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A Game-Based Setup for Data Collection and Task-Based Evaluation of Uncertain Information Presentation (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gkatzia, D., Cercas Curry, A., Rieser, V., & Lemon, O. (2015). A Game-Based Setup for Data Collection and Task-Based Evaluation of Uncertain Information Presentation. In Proceedings of the 15th European Workshop on Natural Language Generation (112-113).

Decision-making is often dependent on uncertain data, e.g. data associated with confidence scores, such as probabilities. A concrete example of such data is weather data. We will demo a game-based setup for exploring the effectiveness of different ap... Read More about A Game-Based Setup for Data Collection and Task-Based Evaluation of Uncertain Information Presentation.

Cruise sector challenges related to corporate social responsibility. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stantchev, D., Neumann, S., & Pawlik, T. (2015, September). Cruise sector challenges related to corporate social responsibility. Paper presented at The 20th LRN Annual Conference and PhD Workshop 2015, University of Derby

The cruise industry’s growth has led to increased levels of competition in the sector. The Cruise Lines International Association, which is the world's largest cruise industry trade association, reports in the beginning of 2014 that their member line... Read More about Cruise sector challenges related to corporate social responsibility..

SQL-IDS: evaluation of SQLi attack detection and classification based on machine learning techniques (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sheykhkanloo, N. M. (2015). SQL-IDS: evaluation of SQLi attack detection and classification based on machine learning techniques. In SIN '15 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks. https://doi.org/10.1145/

Structured Query Language injection (SQLi) attack is a code injection technique where malicious SQL statements are inserted into a given SQL database by simply using a web browser. Injected SQL commands can alter the database and thus compromise the... Read More about SQL-IDS: evaluation of SQLi attack detection and classification based on machine learning techniques.

Orbits: enabling gaze interaction in smart watches using moving targets (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., Velloso, E., Bulling, A., & Gellersen, H. (2015). Orbits: enabling gaze interaction in smart watches using moving targets. In UbiComp/ISWC'15 Adjunct Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquit

In this paper we demonstrate Orbits, a novel gaze interaction technique that accounts for both the reduced size of smart watch displays and the hands-free nature of conventional watches. Orbits combines graphical controls that display one or multiple... Read More about Orbits: enabling gaze interaction in smart watches using moving targets.

Source-filter separation of speech signal in the phase domain (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Loweimi, E., Barker, J., & Hain, T. (2015). Source-filter separation of speech signal in the phase domain. In Proc. Interspeech 2015 (598-602). https://doi.org/10.21437/interspeech.2015-211

Deconvolution of the speech excitation (source) and vocal tract (filter) components through log-magnitude spectral processing is well-established and has led to the well-known cepstral features used in a multitude of speech processing tasks. This pap... Read More about Source-filter separation of speech signal in the phase domain.

A Low Cost Non-Contact and Non-Destructive Method for Evaluating the Variation of the Shear Modulus for Glued Laminated Timber Beams using a Photogrammetric Approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohamed, A., Zhang, H., Smith, I., & Xiao, Z. (2015). A Low Cost Non-Contact and Non-Destructive Method for Evaluating the Variation of the Shear Modulus for Glued Laminated Timber Beams using a Photogrammetric Approach. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth I

This paper presents the experimental studies performed to investigate the feasibility of the proposed photogrammetric system for torsion tests. In this study, two binocular stereo systems were used to measure the surface rotation of timber glulam bea... Read More about A Low Cost Non-Contact and Non-Destructive Method for Evaluating the Variation of the Shear Modulus for Glued Laminated Timber Beams using a Photogrammetric Approach.

Evaluation of the DFET Cloud. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Ramsay, B., Macfarlane, R., Smales, A., Keane, E., Callahan, C., …Popov, O. (2015, September). Evaluation of the DFET Cloud. Paper presented at Cybercrime Forensics Education and Training (CFET) conference

The DFET (Digital Forensics Evaluation and Training) Cloud creates new training methods/techniques to support judicial authorities, law enforcement agencies and associated stakeholders in the fight against cybercrime through the development of a virt... Read More about Evaluation of the DFET Cloud..

Developing an intelligent digital mock up to integrate design and manufacturing disciplines (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Friel, I., Marzano, A., & Butterfield, J. (2015, September). Developing an intelligent digital mock up to integrate design and manufacturing disciplines. Paper presented at 32nd International Manufacturing Conference (IMC 32), Belfast

This paper presents an approach to develop an intelligent digital mock-up (DMU) through integration of design and manufacturing disciplines to enable a better understanding of assembly related issues during design evolution. The intelligent DMU will... Read More about Developing an intelligent digital mock up to integrate design and manufacturing disciplines.

Ghost driver: A platform for investigating interactions between pedestrians and driverless vehicles (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rothenbücher, D., Li, J., Sirkin, D. M., Mok, B. K. J., & Ju, W. G. (2015, September). Ghost driver: A platform for investigating interactions between pedestrians and driverless vehicles. Presented at AutomotiveUI '15, Nottingham, UK

How will pedestrians and cyclists interact with self-driving cars when there is no human driver? To find answers to this question we need a secure experimental design in which pedestrians can interact with a car that appears to drive on its own. In G... Read More about Ghost driver: A platform for investigating interactions between pedestrians and driverless vehicles.

