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Building a dual dataset of text-and image-grounded conversations and summarisation in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howcroft, D. M., Lamb, W., Groundwater, A., & Gkatzia, D. (2023, September). Building a dual dataset of text-and image-grounded conversations and summarisation in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic). Presented at The 16th International Natural Language Generation Conference

Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic; gd) is spoken by about 57k people in Scotland, but remains an under-resourced language with respect to natural language processing in general and natural language generation (NLG) in particular. To address this gap, we deve... Read More about Building a dual dataset of text-and image-grounded conversations and summarisation in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic).

A sustainable approach for demand side management considering demand response and renewable energy in smart grids (2023)
Journal Article
Ahmad, S. Y., Hafeez, G., Aurangzeb, K., Rehman, K., Khan, T. A., & Alhussein, M. (2023). A sustainable approach for demand side management considering demand response and renewable energy in smart grids. Frontiers in Energy Research, 11, Article 1212304. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1212304

The development of smart grids has revolutionized modern energy markets, enabling users to participate in demand response (DR) programs and maintain a balance between power generation and demand. However, users’ decreased awareness poses a challenge... Read More about A sustainable approach for demand side management considering demand response and renewable energy in smart grids.

Motor traffic reduction: A road to be travelled (2023)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2023). Motor traffic reduction: A road to be travelled. Journal of Transport and Health, 33, Article 101688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101688

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the eighth-leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 1.35 million deaths each year (Road Safety, 2022). Vehicle speed is a major contributory factor in many road traffic deaths and life changing injuries. It is... Read More about Motor traffic reduction: A road to be travelled.

Generalized Concept and MATLAB Code for Modeling and Analyzing Wideband 90° Stub-Loaded Phase Shifters with Simulation and Experimental Verifications (2023)
Journal Article
M. Alnahwi, F., I. A. Al-Yasir, Y., See, C. H., S. Abdullah, A., & Abd-Alhameed, A. R. A. (2023). Generalized Concept and MATLAB Code for Modeling and Analyzing Wideband 90° Stub-Loaded Phase Shifters with Simulation and Experimental Verifications. Sensors, 23(18), Article 7773. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23187773

In the design of phase shifters, the modeling equations are too complicated and require some approximations to be derived correctly by hand. In response to this problem, this paper presents a generalized concept, algorithm, and MATLAB code that provi... Read More about Generalized Concept and MATLAB Code for Modeling and Analyzing Wideband 90° Stub-Loaded Phase Shifters with Simulation and Experimental Verifications.

A Quasi oppositional smell agent optimization and its levy flight variant: A PV/Wind/battery system optimization application (2023)
Journal Article
Mas'ud, A. A., Salawudeen, A. T., Umar, A. A., Aziz, A. S., Shaaban, Y. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Musa, U. (2023). A Quasi oppositional smell agent optimization and its levy flight variant: A PV/Wind/battery system optimization application. Applied Soft Computing, 147, Article 110813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110813

In this study, two novel algorithms are developed: the quasi oppositional smell agent optimization (QOBL-SAO) and its levy flight variation (LFQOBL-SAO), and their performance is compared to that of the conventional smell agent optimization (SAO). Tw... Read More about A Quasi oppositional smell agent optimization and its levy flight variant: A PV/Wind/battery system optimization application.

Phonetic Error Analysis Beyond Phone Error Rate (2023)
Journal Article
Loweimi, E., Carmantini, A., Bell, P., Renals, S., & Cvetkovic, Z. (2023). Phonetic Error Analysis Beyond Phone Error Rate. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 31, 3346-3361. https://doi.org/10.1109/taslp.2023.3313417

In this article, we analyse the performance of the TIMIT-based phone recognition systems beyond the overall phone error rate (PER) metric. We consider three broad phonetic classes (BPCs): {affricate, diphthong, fricative, nasal, plosive, semi-vowel,... Read More about Phonetic Error Analysis Beyond Phone Error Rate.

An Investigation on the Effects of Beam Squint Caused by an Analog Beamformed User Terminal Utilizing Antenna Arrays (2023)
Journal Article
Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Hu, Y. F., Al-Yasir, Y., Parchin, N. O., & Ullah, A. (2023). An Investigation on the Effects of Beam Squint Caused by an Analog Beamformed User Terminal Utilizing Antenna Arrays. IEEE Access, 11, 98230-98243. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2023.3313200

In the equivalent frequency-based model, the antenna array gain is utilised to characterise the frequency response of the beam squint effect generated by the antenna array. This impact is considered for a wide range of uniform linear array (ULA) and... Read More about An Investigation on the Effects of Beam Squint Caused by an Analog Beamformed User Terminal Utilizing Antenna Arrays.

A novel autonomous container-based platform for cybersecurity training and research (2023)
Journal Article
Chouliaras, N., Kantzavelou, I., Maglaras, L., Pantziou, G., & Amine Ferrag, M. (2023). A novel autonomous container-based platform for cybersecurity training and research. PeerJ Computer Science, 9, Article e1574. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1574

Cyberattacks, particularly those targeting systems that store or handle sensitive data, have become more sophisticated in recent years. To face increasing threats, continuous capacity building and digital skill competence are needed. Cybersecurity ha... Read More about A novel autonomous container-based platform for cybersecurity training and research.

