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Mycelium-based ELM digital twin implemented in FPGA (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) based on fungal mycelium offer a promising solution to the challenges posed by environmental disruption, resource scarcity, and rising material demands, while also exhibiting interesting computational capabilities.... Read More about Mycelium-based ELM digital twin implemented in FPGA.

Efficient load distribution in C-RAN: A priority-based level order traversal approach (2024)
Journal Article

The Cloud Radio Access Network addresses future communication challenges by managing massive traffic demands through its cloud-based infrastructure. C-RAN's dynamic adjustments of Baseband Units to Remote Radio Heads connections enable flexible resou... Read More about Efficient load distribution in C-RAN: A priority-based level order traversal approach.

A reaction-diffusion cellular automata model for mycelium-based engineered living materials evolution (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Engineered living materials (ELMs) and, more specifically, mycelium-based ELMs have been proposed as a solution to address the escalating societal pressures related to human-induced environmental disruption, scarcity of resources, and the anticipated... Read More about A reaction-diffusion cellular automata model for mycelium-based engineered living materials evolution.

Securing V2X communication: DDoS attack implementation and mitigation via VEINS simulation (2024)
Journal Article

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication systems are increasingly vulnerable to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which can severely disrupt network performance and compromise road safety. This rese... Read More about Securing V2X communication: DDoS attack implementation and mitigation via VEINS simulation.

Exploring shared frailty models for cluster-specific risk estimation: A study on diabetes patients with a history of acute coronary syndrome (2024)
Journal Article

This study proposes the use of semiparametric log-normal shared frailty models to analyze time-to-event data for individuals with similar features referred to as clusters. Shared frailty models are useful for modeling and estimating common risk in th... Read More about Exploring shared frailty models for cluster-specific risk estimation: A study on diabetes patients with a history of acute coronary syndrome.

Leveraging deep learning for enhanced software fault prediction using error-type metrics (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Software Fault Prediction (SFP) is a crucial strategy in software quality assurance, aiming to reduce costs and optimise resource allocation by identifying potentially faulty software modules based on key project characteristics. Despite significant... Read More about Leveraging deep learning for enhanced software fault prediction using error-type metrics.

Leveraging LLMs for smart cities qualitative data analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public authorities regularly conduct surveys and gather data from their citizens. The data is often analysed manually and consumes significant effort. This paper explores how Generative Artificial Intelli- gence (GAI) can help public authorities in a... Read More about Leveraging LLMs for smart cities qualitative data analysis.

NeuroEvolution algorithms applied in the designing process of biohybrid actuators (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Soft robots diverge from traditional rigid robotics, offering unique advantages in adaptability, safety, and human-robot interaction. In some cases, soft robots can be powered by biohybrid actuators and the design process of these systems is far from... Read More about NeuroEvolution algorithms applied in the designing process of biohybrid actuators.

GoibhniUWE: A lightweight and modular container-based cyber range (2024)
Journal Article

Cyberattacks are rapidly evolving both in terms of techniques and frequency, from low-level attacks through to sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). There is a need to consider how testbed environments such as cyber ranges can be readily... Read More about GoibhniUWE: A lightweight and modular container-based cyber range.

Mycelium-based ELM emulation utilizing memristive oscillating cellular automata (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) represent a novel class of materials that possess intrinsic properties and capabilities inspired by living organisms. Among ELMs, fungal mycelium stands out due to its low-cost manufacturing process, ubiquity in nat... Read More about Mycelium-based ELM emulation utilizing memristive oscillating cellular automata.

Consistency of XAI models against medical expertise: An assessment protocol (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the significant advances made by Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in enhancing medical diagnostics and prognostics, their opacity poses a hurdle to widespread clinical adoption. In this regard, Explainable AI (XAI) aims to demystify these... Read More about Consistency of XAI models against medical expertise: An assessment protocol.

AdaHAT: Adaptive hard attention to the task in task-incremental learning (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Catastrophic forgetting is a major issue in task-incremental learning, where a neural network loses what it has learned in previous tasks after being trained on new tasks. A number of architecture- based approaches have been proposed to address this... Read More about AdaHAT: Adaptive hard attention to the task in task-incremental learning.

Micro-electrode array recording of extracellular electrical potentials of liquid static surface fermented Hericium erinaceus (2024)
Journal Article

Hericium erinaceus is a basidiomycetes fungus with previously uncharacterised extracellular electrophysiology. Here, we present results of recordings of the electrical potentials of fungal biofilms of this species using microelectrode arrays (MEAs).... Read More about Micro-electrode array recording of extracellular electrical potentials of liquid static surface fermented Hericium erinaceus.

Electrical signaling beyond neurons (2024)
Journal Article

Neural action potentials (APs) are difficult to interpret as signal encoders and/or computational primitives. Their relationships with stimuli and behaviors are obscured by the staggering complexity of nervous systems themselves. We can reduce this c... Read More about Electrical signaling beyond neurons.

Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals (2024)
Journal Article

This paper describes the development of a bioinspired composite material capable of audio classification applications. Hydrogel matrices produced by microorganisms combined with synthetic biology elements, allow for the development of adaptable bioel... Read More about Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals.

A survey on emerging blockchain technology platforms for securing the Internet of Things (2024)
Journal Article

The adoption of blockchain platforms to bolster the security of Internet of Things (IoT) systems has attracted significant attention in recent years. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive and systematic survey papers in the literature addressin... Read More about A survey on emerging blockchain technology platforms for securing the Internet of Things.

Implementing logic operations in gold nanoparticles colloidal suspensions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work experimentally demonstrates the computational capabilities of gold nanoparticle colloidal suspensions. Here we implement Boolean logic gates in Au nanoparticle solutions by applying binary input signals through electrical stimulation and re... Read More about Implementing logic operations in gold nanoparticles colloidal suspensions.

Life-course influences of poverty on violence and homicide: 30-year Brazilian birth cohort study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Homicide is the leading cause of death among young people in Latin America, one of the world's most violent regions. Poverty is widely considered a key cause of violence, but theories suggest different effects of poverty, depending on whe... Read More about Life-course influences of poverty on violence and homicide: 30-year Brazilian birth cohort study.

Exploring discrete space-time models for information transfer: Analogies from mycelial networks to the cosmic web (2024)
Journal Article

Fungal mycelium networks are large scale biological networks along which nutrients, metabolites flow. Recently, we discovered a rich spectrum of electrical activity in mycelium networks, including action-potential spikes and trains of spikes. Reasoni... Read More about Exploring discrete space-time models for information transfer: Analogies from mycelial networks to the cosmic web.

Thermoelectric performance of n-type Bi2S3-alloyed Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (2024)
Journal Article

The effect of isovalent sulfur substitution on the thermoelectric properties of n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 alloy has been studied systematically. At low sulfur concentrations, where the samples are single phase, changes in defect chemistry and density of s... Read More about Thermoelectric performance of n-type Bi2S3-alloyed Bi2Te2.7Se0.3.