All Outputs (2121)

Health and wellbeing lens of the national existing building database in Scotland. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BLAZUSIAK, M. and SCOTT, J. 2025. Health and wellbeing lens of the national existing building database in Scotland. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 185-197. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154590

Reliability of data is one of the most important factors determining cost and successful project planning in the social and public sector. Understanding condition, construction methods, trigger points and contextual environmental, climatic and depriv... Read More about Health and wellbeing lens of the national existing building database in Scotland..

Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe. (2025)
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VICTORIA, M. and CHAWLA, V. 2025. Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 37-52. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154562

The built environment (that includes all the constructed artificial structures like buildings and infrastructure) is essential for the economic development of a country. The demolition of assets at the end of their useful life cycle generates large v... Read More about Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe..

The adoption of a circular economy approach to pedagogical learning in architectural technology. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SCOTT, J. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. The adoption of a circular economy approach to pedagogical learning in architectural technology. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 241-254. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154594

The construction industry is undergoing a significant shift towards sustainability, with circular economy emerging as a key strategy to address resource depletion, waste management, and carbon emissions. This paper explores the integration of circula... Read More about The adoption of a circular economy approach to pedagogical learning in architectural technology..

Thriving communities: salutogenic approach to neighbourhood scale retrofit in the UK. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BLAZUSIAK, M., SCOTT, J. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. Thriving communities: salutogenic approach to neighbourhood scale retrofit in the UK. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 275-289. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154595

Evidence based research identifies effects of buildings on human health and wellbeing. Poor living conditions too often result in adverse physical and mental health, where energy efficiency improvements are a major factor in enhancing people's comfor... Read More about Thriving communities: salutogenic approach to neighbourhood scale retrofit in the UK..

Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SEDDIKI, M., VISHAKHA, V., GOKAY, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2025. Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 225-239. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154593

The retrofit of existing residential buildings is a crucial strategy for reducing energy costs, cutting carbon emissions, and improving comfort. Among the retrofit solutions, the adoption of ventilation systems is a necessary approach to ensure appro... Read More about Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit..

Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero. (2025)
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MANCINI, A., SEDIKKI, M. and SCOTT, J. 2025. Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 355-369. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154581

The ongoing climate crisis provides a unique challenge within the residential sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in response to Canada's net-zero goal. Although legislation has been put in place to address the decarbonisation of the ex... Read More about Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero..

Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHAWLA, V., JAFARIFAR, N., VICTORIA, M., SALMAN, H. and DEVECI, G. 2025. Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 213-224. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154592

Growing concerns surrounding water scarcity have spiked an interest in Embodied Water (EW) studies globally. The EW of a building is the amount of water needed to manufacture all the materials that constitute the building (Indirect EW) plus the amoun... Read More about Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India..

The integration of real-life scenarios in architectural technology pedagogy. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SCOTT, J., INMAN, J. and JACKSON, A. 2025. The integration of real-life scenarios in architectural technology pedagogy. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 155-165. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154573

This paper explores the impact of integrating real-world experiences, such as publishing work for exhibition, into the pedagogical framework of architectural technology education. By engaging students in projects that require them to publish and pres... Read More about The integration of real-life scenarios in architectural technology pedagogy..

Near miss: behavior and effect. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AIGBOKHAI, U., AL BALUSHI, A.A., AL BARWANI, S., AL WADHAHI, T., AL YARUBI, S.A. and OSOBAJO, O. 2025. Near miss: behavior and effect. In Proceedings of the 2025 SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Conference at Oman petroleum and energy show (OPES 2025), 12-14 May 2025, Muscat, Oman. Richardson, TX: SPE [online], paper number SPE-224918-MS. Hosted on OnePetro. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2118/224918-MS

Near miss plays an important role in providing insights and are also leading indicators of potential hazards within a system, one could argue that they are attributed to safety behaviours, human or organisational factors, and are underreported. The s... Read More about Near miss: behavior and effect..

From geothermal brine to battery: balancing technological innovation with environmental and social responsibility: a case study from Lithium Valley. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALGAIAR, M. 2025. From geothermal brine to battery: balancing technological innovation with environmental and social responsibility: a case study from Lithium Valley. Presented at the 16th Workshop of the Society of petrophysicists and well log analysts Saudi Arabia chapter 2025 (SPWLA-SAC 16th Workshop) , 7-8 May 2025, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

This study synthesizes current research on lithium extraction, focusing on technological advances, the growing demand for lithium in the energy transition, and the environmental and social challenges associated with its production. It uses the Lithiu... Read More about From geothermal brine to battery: balancing technological innovation with environmental and social responsibility: a case study from Lithium Valley..

Assessing the research scene of green AI via bibliometric analysis. (2025)
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ABDULMALIK, M.R., IBEKE, E., EZENKWU, C.P. and IWENDI, C. [2025]. Assessing the research scene of green AI via bibliometric analysis. In Iwendi, C., Boulouard, Z. and Kryvinska, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International conference on advances in communication technology and computer engineering (ICACTCE'24): transforming industries: harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and the internet of things, 29-30 November 2024, Marrakech, Morocco. Lecture notes in networks and systems (LNNS), 1313. Cham: Springer [online], volume 2, (forthcoming). To be made available from: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031946226

The environmental impact of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rise as more people embrace the technology. The optimization of AI models to be more efficient, use less energy, and emit low carbon is essential. This bibliometric study presents... Read More about Assessing the research scene of green AI via bibliometric analysis..

No land is an island, even actual islands: servitudes' benefits and burdens in Scottish law. (2025)
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ODUSANYA, T. 2025. No land is an island, even actual islands: servitudes' benefits and burdens in Scottish law. Presented at the Meeting of the Dundee Law School Scottish Property Law Discussion Group, 30 April 2025, Dundee, UK.

This presentation reflects on the treatment of land ownership rights and law within the context of Scotland. It focuses in particular on "servitudes", i.e. legal rights that allow one property to benefit from another.

Optimising public transport through the integration of micro and macro-level simulations. (2025)
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HAN, K., CHRISTIE, L.A., ZĂVOIANU, A.-C. and MCCALL, J.A.W. 2025. Optimising public transport through the integration of micro and macro-level simulations. In Quesada-Arencibia, A., Affenzeller, M. and Moreno-Díaz, R. (eds.) Computer aided systems theory - EUROCAST 2024: revised selected papers of the 19th International conference on Computer-aided systems theory (EUROCAST 2024), 25 February - 1 March 2024, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Lecture notes in computer science, 15172. Cham: Springer [online], part 1, pages 107-121. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82949-9_10

The European Commission and the UK aim for net zero emissions in transportation by 2050. This work explores the potential of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) to support this goal by enhancing public transport (PT) via strategic deployment wit... Read More about Optimising public transport through the integration of micro and macro-level simulations..

Context driven multi-query resolution using LLM-RAG to support the revision of explainability needs. (2025)
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JAYAWARDENA, L., LIRET, A., WIRATUNGA, N., NKISI-ORJI, I. and FLEISCH, B. [2025]. Context driven multi-query resolution using LLM-RAG to support the revision of explainability needs. In Proceedings of the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2025), 30 June - 3 July 2025, Biarritz, France. Lecture notes in computer science, [volume to be confirmed]. Cham: Springer [online], (accepted).

The revision step in the Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) cycle ensures that cases are adaptable and that updates can be integrated meaningfully based on evaluation metrics. However, the effectiveness of this step heavily depends on how new knowledge is ac... Read More about Context driven multi-query resolution using LLM-RAG to support the revision of explainability needs..