The regime-conversion method: a hybrid technique for simulating well-mixed chemical reaction networks (2023)
Journal Article
Kynaston, J. C., Yates, C. A., Hekkink, A. V. F., & Guiver, C. (2023). The regime-conversion method: a hybrid technique for simulating well-mixed chemical reaction networks. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 9, Article 1107441. https://doi.org/10.3389/fams.2023.1107441

There exist several methods for simulating biological and physical systems as represented by chemical reaction networks. Systems with low numbers of particles are frequently modeled as discrete-state Markov jump processes and are typically simulated... Read More about The regime-conversion method: a hybrid technique for simulating well-mixed chemical reaction networks.

Perspectives of Healthcare Providers to Inform the Design of an AI-Enhanced Social Robot in the Pediatric Emergency Department (2023)
Journal Article
Hudson, S., Nishat, F., Stinson, J., Litwin, S., Zeller, F., Wiles, B., Foster, M. E., & Ali, S. (2023). Perspectives of Healthcare Providers to Inform the Design of an AI-Enhanced Social Robot in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Children, 10(9), Article 1511. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091511

Children commonly experience pain and distress in healthcare settings related to medical procedures such as blood tests and intravenous insertions (IVIs). Inadequately addressed pain and distress can result in both short- and long-term negative conse... Read More about Perspectives of Healthcare Providers to Inform the Design of an AI-Enhanced Social Robot in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

The humanitarian supply network: A paradigm problem and a big idea (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duddy, D., Stantchev, D., & Weaver, M. (2023, September). The humanitarian supply network: A paradigm problem and a big idea. Paper presented at Logistics Research Network (LRN) Conference 2023, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

This research examines whether greater effectiveness and efficiency in humanitarian supply chains can be achieved by adopting a cybernetic approach to information flow. It looks at how, by taking a holistic view of humanitarian supply operations, the... Read More about The humanitarian supply network: A paradigm problem and a big idea.

Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Bowen, T., Drysdale, M. T., Callaghan, S., Smith, S., Johansson, K., Smith, C., Walsh, B., & Berg, T. (2024). Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 14(2), 313-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-05-2023-0115

Purpose
This study identifies gendered disparities among women students participating in work-integrated learning and explores the effects of the disparities on their perceptions on perceived opportunities, competencies, sense of belonging, and prof... Read More about Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges.

‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices (2023)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Barr, M., Berg, T., Bratton, A., Kolberg, M., Paterson, J., & Zarb, M. (online). ‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2023.2255576

In the UK context of an ageing population, degree apprenticeships represent a new opportunity to study for a degree while working. Apprentices are full-time employees granted time to study for a degree with a significant workplace learning component.... Read More about ‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices.

FPL Demo: A Learning-Based Motion Artefact Detector for Heterogeneous Platforms (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, Y., Xia, Y., Loureiro, R., Zhao, H., Dolinsky, U., & Yang, S. (2023, September). FPL Demo: A Learning-Based Motion Artefact Detector for Heterogeneous Platforms. Poster presented at FPL 2023: 33rd International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications, Gothenburg, Sweden

This demonstration showcases a novel FPGA development pipeline for developing a low-power and real-time motion artefact detection module for a wearable functional near-Infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) processing system. We provide a brief overview of th... Read More about FPL Demo: A Learning-Based Motion Artefact Detector for Heterogeneous Platforms.

In situ stannous reagent generator (SRG): An alternative hexavalent chromium treatment technology in drinking water industry (2023)
Journal Article
Mohd Yusof, M. H., Sarip, S., Abd Fatah, A. Y., Mad Kaidi, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Mohd Hashim, N. F. (2023). In situ stannous reagent generator (SRG): An alternative hexavalent chromium treatment technology in drinking water industry. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 55, Article 104217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104217

Access to safe drinking water is a basic necessity for human health. Rock and soil are rich sources of chromium, a metal that is present naturally. Chromium commonly exists in two oxidation states: trivalent chromium (chromium-3, Cr (III), Cr3+) and... Read More about In situ stannous reagent generator (SRG): An alternative hexavalent chromium treatment technology in drinking water industry.

A Comparative Study of Assessment Metrics for Imbalanced Learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farou, Z., Aharrat, M., & Horváth, T. (2023, September). A Comparative Study of Assessment Metrics for Imbalanced Learning. Presented at European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2023), Barcelona, Spain

There are several machine learning algorithms addressing class imbalance problem, requiring standardized metrics for adequete performance evaluation. This paper reviews several metrics for imbalanced learning in binary and multi-class problems. We em... Read More about A Comparative Study of Assessment Metrics for Imbalanced Learning.

Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2023, August). Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference. Presented at AM '23: Audio Mostly 2023, Edinburgh

Audio Mostly is an interdisciplinary conference on design and experience of interaction with sound that prides itself on embracing applied theory and reflective practice. Its annual gatherings bring together thinkers and doers from academia and indus... Read More about Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference.