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Training an adaptive dialogue policy for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2016). Training an adaptive dialogue policy for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings. In Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (339-349). https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/w16-3643

We present a multi-modal dialogue system for interactive learning of perceptually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. The system integrates an incremental, semantic parsing/generation framework - Dynamic Syntax and Type Theory with Records (DS... Read More about Training an adaptive dialogue policy for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings.

An Incremental Dialogue System for Learning Visually Grounded Language (demonstration system) (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2016). An Incremental Dialogue System for Learning Visually Grounded Language (demonstration system). In Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (120-121)

We present a multi-modal dialogue system for interactive learning of perceptually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. The system integrates an incremental, semantic, and bi-directional grammar framework – Dynamic Syntax and Type Theory with Re... Read More about An Incremental Dialogue System for Learning Visually Grounded Language (demonstration system).

Comparing dialogue strategies for learning grounded language from human tutors (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Yu, Y., Lemon, O., & Eshghi, A. (2016). Comparing dialogue strategies for learning grounded language from human tutors. In Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (44-54)

We address the problem of interactively learning perceptually grounded word meanings in a multimodal dialogue system. Human tutors can correct, question, and confirm the statements of a dialogue agent which is trying to interactively learn the meanin... Read More about Comparing dialogue strategies for learning grounded language from human tutors.

Interactively learning visually grounded word meanings from a human tutor (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2016). Interactively learning visually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. In Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Vision and Language (48-53)

We present a multi-modal dialogue system for interactive learning of perceptually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. The system integrates an incremental, semantic parsing/generation framework - Dynamic Syntax and Type Theory with Records (DS... Read More about Interactively learning visually grounded word meanings from a human tutor.

Core-selecting payment rules for combinatorial auctions with uncertain availability of goods (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Moor, D., Seuken, S., Grubenmann, T., & Bernstein, A. (2016). Core-selecting payment rules for combinatorial auctions with uncertain availability of goods. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16) (424-432)

In some auction domains, there is uncertainty regarding the final availability of the goods being auctioned off. For example, a government may auction off spectrum from its public safety network, but it may need this spectrum back in times of emergen... Read More about Core-selecting payment rules for combinatorial auctions with uncertain availability of goods.

An Energy-Aware Embedding Algorithm for Virtual Data Centers (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Nam, T. M., Huynh, N. V., Dai, L. Q., & Thanh, N. H. (2016). An Energy-Aware Embedding Algorithm for Virtual Data Centers. In 2016 28th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 28). https://doi.org/10.1109/itc-28.2016.112

Cloud computing has emerged in the recent years as a promising paradigm that facilitates such new service models as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). As the number of cloud service prov... Read More about An Energy-Aware Embedding Algorithm for Virtual Data Centers.

An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Tahir, A., & Mallick, T. (2016). An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material. In Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2016) (200-204)

A novel Window-Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (WICPV) system proposed suitable for window integration, has been fabricated and characterised at 1000 Wm-2 (higher irradiance)and 500 Wm-2 (lower irradiance). This paper investigates the use of a c... Read More about An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material.

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Li, W., Paul, M., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016). Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell. In 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (911-914)

Crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a solar energy device used to increase the photovoltaic (PV) cell electrical power output. CCPC’s thermal and optical performance issues are equally important for a PV cell or module to work under a f... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell.

The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Andras, P. (2016). The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution. In OEE2: The Second Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution

Biological and social systems are considered as a flux of interacting components that transiently participate in interactions with other system components as part of the system. This suggests that any simulated system undergoing open ended evolution... Read More about The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution.

Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Saharudin, M., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2016). Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites. In ICAME2016 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering

In this study, multi-layered-graphene (MLG) reinforced unsaturated polyester (UP) were prepared by adding different weight percentage of graphene in polyester resin and subsequently cross linked using mixture of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. The mech... Read More about Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites.

