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A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Steer, C., Robinson, S., Pearson, J., Sahoo, D., Mabbett, I., & Jones, M. (2018). A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing. In MobileHCI '18: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (1-7). https://doi.org/10.1145/3229434.3229461

Digital painting is an increasingly popular medium of expression for many artists, yet when compared to its traditional equivalents of physical brushes and viscous paint it lacks a dimension of tangibility. We conducted observations and interviews wi... Read More about A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing.

Compassionate creativity: Co-design for advanced dementia (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Treadaway, C., Taylor, A., & Fennell, J. (2018). Compassionate creativity: Co-design for advanced dementia. In The Fifth International Conference on Design Creativity Conference Proceedings. , (379-386)

One of the most pressing challenges facing designers today is how to create appropriate, useful and safe designs for people living with advanced dementia. Dementia is a complex disease that presents and progresses differently for each individual. Thi... Read More about Compassionate creativity: Co-design for advanced dementia.

Lyapunov observer/controller for stable haptic interaction (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Jafari, A., Singh, H., Karunanayaka, H., Ryu, J. H., Chong, J., & Etoundi, A. (2018). Lyapunov observer/controller for stable haptic interaction. . https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2018.8452311

© 2018 IEEE. Passivity has been the most common tool to achieve stability in haptic and teleoperation systems; however passivity-based approaches suffer from the conservativism of passivity criteria. Therefore, it is essential to have an approach whi... Read More about Lyapunov observer/controller for stable haptic interaction.

Healthy cities and tourism: integrating healthy lifestyles and tourism practices (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rice, L. (2018). Healthy cities and tourism: integrating healthy lifestyles and tourism practices.

Tourism is transforming many societies, economies and cities. As tourism increases globally, to hitherto unprecedented numbers, there are corresponding transformations in the urban environments catering for tourist practices. However, there is a dive... Read More about Healthy cities and tourism: integrating healthy lifestyles and tourism practices.

Mapping Intelligence: Requirements and Possibilities (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bhatnagar, S., Alexandrova, A., Avin, S., Cave, S., Cheke, L., Crosby, M., …Hernández-Orallo, J. (2018). Mapping Intelligence: Requirements and Possibilities. In V. C. Müller (Ed.), PT-AI 2017: Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence 2017 (117-135). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96448-5_13

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018. New types of artificial intelligence (AI), from cognitive assistants to social robots, are challenging meaningful comparison with other kinds of intelligence. How can such intelligent systems be catalogued, eval... Read More about Mapping Intelligence: Requirements and Possibilities.

A Multisensory Virtual Environment for OSH Training (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tahsiri, M., Lawson, G., Abdullah, C., & Roper, T. (2018). A Multisensory Virtual Environment for OSH Training. . https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2018.8446431

© 2018 IEEE. This paper presents a multisensory and low-cost virtual training simulator developed in Unity 3D, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training. The prototype system facilitates heat and sme... Read More about A Multisensory Virtual Environment for OSH Training.

Ethical considerations of (contextually) affective robot behaviour (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Van Maris, A., Zook, N., Caleb-Solly, P., Studley, M., Winfield, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018). Ethical considerations of (contextually) affective robot behaviour. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards. https://doi.org/10.13180/icres.2018.20-21.08.002

The use of social robots can bring many benefits, but raises ethical concerns as well. One of these concerns, emotional deception, was investigated in this research. First, affective robot behaviour is validated, followed by a user study to investiga... Read More about Ethical considerations of (contextually) affective robot behaviour.

Assessing the joint probability of sea conditions: A robust approach (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gouldby, B., Panzeri, M., Hames, D., Wyncoll, D., Tozer, N., Hawkes, P., …Burgess, K. (2018). Assessing the joint probability of sea conditions: A robust approach. In Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2017: Realising the Potential. https://doi.org/10.1680/cmsb.63174.0653

The design of breakwaters and other coastal structures around the UK requires the assessment of the joint probability of extreme waves and sea levels. There is a standard simplified approach applied within the UK that uses joint exceedance contours o... Read More about Assessing the joint probability of sea conditions: A robust approach.

Fuzzy modeling for uncertain nonlinear systems using fuzzy equations and Z-numbers (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Jafari, R., Razvarz, S., Gegov, A., & Paul, S. (2019). Fuzzy modeling for uncertain nonlinear systems using fuzzy equations and Z-numbers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97982-3_8

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. In this paper, the uncertainty property is represented by Z-number as the coefficients and variables of the fuzzy equation. This modification for the fuzzy equation is suitable for nonlinear system modeling with... Read More about Fuzzy modeling for uncertain nonlinear systems using fuzzy equations and Z-numbers.

