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Wideband and Low-Profile Phased Array Smartphone Antenna Supporting 28-38 GHz (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parchin, N. O., Ullah, A., Amar, A. S. I., Abdul-Al, M., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., Fun Hu, Y., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021, November). Wideband and Low-Profile Phased Array Smartphone Antenna Supporting 28-38 GHz. Presented at 2021 29th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), Belgrade, Serbia [Online]

This paper introduces a low-profile 5G phased array with a broad operation band for smartphone applications. The design procedure is simple and easy to accomplish. It is composed of eight endfire dipoles with a 1×8 linear array arrangement at the top... Read More about Wideband and Low-Profile Phased Array Smartphone Antenna Supporting 28-38 GHz.

Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Array for Sub 6 GHz 5G Smartphone Applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, A., Parchin, N. O., Abdul-Al, M., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., Fun Hu, Y., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021, November). Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Array for Sub 6 GHz 5G Smartphone Applications. Presented at 2021 29th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), Belgrade, Serbia [Online]

In this article, a new MIMO smartphone antenna array with compact resonators is introduced for the fifth-generation mobile terminals. The proposed design was developed on an FR4 substrate with relative permittivity εr=4.3 and dielectric loss tangent... Read More about Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Array for Sub 6 GHz 5G Smartphone Applications.

Internal MIMO Antenna Design for Multi-Band Mobile Handset Applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, A., Parchin, N. O., Abdul-Al, M., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., Fun Hu, Y., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021, November). Internal MIMO Antenna Design for Multi-Band Mobile Handset Applications. Presented at 2021 29th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), Belgrade, Serbia [Online]

In this research study, a new of 2×2 interior multi-band MIMO antenna is introduced for smartphone usages. The alignment of the antenna element contains a multi-mode monopole radiator with three L-shaped slits positioned at the border of the printed... Read More about Internal MIMO Antenna Design for Multi-Band Mobile Handset Applications.

Transfer learning-based method for detection of COVID-19 using X-Ray Images (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rehman, A., Tariq, Z., Jan, S. U., Aziz, S., Khan, M. U., & Chaudry, H. N. (2021, October). Transfer learning-based method for detection of COVID-19 using X-Ray Images. Presented at 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI), Rawalpindi, Pakistan

In this paper, we have performed transfer learning using different pre-trained convolutional neural networks for binary classification of X-ray images into COVID-19 disease and normal. The dataset is gathered from two open sources. Our dataset is con... Read More about Transfer learning-based method for detection of COVID-19 using X-Ray Images.

A journey that motivates: Exploring the Associate Students Transition Framework (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meharg, D., Varey, A., & Cairncross, S. (2021). A journey that motivates: Exploring the Associate Students Transition Framework. In 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637158

This research to practice full paper presents empirical work exploring the transition experiences of transfer students into computing degrees in Scotland. Students on this journey face transitional barriers as they adapt to the change in culture, com... Read More about A journey that motivates: Exploring the Associate Students Transition Framework.

A DEM Study On The Effect Of Inherent Variability In Assemblies Of Spherical Particles (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leak, J., Barreto, D., & Dimitriadi, V. (2021, December). A DEM Study On The Effect Of Inherent Variability In Assemblies Of Spherical Particles. Paper presented at 18th Annual Geomechanics From Micro to Macro Conference, Dundee

These slides were presented at the 18th annual geomechanics from micro to macro conference in 2021 at the university of Dundee. They detail a study on the effect of inherent variability on soil parameters (such as initial void ratio, peak stress etc.... Read More about A DEM Study On The Effect Of Inherent Variability In Assemblies Of Spherical Particles.

Use of Solar Technology to Improve the Rural Community (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2021, December). Use of Solar Technology to Improve the Rural Community. Presented at Webinar Series: Social Work and Development, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia

Developing Visualisations to Enhance an Insider Threat Product: A Case Study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Kukla, R., Mandrychenko, O., Hart, D., & Kennedy, J. (2021, October). Developing Visualisations to Enhance an Insider Threat Product: A Case Study. Presented at 2021 IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec), New Orleans, USA

This paper describes the process of developing data visualisations to enhance a commercial software platform for combating insider threat, whose existing UI, while perfectly functional, was limited in its ability to allow analysts to easily spot the... Read More about Developing Visualisations to Enhance an Insider Threat Product: A Case Study.

Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woolley, S. I., Collins, T., Andras, P., Gardner, A., Ortolani, M., & Pitt, J. (2021, October). Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Waterloo, ON, Canada

A growing sense of unfairness permeates our quasi-digital society. Despite drivers supporting and motivating ethical practice in the digital technology ecosystem, there are compounding barriers to fairness that, at every level, impact technology inno... Read More about Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem.

