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Student behaviour in a flexible learning course framework. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Russell, G., & Cumming, A. (2011). Student behaviour in a flexible learning course framework. In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on e-Learning (181-188)

Flexible learning approaches to education are important in modern Universities. Students should be able to choose how they will study their courses, and educators should be prepared to support students in their choices, and guide students to employ s... Read More about Student behaviour in a flexible learning course framework..

Pattern browsing and query adjustment for the exploratory analysis and cooperative visualisation of microarray time-course data. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., Cannon, A., Kennedy, J., & Kukla, R. (2010, September). Pattern browsing and query adjustment for the exploratory analysis and cooperative visualisation of microarray time-course data. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualisation and Engineering

This paper presents work to support collaborative visualisation and data analysis in the microarray time-series explorer (MaTSE) software. We introduce a novel visualisation component called the ‘pattern browser’ which is used to support the annotati... Read More about Pattern browsing and query adjustment for the exploratory analysis and cooperative visualisation of microarray time-course data..

An investigation into distributed channel mobility support for Communicating Process Architectures. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., & Kerridge, J. (2009, November). An investigation into distributed channel mobility support for Communicating Process Architectures. Presented at 32nd Communicating Process Architecture conference (CPA)

Localised mobile channel support is now a feature of Communicating Process Architecture (CPA) based frameworks, from JCSP and C++CSP to occam-pi. Distributed mobile channel support has also been attempted in JCSP Networking and occam-pi via the pony... Read More about An investigation into distributed channel mobility support for Communicating Process Architectures..

Visualisation to Aid Biodiversity Studies through Accurate Taxonomic Reconciliation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Craig, P., & Kennedy, J. (2008, July). Visualisation to Aid Biodiversity Studies through Accurate Taxonomic Reconciliation. Presented at BNCOD 2008

All aspects of organismal biology rely on the accurate identification of specimens described and observed. This is particularly important for ecological surveys of biodiversity, where organisms must be identified and labelled, both for the purpose... Read More about Visualisation to Aid Biodiversity Studies through Accurate Taxonomic Reconciliation..

Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., & Kennedy, J. (2008, January). Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications. Presented at Visualization and Data Analysis 2008

An increasingly common approach being taken by taxonomists to define the relationships between taxa in alternative hierarchical classifications is to use a set-based notation which states relationship between two taxa from alternative classifications... Read More about Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications.

Mobile agents and processes using communicating process architectures. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., Haschke, J., & Chalmers, K. (2008, September). Mobile agents and processes using communicating process architectures. Presented at 31st Communicating Process Architectures 2008

The mobile agent concept has been developed over a number of years and is widely accepted as one way of solving problems that require the achievement of a goal that cannot be serviced at a specific node in a network. The concept of a mobile process i... Read More about Mobile agents and processes using communicating process architectures..

Semantics-Based Component Repository: State of Arts and a Calculation Rating Factor-based Framework. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, C., Liu, X., & Kennedy, J. (2008, July). Semantics-Based Component Repository: State of Arts and a Calculation Rating Factor-based Framework. Presented at COMPSAC '08. 32nd Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications, 2008

Nowadays, Component-Based Development (CBD) has been widely used in software engineering. As a core activity in the CBD process, component retrieval has attracted extensive research attention. Despite the research efforts so far, one major problem st... Read More about Semantics-Based Component Repository: State of Arts and a Calculation Rating Factor-based Framework..

Mobility in JCSP: new mobile channel and mobile process models. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2007, December). Mobility in JCSP: new mobile channel and mobile process models. Presented at Communicating Process Architectures 2007 WoTug-30

The original package developed for network mobility in JCSP, although useful, revealed some limitations in the underlying models permitting code mobility and channel migration. In this paper, we discuss these limitations, as well as describe the new... Read More about Mobility in JCSP: new mobile channel and mobile process models..

Integrating and extending JCSP. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Welch, P., Brown, N., Moores, J., Chalmers, K., & Sputh, B. (2007). Integrating and extending JCSP. In A. McEwan, S. Schneider, W. Ifill, & P. Welch (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2007 (349-370)

This paper presents the extended and re-integrated JCSP library of CSP packages for Java. It integrates the differing advances made by Quickstone's JCSP Network Edition and the "core" library maintained at Kent. A more secure API for connecting netwo... Read More about Integrating and extending JCSP..

Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2006). Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Proceedings of Communicating Process Architectures 2006 (31-40)

Java has become a development platform that has migrated from its initial focus for small form devices, to large full scale desktop and server applications and finally back to the small in the form of Java enabled mobile phones. Here we discuss the n... Read More about Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme.

Developing a core ontology for taxonomic data. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Gales, R., Hyam, R., Kukla, R., Wieczorek, J., Hagedorn, G., …Vieglais, D. (2006). Developing a core ontology for taxonomic data. In L. Belbin, A. Rissoné, & A. Weitzman (Eds.), Proceedings of TDWG (2006), St Louis, MI

Over recent years several sub-groups within the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) have developed models and exchange standards to facilitate data sharing within the taxonomic community. These include ABCD, SDD, DwC, TCS and Spatial Data Standa... Read More about Developing a core ontology for taxonomic data..

Converting an existing taxonomic data resource to employ an ontology and LSIDs. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Gales, R., & Kukla, R. (2006). Converting an existing taxonomic data resource to employ an ontology and LSIDs. In L. Belbin, A. Rissoné, & A. Weitzman (Eds.), Proceedings of TDWG (2006), St Louis, MI

Data sharing is fundamental to biodiversity and taxonomic data applications, however previous attempts at developing mechanisms to facilitate sharing within the community have had limited effect. Reasons for this include the lack of take up of data e... Read More about Converting an existing taxonomic data resource to employ an ontology and LSIDs..

Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., & Chalmers, K. (2006). Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2006 - WoTug 29 (41-58)

The increasing availability of tri-band mobile devices with mobile phone, wi-fi and Bluetooth capability means that the opportunities for increased access by mobile devices to services provided within a smaller locality becomes feasible. This increas... Read More about Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view..

Coordinated parallel views for the exploratory analysis of microarray time-course data. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, A. (2005). Coordinated parallel views for the exploratory analysis of microarray time-course data. . https://doi.org/10.1109/CMV.2005.5

Microarray time-course data relate to the recorded activity of thousands of genes, in parallel, over multiple discrete points in time during a biological process. Existing techniques that attempt to support the exploratory analysis of this data rely... Read More about Coordinated parallel views for the exploratory analysis of microarray time-course data..

Online assessment and checking of SQL: detecting and preventing plagiarism. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Russell, G., & Cumming, A. (2005). Online assessment and checking of SQL: detecting and preventing plagiarism.

The automatic checking of online assessments and tutorials offers a significant advantage to students. Such students can work out-of-hours, from home or work, managing their own time allocation. This allows formal practical sessions to concentrate on... Read More about Online assessment and checking of SQL: detecting and preventing plagiarism..

JCSP.mobile: a package enabling mobile processes and channels. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., & Kerridge, J. (2005). JCSP.mobile: a package enabling mobile processes and channels. In J. F. Broenink, H. Roebbers, J. Sunter, P. Welch, & D. Wood (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2005 (109-127)

The JCSPNet package from Quickstone provides the capability of transparently creating a network of processes that run across a TCP/IP network. The package also contains mechanisms for creating mobile processes and channels through the use of filters... Read More about JCSP.mobile: a package enabling mobile processes and channels..

Scientific names are ambiguous as identifiers for biological taxa: their context and definition are required for accurate data integration (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Kukla, R., & Paterson, T. (2005, July). Scientific names are ambiguous as identifiers for biological taxa: their context and definition are required for accurate data integration. Presented at Second International Workshop, DILS 2005

Biologists use scientific names to label the organisms described in their data; however, these names are not unique identifiers for taxonomic entities. Alternative taxonomic classifications may apply the same name, associated with alternative defi... Read More about Scientific names are ambiguous as identifiers for biological taxa: their context and definition are required for accurate data integration.

Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, T., & Kennedy, J. (2004, July). Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions. Presented at 21st Annual British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD21)

We are developing an ontology as a defined terminology for the taxonomic description of botanical specimens. To allow these descriptions to unambiguously refer to a given plant structure, the ontology specifies compositional relationships between ana... Read More about Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions..