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An adaptive P&O MPPT using a sectionalized piece-wise linear PV curve (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ashique, R. H., Salam, Z., & Ahmed, J. (2015, October). An adaptive P&O MPPT using a sectionalized piece-wise linear PV curve. Presented at 2015 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), Johor Bahru, Malaysia

This paper describes the adaptive perturb and observe (P&O) MPPT controller based on a sectionalized piece-wise linearization of the P-V curve. The algorithm divides the curve into three non-uniform sections, depending on the location of the maximum... Read More about An adaptive P&O MPPT using a sectionalized piece-wise linear PV curve.

Celluloid Film Futures: How Printmaking Can Provide a Model for the Sustainability of Celluloid Film (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shemilt, E. (2015, September). Celluloid Film Futures: How Printmaking Can Provide a Model for the Sustainability of Celluloid Film. Presented at Impact 9: International Printmaking Conference, Hangzhou, China

This paper examines whether printmaking can serve as a model for the future sustainability of celluloid filmmaking in an era dominated by digital technologies. Once central to moving image art, celluloid film is now facing a crisis of accessibility,... Read More about Celluloid Film Futures: How Printmaking Can Provide a Model for the Sustainability of Celluloid Film.

Observer Perception of Dominance and Mirroring Behavior in Human-Robot Relationships (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Ju, W., & Nass, C. (2015, March). Observer Perception of Dominance and Mirroring Behavior in Human-Robot Relationships. Presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Portland, USA

How people view relationships between humans and robots is an important consideration for the design and acceptance of social robots. Two studies investigated the effect of relational behavior in a human-robot dyad. In Study 1, participants watched v... Read More about Observer Perception of Dominance and Mirroring Behavior in Human-Robot Relationships.

Supporting Breastfeeding Establishment among Socially Disadvantaged Women: A Meta-Synthesis (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacVicar, S. (2015, December). Supporting Breastfeeding Establishment among Socially Disadvantaged Women: A Meta-Synthesis. Poster presented at Robert Gordon University doctoral student conference, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

'Supporting Breastfeeding Establishment among Socially Disadvantaged Women: A Meta-Synthesis'. Poster presentation of a journal article based on doctoral findings.

A Double Auction for Querying the Web of Data (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moor, D., Grubenmann, T., Seuken, S., & Bernstein, A. (2015, August). A Double Auction for Querying the Web of Data. Presented at The Third Conference on Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications, Chicago, US

Currently, the Web of Data (WoD) suffers from a lack of incentives for data providers. In this paper, we address this issue by designing a double auction to allocate answers (from data providers) to queries in the WoD. However, our domain exhibits a... Read More about A Double Auction for Querying the Web of Data.

Project Sanitarium: gaming TB: a serious game for a serious problem (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donald, I., Meyer, K. A., Brengman, J., Gillespie, S., & Bowness, R. (2015, September). Project Sanitarium: gaming TB: a serious game for a serious problem. Presented at 2015 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-Games), Skovde, Sweden

Collaborative projects between Industry and Academia provide excellent opportunities for learning. Throughout the academic year 2014-2015 undergraduates from the School of Arts, Media and Computer Games at Abertay University worked with academics fro... Read More about Project Sanitarium: gaming TB: a serious game for a serious problem.

500x CPV Receiver with Integrated Micro-Finned Heat Sink (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Micheli, L., Sundaram, S., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2015, April). 500x CPV Receiver with Integrated Micro-Finned Heat Sink. Presented at 11th Photovoltaic Science, Applications & Technology Conference (PVSAT-11), Leeds

Introduction The main aim of concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) is reducing the amount of the expensive semicondutive material by replacing part of it with a reflecting optics and, thus, increasing the density of the sunlight hitting a smaller cell. C... Read More about 500x CPV Receiver with Integrated Micro-Finned Heat Sink.

