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Acoustic Model Adaptation from Raw Waveforms with Sincnet (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Fainberg, J., Klejch, O., Loweimi, E., Bell, P., & Renals, S. (2019). Acoustic Model Adaptation from Raw Waveforms with Sincnet. In 2019 IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop (ASRU). https://doi.org/10.1109/asru46091.2019.9003974

Raw waveform acoustic modelling has recently gained interest due to neural networks' ability to learn feature extraction, and the potential for finding better representations for a given scenario than hand-crafted features. SincNet has been proposed... Read More about Acoustic Model Adaptation from Raw Waveforms with Sincnet.

Innovating in Digital Platforms: An Integrative Approach (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Neves da Rocha, F., & Pollock, N. (2019). Innovating in Digital Platforms: An Integrative Approach. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS (505-515). https://doi.org/10.5220/0007711105050515

Increasing competitive pressures are leading companies to innovate through digital platforms. The dominant theme within extant research on innovation in these platforms conceptualises two different processes: Generativity (Tilson et al., 2010; Yoo e... Read More about Innovating in Digital Platforms: An Integrative Approach.

Collaborative Streaming: Trust Requirements for Price Sharing (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Grubenmann, T., Dell'Aglio, D., & Bernstein, A. (2019). Collaborative Streaming: Trust Requirements for Price Sharing. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata47090.2019.9005470

Stream Processing (SP) is an important Big Data technology enabling continuous querying of data streams. The stream setting offers the opportunity to exploit synergies and, theoretically, share the access and processing costs between multiple differe... Read More about Collaborative Streaming: Trust Requirements for Price Sharing.

How do we feel when a robot dies? Emotions expressed on Twitter before and after hitchBOT's destruction (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Fraser, K. C., Zeller, F., Smith, D. H., Mohammad, S. M., & Rudzicz, F. (2019). How do we feel when a robot dies? Emotions expressed on Twitter before and after hitchBOT's destruction. In Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis, (62-71). https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/W19-1308

In 2014, a chatty but immobile robot called hitchBOT set out to hitchhike across Canada. It similarly made its way across Germany and the Netherlands, and had begun a trip across the USA when it was destroyed by vandals. In this work, we analyze the... Read More about How do we feel when a robot dies? Emotions expressed on Twitter before and after hitchBOT's destruction.

Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2019). Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window. In ISES SWC2019 / SHC2019 Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18086/swc.2019.36.01

Electrically activated switchable glazing is potential to control excessive entering solar gain to an indoor space by altering its state from transparent to opaque or translucent. Electrically operated polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing... Read More about Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window.

The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB) (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Shanks, K., Baig, H., Knowles, A., Brierley, A., Orr, H., Patel, J., …Mallick, T. (2019). The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB). In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (012040). https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/556/1/012040

Embedded PV systems are required to help improve the synergy of renewable energy and smart buildings. A novel concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system embedded as a window for integration into buildings is presented. The system is made up of crossed co... Read More about The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB).

Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Pitchaiya, S., Natarajan, M., Santhanam, A., Asokan, V., Ramakrishnan, V., Palanichamy, P., …Velauthapillai, D. (2019). Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application. In AMCEHA 2019: Symposium on Solar Energy Applications

Perovskite nanostructures have been prepared via electrospinning technique using polyvinyl alcohol and methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3 – perovskite). In the electrospinning experiment, the formation of different nanostructures was observed for... Read More about Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application.

Bio-based Carbon Hole Transporting Material Obtained from the Extract of Invasive Species of Aagaya Thamarai Plant (Eichhornia crassipes) for Cost-Effective Carbon Based Perovskite Solar Cells (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Pitchaiya, S., Natarajan, M., Santhanam, A., Asokan, V., Ramakrishnan, V., Palanichamy, P., …Velauthapillai, D. (2019). Bio-based Carbon Hole Transporting Material Obtained from the Extract of Invasive Species of Aagaya Thamarai Plant (Eichhornia crassipes) for Cost-Effective Carbon Based Perovskite Solar Cells. In AMCEHA 2019: Symposium on Solar Energy Applications

Herein, we report a novel and naturally extracted carbon based hole transporting material (HTM) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) synthesized using an eco-friendly and cost-effective ancient Indian method. Also in this work, the low-cost and bio-base... Read More about Bio-based Carbon Hole Transporting Material Obtained from the Extract of Invasive Species of Aagaya Thamarai Plant (Eichhornia crassipes) for Cost-Effective Carbon Based Perovskite Solar Cells.

Multi-Antenna Array Topologies Optimization for Future Wireless Networks by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Huang, Y. K., Karadimas, P., & Sohrab, A. P. (2019). Multi-Antenna Array Topologies Optimization for Future Wireless Networks by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization. In 2019 PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring (PIERS-Spring) (4138-4143). https://doi.org/10.1109/piers-spring46901.2019.9017303

The purpose of this work is to design novel antenna array topologies that maximize channel capacity. Accordingly, we employ the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm as an effective technique in similar electromagnetic problems. We use a novel... Read More about Multi-Antenna Array Topologies Optimization for Future Wireless Networks by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization.

