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Parked Electric Vehicle’s Cabin Temperature Management Using Photovoltaic Powered Ventilation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kolhe, M., Muneer, T., & Adhikari, S. (2017, August). Parked Electric Vehicle’s Cabin Temperature Management Using Photovoltaic Powered Ventilation. Presented at 9th International Conference on Applied Energy, Cardiff, UK

District heating networks are commonly addressed in the literature as one of the most effective solutions for decreasing the greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector. These systems require high investments which are returned through the heat... Read More about Parked Electric Vehicle’s Cabin Temperature Management Using Photovoltaic Powered Ventilation.

Applications of Evolutionary Computation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2017). Applications of Evolutionary Computation. In G. Squillero, & K. Sim (Eds.), Applications of Evolutionary Computation (Part II). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55792-2

The two volumes LNCS 10199 and 10200 constitute the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2017, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in April 2017, colocated wi... Read More about Applications of Evolutionary Computation.

Applications of Evolutionary Computation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2017). Applications of Evolutionary Computation. In G. Squillero, & K. Sim (Eds.), Applications of Evolutionary Computation (Part I). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55849-3

The two volumes LNCS 10199 and 10200 constitute the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2017, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in April 2017, collocated w... Read More about Applications of Evolutionary Computation.

A Cognitive-IoE Approach to Ambient-intelligent Smart Home (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamnal, G., & Liu, X. (2017). A Cognitive-IoE Approach to Ambient-intelligent Smart Home. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security (302-308). https://doi.org/10.5220/0006304103020308

In today’s world, we are living in busy metropolitan cities and want our homes to be ambient intelligent enough towards our cognitive requirements for assisted living in smart space environment and an excellent smart home control system should not re... Read More about A Cognitive-IoE Approach to Ambient-intelligent Smart Home.

Structural Design with Reclaimed Materials: an Elastic Gridshell out of Skis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Colabella, S., D'Amico, B., Hoxha, E., & Fivet, C. (2017). Structural Design with Reclaimed Materials: an Elastic Gridshell out of Skis. In Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2017 “Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”

This paper presents the design and construction of a 36m² gridshell, the rigidity of which is achieved through the bending of an initially flat grid of 210 reclaimed skis. The generated waste for its production is near zero as it is mostly built from... Read More about Structural Design with Reclaimed Materials: an Elastic Gridshell out of Skis.

Aide Memoire (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flint, T., & Dylan, T. H. (2018). Aide Memoire. In L. Hall, T. Flint, S. O'Hara, & P. Turner (Eds.), Proceedings of BHCI 2017. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.69

The Aide Memoire is a fully realised product constructed from discarded testing equipment. Born out of a series of creative sessions exploring the broad theme of interactivity the product was developed in partnership between Tom Flint and Tommy Dylan... Read More about Aide Memoire.

Eidolon360 – A VR Experience (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hood, B., & Flint, T. (2017, July). Eidolon360 – A VR Experience. Presented at HCI 2017 - Digital make-believe, University of Sunderland

Eidolon360 is a virtual reality artwork and experience that is interacted with through VR headsets. The viewer, reclining on a bed within the exhibition space, experiences a 360 film, shot within a medical simulation centre, that mimics clinical hosp... Read More about Eidolon360 – A VR Experience.

Experimental Assessment and Modelling of Coupled Biochemical-Physical-Mechanical Biodegradation Process of a Municipal Solid Waste Sample from Michigan (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Datta, S., Zekkos, D., Fei, X., & McDougall, J. (2017, September). Experimental Assessment and Modelling of Coupled Biochemical-Physical-Mechanical Biodegradation Process of a Municipal Solid Waste Sample from Michigan. Presented at Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics, Leeds

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is biodegradable in landfills under anaerobic conditions. The evolution of the biochemical, physical and mechanical characteristics of MSW are interdependent and is investigated first through an experiment and subsequently... Read More about Experimental Assessment and Modelling of Coupled Biochemical-Physical-Mechanical Biodegradation Process of a Municipal Solid Waste Sample from Michigan.

Fast Filtering of Known PNG Files Using Early File Features (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKeown, S., Russell, G., & Leimich, P. (2017). Fast Filtering of Known PNG Files Using Early File Features. In Proceedings of the Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

A common task in digital forensics investigations is to identify known contraband images. This is typically achieved by calculating a cryptographic digest, using hashing algorithms such as SHA256, for each image on a given media, comparing individual... Read More about Fast Filtering of Known PNG Files Using Early File Features.

A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Essa, A., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Eshaftri, M. (2016, May). A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks. Presented at 1st EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (SmartGift 2016)

Since sensor nodes have limited energy resources, prolonging network lifetime and improving scalability are essential elements in energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Most existing approaches consider the residual energy of a single node... Read More about A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks.

