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Hybrid parameter control approach applied to a diversity-based multi-objective Memetic Algorithm for frequency assignment problems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Segredo, E., Paechter, B., Hart, E., & Gonz´alez-Vila, C. I. (2016, July). Hybrid parameter control approach applied to a diversity-based multi-objective Memetic Algorithm for frequency assignment problems. Presented at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence

In order to address the difficult issue of parameter setting within a diversity-based Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm (MOEA), we recently proposed a hybrid control scheme based on both Fuzzy Logic Controllers (FLCs) and Hyper-heuristics (HHs).... Read More about Hybrid parameter control approach applied to a diversity-based multi-objective Memetic Algorithm for frequency assignment problems.

Health 4.0: The Case of Multiple Sclerosis (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grigoriadis, N., Bakirtzis, C., Politis, C., Danas, K., & Thuemmler, C. (2016, September). Health 4.0: The Case of Multiple Sclerosis. Presented at 2016 IEEE 18th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Munch, Germany

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and variable disease in matters of symptoms, clinical course and outcome. The ultimate goal of currently used drugs and therapeutic strategies is the control of disease activity and the delay of the ongoing disability.... Read More about Health 4.0: The Case of Multiple Sclerosis.

Determinants of Next Generation e-Health Network and Architecture Specifications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., Paulin, A., & Lim, A. K. (2016, September). Determinants of Next Generation e-Health Network and Architecture Specifications. Presented at 2016 IEEE 18th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom)

This paper summarizes the determinants for future e-Health network and IT infrastructures in the health care environment. The paper bases on observations conducted as part of a larger study at a university hospital in Munich, and summarizes ongoing d... Read More about Determinants of Next Generation e-Health Network and Architecture Specifications.

Pantomime (2016)
Book
Lam, L. (2016). Pantomime. Pan MacMillan

In a land of lost wonders, the past is stirring once more . . .

Gene's life resembles a debutante's dream. Yet she hides a secret that would see her shunned by the nobility. Gene is both male and female. Then she displays unwanted magical abilitie... Read More about Pantomime.

Participatory filmmaking as documentary practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2016, November). Participatory filmmaking as documentary practice. Paper presented at Challenging Media Landscapes Conference, University of Salford, University of Salford

This paper will examine participatory approaches to filmmaking, drawing on the author’s practice and research in community based, participatory documentary production in the Govan area of Glasgow. The paper examines the strengths and contexts of comm... Read More about Participatory filmmaking as documentary practice.

How to Talk to Strangers: generating medical reports for first time users (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gkatzia, D., Rieser, V., & Lemon, O. (2016, July). How to Talk to Strangers: generating medical reports for first time users. Presented at FUZZ-IEEE 2016

We propose a novel approach for handling first-time
users in the context of automatic report generation from timeseries
data in the health domain. Handling first-time users is
a common problem for Natural Language Generation (NLG)
and interactive... Read More about How to Talk to Strangers: generating medical reports for first time users.

Women in ICT and Digital Technologies: An investigation of the barriers to women entering, staying, and progressing in the sector, and actions to ameliorate this - Executive Summary (2016)
Report
Graham, H., Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., & Raeside, R. (2016). Women in ICT and Digital Technologies: An investigation of the barriers to women entering, staying, and progressing in the sector, and actions to ameliorate this - Executive Summary. Edinburgh: Skills Development Scotland

This report summarises research conducted to explore the under-representation of women in the ICT and Digital Technologies sector in Scotland, and the possible reasons for, and solutions to, this problem.

A mixture of desk-based and original quant... Read More about Women in ICT and Digital Technologies: An investigation of the barriers to women entering, staying, and progressing in the sector, and actions to ameliorate this - Executive Summary.

How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam (2016)
Book Chapter
Mora, L., & Bolici, R. (2017). How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam. In A. Bisello, D. Vettorato, R. Stephens, & P. Elisei (Eds.), Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions; Green Energy and Technology (251-266). BMC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_15

This exploratory study has been carried out to better understand the development process of strategies that allow large European cities to become smart. This aim is achieved through the analysis of the Amsterdam’s smart city strategy. By using case s... Read More about How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam.

A Survey of Speculative Execution Strategy in MapReduce (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, Q., Jin, D., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016, July). A Survey of Speculative Execution Strategy in MapReduce. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security; Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Nanjing, China

MapReduce is a parallel computing programming model designed to process large-scale data. Therefore, the accuracy and efficiency for computing are needed to be assured and speculative execution is an efficient method for calculation of fault toleranc... Read More about A Survey of Speculative Execution Strategy in MapReduce.

