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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.

Understanding pedestrian red light violation: Exploration of the impact of traffic engineering and traffic conditions (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Pellecuer, L., & Chusseau, A. (in press). Understanding pedestrian red light violation: Exploration of the impact of traffic engineering and traffic conditions.

The design of the geometry and traffic controls at signalised junctions is often focused on the level of service offered to drivers and rarely takes into consideration the level of service offered to pedestrians. This results in pedestrian adopting i... Read More about Understanding pedestrian red light violation: Exploration of the impact of traffic engineering and traffic conditions.

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?.

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.

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.

Sensitivity of the seismic response to the modelling variables defining constitutive models of reinforced concrete frames (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Karaki, G. (2023). Sensitivity of the seismic response to the modelling variables defining constitutive models of reinforced concrete frames. In Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020

Probabilistic performance-based methods are well integrated into earthquake engineering applications. Therefore, the seismic response uncertainty and its sources must be adequately characterized for a more reliable seismic assessment. The paper exami... Read More about Sensitivity of the seismic response to the modelling variables defining constitutive models of reinforced concrete frames.

Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Hatherell, J., Marmier, A., Dennis, G., Curry, W., & Matthews, J. (2023). Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes. In Proceedings of the Design Society (1815-1824). https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.182

Over the last 20 years, finite element analysis (FEA) has become a standard analysis tool for metal joining processes. When FEA tools are combined with design of experiments (DOE) methodologies, academic research has shown the potential for virtual D... Read More about Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes.

Towards digital-twin solutions for the 15 minute city (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Ludlow, D., Khan, Z., Chrysoulakis, N., & Mitraka, Z. (2023). Towards digital-twin solutions for the 15 minute city. In 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). https://doi.org/10.1109/jurse57346.2023.10144161

The Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency have re-emphasised the need to re-evaluate urban governance and planning process in cities. The "new-normal"and digital transformations offer catalysts to drive and deliver climate mitigation in cities.... Read More about Towards digital-twin solutions for the 15 minute city.

Towards the European Commission's road safety goal of 'Vision Zero': Intended routes of the SOTERIA journey (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Booth, C. A., Georgakis, P., Magoutas, B., Sudhakaran, G. M., Abbey, S. J., Prabhakaran, A., …Digkas, A. (in press). Towards the European Commission's road safety goal of 'Vision Zero': Intended routes of the SOTERIA journey.

The emergence of complex urban mobility environments, where unknown interactions between different types of vulnerable road users (VRUs) and between VRUs and motorised vehicles, poses the need for a clear understanding of user behaviours, fair and op... Read More about Towards the European Commission's road safety goal of 'Vision Zero': Intended routes of the SOTERIA journey.

The implications of interim payment certificate in UK: A literature review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Tawfik, A. (2023). The implications of interim payment certificate in UK: A literature review. In S. M. Ahmed, S. Azhar, A. D. Saul, K. L. Mahaffy, & R. U. Farooqui (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC 13) (440-447)

The appropriate measurement and valuation of construction works is between the crucial aspects of successful project management. This takes place following traditional surveying methods and inspection techniques, however, both clients and contractors... Read More about The implications of interim payment certificate in UK: A literature review.

The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Bozorgzadeh, A. (2023). The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review. In S. M. Ahmed, S. Azhar, A. Saul, K. Mahaffy, & R. Farooqui (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC 13) (738-748)

A critical concern with the UK’s construction project progress monitoring and control techniques is their dependency on data collection, which is time-consuming and unproductive and may lead to various circumstances in managing projects. However, col... Read More about The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review.

Feel the force, see the force: Exploring visual-tactile associations of deformable surfaces with colours and shapes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Steer, C., Dinca, T., Jicol, C., Proulx, M. J., & Alexander, J. (2023). Feel the force, see the force: Exploring visual-tactile associations of deformable surfaces with colours and shapes. In CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-13). https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580830

Deformable interfaces provide unique interaction potential for force input, for example, when users physically push into a soft display surface. However, there remains limited understanding of which visual-tactile design elements signify the presence... Read More about Feel the force, see the force: Exploring visual-tactile associations of deformable surfaces with colours and shapes.

Handheld device design for robotic teleoperation based on multi-sensor fusion (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Xie, L., Huang, D., Lu, Z., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2023). Handheld device design for robotic teleoperation based on multi-sensor fusion. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM54990.2023.10102054

Precise leader-follower control is critical for teleop- eration. This paper designs and implements a low-cost leader device for unilateral teleoperation scenario. Monocular vision based on fiducial markers and MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) are... Read More about Handheld device design for robotic teleoperation based on multi-sensor fusion.