Increasing transparency of recommender systems for type 1 diabetes patients (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vargheese, J. P., Harrison, R., Balbontin, M. M., Aldea, A., & Brown, D. (2016, August). Increasing transparency of recommender systems for type 1 diabetes patients. Presented at Artificial Intelligence for Diabetes: 1st ECAI Workshop on Artificial intelligence for Diabetes at the 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2016), The Hague, Holland

Self-management of type 1 diabetes is a challenging and complex task due the constant need for self monitoring and the diverse range of factors to consider in order to effectively regulate blood glucose levels. Recommender systems have been demonstra... Read More about Increasing transparency of recommender systems for type 1 diabetes patients.

Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cairns, A. W., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D. D., Breen, C. J., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., Henn, P., & Peace, A. J. (2015, September). Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram. Presented at 2015 Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC), Nice, France

The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important diagnostic support tool but is frequently incorrectly interpreted. This is partly due to the fact that even expert clinicians can impulsively provide a diagnosis based on first impression/intuition.... Read More about Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram.

Comparative analysis of DIPPM scheme for Visible Light Communications (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jan, S. U., Lee, Y.-D., & Koo, I. (2015, December). Comparative analysis of DIPPM scheme for Visible Light Communications. Presented at 2015 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Peshawar, Pakistan

Visible Light Communications (VLC) uses solid-state light sources for data transmission in addition to its primary function of illumination. The dual functionality of light source provokes some challenges for VLC including dimming control and perceiv... Read More about Comparative analysis of DIPPM scheme for Visible Light Communications.

A systematic mapping study on assitive technologies for people with dementia (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Asghar, I., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2015, December). A systematic mapping study on assitive technologies for people with dementia. Presented at 2015 9th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA), Kathmandu, Nepal

This paper presents a systematic mapping study based on literature and industrial survey related to assistive technologies for people with dementia. The world population of the ageing people is increasing both in developed and developing countries, s... Read More about A systematic mapping study on assitive technologies for people with dementia.

Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siviter, J., Ashraf, A., Mullen, P., Montecucco, A., Knox, A., Selami, N., & Mallick, T. (2015, April). Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices. Presented at Photovoltaic Science, Applications And Technology Conference & Exhibition, Leeds

The use of a solar source simulator in obtaining experimental data for a PV cell is well documented and current solar source technology is advanced in closely reproducing natural light in a laboratory setting. A test system is proposed by the authors... Read More about Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices.

Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Knox, A. R. (2015, April). Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell. Presented at 11th Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology (PVSAT-11), Leeds

In reality, a solar panel with concentrator is subject to variable sunlight radiation, wind speed and environmental air temperature in a day, accordingly the solar output power is changed in a wide range of 2W-13W, causing a degraded electric perform... Read More about Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell.

Why Do People Choose to Drive Over Other Travel Modes? Modelling Driving Motivation with SAS (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neoh, J., & Chipulu, M. (2015, April). Why Do People Choose to Drive Over Other Travel Modes? Modelling Driving Motivation with SAS. Presented at SAS Global Forum 2015, Dallas, TX, USA

We demonstrate a method of using SAS® 9.4 to supplement the interpretation of dimensions of a Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) model, a process that could be difficult without SAS®. In our paper, we examine why do people choose to drive to work (over o... Read More about Why Do People Choose to Drive Over Other Travel Modes? Modelling Driving Motivation with SAS.

Inducing Clause-Combining Rules: A Case Study with the SPaRKy Restaurant Corpus (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
White, M., & Howcroft, D. M. (2015, September). Inducing Clause-Combining Rules: A Case Study with the SPaRKy Restaurant Corpus. Presented at 15th European Workshop on Natural Language Generation (ENLG), Brighton, UK

We describe an algorithm for inducing clause-combining rules for use in a traditional natural language generation architecture. An experiment pairing lexicalized text plans from the SPaRKy Restaurant Corpus with logical forms obtained by parsing the... Read More about Inducing Clause-Combining Rules: A Case Study with the SPaRKy Restaurant Corpus.

Optimal control in a value-based automatic behavior composition framework (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barati, M., & St-Denis, R. (2015, October). Optimal control in a value-based automatic behavior composition framework. Presented at 2015 7th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), Brno, Czech Republic

The behavior composition problem consists in the automatic synthesis of a controller being able to realize a desired target behavior by coordinating a set of available behaviors. Although many frameworks have been proposed for this problem, one of th... Read More about Optimal control in a value-based automatic behavior composition framework.