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Exploring ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence – A Delphi study (2023)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C., Brooks, L., Hatzakis, T., Santiago, N., & Wright, D. (2023). Exploring ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence – A Delphi study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 191, Article 122502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122502

Ethical and human rights issues of artificial intelligence (AI) are a prominent topic of research and innovation policy as well as societal and scientific debate. It is broadly recognised that AI-related technologies have properties that can give ris... Read More about Exploring ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence – A Delphi study.

Identifying bird species by their calls in Soundscapes (2023)
Journal Article
Maclean, K., & Triguero, I. (2023). Identifying bird species by their calls in Soundscapes. Applied Intelligence, 53, 21485-21499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-023-04486-8

In many real data science problems, it is common to encounter a domain mismatch between the training and testing datasets, which means that solutions designed for one may not transfer well to the other due to their differences. An example of such was... Read More about Identifying bird species by their calls in Soundscapes.

Resolving conflicts during human-robot co-manipulation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Saadi, Z., Hamad, Y. M., Aydin, Y., Kucukyilmaz, A., & Basdogan, C. (2023, March). Resolving conflicts during human-robot co-manipulation. Presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden

This paper proposes a machine learning (ML) approach to detect and resolve motion conflicts that occur between a human and a proactive robot during the execution of a physically collaborative task. We train a random forest classifier to distinguish b... Read More about Resolving conflicts during human-robot co-manipulation.

Comparing a Graphical User Interface, Hand Gestures and Controller in Virtual Reality for Robot Teleoperation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, J., Moemeni, A., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023, March). Comparing a Graphical User Interface, Hand Gestures and Controller in Virtual Reality for Robot Teleoperation. Presented at Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden

Robot teleoperation is being explored in a number of application areas, where combining human adaptive intelligence and high precision of robots can provide access to dangerous or inaccessible places, or augment human dexterity. Using virtual reality... Read More about Comparing a Graphical User Interface, Hand Gestures and Controller in Virtual Reality for Robot Teleoperation.

"Being in on the Action" in Mobile Robotic Telepresence: Rethinking Presence in Hybrid Participation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boudouraki, A., Fischer, J. E., Reeves, S., & Rintel, S. (2023, March). "Being in on the Action" in Mobile Robotic Telepresence: Rethinking Presence in Hybrid Participation. Presented at 18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI), Stockholm, Sweden

Mobile Robotic Telepresence (MRP) systems afford remote communication with an embodied physicality and autonomous mobility, which is thought to be useful for creating a sense of presence in hybrid activities. In this paper, drawing on phenomenology,... Read More about "Being in on the Action" in Mobile Robotic Telepresence: Rethinking Presence in Hybrid Participation.

Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI) (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, D., Jaber, R., Cowan, B. R., Fischer, J. E., Irfan, B., Cumbal, R., Zargham, N., & Lee, M. (2023, March). Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI). Presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden

Conversation is one of the primary methods of interaction between humans and robots. It provides a natural way of communication with the robot, thereby reducing the obstacles that can be faced through other interfaces (e.g., text or touch) that may c... Read More about Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI).

Building a responsible innovation toolkit as project legacy (2023)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C., & Bitsch, L. (2023). Building a responsible innovation toolkit as project legacy. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 8, Article 1112106. https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2023.1112106

This article explores whether and in what way it is possible to employ toolkits for responsible research and innovation (RRI toolkits) as mechanisms for ensuring the legacy of RRI in research projects. Based on a review of the concept of responsible... Read More about Building a responsible innovation toolkit as project legacy.

“So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy (2023)
Journal Article
Dwivedi, Y. K., Kshetri, N., Hughes, L., Slade, E. L., Jeyaraj, A., Kar, A. K., Baabdullah, A. M., Koohang, A., Raghavan, V., Ahuja, M., Albanna, H., Albashrawi, M. A., Al-Busaidi, A. S., Balakrishnan, J., Barlette, Y., Basu, S., Bose, I., Brooks, L., Buhalis, D., Carter, L., …Wright, R. (2023). “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 71, Article 102642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102642

Transformative artificially intelligent tools, such as ChatGPT, designed to generate sophisticated text indistinguishable from that produced by a human, are applicable across a wide range of contexts. The technology presents opportu... Read More about “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy.

Linear Binary Classifier to Predict Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Polyacrylates (2023)
Journal Article
Contreas, L., Hook, A. L., Winkler, D. A., Figueredo, G., Williams, P., Laughton, C. A., Alexander, M. R., & Williams, P. M. (2023). Linear Binary Classifier to Predict Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Polyacrylates. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(11), 14155-14163. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c23182

Bacterial infections are increasingly problematic due to the rise of antimicrobial resistance. Consequently, the rational design of materials naturally resistant to biofilm formation is an important strategy for preventing medical device-associated i... Read More about Linear Binary Classifier to Predict Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Polyacrylates.

What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people (2023)
Journal Article
Curran, T., Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., & Crawford, P. (2023). What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people. Journal of Mental Health, 32(3), 612-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2182412

Background: In 2021, the Arts and Humanities Research Council commissioned a mass-media mental health campaign called “What’s up With Everyone?” Here, innovative co-created messages were professionally storied and animated by an internationally recog... Read More about What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people.

