All Outputs (92)

Knowledge guided deep learning for general-purpose computer vision applications (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Djenouri, Y., Belbachir, A. N., Jhaveri, R. H., & Djenouri, D. (2023). Knowledge guided deep learning for general-purpose computer vision applications. In Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (185-194). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44237-7_18

This research targets general-purpose smart computer vision that eliminates reliance on domain-specific knowledge to reach adaptable generic models for flexible applications. It proposes a novel approach in which several deep learning models are trai... Read More about Knowledge guided deep learning for general-purpose computer vision applications.

Experimental and numerical study on shear behaviour of bolted inter‐modular connection (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Rajanayagam, H., Gunawardena, T., Mendis, P., Poologanathan, K., Gatheeshgar, P., Nagaratnam, B., & Corradi, M. (2023). Experimental and numerical study on shear behaviour of bolted inter‐modular connection. . https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.2606

This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of the shear behaviour of bolted intermodular connections under lateral load using theoretical, experimental, and numerical approaches. Three design configurations with varying bolt sizes and hole tolera... Read More about Experimental and numerical study on shear behaviour of bolted inter‐modular connection.

Understanding people's perceptions of their liveable neighbourhoods: A case study of East Bristol (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Covato, E., & Jeawak, S. (2023). Understanding people's perceptions of their liveable neighbourhoods: A case study of East Bristol. . https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.24

Liveable neighbourhoods are urban planning initiatives that aim to improve the quality of residential areas. In this paper, we focus on the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood (EBLN) to understand people’s perceptions of their neighbourhood’s urban r... Read More about Understanding people's perceptions of their liveable neighbourhoods: A case study of East Bristol.

Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Elshanshoury, W., Lila, A., Lavaf-Pour, Y., Lamond, J., & Marco, E. (2023). Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA (2627 - 2634). https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2023.1382

Global warming is having a significant impact on urban living conditions and putting pressure on finite resources. The built environment, particularly in urban areas, is a major contributor to this problem, highlighting the need for sustainable urban... Read More about Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review.

From necessity to choice: An exploration of participants’ learning experience of online coaching training programmes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mangion-Thornley, K. (2023). From necessity to choice: An exploration of participants’ learning experience of online coaching training programmes. In The 23rd International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, “Workplace change – disruption, continuity and reinvention. The role of HRD in a changing Global Context”. Book of Abstracts (173-174)

This exploratory study examines how online coaching education is experienced by managers and senior leaders taking part in a Coaching and Mentoring (C&M) qualification at level 5 and 7. This is particularly timely and important considering the shift... Read More about From necessity to choice: An exploration of participants’ learning experience of online coaching training programmes.

Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Berridge, S., McEwen, L., & Chun, K. (2023). Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK.

Flood-prone places and people often face conflicting interests that hinder their ability to cope with, and adapt to, wider water security issues. To enhance capacities of these places and people, interdisciplinary researchers (UWE, Bristol) and Acta... Read More about Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK.

Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Cai, C. (2023). Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China.

This study explores how the institutional systems of Brazil and China impact firm characteristics such as ownership type, state provision of capital, and social capital, as well as the implications for Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI). Using... Read More about Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China.

Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Hulke, M., Jafari, A., & Etoundi, A. C. (2023). Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change. In 2023 International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE) (514-521). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSE58758.2023.10227215

It has been estimated that approximately 7000 people undergo limb amputation in the UK every year [1]. This issue is even more significant in the US, where over 150,000 people undergo lower limb extremity amputations, and this number is predicted to... Read More about Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change.

Implicit aspects of the psychosocial rehabilitation with a humanoid robot (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Dimitrova, M., Garate, V. R., Withey, D., & Harper, C. (2023). Implicit aspects of the psychosocial rehabilitation with a humanoid robot. In Z. Kubincová, F. Caruso, T. Kim, M. Ivanova, L. Lancia, & M. Pellegrino (Eds.), Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, Workshops - 13th International Conference (119-128). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42134-1_12

The paper presents an approach to understanding the emergent dynamics of human-robot interaction in the specific case of a humanoid robot taking the role of a co-therapist to the human therapist in psychosocial rehabilitation by focusing on the nonve... Read More about Implicit aspects of the psychosocial rehabilitation with a humanoid robot.