Learning to Count Leaves in Rosette Plants (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giuffrida, M. V., Minervini, M., & Tsaftaris, S. (2015). Learning to Count Leaves in Rosette Plants. In Proceedings of the Computer Vision Problems in Plant Phenotyping Workshop 2015. https://doi.org/10.5244/c.29.cvppp.1

Counting the number of leaves in plants is important for plant phenotyping, since it can be used to assess plant growth stages. We propose a learning-based approach for counting leaves in rosette (model) plants. We relate image-based descriptors lear... Read More about Learning to Count Leaves in Rosette Plants.

Assessment of rural digital imaging and creativity abilities for potential crowdsourcing case (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G. A., Acur, N., & Corney, J. (2015, September). Assessment of rural digital imaging and creativity abilities for potential crowdsourcing case. Paper presented at The Continious Innovation Management Workshop, Enschede, Netherlands

Benefits of crowdsourcing tasks are largely reaped by urban rather than rural workers. Even if rural workers could access these web portals, tasks are in general elementary. This research aims to see whether rural crowdsourcing workers' digital imagi... Read More about Assessment of rural digital imaging and creativity abilities for potential crowdsourcing case.

Characteristics of electroluminescence phenomenon in virgin and thermally aged LDPE (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bani, N., Abdul-Malek, Z., Ahmad, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Mas'ud, A. (2015). Characteristics of electroluminescence phenomenon in virgin and thermally aged LDPE. AIP conference proceedings, 1674(1), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928822

High voltage cable requires a good insulating material such as low density polyethylene (LDPE) to be able to operate efficiently in high voltage stresses and high temperature environment. However, any polymeric material will experience degradation af... Read More about Characteristics of electroluminescence phenomenon in virgin and thermally aged LDPE.

How to avoid sea blindness: Maintaining and enriching the knowledge capital of the European maritime sector (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jürgensen, F., Lobrigo, E., Neumann, S., Pawlik, T., Stantchev, D., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2015). How to avoid sea blindness: Maintaining and enriching the knowledge capital of the European maritime sector. In European Conference on Shipping, Intermodalism a

Knowledge and competence are vital resources for the European maritime transport sector that needs further development for meeting challenges from global competition and the necessity of creating local and global sustainable transport. This paper des... Read More about How to avoid sea blindness: Maintaining and enriching the knowledge capital of the European maritime sector.

A review of the thermal performance of electric vehicles (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Doyle, A., Muneer, T., & Smith, I. (2015). A review of the thermal performance of electric vehicles. . https://doi.org/10.1109/itec-india.2015.7386922

It is becoming widely accepted that the electric vehicle (EV) has found its place in the automobile market as a solution to many topical issues that face governments, policy makers, industrial stakeholders and even individuals in terms of energetic,... Read More about A review of the thermal performance of electric vehicles.

Coupled simulation of performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Meng, X., Mallick, T. K., Fernandez, E. F., …et al. (2015). Coupled simulation of performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell. Energy Procedia, 75, 325-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.

An optimal installation of a compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) into a scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics system is desirable by applying analytical tools to improve the optical and thermal performance of a CCPC with a solar cell. I... Read More about Coupled simulation of performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell.

Exploratory Navigation for Runners Through Geographic Area Classification with Crowd-Sourced Data (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGookin, D., Gkatzia, D., & Hastie, H. (2015). Exploratory Navigation for Runners Through Geographic Area Classification with Crowd-Sourced Data. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and S

Navigation when running is exploratory, characterised by both starting and ending in the same location, and iteratively foraging the environment to find areas with the most suitable running conditions. Runners do not wish to be explicitly directed, o... Read More about Exploratory Navigation for Runners Through Geographic Area Classification with Crowd-Sourced Data.

Making co-op work for you: a comparative exploration of student attitudes to co-op programs in the United States and the United Kingdom (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramirez, N., Smith, S., Smith, C., Berg, T., Strubel, B., Ohland, M., & Main, J. (2015, August). Making co-op work for you: a comparative exploration of student attitudes to co-op programs in the United States and the United Kingdom. Paper presented at Wo

University engineering and computing courses have a long tradition of co-operative education that plays a vital role in developing students' applied skills and giving confidence to students and potential employers. Nevertheless, not all students choo... Read More about Making co-op work for you: a comparative exploration of student attitudes to co-op programs in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Constructing Energy-Aware Software- Defined Network Virtualization (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nam, T. M., Thanh, N. H., Van, N. H., Long, K. B., Nguyen, H., Lam, N. D., & Ca, N. V. (2015). Constructing Energy-Aware Software- Defined Network Virtualization. In Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network. https://doi.org/10.7125/40.3

Energy consumption, as well as carbon emission, from ITC is growing extremely. Such a growth trend therefore needs to be facilitated by the creation of an energy-efficient network as an effort in developing the future Internet. Network Virtualization... Read More about Constructing Energy-Aware Software- Defined Network Virtualization.