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Bayesian inversion for anisotropic hydraulic phase-field fracture (2021)
Journal Article
Noii, N., Khodadadian, A., & Wick, T. (2021). Bayesian inversion for anisotropic hydraulic phase-field fracture. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 386, Article 114118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2021.114118

In this work, we employ a Bayesian inversion framework to fluid-filled phase-field fracture. We develop a robust and efficient numerical algorithm for hydraulic phase-field fracture toward transversely isotropic and orthotropy anisotropic fracture. I... Read More about Bayesian inversion for anisotropic hydraulic phase-field fracture.

What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ani, U., & Watson, J. What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework. Presented at 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, Online

The convergence of Industrial Control System (ICS) with Information Technologies (IT) coupled with the resulting and widely publicized cyber security incidents have made ICS security and resilience issues of critical concern to operators and governme... Read More about What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework.

Evaluating the clinical decision making of physiotherapists in the assessment and management of paediatric shoulder instability (2021)
Journal Article
Philp, F., Faux-Nightingale, A., Woolley, S., de Quincey, E., & Pandyan, A. (2022). Evaluating the clinical decision making of physiotherapists in the assessment and management of paediatric shoulder instability. Physiotherapy (de Gruyter), 115, 46-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.12.330

Objective To elicit what information and clinical decision-making processes physiotherapists use in the assessment and management of paediatric shoulder instability.

Design Qualitative study. A modified nominal focus group technique, involving thr... Read More about Evaluating the clinical decision making of physiotherapists in the assessment and management of paediatric shoulder instability.

User-Centred Guidelines for the Design of Curriculum Analytics Dashboards (2021)
Book Chapter
de Quincey, E., & Parker, M. (2021). User-Centred Guidelines for the Design of Curriculum Analytics Dashboards. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81222-5_23

This chapter reports an investigation into the use of learning data to inform annual curriculum/module review and the curriculum development process. Utilising a user-centred design approach to understand current processes and stakeholders needs, 41... Read More about User-Centred Guidelines for the Design of Curriculum Analytics Dashboards.

Perturbed Composite Attention Model for Macular Optical Coherence Tomography Image Classification (2021)
Journal Article
Mishra, S. S., Mandal, B., & Puhan, N. B. (2021). Perturbed Composite Attention Model for Macular Optical Coherence Tomography Image Classification. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 3(4), 625-635. https://doi.org/10.1109/tai.2021.3135797

In this article, we propose a deep architecture stemming from a perturbed composite attention mechanism with the following two novel attention modules: Multilevel perturbed spatial attention (MPSA) and multidimension attention (MDA) for macular optic... Read More about Perturbed Composite Attention Model for Macular Optical Coherence Tomography Image Classification.

An Experimental Performance Evaluation of Cloud-API-Based Applications (2021)
Journal Article
Abuzrieq, Y., Al-Said Ahmad, A., & Younes, M. (2021). An Experimental Performance Evaluation of Cloud-API-Based Applications. Future Internet, 314 - 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13120314

Cloud Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have been developed to link several cloud computing applications together. API-based applications are widely used to provide flexible and reliable services over cloud platforms. Recently, a huge number... Read More about An Experimental Performance Evaluation of Cloud-API-Based Applications.

Deep Learning based Emotion Classification with Temporal Pupillometry Sequences (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rafique, S., Kanwal, N., Samar Ansari, M., Asghar, M., & Akhtar, Z. (2021, December). Deep Learning based Emotion Classification with Temporal Pupillometry Sequences. Presented at 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), Cape Town, South Africa

In the recent era, automatic systems are the necessity of science. Systems for recognizing human emotions have gained popularity in various areas of knowledge specifically psychologists and psycho-physiologists. The interaction of the human-computer... Read More about Deep Learning based Emotion Classification with Temporal Pupillometry Sequences.

Analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on flight cancellation using machine learning and deep learning algorithms for a highly unbalanced dataset (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohammed, Z., Asghar, M., & Kanwal, N. (2021, December). Analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on flight cancellation using machine learning and deep learning algorithms for a highly unbalanced dataset. Presented at 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), Cape Town, South Africa

Flight cancellations can be caused by many factors, including adverse weather conditions, and can result in lost money and time, etc. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly exacerbated this situation, leading to a significant decrease in air travel.... Read More about Analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on flight cancellation using machine learning and deep learning algorithms for a highly unbalanced dataset.

Measurement of GMPT Coefficients for Improved Object Characterisation in Metal Detection (2021)
Journal Article
Ledger. (2021). Measurement of GMPT Coefficients for Improved Object Characterisation in Metal Detection. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2430-2446. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3133950

Magnetic polarizability tensors (MPTs) have become popular for characterising conducting permeable objects and assisting with the identification of hidden objects in metal detection for applications in security screening, humanitarian demining and sc... Read More about Measurement of GMPT Coefficients for Improved Object Characterisation in Metal Detection.

Privacy Preserving Demand Forecasting to Encourage Consumer Acceptance of Smart Energy Meters (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Briggs, C., Fan, Z., & Andras, P. (2021, December). Privacy Preserving Demand Forecasting to Encourage Consumer Acceptance of Smart Energy Meters. Poster presented at NeurIPS 2020 Workshop Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning

In this proposal paper we highlight the need for privacy preserving energy demand forecasting to allay a major concern consumers have about smart meter installations. High resolution smart meter data can expose many private aspects of a consumer's ho... Read More about Privacy Preserving Demand Forecasting to Encourage Consumer Acceptance of Smart Energy Meters.

