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BCFR: Blockchain-based Controller Against False Flow Rule Injection in SDN (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boukria, S., Guerroumi, M., & Romdhani, I. (2019, June). BCFR: Blockchain-based Controller Against False Flow Rule Injection in SDN. Presented at 11th IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Communications in Distributed Systems and Web based Service Architectures, PEDISWESA'2019, Barcelona, Spain

Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology increases the evolution of Internet and network development. SDN, with its logical centralization of controllers and global network overview changes the network's characteristics, on term of flexibility, a... Read More about BCFR: Blockchain-based Controller Against False Flow Rule Injection in SDN.

A novel adaptive routing and switching scheme for software-defined vehicular Networks (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhoa, L., Zhao, W., Gong, C., Al-Dubai, A., & Min, G. (2019, May). A novel adaptive routing and switching scheme for software-defined vehicular Networks. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Communications, Shanghai, China

Software-Defined Vehicular Networks (SDVNs) technology has been attracting significant attention as it can make Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) more efficient and intelligent. SDVN provides a flexible architecture which can decouple the network mana... Read More about A novel adaptive routing and switching scheme for software-defined vehicular Networks.

A temporal-information-based adaptive routing algorithm for software defined vehicular networks (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, L., Li, Z., Li, J., Al-Dubai, A., Min, G., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2019, May). A temporal-information-based adaptive routing algorithm for software defined vehicular networks. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium, Shanghai, China

In Software Defined Vehicular Networks (SDVNs), most existing studies of routing consider the vehicular network as a static graph and compute the flow table based on static information. However, a static graph could only contain partial network data.... Read More about A temporal-information-based adaptive routing algorithm for software defined vehicular networks.

Increasing Trust in Meta-Heuristics by Using MAP-Elites (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., Guckert, M., & Powers, S. (2019, July). Increasing Trust in Meta-Heuristics by Using MAP-Elites. Presented at Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference, Prague, Czech Republic

Intelligent AI systems using approaches containing emergent elements often encounter acceptance problems. Results do not get sufficiently explained and the procedure itself can not be fully retraced because the flow of control is dependent on stochas... Read More about Increasing Trust in Meta-Heuristics by Using MAP-Elites.

Evolving robust policies for community energy system management (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cardoso, R., Hart, E., & Pitt, J. (2019, July). Evolving robust policies for community energy system management. Presented at GECCO '19, Prague, Czech Republic

Community energy systems (CESs) are shared energy systems in which multiple communities generate and consume energy from renewable resources. At regular time intervals, each participating community decides whether to self-supply, store, trade, or sel... Read More about Evolving robust policies for community energy system management.

An Illumination Algorithm Approach to Solving the Micro-Depot Routing Problem (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., Hoehl, S., & Hart, E. (2019, July). An Illumination Algorithm Approach to Solving the Micro-Depot Routing Problem. Presented at Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO '19), Prague, Czech Republic

An increasing emphasis on reducing pollution and congestion in city centres combined with an increase in online shopping is changing the ways in which logistics companies address vehicle routing problems (VRP). We introduce the {\em micro-depot}-VRP,... Read More about An Illumination Algorithm Approach to Solving the Micro-Depot Routing Problem.

Identity and belonging for graduate apprenticeships in computing: the experience of first cohort degree apprentices in Scotland (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Smith, C. (2019, July). Identity and belonging for graduate apprenticeships in computing: the experience of first cohort degree apprentices in Scotland. Presented at Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), Aberdeen

In September 2017, our university’s first graduate apprentices began degrees in Software Development, Cybersecurity, and Information Technology Management for Business. This study explores how apprentices experience their association with the univers... Read More about Identity and belonging for graduate apprenticeships in computing: the experience of first cohort degree apprentices in Scotland.

Engineering Sustainable and Adaptive Systems in Dynamic and Unpredictable Environments (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cardoso, R. P., Rossetti, R. J. F., Hart, E., Kurka, D. B., & Pitt, J. (2018, November). Engineering Sustainable and Adaptive Systems in Dynamic and Unpredictable Environments. Presented at 8th International Symposium, ISoLA 2018, Limassol, Cyprus

Electronic institutions are socially-inspired multi-agent systems, typically operating under a set of policies, which are required to determine system operation and to deal with violations and other non-compliant behaviour. They are often faced with... Read More about Engineering Sustainable and Adaptive Systems in Dynamic and Unpredictable Environments.