Gig Economy as a Tool for Sustainable Livelihood Strategy for Construction workers in South Africa (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Osunsanmi, T. O., Aigbavboa, C. O., Oke, A. E., & Liphadzi, M. (2019). Gig Economy as a Tool for Sustainable Livelihood Strategy for Construction workers in South Africa. In 14th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built Environ ment (IPGRC) (224-232)

The economic meltdown and recession experienced in the country have affected the construction industry negatively in numerous ways. Among them is the shortage of construction work that affects the livelihood of construction workers. Towards improving... Read More about Gig Economy as a Tool for Sustainable Livelihood Strategy for Construction workers in South Africa.

A Systematic Literature Review of Building Information Modelling in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry - The Case of Nigeria (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Saka, A., Chan, D., & Olawumi, T. (2019). A Systematic Literature Review of Building Information Modelling in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry - The Case of Nigeria. In EDMIC 2019: Environmental Design and Management International Conference (728-738)

Over the years, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been transforming the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industries across the globe. Many benefits have been reported by the early adopters of BIM from inception to decommission... Read More about A Systematic Literature Review of Building Information Modelling in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry - The Case of Nigeria.

Selection of structural system for wooden public building: Multiple criteria approach (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Tupenaite, L., Gecys, T., Kanapeckiene, L., Sajjadian, S. M., & Naimaviciene, J. (2019). Selection of structural system for wooden public building: Multiple criteria approach. In The 13th international conference: Modern building materials, structures and techniques (691-697). https://doi.org/10.3846/mbmst.2019.074

There has been a growing interest in the construction industry for using materials with lower environmental impacts, in this context, stakeholders increasingly seeing wood as the natural and sustainable option for public buildings. Studies worldwide... Read More about Selection of structural system for wooden public building: Multiple criteria approach.

High rise buildings in Europe from energy performance perspective (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sajjadian, S. M., Tupenaite, L., Kanapeckiene, L., Naimaviciene, J., Radif, S., & Amado, M. (2019). High rise buildings in Europe from energy performance perspective. In The 13th international conference: Modern building materials, structures and techniques (663-669). https://doi.org/10.3846/mbmst.2019.029

The United States is well known for the birthplace of tall buildings in the world since the nineteenth century. The trend continued across all continents and in 1940, Europe developed its first tall building of over 100 meters in Genoa, Italy. Buildi... Read More about High rise buildings in Europe from energy performance perspective.

Effect of High Visibility Enforcement Programs on Aggressive Driving Behavior: An Empirical Analysis Using SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) Data (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sonduru Pantangi, S., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P., Pierowicz, J., Majka, K., & Blatt, A. (2019). Effect of High Visibility Enforcement Programs on Aggressive Driving Behavior: An Empirical Analysis Using SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) Data.

This paper investigates the effect of High Visibility Enforcement on different types of aggressive driving behavior: speeding, tailgating, unsafe lane changes and ‘other’ aggressive driving behavior types (occurrence of not-yielding right-of-way and... Read More about Effect of High Visibility Enforcement Programs on Aggressive Driving Behavior: An Empirical Analysis Using SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) Data.

Controlling Light by Curvilinear MetaSurfaces (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Taibi, A. M., Durant, A., Loscrí, V., Vegni, A. M., & Spada, L. L. (2019). Controlling Light by Curvilinear MetaSurfaces. In NANOCOM '19: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3345312.3345484

Huge interest in controlling and manipulating electromagnetic waves is recently and strongly evolving, mainly due to the growing demand of reliable technologies in several application fields, such as communications, healthcare, military and safety. D... Read More about Controlling Light by Curvilinear MetaSurfaces.

Renewable energy resources and technologies applicable to Sri Lanka towards a 100% RE future (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Fernando, W., Gupta, N., Ozveren, C. S., & Givaki, K. (2019). Renewable energy resources and technologies applicable to Sri Lanka towards a 100% RE future. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.0628

The combustion of fossil fuels primarily provides the energy supply in Sri Lanka. The energy generation in Sri Lanka is primarily realized by the combustion of thermal energy such as diesel and coal. The second energy generation source is Hydroelectr... Read More about Renewable energy resources and technologies applicable to Sri Lanka towards a 100% RE future.

Creating an Ontology of Risk: a human-mediated process (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Haynes, D. (2019). Creating an Ontology of Risk: a human-mediated process. In The Human Position in an Artificial World: Creativity, Ethics and AI in Knowledge Organization (167-179)

Haynes, D. (2019, July). Creating an Ontology of Risk: a human-mediated process. Paper presented at The Human Position in an Artificial World: creativity, ethics and AI in knowledge organization. ISKO UK Sixth Biennial Conference, London.

Trust and SME internationalisation Networks in West Africa: Insights from Nigeria and Ghana (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Omeihe, K., & Amoako, I. (2019). Trust and SME internationalisation Networks in West Africa: Insights from Nigeria and Ghana. In Sustainable Development of Africa: Trade not Aid

Based on a qualitative study, this paper aims to develop an understanding of the role of trust in SME internationalisation in West Africa. To date most of the literature on trust and SME internationalisation reveals a paucity of studies on how trust... Read More about Trust and SME internationalisation Networks in West Africa: Insights from Nigeria and Ghana.