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Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al Dubai, A., & Buchanan, W. (2021, October). Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems. Presented at 2021 5th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the principal signalling protocol in Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, responsible for initialising, terminating, and maintaining sessions amongst call parties. However, the problem with the SIP protocol is that i... Read More about Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems.

Resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory areas during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N. J., McAlooney-Kocaman, K., Welch, L., Ray, E., Lippiett, K., & Kelly, C. (2021). Resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thorax, 76(suppl 1), A70

Nurses who work with respiratory patients, have been at the forefront of the pandemic response. Lessons need to be learnt from these nurses’ experiences in order to support these nurses during the existing pandemic and retain and mobilise this skille... Read More about Resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2021, November). Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community. Presented at Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK

Using the animated short film, New Signs for Animation as an example and jumping off point, we will be exploring options for character design in animation focused to deaf audiences in a workshop setting. This session will be an online [Zoom] recorded... Read More about Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community.

Researching multilingually and inter-epistemically: constructing a ‘cross-cultural dialogue’ between intercultural communication and Buddhism (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, V. X. (2021, November). Researching multilingually and inter-epistemically: constructing a ‘cross-cultural dialogue’ between intercultural communication and Buddhism. Paper presented at IALIC 2021 'Language, culture and interculturality: Global debates, local challenges', Bogota, Colombia (online)

In this talk, I discuss how I identified points of dialogue between intercultural communication theories and the Buddhist Middle Way by traversing linguistic and epistemic landscapes. In a study where I pondered the potential value of Buddhism for in... Read More about Researching multilingually and inter-epistemically: constructing a ‘cross-cultural dialogue’ between intercultural communication and Buddhism.

Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dimitrova, I. D., Sanal, S., Bau Luong, M., Tingas, S., & Im, H. G. (2021, November). Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions. Paper presented at 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, Arizona

This study employs algorithmic tools from the computational singular perturbation (CSP) approach and statistics to investigate detonation development in SI engines using 2D simulations at different intensity levels – strong and mild detonations. The... Read More about Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions.

Reducing Driver’s Cognitive Load with the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K. F., Charissis, V., Lagoo, R., Wang, S., Khan, S., Altarteer, S., Harrison, D. K., & Drikakis, D. (2021, July). Reducing Driver’s Cognitive Load with the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality. Presented at 23rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2021), Online

Multiple infotainment sources can significantly overload the driver’s cognitive load and increase the collision probabilities. Current solutions provided have attempted to alleviate this issue with the centralization of infotainment devices to single... Read More about Reducing Driver’s Cognitive Load with the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality.

Digital Pedagogy & Learning Design (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L. (2021, November). Digital Pedagogy & Learning Design. Paper presented at The EdTech & Digital Learning Conference, Online

User Emotion Direction for Recommendation Systems-A Decade Review (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chanrueang, S., Thammaboosadee, S., Goh, K., & Yu, H. (2021, September). User Emotion Direction for Recommendation Systems-A Decade Review. Presented at 2021 26th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Portsmouth

Recommendation systems are rapidly gaining popularity in software development, including e-commerce, news, advertising, social networking, and entertainment. It filters appropriate information for user decisions. The most popular approaches of recomm... Read More about User Emotion Direction for Recommendation Systems-A Decade Review.

Pilot #1: Animation tutorial for deaf students (Lip synching) (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2021, November). Pilot #1: Animation tutorial for deaf students (Lip synching). Presented at Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester

A methodology for deaf students to animate a character to lip sync with a given sound file. Expanding upon my research and support I have previously offered one of my students; whom was from the British deaf community, while she studied her Digital M... Read More about Pilot #1: Animation tutorial for deaf students (Lip synching).

Behind the scenes of “New signs for animation” (2021) (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2021, November). Behind the scenes of “New signs for animation” (2021). Presented at Educating animators conference 2021, University of Salford, Manchester

Behind the scenes of “New signs for animation” Focusing on a learner-centred Pedagogy approach examining the animated short film, “New signs for animation” (2021) and the wider discussions.

Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beg, M., Sun, D., Popescu, C., Alcock, K. M., Onyianta, A. J., O'Rourke, D., Goh, K., & Yu, H. (2021, September). Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators. Presented at 2021 26th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Water hyacinth is an invasive plant that can be converted to high value cellulose nanofibers. This study presents battery separators prepared from water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres (WHCNF) via a freeze-thawing crosslinking method, using polyethylen... Read More about Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators.

