All Outputs (632)

Grading entropy coordinates and criteria for evaluation of liquefaction potential (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barreto Gonzalez, D., Leak, J., Dimitriadi, V., McDougall, J., Imre, E., & Lőrincz, J. (2019). Grading entropy coordinates and criteria for evaluation of liquefaction potential. In Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering for Protection and Development of En

Several methods are commonly used for the evaluation of liquefaction potential in soils. These include criteria based on SPT and CPT tests, shear wave velocity measurements and gradation limits, amongst others. This study applies the concept of gradi... Read More about Grading entropy coordinates and criteria for evaluation of liquefaction potential.

JUNGLE: An Interactive Visual Platform for Collaborative Creation and Consumption of Nonlinear Transmedia Stories (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kapadia, M., Muniz, C. M., Sohn, S. S., Pan, Y., Schriber, S., Mitchell, K., & Gross, M. (2019). JUNGLE: An Interactive Visual Platform for Collaborative Creation and Consumption of Nonlinear Transmedia Stories. In Interactive Storytelling: 12th Internat

JUNGLE is an interactive, visual platform for the collaborative manipulation and consumption of nonlinear transmedia stories. Intuitive visual interfaces encourage JUNGLE users to explore vast libraries of story worlds, expand existing stories, or co... Read More about JUNGLE: An Interactive Visual Platform for Collaborative Creation and Consumption of Nonlinear Transmedia Stories.

Spin fluctuation anisotropy as a probe of orbital-selective hole-electron quasiparticle excitations in detwinned Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 (2019)
Journal Article
Tian, L., Liu, P., Xu, Z., Li, Y., Lu, Z., Walker, H. C., …Dai, P. (2019). Spin fluctuation anisotropy as a probe of orbital-selective hole-electron quasiparticle excitations in detwinned Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2. Physical Review B, 100(13), https://doi.org/1

We use inelastic neutron scattering to study spin excitation anisotropy in mechanically detwinned Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 with x=0.048 and 0.054. Both samples exhibit a tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural transition at Ts, a collinear static antiferromagn... Read More about Spin fluctuation anisotropy as a probe of orbital-selective hole-electron quasiparticle excitations in detwinned Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2.

High Performance On-Chip Array Antenna Based on Metasurface Feeding Structure for Terahertz Integrated Circuits (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Limiti, E. (2019, September). High Performance On-Chip Array Antenna Based on Metasurface Feeding Structure for Terahertz Integrated Circuits. Presented at 44th International Conference

In this letter, a novel on-chip array antenna with high-performances is investigated which is based on CMOS 20μm Silicon technology for operation over 0.6-0.65 THz. The proposed array structure is constructed on three layers composed of Silicon-Groun... Read More about High Performance On-Chip Array Antenna Based on Metasurface Feeding Structure for Terahertz Integrated Circuits.

Multi-miner's Cooperative Evolution Method of Bitcoin Pool Based on Temporal Difference Leaning Method (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ou, W., Deng, M., Luo, E., Shi, W., Tan, Z., & Bhuiyan, M. (2019). Multi-miner's Cooperative Evolution Method of Bitcoin Pool Based on Temporal Difference Leaning Method. In 2019 International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Com

Proof of Work (PoW) is used to provide a consensus mechanism for Bitcoin. In this mechanism, the process of generating a new block in the blockchain is referred to as mining. Such process is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and time co... Read More about Multi-miner's Cooperative Evolution Method of Bitcoin Pool Based on Temporal Difference Leaning Method.

Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., Quintal, F., Caires, F., Baptista, V., & Mendes, P. (2019). Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input. In 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19). https://doi.org/10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876565

This paper presents Wattom, a highly interactive ambient eco-feedback smart plug that aims to promote a more sustainable use of electricity in the home. This paper describes our latest implementation of the Wattom plug, and three system applications.... Read More about Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input.

