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Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: The Experiences of Creative Freelancers in Edinburgh in 2022 (2022)
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Connell, L., Orme, A., Osborne, N., Panneels, I., Patrick-Thomson, H., Terras, M., & Wojtkiewicz, O. (2022). Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: The Experiences of Creative Freelancers in Edinburgh in 2022. Edinburgh: Creative Edinburgh

This report provides a snapshot of the state and needs of creative freelancers in the Edinburgh region in 2022. The last few years have been both interesting and challenging for creative freelancers in Scotland. Given the constraints caused by the... Read More about Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: The Experiences of Creative Freelancers in Edinburgh in 2022.

Information literacy impact framework: Final project report (2022)
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Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Milosheva, M. (2022). Information literacy impact framework: Final project report

This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a framework for impactful IL interventions, including development of parameters to guide impact... Read More about Information literacy impact framework: Final project report.

Exploring the relationships between privacy by design schemes and privacy laws: a comparative analysis (2020)
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Aljeraisy, A., Barati, M., Rana, O., & Perera, C. (2020). Exploring the relationships between privacy by design schemes and privacy laws: a comparative analysis. Cardiff: Cardiff University

Internet of Things (IoT) applications have the potential to derive sensitive information about individuals. Therefore, developers must exercise due diligence to make sure that data are managed according to the privacy regulations and data protection... Read More about Exploring the relationships between privacy by design schemes and privacy laws: a comparative analysis.

Workshop report for DISIPRAC: Digital identity security information practices of citizens (March 2020) (2020)
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Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, F. (2020). Workshop report for DISIPRAC: Digital identity security information practices of citizens (March 2020). Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

The report reflects the outcome of a workshop with practitioners held on 27 February 2020. It is aimed at practitioners and policy makers, and gives some evidence of a number of issues around management of digital identities (including a few scenario... Read More about Workshop report for DISIPRAC: Digital identity security information practices of citizens (March 2020).

Drizzle Algorithm (2018)
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Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Qasem, M. (2018). Drizzle Algorithm. USA: IETF

Trickle algorithm used in RPL routing protocol suffers from some issues related to power, network convergence time and overhead and load-distribution. To optimize this algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), a new algorithm called Dr... Read More about Drizzle Algorithm.

Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL draft-qasem-roll-rpl-load-balancing-01 (2018)
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Qasem, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Ghaleb, B. (2018). Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL draft-qasem-roll-rpl-load-balancing-01. USA: IETF

This document proposes an extended Objective Function(OF) that balances the number of children nodes of the parent nodes to avoid the overloading problem and ensure node lifetime maximization in the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Net... Read More about Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL draft-qasem-roll-rpl-load-balancing-01.

Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2) (2017)
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Qasem, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., Ghaleb, B., Hou, J., & Jadhav, R. A. (2017). Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2). USA: IETF

This document proposes an extended Objective Function(OF) that balances the number of child nodes of the parent nodes to avoid the overloading problem and ensure node lifetime maximization in the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Ne... Read More about Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2).

5G innovations for new business opportunities (2017)
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Sébastien Bedo, J., Eddine El Ayoubi, S., Filippou, M., Gavras, A., Giustiniano, D., Iovanna, P., Manzalini, A., Queseth, O., Rokkas, T., Surridge, M., & Tjelta, T. (2017). 5G innovations for new business opportunities. Brussels: European Commission / 5G

5G is the next generation mobile network that enables innovation and supports progressive change across all vertical industries and across our society1. Through its Radio Access Network (RAN) design and its orchestrated end-to-end architecture, i... Read More about 5G innovations for new business opportunities.

Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM) (2017)
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Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017). Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM). Scotland: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Between October and December 2016 a team from the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University investigated the information practices of community councillors in a research project funded by the Information Literacy Group of the Chart... Read More about Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM).

Cooja Simulator Manual (2016)
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Thomson, C., Romdhani, I., Al-Dubai, A., Qasem, M., Ghaleb, B., & Wadhaj, I. (2016). Cooja Simulator Manual. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

While Cooja has been proven to be an ideal tool for the simulation of RPL in WSNs, there are challenges involved in its use, particularly in regard to a lack of documentation. The Contiki website provides an image of Instant Contiki which can then be... Read More about Cooja Simulator Manual.

Digital engagement workshop for community councils: Glasgow 2016 report. (2016)
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Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshop for community councils: Glasgow 2016 report

This report covers a workshop on digital engagement for Community Councils supported by the School of Computing's public engagement fund. It was held in Glasgow on 22 March 2016. The workshop combined presentations by subject experts with attendee-... Read More about Digital engagement workshop for community councils: Glasgow 2016 report..

5G empowering vertical industries (2016)
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Thuemmler, C. (2016). 5G empowering vertical industries. Brussels: European Commission

Supported by the 5G empowering vertical industries With 5G, networks will be transformed into intelligent orchestration platforms. By cementing strong relationships between vendors, operators and verticals, 5G will open the field to new business valu... Read More about 5G empowering vertical industries.

Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations (2016)
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Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations. Scotland: Scottish Government

In October and November 2015 Edinburgh Napier University (Napier) hosted a series of workshops on digital engagement for Community Councillors and representatives of Registered Tenants Organisations. These ‘#digiCC’ workshops were held in Ayr, Elgin,... Read More about Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations.

Hyperlocal Government Engagement online (2015)
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Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2015). Hyperlocal Government Engagement online. Edinburgh, Scotland: Communities and Culture Network

This report presents a seed research project funded by the CCN+, that investigated digital engagement by three neighbouring Scottish Community Councils (CCs) in a distinct area of a Scottish city. Recent work had shown that CCs generally do not use t... Read More about Hyperlocal Government Engagement online.

5G-PPP White Paper on eHealth Vertical Sector (2015)
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Thuemmler, C., Jumelle, A. K. L., Paulin, A., Sadique, A., Schneider, A., Fedell, C., Abraham, D., Trossen, D., Strinati, E. C., Cavallo, F., Feussner, H., Hay, I., Bedo, J., Micocci, S., Nunziata, S., Gallelli, T., & Covaci, S. (2015). 5G-PPP White Paper

Gaston Crommenlaan 1 PO box: 101 9050 Gent Belgium www.5g-ppp.eu 5G and e-Health 1 Socioeconomic drivers of e-Health in Horizon 2020 Although socioeconomically the sector addressed by this white paper is the health sector, the detailed analysis will... Read More about 5G-PPP White Paper on eHealth Vertical Sector.

digiCC workshop outcomes report (2015)
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Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2015). digiCC workshop outcomes report. Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh Napier University

A workshop on digital engagement by Community Councils (CCs) was hosted by Edinburgh Napier University on 30 January 2015 to which members from 35 CCs came. Facilitated sessions were held to establish common perceptions of problems and ways to addres... Read More about digiCC workshop outcomes report.

Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey (2014)
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Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2014). Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey. Scotland: Community Councils Network

This document reports the results of a survey, carried out in late spring 2014, of the public web presences of potentially over 1300 Scottish Community Councils (CCs). It follows on from similar survey in summer 2012. The report reviews content-types... Read More about Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey.