Outputs (331)

Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pawluczuk, A., Smith, C., Webster, G., & Hall, H. (2018, March). Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality. Paper presented at Transmedia Literacy International Conference

Purpose: This paper presents empirical research, which explores the ways digital youth workers perceive, and evaluate, the social impact of their work. There is currently a research gap with regard to the measurement of the social impact of digital y... Read More about Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality.

Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018, March). Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research. Presented at 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development

Smart Specialisation has generated a paradigmatic change in regional innovation policies and the European Union has shown a strong interest in supporting research that investigates the developments of this new science-related topic. This paper helps... Read More about Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research.

The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Deakin, M., Mora, L., & Reid, A. (2018, March). The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix. Presented at 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development

This article suggests the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EPD) that underlies Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) is not so much caught in the transition from the Triple to the Quadruple Helix, as rooted in a divisio... Read More about The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix.

The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies (2018)
Journal Article
Powers, S. T. (2018). The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies. Artificial Life, 24(1), 10-28. https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTL_a_00251

Artificial Life is concerned with understanding the dynamics of human societies. A defining feature of any society is its institutions. However, defining exactly what an institution is has proven difficult, with authors often talking past each other.... Read More about The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies.

Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2018). Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre. Journal of Documentation, 74(4), 844-861. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2017-0069

Purpose Results are reported from a study that investigated the extent to which an intervention to develop a community of library and information science researchers – the Developing Research Excellence and Methods (DREaM) project-was successful in m... Read More about Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre.

Security Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Systems: A Comparative Study (2018)
Journal Article
Tweneboah-Koduah, S., & Buchanan, W. J. (2018). Security Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Systems: A Comparative Study. Computer Journal, 61(9), 1389-1406. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxy002

Recent cyberattacks on critical infrastructure systems coupled with the technology-induced complexity of the system of systems have necessitated a review of existing methods of assessing critical systems security risk exposure. The question is; do ex... Read More about Security Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Systems: A Comparative Study.

Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research (2018)
Journal Article
Komninos, N., & Mora, L. (2018). Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 1, 15-38

This paper analyses the big picture of the smart city research field by means of a bibliometric analysis of the literature on smart cities produced between 1992 and 2012. The findings show that this new field of scientific inquiry has started to grow... Read More about Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research.

Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017, September). Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory. Presented at European Conference on Information Literacy 2017, St Malo, France

Activity Theory (AT) is presented as a framework for explaining Information Literacy (IL) as a technologically mediated social practice. This is achieved in the context of a study conducted in 2016 on the information gathering and sharing activities... Read More about Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory.

Distance Measurement Methods for Improved Insider Threat Detection (2018)
Journal Article
Lo, O., Buchanan, W. J., Griffiths, P., & Macfarlane, R. (2018). Distance Measurement Methods for Improved Insider Threat Detection. Security and Communication Networks, 2018, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5906368

Insider threats are a considerable problem within cyber security and it is often difficult to detect these threats using signature detection. Increasing machine learning can provide a solution, but these methods often fail to take into account change... Read More about Distance Measurement Methods for Improved Insider Threat Detection.

News night - Interview (2017)
Digital Artefact
Duff, A. (2017). News night - Interview. [MOV clip]

No abstract available.

Journeys to the Edge: Exploring the Dimensions of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice (2017)
Thesis
Telford, D. Journeys to the Edge: Exploring the Dimensions of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1248966

Tacit knowledge sharing has featured strongly in knowledge management literature in the last two decades. Knowledge management is an essential component attributed to underpinning organisational success and tacit knowledge sharing contributes directl... Read More about Journeys to the Edge: Exploring the Dimensions of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice.

Brexit has started: so what should Remain Vote Scotland do to protect its interests? (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
Blake, J. (2017). Brexit has started: so what should Remain Vote Scotland do to protect its interests?. Edinburgh, Scotland

This Scotsman newspaper article is based on research by James Blake - examining the impact of Brexit on the creative industries - and other reports from members of the RSE Young Academy Scotland. The article highlights the ongoing social and politica... Read More about Brexit has started: so what should Remain Vote Scotland do to protect its interests?.

Health and Sport Committee: Technology and Innovation in Health and Social Care (2017)
Report
Thuemmler, C. (2017). Health and Sport Committee: Technology and Innovation in Health and Social Care. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

No abstract available

The creative Industries: recasting Scotland's relationship with Europe (2017)
Report
Blake, J. (2017). The creative Industries: recasting Scotland's relationship with Europe. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh

This article analyses the likely impact that Brexit will have on the creative industries in Scotland. The study focuses on three main areas: the movement of people, Creative Europe funding and the ongoing development of a Digital Single Market. The... Read More about The creative Industries: recasting Scotland's relationship with Europe.

Maximum Entropy in Nilsson's Probabilistic Logic (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kane, T. B. (1989, August). Maximum Entropy in Nilsson's Probabilistic Logic. Presented at International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Nilsson's Probabilistic Logic is a set theoretic mechanism for reasoning with uncertainty. We propose a new way of looking at the probability constraints enforced by the framework, which allows the expert to include conditional probabilities in the s... Read More about Maximum Entropy in Nilsson's Probabilistic Logic.

Defining the UK information worker: the CILIP-ARA Workforce Mapping Project (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2017, August). Defining the UK information worker: the CILIP-ARA Workforce Mapping Project. Presented at McMaster Library Symposium 2017, Hamilton, Canada

In 2014 the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) made a call to commission a team to undertake a workforce mapping project. The purpose of this work was to enhance underst... Read More about Defining the UK information worker: the CILIP-ARA Workforce Mapping Project.

Research into social media information practices, and social media information practices for research (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2017, August). Research into social media information practices, and social media information practices for research. Presented at DeGroote Business School, McMaster University, research seminar series, Hamilton, Canada

The Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland has built a track record for its research into information behaviours and social media use. Early projects completed in the mid-noughties focused on the value of soci... Read More about Research into social media information practices, and social media information practices for research.

Are we there yet? Well...not quite (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gibson, L., Templeton, J., & Ennis, L. (2017, August). Are we there yet? Well...not quite. Poster presented at Repository Fringe 2017

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IRIDiuM+: deep media storytelling with non-linear light field video (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kosek, M., Koniaris, B., Sinclair, D., Markova, D., Rothnie, F., Smoot, L., & Mitchell, K. (2017, July). IRIDiuM+: deep media storytelling with non-linear light field video. Presented at ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Village on - SIGGRAPH '17, Los Angeles, California

We present immersive storytelling in VR enhanced with non-linear
sequenced sound, touch and light. Our Deep Media (Rose 2012) aim
is to allow for guests to physically enter rendered movies with
novel non-linear storytelling capability. With the ab... Read More about IRIDiuM+: deep media storytelling with non-linear light field video.

Information Technology – Next Generation: The Impact of 5G on the Evolution of Health and Care Services (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lim, A. K., Thuemmler, C., Paulin, A., Jell, T., & Keow Lim, A. K. (2017, April). Information Technology – Next Generation: The Impact of 5G on the Evolution of Health and Care Services. Presented at Information Technology – Next Generation 14th International Conference on Information Technology

As more and more details of 5G technology specifications unveil and standards emerge it becomes clear that 5G will have an enabling effect on many different verticals including automotive, mobility and health. This paper gives an overview about techn... Read More about Information Technology – Next Generation: The Impact of 5G on the Evolution of Health and Care Services.