Architecture-aware Precision Tuning with Multiple Number Representation Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cattaneo, D., Chiari, M., Fossati, N., Cherubin, S., & Agosta, G. (2021, December). Architecture-aware Precision Tuning with Multiple Number Representation Systems. Presented at 2021 58th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA

Precision tuning trades accuracy for speed and energy savings, usually by reducing the data width, or by switching from floating point to fixed point representations. However, comparing the precision across different representations is a difficult ta... Read More about Architecture-aware Precision Tuning with Multiple Number Representation Systems.

Supporting Iterative Virtual Reality Analytics Design and Evaluation by Systematic Generation of Surrogate Clustered Datasets (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tadeja, S. K., Langdon, P., & Kristensson, P. O. (2021, October). Supporting Iterative Virtual Reality Analytics Design and Evaluation by Systematic Generation of Surrogate Clustered Datasets. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bari, Italy

Virtual Reality (VR) is a promising technology platform for immersive visual analytics. However, the design space of VR analytics interface design is vast and difficult to explore using traditional A/B comparisons in formal or informal controlled exp... Read More about Supporting Iterative Virtual Reality Analytics Design and Evaluation by Systematic Generation of Surrogate Clustered Datasets.

A Machine Learning Based Quantitative Data Analysis for Screening Skin Diseases Based on Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ji, Y., Yang, S., Zhou, K., Li, C., & Huang, Z. (2021, September). A Machine Learning Based Quantitative Data Analysis for Screening Skin Diseases Based on Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA). Presented at 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Xi'an, China [Online]

Lack of accurate and standard quantitative evaluations limit the progress of applying the OCTA technique into skin clinical trials. More systematic research is required to investigate the possibility of using quantitative OCTA techniques for screenin... Read More about A Machine Learning Based Quantitative Data Analysis for Screening Skin Diseases Based on Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA).

Virtual Reality for Simulation and Evaluation: Technology Acceptance Models for Automotive Consumer Electronics (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charissis, C., Bram-Larbi, K. F., Lagoo, R., Wang, S., Khan, S., Altarteer, S., Harrison, D. K., & Drikakis, D. (2021, July). Virtual Reality for Simulation and Evaluation: Technology Acceptance Models for Automotive Consumer Electronics. Presented at HCI International 2021, Online

The design, development and evaluation of consumer electronics pose many challenges in the transition from initial concept to final product market release. In the automotive sector, in particular, due to the nature of these devices and to alleviate u... Read More about Virtual Reality for Simulation and Evaluation: Technology Acceptance Models for Automotive Consumer Electronics.

Mass Transfer Characteristics Through Alumina Membranes With Different Pores Sizes And Porosity (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ogunlude, P., Abunumah, O., Hashim, I., Aisueni, F., Ogoun, E., Antwi, S., Ramalan, M., Williamwest, T., Muhammad Sukki, F., & Gobina, E. (2021, November). Mass Transfer Characteristics Through Alumina Membranes With Different Pores Sizes And Porosity. Paper presented at International Conference on Studies in Engineering, Science, and Technology (ICSEST), Antalya, Turkey

Different membranes covering the macroporous to nano-pororous range and having different porosities have been used to study the mass transfer of methane and carbon dioxide single gases. The effect of flow parameters on the transport mechanisms throug... Read More about Mass Transfer Characteristics Through Alumina Membranes With Different Pores Sizes And Porosity.

Rethinking First World War literature: The War Books Boom, 1928-30 (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2021, November). Rethinking First World War literature: The War Books Boom, 1928-30. Presented at Northumbria University Institute of Humanities Seminar Series, Northumbria University

Research talk (50 min) at Northumbria University Institute of Humanities Seminar Series (online).

Invited Teacher at Climate Law Specialisation Course (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, R. (2021, November). Invited Teacher at Climate Law Specialisation Course. Presented at Climate Law and Governance Initiative: Climate Law Specialisation Course, Glasgow [online]

tiNNbre: a timbre-based musical agent (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bolzoni, A., Di Donato, B., & Laney, R. (2021). tiNNbre: a timbre-based musical agent. In 2nd Nordic Sound and Music Conference

In this paper, we present tiNNbre, a generative music prototype-system that reacts to timbre gestures. By timbre gesture we mean a sonic (as opposed to body) gesture that mainly conveys artistic meaning through timbre rather than other sonic properti... Read More about tiNNbre: a timbre-based musical agent.