All Outputs (162)

Unveiling NLG Human-Evaluation Reproducibility: Lessons Learned and Key Insights from Participating in the ReproNLP Challenge (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Watson, L., & Gkatzia, D. (2023). Unveiling NLG Human-Evaluation Reproducibility: Lessons Learned and Key Insights from Participating in the ReproNLP Challenge. In Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Human Evaluation of NLP Systems (69-74)

Human evaluation is crucial for NLG systems as it provides a reliable assessment of the quality, effectiveness, and utility of generated language outputs. However, concerns about the reproducibility of such evaluations have emerged, casting doubt on... Read More about Unveiling NLG Human-Evaluation Reproducibility: Lessons Learned and Key Insights from Participating in the ReproNLP Challenge.

Digital Twin-Empowered Smart Attack Detection System for 6G Edge of Things Networks (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Yigit, Y., Chrysoulas, C., Yurdakul, G., Maglaras, L., & Canberk, B. (2023). Digital Twin-Empowered Smart Attack Detection System for 6G Edge of Things Networks. In 2023 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). https://doi.org/10.1109/GCWkshps58843.2023.10465218

As global Internet of Things (IoT) devices connectivity surges, a significant portion gravitates towards the Edge of Things (EoT) network. This shift prompts businesses to deploy infrastructure closer to end-users, enhancing accessibility. However, t... Read More about Digital Twin-Empowered Smart Attack Detection System for 6G Edge of Things Networks.

Students’ gendered experiences of male-dominated Computing and Engineering courses (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Fabian, K. (2023). Students’ gendered experiences of male-dominated Computing and Engineering courses.

How does it feel to be in a gender minority on a STEM programme? Does it have an impact on individual students? Via an online survey (n=255), undergraduate students on Computing and Engineering programmes were asked whether they felt that gender had... Read More about Students’ gendered experiences of male-dominated Computing and Engineering courses.

Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Bratton, A. (2023). Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory.

Degree apprentices have reported finding work-life-study balance challenging. This study uses the Theory of Conservation of Resources (COR) to investigate the resources invested and gained by apprentices in the achievement of their goal of a degree w... Read More about Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory.

Reliability Analysis of Fault Tolerant Memory Systems (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Yigit, Y., Maglaras, L., Amine Ferrag, M., Moradpoor, N., & Lambropoulos, G. (2023). Reliability Analysis of Fault Tolerant Memory Systems. In 2023 8th South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference (SEEDA-CECNSM). https://doi.org/10.1109/SEEDA-CECNSM61561.2023.10470763

This paper delves into a comprehensive analysis of fault-tolerant memory systems, focusing on recovery techniques modelled using Markov chains to address transient errors. The study revolves around the application of scrubbing methods in conjunction... Read More about Reliability Analysis of Fault Tolerant Memory Systems.

Informative Causality-based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Architecture for Domain Generalization (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mao, C., Zhao, L., Min, G., Hawbani, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2023). Informative Causality-based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Architecture for Domain Generalization. In GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437409

Vehicle trajectory prediction is a promising technology for improving the performance of Cellular Vehicle-to Everything (C-V2X) applications by providing future road states. Various vehicle trajectory prediction methods have been proposed to increase... Read More about Informative Causality-based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Architecture for Domain Generalization.

Green Building: An antidote to sick buliding syndrome menace in Africa (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Liphadzi, M., Osunsanmi, T., Aigbavboa, C. O., Thwala, W., Phuti, T., & Aliu, J. (2023). Green Building: An antidote to sick buliding syndrome menace in Africa. In Proceedings of the Creative Construction Conference 2023 (632-644). https://doi.org/10.3311/ccc2023-082

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is the leading cause of the reduction in the building's occupancy level of satisfaction, poor indoor air quality, and other shenanigans responsible for the underperformance of building occupants and loss in property value... Read More about Green Building: An antidote to sick buliding syndrome menace in Africa.

YASF: A Vendor-Agnostic Framework for Serverless Computing (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Giacomini, M., & Ullah, A. (2023). YASF: A Vendor-Agnostic Framework for Serverless Computing. In M. van Steen, & C. Pahl (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (46-56). https://doi.org/10.5220/0011847700003488

The serverless execution model allows application developers to deploy their software using tiny functions with zero administration, no handling of resource provisioning, monitoring and scaling. Due to such advantages, the serverless model emerged as... Read More about YASF: A Vendor-Agnostic Framework for Serverless Computing.

The shifting goalposts of Digital Technology Skills in Scotland (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Meharg, D., & Tungli, T. (2023). The shifting goalposts of Digital Technology Skills in Scotland. In SRHE International Conference 2023

Digital technologies and skills are critical to economic growth and embedded in everyday life 1. This paper presents a work-in-progress study that examines the effect of education policy on digital skills within Scotland. Through literature analysis,... Read More about The shifting goalposts of Digital Technology Skills in Scotland.

TaskMaster: A Novel Cross-platform Task-based Spoken Dialogue System for Human-Robot Interaction (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Strathearn, C., Yu, Y., & Gkatzia, D. (2023). TaskMaster: A Novel Cross-platform Task-based Spoken Dialogue System for Human-Robot Interaction. In Proceedings of The Joint CUI and HRI Workshop at HRI 2023

The most effective way of communication between humans and robots is through natural language communication. However, there are many challenges to overcome before robots can effectively converse in order to collaborate and work together with humans.... Read More about TaskMaster: A Novel Cross-platform Task-based Spoken Dialogue System for Human-Robot Interaction.

