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A linear dissipativity approach to incremental input-to-state stability for a class of positive Lur’e systems (2024)
Journal Article
Piengeon, V., & Guiver, C. (online). A linear dissipativity approach to incremental input-to-state stability for a class of positive Lur’e systems. International Journal of Control, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2024.2403473

Incremental stability properties are considered for certain systems of forced, nonlinear differential equations with a particular positivity structure. An incremental stability estimate is derived for pairs of input/state/output trajectories of the L... Read More about A linear dissipativity approach to incremental input-to-state stability for a class of positive Lur’e systems.

DeFT-Net: Dual-Window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ademola, A., Sinclair, D., Koniaris, B., Hannah, S., & Mitchell, K. (2024, September). DeFT-Net: Dual-Window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction. Presented at EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (2024), London, UK

Enabling online virtual reality (VR) users to dance and move in a way that mirrors the real-world necessitates improvements in the accuracy of predicting human motion sequences paving way for an immersive and connected experience. However, the drawba... Read More about DeFT-Net: Dual-Window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction.

'“As much as I miss it… I can't bring myself to go back”: Experiences of early career registered nurses who leave nursing.' (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bastow, F., Atherton, I., McLuckie, C., & Mahoney, C. (2024, September). '“As much as I miss it… I can't bring myself to go back”: Experiences of early career registered nurses who leave nursing.'. Presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2024, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Background

There is evidence of a nursing workforce crisis with increasing intention to leave (Royal College of Nursing, 2021), yet little is known about the experience of leaving the profession or direct nursing care. Actual nursing turnover need... Read More about '“As much as I miss it… I can't bring myself to go back”: Experiences of early career registered nurses who leave nursing.'.

Exploring the impact of data representation on neural data-to-text generation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howcroft, D. M., Watson, L. N., Nedopas, O., & Gkatzia, D. (2024, September). Exploring the impact of data representation on neural data-to-text generation. Presented at INLG 2024, Tokyo, Japan

A relatively under-explored area in research on neural natural language generation is the impact of the data representation on text quality. Here we report experiments on two leading input representations for data-to-text generation: attribute-value... Read More about Exploring the impact of data representation on neural data-to-text generation.

Automatic Metrics in Natural Language Generation: A survey of Current Evaluation Practices (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schmidtova, P., Mahamood, S., Balloccu, S., Dusek, O., Gatt, A., Gkatzia, D., Howcroft, D. M., Platek, O., & Sivaprasad, A. (2024, September). Automatic Metrics in Natural Language Generation: A survey of Current Evaluation Practices. Presented at INLG 2024, Tokyo, Japan

Automatic metrics are extensively used to evaluate Natural Language Processing systems. However, there has been increasing focus on how the are used and reported by practitioners within the field. In this paper, we have conducted a survey on the use... Read More about Automatic Metrics in Natural Language Generation: A survey of Current Evaluation Practices.

An Open Intent Discovery Evaluation Framework (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, G., Hart, E., Gkatzia, D., & Beaver, I. (2024, September). An Open Intent Discovery Evaluation Framework. Presented at SIGDIAL 2024, Kyoto, Japan

In the development of dialog systems the discovery of the set of target intents to identify is a crucial first step that is often overlooked. Most intent detection works assume that a labelled dataset already exists, however creating these datasets i... Read More about An Open Intent Discovery Evaluation Framework.

Automated Human-Readable Label Generation in Open Intent Discovery (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, G., Hart, E., Gkatzia, D., & Beaver, I. (2024, September). Automated Human-Readable Label Generation in Open Intent Discovery. Presented at Interspeech 2024, Kos, Greece

The correct determination of user intent is key in dialog systems. However, an intent classifier often requires a large, labelled training dataset to identify a set of known intents. The creation of such a dataset is a complex and time-consuming task... Read More about Automated Human-Readable Label Generation in Open Intent Discovery.

‘On the perimeter and fringe of war’: Norman Nicholson, Rural Modernity and Wartime (2024)
Journal Article
Frayn, A. (2024). ‘On the perimeter and fringe of war’: Norman Nicholson, Rural Modernity and Wartime. Modernist Cultures, 19(1), 128 - 151. https://doi.org/10.3366/mod.2024.0421%29

The author Norman Nicholson is an exemplary writer of rural modernity, acutely conscious of the need for rural areas to remain ‘living and organic communities’, as he puts it in his topographic book Greater Lakeland (1969). Here, I argue that his po... Read More about ‘On the perimeter and fringe of war’: Norman Nicholson, Rural Modernity and Wartime.

DTRAN: A Special Use Case of RAN Optimization using Digital Twin (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tunc, C., Duran, K., Bilgin, B., Kalem, G., & Canberk, B. (2024, June). DTRAN: A Special Use Case of RAN Optimization using Digital Twin. Paper presented at 2024 European Conference on Networks and Communications EuCNC & 6G Summit, Antwerp, Belgium

The emergence of beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G networks underscores the critical role of advanced computer-aided tools, such as network digital twins (DTs), in fostering autonomous networks and ubiquitous intelligence. Existing solutions in the DT domain pr... Read More about DTRAN: A Special Use Case of RAN Optimization using Digital Twin.

Real-Time Digital Twin Platform: A Case Study on Core Network Selection in Aeronautical Ad-hoc Networks (2024)
Journal Article
Cakir, L. V., Kocak, M., Özdem, M., & Canberk, B. (2024). Real-Time Digital Twin Platform: A Case Study on Core Network Selection in Aeronautical Ad-hoc Networks. *New journal, 1(1), 41 - 46

The development of Digital Twins (DTs) is hindered by a lack of specialized, open-source solutions that can meet the demands of dynamic applications. This has caused state-of-the-art DT applications to be validated using offline data. However, this a... Read More about Real-Time Digital Twin Platform: A Case Study on Core Network Selection in Aeronautical Ad-hoc Networks.

