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Real-time Physics-based Motion Capture with Sparse Sensors (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andrews, S., Huerta, I., Komura, T., Sigal, L., & Mitchell, K. (2016, December). Real-time Physics-based Motion Capture with Sparse Sensors. Presented at 13th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2016) - CVMP 2016

We propose a framework for real-time tracking of humans using sparse multi-modal sensor sets, including data obtained from optical markers and inertial measurement units. A small number of sensors leaves the performer unencumbered by not requiring de... Read More about Real-time Physics-based Motion Capture with Sparse Sensors.

Exploring the Nature of Psychological Resilience in Junior Rugby League Players: A Q-Method Approach (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fountain, H., Martindale, R., Tony, W., & Moira, L. (2016, December). Exploring the Nature of Psychological Resilience in Junior Rugby League Players: A Q-Method Approach. Poster presented at BPS- Divison of Sport and Exercise Psychology Annual Conference

Objectives:
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of psychological resilience in the context of junior Rugby League, using a novel Q-sort method.
Design:
A cross-sectional, quali-quantilogical design
Methods:
Initially, 29 jun... Read More about Exploring the Nature of Psychological Resilience in Junior Rugby League Players: A Q-Method Approach.

Uncovering Music through Silence: "Outside the Box" by Paul Holmes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2016, December). Uncovering Music through Silence: "Outside the Box" by Paul Holmes. Presented at Azimuth Sound/Image

Paul Holmes speaks about "Outside the Box", his silent video portrait of composer and guitarist Haftor Medboe's jazz quartet.

Learning for the Workplace: Exploring professional identity in search of meaningful alternatives to student work placement (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster, G., Smith, S., & Smith, C. (2016, December). Learning for the Workplace: Exploring professional identity in search of meaningful alternatives to student work placement. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education 2016

Moves towards the marketisation of higher education have led to greater priority being placed upon students undertaking relevant work experience while they study. Recognising a strong demand for placements, the e-Placement Scotland project set out to... Read More about Learning for the Workplace: Exploring professional identity in search of meaningful alternatives to student work placement.

Spatial frequency based video stream analysis for object classification and recognition in clouds (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yaseen, M. U., Anjum, A., & Antonopoulos, N. (2016, December). Spatial frequency based video stream analysis for object classification and recognition in clouds. Presented at 3rd IEEE/ACM conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies, Shanghai, China

The recent rise in multimedia technology has made it easier to perform a number of tasks. One of these tasks is monitoring where cheap cameras are producing large amount of video data. This video data is then processed for object classification to ex... Read More about Spatial frequency based video stream analysis for object classification and recognition in clouds.

Clinical and genomics data integration using meta-dimensional approach (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Subhani, M. M., Anjum, A., Koop, A., & Antonopoulos, N. (2016, December). Clinical and genomics data integration using meta-dimensional approach. Presented at UCC '16: 9th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, Shanghai, China

Clinical and genomics datasets contain humongous amount of information which are used in their respective environments independently to produce new science or better explain existing approaches. The interaction of data between these two domains is ve... Read More about Clinical and genomics data integration using meta-dimensional approach.

The Power of Relationships: Making Transnational Collaborations Work (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLatchie, J. (2016, December). The Power of Relationships: Making Transnational Collaborations Work. Paper presented at SRHE Newer and Early Career Researchers Conference 2016, Cardiff, UK

Introduction
This presentation is based on an empirical research project which examined the lived experience of local academics in transnational partnerships. It explored the participants’ experience of working within the competing realities of th... Read More about The Power of Relationships: Making Transnational Collaborations Work.

5G as an enabler for Medical IOT - 5GMIOT (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., & Jefefries, N. (2016, December). 5G as an enabler for Medical IOT - 5GMIOT. Presented at IEEE Globecom 2016

Short Power Point presentation on 5G as enabler for Medical IoT – 5GMIOT Standards, policies and strategies for social technological alignment of 5G technology

Jamming in the 3rd Room. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., Ferguson, P., & Smith, G. D. (2016, December). Jamming in the 3rd Room. Paper presented at Art of Record Production, Aalborg, Denmark

No abstract available.

