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Real-time physical model for synthesis of sword swing sounds (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Selfridge, R., Moffat, D., & Reiss, J. (2017). Real-time physical model for synthesis of sword swing sounds. In Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference

Sword sounds are synthesised by physical models in real- time. A number of compact sound sources are used along the length of the sword which replicate the swoosh sound when swung through the air. Listening tests are carried out which reveal a model... Read More about Real-time physical model for synthesis of sword swing sounds.

The Effectiveness of Two Audiovisual Mappings to Control a Concatenative Synthesiser (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tsiros, A., & Leplâtre, G. (2017, July). The Effectiveness of Two Audiovisual Mappings to Control a Concatenative Synthesiser. Presented at Sound and Music Computing 2017

This paper presents the results of an investigation into audio visual (AV) correspondences conducted as part of the development of Morpheme, a painting interface to control a corpus-based concatenative sound synthesiser. Our goal was to measure the e... Read More about The Effectiveness of Two Audiovisual Mappings to Control a Concatenative Synthesiser.

Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., & Inzitari, G. (2017, July). Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures. Presented at PLEA 2017 - Passive and Low Energy Architecture

The foundations of biomimicry lie with the idea that Nature can inspire solutions to complex human problems. Biomimicry in Architecture is a rapidly growing field which also echoes the new paradigm of a circular economy. Recent applications of biomim... Read More about Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures.

Transforming challenges into opportunities in social housing: a case study from Italy (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, L., Sablone, E., Rusconi Clerici, L., Consalez, L., & Pomponi, F. (2017, July). Transforming challenges into opportunities in social housing: a case study from Italy. Presented at PLEA 2017 - Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Social housing often aims to provide sheltering for people on low incomes or with particular needs. This results in a constraints-dominated context where environmental and social sustainability find little room. Neglecting environmental and social is... Read More about Transforming challenges into opportunities in social housing: a case study from Italy.

Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L., Moncaster, A., & Smith, S. (2017, July). Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation. Presented at PLEA 2017 - Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Colegio Rochester is school in Colombia with a strong vision for sustainability. This vision permeates the new school building which was the first school in Latin America to be awarded a LEED Gold certification. This article uses Colegio Rochester as... Read More about Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation.

Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2017, July). Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017). Presented at 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017), Sunderland, UK

The 31st British Human Computer Interaction Conference was held between the 3rd and 6th July 2017 at the University of Sunderland’s St. Peter’s Campus. The conference was organised by the HCI research groups at the University of Sunderland and Napier... Read More about Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017).

Transitioning cohorts: A comparative study of best practice in supporting direct entrant students to make a successful transition from FE college to advanced years in university (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meharg, D., & Marr, S. (2017, July). Transitioning cohorts: A comparative study of best practice in supporting direct entrant students to make a successful transition from FE college to advanced years in university. Presented at HEA Annual Conference 2017 Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight, Manchester

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Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, M., Montazami, A., & Lunn, C. (2017). Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building. In PLEA Conference Proceedings Volume 1 (740-747)

The quality of educational buildings can considerably affect teaching and learning processes. Literature shows that there is a significant relationship between students’ thermal perception and their performance. The UK higher education buildings host... Read More about Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building.

Evaluating the social impact of youth digital culture co-creation: let’s participate and play (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017, July). Evaluating the social impact of youth digital culture co-creation: let’s participate and play. Presented at The 2017 British Human Computer Interaction Conference, Sunderland, UK

This paper examines young people’s participation in digital culture and current approaches to measure its social impact. The analysis of the literature presented here reveals current scholarly understanding of the value of digital youth culture, soci... Read More about Evaluating the social impact of youth digital culture co-creation: let’s participate and play.

A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Ekonomou, E., & Wadhaj, I. (2017, June). A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)

The IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) has been recently standardized for routing in the constrained Internet of Things networks. Unfortunately, the RPL storing mode has been found restricted by storage limitations in the ro... Read More about A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things.