Surface Wave Reduction in Antenna Arrays Using Metasurface Inclusion for MIMO and SAR Systems (2019)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2019). Surface Wave Reduction in Antenna Arrays Using Metasurface Inclusion for MIMO and SAR Systems. Radio Science, 54(11), 1067-1075. https://doi.org/10.102

An effective method is presented for suppressing mutual coupling between adjacent radiating elements which is based on metasurface isolation for MIMO and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems. This is achieved by choking surface current waves induce... Read More about Surface Wave Reduction in Antenna Arrays Using Metasurface Inclusion for MIMO and SAR Systems.

Supporting Urban Consolidation Centres with Urban Freight Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Sweden (2019)
Journal Article
Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., & Fonzone, A. (2019). Supporting Urban Consolidation Centres with Urban Freight Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Sweden. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 23(3), 291-310. https:

This study investigates how supportive urban freight transport (UFT) policies work in conjunction with stakeholder collaboration to support public-led urban consolidation centre (UCC) developments. The methodology was a multiple case study approach,... Read More about Supporting Urban Consolidation Centres with Urban Freight Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Sweden.

Optimal Antenna Array Topologies for Energy Efficiency Maximization by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huang, Y., Karadimas, P., & Sohrab, A. P. (2019). Optimal Antenna Array Topologies for Energy Efficiency Maximization by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization. In 2019 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (AP

The purpose of this work is to design novel antenna array topologies that maximize the energy efficiency (EE) in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems. To provide insights into EE optimization issues, the particle swarm optimization... Read More about Optimal Antenna Array Topologies for Energy Efficiency Maximization by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization.

Diversity Antenna for Vehicular Communications in Microwave and mm-Wave Bands (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sohrab, A. P., Karadimas, P., & Huang, Y. (2019). Diversity Antenna for Vehicular Communications in Microwave and mm-Wave Bands. In 2019 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC) (109-111). https://doi.org/

A dual band diversity antenna is proposed for vehicular communications. The antenna works at both 5.9 GHz and 60 GHz simultaneously which makes it a suitable candidate for next generation intelligent transportation systems (ITS). High isolation of th... Read More about Diversity Antenna for Vehicular Communications in Microwave and mm-Wave Bands.

A hybrid Persian sentiment analysis framework: Integrating dependency grammar based rules and deep neural networks (2019)
Journal Article
Dashtipour, K., Gogate, M., Li, J., Jiang, F., Kong, B., & Hussain, A. (2020). A hybrid Persian sentiment analysis framework: Integrating dependency grammar based rules and deep neural networks. Neurocomputing, 380, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.

Social media hold valuable, vast and unstructured information on public opinion that can be utilized to improve products and services. The automatic analysis of such data, however, requires a deep understanding of natural language. Current sentiment... Read More about A hybrid Persian sentiment analysis framework: Integrating dependency grammar based rules and deep neural networks.

Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh (2019)
Journal Article
Karim, M. E., Karim, R., Islam, M. T., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A., & Muhtazaruddin, M. N. (2019). Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh. Sustainability, 11(20), Article 5774. https://do

Bangladesh’s constant growth with an annual 6% plus Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for more than the last two decades and achievements in other socio-economic metrics in recent times is impressive and recognized by various global authoritative bodies.... Read More about Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh.

Functionalized Carbon Reinforcement Structures with Optical Fibre Sensors for Carbon Concrete Composites (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bremer, K., Alwis, L. S. M., Weigand, F., Kuhne, M., Heibig, R., & Roth, B. (2019). Functionalized Carbon Reinforcement Structures with Optical Fibre Sensors for Carbon Concrete Composites. . https://doi.org/10.1109/cleoe-eqec.2019.8872285

Here we present our latest efforts in the development of functionalized carbon reinforcement structures (FCSs). FCSs are textile based carbon structures that are functionalized with optical fibre sensors and are designed for the reinforcement as well... Read More about Functionalized Carbon Reinforcement Structures with Optical Fibre Sensors for Carbon Concrete Composites.

PFARS: Enhancing Throughput and Lifetime of Heterogeneous WSNs through Power-aware Fusion, Aggregation and Routing Scheme (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, R., Zakarya, M., Tan, Z., Usman, M., Jan, M. A., & Khan, M. (2019). PFARS: Enhancing Throughput and Lifetime of Heterogeneous WSNs through Power-aware Fusion, Aggregation and Routing Scheme. International Journal of Communication Systems, 32(18), Ar

Heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of resource-starving nodes that face a challenging task of handling various issues such as data redundancy, data fusion, congestion control, and energy efficiency. In these networks, data fusion a... Read More about PFARS: Enhancing Throughput and Lifetime of Heterogeneous WSNs through Power-aware Fusion, Aggregation and Routing Scheme.

Ambient Backscatter: A Novel Method to Defend Jamming Attacks for Wireless Networks (2019)
Journal Article
Van Huynh, N., Nguyen, D. N., Thai Hoang, D., Dutkiewicz, E., & Mueck, M. (2020). Ambient Backscatter: A Novel Method to Defend Jamming Attacks for Wireless Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 9(2), 175-178. https://doi.org/10.1109/lwc.2019.29

This letter introduces a novel idea to defend jamming attacks for wireless communications. In particular, when the jammer attacks the channel, the transmitter can leverage the jamming signals to transmit data by using ambient backscatter technique or... Read More about Ambient Backscatter: A Novel Method to Defend Jamming Attacks for Wireless Networks.

Road Users’ Behavior at Marked Crosswalks on Channelized Right-Turn Lanes at Intersections in the State of Qatar (2019)
Journal Article
Muley, D., Kharbeche, M., Downey, L., Saleh, W., & Al-Salem, M. (2019). Road Users’ Behavior at Marked Crosswalks on Channelized Right-Turn Lanes at Intersections in the State of Qatar. Sustainability, 11(20), Article 5699. https://doi.org/10.3390/su112

At non-signalized marked crosswalks, pedestrian priority is neither well-defined nor well acknowledged by drivers. This paper presents the findings of an investigation on both driver and pedestrian behavior at non-signalized marked crosswalks located... Read More about Road Users’ Behavior at Marked Crosswalks on Channelized Right-Turn Lanes at Intersections in the State of Qatar.

Unsupervised Rotation Factorization in Restricted Boltzmann Machines (2019)
Journal Article
Giuffrida, M. V., & Tsaftaris, S. A. (2020). Unsupervised Rotation Factorization in Restricted Boltzmann Machines. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 29(1), 2166-2175. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2019.2946455

Finding suitable image representations for the task at hand is critical in computer vision. Different approaches extending the original Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM) model have recently been proposed to offer rotation-invariant feature learning.... Read More about Unsupervised Rotation Factorization in Restricted Boltzmann Machines.

Design and Modelling of a Micro Swimming Robot (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yuan, F., Hasan, M. S., & Yu, H. (2019). Design and Modelling of a Micro Swimming Robot. In 2019 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS). https://doi.org/10.1109/icamechs.2019.8861606

Swimming micro-robots i.e., micro-swimmers have many applications in various areas e.g., investigation, repair, rescue etc. for industrial equipment, space exploration, human body etc. Fortunately, the micro-swimmers can be regarded as swimming in lo... Read More about Design and Modelling of a Micro Swimming Robot.

How firms in emerging economies can learn industry 4.0 by extracting knowledge from their foreign partners? A view point from strategic management perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shamim, S., Cang, S., Yu, H., Li, Y., Chen, L. Y., & Yao, X. (2019). How firms in emerging economies can learn industry 4.0 by extracting knowledge from their foreign partners? A view point from strategic management perspective. In 2019 International Con

This study offers a view point from a strategic management perspective which shows that firms in emerging economies can learn Industry 4.0 from their foreign partners operating from developed economies, by developing knowledge based dynamic capabilit... Read More about How firms in emerging economies can learn industry 4.0 by extracting knowledge from their foreign partners? A view point from strategic management perspective.

Control-Flow Integrity: Attacks and Protections (2019)
Journal Article
Sayeed, S., Marco-Gisbert, H., Ripoll, I., & Birch, M. (2019). Control-Flow Integrity: Attacks and Protections. Applied Sciences, 9(20), Article 4229. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9204229

Despite the intense efforts to prevent programmers from writing code with memory errors, memory corruption vulnerabilities are still a major security threat. Consequently, control-flow integrity has received significant attention in the research comm... Read More about Control-Flow Integrity: Attacks and Protections.