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A Blockchain Framework in Post-Quantum Decentralization (2021)
Journal Article
Saha, R., Kumar, G., Devgun, T., Buchanan, W., Thomas, R., Alazab, M., Kim, T., & Rodrigues, J. (2023). A Blockchain Framework in Post-Quantum Decentralization. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2021.3116896

The decentralization and transparency have provided wide acceptance of blockchain technology in various sectors through numerous applications. The claimed security services by blockchain have been proved using various cryptographic techniques, mainly... Read More about A Blockchain Framework in Post-Quantum Decentralization.

Sonification of Planetary Orbits in Asteroid Belts (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quinton, M., Mcgregor, I., & Benyon, D. (2021). Sonification of Planetary Orbits in Asteroid Belts. In AM '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Audio Mostly (72-80). https://doi.org/10.1145/3478384.3478390

This study investigates the design and evaluation of a sonification designed to detect any planets orbiting within an asteroid belt of an exosolar system. The interface was designed for an astronomer who studies this phenomenon. User centered design... Read More about Sonification of Planetary Orbits in Asteroid Belts.

A Mamdani Type Fuzzy Inference System to Calculate Employee Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks (2021)
Journal Article
Lambat, Y., Ayres, N., Maglaras, L., & Ferrag, M. A. (2021). A Mamdani Type Fuzzy Inference System to Calculate Employee Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks. Applied Sciences, 11(19), Article 9083. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199083

It is a well known fact that the weakest link in a cyber secure system is the people who configure, manage or use it. Security breaches are persistently being attributed to human error. Social engineered based attacks are becoming more sophisticated... Read More about A Mamdani Type Fuzzy Inference System to Calculate Employee Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks.

Several cases of backward erosion/liquefaction piping from Hungary (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Imre, E., Koch, E., Nagy, L., Illés, Z., Hortobágyi, Z., & Barreto, . D. (2021, September). Several cases of backward erosion/liquefaction piping from Hungary. Presented at 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterizati

Semi-Supervised Domain Adaptation for Holistic Counting under Label Gap (2021)
Journal Article
Litrico, M., Battiato, S., Tsaftaris, S. A., & Giuffrida, M. V. (2021). Semi-Supervised Domain Adaptation for Holistic Counting under Label Gap. Journal of Imaging, 7(10), Article 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7100198

This paper proposes a novel approach for semi-supervised domain adaptation for holistic regression tasks, where a DNN predicts a continuous value y∈R given an input image x. The current literature generally lacks specific domain adaptation approaches... Read More about Semi-Supervised Domain Adaptation for Holistic Counting under Label Gap.

Automatic Architectural Drawing Labelling Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Chen, X. (2021). Automatic Architectural Drawing Labelling Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network. In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2021 (69-78). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6269-0_6

Architectural designers and technologists are able to make an assessment on buildability, thermal and hygrothermal performance of design details. To process drawings, human vision segments, classifies and distinguishes the drawing objects on the basi... Read More about Automatic Architectural Drawing Labelling Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network.

Saudi Women and Vision 2030: Bridging the Gap? (2021)
Journal Article
Saleh, W., & Malibari, A. (2021). Saudi Women and Vision 2030: Bridging the Gap?. Behavioral Sciences, 11(10), Article 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11100132

(1) Background, Travel characteristics of Saudi women contrast significantly from those in the west. This is not only because they have different culture, attitudes and preferences but also until recently, Saudi women were not allowed to drive. In 20... Read More about Saudi Women and Vision 2030: Bridging the Gap?.

Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Imre, E., Bálint, E. Á., Nagy, L., Lőrincz, J., Illés, Z., Barreto, D., …Feng, S. (2021). Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophy

In a previous research program 74 artificial soil mixtures of natural fluvial soils were prepared in 4 series of measurements for falling head permeability testing, differing in d 10. The conclusions drawn from the original investigations were as fol... Read More about Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions.

Dispatch Strategies for the Utilisation of Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings (2021)
Journal Article
Georgakarakos, A. D., Vand, B., Hathway, E. A., & Mayfield, M. (2021). Dispatch Strategies for the Utilisation of Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings. Buildings, 11(10), Article 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11100433

This study investigates Smart Grid Optimised Buildings (SGOBs) which can respond to real-time electricity prices by utilising battery storage systems (BSS). Different building design characteristics are assessed to evaluate the impact on energy use,... Read More about Dispatch Strategies for the Utilisation of Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings.

Modelling Individual Preferences to Study and Predict Effects of Traffic Policies (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nguyen, J., Powers, S., Urquhart, N., Farrenkopf, T., & Guckert, M. (2021, October). Modelling Individual Preferences to Study and Predict Effects of Traffic Policies. Presented at PAAMS: International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Mu

Traffic can be viewed as a complex adaptive system in which systemic patterns arise as emergent phenomena. Global behaviour is a result of behavioural patterns of a large set of individual travellers. However, available traffic simulation models lack... Read More about Modelling Individual Preferences to Study and Predict Effects of Traffic Policies.

