Outputs (280)

An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0 (2018)
Journal Article
Pace, P., Aloi, G., Gravina, R., Caliciuri, G., Fortino, G., & Liotta, A. (2019). An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15(1), 481-489. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2018.2843169

Edge computing paradigm has attracted many interests in the last few years as a valid alternative to the standard cloud-based approaches to reduce the interaction timing and the huge amount of data coming from Internet of Things (IoT) devices toward... Read More about An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0.

Applications and applicability of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research (2018)
Journal Article
Middleton, L., Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2019). Applications and applicability of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 927-937. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769985

Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) is a theory that derives from Psychology, yet has been adopted in other interdisciplinary subject areas, including Information Science. The origins and key concepts of SCT are presented, and the value of SCT’s contributi... Read More about Applications and applicability of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research.

On-Line Building Energy Optimization Using Deep Reinforcement Learning (2018)
Journal Article
Mocanu, E., Mocanu, D. C., Nguyen, P. H., Liotta, A., Webber, M. E., Gibescu, M., & Slootweg, J. G. (2019). On-Line Building Energy Optimization Using Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 10(4), 3698-3708. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2018.2834219

Unprecedented high volumes of data are becoming available with the growth of the advanced metering infrastructure. These are expected to benefit planning and operation of the future power systems and to help customers transition from a passive to an... Read More about On-Line Building Energy Optimization Using Deep Reinforcement Learning.

A Review of Predictive Quality of Experience Management in Video Streaming Services (2018)
Journal Article
Torres Vega, M., Perra, C., De Turck, F., & Liotta, A. (2018). A Review of Predictive Quality of Experience Management in Video Streaming Services. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 64(2), 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1109/tbc.2018.2822869

Satisfying the requirements of devices and users of online video streaming services is a challenging task. It requires not only managing the network quality of service but also to exert real-time control, addressing the user's quality of experience (... Read More about A Review of Predictive Quality of Experience Management in Video Streaming Services.

Getting unstuck: Information problem solving in high school STEM students and evidence of metacognitive knowledge (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richter, T., Muir, L., Flint, T., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017, June). Getting unstuck: Information problem solving in high school STEM students and evidence of metacognitive knowledge. Paper presented at i3- information: interactions and impact

This presentation reports the initial findings from an ongoing empirical study which aims to evaluate how students seek, use, and think about information when they encounter problems in the design, construction, and delivery of digital technology pro... Read More about Getting unstuck: Information problem solving in high school STEM students and evidence of metacognitive knowledge.

Bleeding Edge, Neo-Liberalism, and the 9/11 Novel. (2018)
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2019). Bleeding Edge, Neo-Liberalism, and the 9/11 Novel. Canadian Review of American Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3138/cras.2017.028

This article argues that Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge (2013) can be read within the canon of 9/11 novels in unexpected and productive ways. Its rich, intertwined narrative of the Internet and 9/11 both echoes early 9/11 novels and departs from the... Read More about Bleeding Edge, Neo-Liberalism, and the 9/11 Novel..

Tacit knowledge sharing: the determination of a methodological approach to explore the intangible (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith (F), C. (2016, September). Tacit knowledge sharing: the determination of a methodological approach to explore the intangible. Presented at ISIC: the information behaviour conference, Zadar, Croatia

Introduction. Research design should take into account both (a) the specific nature of the object under scrutiny, and (b) approaches to its study in the past. This is to ensure that informed decisions are made regarding research design in future empi... Read More about Tacit knowledge sharing: the determination of a methodological approach to explore the intangible.

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.

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.

Resilience of Video Streaming Services to Network Impairments (2018)
Journal Article
Torres Vega, M., Perra, C., & Liotta, A. (2018). Resilience of Video Streaming Services to Network Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 64(2), 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1109/tbc.2017.2781125

When dealing with networks, performance management through conventional quality of service (QoS)-based methods becomes difficult and is often ineffective. In fact, quality emerges as an end-to-end factor, for it is particularly sensitive to the end-u... Read More about Resilience of Video Streaming Services to Network Impairments.

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Hall, H. (2017, June). Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement. Paper presented at i3: Information: Interactions and impact, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

This extended abstract presents results of an investigation of the practices of community representatives (in this case: Community Councillors in Scotland) in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement.

'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2017, March). 'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users. Presented at Burgundy School of Business Research Seminar, University of Burgundy, Dijon

The socio-musical practice of sampling is closely associated with the re-use of pre-existing sound recordings and the technological processes of looping. These practices, based on appropriation and repetition, have been particularly common within the... Read More about 'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users.

The application of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research on workplace learning and innovative work behaviours (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jenkins, L., Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2017, June). The application of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research on workplace learning and innovative work behaviours. Paper presented at i3: interactions and impact (i3)

Introduction This paper introduces an ESRC-funded research project on the theme of workplace learning and innovative work behaviours. The work explores the determinants of successful employee-led workplace learning - including those related to infor... Read More about The application of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research on workplace learning and innovative work behaviours.

Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., & Fonzone, A. (2017, July). Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference on - GECCO '17, Berlin, Germany

Agencies who provide social care services typically have to optimise staff allocations and the travel whilst attempting to satisfy conflicting objectives. In such cases it is desirable to have a range of solutions to choose from, allowing the agenc... Read More about Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem.

Undermining our data: implications for trust in the population census (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Killick, L., Duff, A. S., Deakin, M., & Hall, H. (2017, June). Undermining our data: implications for trust in the population census. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3)

This paper draws on empirical work conducted as part of a multi-method research study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). It is concerned with public perceptions of an online population census and adds to prior work exploring... Read More about Undermining our data: implications for trust in the population census.

News night - Interview (2017)
Digital Artefact
Alistair, D. (2017). News night - Interview. [MOV clip]

No abstract available.

Watching the workers: researching information behaviours in, and for, workplace environments (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2016, October). Watching the workers: researching information behaviours in, and for, workplace environments. Presented at Information behavior in workplaces: Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual Symposium on Information Needs Seeking and Use 2016

Opening keynote. Presentation slides can be found on Slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/info-behaviour-workplacesasist2016sigusekeynote No abstract available.

Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. (2017, June). Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion on - GECCO '17

Optimisation problems based upon real-world instances often contain many objectives. Many existing Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm techniques return a set of solutions from which the user must make a final selection; typically such a set of so... Read More about Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem.

Librarian Questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016 (2017)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017). Librarian Questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682093

Results of questionnaire emailed to senior public librarians in Scotland. Questions were around their support of Community Councils including support and training of Community Councillors information skills, for a project around information literacy... Read More about Librarian Questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016.

Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016 (2016)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682133

Transcripts of semi-structured interviews with 19 Community Councillors from around Scotland. Most questions were around their use of information skills, for a project around information literacy in community-level democracy, but some questions were... Read More about Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016.