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When Children Teach a Robot to Write: An Autonomous Teachable Humanoid Which Uses Simulated Handwriting (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Hood, D., Lemaignan, S., & Dillenbourg, P. (2015). When Children Teach a Robot to Write: An Autonomous Teachable Humanoid Which Uses Simulated Handwriting. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference. , (83-90). https://doi.org/10.1145/2696454.2696479

© 2015 ACM. This article presents a novel robotic partner which children can teach handwriting. The system relies on the learning by teaching paradigm to build an interaction, so as to stimulate meta-cognition, empathy and increased self-esteem in th... Read More about When Children Teach a Robot to Write: An Autonomous Teachable Humanoid Which Uses Simulated Handwriting.

Place-based collaboration: Leadership for a changing world (2015)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2015). Place-based collaboration: Leadership for a changing world. Administration -Dublin-, 63(3), 5-25

Place-less power, meaning the exercise of power by decision makers who are unconcerned about the impact of their decisions on communities living in particular places, has grown significantly in the last thirty years. A consequence is that societies... Read More about Place-based collaboration: Leadership for a changing world.

Smart cross-border e-Gov systems and applications (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sideridis, A., Protopappas, L., Tsiafoulis, S., & Pimenidis, E. (2015, December). Smart cross-border e-Gov systems and applications. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on e-Democracy, Athens, Greece

Recent developments on ICT innovations like Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and Big Data encourage further the design and application of "Smart" e-Government Systems and applications to citizens and business. These smart systems are aiming to imp... Read More about Smart cross-border e-Gov systems and applications.

A method for privacy-preserving context-aware mobile recommendations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Polatidis, N., Georgiadis, C., Pimenidis, E., & Stiakakis, E. (2015, December). A method for privacy-preserving context-aware mobile recommendations. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on e-Democracy, Athens, Greece

Mobile recommender systems aim to solve the information overload problem found by recommending products or services to users of mobile smartphones or tables at any given point in time and in any possible location. Mobile recommender systems are desig... Read More about A method for privacy-preserving context-aware mobile recommendations.

Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists (2015)
Journal Article
Mulvaney, C. A., Smith, S., Watson, M. C., Parkin, J., Coupland, C., Miller, P., …Mcclintock, H. (2015). Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010415.pub2

© 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Cycling is an attractive form of transport. It is beneficial to the individual as a form of physical activity that may fit more readily into an individual's daily routine, such as for cycling to work and... Read More about Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists.

Robot mediated communication: Enhancing tele-presence using an avatar (2015)
Thesis
Hossen Mamode, H. Z. (in press). Robot mediated communication: Enhancing tele-presence using an avatar. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/829979

In the past few years there has been a lot of development in the field of tele-presence. These developments have caused tele-presence technologies to become easily accessible and also for the experience to be enhanced. Since tele-presence is not only... Read More about Robot mediated communication: Enhancing tele-presence using an avatar.

Society and the Severn (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T. (2015, December). Society and the Severn. Presented at Sustainable Severn Forum 2015, SS Great Britain

Dr Thomas Appleby, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England and part of the International Water Security Network spoke on Society and the Severn and discussed different forms of control and protected interests and regulations a... Read More about Society and the Severn.

HSA queuing model (2015)
Book Chapter
Gaster, B., Howes, L., & Hower, D. (2015). HSA queuing model. In W. Hwu (Ed.), Heterogeneous System Architecture: Practical Applications for Industry. Morgan Kaufmann

HSA is a system architecture design for modern computing, integrating CPUs, GPUs, and other accelerators into a single shared memory system. To enable low-latency dispatch between different agents (devices) HSA provides architected queues, which enab... Read More about HSA queuing model.

HSA memory model (2015)
Book Chapter
Gaster, B., Howes, L., & Hower, D. (2015). HSA memory model. In W. Hwu (Ed.), Heterogeneous System Architecture: Practical Applications for Industry. Morgan Kaufmann

The HSA architecture has adopted a variant of the HRF-Relaxed memory model, which allows memory accesses to be controlled via fine grain scopes. This chapter introduces the HSA memory consistency model, how programmers can control memory visibility,... Read More about HSA memory model.

Transition dynamics to complex rules in elementary cellular automata from Wolfram classes (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Delgado, E. M., Martinez, G., & Adamatzky, A. (2015, November). Transition dynamics to complex rules in elementary cellular automata from Wolfram classes. Poster presented at 1era Semana de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Mexico City, Mexico

We overview the basis of Elementary Cellular Automata and Wolfram’s Classes, subsequently we show a technique known as Memory Based Rule Analysis, to extract complex systems from a family of chaotic discrete dynamical system. Cases of study rules 30... Read More about Transition dynamics to complex rules in elementary cellular automata from Wolfram classes.