Editorial: Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Funding: Following the money, again (2024)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Hoff, S., Mendel, J., & Gerasimov, B. (2024). Editorial: Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Funding: Following the money, again. Anti-trafficking review, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224231

This Editorial introduces a special issue of the Anti-Trafficking Review that investigates where the funding for anti-trafficking work comes from, goes to, and with what effect. It reflects on some of the changes in funding that have occurred over th... Read More about Editorial: Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Funding: Following the money, again.

Expansion, Fracturing, and Depoliticisation: UK Government Anti-trafficking Funding from 2011 to 2023 (2024)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Mendel, J., & Schwartz, K. (2024). Expansion, Fracturing, and Depoliticisation: UK Government Anti-trafficking Funding from 2011 to 2023. Anti-trafficking review, 23, 34-57. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224233

Anti-trafficking policy discourses and funding trajectories in the UK are developing and expanding in a fractured way. This paper demonstrates that current policies and funding allocations primarily focus on supporting specific ‘victims’ and targetin... Read More about Expansion, Fracturing, and Depoliticisation: UK Government Anti-trafficking Funding from 2011 to 2023.

How do you become resilient? A critical realist explanation of the youth resilience process (2024)
Journal Article
Ho, G. W., Leung, D. Y., Chan, A. C., Bressington, D. T., & Karatzias, T. (in press). How do you become resilient? A critical realist explanation of the youth resilience process. Adversity and Resilience Science,

Adversities serve as risks, but also opportunities to acquire capacities to adjust positively in future stressors. There is now considerable agreement that resilience should be viewed as a process. However, a key question remains: Why do some individ... Read More about How do you become resilient? A critical realist explanation of the youth resilience process.

Unlocking Funding Success for Generative AI Startups: The Crucial Role of Investor Influence (2024)
Journal Article
Siddik, A. B., Li, Y., & Du, A. M. (2024). Unlocking Funding Success for Generative AI Startups: The Crucial Role of Investor Influence. Finance Research Letters, 69(Part B), Article 106203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106203

Generative AI (GAI) is transforming industries by enabling autonomous content creation. This study explores the impact of investor and technological influences on the funding of 556 GAI startups from 2010 to July 2024. Using princip... Read More about Unlocking Funding Success for Generative AI Startups: The Crucial Role of Investor Influence.

Getting Britain back to work (2024)
Digital Artefact
Robertson, P. (2024). Getting Britain back to work. [Web based newspaper]

This short article discusses the FInal Report of the Commission on the Future of Employment Support, and UK Government proposals to integrate career guidance into the Job Centre Plus network.

Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus (2024)
Journal Article
Gon, G., Dramowski, A., Hornsey, E., Graham, W., Fardousi, N., Aiken, A., Allegranzi, B., Anderson, D., Bartram, J., Bhattacharya, S., Brogan, J., Caluwaerts, A., Padoveze, M. C., Damani, N., Dancer, S., Deeves, M., Denny, L., Feasey, N., Hall, L., Hopman, J., …Yakubu, H. (in press). Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9

Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health advocacy, research and in... Read More about Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus.

Intelligent Digital Twin Communication Framework for Addressing Accuracy and Timeliness Tradeoff in Resource-Constrained Networks (2024)
Journal Article
Cakir, L. V., Thomson, C. J., Özdem, M., Canberk, B., Nguyen, V.-L., & Duong, T. Q. (online). Intelligent Digital Twin Communication Framework for Addressing Accuracy and Timeliness Tradeoff in Resource-Constrained Networks. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, https://doi.org/10.1109/tccn.2024.3469234

The accuracy and timeliness tradeoff prevents Digital Twins (DTs) from realizing their full potential. High accuracy is crucial for decision-making, and timeliness is equally essential for responsiveness. Therefore, this tradeoff in DT communication... Read More about Intelligent Digital Twin Communication Framework for Addressing Accuracy and Timeliness Tradeoff in Resource-Constrained Networks.

Fostering Critical Soft Skills of Graduates for Employability and Professional Growth (2024)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., Soupramanien, L. D. B., & Rughoobur-Seetah, S. (2025). Fostering Critical Soft Skills of Graduates for Employability and Professional Growth. In A. Huzooree, & H. Chandan (Eds.), Revitalizing Student Skills for Workforce Preparation (69-120). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3856-8.ch003

In the 21st century's evolving professional landscape, graduate employability and growth rely on critical soft skills. This chapter explores these essential soft skills for success in dynamic workplaces, emphasizing their growing importance. Employer... Read More about Fostering Critical Soft Skills of Graduates for Employability and Professional Growth.

Navigating Success: Unveiling the Power of Transferable Skills in Project Management and Future Workplace (2024)
Book Chapter
Okonkwo, O., Ogunsakin, B., Doargajudhur, M., Hosanoo, Z., & Critchley, B. (2024). Navigating Success: Unveiling the Power of Transferable Skills in Project Management and Future Workplace. In G. Huzooree, & H. C. Chandan (Eds.), Revitalizing Student Skills for Workforce Preparation (269-296). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3856-8

The employability of Project Management (PM) graduates was a common topic of discussion in the past decade. Employers are constantly looking for graduates who can thrive in the challenging, complex, and ever-changing project environment. In response,... Read More about Navigating Success: Unveiling the Power of Transferable Skills in Project Management and Future Workplace.