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A binary particle swarm optimization-based pruning approach for environmentally sustainable and robust CNNs (2024)
Journal Article
Tmamna, J., Fourati, R., Ayed, E. B., Passos, L. A., Papa, J. P., Ayed, M. B., & Hussain, A. (2024). A binary particle swarm optimization-based pruning approach for environmentally sustainable and robust CNNs. Neurocomputing, 608, Article 128378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2024.128378

Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), continue to demonstrate remarkable performance across various tasks. However, their computational demands and energy consumption present significant drawbacks, restricting their practical deployment and cont... Read More about A binary particle swarm optimization-based pruning approach for environmentally sustainable and robust CNNs.

Resisting the gendered categorisation of Computing and Engineering (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Smith, S. (2024, December). Resisting the gendered categorisation of Computing and Engineering. Paper presented at 2024 SRHE International Research Conference, Nottingham

As information infrastructures increasingly shape decisions that affect us, especially through the undertow of artificial intelligence, it is essential that women and gender minorities are well-represented across computing and engineering. However, t... Read More about Resisting the gendered categorisation of Computing and Engineering.

Activity theory analysis of training for workplace mentors in apprenticeship degrees (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Smith, S. (2024, December). Activity theory analysis of training for workplace mentors in apprenticeship degrees. Paper presented at 2024 SRHE International Research Conference, Nottingham

Apprenticeship degrees bring the radical possibility of higher education without debt. They also require taking learning off-campus and into the workplace, collaborating with employers on credit-bearing workplace learning, inclusion, and widening acc... Read More about Activity theory analysis of training for workplace mentors in apprenticeship degrees.

Reinforcement Q-Learning for PDF Tracking Control of Stochastic Systems with Unknown Dynamics (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, W., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., & Ren, Y. (2024). Reinforcement Q-Learning for PDF Tracking Control of Stochastic Systems with Unknown Dynamics. Mathematics, 12(16), Article 2499. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12162499

Tracking control of the output probability density function presents significant challenges, particularly when dealing with unknown system models and multiplicative noise disturbances. To address these challenges, this paper introduces a novel tracki... Read More about Reinforcement Q-Learning for PDF Tracking Control of Stochastic Systems with Unknown Dynamics.

A non-linear Lasso and explainable LSTM approach for estimating tail risk interconnectedness (2024)
Journal Article
De, T. S., Karthikeya, M., & Bhattacharya, S. (online). A non-linear Lasso and explainable LSTM approach for estimating tail risk interconnectedness. Applied Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.2385747

Tail risk inter-connectivity is a significant aspect and a risk indicator that should be focused on. Many of the previous works have shown potential non-linearity in tail risk contagion. With the recent advancements in deep learning, Long-Short Term... Read More about A non-linear Lasso and explainable LSTM approach for estimating tail risk interconnectedness.

“It’s been a hard year”: How families who have children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience the COVID-19 pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., & Merighi, J. (2024). “It’s been a hard year”: How families who have children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and Youth Services Review, 164, Article 107858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107858

Background
Families of children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience unique challenges associated with school, therapies, and social supports. However, little is known about the COVID-19 pandemic’s influence on these families.... Read More about “It’s been a hard year”: How families who have children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience the COVID-19 pandemic.

Influence Policing: domestic digital influence campaigns and algorithmic strategic communications in UK law enforcement and homeland security (2024)
Journal Article
Horgan, S., Collier, B., Stewart, J., & Thomas, D. (in press). Influence Policing: domestic digital influence campaigns and algorithmic strategic communications in UK law enforcement and homeland security. British Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae063

This paper conceptualises an emerging model of algorithmic policing; ‘influence policing’. This harnesses the affordances of Internet platforms to conduct domestic digital influence campaigns for crime prevention. These campaigns use sophisticated ta... Read More about Influence Policing: domestic digital influence campaigns and algorithmic strategic communications in UK law enforcement and homeland security.

Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series (2024)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Hall, H., Wilson, M., & McGregor, I. (in press). Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series. Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association,

The purpose of the empirical work discussed in this paper was to explore the theme of audience engagement with digitised archive data in different formats. A comparison is drawn between experiences of interacting with an archive presented as a narrat... Read More about Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series.

A theory on human factors in DevOps adoption (2024)
Journal Article
Pérez-Sánchez, J., Rafi, S., de Gea, J. M. C., Ros, J. N., & Alemán, J. L. F. (2025). A theory on human factors in DevOps adoption. Computer Standards and Interfaces, 92, Article 103907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2024.103907

Context:
DevOps is a software engineering paradigm that enables faster deliveries and higher quality products. However, DevOps adoption is a complex process that is still insufficiently supported by research. In addition, human factors are the main... Read More about A theory on human factors in DevOps adoption.

CEO hubris and corporate carbon footprint: The role of gender diversity (2024)
Journal Article
Kwabi, F., Fulgence, S., & Adamolekun, G. (online). CEO hubris and corporate carbon footprint: The role of gender diversity. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3909

This paper investigates the effect of an overconfident CEO on firm greenhouse gas emissions. Using panel data of 160,115 firm-year observations from 41 countries for 2000–2021, we find a negative relationship between CEO overconfidence and greenhouse... Read More about CEO hubris and corporate carbon footprint: The role of gender diversity.