The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xie, Y. H., Yang, Z. X., & Barreto, D. (2016, August). The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials. Presented at 7th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods, Dalian, China

The mechanical response of granular material depends both on the material properties (e.g. stiffness, anisotropy, permeability, etc.) and particle geometry (shape, roughness, etc.). This paper presents a study of the effect of particle shape (i.e. as... Read More about The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials.

Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2016, December). Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP) conference, University of Aalborg

This paper explores how an ideology of realism was central to the designers of early digital synthesizer/sampling technologies and how discourses of authenticity remain important to the contemporary users of digital technologies in the production of... Read More about Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies.

An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ameerbakhsh, O., Maharaj, S., Hussain, A., Paine, T., & Taiksi, S. (2016, September). An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology. Presented at 2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), Istanbul, Turkey

This paper explores the effectiveness of interactive simulation for teaching a selected complex subject, Ecology, in higher education. Specifically, we carry out a lab intervention using interactive agent based simulation, to teach the complex concep... Read More about An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology.

Automatically Detecting Fallacies in System Safety Arguments (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yuan, T., Manandhar, S., Kelly, T., & Wells, S. (2016). Automatically Detecting Fallacies in System Safety Arguments. In Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (47-59). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46218-9_4

Safety cases play a significant role in the development of safety-critical systems. The key components in a safety case are safety arguments, that are designated to demonstrate that the system is acceptably safe. Inappropriate reasoning with safety a... Read More about Automatically Detecting Fallacies in System Safety Arguments.

Hybridisation of Evolutionary Algorithms through hyper-heuristics for global continuous optimisation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Segredo, E., Lalla-Ruiz, E., Hart, E., Paechter, B., & Voß, S. (2016, May). Hybridisation of Evolutionary Algorithms through hyper-heuristics for global continuous optimisation. Presented at Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference LION 10, Ischia Island (Napoli), Italy

Choosing the correct algorithm to solve a problem still remains an issue 40 years after the Algorithm Selection Problem was first posed. Here we propose a hyper-heuristic which can apply one of two meta-heuristics at the current stage of the search.... Read More about Hybridisation of Evolutionary Algorithms through hyper-heuristics for global continuous optimisation.

Combining mobile, tangible and virtual world platforms to support participatory campus planning (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coppins, H., Tibu, T., Chang, J. S., Mazalek, A., & Zeller, F. (2016, November). Combining mobile, tangible and virtual world platforms to support participatory campus planning. Presented at ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, Ontario, Canada

Urban planning, and campus planning in particular, can benefit greatly from technology that fosters and leverages collaborative, participatory planning which includes all affected stakeholders. Interactive surfaces such as tabletops and walls, and sp... Read More about Combining mobile, tangible and virtual world platforms to support participatory campus planning.

An approach for meteorological data integration and stream processing (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hdafa, M., Zouhairi, Y., Lemoudden, M., & Ziyati, E. (2016, November). An approach for meteorological data integration and stream processing. Presented at 2016 Third International Conference on Systems of Collaboration (SysCo), Casablanca, Morocco

Real-time big data processing is a crucial need of meteorology today. As a matter of fact, the weather is a determining factor in decision making in different areas such as air or sea transport, so acquiring knowledge of the environment in real time... Read More about An approach for meteorological data integration and stream processing.

Exploring the nature of resilience in junior athletes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fountain, H., Martindale, R., Moira, L., & Westbury, T. (2016, November). Exploring the nature of resilience in junior athletes. Poster presented at BASES- British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Annual Conference

Athletes are often proactive in exposing themselves to an inherently stressful competitive environment, frequently seeking challenges as opportunities for development (Sarkar and Fletcher, 2014, Journal of Sport Sciences, 32, 1419-1434). Psychologica... Read More about Exploring the nature of resilience in junior athletes.