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Convex neural network synthesis for robustness in the 1-norm (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drummond, R., Guiver, C., & Turner, M. C. (2024, July). Convex neural network synthesis for robustness in the 1-norm. Presented at 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, Oxford, England

With neural networks being used to control safety-critical systems, they increasingly have to be both accurate (in the sense of matching inputs to outputs) and robust. However, these two properties are often at odds with each other and a trade-off ha... Read More about Convex neural network synthesis for robustness in the 1-norm.

Frequency Fitness Assignment: Optimization without Bias for Good Solution outperforms Randomized Local Search on the Quadratic Assignment Problem (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, J., Wu, Z., Thomson, S. L., & Weise, T. (2024, November). Frequency Fitness Assignment: Optimization without Bias for Good Solution outperforms Randomized Local Search on the Quadratic Assignment Problem. Presented at ECTA 2024: 16th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications, Porto, Portugal

The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) is one of the classical N P-hard tasks from operations research with a history of more than 65 years. It is often approached with heuristic algorithms and over the years, a multitude of such methods has been app... Read More about Frequency Fitness Assignment: Optimization without Bias for Good Solution outperforms Randomized Local Search on the Quadratic Assignment Problem.

View from the (Virtual) Terraces: Football Fandom in Videogames (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donald, I., & Reid, A. (2024, September). View from the (Virtual) Terraces: Football Fandom in Videogames. Presented at Video Game Cultures, Birmingham City University

Other is a concept that is fundamental to sports: the other team, other player(s), other fans. Football fans share a camaraderie and can enthuse a tribalism (Mangan, 1996) that is difficult to understand and replicate in the virtual world. Yet, that... Read More about View from the (Virtual) Terraces: Football Fandom in Videogames.

A Comparison of the Efficiencies of various Structured and Semi- Structured Data Formats in Data Analysis and Big Data Analytic Development (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peng, T., & Graham, H. (2024, July). A Comparison of the Efficiencies of various Structured and Semi- Structured Data Formats in Data Analysis and Big Data Analytic Development. Presented at DATA 2024: 13th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications, Dijon, France

As data volumes grow, so too does our need and ability to analyse it. Cloud computing technologies offer a wide variety of options for analysing big data and make this ability available to anyone. However, the monetary implications for doing this in... Read More about A Comparison of the Efficiencies of various Structured and Semi- Structured Data Formats in Data Analysis and Big Data Analytic Development.

Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment (2024)
Journal Article
Bagireanu, A., Bros-Williamson, J., Duncheva, M., & Currie, J. (2024). Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment. Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 18(1), 1-11

Digital Twins (DTs) have entered the built environment from more established industries like aviation and manufacturing, although there has never been a common goal for utilising DTs at scale. Their assimilation into the built environment lacked its... Read More about Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment.

U-Shape Lossy Mode Resonance Optical Fiber Sensor for Temperature Detection of Lithium-Ion Batteries (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alcock, K. M., Goh, K., Beg, M., Melendi-Espina, S., & Hernaez, M. (2024, September). U-Shape Lossy Mode Resonance Optical Fiber Sensor for Temperature Detection of Lithium-Ion Batteries. Poster presented at 2024 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science meeting, Denver, Colorado , USA

This study develops a Polyethylenimine/Graphene Oxide thin film-based Lossy Mode Resonance U-shaped optical fiber sensor for lithium-ion battery temperature measurement. The study encourages further development of this device further as it compares w... Read More about U-Shape Lossy Mode Resonance Optical Fiber Sensor for Temperature Detection of Lithium-Ion Batteries.

How Much do Robots Understand Rudeness? Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Orme, M., Yu, Y., & Tan, Z. (2024, May). How Much do Robots Understand Rudeness? Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction. Presented at The 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), Torino, Italy

This paper concerns the pressing need to understand and manage inappropriate language within the evolving human-robot interaction (HRI) landscape. As intelligent systems and robots transition from controlled laboratory settings to everyday households... Read More about How Much do Robots Understand Rudeness? Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction.

Case Study: Management of public irrigation systems in Morocco: Challenges and innovations for resilient agriculture (2024)
Book Chapter
Guemouria, A., Tanji, R., El-Harraki, W., Elhassnaoui, I., Chehbouni, A., Bouchaou, L., Pantsi, C., & Khaddour, L. (2024). Case Study: Management of public irrigation systems in Morocco: Challenges and innovations for resilient agriculture. In A. Silva Afonso, & J. Manuel Gonçalves (Eds.), Engineering, Water and Food Nexus (57-65). World Federation of Engineering Organizations

Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata (2024)
Journal Article
Gnoli, C., Golub, K., Haynes, D., Salaba, A., Shiri, A., & Slavic, A. (2024). Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata. Knowledge Organization, 51, 169-186. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2024-3-169

This article addresses the underutilization of knowledge organization systems (KOS) elements in online library catalogues, hindering effective subject-based search and discovery. It highlights the International Society for Knowledge Organization's in... Read More about Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata.

A Data Serialization-based Framework for Efficient IoT Management (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huseynov, K., Cakir, L. V., Al-Shareeda, S., Özdem, M., & Canberk, B. (2024, November). A Data Serialization-based Framework for Efficient IoT Management. Presented at 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Ottawa, Canada

The Internet of Things (IoT) management relies on the efficient and timely transfer of data from sensors to applications. Processing required data transformations at the edge gateway introduces spatial complexity issues, particularly concerning resou... Read More about A Data Serialization-based Framework for Efficient IoT Management.