Interactive Ray-Traced Area Lighting with Adaptive Polynomial Filtering (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., Moon, B., & Mitchell, K. (2016). Interactive Ray-Traced Area Lighting with Adaptive Polynomial Filtering. In Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2016)

Area lighting computation is a key component for synthesizing photo-realistic rendered images, and it simulates plausible soft shadows by considering geometric relationships between area lights and three-dimensional scenes, in some cases even account... Read More about Interactive Ray-Traced Area Lighting with Adaptive Polynomial Filtering.

Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Vasantha, G., Wodehouse, A., Corney, J., MacLachlan, R., & Jagadeesan, A. (2016). Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation. In Proceedings of the 23rd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference

Innovation is critical to sustain in prevailing competitive business environments. Industries need effective innovation strategies in-practice to develop and deliver novel products and services swiftly. In order to implement innovation strategies eff... Read More about Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation.

The Design and Evaluation of a Modern C++ Library (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Chalmers, K. (2016). The Design and Evaluation of a Modern C++ Library. In Communicating Process Architectures 2016

Although many CSP inspired libraries exist, none yet have targeted modern C++ (C++11 onwards). The work presented has a main objective of providing a new C++ CSP library which adheres to modern C++ design principles and standards. A secondary objecti... Read More about The Design and Evaluation of a Modern C++ Library.

A Task Orientated Requirements Ontology for Cloud Computing Services (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Greenwell, R., Liu, X., Chalmers, K., & Pahl, C. (2016). A Task Orientated Requirements Ontology for Cloud Computing Services. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2016) (121-128). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005752301210128

Requirements ontology offers a mechanism to map requirements for cloud computing services to cloud computing resources. Multiple stakeholders can capture and map knowledge in a flexible and efficient manner. The major contribution of the paper is the... Read More about A Task Orientated Requirements Ontology for Cloud Computing Services.

Protecting Documents with Sticky Policies and Identity-Based Encryption (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Spyra, G., & Buchanan, W. J. (2016). Protecting Documents with Sticky Policies and Identity-Based Encryption. In Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/FTC.2016.7821719

Documents are increasingly being held in public cloud-based systems, and there thus increasingly exposed to accesses from malicious entities. This paper focuses on the integration of sticky policies that are embedded into OOXML (Open Office XML) pr... Read More about Protecting Documents with Sticky Policies and Identity-Based Encryption.

Dynamic Capability in New Venture Internationalization: Micro-Processes to Capture Value from Changes in Social Capital (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Warner, K. S. R., & Jones, M. V. (2016). Dynamic Capability in New Venture Internationalization: Micro-Processes to Capture Value from Changes in Social Capital. In The Locus of Global Innovation

Using a dynamic capability lens, we explore how entrepreneurs modify extant network ties to capture value from changes in their new venture social capital. To study these dynamics, we use international new ventures (INVs) as our theoretical and empir... Read More about Dynamic Capability in New Venture Internationalization: Micro-Processes to Capture Value from Changes in Social Capital.

The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives. In E. Tambouris, H. Jochen Scholl, M. Janssen, M. A. Wimmer, K. Tarabanis, M. Gascó, …Ø. Sæbø (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation (11-18). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-570-8-11

There has been much research into citizens’ engagement with their representatives. This paper offers an approach to understanding sustained take-up of internet technologies by these representatives in a (hyperlocal) democratic context using Community... Read More about The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives.

Personal online reputation: the development of an approach to investigate how personal reputation is evaluated and managed in online environments. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2016). Personal online reputation: the development of an approach to investigate how personal reputation is evaluated and managed in online environments. In IDIMC 2016: Exploring our digital shadow - from data to intelligence (98-108)

The main theme of the paper is the development of a framework to investigate how online information is used in the creation, building, and evaluation of personal reputations. (Here the term “personal reputation” refers to the reputation of private in... Read More about Personal online reputation: the development of an approach to investigate how personal reputation is evaluated and managed in online environments..