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Ms. robot will be teaching you: Robot lecturers in four modes of automated remote instruction (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., & Ju, W. (2016, March). Ms. robot will be teaching you: Robot lecturers in four modes of automated remote instruction. Presented at AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report, Palo Alto, USA

Methods and materials are described for employing a human-shaped robot as a lecturer in automated remote instruction. Video segments from the stimuli of a 2 (participant substrate: VR or non-VR) x 2 (robot embodiment: copresent or screen) balanced be... Read More about Ms. robot will be teaching you: Robot lecturers in four modes of automated remote instruction.

My kulturBOT 1.0: A robotic art reviewer (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Smith, D. H., Zeller, F., & Men, I. My kulturBOT 1.0: A robotic art reviewer. [Robotics and multimedia]. Exhibited at You Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON. 2016. (Unpublished)

Training an adaptive dialogue policy for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2016). Training an adaptive dialogue policy for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings. In Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (339-349). https:/

We present a multi-modal dialogue system for interactive learning of perceptually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. The system integrates an incremental, semantic parsing/generation framework - Dynamic Syntax and Type Theory with Records (DS... Read More about Training an adaptive dialogue policy for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings.

An Incremental Dialogue System for Learning Visually Grounded Language (demonstration system) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2016). An Incremental Dialogue System for Learning Visually Grounded Language (demonstration system). In Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (120-121)

We present a multi-modal dialogue system for interactive learning of perceptually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. The system integrates an incremental, semantic, and bi-directional grammar framework – Dynamic Syntax and Type Theory with Re... Read More about An Incremental Dialogue System for Learning Visually Grounded Language (demonstration system).

Comparing dialogue strategies for learning grounded language from human tutors (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yu, Y., Lemon, O., & Eshghi, A. (2016). Comparing dialogue strategies for learning grounded language from human tutors. In Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (44-54)

We address the problem of interactively learning perceptually grounded word meanings in a multimodal dialogue system. Human tutors can correct, question, and confirm the statements of a dialogue agent which is trying to interactively learn the meanin... Read More about Comparing dialogue strategies for learning grounded language from human tutors.

Interactively learning visually grounded word meanings from a human tutor (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2016). Interactively learning visually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. In Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Vision and Language (48-53)

We present a multi-modal dialogue system for interactive learning of perceptually grounded word meanings from a human tutor. The system integrates an incremental, semantic parsing/generation framework - Dynamic Syntax and Type Theory with Records (DS... Read More about Interactively learning visually grounded word meanings from a human tutor.

Core-selecting payment rules for combinatorial auctions with uncertain availability of goods (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moor, D., Seuken, S., Grubenmann, T., & Bernstein, A. (2016). Core-selecting payment rules for combinatorial auctions with uncertain availability of goods. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCA

In some auction domains, there is uncertainty regarding the final availability of the goods being auctioned off. For example, a government may auction off spectrum from its public safety network, but it may need this spectrum back in times of emergen... Read More about Core-selecting payment rules for combinatorial auctions with uncertain availability of goods.

An Energy-Aware Embedding Algorithm for Virtual Data Centers (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nam, T. M., Huynh, N. V., Dai, L. Q., & Thanh, N. H. (2016). An Energy-Aware Embedding Algorithm for Virtual Data Centers. In 2016 28th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 28). https://doi.org/10.1109/itc-28.2016.112

Cloud computing has emerged in the recent years as a promising paradigm that facilitates such new service models as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). As the number of cloud service prov... Read More about An Energy-Aware Embedding Algorithm for Virtual Data Centers.

Dataset for Fully spray-coated organic solar cells on woven polyester cotton fabric for wearable energy harvesting applications (2016)
Data
Arumugam, S., Li, Y., Sundaram, S., Torah, R., Kanibolotsky, A. L., Inigo, A., …Beeby, S. (2016). Dataset for Fully spray-coated organic solar cells on woven polyester cotton fabric for wearable energy harvesting applications. [Dataset]. https://doi.org

This paper presents the novel use of spray coating to fabricate organic solar cells on fabrics for wearable energy harvesting applications. The surface roughness of standard woven 65/35 polyester cotton fabric used in this work is of the order of 150... Read More about Dataset for Fully spray-coated organic solar cells on woven polyester cotton fabric for wearable energy harvesting applications.