Mixing and re-purposing realities. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flint, T., Hall, L., & Stewart, F. (2018, July). Mixing and re-purposing realities. Presented at Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, Belfast, UK

This paper discusses a mixed reality that intertwines two parallel spaces, a real and a virtual contemporary sculpture park. With the goal to create a game that motivated children to explore the park and engage with the artworks, we engaged with chil... Read More about Mixing and re-purposing realities..

CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGowan, J., Leplâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2017, October). CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum. Presented at Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - ASSETS '17

Music Therapy has been shown to be an effective intervention for clients with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that can affect people in a number of ways. This paper presents a study evaluating the use of a mul... Read More about CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum..

Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2016, September). Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective. Presented at ISIC: the information behaviour conference, Zadar, Croatia

Introduction. The means by which individuals evaluate the personal reputations of others, and manage their own personal reputations, as determined by information shared on social media platforms, is investigated from an information science perspectiv... Read More about Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective..

Defining Acceptable Interaction for Universal Access (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S. (2015, August). Defining Acceptable Interaction for Universal Access. Presented at 9th International Conference, UAHCI 2015, Los Angeles, USA

Many new assistive input systems developed to meet the needs of users with functional impairments fail to make it out of the research laboratory and into regular use by the intended users. This paper examines some of the reasons for this and focuses... Read More about Defining Acceptable Interaction for Universal Access.

Enabling Real-Time Context-Aware Collaboration through 5G and Mobile Edge Computing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nunna, S., Kousaridas, A., Ibrahim, M., Dillinger, M., Thuemmler, C., Feussner, H., & Schneider, A. (2015, April). Enabling Real-Time Context-Aware Collaboration through 5G and Mobile Edge Computing. Presented at 2015 12th International Conference on Information Technology - New Generations, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Creating context-aware ad hoc collaborative systems
remains to be one of the primary hurdles hampering the ubiquitous
deployment of IT and communication services. Especially
under mission-critical scenarios, these services must often adhere
to st... Read More about Enabling Real-Time Context-Aware Collaboration through 5G and Mobile Edge Computing.

Finding middle ground? Multi-objective Natural Language Generation from time-series data (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gkatzia, D., Hastie, H., & Lemon, O. (2014, April). Finding middle ground? Multi-objective Natural Language Generation from time-series data. Presented at Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, volume 2: Short Papers, Gothenburg, Sweden

A Natural Language Generation (NLG) system is able to generate text from nonlinguistic data, ideally personalising the content to a user’s specific needs. In some cases, however, there are multiple stakeholders with their own individual goals, needs... Read More about Finding middle ground? Multi-objective Natural Language Generation from time-series data.

New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wid én-Wulff, G., Huvila, I., Hall, H., Nivakoski, O., Kronqvist-Berg, M., & Francke, H. (2009, November). New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web. Presented at 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Thriving on diversity – Information opportunities in a pluralistic world,, Vancouver, Canada

Engaging in interactive and social events on the Web has become very common practice. Activities such as blogging, posting web pages, instant messaging, engaging in e-commerce, chatting online etc. all comprise elements of personal information produc... Read More about New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web.

Progressive skinning for video game character animations. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pilgrim, S. J., Aguado, A., Mitchell, K., & Steed, A. (2006, December). Progressive skinning for video game character animations. Presented at ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketches on - SIGGRAPH '06

Universal access in the work-place: a case study. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., Clarkson, J., Coy, J., & Robinson, P. (1999, November). Universal access in the work-place: a case study. Presented at 5th ERCIM Workshop on "User Interfaces for All", Dagstuhl, Germany

Universal Access belongs not only in the research laboratory, but also in an industrial environment. Many countries have set out specific legal requirements for companies to meet in terms of proportions of staff with disabilities and meeting those re... Read More about Universal access in the work-place: a case study..

Developing a methodology for the design of accessible interfaces. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (1998, October). Developing a methodology for the design of accessible interfaces. Presented at 4th ERCIM Workshop on "User Interfaces for All"., Stockholm, Sweden

Users with a number of different motion impairment conditions cannot cope with most current computer access systems. Such conditions include athetoid, ataxic and spastic Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Friedrich?s Ataxia, tetraplegia and spinal i... Read More about Developing a methodology for the design of accessible interfaces..

Transputer and occam research: new directions. (1993)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(1993, March). Transputer and occam research: new directions. Presented at Proceedings of the 16th world Occam and transputer user group technical meeting, Sheffield

No abstract available.