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Teaching machines to ask questions (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, K., Zhang, L., Luo, T., Tao, L., & Wu, Y. (2018, July). Teaching machines to ask questions. Paper presented at International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, Stockholm, Sweden

We propose a novel neural network model that aims to generate diverse and human-like natural language questions. Our model not only directly captures the variability in possible questions by using a latent variable, but also generates certain types o... Read More about Teaching machines to ask questions.

Combining opinion pooling and evidential updating for multi-agent consensus (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Lee, C., Lawry, J., & Winfield, A. (2018, July). Combining opinion pooling and evidential updating for multi-agent consensus. Paper presented at Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-18), Stockholm, Sweden

The evidence available to a multi-agent system can take at least two distinct forms. There can be direct evidence from the environment resulting, for example, from sensor measurements or from running tests or experiments. In addition, agents also gai... Read More about Combining opinion pooling and evidential updating for multi-agent consensus.

Introduction to air quality issues (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, J. (2018, July). Introduction to air quality issues. Presented at A Clean Air Plan for Bristol, Bristol, UK

Place-based leadership: Lessons from the Bristol leadership challenge (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bolden, R., Gulati, A., Burns, G., & Gott, M. (2018, July). Place-based leadership: Lessons from the Bristol leadership challenge. Paper presented at 10th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, UWE Bristol, England

In recent years there have been calls for an increasing emphasis on the development of place-based leadership to tackle ‘wicked’ issues, improve resilience and meet the needs of local citizens (Budd and Sancino 2016; Grint and Holt 2011; Hambleton 20... Read More about Place-based leadership: Lessons from the Bristol leadership challenge.

Going further than conservation: A research-based approach to regeneration and re-use (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bassindale, J. (2018, July). Going further than conservation: A research-based approach to regeneration and re-use. Presented at "Imprint Harbin - City Trace" at Harbin institute of Technology, China, Harbin, China

A dissemination of a book chapter for a forthcoming publication titled "Architectural Regeneration".

Using finger puppets in leadership learning (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, A. F. (2018, July). Using finger puppets in leadership learning. Presented at DLCC - 2018, University of Bristol

A Developing Leadership conference paper (July 2018). Recounting my development of using finger puppets in exercises and workshops to compliment theoretical standpoints of leadership.

Co-designing the healthy city; approaches for integrating new technologies and collaborative working (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2018, July). Co-designing the healthy city; approaches for integrating new technologies and collaborative working. Paper presented at Data Analytics for Future Cities Research, Danang, Vietnam

The research focuses on healthy cities, particularly how to make urban environments healthier, more sustainable and more liveable. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have replaced their Millennium Development Goals with much more of a focus on he... Read More about Co-designing the healthy city; approaches for integrating new technologies and collaborative working.

Credibility in the absence of legitimacy (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sheppard, A., & McClymont, K. (2018, July). Credibility in the absence of legitimacy. Paper presented at AESOP 2018: Making space for hope, Gothenburg

This presentation considers the motivations for those who chose to live beyond ‘the system’; outside of mainstream regulated society and, particularly, formal town and country planning frameworks. The paper presents research which compares the moti... Read More about Credibility in the absence of legitimacy.

Predatory lending and consumer protection in the United Kingdom: Time for a frank conversation (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2018, July). Predatory lending and consumer protection in the United Kingdom: Time for a frank conversation. Paper presented at Global Consumer Lives: ‘(Vulnerable) consumers or citizens?: is there a correct rationale for a fairer access to justice?, Brunell University, London, England

The aim of this paper is to provide a critical commentary on the United Kingdom's regulation of predatory lending. The paper draws comparisons with the approach adopted in the United States of America.

Governance and territory: Comparative responses to growth in Cambridge and Oxford (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Hickman, H., & Valler, D. (2018, July). Governance and territory: Comparative responses to growth in Cambridge and Oxford. Paper presented at AESOP Congress 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden

Conference paper on divergent policy styles and the management of major economic and housing growth in both Cambridge and Oxford sub-regions.

