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Self-adapting security monitoring in Eucalyptus cloud environment (2023)
Journal Article
Mahmood, S., Yahaya, A., Hasan, R., Hussain, S., Malik, M. H., & Kamal Sarker, U. (2023). Self-adapting security monitoring in Eucalyptus cloud environment. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 14(3), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140310

This paper discusses the importance of virtual machine (VM) scheduling strategies in cloud computing environments for handling the increasing number of tasks due to virtualization and cloud computing technology adoption. The paper evaluates legacy me... Read More about Self-adapting security monitoring in Eucalyptus cloud environment.

Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, R. L., Hyams, C., Robertshaw, J., Garcia Gonzalez, M., Szasz-Benczur, Z., White, P., … Barratt, S. L. (2023). Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration. Respiratory Medicine, 212, 107220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107220

Introduction: Hospitalisations relating to acute respiratory deteriorations (ARD) in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) have poor outcomes. Factors predicting adverse outcomes are not fully understood and data addressing the use of illness severity scor... Read More about Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration.

Toward designing a secure authentication protocol for IoT environments (2023)
Journal Article
Hosseinzadeh, M., Malik, M. H., Safkhani, M., Bagheri, N., Le, Q. H., Tightiz, L., & Mosavi, A. H. (2023). Toward designing a secure authentication protocol for IoT environments. Sustainability, 15(7), 5934. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075934

Authentication protocol is a critical part of any application to manage the access control in many applications. A former research recently proposed a lightweight authentication scheme to transmit data in an IoT subsystem securely. Although the desig... Read More about Toward designing a secure authentication protocol for IoT environments.

A novel mirror neuron inspired decision-making architecture for human–robot interaction (2023)
Journal Article
Sobhani, M., Smith, J., Pipe, A., & Peer, A. (in press). A novel mirror neuron inspired decision-making architecture for human–robot interaction. International Journal of Social Robotics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-00988-0

Inspired by the role of mirror neurons and the importance of predictions in joint action, a novel decision-making structure is proposed, designed and tested for both individual and dyadic action. The structure comprises models representing individual... Read More about A novel mirror neuron inspired decision-making architecture for human–robot interaction.

Error-type -A novel set of software metrics for software fault prediction (2023)
Journal Article
Phung, K., Ogunshile, E., & Aydin, M. (2023). Error-type -A novel set of software metrics for software fault prediction. IEEE Access, 11, 30562-30574. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3262411

In software development, identifying software faults is an important task. The presence of faults not only reduces the quality of the software, but also increases the cost of development life cycle. Fault identification can be performed by analysing... Read More about Error-type -A novel set of software metrics for software fault prediction.

The use AI (ChatGPT) for offensive cyber security (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Arabo, A. (2023, March). The use AI (ChatGPT) for offensive cyber security. Presented at The 2nd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics, 2023, Stanford, CA, USA

Offensive cyber security is crucial in modern information security practices, and the usage of AI-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, has enhanced its effectiveness. ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI, allows trained attackers to create an... Read More about The use AI (ChatGPT) for offensive cyber security.

Resilient supply chain network design without lagging sustainability responsibilities (2023)
Journal Article
Mohammed, A., Zubairu, N., Yazdani, M., Diabat, A., & Li, X. (2023). Resilient supply chain network design without lagging sustainability responsibilities. Applied Soft Computing, 140, 110225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110225

In the 21st century, global supply chains have experienced severe risks due to disruptions caused by crises and serious diseases, such as the great tsunami, SARS, and, more recently, COVID-19. Building a resilient supply chain is necessary for busine... Read More about Resilient supply chain network design without lagging sustainability responsibilities.

Responsive fungal insoles for pressure detection (2023)
Journal Article
Nikolaidou, A., Phillips, N., Tsompanas, M. A., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Responsive fungal insoles for pressure detection. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31594-9

Mycelium bound composites are promising materials for a diverse range of applications including wearables and building elements. Their functionality surpasses some of the capabilities of traditionally passive materials, such as synthetic fibres, reco... Read More about Responsive fungal insoles for pressure detection.

Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework (2023)
Journal Article
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (in press). Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2190962

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in profound disruption to geography higher education. A pivot to online teaching required staff to rapidly adapt their practices to novel digital spaces. Whilst many studies have reported the different pedagogic approac... Read More about Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework.

Home and epigenome: How DNA methylation could explain the association between housing quality and depression (2023)
Journal Article
Sanders, F., Baltramonaityte, V., Alexander, L., Smith, A., Dunn, E., & Walton, E. (2023). Home and epigenome: How DNA methylation could explain the association between housing quality and depression. Neuroscience Applied, 2(Supplement 1), Article 101111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2023.101111

Poor housing quality is a consistent risk factor for mental health problems. Despite the large body of evidence for housing’s relationship with mental health, housing quality as an environmental stressor has not yet been investigated with regards to... Read More about Home and epigenome: How DNA methylation could explain the association between housing quality and depression.

