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The limits of pretending (2015)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Hetherington, R., Turner, S., & Kosek, M. (2015). The limits of pretending. Digital Creativity, 26(3-4), 304-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2015.1091778

We propose that pretending is a cognitive faculty which enables us to create and immerse ourselves in possible worlds. These worlds range from the veridical to the fantastic and are frequently realised as stories varying from the fictional to the sci... Read More about The limits of pretending.

An agility-oriented and fuzziness-embedded semantic model for collaborative cloud service search, retrieval and recommendation (2015)
Journal Article
Fang, D., Liu, X., Romdhani, I., Jamshidi, P., & Pahl, C. (2016). An agility-oriented and fuzziness-embedded semantic model for collaborative cloud service search, retrieval and recommendation. Future Generation Computer Systems, 56, 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2015.09.025

Cloud computing enables a revolutionary paradigm of consuming ICT services. However, due to the inadequately described service information, users often feel confused while trying to find the optimal services. Although some approaches are proposed to... Read More about An agility-oriented and fuzziness-embedded semantic model for collaborative cloud service search, retrieval and recommendation.

A secure image encryption scheme based on chaotic maps and affine transformation (2015)
Journal Article
Ahmad, J., & Hwang, S. O. (2016). A secure image encryption scheme based on chaotic maps and affine transformation. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 75(21), 13951-13976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-2973-y

Due to the interesting nonlinear dynamic properties of chaotic maps, recently chaos-based encryption algorithms have gained much attention in cryptographic communities. However, many encryption schemes do not fulfil the minimum key space requirement,... Read More about A secure image encryption scheme based on chaotic maps and affine transformation.

Mobile technology and mathematics: effects on students’ attitudes, engagement, and achievement (2015)
Journal Article
Fabian, K., Topping, K. J., & Barron, I. G. (2016). Mobile technology and mathematics: effects on students’ attitudes, engagement, and achievement. Journal of Computers in Education, 3(1), 77-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-015-0048-8

There is an increasing uptake on the use of mobile technologies for learning, but its use with mathematics has not yet been reviewed. It is the purpose of this paper to synthesize research findings on the use of mobile technologies in mathematics. A... Read More about Mobile technology and mathematics: effects on students’ attitudes, engagement, and achievement.

Potentiometric RuO2–Ta2O5 pH sensors fabricated using thick film and LTCC technologies (2015)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Zaraska, K., Cvejin, K., Kulawik, J., & Szwagierczak, D. (2016). Potentiometric RuO2–Ta2O5 pH sensors fabricated using thick film and LTCC technologies. Talanta, 147, 233-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.09.069

The paper reports on the preparation, properties and application of potentiometric pH sensors with thick film RuO2–Ta2O5 sensing electrode and Ag/AgCl/KCl reference electrode screen printed on an alumina substrate. Furthermore, it presents fabricatio... Read More about Potentiometric RuO2–Ta2O5 pH sensors fabricated using thick film and LTCC technologies.

End of Safe Harbour isn’t the End of the World – let’s hope its successor is better (2015)
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Haynes, D. (2015). End of Safe Harbour isn’t the End of the World – let’s hope its successor is better

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Sentiment Data Flow Analysis by Means of Dynamic Linguistic Patterns (2015)
Journal Article
Poria, S., Cambria, E., Gelbukh, A., Bisio, F., & Hussain, A. (2015). Sentiment Data Flow Analysis by Means of Dynamic Linguistic Patterns. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 10(4), 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCI.2015.2471215

Emulating the human brain is one of the core challenges of computational intelligence, which entails many key problems of artificial intelligence, including understanding human language, reasoning, and emotions. In this work, computational intelligen... Read More about Sentiment Data Flow Analysis by Means of Dynamic Linguistic Patterns.

Computational Intelligence for Changing Environments [Guest Editorial] (2015)
Journal Article
Hussain, A., Tao, D., Wu, J., & Zhao, D. (2015). Computational Intelligence for Changing Environments [Guest Editorial]. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 10(4), 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCI.2015.2472119

The articles in this special section focus on the growing interest in biologically inspired learning (BIL), which refers to a wide range of learning techniques, motivated by biology, that try to mimic specific biological functions or behaviors.

The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., & Phillips, I. (2015, October). The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective. Paper presented at 11th European Computer Science Summit

In March 2015, the Shadbolt Review group was established in the UK to review course accreditation of computer science university courses. The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing is represented on the review group alongside industry, funding... Read More about The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective..

Shared Usability - a support mechanism to product and service system design for older adults (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shore, L., White, P., & Dempsey, H. (2015, October). Shared Usability - a support mechanism to product and service system design for older adults. Presented at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter 2015 Annual Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands

Globally the Older Adult population is increasing; people are living longer, often with physical or functional limitations whilst remaining in their own home. This indicates a requirement of responsibility by Associated Stakeholders to support ageing... Read More about Shared Usability - a support mechanism to product and service system design for older adults.

