance of auditory interface
aesthetics and presents an empirical investigation of sound
aesthetics in context. The theoretical discussion examines the relationship between sound aesthetics and user satisfaction and con... Read More about How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study.

Culture and context in an online voting system for young people (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whyte, A., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2003, August). Culture and context in an online voting system for young people. Presented at IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7 Summer School on Risks and Challenges of the Network Society

This paper describes the design and evaluation of an e-voting system used to elect representatives to a local youth parliament, in the Highland region of Scotland. The system was designed with a team of young people, based on their input and the eval... Read More about Culture and context in an online voting system for young people.

Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities (2004)
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Graham, D. (2004). Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities. International Journal of Information Management, 24(3), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2004.02.004

The results of a research project that examined the factors that motivated individuals competing to win an award of £10,000 to interact collectively in a Yahoo e-group are presented. The project’s focus was to examine the apparent willingness of comp... Read More about Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities.