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Locally Excited State–Charge Transfer State Coupled Dyes as Optically Responsive Neuron Firing Probes (2017)
Journal Article
Sirbu, D., Butcher, J. B., Waddell, P. G., Andras, P., & Benniston, A. C. (2017). Locally Excited State–Charge Transfer State Coupled Dyes as Optically Responsive Neuron Firing Probes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(58), 14639-14649. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201703366

A selection of NIR-optically responsive neuron probes was produced comprising of a donor julolidyl group connected to a BODIPY core and several different styryl and vinylpyridinyl derived acceptor moieties. The strength of the donor–acceptor interact... Read More about Locally Excited State–Charge Transfer State Coupled Dyes as Optically Responsive Neuron Firing Probes.

Dynamical System Analysis of a Turbulent Premixed Planar Hydrogen Flame in the Corrugated Flamelets Combustion Regime (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tingas, E., Malpica Galassi, R., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Mukhadiyev, N., Im, H., & Valorani, M. (2017, September). Dynamical System Analysis of a Turbulent Premixed Planar Hydrogen Flame in the Corrugated Flamelets Combustion Regime. Paper presented at 10th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Naples, Italy

Tingas, E., Malpica Galassi, R., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Mukhadiyev, N., Im, H., & Valorani, M. (2017, September). Dynamical System Analysis of a Turbulent Premixed Planar Hydrogen Flame in the Corrugated Flamelets Combustion Regime. Paper presented at 1... Read More about Dynamical System Analysis of a Turbulent Premixed Planar Hydrogen Flame in the Corrugated Flamelets Combustion Regime.

Renewable Energy Research at Robert Gordon University (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Islam, S., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2017, September). Renewable Energy Research at Robert Gordon University. Presented at TechFest 2017, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

Remote control by body movement in synchrony with orbiting widgets: an evaluation of TraceMatch (2017)
Journal Article
Clarke, C., Bellino, A., Esteves, A., & Gellersen, H. (2017). Remote control by body movement in synchrony with orbiting widgets: an evaluation of TraceMatch. PACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 1(3), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1145/3130910

In this work we consider how users can use body movement for remote control with minimal effort and maximum flexibility. TraceMatch is a novel technique where the interface displays available controls as circular widgets with orbiting targets, and wh... Read More about Remote control by body movement in synchrony with orbiting widgets: an evaluation of TraceMatch.

An Intrusion Detection System Based on Polynomial Feature Correlation Analysis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, Q., Tan, Z., Jamdagni, A., Nanda, P., He, X., & Han, W. (2017, August). An Intrusion Detection System Based on Polynomial Feature Correlation Analysis. Presented at 2017 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE/ICESS

This paper proposes an anomaly-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which flags anomalous network traffic with a distance-based classifier. A polynomial approach was designed and applied in this work to extract hidden correlations from traffic rel... Read More about An Intrusion Detection System Based on Polynomial Feature Correlation Analysis.

Physically derived synthesis model of a cavity tone (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Selfridge, R., Reiss, J., & Avital, E. (2017, September). Physically derived synthesis model of a cavity tone. Presented at 20th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Edinburgh, UK

The cavity tone is the sound generated when air flows over the open surface of a cavity and a number of physical conditions are met. Equations obtained from fluid dynamics and aerodynamics research are utilised to produce authentic cavity tones witho... Read More about Physically derived synthesis model of a cavity tone.

High Performance CuO Nanorectangles-Based Room Temperature Flexible NH3 Sensor (2017)
Journal Article
Sakthivel, B., Manjakkal, L., & Nammalvar, G. (2017). High Performance CuO Nanorectangles-Based Room Temperature Flexible NH3 Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(20), 6529-6536. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2017.2749334

Here, we report the fabrication of a flexible room temperature ammonia gas sensor using surfactant-free hydrothermally synthesized copper oxide (CuO) nanorectangles. The structural analysis revealed that the CuO nanorectangles possessed monoclinic st... Read More about High Performance CuO Nanorectangles-Based Room Temperature Flexible NH3 Sensor.

Older adult insights for age friendly environments, products and service systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shore, L., deEyto, A., Kiernan, L., Nic A Bhaird, D., Connolly, A., White, P., Fahey, T., & Moane, S. (2017, September). Older adult insights for age friendly environments, products and service systems. Presented at 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE17), Building Community: Design Education for a Sustainable Future, Oslo, Norway

It is estimated that by 2020, a quarter of the European population will be aged over 65, and expected to grow further by two million annually after 2012 [1] There is also an expectation that children born after 2011 may live to 100 years old [2], the... Read More about Older adult insights for age friendly environments, products and service systems.

Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments (2017)
Journal Article
Alsarhan, A., Itradat, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Zomaya, A. Y., & Min, G. (2018). Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 29(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2017.2748578

In the current cloud business environment, the cloud provider (CP) can provide a means for offering the required quality of service (QoS) for multiple classes of clients. We consider the cloud market where various resources such as CPUs, memory, and... Read More about Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments.

Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017, September). Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness. Presented at European Conference of Knowledge Management (ECKM)

The discussion in this paper derives from an analysis of data from twenty interviews conducted with members of an online knowledge sharing platform between October 2016 and February 2017. The empirical work is part of a larger doctoral study that inv... Read More about Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness.

Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siyabi, I. A., Shanks, K., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2017, May). Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells. Presented at 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS (CPV-13), Ottawa, Canada

Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) technology is increasingly being considered as an alternative option for solar electricity generation. However, increasing the light concentration ratio could decrease the system output power due to the increase in the... Read More about Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells.

Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, E., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. (2017, May). Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype. Presented at 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS (CPV-13), Ottawa, Canada

Ultrahigh concentrator photovoltaics hold a great potential in both reducing the cost of photovoltaic energy and to higher conversion efficiencies. The challenges in their design and manufacturing however have not yet permitted a reliable ultrahigh (... Read More about Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype.

Decentralised adaptive control of switched interconnected high-order nonlinear systems with unknown control direction and time-delay (2017)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Hua, C., Yu, H., & Guan, X. (2019). Decentralised adaptive control of switched interconnected high-order nonlinear systems with unknown control direction and time-delay. International Journal of Control, 92(4), 875-885. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2017.1372634

This paper studies the dynamic state feedback control problem for a class of interconnected large-scale switched high-order nonlinear systems with unknown control direction and time-varying time-delay. The adaptive laws are designed to estimate the b... Read More about Decentralised adaptive control of switched interconnected high-order nonlinear systems with unknown control direction and time-delay.

On the advantages of using the first-order generalised-alpha scheme for structural dynamic problems (2017)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C., Dettmer, W., & Perić, D. (2017). On the advantages of using the first-order generalised-alpha scheme for structural dynamic problems. Computers and Structures, 193, 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2017.08.013

The advantages of using the generalised-alpha scheme for first-order systems for computing the numerical solutions of second-order equations encountered in structural dynamics are presented. The governing equations are rewritten so that the second-or... Read More about On the advantages of using the first-order generalised-alpha scheme for structural dynamic problems.

The Pedagogical Impact of Augmented Reality on Architectural Education (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M. (2017, September). The Pedagogical Impact of Augmented Reality on Architectural Education. Presented at International Conference on Manufacturing Research

Latest hardware and software development in computer science and software engineering have promoted Augmented Reality (AR) prototypes for a number of architecture and design applications. Recent development in digital fabrication tools and techniques... Read More about The Pedagogical Impact of Augmented Reality on Architectural Education.

Open-ended evolution in cellular automata worlds (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2017, September). Open-ended evolution in cellular automata worlds. Presented at ECAL 2017, the Fourteenth European Conference on Artificial Life, Lyon, France

Open-ended evolution is a fundamental issue in artificial life research. We consider biological and social systems as a flux of interacting components that transiently participate in interactions with other system components as part of these systems.... Read More about Open-ended evolution in cellular automata worlds.

ARIGAN: Synthetic Arabidopsis Plants using Generative Adversarial Network (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giuffrida, M. V., Scharr, H., & Tsaftaris, S. A. (2017, October). ARIGAN: Synthetic Arabidopsis Plants using Generative Adversarial Network. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW), Venice, Italy

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in image-based plant phenotyping, applying state-of-the-art machine learning approaches to tackle challenging problems , such as leaf segmentation (a multi-instance problem) and counting. Most of... Read More about ARIGAN: Synthetic Arabidopsis Plants using Generative Adversarial Network.