Speed settling of AC-coupled amplifier for active contactless ECG electrode (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Yue, A., Kiely, J., & Errey, K. (2023). Speed settling of AC-coupled amplifier for active contactless ECG electrode. In 2023 IEEE 5th Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS) (100-103). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECBIOS57802.2023.10218677

Contactless electrodes have the ability of long- term wearable physiological recording to meet the massive data requirements in digital health. Active electrodes have been used to avoid noise induced by the high-impedance contactless electrodes for b... Read More about Speed settling of AC-coupled amplifier for active contactless ECG electrode.

A systematic review of reverberation and accessibility for B/blind users in virtual environments (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Child, L., Mitchell, T., & Ford, N. (2023). A systematic review of reverberation and accessibility for B/blind users in virtual environments.

Reverberation is often used in linear and non-linear media to convey the acoustic characteristics of a space. This information is presented alongside visual stimuli to create a multi-modal experience, assisting participants in developing visual and a... Read More about A systematic review of reverberation and accessibility for B/blind users in virtual environments.

Maintenance automation using deep learning methods: A case study from the aerospace industry (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mayhew, P. J., Ihshaish, H., Deza, I., & Del Amo, A. (2023). Maintenance automation using deep learning methods: A case study from the aerospace industry. In Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2023 (295-307). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44204-9_25

In this study, state-of-the-art AI models are employed to classify aerospace maintenance records into categories based on the fault descriptions of avionic components. The classification is performed using short natural language text descriptions pro... Read More about Maintenance automation using deep learning methods: A case study from the aerospace industry.

Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Babalola, A., Cheung, C., Manu, P., & Yunusa-Kaltungo, A. (2023). Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education. In CIBW099W123: Digital Transformation of Health and Safety in Construction: Book of Proceedings (471-480). https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-309-2

Effective construction management plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful execution and completion of construction projects. However, the construction industry continues to face numerous challenges, such as time delays and cost overruns, whic... Read More about Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education.

Enhancing software fault prediction with deep neural networks: An empirical analysis of error-type metrics (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Phung, K., Ogunshile, E., & Aydin, M. E. (in press). Enhancing software fault prediction with deep neural networks: An empirical analysis of error-type metrics.

In the context of software quality assurance, Software Fault Prediction (SFP) serves as a critical technique to optimise costs and efforts by classifying software modules as faulty or not, using pertinent project characteristics. Despite considerable... Read More about Enhancing software fault prediction with deep neural networks: An empirical analysis of error-type metrics.

Lean iceberg model to minimise barriers for digital twin implementation: Sri Lankan construction industry perspective (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Bandara, D. W., Ranadewa, K. A., Parameswaran, A., Eranga, B. A., & Nawarathna, A. (2023). Lean iceberg model to minimise barriers for digital twin implementation: Sri Lankan construction industry perspective. In Proceedings of the 11th World Construction Symposium (671-685). https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2023.55

Digital twin technology holds immense potential for the construction industry in developing countries, while providing numerous benefits. Yet, financial, cultural, infrastructural and technological barriers hinder the implementation of digital twin.... Read More about Lean iceberg model to minimise barriers for digital twin implementation: Sri Lankan construction industry perspective.

Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?. In Proceedings of the 11th World Construction Symposium (634-644). https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2023.52

Adversarialism is an endemic feature of the construction industry, resulting in devasting effects on productivity, cost, performance and client satisfaction within the industry. This can be explained by various factors of which adversarial ‘tradition... Read More about Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?.

Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Watts, G., & Zhao, J. (in press). Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.

The construction industry is facing numerous demands. For example, a contractor will have to ensure they achieve their cost targets and time and quality contractual obligations whilst also meeting any social value and environmental expectations. Soci... Read More about Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.

Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics (2023)
Conference Proceeding
O'Donovan, C., Caleb-Solly, P., Kumar, P., Russell, S., Sumpter, L., & Williams, R. (2023). Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3600210

How and what health and care professionals do will be changed by the use of robotics technologies in their workplaces. This paper reports provisional results of a 12-month scoping project in which we explained to people working in care sectors what e... Read More about Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics.

Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Jones, M. (2023). Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

This paper reflects on collaborative live architectural design projects between Birmingham School of Architecture and Design (BSoAD) students and social lab, CoLab Dudley in Dudley, UK. CoLab Dudley is an experimental form of social and imagination i... Read More about Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Otálora, S., Sierra, S. D., Ballén-Moreno, F., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (10449-10456). https://doi.org/10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160867

Lower-limb exoskeletons and smart walkers are robotic devices to assist patients in regaining their autonomy after a stroke. The integration of these devices enables gait rehabilitation and functional compensation, promoting natural over-ground walki... Read More about Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform.