All Outputs (21)

OntoSoS.QM.Gov: A quality governance framework for systems of systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Qaddoumi, E., Odeh, M., Khan, Z., Kossmann, M., Traish, I., & Tbakhi, A. (2017, December). OntoSoS.QM.Gov: A quality governance framework for systems of systems. Paper presented at Complex systems design and management conference, Paris, France

Many organisations develop Systems of systems (SoS) to accomplish their business objectives. SoS deliver new capabilities by enabling cooperation between existing constituent monolithic systems. However, domain and process heterogeneities and varying... Read More about OntoSoS.QM.Gov: A quality governance framework for systems of systems.

VeidBlock: Verifiable identity using blockchain and ledger in a software defined network (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Abbasi, A. G., & Khan, Z. (2017, December). VeidBlock: Verifiable identity using blockchain and ledger in a software defined network. Paper presented at Smart City Clouds: Technologies, Systems and Applications (SCCTSA) co-located with 10th IEEE/ACM Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Austin, Texas

Blockchain and verifiable identities have a lot of potential in future distributed software applications e.g. smart cities. In this paper, we proposed a novel technique, namely VeidBlock, to generate verifiable identities by following a reliable auth... Read More about VeidBlock: Verifiable identity using blockchain and ledger in a software defined network.

Putting the player in the picture; biofeedback and embodied affect (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Palmer (nee Reiser), M., & Palmer, M. (2017, November). Putting the player in the picture; biofeedback and embodied affect. Paper presented at Sounding Out the Space, Dublin, Ireland

The problem faced by those developing games, whether for entertainment or educational purposes, is how to create engaging and inclusive forms of participation. Interaction is a two-way process and whilst there are many ways of feeding information abo... Read More about Putting the player in the picture; biofeedback and embodied affect.

Revisiting site-related sonic practices (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Palmer (nee Reiser), M. (2017, November). Revisiting site-related sonic practices. Paper presented at Sounding Out the Space, Dublin, Ireland

Aims of site-related sonic practices are often opposed to those within mainstream sound production. This paper argues that whilst largely living within places of constructed spatial/sonic homogeneity, site-related sonic practices are culturally impor... Read More about Revisiting site-related sonic practices.

Evolutionary computing frameworks for optimisation (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ramirez, A., & Simons, C. (2017, September). Evolutionary computing frameworks for optimisation. Presented at Meeting of Bristol Branch of the Association of C and C++ Users (ACCU), Bristol, UK

Presentation on frameworks for optimisation using evolutionary computing.

Thoughts on interactive generative music composition (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hunt, S., Mitchell, T., & Nash, C. (2017, September). Thoughts on interactive generative music composition. Paper presented at 2nd Conference on Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

The ability for machines to compose novel, interesting and human-esque music is an important and recurring theme in the history of computer music. Modern staff notation remains the most common tool for music composition, and despite the emergence and... Read More about Thoughts on interactive generative music composition.

Evolvable systems for big data management in business (2017)
Presentation / Conference
McClatchey, R., Branson, A., Shamdasani, J., & Emin, P. (2017, July). Evolvable systems for big data management in business. Paper presented at Int Conf on High Performance Computng & Simulation ISGC2017, Genoa, Italy

Big Data systems are increasingly having to be longer lasting, enterprise-wide and interoperable with other (legacy or new) systems. Furthermore many organizations operate in an external environment which dictates change at an unforeseeable rate and... Read More about Evolvable systems for big data management in business.

LoRaWAN Bristol (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Battle, S., & Gaster, B. (2017, July). LoRaWAN Bristol. Paper presented at IDEAS 2017, UWE, Bristol, UK

The Bristol LoRaWAN Network is a low power radio network for the Internet of Things, based on LoRaWAN and utilising The Things Network. LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) specification intended for wireless battery operated Things in re... Read More about LoRaWAN Bristol.

A network-based approach to capture provenance of a policy-making process (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Javed, B., Khan, Z., & McClatchey, R. (2017, July). A network-based approach to capture provenance of a policy-making process. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 21st International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium on - IDEAS 2017., UWE, Bristol, UK

A policy-making process entails large sources of data for its creation, the tracking of which can provide a significant insight into a process and data that was being employed for its creation. However, a process employed for creating policies varies... Read More about A network-based approach to capture provenance of a policy-making process.

Using a model-driven approach in building a provenance framework for tracking policy-making processes in Smart Cities (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Javed, B., Khan, Z., & McClatchey, R. (2017, July). Using a model-driven approach in building a provenance framework for tracking policy-making processes in Smart Cities. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 21st International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium on - IDEAS 2017, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

The significance of provenance in various settings has emphasized its potential in the policy-making process for analytics in Smart Cities. At present, there exists no framework that can capture the provenance in a policy-making setting. This researc... Read More about Using a model-driven approach in building a provenance framework for tracking policy-making processes in Smart Cities.

