An Improvement of Tree-Rule Firewall for a Large Network: Supporting Large Rule Size and Low Delay (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chomsiri, T., He, X., Nanda, P., & Tan, Z. (2016, August). An Improvement of Tree-Rule Firewall for a Large Network: Supporting Large Rule Size and Low Delay. Presented at 2016 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE/ISPA

The firewalls were invented since 1990s [1] and have been developed to operate more secure and faster. From the first era of the firewalls until today, they still regulate packet based on a listed rule. The listed rule is the set of rule sequence whi... Read More about An Improvement of Tree-Rule Firewall for a Large Network: Supporting Large Rule Size and Low Delay.

An evolutionary machine learning algorithm to enhance language processing. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kinch, M., Melis, W. J., & Keates, S. (2017, February). An evolutionary machine learning algorithm to enhance language processing. Poster presented at 1st HBP Student Conference, Vienna, Austria

No abstract available.

Securing the Internet of Things (2017)
Book
Romdhani, I. (2017). S. Li, & L. Da Xu (Eds.), Securing the Internet of Things. Elsevier

Key Features

Helps researchers and practitioners understand the security architecture in IoT and the state-of-the-art in IoT security countermeasures
Explores how the threats in IoT are different from traditional ad hoc or infrastructural network... Read More about Securing the Internet of Things.

Applying semantic technologies to multi-agent models in the context of business simulations. (2017)
Thesis
Farrenkopf, T. Applying semantic technologies to multi-agent models in the context of business simulations. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1033149

Agent-based simulations are an effective simulation technique that can flexibly be applied to real-world business problems. By integrating such simulations into business games, they become a widely accepted educational instrument in the context of bu... Read More about Applying semantic technologies to multi-agent models in the context of business simulations..

BEFTIGRE: Behaviour-driven full-tier green evaluation of mobile cloud applications (2017)
Journal Article
Chinenyeze, S. J., Liu, X., & Al-Dubai, A. (2017). BEFTIGRE: Behaviour-driven full-tier green evaluation of mobile cloud applications. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 29(2), e1848. https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.1848

With the resource-constrained nature of mobile devices and the resource-abundant offerings of the cloud, several promising optimisation techniques have been proposed by the green computing research community. Prominent techniques and unique methods h... Read More about BEFTIGRE: Behaviour-driven full-tier green evaluation of mobile cloud applications.

On Constructing Ensembles for Combinatorial Optimisation (2017)
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2018). On Constructing Ensembles for Combinatorial Optimisation. Evolutionary Computation, 26(1), 67-87. https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00203

Although the use of ensemble methods in machine-learning is ubiquitous due to their proven ability to outperform their constituent algorithms, ensembles of optimisation algorithms have received relatively little attention. Existing approaches lag beh... Read More about On Constructing Ensembles for Combinatorial Optimisation.

A pilot study: Evaluation of sensor system design for optical fibre humidity sensors subjected to aggressive air sewer environment (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alwis, L. S. M., Bustamante, H., Bremer, K., Roth, B., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2016, October). A pilot study: Evaluation of sensor system design for optical fibre humidity sensors subjected to aggressive air sewer environment. Presented at 2016 IEEE SENSORS

Research has identified that humidity plays a fundamental role on the conversion of hydrogen sulphide into sulphuric acid during corrosion of concrete in gravity sewers and that potentially minor reductions in humidity can reduce corrosion rates. The... Read More about A pilot study: Evaluation of sensor system design for optical fibre humidity sensors subjected to aggressive air sewer environment.

A new efficient cross-layer relay node selection model for Wireless Community Mesh Networks (2017)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., Li, X., Chen, G., & Min, G. (2017). A new efficient cross-layer relay node selection model for Wireless Community Mesh Networks. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 61, 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2016.12.031

Current networking technologies are not perfectly equipped to support Quality of Service (QoS), which is vital for real-time multimedia applications in Wireless Community Mesh Networks (WCNs). Therefore, there is a need to devise innovative routing a... Read More about A new efficient cross-layer relay node selection model for Wireless Community Mesh Networks.

Towards Trust and Governance in Integrated Health and Social Care Platforms (2017)
Book Chapter
Buchanan, W., Thuemmler, C., Spyra, G., Smales, A., & Prajapati, B. (2017). Towards Trust and Governance in Integrated Health and Social Care Platforms. In Health 4.0: How Virtualization and Big Data are Revolutionizing Healthcare (219-231). (1). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47617-9_11

The way we are sharing health and care data will be changing considerably over the years to come. One of the reasons is an increasing move towards patient-centric approaches where services are built around the citizens, rather than citizens integrate... Read More about Towards Trust and Governance in Integrated Health and Social Care Platforms.

Security for Cyber-Physical Systems in Healthcare (2017)
Book Chapter
Saleem, K., Tan, Z., & Buchanan, W. (2017). Security for Cyber-Physical Systems in Healthcare. In Health 4.0: How Virtualization and Big Data are Revolutionizing Healthcare (233-251). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47617-9_12

The great leap forward of cyber-physical systems has made provision for future personalized medicine. However, these systems are prone to cyber attacks. To provide patients with secure and reliable healthcare experience, the security issues of cyber-... Read More about Security for Cyber-Physical Systems in Healthcare.

Health 4.0: How Virtualization and Big Data are Revolutionizing Healthcare (2017)
Book
Thuemmler, C., & Bai, C. (Eds.). (2017). Health 4.0: How Virtualization and Big Data are Revolutionizing Healthcare. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47617-9

The implications of new network technologies such as 5G and Industry 4.0 principles on the future of healthcare.

An investigation of environmental influence on the benefits of adaptation mechanisms in evolutionary swarm robotics (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Steyven, A., Hart, E., & Paechter, B. (2017, July). An investigation of environmental influence on the benefits of adaptation mechanisms in evolutionary swarm robotics. Presented at Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference - GECCO '17

A robotic swarm that is required to operate for long periods in a potentially unknown environment can use both evolution and individual learning methods in order to adapt. However, the role played by the environment in influencing the effectiveness o... Read More about An investigation of environmental influence on the benefits of adaptation mechanisms in evolutionary swarm robotics.