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A DCT based in-focus visual saliency detection algorithm. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHILUKAMARI, J., KANNANGARA, S. and MAXWELL, G. 2013. A DCT based in-focus visual saliency detection algorithm. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE international conference on consumer electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2013), 9-11 September 2013, Berlin, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6698003. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2013.6698003

A novel low-complexity visual saliency detection algorithm for detecting visually salient regions in images based on camera focus is presented. This fast in-focus region detection algorithm detects salient-frequencies present in in-focus areas using... Read More about A DCT based in-focus visual saliency detection algorithm..

Investigation of the effectiveness of video quality metrics in video pre-processing. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHILUKAMARI, J., KANNANGARA, S. and MAXWELL, G. 2013. Investigation of the effectiveness of video quality metrics in video pre-processing. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE international conference on consumer electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2013), 9-11 September 2013, Berlin, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6698005. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2013.6698005

This paper presents an investigation of the effectiveness of current video quality measurement metrics in measuring variations in perceptual video quality of pre-processed video. The results show that full-reference video quality metrics are not effe... Read More about Investigation of the effectiveness of video quality metrics in video pre-processing..

Combining biochemical network motifs within an ARN-agent control system. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GERRARD, C.E., MCCALL, J., MACLEOD, C. and COGHILL, G.M. 2013. Combining biochemical network motifs within an ARN-agent control system. In Jin, Y. and Thomas, S.A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th UK workshop on computational intelligence (UKCI 2013), 9-11 September 2013, Guildford, UK. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6651281, pages 8-15. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/UKCI.2013.6651281

The Artificial Reaction Network (ARN) is an Artificial Chemistry representation inspired by cell signaling networks. The ARN has previously been applied to the simulation of the chemotaxis pathway of Escherichia coli and to the control of limbed robo... Read More about Combining biochemical network motifs within an ARN-agent control system..

Partial structure learning by subset Walsh transform. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHRISTIE, L.A., LONIE, D.P. and MCCALL, J.A.W. 2013. Partial structure learning by subset Walsh transform. In Jin, Y. and Thomas, S.A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th UK workshop on computational intelligence (UKCI 2013), 9-11 September 2013, Guildford, UK. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6651297, pages 128-135. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/UKCI.2013.6651297

Estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs) use structure learning to build a statistical model of good solutions discovered so far, in an effort to discover better solutions. The non-zero coefficients of the Walsh transform produce a hypergraph rep... Read More about Partial structure learning by subset Walsh transform..

Security lessons learned building concept apps for webinos. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S. and LYLE, J. 2013. Security lessons learned building concept apps for webinos. Presented at the Human aspects in mobile apps engineering workshop (HAMAE 2013), part of the 27th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2013): the Internet of Things, 9 September 2013, London, UK.

Concept applications provide a means for tackling security infrastructure problems. Not only do they provide feedback to infrastructure design, they can also inform subsequent research activities. However, to directly influence the architectural desi... Read More about Security lessons learned building concept apps for webinos..

Is specialist designer an oxymoron? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GULARI, M.N. and FAIRBURN, S. 2013. Is specialist designer an oxymoron? The value of specialisation in the design field. In Bohemia, E., Ion, W., Kovacevic, A., Lawlor, J., McGrath, M., McMahon, C., Parkinson, B., Reilly, G., Ring, M., Simpson, R. and Tormey, D. (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th International on engineering and product design education conference (E&PDE13): design education - growing our future, 5-6 September 2013, Dublin, Ireland. Glasgow: The Design Society/Institution of Engineering Designers [online], pages 246-251. Available from: https://www.designsociety.org/publication/34720.

Jack-of-all-trades, master of none is a figure of speech that suits generalists well. Having special knowledge is usually confused with being an expert. Does it mean that a non-specialist or a generalist is not an expert? Curriculums of many design s... Read More about Is specialist designer an oxymoron?.

Reliability and validity of the running anaerobic sprint test (RAST) in soccer players. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BURGESS, K., HOLT, T., MUNRO, S. and SWINTON, P. 2013. Reliability and validity of the running anaerobic sprint test (RAST) in soccer players. Presented at the 2013 British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) conference (BASES 2013): new directions in sport and exercise sciences, 3-5 September 2013, Preston, UK.

The running anaerobic sprint test (RAST) was developed in order to provide a field test which could be used to determine an individual's anaerobic power. Previous research has evaluated the use of the RAST with members of the armed forces and basketb... Read More about Reliability and validity of the running anaerobic sprint test (RAST) in soccer players..