Swarm of robots simulator (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Barrera, R. G. C., Martinez, G., Oliva Moreno, L. N., & Adamatzky, A. (2015, November). Swarm of robots simulator. Poster presented at 1era Semana de las Ciencias de la Complejidad, Mexico City, Mexico

If a robot can perform a specific task by itself... Can you imagine the work that can be done by hundreds of robots working all together?. Swarms have emerged as a way to assimilate the behavior of nature like insects, school of fish or flocks; becau... Read More about Swarm of robots simulator.

Cyber Security Challenges within the Connected Home Ecosystem Futures (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Arabo, A. (2015, November). Cyber Security Challenges within the Connected Home Ecosystem Futures. Paper presented at Procedia Computer Science, San Jose, California, USA

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Cybercrime and threats of cyber security is much closer to connected home ecosystems futures that ever been expected. Most of the research effort is focused on the defense mechanisms of cooperate and nat... Read More about Cyber Security Challenges within the Connected Home Ecosystem Futures.

Cycling Futures: From Research into Practice (2015)
Book
Gerike, R., & Parkin, J. (2015). J. Parkin, & R. Gerike (Eds.), Cycling Futures: From Research into Practice. Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate

A growing number of stakeholders and authorities recognize the benefits of cycling. Much is known already about the nature of cycling and the factors that influence it. The goal of this book is to bridge the gap between research and practice by allow... Read More about Cycling Futures: From Research into Practice.

The use of social marketing in promoting cycling (2015)
Book Chapter
Tapp, A., & Parkin, J. (2015). The use of social marketing in promoting cycling. In R. Gerike, & J. Parkin (Eds.), Cycling Futures: From Research into Practice (183-205). Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate

This chapter explores the use of social marketing to increase the use of the bicycle as a mode of everyday travel. The popularity and level of use of a particular transport mode will broadly result from two factors: the quality of experience of that... Read More about The use of social marketing in promoting cycling.

Air Pollution. Why we fail to learn the lessons of history (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J. (2015, October). Air Pollution. Why we fail to learn the lessons of history. Presented at Routes to Clean Air, Bristol, UK

This presentation explores contemporary issues of air pollution through the lens provided by history. It presents a perspective drawn from an analysis of historical, and mostly failed, attempts to manage air pollution from classical times until to... Read More about Air Pollution. Why we fail to learn the lessons of history.

Briefing for design commission evidence session 2: Health and wellbeing (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2015, October). Briefing for design commission evidence session 2: Health and wellbeing. Presented at All Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group: Evidence Session, Houses of Parliament, London, UK

Briefing Notes and Context The debate about the extent to which, and in what ways, our behaviour is affected by the built environment is not new. Whilst we might use emerging technology, visualising techniques and different data streams to extrapol... Read More about Briefing for design commission evidence session 2: Health and wellbeing.

The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts (2015)
Other
Barnes, J., Crawshaw, S., Parkhurst, G., Toy, J., Robinson, B., Ricci, M., …Davis, A. (2015). The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts. Bristol

THE BRISTOL METHOD The Bristol Method is a knowledge-transfer programme aimed at helping people in other cities understand and apply the lessons that Bristol has learned in becoming a more sustainable city, not just in 2015 but in the last decade.... Read More about The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts.

Beyond dissemination - Science communication as impact (2015)
Journal Article
Fogg-Rogers, L., Grand, A., & Sardo, M. (2015). Beyond dissemination - Science communication as impact. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 14(3), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.14030301

The drive for impact from research projects presents a dilemma for science communication researchers and practitioners - should public engagement be regarded only as a mechanism for providing evidence of the impact of research or as itself a form of... Read More about Beyond dissemination - Science communication as impact.

Air pollution. Why we fail to learn the lessons of history (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J. (2015, September). Air pollution. Why we fail to learn the lessons of history. Presented at Green Hour Talks, Bristol Bright Night 2015. A Contribution to European Researchers’ Night, At Bristol, Bristol, UK

This presentation will explore contemporary issues of air pollution through the lens provided by history. It will present a perspective drawn from an analysis of historical, and mostly failed, attempts to manage air pollution from classical times unt... Read More about Air pollution. Why we fail to learn the lessons of history.