PFL-LDG: Privacy-preserving Federated Learning via Lightweight Device Grouping (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, Z., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2023). PFL-LDG: Privacy-preserving Federated Learning via Lightweight Device Grouping. In 2023 IEEE Smart World Congress (SWC). https://doi.org/10.1109/SWC57546.2023.10449141

The rapid growth of private data from distributed edge networks, driven by the proliferation of IoT sensors, wearable devices, and smartphones, offers significant opportunities for AI applications. However, traditional distributed machine learning me... Read More about PFL-LDG: Privacy-preserving Federated Learning via Lightweight Device Grouping.

T/ensor/~ 0.3 (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Papageorgiou, D. (2023). T/ensor/~ 0.3. In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2023

T/ensor/~ (version 0.3) is a prototype of a dynamic performance system developed in MAX that involves adaptive digital signal processing modules and generative processes towards exploring the field and performance-practice of human-machine improvisat... Read More about T/ensor/~ 0.3.

Combining Word Embedding Interactions and LETOR Feature Evidences for Supervised QPP (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Datta, S., Ganguly, D., Mothe, J., & Ullah, M. Z. (2023). Combining Word Embedding Interactions and LETOR Feature Evidences for Supervised QPP. In Proceedings of the The QPP++ 2023: Query Performance Prediction and Its Evaluation in New Tasks Workshop co-located with The 45th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) (7-12)

In information retrieval, query performance prediction aims to predict whether a search engine is likely to succeed in retrieving potentially relevant documents to a user's query. This problem is usually cast into a regression problem where a machine... Read More about Combining Word Embedding Interactions and LETOR Feature Evidences for Supervised QPP.

A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Robertson, M., Pyke, J., & Drake, C. (2023). A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne. In CAUTHE 2023: West, East, South, North: Redirecting research in tourism, hospitality and events: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference (330-331)

Business events can support the needs of access, equality, and learning for work and social inclusion, and determine a greater range of benefits than had been previously considered (Edwards, Foley, & Schlenker, 2011; Foley, Edwards, & Schlenker, 2014... Read More about A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne.

Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Kitchen, E., Steriopoulos, E., Harkison, T., Drake, C., Goh, E., Robertson, M., …Losekoot, E. (2023). Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience. In West, East, South, North: Redirection research in tourism, hospitality and events – Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian Universities Tourism and Hospitality Education (334)

This paper focuses on the factors that influence the authentic learning practices in the Tourism, Hospitality, and Events (THE) education context from a teacher’s perspective. To align with emerging industry changes due to the COVID pandemic, and als... Read More about Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience.

Digital Selling and Technostress: Preliminary Analysis (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Igarashi, R., & Vardarsuyu, M. (2023). Digital Selling and Technostress: Preliminary Analysis. In 2023 AMA Winter Academic Conference: Proceedings (1247-1261)

This study investigates the impact of digital selling on salespeople’s perception of five different techno-stressors (techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-insecurity, techno-complexity and techno-uncertainty) and subsequent emotional exhaustion.... Read More about Digital Selling and Technostress: Preliminary Analysis.

Sharing the Same Workspace: The Effect of AI Task Deployment on Frontline Service Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Customers Outcomes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Bhoumik, K., & Igarashi, R. (2023). Sharing the Same Workspace: The Effect of AI Task Deployment on Frontline Service Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Customers Outcomes. In 2023 AMA Winter Academic Conference: Proceedings (56-75)

Organizations are progressively using service robots in frontline settings to enhance consumer experiences as we see an increasing trend in humans and robots working together in restaurants, airports, and banks. In this research, we examine the impac... Read More about Sharing the Same Workspace: The Effect of AI Task Deployment on Frontline Service Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Customers Outcomes.

Lessons Learnt from An Online Pilot Study About Strategic Alignment at A Higher Education Institution (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Kachale, T., Demeke, W., Chrysoulas, C., & Romdhani, I. (2023). Lessons Learnt from An Online Pilot Study About Strategic Alignment at A Higher Education Institution. In P. Kommers, I. Arnedillo Sánchez, & P. Isaías (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16 th IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2023 (21-28)

This article is a report on the lessons learned when conducting an interpretive case study in a developing country. From the literature review, it was apparent that there are few reported lessons from pilot studies about strategic alignment in higher... Read More about Lessons Learnt from An Online Pilot Study About Strategic Alignment at A Higher Education Institution.

SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Sajjadian, S. M. (2023). SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings. In PLEA STGO 2022: Book of Proceedings Volume 1 (160-164)

The spread of SARS-CoV-2 since 2019 has rapidly become a global crisis with unprecedented records of deaths and hospitalizations in the last century. The infectious particles spread more easily indoors than outdoors and therefore built environment se... Read More about SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings.

Simulation of a Solar Dryer for Use in Developing Countries (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abiola Oladimeji, A., Sola, P. J., See, C. H., Bani, N. A., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., …Ahmad Kamil, A. S. (2023). Simulation of a Solar Dryer for Use in Developing Countries. In 2023 International Conference on Power and Renewable Energy Engineering (PREE). https://doi.org/10.1109/PREE57903.2023.10370401

This paper examines the implementation of solar dryers in developing countries. Simulations were carried out using a simple model of a solar dryer to validate the drying process for various crops and fish products. The solar dryer simulator model in... Read More about Simulation of a Solar Dryer for Use in Developing Countries.