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance (2016)
Book
Sundaram, S., Benson, D., & Kumar Mallick, T. (2016). Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/c2014-0-04034-8

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supporting them. This new book review... Read More about Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance.

A bipartite graph-based ranking approach to query subtopics diversification focused on word embedding features (2016)
Journal Article
Ullah, M. Z., & Aono, M. (2016). A bipartite graph-based ranking approach to query subtopics diversification focused on word embedding features. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 99(12), 3090-3100. https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2016EDP7190

Web search queries are usually vague, ambiguous, or tend to have multiple intents. Users have different search intents while issuing the same query. Understanding the intents through mining subtopics underlying a query has gained much interest in rec... Read More about A bipartite graph-based ranking approach to query subtopics diversification focused on word embedding features.

An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Tahir, A., & Mallick, T. (2016). An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material. In Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and E

A novel Window-Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (WICPV) system proposed suitable for window integration, has been fabricated and characterised at 1000 Wm-2 (higher irradiance)and 500 Wm-2 (lower irradiance). This paper investigates the use of a c... Read More about An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material.

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016). Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell. In 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics a

Crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a solar energy device used to increase the photovoltaic (PV) cell electrical power output. CCPC’s thermal and optical performance issues are equally important for a PV cell or module to work under a f... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell.

The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2016). The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution. In OEE2: The Second Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution

Biological and social systems are considered as a flux of interacting components that transiently participate in interactions with other system components as part of the system. This suggests that any simulated system undergoing open ended evolution... Read More about The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution.

Value Management – Creating Functional Value For Construction Project: An Exploratory Study (2016)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O., Akinrata, E. B., & Arijeloye, B. T. (2016). Value Management – Creating Functional Value For Construction Project: An Exploratory Study. World Scientific News, 54, 40-59

Value management is a process whereby the project is evaluated and scrutinised to obtain maximum value for money by following a prescribed methodology. It focuses on the value, rather than cost, in relation to the function of the element of the proje... Read More about Value Management – Creating Functional Value For Construction Project: An Exploratory Study.

Demystifying Issues Regarding Public Private Partnerships (PPP) (2016)
Journal Article
Olatunji, S. O., Olawumi, T. O., & Ogunsemi, D. R. (2016). Demystifying Issues Regarding Public Private Partnerships (PPP). Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 7(11), 21-33

Public-private sector collaboration is an evolving concept which takes many forms around the world, and it is essentially an arrangement by which private entrepreneurs provide support for the provision of public infrastructure. This study explored th... Read More about Demystifying Issues Regarding Public Private Partnerships (PPP).

Nigeria's Public Procurement Law- Puissant Issues and Projected Amendments (2016)
Journal Article
Olatunji, S. O., Olawumi, T. O., & Odeyinka, H. A. (2016). Nigeria's Public Procurement Law- Puissant Issues and Projected Amendments. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 6(6), 73-85

The Public Procurement Act 2007 brought a sense of regulation or framework to the procurement process in Nigeria. Preceding this law, Nigerian public procurement was not formally regulated in the sense that there was no law, which governed procuremen... Read More about Nigeria's Public Procurement Law- Puissant Issues and Projected Amendments.

Establishment of Critical Causal Factors for Electrical Cost Estimating Techniques (2016)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O. (2016). Establishment of Critical Causal Factors for Electrical Cost Estimating Techniques. World Scientific News, 53(3), 354-366. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9642683

Cost estimating techniques are approaches towards delivering reliable estimates for any projects or endeavour. However, the usage of the different estimating techniques available depends on prevailing circumstances revolving around such project while... Read More about Establishment of Critical Causal Factors for Electrical Cost Estimating Techniques.