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Participatory Explorations in the Techno-Spiritual (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grandison, T. (2024, June). Participatory Explorations in the Techno-Spiritual. Presented at The 22nd European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Rimini, Italy

This exploratory paper presents a pilot study conducted with 64 undergraduate students at Edinburgh Napier University in November 2023. The aim of this study was to understand how people who do not necessarily identify as religious engaged in what th... Read More about Participatory Explorations in the Techno-Spiritual.

Convex neural network synthesis for robustness in the 1-norm (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drummond, R., Guiver, C., & Turner, M. C. (2024, July). Convex neural network synthesis for robustness in the 1-norm. Presented at 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, Oxford, England

With neural networks being used to control safety-critical systems, they increasingly have to be both accurate (in the sense of matching inputs to outputs) and robust. However, these two properties are often at odds with each other and a trade-off ha... Read More about Convex neural network synthesis for robustness in the 1-norm.

Eco-friendly 3D Printing Mortar with Low Cement Content: Investigation on Printability and Mechanical Properties (2024)
Journal Article
Sukontasukkul, P., Komkham, S., Jamnam, S., Zhang, H., Fujikake, K., Puttiwongrak, A., & Hansapinyo, C. (2024). Eco-friendly 3D Printing Mortar with Low Cement Content: Investigation on Printability and Mechanical Properties. Civil Engineering Journal, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-03-010

The conventional approach to achieving optimal printability and buildability in 3D printing mortar relies heavily on cement, which is both costly and environmentally detrimental due to substantial carbon emissions from its production. This study aims... Read More about Eco-friendly 3D Printing Mortar with Low Cement Content: Investigation on Printability and Mechanical Properties.

A Comparison of the Efficiencies of various Structured and Semi- Structured Data Formats in Data Analysis and Big Data Analytic Development (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peng, T., & Graham, H. (2024, July). A Comparison of the Efficiencies of various Structured and Semi- Structured Data Formats in Data Analysis and Big Data Analytic Development. Presented at DATA 2024: 13th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications, Dijon, France

As data volumes grow, so too does our need and ability to analyse it. Cloud computing technologies offer a wide variety of options for analysing big data and make this ability available to anyone. However, the monetary implications for doing this in... Read More about A Comparison of the Efficiencies of various Structured and Semi- Structured Data Formats in Data Analysis and Big Data Analytic Development.

ABCNN-IDS: Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks (2024)
Journal Article
Momand, A., Jan, S. U., & Ramzan, N. (in press). ABCNN-IDS: Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks. Wireless Personal Communications, 136(4), 1981-2003. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-024-11260-7

This paper proposes an attention-based convolutional neural network (ABCNN) for intrusion detection in the Internet of Things (IoT). The proposed ABCNN employs an attention mechanism that aids in the learning process for low-instance classes. On the... Read More about ABCNN-IDS: Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks.

Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata (2024)
Journal Article
Gnoli, C., Golub, K., Haynes, D., Salaba, A., Shiri, A., & Slavic, A. (2024). Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata. Knowledge Organization, 51, 169-186. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2024-3-169

This article addresses the underutilization of knowledge organization systems (KOS) elements in online library catalogues, hindering effective subject-based search and discovery. It highlights the International Society for Knowledge Organization's in... Read More about Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata.

Exploring Out-of-Classroom Activities for Students with Disabilities: Implications for Employability Skills Development (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tungli, T., & Meharg, D. (2024, September). Exploring Out-of-Classroom Activities for Students with Disabilities: Implications for Employability Skills Development. Presented at The 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, Edinburgh, UK

The inclusion of students with disabilities in tertiary education is rising globally, however research on their participation in out-of-classroom activities remains limited. This paper investigates the significance of out-of-classroom engagement for... Read More about Exploring Out-of-Classroom Activities for Students with Disabilities: Implications for Employability Skills Development.

Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W., Grierson, S., & Uribe, D. (2024, February). Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode. Presented at 10th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, Rome, Italy

Biometric data is often highly sensitive, and a leak of this data can lead to serious privacy breaches. Some of the most sensitive of this type of data relates to the usage of DNA data on individuals. A leak of this type of data without consent could... Read More about Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode.

How Much do Robots Understand Rudeness? Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Orme, M., Yu, Y., & Tan, Z. (2024, May). How Much do Robots Understand Rudeness? Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction. Presented at The 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), Torino, Italy

This paper concerns the pressing need to understand and manage inappropriate language within the evolving human-robot interaction (HRI) landscape. As intelligent systems and robots transition from controlled laboratory settings to everyday households... Read More about How Much do Robots Understand Rudeness? Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction.

ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection: 39th IFIP International Conference, SEC 2024, Edinburgh, UK, June 12–14, 2024, Proceedings (2024)
Book
Pitropakis, N., Katsikas, S., Furnell, S., & Markantonakis, K. (Eds.). (2024). ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection: 39th IFIP International Conference, SEC 2024, Edinburgh, UK, June 12–14, 2024, Proceedings. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65175-5

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 39th IFIP International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection, SEC 2024, held in Edinburgh, UK, during June 12–14, 2024.

The 34 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and sel... Read More about ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection: 39th IFIP International Conference, SEC 2024, Edinburgh, UK, June 12–14, 2024, Proceedings.

Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment (2024)
Journal Article
Bagireanu, A., Bros-Williamson, J., Duncheva, M., & Currie, J. (2024). Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment. Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 18(1), 1-11

Digital Twins (DTs) have entered the built environment from more established industries like aviation and manufacturing, although there has never been a common goal for utilising DTs at scale. Their assimilation into the built environment lacked its... Read More about Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment.

CAST: Efficient Traffic Scenario Inpainting in Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Systems (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Mao, C., Wan, S., Hawbani, A., Al-Dubai, A., Min, G., & Zomaya, A. (in press). CAST: Efficient Traffic Scenario Inpainting in Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Systems. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,

As a promising vehicular communication technology, Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) is expected to ensure the safety and convenience of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) by providing global road information. However, it is difficult to o... Read More about CAST: Efficient Traffic Scenario Inpainting in Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Systems.

Merging Fact & Fiction in War Comics: Diversity, Identity and Social Injustice (2024)
Book Chapter
Donald, I., Austin, H., & Pittner, F. Merging Fact & Fiction in War Comics: Diversity, Identity and Social Injustice. In Battle Lines Drawn: War Comics since 1914

This abstract discusses how war comics portray the historical record through a theoretical and conceptual textual model - the 3A Framework (3AF) which considers the representation of historical accuracy, authenticity and account (Donald & Reid, 2023)... Read More about Merging Fact & Fiction in War Comics: Diversity, Identity and Social Injustice.

Group-Signature Authentication to Secure Task Offloading in Vehicular Edge Twin Networks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Shareeda, S., Ozguner, F., & Canberk, B. (2024, December). Group-Signature Authentication to Secure Task Offloading in Vehicular Edge Twin Networks. Paper presented at 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Cape Town, South Africa

This study delves into the integration of Group Signature (GS)-based authentication within Vehicular Edge Twin Networks (VETNs), a critical component in ensuring secure and efficient vehicular communication. By leveraging Proximal Policy Optimization... Read More about Group-Signature Authentication to Secure Task Offloading in Vehicular Edge Twin Networks.

Generative AI-enabled Digital Twins for 6G-enhanced Smart Cities (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duran, K., Cakir, L. V., Ozdem, M., Gursu, K., & Canberk, B. (2024, December). Generative AI-enabled Digital Twins for 6G-enhanced Smart Cities. Paper presented at IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2024, Cape Town, South Africa

6G networks are envisioned to enable a wide range of applications, such as autonomous vehicles and smart cities. However, this rapid expansion of network topologies makes the management of 6G wireless networks more complex and leads to performance de... Read More about Generative AI-enabled Digital Twins for 6G-enhanced Smart Cities.

An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata (2024)
Journal Article
Rizwan, M., Hawbani, A., Xingfu, W., Anjum, A., Angin, P., Sever, Y., Chen, S., Zhao, L., & Al-Dubai, A. (in press). An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata. IEEE Transactions on Big Data,

A data publishing deal conducted with anonymous microdata can preserve the privacy of people. However, anonymizing
data with multiple records of an individual (1:M dataset) is still a challenging problem. After anonymizing the 1:M microdata, the ver... Read More about An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata.

The psychological burden of bereavement in the general population of UK and Ireland (2024)
Journal Article
Redican, E., Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Murphy, J., Duffy, M., & Karatzias, T. (online). The psychological burden of bereavement in the general population of UK and Ireland. Death Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2420877

This study examined the experiences of loss among bereaved adults, and the association between loss-related factors and mental health outcomes. Participants were 2023 bereaved adults from the United Kingdom and Ireland who completed measures of their... Read More about The psychological burden of bereavement in the general population of UK and Ireland.

20mph speed limits and zones for better public health: Meta-narrative evidence synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
van Erpecum, C.-P. L., Bornioli, A., Cleland, C., Jones, S., Davis, A., den Braver, N. R., & Pilkington, P. (2024). 20mph speed limits and zones for better public health: Meta-narrative evidence synthesis. Journal of transport & health, 39, Article 101917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101917

Background
Recently, twenty miles per hour (20mph/30kph) speed limit and zone interventions have been increasingly adopted in various European cities. These 20mph speed limits and zones do not only contribute to road safety but they may also be bene... Read More about 20mph speed limits and zones for better public health: Meta-narrative evidence synthesis.

Developing modern construction professionals with a focus on timber – a UK case study (2024)
Journal Article
Hitt, S. J., Hairstans, R., Oloke, D., Bertasso, S., Tamagnone, G., & Shirley, B. (online). Developing modern construction professionals with a focus on timber – a UK case study. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.24.00040

The Centre for Advanced Timber Technology (CATT) was established in 2021 at the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) in Hereford, UK, to be a catalyst for expanding the use of sustainable timber in modern construction and changi... Read More about Developing modern construction professionals with a focus on timber – a UK case study.

You Are What You Write: Preserving Privacy in the Era of Pre-trained Language Models   (2024)
Journal Article
Plant, R., Giuffrida, V., & Gkatzia, D. (in press). You Are What You Write: Preserving Privacy in the Era of Pre-trained Language Models  . Computer Speech and Language,

The widespread use of pre-trained language models has revolutionised knowledge transfer in natural language processing tasks. However, there is a concern regarding potential breaches of user trust due to the risk of reidentification attacks, where ma... Read More about You Are What You Write: Preserving Privacy in the Era of Pre-trained Language Models  .