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Cloud Computing & Cyber Security (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manoussos, B. (2018, April). Cloud Computing & Cyber Security. Presented at The Law Society of Scotland - Law & Technology Roadshow, Glasgow

Presentation on Cloud Computing and Cyber Security in relation to Law Firms in Scotland.

Monetization Strategies for the Web of Data (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grubenmann, T. (2018). Monetization Strategies for the Web of Data. In WWW '18: Companion Proceedings of the The Web Conference 2018 (813-817). https://doi.org/10.1145/3184558.3186568

Inspired by the World Wide Web, the Web of Data is a network of interlinked data fragments. One of the main advantages of the Web of Data is that all of its content is processable by machines. However, this also has its drawbacks when it comes to mon... Read More about Monetization Strategies for the Web of Data.

Improving User Confidence in Concept Maps: Exploring Data Driven Explanations (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Le Bras, P., Robb, D. A., Methven, T. S., Padilla, S., & Chantler, M. J. (2018, April). Improving User Confidence in Concept Maps: Exploring Data Driven Explanations. Presented at 2018 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal QC, Canada

Automated tools are increasingly being used to generate highly engaging concept maps as an aid to strategic planning and other decision-making tasks. Unless stakeholders can understand the principles of the underlying layout process, however, we have... Read More about Improving User Confidence in Concept Maps: Exploring Data Driven Explanations.

Maker Movements, Do-It-Yourself Cultures and Participatory Design: Implications for HCI Research (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Helgason, I., Kresin, F., Balestrini, M., Unteidig, A. B., Lawson, S., Gaved, M., Taylor, N., Auger, J., Hansen, L. K., Schuler, D. C., Woods, M., & Dourish, P. (2018, April). Maker Movements, Do-It-Yourself Cultures and Participatory Design: Implications for HCI Research. Presented at 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '18, Montreal, Canada

Falling costs and the wider availability of computational components, platforms and ecosystems have enabled the expansion of maker movements and DIY cultures. This can be considered as a form of democratization of technology systems design, in alignm... Read More about Maker Movements, Do-It-Yourself Cultures and Participatory Design: Implications for HCI Research.

VR-OOM: Virtual reality on-road driving simulation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Goedicke, D., Li, J., Evers, V., & Ju, W. (2018, April). VR-OOM: Virtual reality on-road driving simulation. Presented at CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada

Researchers and designers of in-vehicle interactions and interfaces currently have to choose between performing evaluation and human factors experiments in laboratory driving simulators or on-road experiments. To enjoy the benefit of customizable cou... Read More about VR-OOM: Virtual reality on-road driving simulation.

Scottish Paralegal Association, Annual Conference 2018 (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manoussos, B. (2018, April). Scottish Paralegal Association, Annual Conference 2018. Presented at Scottish Paralegal Association, Annual Conference 2018, Glasgow

Series of presentations in : Digital Evidence Cyber Security for Law Firms OSINT

New method for rock qualification (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
János, L., Emőke, I., Phong. Q, T., Miklós, G., László, K., István, T., …Guida, G. (2018). New method for rock qualification. In Mérnökgeológia-Kőzetmechanika 2018 (263-274)

A new method was elaborated to characterize the breakage properties of rocks. A crushing test was suggested and parallel tests were performed on sand-pairs with different parent rocks, using identical initial gradings. The data were analyse... Read More about New method for rock qualification.

The effect of sun altitude and orientation on the performance of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaics in Rural Buildings (E-IPB) (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, K., Baig, H., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Knowles, A., Brierley, A., Orr, H., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. (2018, April). The effect of sun altitude and orientation on the performance of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaics in Rural Buildings (E-IPB). Poster presented at 14th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, London

Sustainability tool to optimise material quantities of steel in the construction industry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (2018, April). Sustainability tool to optimise material quantities of steel in the construction industry. Presented at 25th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

The steel industry is arguably one of the most pollutant manufacturing sectors. The vast majority of steel produced worldwide is employed by the construction industry, mostly under the form of profile members for structural use, and it is primarily u... Read More about Sustainability tool to optimise material quantities of steel in the construction industry.

Carbon mitigation in the built environment: an input-output analysis of building materials and components in the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2018, April). Carbon mitigation in the built environment: an input-output analysis of building materials and components in the UK. Presented at 25th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

The circular economy has set out a new paradigm for a much needed shift from eco-efficiency to eco-effectiveness. Buildings are top contributor globally for resource use and waste creation. Therefore, any improvement in an effective use of building... Read More about Carbon mitigation in the built environment: an input-output analysis of building materials and components in the UK.

Financing the Web of Data with Delayed-Answer Auctions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grubenmann, T., Bernstein, A., Moor, D., & Seuken, S. (2018). Financing the Web of Data with Delayed-Answer Auctions. In WWW '18: Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide Web Conference (1033-1042). https://doi.org/10.1145/3178876.3186002

The World Wide Web is a massive network of interlinked documents. One of the reasons the World Wide Web is so successful is the fact that most content is available free of any charge. Inspired by the success of the World Wide Web, the Web of Data app... Read More about Financing the Web of Data with Delayed-Answer Auctions.

Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, M., & Montazami, A. (2018). Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students. In Proceedings of 10th Windsor Conference: Rethinking Comfort (623-633)

Statistics regarding the number of international students in the UK higher educational buildings show an upward trend in the recent years. These students coming from different cultural and climatic backgrounds have various thermal perceptions inside... Read More about Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students.

Searching for the right feelings: Emotional metadata in music (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, April). Searching for the right feelings: Emotional metadata in music. Presented at Information Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK & Ireland Branch) Annual Study Weekend, Edinburgh

This paper will move beyond the bounds of bibliographic description and to discuss research about emotions shared by music fans online and how they might be used as metadata for new approaches to search and retrieval.

A single chip system for sensor data fusion based on a Drift-diffusion model (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, S., Wong-Lin, K., Rano, I., & Lindsay, A. (2018). A single chip system for sensor data fusion based on a Drift-diffusion model. In 2017 Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys). https://doi.org/10.1109/intellisys.2017.8324291

Current multisensory system face data communication overhead in integrating disparate sensor data to build a coherent and accurate global phenomenon. We present here a novel hardware and software co-design platform for a heterogeneous data fusion sol... Read More about A single chip system for sensor data fusion based on a Drift-diffusion model.

The merits of varying forms of mass timber products for offsite and modular construction (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hairstans, R., Smith, R., & Wilson, P. (2018). The merits of varying forms of mass timber products for offsite and modular construction.

Mass timber is a family of Solid Laminate Timber Systems (SLTS) formed from smaller sections of timber connected by glue, mechanical fixings, moisture movement or a combination of methods. These products, which include Structural Composite Lumber, G... Read More about The merits of varying forms of mass timber products for offsite and modular construction.

Mass Customisable Roofing Solutions for the New Build and Retrofit Markets in the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plowas, W., Hairstans, R., & Felingham, J. (2018). Mass Customisable Roofing Solutions for the New Build and Retrofit Markets in the UK. In MOC Summit Proceedings

Major house builders and contractors in the UK are seeking alternative solutions to form the structural frame of pitched roofs for various reasons; speed, health and safety, quality ease of use. They are exploring the use of offsite systems, which ar... Read More about Mass Customisable Roofing Solutions for the New Build and Retrofit Markets in the UK.

Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pawluczuk, A., Smith, C., Webster, G., & Hall, H. (2018, March). Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality. Paper presented at Transmedia Literacy International Conference

Purpose: This paper presents empirical research, which explores the ways digital youth workers perceive, and evaluate, the social impact of their work. There is currently a research gap with regard to the measurement of the social impact of digital y... Read More about Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality.

Visualizing ALC Using Concept Diagrams (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stapleton, G., Delaney, A., Compton, M., & Chapman, P. (2018). Visualizing ALC Using Concept Diagrams. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78102-0_6

This paper addresses the problem of how to visualize axioms from ALC using concept diagrams. We establish that 66.4% of OWL axioms defined for ontologies in the Manchester corpus are formulated over ALC, demonstrating the significance of considering... Read More about Visualizing ALC Using Concept Diagrams.

Eidolon 360 – a VR experience (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hood, B., & Flint, T. (2018, March). Eidolon 360 – a VR experience. Presented at Tangible Embedded Interaction 2018. TEI Arts

Art piece displayed at the ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) exhibition. https://tei.acm.org/2018/