Outputs (12)

Review and Critical Analysis of Privacy-preserving Infection Tracking and Contact Tracing (2020)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., Imran, M. A., Ur-Rehman, M., Zhang, L., Abbasi, Q. H., Chrysoulas, C., Haynes, D., Pitropakis, N., & Papadopoulos, P. (2020). Review and Critical Analysis of Privacy-preserving Infection Tracking and Contact Tracing. Frontiers in Communications and Networks, https://doi.org/10.3389/frcmn.2020.583376

The outbreak of viruses have necessitated contact tracing and infection tracking methods. Despite various efforts, there is currently no standard scheme for the tracing and tracking. Many nations of the world have therefore, developed their own ways... Read More about Review and Critical Analysis of Privacy-preserving Infection Tracking and Contact Tracing.

BeepTrace: Blockchain-enabled Privacy-preserving Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, H., Zhang, L., Onireti, O., Fang, Y., Buchanan, W. J., & Imran, M. A. (2021). BeepTrace: Blockchain-enabled Privacy-preserving Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. IEEE Internet of Things, 8(5), 3915-3929. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2020.3025953

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an urgent need for effective contact tracing solutions through mobile phone applications to prevent the infection from spreading further. However, due to the nature of contact tracing, public concern on p... Read More about BeepTrace: Blockchain-enabled Privacy-preserving Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.

Machine Learning for Health and Social Care Demographics in Scotland (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Smales, A., Lawson, A., & Chute, C. (2019, November). Machine Learning for Health and Social Care Demographics in Scotland. Paper presented at HEALTHINFO 2019, Valencia, Spain

This paper outlines an extensive study of applying machine learning to the analysis of publicly available health and social care data within Scotland, with a focus on learning the most significant variables involved in key health care outcome factors... Read More about Machine Learning for Health and Social Care Demographics in Scotland.

Review of e-Frailty evaluation frameworks. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smales, A., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2015, January). Review of e-Frailty evaluation frameworks. Paper presented at HIS 2015

This paper outlines some of the key methods used to evaluate frailty and provide important metrics for the implementation of an e-Frailty framework. Frailty is an emergent property of the aging process, as measured using quantification of accumulatio... Read More about Review of e-Frailty evaluation frameworks..

Norms and standards in modular medical architectures. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fricker, S., Fiedler, M., Grottland, A., Jell, T., Magedanz, T., Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Benyon, D., Buchanan, W. J., & Paulin, A. (2013, October). Norms and standards in modular medical architectures. Presented at 2013 IEEE 15th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom 2013)

Recent Internet of Things (IoT) research has been aiming at interoperability of devices and the integration of sensor networks. The Future Internet - Private Public Partnership (FI-PPP) has created a whole array of different purpose-oriented modules... Read More about Norms and standards in modular medical architectures..

Conducting Performance Evaluation of an e-Health Platform (2013)
Book Chapter
Lo, O., Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2013). Conducting Performance Evaluation of an e-Health Platform. In T. Issa, P. Isaías, & P. Kommers (Eds.), Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics; Information Systems and Technology for Organizations in a Networked Society (295-315). IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4062-7.ch016

For increased awareness and adoption of e-Health implementations, results from evaluation must be catered towards three primary perspectives: organizational, end-user and technical perspective. This chapter addresses the issue of conducting performan... Read More about Conducting Performance Evaluation of an e-Health Platform.

Technical evaluation of an e-health platform. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lo, O., Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2012, July). Technical evaluation of an e-health platform. Presented at IADIS International Conference e-Health 2012

Methodologies for evaluation of e-Health platforms are still lacking. We propose an e-Health evaluation framework that aims to provide a concise methodology for the evaluation of e-Health platforms under three main categories: usability evaluation, l... Read More about Technical evaluation of an e-health platform..

Towards simulation of patient data for evaluation of E-health platform and services. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lo, O., Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., & Lawson, A. (2012, June). Towards simulation of patient data for evaluation of E-health platform and services. Paper presented at 13th Annual Post Graduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting

This paper presents the design and implementation of the Patient Simulator, a software application used for the simulation of patient data. The simulator aims to evaluate e- Health platforms and services in regards to efficiency, reliability, securit... Read More about Towards simulation of patient data for evaluation of E-health platform and services..

Integrating assisted living with primary and secondary health care. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., Uthmani, O., & Thuemmler, C. (2012, May). Integrating assisted living with primary and secondary health care. Paper presented at Data Handling in Health and Social Care: Striking the balance between confidentiality, security and information sharing

This presentation outlines the Cloud4Health platform.

Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., & Thuemmler, C. (2012, February). Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud. Paper presented at Cloud Computing in the Public Sector: The Way Forward

Case Study: Moving Towards an e-health Platform to Store NHS Patient Information in the Cloud The NHS pilot scheme to store patient information in the Cloud How can the health sector can gain greater value from its infrastructure by moving services i... Read More about Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud..

Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things (2010)
Book
Thuemmler, C., & Buchanan, W. (2010). Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things. European Commission. https://doi.org/10.2759/26127

Description of the DACAR project and its aims and objectives

Use Of Participatory Apps In Contact Tracing: Options And Implications for Public Health, Privacy and Trust
Preprint / Working Paper
Buchanan, B., Imran, M., Pagliari, C., Pell, J., & Rimpiläinen, S. Use Of Participatory Apps In Contact Tracing: Options And Implications for Public Health, Privacy and Trust. Glasgow

On December 31st, 2019, the World Health Organisation received a report from the Chinese government detailing a cluster of cases of ‘pneumonia of unknown origin’, later identified as novel coronavirus. The virus, now referred to as COVID-19, quickly... Read More about Use Of Participatory Apps In Contact Tracing: Options And Implications for Public Health, Privacy and Trust.