Discrepancies between theoretical and actual heating demand in Scottish modern dwellings (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. (2017). Discrepancies between theoretical and actual heating demand in Scottish modern dwellings. In PLEA 2017 Proceedings - Design to Thrive (361-368)

The study reports on the differences between the actual heat consumption profiles of twelve dwellings monitored for four years and their predicted heat demand profiles as calculated by the UK Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). This mon... Read More about Discrepancies between theoretical and actual heating demand in Scottish modern dwellings.

Permaculture as a foundation for sustainable interaction design and UX (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egan, C., Benyon, D., & Thompson, R. (2017). Permaculture as a foundation for sustainable interaction design and UX. In Proceedings of British HCI 2017. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.93

The main objective of this work is to gain an understanding of the relationships between UX and permaculture. This will deliver insights as to how digital media development can support the need for people to live and work in more ecologically conscio... Read More about Permaculture as a foundation for sustainable interaction design and UX.

The Digital Rubber Hand Illusion (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aldhous, J., Hetherington, R., & Turner, P. (2017). The Digital Rubber Hand Illusion. In Proceedings of British HCI 2017 – Digital Make-Believe. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.59

The rubber hand illusion (RHI) is a body ownership illusion whereby congruently stroking a fake rubber hand and a subject's hidden hand while observing the rubber hand produces the illusion of them feeling the touch on the rubber hand and experiencin... Read More about The Digital Rubber Hand Illusion.

Comparing communities of optima with funnels in combinatorial fitness landscapes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, S. L., Daolio, F., & Ochoa, G. (2017, July). Comparing communities of optima with funnels in combinatorial fitness landscapes. Presented at GECCO '17: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Berlin, Germany

The existence of sub-optimal funnels in combinatorial fitness landscapes has been linked to search difficulty. The exact nature of these structures --- and how commonly they appear --- is not yet fully understood. Improving our understanding of funne... Read More about Comparing communities of optima with funnels in combinatorial fitness landscapes.

A hybrid method for feature construction and selection to improve wind-damage prediction in the forestry sector (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., Sim, K., Gardiner, B., & Kamimura, K. (2017, July). A hybrid method for feature construction and selection to improve wind-damage prediction in the forestry sector. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference on - GECCO '17

Catastrophic damage to forests resulting from major storms has resulted in serious timber and financial losses within the sector across Europe in the recent past. Developing risk assessment methods is thus one of the keys to finding forest management... Read More about A hybrid method for feature construction and selection to improve wind-damage prediction in the forestry sector.

Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., & Fonzone, A. (2017, July). Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference on - GECCO '17, Berlin, Germany

Agencies who provide social care services typically have to optimise staff allocations and the travel whilst attempting to satisfy conflicting objectives. In such cases it is desirable to have a range of solutions to choose from, allowing the agenc... Read More about Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem.

Fibre optic strain sensor for carbon concrete composites (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bremer, K., Weigand, F., Zheng, Y., Alwis, L. S. M., Kuhne, M., Helbig, R., & Roth, B. (2017, June). Fibre optic strain sensor for carbon concrete composites. Presented at 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, Germany

The work introduces textile based carbon structures that are functionalized with optical fibre sensors for structural health monitoring (SHM) of concrete based composites. The concept of the functionalized carbon reinforcement structure is shown in F... Read More about Fibre optic strain sensor for carbon concrete composites.

Rich Pictures of the Future (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., Smith, C., Berg, T., & Bowen, T. (2017, June). Rich Pictures of the Future. Presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference

The acceleration of technological innovation means that higher education must prepare students for an unknown future like never before, and help them see their position in relation to an increasingly globalised economy. Transition from university int... Read More about Rich Pictures of the Future.

Taking education for granted: the role of placement in computing science (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., Smith, C., Taylor-Smith, E., & Gemma, W. (2017, June). Taking education for granted: the role of placement in computing science. Presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference

The importance of placements and internships was highlighted in the 2016 Shadbolt Review of Computer Science Degree Accreditation and Graduate Employability – indeed the second recommendation of the review was to extend and promote work experience .... Read More about Taking education for granted: the role of placement in computing science.