All Outputs (568)

Experimental evaluation of the IP multimedia subsystem (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oredope, A., Liotta, A., Yang, K., & Tyrode-Goilo, D. H. (2005, October). Experimental evaluation of the IP multimedia subsystem. Presented at 5th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, IPOM 2005, Barcelona, Spain

The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is the latest framework for a seamless conversion of the ordinary Internet with mobile cellular systems. As such it has the backing of all major companies since it aims to offer a unified solution to integrated mobil... Read More about Experimental evaluation of the IP multimedia subsystem.

Composition of context-aware services using policies and models (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, K., Ou, S., Liotta, A., & Henning, I. (2005, November). Composition of context-aware services using policies and models. Presented at GLOBECOM '05. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005, St. Louis, MO, USA

This paper presents a proof-of-the-concept of a novel means to develop in an easy way, to execute in a more pervasive way and to maintain in a more sustainable way context-aware services. The essence of this approach is the integration of the policy-... Read More about Composition of context-aware services using policies and models.

An adaptive clustering approach for the management of dynamic systems (2005)
Journal Article
Ragusa, C., Liotta, A., & Pavlou, G. (2005). An adaptive clustering approach for the management of dynamic systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 23(12), 2223-2235. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2005.857203

Adaptive clustering is one of the fundamental problems behind autonomic systems and, more generally, an open research issue in the area of networking and distributed systems. The problem of giving structure to large-scale, dynamic systems through clu... Read More about An adaptive clustering approach for the management of dynamic systems.

Adaptive content for the mobile user: A policy-based approach (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yew, A., Liotta, A., & Yang, K. (2005, October). Adaptive content for the mobile user: A policy-based approach. Presented at MATA: International Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications, Montreal, Canada

Service adaptation is fundamental to context-aware service provisioning and to the realization of the Virtual Home Environment concept, which is now an integral part of the 3G service framework. Although the technological means for developing advance... Read More about Adaptive content for the mobile user: A policy-based approach.

A method for automating the extraction of specialized information from the web (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lin, L., Liotta, A., & Hippisley, A. (2005, December). A method for automating the extraction of specialized information from the web. Presented at International Conference on Computational and Information Science 2005, Xi'an, China

The World Wide Web can be viewed as a gigantic distributed database including millions of interconnected hosts some of which publish information via web servers or peer-to-peer systems. We present here a novel method for the extraction of semanticall... Read More about A method for automating the extraction of specialized information from the web.

Staging 'Swissness': Inter- and Intracultural Theatre Translation (2005)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J. (2005). Staging 'Swissness': Inter- and Intracultural Theatre Translation. Language and Intercultural Communication, 5(1), 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708470508668884

This paper examines the choice to translate plays from ‘Hochdeutsch’ (the standard form of the German language) into local dialect in German-speaking Switzerland. It first looks at the creative process of translating for the amateur stage and then at... Read More about Staging 'Swissness': Inter- and Intracultural Theatre Translation.

Groovy Parallel! A Return to the Spirit of occam? (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., Barclay, K., & Savage, J. (2005, September). Groovy Parallel! A Return to the Spirit of occam?. Presented at 28th Communicating Process Architectures Conference, CPA 2005, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

For some years there has been much activity in developing CSP-like extensions to a number of common programming languages. In particular, a number of groups have looked at extensions to Java. Recent developments in the Java platform have resulted in... Read More about Groovy Parallel! A Return to the Spirit of occam?.

Circularly Polarised Micrsotrip Patch Antennas for Satellite Communications (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siddiqui, F., Abd-Alhameed, R., & See, C. (2005, December). Circularly Polarised Micrsotrip Patch Antennas for Satellite Communications. Presented at 2005 Pakistan Section Multitopic Conference, Karachi, Pakistan

A circularly polarised microstrip patch antenna is proposed. The proposed antenna has a simple structure, consisting of a square patch with slots and using microstrip line feeding technique. The antenna design is successfully simulated and physically... Read More about Circularly Polarised Micrsotrip Patch Antennas for Satellite Communications.

The COST-277 European action: An overview (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Faundez-Zanuy, M., Laine, U., Kubin, G., McLaughlin, S., Kleijn, B., Chollet, G., Petek, B., & Hussain, A. (2005, April). The COST-277 European action: An overview. Presented at NOLISP 2005: International Conference on Nonlinear Analyses and Algorithms for Speech Processing, Barcelona, Spain

This paper summarizes the rationale for proposing the COST-277 “nonlinear speech processing” action, and the work done during these last four years. In addition, future perspectives are described.

Novel sub-band adaptive systems incorporating wiener filtering for binaural speech enhancement (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussain, A., Squartini, S., & Piazza, F. (2005, April). Novel sub-band adaptive systems incorporating wiener filtering for binaural speech enhancement. Presented at NOLISP 2005: International Conference on Nonlinear Analyses and Algorithms for Speech Processing, Barcelona, Spain

In this paper, new Wiener filtering based binaural sub-band schemes are proposed for adaptive speech-enhancement. The proposed architectures combine a Multi-Microphone Sub-band Adaptive (MMSBA) system with Wiener filtering in order to further reduce... Read More about Novel sub-band adaptive systems incorporating wiener filtering for binaural speech enhancement.