User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets (2024)
Journal Article
Lin, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, E., Wan, S., Al-Dubai, A., & Zhao, L. (online). User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3441606

With the proliferation of mobile applications, the explosion of mobile data traffic imposes a significant burden on backhaul links with limited capacity in heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets). To alleviate this challenge, content caching based... Read More about User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets.

Individual and neighbourhood-level deprivation, kidney disease, and long-term mortality in the "Core determinants and Equity Grampian Laboratory Outcomes Morbidity and Mortality Study” (GLOMMS-CORE) (2024)
Journal Article
Sawhney, S., Atherton, I., Blakeman, T., Black, C., Cowan, E., Croucher, C., DS Fraser, S., Hughes, A., Nath, M., Nitsch, D., Scholes-Robertson, N., & Rzewuska Diaz, M. (online). Individual and neighbourhood-level deprivation, kidney disease, and long-term mortality in the "Core determinants and Equity Grampian Laboratory Outcomes Morbidity and Mortality Study” (GLOMMS-CORE). Kidney International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.07.021

Prospective cohort studies of kidney equity are limited by a focus on advanced rather than early disease; and selective recruitment. Whole population studies frequently rely on area-level measures of deprivation as opposed to individual measures of s... Read More about Individual and neighbourhood-level deprivation, kidney disease, and long-term mortality in the "Core determinants and Equity Grampian Laboratory Outcomes Morbidity and Mortality Study” (GLOMMS-CORE).

PULRAS: A Novel PUF-Based Lightweight Robust Authentication Scheme (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yaqub, Z., Yigit, Y., Maglaras, L., Tan, Z., & Wooderson, P. (2024, April). PULRAS: A Novel PUF-Based Lightweight Robust Authentication Scheme. Presented at The 20th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2024), Abu Dhabi, UAE

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) play a critical role in enhancing road safety and traffic flow. However, VANETs face significant security and privacy challenges due to... Read More about PULRAS: A Novel PUF-Based Lightweight Robust Authentication Scheme.

Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Noyon, M. S. I., Moradpoor, N., Maglaras, L., & Ahmad, J. (2024, April). Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records. Presented at DCOSS-IoT 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The health sector stands as one of the most crucial and vulnerable domains, harbouring extensive personal data. Particularly, Electronic Health Records store information in electronic media where users lack control over their data. Unauthorized acces... Read More about Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records.

Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers (2024)
Journal Article
Siganos, A., Synapis, A., & Tsalavoutas, I. (2024). Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers. British Accounting Review, 56(6, Part A), Article 101461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2024.101461

This study tests the information leakage hypothesis prior to the public announcement of firms switching between the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the Main Market (MM) in the UK. We find significant abnormal stock returns 60 trading days pri... Read More about Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers.

Paradigms. Ten original paintings and selected artworks exhibited in Paradigms, Recent artwork by C. Young, H. Brady, J. McIntyre, L. Todd. at Whitespace, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Paradigms. Ten original paintings and selected artworks exhibited in Paradigms, Recent artwork by C. Young, H. Brady, J. McIntyre, L. Todd. at Whitespace, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme. [mixed media]. 10 August 2024 - 14 September 2024

A collaborative adaptation game for promoting climate action: Minions of Disruptions™ (2024)
Journal Article
Sillanpää, M., Mauro, A., Hänninen, M., Illingworth, S., & Hamza, M. (2024). A collaborative adaptation game for promoting climate action: Minions of Disruptions™. Geoscience Communication, 7(3), 167-193. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-167-2024

With the onset of climate change, adaptive action must occur at all scales, including locally, placing increasing responsibility on the public. Effective communication strategies are essential, and adaptation games have shown potential in fostering s... Read More about A collaborative adaptation game for promoting climate action: Minions of Disruptions™.

21009 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hejjas, K., Gilek, M., & Bratton, A. (2024, August). 21009. Paper presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024), Chicago, Illinois

Social exchange theory is used to understand the relationship between leadership and employee corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement in a hybrid work environment. Using interview data from managers (5), CSR champions (6), and employees (17)... Read More about 21009.

Revolutionising orthopaedic implants—a comprehensive review on metal 3D printing with materials, design strategies, manufacturing technologies, and post-process machining advancements (2024)
Journal Article
Shaikh, M., Kahwash, F., Lu, Z., Alkhreisat, M., Mohammad, A., & Shyha, I. (2024). Revolutionising orthopaedic implants—a comprehensive review on metal 3D printing with materials, design strategies, manufacturing technologies, and post-process machining advancements. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 134, 1043-1076. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-024-14218-y

This paper conceptualises an understanding of advanced manufacturing methods to develop 3D-printed metallic orthopaedic implants, including a brief discussion on post-process machining. The significance of Metallic Additive Manufacturing (MAM) and it... Read More about Revolutionising orthopaedic implants—a comprehensive review on metal 3D printing with materials, design strategies, manufacturing technologies, and post-process machining advancements.