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A compressive survey on different image processing techniques to identify the brain tumor. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BHAGAVAN, K., IMAMBI, S.S. and BANO, S. 2018. A compressive survey on different image processing techniques to identify the brain tumor. International journal of engineering and technology (Science Publishing Corporation) [online], 7(2.7): proceedings of the 2018 International conference on Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber security (ICICS 2018), 22-23 March 2018, Vijayawada, India, pages 1081-1084. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.7.12232

Medical imaging technology has revolutionized health care over the past three decades, allowing doctors to detect, cure and improve patient outcomes. Medicinal imaging involves pictures - of internal organs, parts, tissues and bones - for therapeutic... Read More about A compressive survey on different image processing techniques to identify the brain tumor..

The world is flat: an intercultural experiential exercise in business communication. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LUCK, S., BARBOSA, B., CRAWFORD, I. and SWARTZ, S. 2018. The world is flat: an intercultural experiential exercise in business communication. Presented at the 5th Annual interdisciplinary symposium: a teaching and research conference for free market intellectuals and academic diversity in higher education, 16 March 2018, Myrtle Beach, USA.

In 2016, the Fortune 500 earned two-thirds of the US GDP and 37% of the global GDP, with 28 trillion in revenue and 1.5 billion in profits. These companies employ 67 million people in 34 countries. To compete and be successful in these world business... Read More about The world is flat: an intercultural experiential exercise in business communication..

Employee engagement theory and practice in UK universities. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAWFORD, I. 2018. Employee engagement theory and practice in UK universities. Presented at the 2018 Robert Gordon University Research Students Association (RSA) research students showcase, 14 March 2019, Aberdeen, UK.

An examination of emerging employee engagement theory within the context of Higher Education (HE), to understand how the specific traits of the sector reinforce or negate current theoretical models and ideas. The technological facilitation and social... Read More about Employee engagement theory and practice in UK universities..

We: a robotic system to extend social impact of community gardens. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JOSHI, S., RANDALL, N., CHIPLUNKAR, S., WATTIMENA, T. and STAVRIANAKIS, K. 2018. We: a robotic system to extend social impact of community gardens. In HRI '18: companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE (Association of Computing Machinery and Institute of Electrical Engineers) Human-robot interaction international conference (HRI '18), 5-8 March 2018, Chicago, USA. New York: ACM [online], pages 349-350. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177817

The social, educational, economic and health benefits from community gardens often stay limited to the gardeners. 'We' is a community-oriented robotic system designed to extend such benefits to the public and community. It consists of 1. 'We-Sense,'... Read More about We: a robotic system to extend social impact of community gardens..

Deep visual embedding for image classification. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALEH, A., ABDEL-NASSER, M., SARKER, M.M.K., SINGH, V.K., ABDULWAHAB, S., SAFFARI, N., GARCIA, M.A. and PUIG, D. 2018. Deep visual embedding for image classification. In Proceedings of 2018 international conference on Innovative trends in computer engineering (ITCE 2018), 19-21 February 2018, Aswan, Egypt. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 31-35. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITCE.2018.8316596

This paper proposes a new visual embedding method for image classification. It goes further in the analogy with textual data and allows us to read visual sentences in a certain order as in the case of text. The proposed method considers the spatial r... Read More about Deep visual embedding for image classification..

An e-learning recommender that helps learners find the right materials. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MBIPO, B., MASSIE, S. and CRAW, S. 2018. An e-learning recommender that helps learners find the right materials. In Zilberstein, S., McIlraith, S., Weinberger, K., Youngblood, G.M., Myers, K., Eaton, E. and Wollowski, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 32nd Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Artificial intelligence conference (AAAI18), co-located with the 30th Innovative applications of artificial intelligence conference (IAAI18) and the 8th AAAI Educational advances in artificial intelligence (EAAI-18), 2-7 February 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Palo Alto: AAAI Press [online], pages 7928-7933. Available from: https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/AAAI/AAAI18/paper/view/16253

Learning materials are increasingly available on the Web making them an excellent source of information for building e-Learning recommendation systems. However, learners often have difficulty finding the right materials to support their learning goal... Read More about An e-learning recommender that helps learners find the right materials..

Fluid nonlinearities effect on wake oscillator model performance. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V. and PAVLOVSKAIA, E. 2018. Fluid nonlinearities effect on wake oscillator model performance. In Manoach, E., Stoykov, S. and Wiercigroch, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2017 International conference on engineering vibration (ICoEV 2017), 4-7 September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. MATEC web of conferences, 148. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences [online], paper number 04002. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814804002

Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) need to be accounted for in the design of marine structures such as risers and umbilicals. If a resonance state of the slender structure develops due to its interaction with the surrounding fluid flow, the consequences... Read More about Fluid nonlinearities effect on wake oscillator model performance..

State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LIU, B., FUNG, W.-K. and LIU, Y. 2018. State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control. MATEC web of conferences [online], 148: proceedings of the 2017 International conference on engineering vibration (ICoEV 2017), 4-7 September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, article number 10001. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814810001

A new PD-like control law is proposed in this paper to control a multistable impacting system. This control law can switch the system from a current, undesired state to a desired one by using the differences of the displacement and velocity between t... Read More about State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control..

Analysis and visualization of the new architectural spatiality: light and sound topologies in museums. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SARAOUI, S., BELAKEHAL, A., ATTAR, A. and BENNADJI, A. 2018. Analysis and visualization of the new architectural spatiality: light and sound topologies in museums. In Chau, H.-W. and Hentschke, C. dos S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th International conference of the Zero Energy Mass Customer Home Network (ZEMCH 2018), 29 January - 1 February 2018, Melbourne, Australia.

This work aims at demonstrating that like geometry or anthropology, topology can offer the architectural space a new form of dimensioning and spatiality, this would amount to a participation of daylight and sound ambiences. We will explore this new s... Read More about Analysis and visualization of the new architectural spatiality: light and sound topologies in museums..

Transdisciplinarity and transformation. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FREMANTLE, C. 2018. Transdisciplinarity and transformation. Presented at a workshop of the Future Earth Early Career Researchers Network of Networks, 22-24 January 2018, London, UK.

Participation, collaboration and transdisciplinarity are frequently used sometimes interchangeably. Basarab Nicolescu theorises transdisciplinarity as a way of addressing multiple levels of reality and Tim Ingold highlights the importance of experien... Read More about Transdisciplinarity and transformation..