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OpenAIR@RGU is the open access institutional repository of Robert Gordon University. It contains examples of research outputs produced by staff and research students, as well as related information about the university's funded projects and staff research interests. Further information is available in the repository policy. Any questions about submissions to the repository or problems with access to any of its content should be sent to the Publications Team at publications@rgu.ac.uk



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Coastal community voices: strategic planning for sustainable destination development in a small cold-water archipelago. (2025)
Journal Article
ROITERSHTEIN, A. and IRONSIDE, R. [2025]. Coastal community voices: strategic planning for sustainable destination development in a small cold-water archipelago. Scandinavian journal of hospitality and tourism [online], (accepted). To be made available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2025.2499266

Orkney Islands is a popular cold-water archipelago destination for cruise tourism and other marine and coastal tourism activities, where visitor economy plays a key part in the economic development of the islands. However, Orkney's coastal communitie... Read More about Coastal community voices: strategic planning for sustainable destination development in a small cold-water archipelago..

Parafusion-extended: large scale paraphrase dataset integrating lexico-phrasal knowledge. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JAYAWARDENA, L. and YAPA, P. 2024. Parafusion-extended: large scale paraphrase dataset integrating lexico-phrasal knowledge. In Zhou, K. (ed.) Computational and experimental simulations in engineering: proceedings of the 30th International conference on computational and experimental engineering and sciences 2024 (ICCES 2024), 3-6 August 2024, Singapore. Mechanisms and machine science, 173. Cham: Springer [online], volume 2, pages 258-281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77489-8_20

Paraphrasing, the art of rephrasing text while retaining its original meaning, lies at the core of natural language understanding and generation. With the rise of demand for more domain-specialized models, high-quality data is more valued than ever;... Read More about Parafusion-extended: large scale paraphrase dataset integrating lexico-phrasal knowledge..

Customizable DDoS attack data generation in SDN environments for enhanced machine learning detection models. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GAYANTHA, N., RAJAPAKSE, C. and SENANAYAKE, J. 2025. Customizable DDoS attack data generation in SDN environments for enhanced machine learning detection models. In Proceedings of the 25th International conference on advanced research in computing 2025 (ICARC 2025): converging horizons: uniting disciplines in computing research through AI innovation, 19-20 February 2025, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 386-391. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icarc64760.2025.10963190

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a critical threat to the security and reliability of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) environments. Existing datasets for training machine learning (ML) models, such as KDDCup '99 and CICIDS 2017, are... Read More about Customizable DDoS attack data generation in SDN environments for enhanced machine learning detection models..

DevSecOps implementation for continuous security in financial trading software application development. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DASANAYAKE, S.D.L.V., SENANAYAKE, J. and WIJAYANAYAKE, W.M.J.I. 2025. DevSecOps implementation for continuous security in financial trading software application development. In Proceedings of the 25th International conference on advanced research in computing 2025 (ICARC 2025): converging horizons: uniting disciplines in computing research through AI innovation, 19-20 February 2025, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 457-462. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARC64760.2025.10963292

DevSecOps incorporates security into the DevOps workflow, ensuring robust protection throughout the software development lifecycle. This research addresses the security gaps in financial trading applications, where traditional methods often prioritiz... Read More about DevSecOps implementation for continuous security in financial trading software application development..

Preferentially-orientated gradient precipitates enable unique strength-ductility synergy in Mg-Sn binary alloys. [Video] (2025)
Data
ZHOU, L., SUN, Y., ZOU, G., HU, H., ZHANG, Y., SU, H., ZHENG, S., ZHU, Y., CHEN, P., FERNANDEZ, C. and PENG, Q. [2025]. Preferentially-orientated gradient precipitates enable unique strength-ductility synergy in Mg-Sn binary alloys. [Video]. Journal of materials science and technology [online], In Press. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2025.01.082

Conventional manufacturing approaches, including casting, thermal deformation and annealing, have faced great challenges in achieving both exceptional strength and ductility for Mg alloys. Herein, we report an effective strategy for simultaneously en... Read More about Preferentially-orientated gradient precipitates enable unique strength-ductility synergy in Mg-Sn binary alloys. [Video].