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The ‘Research Repository’ is the open access institutional repository of Edinburgh Napier University. It contains examples of research outputs produced by staff and research students, as well as related information about the university's funded projects and staff research interests.

Whenever possible, refereed documents accepted for publication, or finished artistic compositions presented in public, will be made available here in full digital format, and hyperlinks to standard published versions will be provided. Any questions about submissions to the repository or problems with access to any of its content should be sent to the Repository Team at repository@napier.ac.uk

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A dynamic integrative view of signaling strategies during the franchisee recruitment process (2025)
Journal Article
Le Bot, C., Perrigot, R., Watson, A., & Cliquet, G. (2025). A dynamic integrative view of signaling strategies during the franchisee recruitment process. Industrial Marketing Management, 127, 133-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.04.002

During the franchisee recruitment process, franchisors and franchisee candidates must both engage and screen each other to determine whether they are a suitable match. To facilitate this, they usually exchange a number of signals that reduce informat... Read More about A dynamic integrative view of signaling strategies during the franchisee recruitment process.

A Framework for Speech Enhancement based on Audio Signal and Speaker Embeddings (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nazemi, A., Sami, A., Sami, M., & Hussain, A. (2024, September). A Framework for Speech Enhancement based on Audio Signal and Speaker Embeddings. Presented at 3rd COG-MHEAR Workshop on Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement (AVSEC), Kos Island, Greece

This study addresses the challenge of speech enhancement within an audio-only context. Our proposed framework extracts speaker embeddings and voice signals, subsequently integrating these components to synthesise a voice based on the extracted data.... Read More about A Framework for Speech Enhancement based on Audio Signal and Speaker Embeddings.

Iterative Speech Enhancement with Transformers (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nazemi, A., Sami, A., Sami, M., & Hussain, A. (2024, September). Iterative Speech Enhancement with Transformers. Presented at 3rd COG-MHEAR Workshop on Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement (AVSEC), Kos, Greece

Enhancing audio quality in audio-video speech enhancement (AVSE) is a crucial step in improving the performance of speech recognition systems, particularly by integrating visual and auditory data to create more robust and accurate models. This study... Read More about Iterative Speech Enhancement with Transformers.

Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mazloomzadeh, I., Uddin, G., Khomh, F., & Sami, A. (2025, April). Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing. Presented at IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Stack Overflow incentive system awards users with reputation scores to ensure quality. The decentralized nature of the forum may make the incentive system prone to manipulation. This paper offers, for the first time, a comprehensive study of the repo... Read More about Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing.

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