Agile method tailoring in distributed enterprises: product owner teams. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BASS, J.M. 2013. Agile method tailoring in distributed enterprises: product owner teams. In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE international conference on global software engineering (ICGSE 2013), 26-29 August 2013, Bari, Italy. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], article number 6613080, pages 154-163. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2013.27

This paper explores practitioner descriptions of agile method tailoring in large-scale offshore or outsourced enterprise projects. Specifically, tailoring of the product owner role is discussed. The product owner identifies and prioritizes customer r... Read More about Agile method tailoring in distributed enterprises: product owner teams..

Values and assumptions in the concept of cultural leadership. (2013)
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PRICE, J., HARRIS, P. and DOUGLAS, A. 2013. Values and assumptions in the concept of cultural leadership. In Proceedings of the 1st European conference on arts and humanities (ECAH 2013), 18-21 July 2013, Brighton, UK. Nagoya: International Academic Forum [online], paper number 049, pages 398-412. Available from: http://papers.iafor.org/wp-content/uploads/conference-proceedings/ECAH/ECAH2013_proceedings.pdf

Cultural leadership is still a young concept in cultural policy and academic study. Emerging as a sectoral concern in the UK around 2002, its early development as both practice and discourse took place during a time of notable growth and optimism for... Read More about Values and assumptions in the concept of cultural leadership..

Inferential measurements for situation awareness: enhancing traffic surveillance by machine learning. (2013)
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RATTADILOK, P. and PETROVSKI, A. 2013. Inferential measurements for situation awareness: enhancing traffic surveillance by machine learning. In Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE international conference on computational intelligence and virtual environments for measurement systems and applications (CIVEMSA 2013), 15-17 July 2013, Milan, Italy. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6617402, pages 93-98. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2013.6617402

The paper proposes a generic approach to building inferential measurement systems. The large amount of data needed to be acquired and processed by such systems necessitates the use of machine learning techniques. In this study, an inferential measure... Read More about Inferential measurements for situation awareness: enhancing traffic surveillance by machine learning..

The critical incident technique as a tool for gathering data as part of a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R., ROWLANDS, H. and BAXTER, G. 2013. The critical incident technique as a tool for gathering data as part of a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour. In Ramos, I. and Mesquita, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th European conference on research methodology for business and management studies (ECRM 2013), 4-5 July 2013, Guimaraes, Portugal. Sonning Common: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, pages 247-253.

Since devised by Flanagan in 1954 as a tool to explore what people do to achieve an organisational aim, the critical incident technique (CIT) has been used in various disciplines as a method of understanding human behaviour. This paper provides an ov... Read More about The critical incident technique as a tool for gathering data as part of a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour..

A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm fitness function for case-base maintenance. (2013)
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LUPIANI, E., CRAW, S., MASSIE, S., JUAREZ, J.M. and PALMA, J.T. 2013. A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm fitness function for case-base maintenance. In Delany, S.J. and Ontañón, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 21st International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2013), 8-11 July 2013, Saratoga Springs, USA. Lecture notes in computer science, 7969. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 218-232. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39056-2_16

Case-Base Maintenance (CBM) has two important goals. On the one hand, it aims to reduce the size of the case-base. On the other hand, it has to improve the accuracy of the CBR system. CBM can be represented as a multi-objective optimization problem t... Read More about A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm fitness function for case-base maintenance..

A risk based methodology to assess the energy efficiency improvements in traditionally constructed buildings. (2013)
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HERRERA, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2013. A risk based methodology to assess the energy efficiency improvements in traditionally constructed buildings. In Grussenmeyer, P. (ed.) Proceedings of the 24th International Comité International de la Photogrammétrie Architecturale (CIPA) symposium, 2-6 September 2013, Strasbourg, France. International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, XL-5/W2. Göttingen: Copernicus Publications [online], pages 337-342. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W2-337-2013

In order to achieve the CO2 reduction targets set by the Scottish government, it will be necessary to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings. Within the total Scottish building stock, historic and traditionally constructed buildings are... Read More about A risk based methodology to assess the energy efficiency improvements in traditionally constructed buildings..

Structural flax/PLA biocomposites: understanding of their thermo-mechanical behaviour. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
NASSIOPOULOS, E., ABHYANKAR, H. and NJUGUNA, J. 2013. Structural flax/PLA biocomposites: understanding of their thermo-mechanical behaviour. Presented at the 21st annual international conference on composites/nano engineering (ICCE-NANO 21), 21-27 July 2013, Tenerife, Spain.