Using AGADE Traffic to Analyse Purpose-driven Travel Behaviour (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nguyen, J., Powers, S. T., Urquhart, N., Farrenkopf, T., & Guckert, M. (2021, October). Using AGADE Traffic to Analyse Purpose-driven Travel Behaviour. Presented at PAAMS: International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent System

AGADE Traffic is an agent-based traffic simulator that can be used to analyse purpose-driven travel behaviour of individuals that leads to the emergence of systemic patterns in mobility. The simulator uses semantic technology to model knowledge of in... Read More about Using AGADE Traffic to Analyse Purpose-driven Travel Behaviour.

Identifying Roles, Requirements and Responsibilities in Trustworthy AI Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barclay, I., & Abramson, W. (2021). Identifying Roles, Requirements and Responsibilities in Trustworthy AI Systems. In UbiComp '21: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings o

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are being deployed around the globe in critical fields such as healthcare and education. In some cases, expert practitioners in these domains are being tasked with introducing or using such systems, but have littl... Read More about Identifying Roles, Requirements and Responsibilities in Trustworthy AI Systems.

Artificial Eyes with Emotion and Light Responsive Pupils for Realistic Humanoid Robots (2021)
Journal Article
Strathearn, C. (2021). Artificial Eyes with Emotion and Light Responsive Pupils for Realistic Humanoid Robots. Informatics, 8(4), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics8040064

This study employs a novel 3D engineered robotic eye system with dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) pupils and a 3D sculpted and colourised gelatin iris membrane to replicate the appearance and materiality of the human eye. A camera system for facia... Read More about Artificial Eyes with Emotion and Light Responsive Pupils for Realistic Humanoid Robots.

Nanostructured perovskite oxides for dye-sensitized solar cells (2021)
Journal Article
Sheikh, M. S., Roy, A., Dutta, A., Sundaram, S., Mallick, T. K., & Sinha, T. (2021). Nanostructured perovskite oxides for dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(49), Article 493001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac252c

Since its discovery, the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology with its low-cost, simple fabrication procedure and promising photovoltaic (PV) performance remains a fertile research topic. Most DSSC research is focused on the TiO2, ZnO and othe... Read More about Nanostructured perovskite oxides for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Performance study on mounting system for displacement transducer in mechanical tests of timber samples using photogrammetry method (2021)
Journal Article
Mohamed, A., Zhang, H., Deng, Y., Lehmann, M., Sigrist, C., Uheida, K., Zheng, Y., Bahadori-Jahromi, A., Shahidan, S., & Caudoux, R. (2022). Performance study on mounting system for displacement transducer in mechanical tests of timber samples using photo

This paper presents a unique study to reveal the effect of the mounting system of the linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) on the mechanical property tests of timber materials. This effect has been overlooked in the past but proven to be s... Read More about Performance study on mounting system for displacement transducer in mechanical tests of timber samples using photogrammetry method.

Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6 (2021)
Journal Article
Lin, G., Jeong, J., Kim, C., Wang, Y., Huang, Q., Masuda, T., …Ma, J. (2021). Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 5559 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-2556

Spin-orbit coupled honeycomb magnets with the Kitaev interaction have received a lot of attention due to their potential of hosting exotic quantum states including quantum spin liquids. Thus far, the most studied Kitaev systems are 4d/5d-based honeyc... Read More about Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6.

Interactivity in Linear Diagrams (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chapman, P. (2021). Interactivity in Linear Diagrams. In Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28–30, 2021, Proceedings (449-465). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86062-2_47

Linear diagrams have been shown to be an effective method for representing set-based data. Moreover, design principles have been empirically developed that, when followed, improve the efficacy of linear diagrams. These principles are task-independent... Read More about Interactivity in Linear Diagrams.

Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brazier, D., Salzano, R., & Ryan, B. (2021, September). Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic. Poster presented at European Conference on Information Literacy 2021, Bamberg, Germany

Project Aim: This internally funded Public Engagement| project was aimed at engaging the public of Edinburgh to provide learning opportunities on Information Literacy and online search best practice. Two in-person workshops were organised for March 2... Read More about Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic.

Multi-lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence-to-sequence attention model (2021)
Journal Article
Rabhi, B., Elbaati, A., Boubaker, H., Hamdi, Y., Hussain, A., & Alimi, A. M. (2021). Multi-lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence-to-sequence attention model. Memetic Computing, 13, Article 459-475. htt

Online signals are rich in dynamic features such as trajectory chronology, velocity, pressure and pen up/down movements. Their offline counterparts consist of a set of pixels. Thus, online handwriting recognition accuracy is generally better than off... Read More about Multi-lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence-to-sequence attention model.