Nonlinear adaptive speech enhancement inspired by early auditory processing (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussain, A., Durrani, T. S., Alkulaibi, A., & Mtetwa, N. (2004, September). Nonlinear adaptive speech enhancement inspired by early auditory processing. Presented at NN 2004: International School on Neural Networks, Salerno, Italy

This paper presents non-linear adaptive speech enhancement schemes inspired by features of early auditory processing. A generic multi-microphone sub-band adaptive (MMSBA) framework is described which allows for the manipulation of several factors tha... Read More about Nonlinear adaptive speech enhancement inspired by early auditory processing.

Non-linear predictive models for speech processing (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chetouani, M., Hussain, A., Faundez-Zanuy, M., & Gas, B. (2005, September). Non-linear predictive models for speech processing. Presented at ICANN 2005: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Warsaw, Poland

This paper aims to provide an overview of the emerging area of non-linear predictive modelling for speech processing. Traditional predictors are linear based models related to the speech production model. However, non-linear phenomena involved in the... Read More about Non-linear predictive models for speech processing.

New sub-band processing framework using non-linear predictive models for speech feature extraction (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chetouani, M., Hussain, A., Gas, B., & Zarader, J.-L. (2005, April). New sub-band processing framework using non-linear predictive models for speech feature extraction. Presented at NOLISP: International Conference on Nonlinear Analyses and Algorithms for Speech Processing, Barcelona, Spain

Speech feature extraction methods are commonly based on time and frequency processing approaches. In this paper, we propose a new framework based on sub-band processing and non-linear prediction. The key idea is to pre-process the speech signal by a... Read More about New sub-band processing framework using non-linear predictive models for speech feature extraction.

New neural network based mobile location estimation in a metropolitan area (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad, J., Hussain, A., Neskovic, A., & Magill, E. (2005, September). New neural network based mobile location estimation in a metropolitan area. Presented at ICANN 2005: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Warsaw, Poland

This paper presents a new neural network based approach to the prediction of mobile locations using signal strength measurements in a simulated metropolitan area. The prediction of a mobile location using propagation path loss (signal strength) is a... Read More about New neural network based mobile location estimation in a metropolitan area.

Biclustering gene expression data in the presence of noise (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdullah, A., & Hussain, A. (2005, September). Biclustering gene expression data in the presence of noise. Presented at ICANN 2005: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Warsaw, Poland

Production of gene expression chip involves a large number of error-prone steps that lead to a high level of noise in the corresponding data. Given the variety of available biclustering algorithms, one of the problems faced by biologists is the selec... Read More about Biclustering gene expression data in the presence of noise.

A new RBF neural network based non-linear self-tuning pole-zero placement controller (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdullah, R., Hussain, A., & Zayed, A. (2005, September). A new RBF neural network based non-linear self-tuning pole-zero placement controller. Presented at ICANN 2005: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Warsaw, Poland

In this paper a new self-tuning controller algorithm for non-linear dynamical systems has been derived using the Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBF). In the proposed controller, the unknown non-linear plant is represented by an equivalent mode... Read More about A new RBF neural network based non-linear self-tuning pole-zero placement controller.

Computer access for motor impaired users (2005)
Book Chapter
Trewin, S., & Keates, S. (2006). Computer access for motor impaired users. In C. Ghaoui (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction (92-99). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-562-7.ch015

Computers can be a source of tremendous benefit for those with motor impairments. Enabling computer access empowers individuals, offering improved quality of life. This is achieved through greater freedom to participate in computer-based activities f... Read More about Computer access for motor impaired users.

BS 7000-6:2005 Design management systems. Managing inclusive design. Guide (2005)
Report
Keates, S. (2005). BS 7000-6:2005 Design management systems. Managing inclusive design. Guide. London, UK: British Standards Institution

BS 7000-6 provides the guidelines for adoption of inclusive approach to to design of products. BS 7000 Part 6 is the British Standard that is a part of the BS 7000 series on Design Management Systems and this part provides guidance on managing inclus... Read More about BS 7000-6:2005 Design management systems. Managing inclusive design. Guide.

Are users necessary for inclusive design? (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cardoso, C., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2005, August). Are users necessary for inclusive design?. Presented at 15th International Conference on Engineering Design, Melbourne, Australia

No abstract available.

A haptic toolbar for motion-impaired users (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hwang, F., Langdon, P., Clarkson, P., & Keates, S. (2005, July). A haptic toolbar for motion-impaired users. Presented at 11th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), Las Vegas, USA

The Conference Proceedings have been published in CD-ROM by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc (now part of Taylor & Francis Group). ISBN 0-8058-5807-5