All Projects (570)

Incubation hub for sustainable cities and communities v2 Apr 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
The recent data published by the SFC suggest that the percentage of College leavers that progress to University degrees is 43% for Engineering, significantly lower than other disiplines, and this is even lower for Colleges in SE Scotland (38%). Anoth... Read More about Incubation hub for sustainable cities and communities v2.

Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendation Jun 1, 2022 - Feb 26, 2023
Music streaming platforms (MSPs) employ recommender systems to assist listeners with navigating extensive libraries (Petridis et al., 2022), discovery of new content and establishing new audiences (Mehrotra et al., 2020). There are concerns that algo... Read More about Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendation.

Data Driven Analysis of PEMFT Benefits Jun 15, 2022 - Sep 14, 2022
PEMFT Ltd is a company founded in June 2020 to develop the business potential of a pulsed electromagnetic therapy device created by founder, Donald McGregor. Field-testing of the device has generated repeated, regular, very positive feedback about it... Read More about Data Driven Analysis of PEMFT Benefits.

LastingAsset: Scottish Enterprise Opportunity Creation HGSP Oct 17, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
Web3 is described as the evolution of the world wide web from the internet of information to the internet of value. The underlying goal of Web3 is a decentralised system where users control their own data and digital assets. This premise in turn brin... Read More about LastingAsset: Scottish Enterprise Opportunity Creation HGSP.

Subjective orientation in VR audio Jun 1, 2022 - Aug 28, 2023
This project will involve establishing a method for capturing listeners' experiences of spatial audio in VR. Whilst wearing a Head Mounted Display (HMD), sounds will be presented to listeners who will be asked to indicate the relative position in bo... Read More about Subjective orientation in VR audio.

The Sound Beneath Our Feet Jun 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project will develop an immersive audio installation in which to experience sonified seismic data from volcanic activity. The environment will foster new ways of experiencing data from both scientific and artistic points of views, cutting across... Read More about The Sound Beneath Our Feet.

Design model predictive control with swarm inspired MPPT algorithms to extract optimum power for a single-stage grid connected PV inverter Jun 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023
Brief Description

This project aims to develop a control algorithm using Model predictive control with swarm-inspired MPPT algorithm for a single stage grid connected PV inverter. Single-stage PV inverters are the key to adopting mass-... Read More about Design model predictive control with swarm inspired MPPT algorithms to extract optimum power for a single-stage grid connected PV inverter.

Building From England's Woodlands Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025
The focus of the project is to develop 5 building system concepts through innovative digital design, adapted to the characteristics of 5 underutilised home-grown English timber species. Each project should be developed to create 1:1 physical prototyp... Read More about Building From England's Woodlands.

Fixing the Future: The Right to Repair and Equal-IoT Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2024
Our 2-year interdisciplinary project will investigate how the lack of repairability in the consumer Internet of Things (IoT) will adversely impact equity, inclusion, and sustainability in the digital economy.

IoT products are becoming... Read More about Fixing the Future: The Right to Repair and Equal-IoT.

Behaviour profiling using Touch-based Behavioural Biometrics for Continuous Authentication Systems May 9, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
Authenticating smartphone users from distinct behavioural biometric patterns provided through human interactions on touch screens would allow users to be continuously authenticated on their devices while protecting them from unauthorised use. More im... Read More about Behaviour profiling using Touch-based Behavioural Biometrics for Continuous Authentication Systems.

In Our Hands Jul 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2023
Following on from last year's Road to COP26 Innovation Programme with British Council Nepal, Kathmandu University and applied Arts Scotland, a revised version is planned for 2022 and the invitation to contribute to the Innovation programme with fundi... Read More about In Our Hands.

TrueDeploy - Scottish Enterprise HGSP Company Creation Aug 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2024
The way in which we develop, supply, and secure software is often weak and lacks digital trust. The dominance of open-source software and the interconnectedness of software between organisations has raised cybersecurity risks in the software supply c... Read More about TrueDeploy - Scottish Enterprise HGSP Company Creation.

Evolutionary based Generative Adversarial Learning Approach to Metamorphic Malware Detection Jun 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
Malicious attacks account for a significant portion of attacks to information assets and computer networks in organisations today. More specifically, dangerous groups of malware that transform their code structures between generations such as metamor... Read More about Evolutionary based Generative Adversarial Learning Approach to Metamorphic Malware Detection.

Towards multilingual audio-visual speech enhancement in real noisy environments Feb 17, 2023 - Feb 16, 2025
Speech enhancement aims to improve the overall quality and intelligibility of speech degraded by noise sources in real-world noisy environments. In recent years, researchers have proposed audio-visual speech enhancement models that go beyond traditio... Read More about Towards multilingual audio-visual speech enhancement in real noisy environments.

Feasibility Study of Wireless Microwave Power Transfer Oct 3, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
This project will carry out a feasibility study of building a simple wireless power transfer prototype.
Our research team here will work with EnterGaia Technologies to develop this.

Information literacy and society: a comprehensive review Feb 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2023
This project will bring out how people learn to understand why and how they need information, and how they gather, process and use information, by reviewing research from 2005 to the present. The word ‘information’ will be taken to mean not only writ... Read More about Information literacy and society: a comprehensive review.

Smart Contract based Reward Scheme Oct 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2023
Egg Lighting would like to explore the possibility of linking their company value to Smart Contracts via Blockchain. They would eventually like to give away 1/3 of their business (shares) to the general public via tokens tradable on blockchain. Sim... Read More about Smart Contract based Reward Scheme.

Modular Energy Storage - Challenges and opportunities Aug 1, 2023 - Oct 31, 2023
A techno-economical feasibility study aiming at identifying opportunities for energy storage in domestic and small commercial environments at a global scale. The project will identify challenges and current solutions while identifying opportunities... Read More about Modular Energy Storage - Challenges and opportunities.

An enhanced and extended CAVForth automated bus service Aug 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
CAVForth+ aims to advance the achievements of CAVForth in several directions. From the point of view of the service offered to public transport passengers, it expands the scope of the automated, full-size bus service to urban contexts, and it tests t... Read More about An enhanced and extended CAVForth automated bus service.

Modular Energy Storage for Energy Trading May 1, 2023 - Oct 31, 2023
The project aims at developing a configurable tool which can estimate the potential for profit based on energy storage solutions in combination with distributed generation and energy trading for domestic and small commercial environments.