RicherPicture: Semi-automated cyber defence using context-aware data analytics (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Erola, A., Agrafiotis, I., Happa, J., Goldsmith, M., Creese, S., & Legg, P. (2017, June). RicherPicture: Semi-automated cyber defence using context-aware data analytics. Paper presented at International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA 2017), London

In a continually evolving cyber-threat landscape, the detection and prevention of cyber attacks has become a complex task. Technological developments have led organisations to digitise the majority of their operations. This practice, however, has its... Read More about RicherPicture: Semi-automated cyber defence using context-aware data analytics.

How can music visualisation techniques reveal different perspectives on musical structure? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hunt, S., Mitchell, T., & Nash, C. (2017, May). How can music visualisation techniques reveal different perspectives on musical structure?. Paper presented at Third International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation, A Coruña, Spain

Standard western notation supports the understanding and performance of music, but has limited provisions for revealing overall musical characteristics and structure. This paper presents several visualisers for highlighting and providing insights int... Read More about How can music visualisation techniques reveal different perspectives on musical structure?.

Arts and humanities perspectives in studying intertidal areas (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Palmer (nee Reiser), M., & Jones, O. (2017, May). Arts and humanities perspectives in studying intertidal areas. Presented at International Interdisciplinary Workshop "Between the Tides", Groningen, The Netherlands

Invited talk and sonification workshop, based on previous sonification work of Severn estuary tides

A user experience review of music interaction evaluations (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Brown, D., Nash, C., & Mitchell, T. (2017, May). A user experience review of music interaction evaluations. Paper presented at International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Copenhagen, Denmark

The need for thorough evaluations is an emerging area of interest and importance in music interaction research. As a large degree of DMI evaluation is concerned with exploring the subjective experience: ergonomics, action-sound mappings and control i... Read More about A user experience review of music interaction evaluations.

The event calculus in probabilistic logic programming with annotated disjunctions (2017)
Presentation / Conference
McAreavey, K., Bauters, K., Liu, W., & Hong, J. (2017, May). The event calculus in probabilistic logic programming with annotated disjunctions. Paper presented at AAMAS 2017 - the 16th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Sao Paulo, Brazil

We propose a new probabilistic extension to the event calculus using the probabilistic logic programming (PLP) language ProbLog, and a language construct called the annotated disjunction. This is the first extension of the event calculus capable of h... Read More about The event calculus in probabilistic logic programming with annotated disjunctions.

Machine learning with Python (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ferreira, P., & Simons, C. (2017, April). Machine learning with Python. Presented at 2017 Conference of the Association of C and C++ Users (ACCU 2017), Bristol, UK

This presentation is a case study taken from the travel and holiday industry. Paxport/Multicom, based in UK and Sweden, have recently adopted a recommendation system for holiday accommodation bookings. Machine learning techniques such as Collaborativ... Read More about Machine learning with Python.

Understanding learning strategy as conversation (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Battle, S. (2017, April). Understanding learning strategy as conversation. Paper presented at AISB 2017, Bath

The goal of this research is to understand the learning strategies employed by students using so called Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), with the aim of supporting efforts to improve the effectiveness of this type of educational technology. An exp... Read More about Understanding learning strategy as conversation.

Haploid-diploid evolutionary algorithms: The Baldwin effect and recombination nature’s way (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bull, L. (2017, April). Haploid-diploid evolutionary algorithms: The Baldwin effect and recombination nature’s way. Paper presented at 2017 AISB Convention, Bath, UK

This paper uses the recent idea that the fundamental haploid-diploid lifecycle of eukaryotic organisms implements a rudimentary form of learning within evolution. A general approach for evolutionary computation is here derived that differs from all p... Read More about Haploid-diploid evolutionary algorithms: The Baldwin effect and recombination nature’s way.

ELCMM: An e-learning capability maturity model (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hammad, R., Odeh, M., & Khan, Z. (2017, April). ELCMM: An e-learning capability maturity model. Paper presented at The 15th International Conference on e-Society, Budapest

The widespread applications of e-learning or technology-enhanced learning in academic institutions have led to a huge escalation in the development of e-learning evaluation models. Such models are focused on the assessment of e-learning systems at th... Read More about ELCMM: An e-learning capability maturity model.

CyberMix: A roadmap of SDN-based intelligent cybersecurity immune system (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Arabo, A. (2017, March). CyberMix: A roadmap of SDN-based intelligent cybersecurity immune system. Paper presented at 12th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Dayton, USA

Cybersecurity is a prerequisite to ongoing developments concerning the interaction of a myriad of networked components ranging from PCs and portable devices through to households white goods. The resulting ecosystem in many ways resembles the human i... Read More about CyberMix: A roadmap of SDN-based intelligent cybersecurity immune system.