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Reconfigurable neurons - making the most of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghani, A., See, C. H., Migdadi, H., Asif, R., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Noras, J. M. (2015). Reconfigurable neurons - making the most of configurable logic blocks (CLBs). . https://doi.org/10.1109/itecha.2015.7317451

An area-efficient hardware architecture is used to map fully parallel cortical columns on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) is presented in this paper. To demonstrate the concept of this work, the proposed architecture is shown at the system leve... Read More about Reconfigurable neurons - making the most of configurable logic blocks (CLBs).

Compact size uni-planer small Metamaterial-Inspired antenna for UWB applications (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jan, N., Elmegri, F., Bin-Melha, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., Lashab, M., & See, C. (2015). Compact size uni-planer small Metamaterial-Inspired antenna for UWB applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/itecha.2015.7317443

In this paper, low profile planar Metamaterial-Inspired coplanar fed waveguide antenna is presented for WLAN and Ultra-Wideband applications. The antenna is based on a simple strip loaded to a rectangular patch and zigzag E-shape metamaterial-inspire... Read More about Compact size uni-planer small Metamaterial-Inspired antenna for UWB applications.

Life at the local scale: an alternative perspective on the urban. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., & Helgason, I. (2015). Life at the local scale: an alternative perspective on the urban. In Hybrid Cities - data to the people. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3740.2083

The study of cities has risen to the top of research agendas in the last decade, raising the question of how to study something as vast and eclectic as cities. This paper proposes a return to a focus on the local as an appropriate scale to investigat... Read More about Life at the local scale: an alternative perspective on the urban..

A BIM platform for offsite timber construction. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patlakas, P., Livingstone, A., & Hairstans, R. (2015). A BIM platform for offsite timber construction.

This paper discusses the potential of a BIM platform for offsite timber construction within the context of the UK construction industry. It examines the benefits, limitations, and challenges that BIM brings for offsite timber. Proof-of-concept projec... Read More about A BIM platform for offsite timber construction..

Comparing usefulness of acoustic measurements on standing trees for segregation by timber stiffness. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gil-Moreno, D., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2015). Comparing usefulness of acoustic measurements on standing trees for segregation by timber stiffness. In R. J. Ross, R. Gonçalves, & X. Wang (Eds.), Proceedings: 19th International Nondestructive Testing and Eval

The paper presents a comparison of standard procedures to measure acoustic stiffness of standing trees and logs. The aim is to see how useful they are for predicting the properties of dry, sawn, timber for the purposes of resource segregation in indu... Read More about Comparing usefulness of acoustic measurements on standing trees for segregation by timber stiffness..

Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sellami, N., Meng, X., Xia, X., Knox, A. R., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator. In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931565

In this study, the Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC is modified to demonstrate for the first time a new generation of solar concentrators working simultaneously as an electricity generator and thermal collector. It is designed to have two... Read More about Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator.

Enhancing the performance of BICPV systems using phase change materials (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tahir, A. A., Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). Enhancing the performance of BICPV systems using phase change materials. AIP conference proceedings, 1679(1), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931557

Building Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (BICPV) systems have three main benefits for integration into built environments, namely, (i) generating electricity at the point of use (ii) allowing light efficacy within the building envelope and (iii)... Read More about Enhancing the performance of BICPV systems using phase change materials.

Characterization of a polyimide-coated humidity sensor in a hybrid fibre grating configuration (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alwis, L., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2015). Characterization of a polyimide-coated humidity sensor in a hybrid fibre grating configuration. In J. L. Fabris, H. J. Kalinowski, & W. J. Bock (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193678

A Relative Humidity (RH) sensor incorporating a Long Period Grating (LPG) and a Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) in a series configuration was developed and evaluated. The LPG was coated with polyimide allowing it to respond to humidity changes while the FB... Read More about Characterization of a polyimide-coated humidity sensor in a hybrid fibre grating configuration.

ATP: Adaptive Tuning Protocol for Service Discovery in Internet of Things (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Qasem, M., Al-Dubai, A., Imed, R., & Yassien, M. B. (2015). ATP: Adaptive Tuning Protocol for Service Discovery in Internet of Things. In ICEMIS '15 Proceedings of the The International Conference on Engineering & MIS 2015. https://doi.org/10.1145/283298

Energy is a precious resource in Internet of Things (IoT) especially with battery operated nodes, the overhead that consumes the battery power of the sensor nodes is a fundamental problem. This overhead is mainly caused by the frequent update message... Read More about ATP: Adaptive Tuning Protocol for Service Discovery in Internet of Things.

Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tsitsas, G., Dimitriadi, V., Zekkos, D., Dumitru, M., Ciortan, R., & Manea, S. (2015). Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania. In Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European

Dynamic compaction is a widely used ground improvement method applicable to a variety of soils including collapsible loess. The paper presents site characterization and ground improvement performance results obtained from a 22 kilometer motorway proj... Read More about Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania.

From the Virtual to the RealWorld: Referring to Objects in Real-World Spatial Scenes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gkatzia, D., Rieser, V., Bartie, P., & Mackaness, W. (2015). From the Virtual to the RealWorld: Referring to Objects in Real-World Spatial Scenes. In Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (1936-1942). http

Predicting the success of referring expressions (RE) is vital for real world applications such as navigation systems. Traditionally, research has focused on studying Referring Expression Generation (REG) in virtual, controlled environments. In this p... Read More about From the Virtual to the RealWorld: Referring to Objects in Real-World Spatial Scenes.

Heating and Cooling Loads in High Performance Construction Systems-Will Climate Change Alter Design Decisions? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M., Lewis, J., & Sharples, S. (2015). Heating and Cooling Loads in High Performance Construction Systems-Will Climate Change Alter Design Decisions?. Procedia Engineering, 118, 498-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.467

Climate change and its consequences are of great concern. Buildings can be affected by climate change in different ways, such as changes in energy needs and thermal comfort. However, the challenge is to quantify and assess the uncertainties involved... Read More about Heating and Cooling Loads in High Performance Construction Systems-Will Climate Change Alter Design Decisions?.

Creating optimised employee travel plans. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. B., & Hart, E. (2015, September). Creating optimised employee travel plans. Paper presented at International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societa

A load-balancing cluster based protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eshaftri, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Yassien, M. B. (2015, September). A load-balancing cluster based protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN'15)

An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leung, A., Anastasopoulos, I. X., Augarde, C. E., Barreto, D., Brennan, A. J., Brown, M. J. Z., …Zielinski, M. (2015). An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN). In Geote

Design of geotechnical systems is often challenging as it requires the understanding of complex soil behaviour and its influence on field-scale performance of geo-structures. To advance the scientific knowledge and the technological development in ge... Read More about An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN).

Generating and Evaluating Landmark-Based Navigation Instructions in Virtual Environments (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cercas Curry, A., Gkatzia, D., & Rieser, V. (2015). Generating and Evaluating Landmark-Based Navigation Instructions in Virtual Environments. In Proceedings of the 15th European Workshop on Natural Language Generation (90-94). https://doi.org/10.18653/v1

Referring to landmarks has been identified to lead to improved navigation instructions. However, a previous corpus study suggests that human “wizards” also choose to refer to street names and generate user-centric instructions. In this paper, we cond... Read More about Generating and Evaluating Landmark-Based Navigation Instructions in Virtual Environments.

A Snapshot of NLG Evaluation Practices 2005 - 2014 (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gkatzia, D., & Mahamood, S. (2015). A Snapshot of NLG Evaluation Practices 2005 - 2014. . https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/w15-4708

In this paper we present a snapshot of endto-end NLG system evaluations as presented in conference and journal papers1 over the last ten years in order to better understand the nature and type of evaluations that have been undertaken. We find that re... Read More about A Snapshot of NLG Evaluation Practices 2005 - 2014.