Further development of a variable camber morphing mechanism using the direct control airfoil geometry concept (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Loudon, K., Bouferrouk, A., Coleman, B., Hughes, F., Lewis, B., Parsons, B., …Yao, Y. (2018, July). Further development of a variable camber morphing mechanism using the direct control airfoil geometry concept. Paper presented at International Symposium of Sustainable Aviation, Rome, Italy

This paper reports on the design, manufacture and testing of an improved variable camber morphing wing mechanism following the study by Evans et al. (2016), who employed the so-called Direct Control Airfoil Geometry (DCAG) concept to actuate the trai... Read More about Further development of a variable camber morphing mechanism using the direct control airfoil geometry concept.

Implementing the United Nations sustainable development goals for the systems engineering of multinational corporations (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brooks, I., Kossmann, M., Longhurst, J., & Odeh, M. (2018, July). Implementing the United Nations sustainable development goals for the systems engineering of multinational corporations. Paper presented at Delivering Systems in the Age of Globalization, Washington DC, USA

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by 193 countries. They can be characterised as sustainability ‘requirements’ for the global system. This paper provides a vision of how Multinational Companies (MNCs) are... Read More about Implementing the United Nations sustainable development goals for the systems engineering of multinational corporations.

Story mapping & ArcGIS online: Building bridges between students & researchers (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Horswell, M., & Quinn, N. (2018, July). Story mapping & ArcGIS online: Building bridges between students & researchers. Paper presented at Esri Education Summit, San Diego, California, USA

Researchers at UWE Bristol (UK) needed ways of communicating drought and were struggling to find an in-road as drought seems ‘low risk’ in the UK. Using Story Maps to develop conversation pieces was recognised as way forward. Students were given the... Read More about Story mapping & ArcGIS online: Building bridges between students & researchers.

Ready & able graduates: GIS as a tool for dispositional development (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., & West, H. (2018, July). Ready & able graduates: GIS as a tool for dispositional development. Paper presented at Esri Education Summit, San Diego, California, USA

As university tutors in an age of easy access to information and instruction, our role shifts from information transmitter to something altogether more challenging. Fee paying students with high expectations demand more than knowledge and technical c... Read More about Ready & able graduates: GIS as a tool for dispositional development.

Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., Quinn, N., & West, H. (2018, July). Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century. Paper presented at Esri Education Summit, San Diego, California, USA

The greatest challenge in teaching a technology related subject, is the rate at which technology changes and progresses. Designing curricula in such contexts, requires a shift out of a ‘training’ mind set, to be both anticipatory and market responsiv... Read More about Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century.

The potential for personalised public transport solutions to enhance job seekers' access to employment sites. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Calvert, T., Crawford, F., Parkhurst, G., & Parkin, J. (2018, July). The potential for personalised public transport solutions to enhance job seekers' access to employment sites. Paper presented at Transport Practitioners' Meeting (TPM), Oxford, UK

This paper examines the importance of the accessibility of employment locations to job-seekers’ perceived work options. It investigates the potential of an employment site-oriented Personalised Collective Transport Service (PCTS) to help solve the li... Read More about The potential for personalised public transport solutions to enhance job seekers' access to employment sites..

New technologies and automation for last mile deliveries: Advantages, disadvantages and policy implications (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Paddeu, D., & Parkhurst, G. (2018, July). New technologies and automation for last mile deliveries: Advantages, disadvantages and policy implications. Paper presented at 16th Annual Practitioners’ Meeting (TPM), Oxford

Urban freight transport is crucial to ensuring the economic vitality of a city. However, significant negative externalities arise from freight flows in an urban area (e.g. polluting emissions, contribution to congestion, noise, etc.). Alternatives to... Read More about New technologies and automation for last mile deliveries: Advantages, disadvantages and policy implications.

The many assumptions about self‐driving cars – Where are we heading and who is in the driving seat? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Parkhurst, G., & Lyons, G. (2018, July). The many assumptions about self‐driving cars – Where are we heading and who is in the driving seat?. Paper presented at 16th Annual Transport Practitioners' Meeting, Oxford, England

Will our future be filled with self-driving cars? If so, when are they due to hit our streets, will they have steering wheels, and will people own them or hail them? There is, we suggest, an ‘emotive enthusiasm’ amongst policymakers and industry play... Read More about The many assumptions about self‐driving cars – Where are we heading and who is in the driving seat?.