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Comparison of Sentiment Analysis Approaches Using Modern Arabic and Sudanese Dialect (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussien, I., Dashtipour, K., & Hussain, A. (2018). Comparison of Sentiment Analysis Approaches Using Modern Arabic and Sudanese Dialect. In Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems (615-624). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00563-4_60

Sentiment analysis mainly focused on the automatic recognition of opinions’ polarity, as positive or negative. Nowadays, sentiment analysis is replacing the web-based and traditional survey methods commonly conducted by companies for finding the publ... Read More about Comparison of Sentiment Analysis Approaches Using Modern Arabic and Sudanese Dialect.

A Novel Semi-supervised Classification Method Based on Class Certainty of Samples (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gao, F., Yue, Z., Xiong, Q., Wang, J., Yang, E., & Hussain, A. (2018). A Novel Semi-supervised Classification Method Based on Class Certainty of Samples. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00563-4_30

The traditional classification method based on supervised learning classifies remote sensing (RS) images by using sufficient labelled samples. However, the number of labelled samples is limited due to the expensive and time-consuming collection. To e... Read More about A Novel Semi-supervised Classification Method Based on Class Certainty of Samples.

Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marinelli, A., & Stewart, M. (2018, May). Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study. Presented at 1st Internationl Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials, Athens, Greece

An experimental investigation of the mechanical and fracture characteristics of the ‘Grove Whitbed’ Portland limestone is undertaken with the aim to enhance understanding of the structural behavior of this natural building stone, commonly used in bot... Read More about Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study.

Root Gap Correction with a Deep Inpainting Model (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, H., Giuffrida, M. V., Doerner, P., & Tsaftaris, S. A. (2018). Root Gap Correction with a Deep Inpainting Model.

Imaging roots of growing plants in a non-invasive and affordable fashion has been a long-standing problem in image-assisted plant breeding and phenotyping. One of the most affordable and diffuse approaches is the use of mesocosms, where plants are gr... Read More about Root Gap Correction with a Deep Inpainting Model.

DNA Sequence Based Medical Image Encryption Scheme (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, J. S., Ahmad, J., Abbasi, S. F., Ali, A., & Kayhan, S. K. (2018). DNA Sequence Based Medical Image Encryption Scheme. In 2018 10th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ceec.2018.8674221

Medical consultants and doctors store and update patients confidential information on Internet cloud computing platforms. These days, securing medical images from eavesdroppers is one of the most challenging and significant research areas. Due to var... Read More about DNA Sequence Based Medical Image Encryption Scheme.

A Novel Random Neural Network Based Approach for Intrusion Detection Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Qureshi, A., Larijani, H., Ahmad, J., & Mtetwa, N. (2018). A Novel Random Neural Network Based Approach for Intrusion Detection Systems. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ceec.2018.8674228

Computer security and privacy of user specific data is a prime concern in day to day communication. The mass use of internet connected systems has given rise to many vulnerabilities which includes attacks on smart devices. Regular occurrence of such... Read More about A Novel Random Neural Network Based Approach for Intrusion Detection Systems.

Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Andujar, A., …Limiti, E. (2018). Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications. . https://doi.org/10.23919

A metasurface based decoupling structure that is composed of a square-wave slot pattern with exaggerated corners that is implemented on a rectangular microstrip provides high-isolation between adjacent patch antennas for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR... Read More about Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications.

A New Waveguide Slot Array Antenna with High Isolation and High Antenna Bandwidth Operation on Ku- and K-bands for Radar and MIMO Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). A New Waveguide Slot Array Antenna with High Isolation and High Antenna Bandwidth Operation on Ku- and K-bands for Radar and MIMO Systems. . https://doi.o

In this paper a novel technique is proposed to reduce the mutual coupling between the radiating elements of a waveguide slot array antenna. This is achieved by inserting slots between the waveguide oval shaped slots. The reference waveguide array ant... Read More about A New Waveguide Slot Array Antenna with High Isolation and High Antenna Bandwidth Operation on Ku- and K-bands for Radar and MIMO Systems.

Bim-enabled health & safety analysis of cross laminated timber onsite assembly process. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duncheva, T., BuHamdan, S., Hairstans, R., & Al-Hussein, M. (2018). Bim-enabled health & safety analysis of cross laminated timber onsite assembly process. In A. G. BRUZZONE, F. DE FELICE, C. FRYDMAN, F. LONGO, M. MASSEI, & A. SOLIS (Eds.), MAS 2018

There is a global need for sustainable urban housing and offsite timber systems such as Cross Laminated Timber construction can be part of the solution to this need. However, the health and safety (H&S) impacts of CLT installation technologies have n... Read More about Bim-enabled health & safety analysis of cross laminated timber onsite assembly process..

Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing: 13th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2017, Edinburgh, UK, December 11–13, 2017, Proceedings (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2017, December). Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing: 13th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2017, Edinburgh, UK, December 11–13, 2017, Proceedings. Presented at CollaborateCom 2017, Edinburgh, UK

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2017, held in Edinburgh, UK, in December 2017. The 65 papers presente... Read More about Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing: 13th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2017, Edinburgh, UK, December 11–13, 2017, Proceedings.

Monitoring Home Energy Usage Using an Unsupervised NILM Algorithm Based on Entropy Index Constraints Competitive Agglomeration (EICCA) (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kamoto, K. M., & Liu, Q. (2018). Monitoring Home Energy Usage Using an Unsupervised NILM Algorithm Based on Entropy Index Constraints Competitive Agglomeration (EICCA). . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00018-9_42

Given that residential sectors in both developed and developing nations contribute to a significant portion of electric energy consumption, addressing energy efficiency and conservation in this sector is envisioned to have a considerable effect on th... Read More about Monitoring Home Energy Usage Using an Unsupervised NILM Algorithm Based on Entropy Index Constraints Competitive Agglomeration (EICCA).

Appliance Recognition Based on Continuous Quadratic Programming (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., & Liu, Q. (2018). Appliance Recognition Based on Continuous Quadratic Programming. In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security (ICCCS 2018) (63-72). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00018-9_6

The detailed information of residents' electricity consumption is of great significance to the planning of the use of electrical appliances and the reduction of electrical energy consumption. On the basis of analyzing the characteristics of residents... Read More about Appliance Recognition Based on Continuous Quadratic Programming.

Solving the Santa Claus Problem Over a Distributed System (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marchant, D., & Kerridge, J. (2018). Solving the Santa Claus Problem Over a Distributed System. In K. Chalmers, J. Bækgaard Pedersen, F. Barnes, J. Broenink, R. Ivimey-Cook, A. Sampson, …B. Vinter (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2018

A working solution to the Santa Claus Problem is demonstrated that operates over a distributed system. It is designed and modelled using the client/server model to maintain a deadlock and livelock free architecture. The system was developed using the... Read More about Solving the Santa Claus Problem Over a Distributed System.

2-Dimensional Outline Shape Representation for Generative Design with Evolutionary Algorithms (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lapok, P., Lawson, A., & Paechter, B. (2019). 2-Dimensional Outline Shape Representation for Generative Design with Evolutionary Algorithms. In H. Rodrigues, J. Herskovits, C. Mota Soares, A. Araújo, J. Guedes, J. Folgado, …J. Madeira (Eds.), EngOpt 20

In this paper, we investigate the ability of genetic representation methods to describe two-dimensional outline shapes, in order to use them in a generative design system. A specific area of mechanical design focuses on planar mechanisms. These are a... Read More about 2-Dimensional Outline Shape Representation for Generative Design with Evolutionary Algorithms.

Exploring the Use of Group Delay for Generalised VTS Based Noise Compensation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Loweimi, E., Barker, J., & Hain, T. (2018). Exploring the Use of Group Delay for Generalised VTS Based Noise Compensation. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). https://doi.org/10.1109/icassp.2018.8462

In earlier work we studied the effect of statistical normalisation for phase-based features and observed it leads to a significant robustness improvement. This paper explores the extension of the generalised Vector Taylor Series (gVTS) noise compensa... Read More about Exploring the Use of Group Delay for Generalised VTS Based Noise Compensation.

Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siyabi, I. A., Khanna, S., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2018, April). Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink. Presented at The 14th International Co

The thermal effectiveness of three types of heat sink hsssas been investigated experimentally using a flexible kapton heater to simulate the generated heat from a CPV system for various heating loads. The three heat sinks are an air cooled flat alumi... Read More about Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink.

Design method for nonimaging solar photovoltaic concentrators using genetic algorithms (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Gamio, C. (2018, April). Design method for nonimaging solar photovoltaic concentrators using genetic algorithms. Presented at 14th International conference on concentrator photovoltaic systems (CPV-14

Off-grid solar chargers are one of the ways forward to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern electricity. To achieve this goal, the sustainability aspect of the solar chargers must be further improved. Nonimaging, s... Read More about Design method for nonimaging solar photovoltaic concentrators using genetic algorithms.

Image Based Proximate Shadow Retargeting (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Casas, L., Fauconneau, M., Kosek, M., Mclister, K., & Mitchell, K. (2018, September). Image Based Proximate Shadow Retargeting. Presented at Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2018, Swansea University, United Kingdom

We introduce Shadow Retargeting which maps real shadow appearance to virtual shadows given a corresponding deformation of scene geometry, such that appearance is seamlessly maintained. By performing virtual shadow reconstruction from un-occluded real... Read More about Image Based Proximate Shadow Retargeting.

A Self-organizing LSTM-Based Approach to PM2.5 Forecast (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Liu, Q., Zou, Y., & Wang, G. (2018). A Self-organizing LSTM-Based Approach to PM2.5 Forecast. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security (ICCCS 2018) (683-693). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00015-8_59

Nanjing has been listed as the one of the worst performers across China with respect to the high level of haze-fog, which impacts people's health greatly. For the severe condition of haze-fog, PM2.5 is the main cause element of haze-fog pollution in... Read More about A Self-organizing LSTM-Based Approach to PM2.5 Forecast.

CAMA-UAN: A Context-Aware MAC Scheme to the Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks for the Improved CACA-UAN (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., & Liu, Q. (2018, April). CAMA-UAN: A Context-Aware MAC Scheme to the Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks for the Improved CACA-UAN. Presented at 2018 3rd International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems (ICCCS), Nagoya, Japan

Acoustic Communication is one of the most common and popular techniques used for Underwater Sensor Networks. The design of its communication protocol becomes a challenge due to its features of high delay and low bandwidth. Relevant research work has... Read More about CAMA-UAN: A Context-Aware MAC Scheme to the Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks for the Improved CACA-UAN.