An Introduction of Non-intrusive Load Monitoring and Its Challenges in System Framework (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, Q., Lu, M., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016, July). An Introduction of Non-intrusive Load Monitoring and Its Challenges in System Framework. Presented at The 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security, Nanjing, China

With the increasing of energy demand and electricity price, researchers gain more and more interest among the residential load monitoring. In order to feed back the individual appliance’s energy consumption instead of the whole-house energy consumpti... Read More about An Introduction of Non-intrusive Load Monitoring and Its Challenges in System Framework.

HI-risk: A method to analyse health information risk intelligence (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., & van Deursen, N. (2016, September). HI-risk: A method to analyse health information risk intelligence. Presented at 2016 IEEE 18th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom)

Information security threat intelligence is a prevalent topic amongst researchers, long-established IT-vendors and start-ups. The possibilities of Big Data analytics to security threat and vulnerability scanning offer a significant development in the... Read More about HI-risk: A method to analyse health information risk intelligence.

Teaching legal professionalism: a comparative study of teaching professional values and lessons for legal education. (2016)
Journal Article
Whitecross, R. (2016). Teaching legal professionalism: a comparative study of teaching professional values and lessons for legal education. Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 11(1), 3-25

The Legal Education and Training Review highlighted concerns across all sectors, from academics to practitioners over a lack of understanding of professionalism and ethics. Building on a review of two other professions, medicine and accountancy, this... Read More about Teaching legal professionalism: a comparative study of teaching professional values and lessons for legal education..

Evaluating the Usability of Learning Management Systems from Students' Perception: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binyamin, S., Smith, S., & Rutter, M. (2016, October). Evaluating the Usability of Learning Management Systems from Students' Perception: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University. Presented at 15th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL 2016), Prague, Czech Republic

Due to the rapid improvement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), adopting technologies has become a major focus of interest in the field of education. The integration between ICT and education has introduced various positives and advan... Read More about Evaluating the Usability of Learning Management Systems from Students' Perception: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University.

Text and Context in the Discourses of the Third Way in Germany and the United Kingdom A Comparative Study of the Language of ‘New Labour’ and ‘Die Neue Mitte’ (2016)
Thesis
Kranert, M. Text and Context in the Discourses of the Third Way in Germany and the United Kingdom A Comparative Study of the Language of ‘New Labour’ and ‘Die Neue Mitte’. (Thesis). University College London. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/402527

This thesis undertakes a comparison of the discursive strategies of New Labour and the German SPD at the turn of the twenty-first century, when both parties engaged in a discourse of the Third Way in order to win over ‘the middle ground of the electo... Read More about Text and Context in the Discourses of the Third Way in Germany and the United Kingdom A Comparative Study of the Language of ‘New Labour’ and ‘Die Neue Mitte’.

Which firms use Islamic financing? (2016)
Journal Article
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2017). Which firms use Islamic financing?. Economics Letters, 150, 15-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.036

This study explores to what extent the Islamic financing instruments are used by non-financial firms and whether profitability influences such financing choice. Based on a panel data of firms from fourteen developing countries for the 2005-2009 perio... Read More about Which firms use Islamic financing?.

Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering. (2016)
Journal Article
Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., Moon, B., Koniaris, C., Smolikowski, E., & Mitchell, K. (2016). Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering. Computer Graphics Forum, 35(7), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13033

We propose a new real-time temporal filtering and antialiasing (AA) method for rasterization graphics pipelines. Our method is based on Pixel History Linear Models (PHLM), a new concept for modeling the history of pixel shading values over time using... Read More about Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering..

Conical beam monopole antenna design for Chinese area positioning system (2016)
Journal Article
Pang, F., Ai, G., Yin, J., Ma, Y., Hu, C., Cui, J., Ma, L., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2016). Conical beam monopole antenna design for Chinese area positioning system. Progress in Electromagnetics Research C: PIER C, 68, 193-200. https://doi.org/10.2528/pierc16083005

This article describes the operational principle of the satellite-based Chinese Area Positioning System (CAPS) and proposes a monopole antenna for a large anchored buoy platform in harsh marine environment. The proposed antenna is highly omnidirectio... Read More about Conical beam monopole antenna design for Chinese area positioning system.

Information professionals: strong, influential and effective – what we know, and what next? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2016, October). Information professionals: strong, influential and effective – what we know, and what next?. Presented at Internet Librarian International

Closing keynote presentation.

Slides from the presentaton can be found on slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/internet-librarian-international-2016-closing-plenary-keynote-information-professionals-strong-influential-and-effective