Participatory conceptual design of accessible digital musical instruments using generative AI (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aynsley, H., Mitchell, T. J., & Meckin, D. (in press). Participatory conceptual design of accessible digital musical instruments using generative AI.

This paper explores the potential of AI text-to-image diffusion models (e.g. DALLE-2 and Midjourney) to support the early phase design of new digital musical instruments in collaboration with Disabled musicians. The paper presents initial findings fr... Read More about Participatory conceptual design of accessible digital musical instruments using generative AI.

Static analysis of security issues of the Python packages ecosystem (2023)
Journal Article
Gorine, A., & Spondon, F. (2023). Static analysis of security issues of the Python packages ecosystem. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 17(3), 33-40

Python is considered the most popular programming language and offers its own ecosystem for archiving and maintaining open-source software packages. This system is called the python package index (PyPI), the repository of this programming language. U... Read More about Static analysis of security issues of the Python packages ecosystem.

Experimental demonstration of in-memory computing in a ferrofluid system (2023)
Journal Article
Crepaldi, M., Mohan, C., Garofalo, E., Adamatzky, A., Szaciłowski, K., & Chiolerio, A. (2023). Experimental demonstration of in-memory computing in a ferrofluid system. Advanced Materials, 35(23), Article 2211406. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202211406

Magnetic fluids are excellent candidates for several important research fields including energy harvesting, biomedical applications, soft robotics, and exploration. However, notwithstanding relevant advancements such as shape reconfigurability, that... Read More about Experimental demonstration of in-memory computing in a ferrofluid system.

Living plants ecosystem sensing: A quantum bridge between thermodynamics and bioelectricity (2023)
Journal Article
Chiolerio, A., Vitiello, G., Dehshibi, M. M., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Living plants ecosystem sensing: A quantum bridge between thermodynamics and bioelectricity. Biomimetics, 8(1), 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010122

The in situ measurement of the bioelectric potential in xilematic and floematic superior plants reveals valuable insights into the biological activity of these organisms, including their responses to lunar and solar cycles and collective behaviour. T... Read More about Living plants ecosystem sensing: A quantum bridge between thermodynamics and bioelectricity.

Sensitive periods for the effect of child maltreatment on psychopathology symptoms in adolescence (2023)
Journal Article
Dunn, E. C., Busso, D. S., Davis, K. A., Smith, A. D. A. C., Mitchell, C., Tiemeier, H., & Susser, E. S. (2023). Sensitive periods for the effect of child maltreatment on psychopathology symptoms in adolescence. Complex Psychiatry, 9(1-4), 145–153. https://doi.org/10.1159/000530120

Introduction: Child maltreatment is among the strongest risk factors for mental disorders. However, little is known about whether there are ages when children may be especially vulnerable to its effects. We sought to identify potential sensitive per... Read More about Sensitive periods for the effect of child maltreatment on psychopathology symptoms in adolescence.

Interactive cyber-physical system hacking: Engaging students early using scalextric (2023)
Journal Article
White, J., Legg, P., & Mills, A. (2023). Interactive cyber-physical system hacking: Engaging students early using scalextric. Journal of The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, 10(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.53735/cisse.v10i1.163

Cyber Security as an education discipline covers a variety of topics that can be challenging and complex for students who are new to the subject domain. With this in mind, it is crucial that new students are motivated by understanding both the techni... Read More about Interactive cyber-physical system hacking: Engaging students early using scalextric.

Teaching offensive and defensive cyber security in schools using a Raspberry Pi Cyber Range (2023)
Journal Article
Legg, P., Mills, A., & Johnson, I. (2023). Teaching offensive and defensive cyber security in schools using a Raspberry Pi Cyber Range. Journal of The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, 10(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.53735/cisse.v10i1.172

Computer Science as a subject is now appearing in more school curricula for GCSE and A level, with a growing demand for cyber security to be embedded within this teaching. Yet, teachers face challenges with limited time and resource for preparing pra... Read More about Teaching offensive and defensive cyber security in schools using a Raspberry Pi Cyber Range.

Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions (2023)
Journal Article
Sikurajapathi, B., Henderson, K., & Gwynllyw, R. (2023). Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions. MSOR Connections, 21(Special Issue: CETL-MSOR Conference 2022 Part 1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v21i1

Students may arrive at an incorrect answer when answering a mathematical question due to several reasons, such as random errors, calculation errors or misreading the question. Such errors are sometimes referred to as Common Student Errors (CSEs). Thi... Read More about Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions.

SIGNED: Smart cIty diGital twiN vErifiable data framework (2023)
Journal Article
Pervez, Z., Khan, Z., Ghafoor, A., & Soomro, K. (2023). SIGNED: Smart cIty diGital twiN vErifiable data framework. IEEE Access, 11, 29430-29446. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3260621

Smart city digital twins can provide useful insights by making effective use of multidisciplinary urban data from diverse sources. Whilst these insights provide new information that helps cities in decision making, verifying the authenticity, integri... Read More about SIGNED: Smart cIty diGital twiN vErifiable data framework.