Autonomous Queue Management System in Software-defined Routers for Sensor Networks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yigit, Y., Maglaras, L., Karantzalos, K., Gursu, K., Ozdem, M., Buchanan, W. J., & Canberk, B. (2024, November). Autonomous Queue Management System in Software-defined Routers for Sensor Networks. Presented at 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Ottawa, Canada

Recent advancements in sensor networks, the In-ternet of Things (IoT), and machine communication technologies have led to a significant increase in network traffic across various domains. However, this growth has brought forth the critical challenge... Read More about Autonomous Queue Management System in Software-defined Routers for Sensor Networks.

Improved bounds on number fields of small degree (2024)
Journal Article
Anderson, T. C., Gafni, A., Hughes, K., Lemke Oliver, R. J., Lowry-Duda, D., Thorne, F., Wang, J., & Zhang, R. (2024). Improved bounds on number fields of small degree. Discrete Analysis, 19, https://doi.org/10.19086/da.127737

We study the number of degree n number fields with discriminant bounded by X. In this article, we improve an upper bound due to Schmidt on the number of such fields that was previously the best known upper bound for 6 ≤ n ≤ 94.

A hybrid machine learning modelling for optimization of flood susceptibility mapping in the eastern Mediterranean (2024)
Journal Article
Abdo, H. G., Richi, S. M., Alqadhi, S., Zeng, T., Prasad, P., Kotaridis, I., Alharbi, M. M., Khaddour, L. A., & Mallick, J. (online). A hybrid machine learning modelling for optimization of flood susceptibility mapping in the eastern Mediterranean. Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-07081-3

Floods are considered one of the most destructive natural disasters due to the human and economic losses caused. The Eastern Mediterranean region is subject to devastating annual flood events due to the complex geographical characteristics of this re... Read More about A hybrid machine learning modelling for optimization of flood susceptibility mapping in the eastern Mediterranean.

High-Isolation Array Antenna Design for 5G mm-Wave MIMO Applications (2024)
Journal Article
Abbasi, N. A., Virdee, B., Din, I. U., Ullah, S., Althuwayb, A. A., Rashid, N., Soruri, M., See, C. H., & Alibakhshikenari, M. (2025). High-Isolation Array Antenna Design for 5G mm-Wave MIMO Applications. Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 46(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-024-01027-3

A low form-factor design of an eight-element antenna array is presented for 5G mm-wave MIMO applications. The design features modified circular patch radiators that achieve an impedance bandwidth of 2.6 GHz, covering frequencies from 37.7 to 40.3 GHz... Read More about High-Isolation Array Antenna Design for 5G mm-Wave MIMO Applications.

Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials (2024)
Journal Article
Imre, E., Illés, Z., Casini, F., Guida, G., Feng, S., Datcheva, M., Baille, W., Bálint, Á., Mwinken, D. K., Lorincz, J., Leak, J., & Barreto, D. (online). Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials. Environmental Geotechnics, https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.23.00131

Estimation of hydraulic conductivity in soils is challenging. The primary aim of this study is to demonstrate that such predictions may be improved if grading curves are appropriately quantified and described, as well as by including density-related... Read More about Grading curve relations for saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular materials.

Electrochemical energy storing performances of printed LaFeO3 coated with PEDOT: PSS for hybrid supercapacitors (2024)
Journal Article
Nair, R., Uppuluri, K., Paul, F., Sirengo, K., Szwagierczak, D., Pillai, S. C., & Manjakkal, L. (2025). Electrochemical energy storing performances of printed LaFeO3 coated with PEDOT: PSS for hybrid supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 504, 158781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158781

eveloping advanced smart energy storage devices demanded new functional materials to store energy effectively and deliver power quickly. In this work, we studied the energy-storing performance of perovskite material, lanthanum ferrite (LaFeO3), prepa... Read More about Electrochemical energy storing performances of printed LaFeO3 coated with PEDOT: PSS for hybrid supercapacitors.

Effectiveness of Postoperative Cephalosporins in Reducing Urinary Tract Infections and Other Parameters Following Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Hafez, W., Al-Obeidat, F., Rashid, A., Venkatachalapathi, A. K., Massaod, A., AlBaha, Z., Kishk, S., Emoshe, T., Tefera, S. T., Ibrahim, I. A., Alkammar, M., Rashid, G., Fayed, A., Soliman, K., Nashwan, A. J., Mohamed, A., Simancas-Racines, D., & Cherrez-Ojeda, I. (online). Effectiveness of Postoperative Cephalosporins in Reducing Urinary Tract Infections and Other Parameters Following Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Current Problems in Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpsurg.2024.101696

Background
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the standard surgical procedure for alleviating bladder obstruction caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Although effective, TURP is associated with the risk of urinary tract infe... Read More about Effectiveness of Postoperative Cephalosporins in Reducing Urinary Tract Infections and Other Parameters Following Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Thin-Film Technologies for Sustainable Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, A. R., Ghamari, M., Velusamy, S., & Sundaram, S. (2024). Thin-Film Technologies for Sustainable Building-Integrated Photovoltaics. Energies, 17(24), Article 6363. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17246363

This study investigates the incorporation of thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) technologies in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and their contribution to sustainable architecture. The research focuses on three key TFPV materials: amorphous silico... Read More about Thin-Film Technologies for Sustainable Building-Integrated Photovoltaics.

How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I. (2025, July). How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War. Presented at Open edX Conference 2025, Paris

Following the ongoing war in Gaza since last October, all universities in Gaza have been destroyed and students have been deprived of their right to continue studying like their peers around the world. An Edinburgh Napier academic is spearheading an... Read More about How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War.