Battery Aware Beacon Enabled IEEE802.15.4: An Adaptive and Cross-Layer Approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Yassein, M. B. (2015, September). Battery Aware Beacon Enabled IEEE802.15.4: An Adaptive and Cross-Layer Approach. Presented at Proceedings of the 2015 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), energy conservation is one of the main concerns challenging the cutting-edge standards and protocols. Most existing studies focus on the design of WSN energy efficient algorithms and standards. The standard IEEE 80... Read More about Battery Aware Beacon Enabled IEEE802.15.4: An Adaptive and Cross-Layer Approach.

Design of a Virtual Reality Framework for Maintainability and Assemblability Test of Complex Systems (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marzano, A., Friel, I., Erkoyuncu, J. A., & Court, S. (2015, September). Design of a Virtual Reality Framework for Maintainability and Assemblability Test of Complex Systems. Presented at CIRPe 2015 - Understanding the life cycle implications of manufacturing, Bedford, UK

This paper presents a unique environment whose features are able to satisfy requirements for both virtual maintenance and virtual manufacturing through the conception of original virtual reality (VR) architecture. Virtual Reality for the Maintainabil... Read More about Design of a Virtual Reality Framework for Maintainability and Assemblability Test of Complex Systems.

Development and characterization of miniaturized LTCC pH sensors with RuO 2 based sensing electrodes (2015)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Synkiewicz, B., Zaraska, K., Cvejin, K., Kulawik, J., & Szwagierczak, D. (2016). Development and characterization of miniaturized LTCC pH sensors with RuO 2 based sensing electrodes. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 223, 641-649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.09.135

This work describes the development of a low cost miniaturized solid state pH sensor using LTCC (low temperature cofired ceramic) technology. Thick film sensing electrodes screen printed on LTCC substrates were made of RuO2 and RuO2-Ta2O5-glass based... Read More about Development and characterization of miniaturized LTCC pH sensors with RuO 2 based sensing electrodes.

Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers. (2015)
Journal Article
Beel, D. E., Wallace, C. D., Webster, G., Nguyen, H., Tait, E., Macleod, M., & Mellish, C. (2017). Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers. Journal of Rural Studies, 54, 459-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.05.002

The following paper addresses a lacuna in the literature relating to the concept of resilience. To date, cultural activity in relation to resilient communities has been given little attention and this paper will highlight how the lens of community he... Read More about Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers..

Youth e-mental health in Scotland (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pennington, D. (2015, October). Youth e-mental health in Scotland. Paper presented at BCS Health Informatics Scotland Conference, Edinburgh

One in ten UK youth have mental health issues (Watson & Douglas, 2012), and girls may be at higher risk than boys (Levin, Currie, & Muldoon, 2009). Predictors of mental health issues and emotional distress have been identified in area youth, such as... Read More about Youth e-mental health in Scotland.

Sticky-Policy enabled authenticated OOXML for Health Care (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spyra, G., Buchanan, W. J., & Ekonomou, E. (2015, October). Sticky-Policy enabled authenticated OOXML for Health Care. Presented at BCS Health Informatics 2015

This paper proposes a secure medical document sharing construction, which addresses confidentiality and authenticity concerns related to cloud-based data protection issues. The paper extends the popular Office Open XML (OOXML) document format with eX... Read More about Sticky-Policy enabled authenticated OOXML for Health Care.

Feasibility of NeuCube spiking neural network architecture for EMG pattern recognition (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peng, L., Hou, Z.-G., Kasabov, N., Bian, G.-B., Vladareanu, L., & Yu, H. (2015, August). Feasibility of NeuCube spiking neural network architecture for EMG pattern recognition. Presented at 2015 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), Beijing, China

Multichannel electromyography (EMG) signals have been used as human-machine interface (HMI) for the control of pattern-recognition based prosthetic system in recent years. This paper is a feasibility analysis of using recently proposed NeuCube spikin... Read More about Feasibility of NeuCube spiking neural network architecture for EMG pattern recognition.

Interdisciplinary Reflections on Games and Human Values (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Darzentas, D. P., & Urquhart, L. (2015, October). Interdisciplinary Reflections on Games and Human Values. Presented at CHI PLAY '15: The annual symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, London

We explore the interaction between digital games and human values. HCI as a field is increasingly focused on the importance of engaging with broader discussions around human values. Games are an ideal medium for reflecting on social, ethical and poli... Read More about Interdisciplinary Reflections on Games and Human Values.

Women in ICT: exploring professional Identity on an executive masters program (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., Smith, C. F., & Varey, A. (2015, October). Women in ICT: exploring professional Identity on an executive masters program. Paper presented at 6th Annual Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2015), Singapore

Despite years of purposeful activity there is still a shortfall in the numbers of women enrolling onto computing courses in the UK and elsewhere, while many who join the profession then leave. This ‘leaky-pipeline’ phenomenon is a concern for employe... Read More about Women in ICT: exploring professional Identity on an executive masters program.

Energy for Craft Distillers. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2015, October). Energy for Craft Distillers. Presented at UK Craft Distillers Conference