Assuring privacy of AI-powered community driven Android code vulnerability detection. (2025)
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SENANAYAKE, J., KALUTARAGE, H., PIRAS, L., AL-KADRI, M.O. and PETROVSKI, A. 2025. Assuring privacy of AI-powered community driven Android code vulnerability detection. In Garcia-Alfaro, J., Kalutarage, H., Yanai, N. et al. (eds.) Computer security: ESORICS 2024 international workshops: revised selected papers from the proceedings of eleven international workshops held in conjunction with the 29th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2024), 16-20 September 2024, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Part II. Lecture notes in computer science, 15264. Cham: Springer [online], pages 457-476. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82362-6_27

The challenge of training AI models is heightened by the limited availability of data, particularly when public datasets are insufficient. While obtaining data from private sources may seem like a viable solution, privacy concerns often prevent data... Read More about Assuring privacy of AI-powered community driven Android code vulnerability detection..

Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment. (2025)
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PIRIE, C., FERREIRA, L.A., COUTRIN, G.A.S., CARLINI, L.P., MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F., BARROS, M.C.M., GUINSBURG, R., THOMAZ, C.E., NOBRE, R. and WIRATUNGA, N. Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment. [2025]. To be presented at the 3rd World conference on eXplainable artificial intelligence 2025, 9-11 July 2025, Istanbul, Turkey.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a promising approach to automating neonatal pain assessment, improving consistency and objectivity in clinical decision-making. However, differences between how humans and AI models perceive and explain pain-relate... Read More about Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment..

Hydrogen at RGU: expertise, projects and facilities. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAISAL, N. 2025. Hydrogen at RGU: expertise, projects and facilities. Presented at the 2025 All things hydrogen conference, 18 March 2025, Aberdeen, UK.

In this presentation Professor Nadimul Faisal highlights some of the hydrogen research projects being undertaken at Robert Gordon University to support the development of renewable hydrogen technologies needed to support the Scottish Government's amb... Read More about Hydrogen at RGU: expertise, projects and facilities..

AlignLLM: alignment-based evaluation using ensemble of LLMs-as-judges for Q &A. (2025)
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ABEYRATNE, R., WIRATUNGA, N., MARTIN, K., NKISI-ORJ, I. and JAYAWARDENA, L. [2025]. AlignLLM: alignment-based evaluation using ensemble of LLMs-as judges for Q&A. In Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning 2025 (ICCBR 2025), 30 June - 3 July 2025, Biarritz, France. Lecture notes in computer science (LNCS), TBC. Cham: Springer [online], (forthcoming).

Evaluating responses generated by large language models (LLMs) is challenging in the absence of ground-truth knowledge, particularly in specialised domains such as law. Increasingly, LLMs themselves are used to evaluate the responses they generate; h... Read More about AlignLLM: alignment-based evaluation using ensemble of LLMs-as-judges for Q &A..

From pixels to perspectives: exploring perceptions of representation in character design. (2025)
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TANG, N.L., MOON, E.E., GARRIDO INIGUEZ, J.D.J., RAMIREZ, D.R.M. and GARDNER, D.L. 2025. From pixels to perspectives: exploring perceptions of representation in character design. Information research [online], 30(iCONF 2025): proceedings of the 20th International conference 2025 (iConf 2025): living in an AI-gorithmic world, 18-22 March 2025, Bloomington, ID, USA, pages 1180-1201. Available from: https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30iConf46939

This study presents findings about perceptions of how women characters are introduced in a sample of six best-selling games. Our analysis adds to ongoing conversations about representation in games and media, encouraging both designers and researcher... Read More about From pixels to perspectives: exploring perceptions of representation in character design..

MDDNet: multilevel difference-enhanced denoise network for unsupervised change detection in SAR images. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZONG, H., ZHANG, E., LI, X., ZHANG, H. and REN, J. 2025. MDDNet: multilevel difference-enhanced denoise network for unsupervised change detection in SAR images. In Proceedings of the 50th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) International conference on acoustics, speech and signal processing 2025 (ICASSP 2025), 6-11 April 2025, Hyderabad, India. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 576. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icassp49660.2025.10887943

Change detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is a hot yet highly challenging task in remote sensing. Existing unsupervised SAR change detection methods often struggle with inherent speckle noise and insufficiently utilize pseudo-labels,... Read More about MDDNet: multilevel difference-enhanced denoise network for unsupervised change detection in SAR images..