Phased Array Antenna Package with Switchable Radiation Coverage for Future Smartphones (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parchin, N. O., Ullah, A., Abdul-Al, M., Amar, A. S., Hu, Y. F., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021, October). Phased Array Antenna Package with Switchable Radiation Coverage for Future Smartphones. Presented at 2021 IEEE 26th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Porto, Portugal

A new phased array antenna package with improved and switchable radiation coverage is proposed for future cellular communications. Its configuration contains three subarrays of patch radiators along the edge area of the smartphone board. Each sub-arr... Read More about Phased Array Antenna Package with Switchable Radiation Coverage for Future Smartphones.

Improved Group-Based Signaling Scheme for Mobile Nodes in the Internet of Things Networks (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, S. M., Man, M., Ghaleb, B., Aplop, F., Ghaleb, M., & Al-Hadi, I. A. A. (2021, April). Improved Group-Based Signaling Scheme for Mobile Nodes in the Internet of Things Networks. Presented at ICETIS: International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems, Online

One of the most important challenge in the mobility management protocols is maintaining the MN’s IP connectivity and its accessibility during its movement. Although mobility protocols have come a long way in solving this issue in IP-WSNs, they still... Read More about Improved Group-Based Signaling Scheme for Mobile Nodes in the Internet of Things Networks.

An RPL based Optimal Sensors placement in Pipeline Monitoring WSNs (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wadhaj, I., Thomson, C., & Ghaleb, B. (2021, June). An RPL based Optimal Sensors placement in Pipeline Monitoring WSNs. Presented at International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems (ICETIS 2021), Online

Compared to an ordinary sensor network, Linear Sensor Networks (LSNs) has many applications in a number of areas such as surveillance and monitoring of international boundaries for illegal crossing, river environment monitoring and roads monitoring e... Read More about An RPL based Optimal Sensors placement in Pipeline Monitoring WSNs.

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) in Oil and Gas Industry: Applications, Requirements and Existing Solutions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wadhaj, I., Ghaleb, B., & Thomson, C. (2021, June). Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) in Oil and Gas Industry: Applications, Requirements and Existing Solutions. Presented at International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems (ICETIS 2021), Online

Effective measurement and monitoring of certain parameters (temperature, pressure, flow etc.) is crucial for the safety and optimization of processes in the Oil and Gas Industry. Wired sensors have been extensively utilized for this purpose but are c... Read More about Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) in Oil and Gas Industry: Applications, Requirements and Existing Solutions.

What happens if you treat ordinal ratings as interval data? Human evaluations in {NLP} are even more under-powered than you think (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howcroft, D. M., & Rieser, V. (2021, November). What happens if you treat ordinal ratings as interval data? Human evaluations in {NLP} are even more under-powered than you think. Presented at 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing

Previous work has shown that human evaluations in NLP are notoriously under-powered. Here, we argue that there are two common factors which make this problem even worse: NLP studies usually (a) treat ordinal data as interval data and (b) operate unde... Read More about What happens if you treat ordinal ratings as interval data? Human evaluations in {NLP} are even more under-powered than you think.

CAPE: Context-Aware Private Embeddings for Private Language Learning (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plant, R., Gkatzia, D., & Giuffrida, V. (2021). CAPE: Context-Aware Private Embeddings for Private Language Learning. In Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (7970-7978)

Neural language models have contributed to state-of-the-art results in a number of downstream applications including sentiment analysis, intent classification and others. However, obtaining text representations or embeddings using these models risks... Read More about CAPE: Context-Aware Private Embeddings for Private Language Learning.

Time-Series in Hyper-parameter Initialization of Machine Learning Techniques (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horváth, T., Mantovani, R. G., & de Carvalho, A. C. P. L. F. (2021, November). Time-Series in Hyper-parameter Initialization of Machine Learning Techniques. Presented at 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL2021), Manchester

Initializing the hyper-parameters (HPs) of machine learning (ML) techniques became an important step in the area of automated ML (AutoML). The main premise in HP initialization is that a HP setting that performs well for a certain dataset(s) will als... Read More about Time-Series in Hyper-parameter Initialization of Machine Learning Techniques.

Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al Dubai, A., & Buchanan, W. (2021, October). Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems. Presented at 2021 5th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the principal signalling protocol in Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, responsible for initialising, terminating, and maintaining sessions amongst call parties. However, the problem with the SIP protocol is that i... Read More about Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems.

Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2021, November). Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community. Presented at Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK

Using the animated short film, New Signs for Animation as an example and jumping off point, we will be exploring options for character design in animation focused to deaf audiences in a workshop setting. This session will be an online [Zoom] recorded... Read More about Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community.

Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dimitrova, I. D., Sanal, S., Bau Luong, M., Tingas, S., & Im, H. G. (2021, November). Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions. Paper presented at 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, Arizona

This study employs algorithmic tools from the computational singular perturbation (CSP) approach and statistics to investigate detonation development in SI engines using 2D simulations at different intensity levels – strong and mild detonations. The... Read More about Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions.