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Hardwood Strength Grading - Considerations for Density and Compression Strength (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cramer, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2025, June). Hardwood Strength Grading - Considerations for Density and Compression Strength. Presented at 14th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025 (WCTE 2025), Brisbane, Australia

It can be a challenge to achieve effective sorting of temperate hardwoods for density when using visual strength grading rules and some types of machine grading. Different solutions have been proposed, including using a single conservative density ac... Read More about Hardwood Strength Grading - Considerations for Density and Compression Strength.

Reuse of wood in structural products – a gain? (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Íñiguez-González, G., Llana, D., Ridley-Ellis, D., Torres, V., & Arriaga, F. (2025, June). Reuse of wood in structural products – a gain?. Presented at 14th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025 (WCTE 2025), Brisbane, Australia

There is increasing interest in the reuse and recycling of wood in construction, but still many important unsolved questions about how it should be done safely and economically. Some important research projects, carried out in recent years, have addr... Read More about Reuse of wood in structural products – a gain?.

We. The Revolution: Liberty, Fraternity, Equality, Authenticity. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reid, A., & Donald, I. (2025, June). We. The Revolution: Liberty, Fraternity, Equality, Authenticity. Presented at DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads, Malta

This paper analyses the game, We. The Revolution (2019) and considers how the depiction of oppression and upheaval in the early French Revolutionary period is represented. We specifically consider how the game blends, adapts and utilizes history with... Read More about We. The Revolution: Liberty, Fraternity, Equality, Authenticity..

Theatre of (Virtual) Dreams: Exploring the CulturalHeritage Value of Stadiums in the EA FC/FIFA Franchise (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donald, I., & Reid, A. (2025, June). Theatre of (Virtual) Dreams: Exploring the CulturalHeritage Value of Stadiums in the EA FC/FIFA Franchise. Presented at DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads, Malta

This paper explores the role of both real-world and fictional stadiums and in Electronic Arts EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA) franchise. Stadiums in the EA FC/FIFA video game series are more than just the digital arenas for gameplay. They represent more... Read More about Theatre of (Virtual) Dreams: Exploring the CulturalHeritage Value of Stadiums in the EA FC/FIFA Franchise.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the Depiction of Female "Britishness" in Victorian London (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reid, A., Donald, I., Austin, H., & Pittner, F. (2025, June). Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the Depiction of Female "Britishness" in Victorian London. Presented at DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads, Malta

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec 2015) is the ninth action-adventure title in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Set in Victorian London, the game mixes historical fiction with real-world historical events, people, and environments. This resea... Read More about Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the Depiction of Female "Britishness" in Victorian London.

Golden Goal: Altruism versus Toxicity and the Soul of Football (Soccer) Simulators (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donald, I., & Reid, A. J. (2025, June). Golden Goal: Altruism versus Toxicity and the Soul of Football (Soccer) Simulators. Presented at DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads, Malta

This paper explores contrasting player behaviors in two of the largest football (soccer) franchises -EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA) and eFootball (formerly Pro Evolution Soccer). Each game has built up substantial global online player bases (Guins 2022... Read More about Golden Goal: Altruism versus Toxicity and the Soul of Football (Soccer) Simulators.

A Three-Stage Genetic Algorithm for Compiler Flag and Library Version Selection to Minimize Execution Time (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chan, C. H., & Nita, S. (2025, April). A Three-Stage Genetic Algorithm for Compiler Flag and Library Version Selection to Minimize Execution Time. Presented at ICSE 2025: 47th International Conference on Software Engineering, Ottawa, Canada

Existing research in compiler autotuning mainly focuses on selecting optimization flags without configurable values. However, the potential of selecting optimization flags with configurable values, alongside using directory and link flags for library... Read More about A Three-Stage Genetic Algorithm for Compiler Flag and Library Version Selection to Minimize Execution Time.

Post-Quantum ZKP for Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Model Verification in Decentralized CAV (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andriambelo, N. H., Moradpoor, N., & Maglaras, L. (2025, May). Post-Quantum ZKP for Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Model Verification in Decentralized CAV. Presented at CCNI 2025: 3rd International Workshop on Cybersecurity of Critical National Infrastructures (co-organized with IEEE WOWMOM 2025), Fort Worth, Texas

Decentralized and Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) networks present significant opportunities for improving road safety, efficiency, and traffic management. However, the widespread deployment of these systems is hindered by critical security and pr... Read More about Post-Quantum ZKP for Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Model Verification in Decentralized CAV.

Wood Fibre Insulation: Unlocking Local Resources with A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for UK-Grown Species (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Seminara, P., Bros-Williamson, J., Livingstone, A., & Hairstans, R. (2025, June). Wood Fibre Insulation: Unlocking Local Resources with A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for UK-Grown Species. Presented at International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This study evaluates the potential of UK-grown hardwood and soft-wood fibres for thermal insulation to support locally sourced, low-carbon con-struction materials. A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) framework, in-corporating availability, fibre... Read More about Wood Fibre Insulation: Unlocking Local Resources with A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for UK-Grown Species.

gesturePTS: Using Predetermined Time Systems (PTS) from Human Factors Engineering for coding gesture proposals from elicitation studies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Penaranda Valdivia, K., Renaud, K., Manshaei, R., & Mazalek, A. (2025, October). gesturePTS: Using Predetermined Time Systems (PTS) from Human Factors Engineering for coding gesture proposals from elicitation studies. Presented at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Vienna, Austria

Coding the gestures people use when interacting with tangible devices can aid interface design by making interfaces more intuitive and consistent. Past work devotes very little space to developing coding schemes for user-defined gesture sets. A gener... Read More about gesturePTS: Using Predetermined Time Systems (PTS) from Human Factors Engineering for coding gesture proposals from elicitation studies.

Dual-Band Rectenna for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Nodes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Odiamenhi, M., Jahanbakhsh Basherlou, H., See, C. H., Goh, K., Yu, H., O. Parchin, N., Amar, A. I., & Mahmoud, A. (2025, July). Dual-Band Rectenna for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Nodes. Presented at International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt 2025), Cairo, Egypt

Broadband Terahertz Phased Array Utilizing Compact Dipole Resonators for 6G Systems (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jahanbakhsh, H., Odiamenhi, M., O. Parchin, N., See, C. H., Boumalkha, M., Amar, A. I., Mahmoud, A., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2025, July). Broadband Terahertz Phased Array Utilizing Compact Dipole Resonators for 6G Systems. Presented at International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt 2025), Egypt

Design of Dual-Polarised Multi-Pixel Patch Antennas for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Sensor Networks (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Odiamenhi, M., Basherlou, H. J., See, C. H., Goh, K., Yu, H., Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. I., & Mahmoud, A. (2025, July). Design of Dual-Polarised Multi-Pixel Patch Antennas for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Sensor Networks. Presented at International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt 2025), Cairo, Egypt

A Bespoke Framework for Proportionate BIM Implementation in SMEs (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaradat, S., Deakin, M., Strachan, D., & King, J. (2025, May). A Bespoke Framework for Proportionate BIM Implementation in SMEs. Presented at The 11th International Congress on Architectural Technology, Alicante, Spain

Privacy-Preserving Knowledge Graph Sharing in Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Federated Learning for Connected Autonomous Vehicles (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andriambelo, N. H., & Moradpoor, N. (2025, August). Privacy-Preserving Knowledge Graph Sharing in Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Federated Learning for Connected Autonomous Vehicles. Presented at ARES '25: 20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Ghent, Belgium

We present a decentralized framework that enables privacypreserving knowledge graph sharing and robust federated learning among Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), without relying on trusted coordinators. Each vehicle constructs a local semantic gr... Read More about Privacy-Preserving Knowledge Graph Sharing in Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Federated Learning for Connected Autonomous Vehicles.

The Aesthetics of Listening: Material-Discursive Exploration of Verbatim Testimony and Augmented Reality (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, J., & Stewart, F. (2024, May). The Aesthetics of Listening: Material-Discursive Exploration of Verbatim Testimony and Augmented Reality. Presented at Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of Design, Budapest, Hungary

This paper introduces a novel approach combining augmented reality (AR) and verbatim testimony to create sensory engagements with data as interactive digital artefacts. The project aims to supplement existing research by communicating how aspects of... Read More about The Aesthetics of Listening: Material-Discursive Exploration of Verbatim Testimony and Augmented Reality.

Participatory Design for Positive Impact: Behind the Scenes of Three NLP Projects (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilson, M., Howcroft, D. M., Konstas, I., Gkatzia, D., & Abercrombie, G. (2025, July). Participatory Design for Positive Impact: Behind the Scenes of Three NLP Projects. Presented at ACL 2025 Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI 2025), Vienna

Researchers in Natural Language Processing (NLP) are increasingly adopting participatory design (PD) principles to better achieve positive outcomes for stakeholders. This paper evaluates two PD perspectives proposed by Delgado et al. (2023) and Casel... Read More about Participatory Design for Positive Impact: Behind the Scenes of Three NLP Projects.

Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Digital Evidence Management: A Hyperledger Fabric Architecture with Growth Projections for Law Enforcement (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyeashie, B. I., Abubakar, M., Leimich, P., McKeown, S., & Russell, G. (2025, April). Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Digital Evidence Management: A Hyperledger Fabric Architecture with Growth Projections for Law Enforcement. Presented at 2025 International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences (ICTCS), Amman, Jordan

Managing digital evidence presents challenges in scalability, security, and workflow separation. This paper presents a novel architecture using Hyperledger Fabric that separates law enforcement, forensic, and judicial workflows into different channel... Read More about Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Digital Evidence Management: A Hyperledger Fabric Architecture with Growth Projections for Law Enforcement.

Cross-Platform Benchmarking of the FHE Libraries: Novel Insights into SEAL and OpenFHE (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Faneela, Ahmad, J., Ghaleb, B., Jan, S. U., & Buchanan, W. J. (2025, April). Cross-Platform Benchmarking of the FHE Libraries: Novel Insights into SEAL and OpenFHE. Presented at 2025 International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences (ICTCS), Amman, Jordan

The rapid growth of cloud computing and data-driven applications has amplified privacy concerns, driven by the increasing demand to process sensitive data securely. Homomorphic encryption (HE) enables computation on encrypted data while maintaining p... Read More about Cross-Platform Benchmarking of the FHE Libraries: Novel Insights into SEAL and OpenFHE.