On Injectivity of Quantum Finite Automata (2021)
Journal Article
Bell, P. (2021). On Injectivity of Quantum Finite Automata. Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 19-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcss.2021.05.002

We consider notions of freeness and ambiguity for the acceptance probability of Moore-Crutchfield Measure Once Quantum Finite Automata (MO-QFA). We study the injectivity problem of determining if the acceptance probability function of a MO-QFA is inj... Read More about On Injectivity of Quantum Finite Automata.

On the mortality problem: From multiplicative matrix equations to linear recurrence sequences and beyond (2021)
Journal Article
Bell, P. (2021). On the mortality problem: From multiplicative matrix equations to linear recurrence sequences and beyond. Information and Computation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ic.2021.104736

We consider a variant of the mortality problem: given k × k matrices A1, . . . , At , do there exist nonnegative integers m1, . . . , mt such that Am1 1 · · · Amt t equals the zero matrix? This problem is known to be decidable when t = 2 but undecida... Read More about On the mortality problem: From multiplicative matrix equations to linear recurrence sequences and beyond.

Distributed State of Charge-Based Droop Control Algorithm for Reducing Power Losses in Multi-Port Converter-Enabled Solar DC Nano-Grids (2021)
Journal Article
Samende, C., Bhagavathy, S. M., & McCulloch, M. (2021). Distributed State of Charge-Based Droop Control Algorithm for Reducing Power Losses in Multi-Port Converter-Enabled Solar DC Nano-Grids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 12(6), 4584-4594. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2021.3089362

This paper aims to address the power loss problem of multi-port converter-enabled solar DC nano-grids (or simply nano-grids) that are designed to provide energy access in rural areas. Nano-grids are low voltage DC energy systems that are built for en... Read More about Distributed State of Charge-Based Droop Control Algorithm for Reducing Power Losses in Multi-Port Converter-Enabled Solar DC Nano-Grids.

Virtual Parts Repository 2: Model-Driven Design of Genetic Regulatory Circuits (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, B., James, K., Wipat, A., & Misirli, G. (2021). Virtual Parts Repository 2: Model-Driven Design of Genetic Regulatory Circuits. ACS synthetic biology, 10(12), 3304-3315. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.1c00157

Engineering genetic regulatory circuits is key to the creation of biological applications that are responsive to environmental changes. Computational models can assist in understanding especially large and complex circuits for which manual analysis i... Read More about Virtual Parts Repository 2: Model-Driven Design of Genetic Regulatory Circuits.

Explicit model for bending edge wave on an elastic orthotropic plate supported by the Winkler–Fuss foundation (2021)
Journal Article
Althobaiti, S. N., Nikonov, A., & Prikazchikov, D. (2021). Explicit model for bending edge wave on an elastic orthotropic plate supported by the Winkler–Fuss foundation. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 16(4), 543 - 554. https://doi.org/10.2140/jomms.2021.16.543

The paper is concerned with a bending edge wave on a thin orthotropic elastic plate resting on a Winkler–Fuss foundation. The main focus of the contribution is on derivation of a specialised reduced model accounting for the contribution of the bendin... Read More about Explicit model for bending edge wave on an elastic orthotropic plate supported by the Winkler–Fuss foundation.

Vehicular Networks Performance Evaluation Based on Downlink Scheduling Algorithms for High-Speed Long Term Evolution – Vehicle (2021)
Journal Article
Mahdi, H., Al-Bander, B., Alwan, M. H., Abood, M. S., & Hamdi, M. M. (in press). Vehicular Networks Performance Evaluation Based on Downlink Scheduling Algorithms for High-Speed Long Term Evolution – Vehicle. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 15(21), 52-66. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i21.22475

Moving is the key to modern life. Most things are in moving such as vehicles and user mobiles, so the need for high-speed wireless networks to serve the high demand of the wireless application becomes essential for any wireless network design. The us... Read More about Vehicular Networks Performance Evaluation Based on Downlink Scheduling Algorithms for High-Speed Long Term Evolution – Vehicle.

Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woolley, S. I., Collins, T., Andras, P., Gardner, A., Ortolani, M., & Pitt, J. (2021, October). Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Waterloo, ON, Canada

A growing sense of unfairness permeates our quasi-digital society. Despite drivers supporting and motivating ethical practice in the digital technology ecosystem, there are compounding barriers to fairness that, at every level, impact technology inno... Read More about Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem.

Post-bifurcation behaviour of elasto-capillary necking and bulging in soft tubes (2021)
Journal Article
Emery, D., & Fu, Y. (2021). Post-bifurcation behaviour of elasto-capillary necking and bulging in soft tubes. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477(2254), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0311

Previous linear bifurcation analyses have evidenced that an axially stretched soft cylindrical tube may develop an infinite-wavelength (localized) instability when one or both of its lateral surfaces are under sufficient surface tension. Phase transi... Read More about Post-bifurcation behaviour of elasto-capillary necking and bulging in soft tubes.

Synthetic biology open language visual (SBOL visual) version 3.0. (2021)
Journal Article
Baig, H., Myers, C., McLaughlin, J., Scott-Brown, J., Vaidyanathan, P., Gorochowski, T., Misirli, G., Beal, J., & Fontanarossa, P. (2021). Synthetic biology open language visual (SBOL visual) version 3.0. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, https://doi.org/10.1515/jib-2021-0013

People who engineer biological organisms often find it useful to draw diagrams in order to communicate both the structure of the nucleic acid sequences that they are engineering and the functional relationships between sequence features and other mol... Read More about Synthetic biology open language visual (SBOL visual) version 3.0..