The extended use of bio-composites for the manufacturing of vehicle components would largely benefit the industry. However, the properties of biocomposites, their mechanical performance under different environments and the effect of different loading... Read More about Structural flax/PLA biocomposites: understanding of their thermo-mechanical behaviour..

Security patterns considered harmful? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S. 2013. Security patterns considered harmful? In Proceedings of the 2nd International workshop on cyberpatterns (Cyberpatterns 2013): unifying design patterns with security, attack and forensic patterns, 8-9 July 2013, Abingdon, UK. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, pages 108-109.

While a useful source of repeatable security knowledge, ambiguity about what security patterns are and how they might be applied call into question their reliability as a design tool. To provoke discussion about their usefulness, this paper claims th... Read More about Security patterns considered harmful?.

Visual documentation process of historic building refurbishment: improving energy efficiency by insulating wall cavity. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BENNADJI, A. 2013. Visual documentation process of historic building refurbishment: improving energy efficiency by insulating wall cavity. In Grussenmeyer, P. (ed.) Proceedings of the 24th International Comité International de la Photogrammétrie Architecturale (CIPA) symposium, 2-6 September 2013, Strasbourg, France. International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, XL-5/W2. Göttingen: Copernicus Publications [online], pages 91-96. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W2-91-2013

The North East of Scotland's construction method is similar to most popular building typologies in the UK. This typology can vary in term of external material (Granite, brick or stone) but with a secondary, usually timber sub frame with a lining on i... Read More about Visual documentation process of historic building refurbishment: improving energy efficiency by insulating wall cavity..

Proceedings of the Workshop on web applications and secure hardware (WASH 2013). (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LYLE, J., FAILY, S. and WINANDY, M. (eds.) 2013. Proceedings of the Workshop on web applications and secure hardware (WASH 2013), co-located with the 6th International conference on trust and trustworthy computing (TRUST 2013), 20 June 2013, London, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 1011. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online]. Available from: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1011/

Web browsers are becoming the platform of choice for applications that need to work across a wide range of different devices, including mobile phones, tablets, PCs, TVs and in-car systems. However, for web applications which require a higher level of... Read More about Proceedings of the Workshop on web applications and secure hardware (WASH 2013)..

User perceptions of relevance and its effect on retrieval in a smart textile archive. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HORSBURGH, B., CRAW, S., WILLIAMS, D., BURNETT, S., MORRISON, K. and MARTIN, S. 2013. User perceptions of relevance and its effect on retrieval in a smart textile archive. In Delany, S.J. and Ontañón, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 21st International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2013), 8-11 July 2013, Saratoga Springs, USA. Lecture notes in computer science, 7969. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 149-163. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39056-2_11

The digitisation of physical textiles archives is an important process for the Scottish textiles industry. This transformation creates an easy access point to a wide breadth of knowledge, which can be used to understand historical context and inspire... Read More about User perceptions of relevance and its effect on retrieval in a smart textile archive..

Biting the league table that feeds: reflections on managerialism at work within UK university sustainability agendas. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JONES, D.R. 2013. Biting the league table that feeds: reflections on managerialism at work within UK university sustainability agendas. Presented at the 8th International critical management studies conference, 10-13 July 2013, Manchester, UK.

Most proponents of ecological sustainability within universities seem to have found a space where they feel they can more or less shrug off the need for such meaningful critical reflection. There has been a preoccupation with the instrumental and pra... Read More about Biting the league table that feeds: reflections on managerialism at work within UK university sustainability agendas..

Metaphors in design: an analysis of how we represent design expertise. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GULARI, M.N. 2013. Metaphors in design: an analysis of how we represent design expertise. In Nirmkulrat, N., Niedderer, K. and Evans, M. Proceedings of the 2013 International Design Research Society (DRS) special interest group on experiential knowledge conference: knowing inside out; experimental knowledge expertise and connoisseurship (eksig 2013), 4-5 July 2013, London, UK. London: Loughborough University, pages 289-302. Available from: http://experientialknowledge.org.uk/proceedings_2013.html

Design and design expertise are often argued about and rarely agreed upon by the design community, which is a result of their multifaceted nature and existing underlying assumptions, theoretical anomalies and fragmented knowledge in the field. Lakoff... Read More about Metaphors in design: an analysis of how we represent design expertise..