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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies: Small Hotels and Tour Operators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2016)
Journal Article
Demeke, W., Olden, A., & Nocera, J. A. (2016). Factors Affecting the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies: Small Hotels and Tour Operators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Libri, 66(2), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2016-0029

In Africa the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) varies considerably from one country to another, for example between Kenya and Tanzania on the one hand and Ethiopia on the other. In Kenya and Tanzania telecommunications sy... Read More about Factors Affecting the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies: Small Hotels and Tour Operators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa (2012)
Journal Article
Demeke, W., & Olden, A. (2012). Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa. Aslib Proceedings, 64(5), 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531211263139

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the difficulties encountered when researching the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) by small hotels in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and to indicate how some of these difficulties... Read More about Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa.

Double-clicking poverty: the diffusion of ICT in the hotel sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Demeke, W. (2012, December). Double-clicking poverty: the diffusion of ICT in the hotel sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Paper presented at University of West London, MPhil/PhD Conference Presentation

According to the United Nations Development Program, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a significant impact on the reduction of poverty in developing countries. In addition, a number of studies emphasise the positive developmental im... Read More about Double-clicking poverty: the diffusion of ICT in the hotel sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Props Alive: A Framework for Augmented Reality Stop Motion Animation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Casas, L., Kosek, M., & Mitchell, K. (2017, March). Props Alive: A Framework for Augmented Reality Stop Motion Animation. Presented at 2017 IEEE 10th Workshop on Software Engineering and Architectures for Realtime Interactive Systems (SEARIS), Los Angeles, CA, USA

Stop motion animation evolved in the early days of cinema with the aim to create an illusion of movement with static puppets posed manually each frame. Current stop motion movies introduced 3D printing processes in order to acquire animations more ac... Read More about Props Alive: A Framework for Augmented Reality Stop Motion Animation.

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.

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.

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.

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?. [Scotsman publishing]. 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?.

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.

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2019). Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 950-961. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769966

The purpose of the research was to investigate the practices of elected, yet unpaid, community councillors in Scotland as they exploit information channels for democratic engagement with citizens. Its focus is both novel and significant in that it co... Read More about Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement.

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.

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.

UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2018). UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), 275-283

Findings from a study of the advantages and disadvantages accrued by individuals from their public library use, and the impact of this on citizenship at individual and community levels, are presented. The analysis of longitudinal focus group data col... Read More about UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis.

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). Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research. In M. Bozina Beros, N. Recker, & M. Kozina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (176-185)

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.

Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2017, March). Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research. Presented at Second international conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2017

More than 20 years have now passed since the concept of smart city first appeared in a scholarly publica-tion, marking the beginning of a new era in urban innovation. Since then, the literature discussing this new concept and the ICT-oriented urban-i... Read More about Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research.

Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers (2001)
Journal Article
Brodie, J., & Perry, M. (2001). Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers. SIGGROUP bulletin : a publication of the Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work, 22(3), 22-27. https://doi.org/10.1145/567352.567356

The uptake of mobile phones in the UK has increased exponentially in the past two years, indicating that a wider range of users are now utilising mobile technologies in different contexts than ever before. Still little is known about how mobile techn... Read More about Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers.

Empowerment and embodiment for collaborative mixed reality systems: Empowerment and Embodiment (2018)
Journal Article
Pan, Y., Sinclair, D., & Mitchell, K. (2018). Empowerment and embodiment for collaborative mixed reality systems: Empowerment and Embodiment. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 29(3-4), https://doi.org/10.1002/cav.1838

We present several mixed‐reality‐based remote collaboration settings by using consumer head‐mounted displays. We investigated how two people are able to work together in these settings. We found that the person in the AR system will be regarded as th... Read More about Empowerment and embodiment for collaborative mixed reality systems: Empowerment and Embodiment.