Generalised spatial carrierless amplitude and phase modulation in visible light communication (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Akande, K. O., & Popoola, W. O. (2018). Generalised spatial carrierless amplitude and phase modulation in visible light communication. https://doi.org/10.1109/icc.2018.8422647

Generalised spatial carrierless amplitude and phase modulation (GS-CAP) is developed in this paper to improve the spectral efficiency of the conventional CAP in indoor visible light communication. The proposed GS-CAP preserves the attractive low comp... Read More about Generalised spatial carrierless amplitude and phase modulation in visible light communication.

2D and 3D face analysis for ticketless rail travel (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, L., Zhang, W., & Smith, M. L. (2018). 2D and 3D face analysis for ticketless rail travel. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition. , (16-22)

Research is reported into the design, implementation and functionalities of a vision system that employs the human face as a biometric for enabling ticketless rail travel. The system has been developed to optimise performance in the relatively unstru... Read More about 2D and 3D face analysis for ticketless rail travel.

A framework for semi-supervised adaptive learning for activity recognition in healthcare applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gupta, P., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2018). A framework for semi-supervised adaptive learning for activity recognition in healthcare applications. In Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (3-15). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98204-5_1

With the growing popularity of the Internet of Things and connected home products, potential healthcare applications in a smart-home context for assisted living are becoming increasingly apparent. However, challenges in performing real-time human act... Read More about A framework for semi-supervised adaptive learning for activity recognition in healthcare applications.

Towards smart cities development: A study of public transport system and traffic-related air pollutants in Malaysia (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Brohi, S., Pillai, T. R., Asirvatham, D., Ludlow, D., & Bushell, J. (2018). Towards smart cities development: A study of public transport system and traffic-related air pollutants in Malaysia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 167, 8th International Conference on Environment Science and Engineering (ICESE 2018) 11–13 March 2018, Barcelona, Spain. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/167/1/012015

Increasing number of privately owned vehicles are depicting Malaysians preferred mode of mobility and lack of interest in the public transport system. In most developing countries such as Malaysia, motorized vehicles are the major contributors to air... Read More about Towards smart cities development: A study of public transport system and traffic-related air pollutants in Malaysia.

Living “Heterotopias”: The Gojikara Mura© Settings (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Landi, D. (2018). Living “Heterotopias”: The Gojikara Mura© Settings. In 5th International Conference on Architecture and Built Environment S.ARCH, (431-452)

People are living longer and being old is becoming the norm but the potential of acquiring a long-term condition such as dementia is increasing. The societal viewpoint has started to conceptualise the aging population phenomenon as an impending socia... Read More about Living “Heterotopias”: The Gojikara Mura© Settings.

Additive manufacture of a spine surrogate for assessing injury risk during under vehicle explosions (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Barnes, S., Adkins, D., & Newell, N. (2018). Additive manufacture of a spine surrogate for assessing injury risk during under vehicle explosions.

Spinal injuries sustained by occupants during under-vehicle explosions were common in recent conflicts. Mitigation technologies are currently assessed using Anthropometric Test Devices (ATDs) which are designed to respond biofidelically to external l... Read More about Additive manufacture of a spine surrogate for assessing injury risk during under vehicle explosions.

Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Salman, M., & Pearson, M. J. (2018). Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95972-6_44

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. The problem of tactile object identification has a strong connection with the problem of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in a physical 6-dimensional environment. Here... Read More about Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation.

Modeling and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Jafari, R., Razvarz, S., Gegov, A., & Paul, S. (2018). Modeling and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/IS.2018.8710463

© 2018 IEEE. A survey of the methodologies associated with the modeling and control of uncertain nonlinear systems has been given due importance in this paper. The basic criteria that highlights the work is relied on the various patterns of technique... Read More about Modeling and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems.

Understanding user-defined mapping design in mid-air musical performance (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Brown, D., Nash, C., & Mitchell, T. (2018). Understanding user-defined mapping design in mid-air musical performance. https://doi.org/10.1145/3212721.3212810

© 2018 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to Association for Computing Machinery. Modern gestural interaction and motion capture technology is frequently incorporated into Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) to enable n... Read More about Understanding user-defined mapping design in mid-air musical performance.