Stretchable pH sensing patch in a hybrid package (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dang, W., Manjakkal, L., Lorenzelli, L., Vinciguerra, V., & Dahiya, R. (2017). Stretchable pH sensing patch in a hybrid package. In 2017 IEEE SENSORS. https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2017.8234297

This work presents a novel stretchable pH sensing patch to detect the pH in body fluid which is one of the most important parameters in human health monitoring. The sensing patch is a hybrid package comprising of polyimide/gold-based stretchable inte... Read More about Stretchable pH sensing patch in a hybrid package.

Electrochemical sensors with screen printed Ag|AgCl|KCl reference electrodes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manjakkal, L., Pascual, C. L., & Dahiya, R. (2017). Electrochemical sensors with screen printed Ag|AgCl|KCl reference electrodes. In 2017 IEEE SENSORS. https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2017.8234044

This paper presents the printed thick film Ag|AgCl|KCl reference electrodes for electrochemical or biosensors application and theirelectrochemical and analytical performance. The reference electrode exhibits a stable potential against standard glass... Read More about Electrochemical sensors with screen printed Ag|AgCl|KCl reference electrodes.

Integrated fiber Bragg grating incorporated textile carbon reinforcement structures (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alwis, L., Bremer, K., Zheng, Y., Weigand, F., Kuhne, M., Helbig, R., & Roth, B. (2017). Integrated fiber Bragg grating incorporated textile carbon reinforcement structures. In 2017 IEEE Sensors. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2017.8234106

An optical fibre Bragg grating (FBG) based strain sensor network incorporated in a functionalized textile-based carbon structure (FTCS) that can be used for structural health monitoring (SHM) is introduced. The aim of the design is not only to monito... Read More about Integrated fiber Bragg grating incorporated textile carbon reinforcement structures.

A passive infrared gesture recognition system (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binnie, T. D., Armitage, A. F., & Wojtczuk, P. (2017, October). A passive infrared gesture recognition system. Presented at 2017 IEEE Sensors, Glasgow, UK

A device for a low-to-intermediate level of gesture recognition which uses a passive thermal-infrared (PIR) sensor array is described. The detection system which discriminates between a small number of simple dynamic gestures, such as 'hand swiping'... Read More about A passive infrared gesture recognition system.

A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kho, C. T. K., Ahmed, J., Kashem, S., & Then, Y. L. (2017). A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading. In TENCON 2017 - 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference (763-768). https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2017.8227962

Partial shading is the condition where PV array experiences different level of irradiances on it which results significant reduction in output power. To handle that issue, PV modules are connected in various configurations as reported in the literatu... Read More about A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading.

A preliminary study on the hand grip and pinch strength among adults in an indigenous people community in Royal Belum Forest, Malaysia (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bani, N. A., Noor, N. M., Aris, S. A. M., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Kaidi, H. M., Jalil, S. Z. A., Usman, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2017, November). A preliminary study on the hand grip and pinch strength among adults in an indigenous people community in Royal Belum Forest, Malaysia. Presented at 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2017), Penang, Malaysia

Handgrip strength is a general indicator of muscle strength and nutritional status of an adult population, and is linked with premature mortality as well as physical disabilities. In this preliminary study, handgrip strength among adults in an indige... Read More about A preliminary study on the hand grip and pinch strength among adults in an indigenous people community in Royal Belum Forest, Malaysia.

The Electricity Infrastructure in Sri Lanka Then, Now and Hereafter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fernando, W., Gupta, N., & Özveren, C. S. (2017, August). The Electricity Infrastructure in Sri Lanka Then, Now and Hereafter. Presented at 52nd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), Heraklion, Greece

This paper will initially describe the electricity infrastructure in Sri Lanka, covering history, current status, and future directions. Secondly, it will explore the costs of electricity generated by different sources including initial capital, retu... Read More about The Electricity Infrastructure in Sri Lanka Then, Now and Hereafter.

Permeable Pavement Systems: State of the Art (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pantsi, C., Arthur, S., Wright, G., & Alsubih, M. (2017, December). Permeable Pavement Systems: State of the Art. Presented at 14th IWA/IAHR International Conference on Urban Drainage, Prague

One of the most effective and prevalent types of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) is permeable pavement systems. Permeable pavement systems allow effective management of surface water runoff and are an efficient method of improving water quality.... Read More about Permeable Pavement Systems: State of the Art.

Sensor faults detection and classification using SVM with diverse features (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jan, S. U., & Koo, I. S. (2017). Sensor faults detection and classification using SVM with diverse features. In 2017 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ictc.2017.8191044

Sensors in industrial systems fault frequently leading to serious consequences regarding cost and safety. The authors propose support vector machine-based classifier with diverse time- and frequency-domain feature models to detect and classify these... Read More about Sensor faults detection and classification using SVM with diverse features.