Revisiting the Digital Plumber: Modifying the Installation Process of an Established Commercial IoT Alarm System (2023)
Journal Article
Castle-Green, T., Reeves, S., Fischer, J. E., & Koleva, B. (2023). Revisiting the Digital Plumber: Modifying the Installation Process of an Established Commercial IoT Alarm System. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 32(3), 607-643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09455-2

The ‘digital plumber’ is a conceptualisation in ubicomp research that describes the work of installing and maintaining IoT devices. But an important and often understated element of commercial IoT solutions is their long-term socio-technical infrastr... Read More about Revisiting the Digital Plumber: Modifying the Installation Process of an Established Commercial IoT Alarm System.

Feasibility and acceptability of an Internet of Things-enabled sedentary behavior intervention: mixed-methods study (2023)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Price, D., Li, B., & Blake, H. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of an Internet of Things-enabled sedentary behavior intervention: mixed-methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e43502. https://doi.org/10.2196/43502

Background:

Encouraging office workers to break up prolonged sedentary behavior (SB) at work with regular micro-breaks can be beneficial yet challenging. Internet of Things (IoT) offers great promise for delivering more subtle and hence acceptable... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of an Internet of Things-enabled sedentary behavior intervention: mixed-methods study.

The Design and Engineering of a Fall and Near-Fall Detection Electronic Textile (2023)
Journal Article
Rahemtulla, Z., Turner, A., Oliveira, C., Kaner, J., Dias, T., & Hughes-Riley, T. (2023). The Design and Engineering of a Fall and Near-Fall Detection Electronic Textile. Materials, 16(5), Article 1920. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16051920

Falls can be detrimental to the quality of life of older people, and therefore the ability to detect falls is beneficial, especially if the person is living alone and has injured themselves. In addition, detecting near falls (when a person is imbalan... Read More about The Design and Engineering of a Fall and Near-Fall Detection Electronic Textile.

An improved ensemble particle swarm optimizer using niching behavior and covariance matrix adapted retreat phase (2023)
Journal Article
Hong, L., Yu, X., Wang, B., Woodward, J., & Özcan, E. (2023). An improved ensemble particle swarm optimizer using niching behavior and covariance matrix adapted retreat phase. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 78, Article 101278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2023.101278

Over the past two decades, to overcome the limitations of certain algorithms, ensemble strategies or self-adaptive mechanisms for evolutionary computation algorithms have been proposed. Regardless of how these strategies or mechanisms were designed,... Read More about An improved ensemble particle swarm optimizer using niching behavior and covariance matrix adapted retreat phase.

ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI: Threat to academic integrity? (2023)
Journal Article
Eke, D. O. (2023). ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI: Threat to academic integrity?. Journal of Responsible Technology, 13, Article 100060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100060

The emergence of OpenAI's ChatGPT has put intense spotlight on Generative AI (Gen-AI) systems and their possible impacts on Academic integrity. This paper provides an overview of the current arguments around ChatGPT and Academic integrity and conclud... Read More about ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI: Threat to academic integrity?.

Should Type Theory Replace Set Theory as the Foundation of Mathematics? (2023)
Journal Article
Altenkirch, T. (2023). Should Type Theory Replace Set Theory as the Foundation of Mathematics?. Global Philosophy, 33(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-023-09676-0

Mathematicians often consider Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory with Choice (ZFC) as the only foundation of Mathematics, and frequently don’t actually want to think much about foundations. We argue here that modern Type Theory, i.e. Homotopy Type Theory (H... Read More about Should Type Theory Replace Set Theory as the Foundation of Mathematics?.

Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA (2023)
Journal Article
Mohamed, M. A. A., Shen Yeoh, S., Atkin, J., Diab, A. M., Khalaf, M., & Bozhko, S. (2023). Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA. Aerospace, 10(2), Article 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10020168

A control approach for aircraft Starter/Generator (S/G) with Permanent Magnet Machine (PMM) operating in Flux Weakening (FW) mode is presented. The proposed strategy helps the previous approaches which are adopted for the Variable Voltage Bus (VVB) o... Read More about Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA.

Oceanic Eddy Identification Using Pyramid Split Attention U-Net With Remote Sensing Imagery (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, N., Huang, B., Yang, J., Radenkovic, M., & Chen, G. (2023). Oceanic Eddy Identification Using Pyramid Split Attention U-Net With Remote Sensing Imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 20, Article 1500605. https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2023.3243902

Oceanic eddy is the ubiquitous ocean flow phenomenon, which has been the key factor in the transportation of ocean energy and materials. Consequently, oceanographic understanding can be enhanced by the intelligent identification of eddy. State-of-the... Read More about Oceanic Eddy Identification Using Pyramid Split Attention U-Net With Remote Sensing Imagery.

Composing with the Archive: Developing a Creative Sound Heritage (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chamberlain, A. (2023, February). Composing with the Archive: Developing a Creative Sound Heritage. Presented at Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Preserve, Inspire, Enable, London, UK

A presentation and playback of a composition and accompanying visuals at a British Library event - related video in link.

"Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Preserve, Inspire, Enable"

An all-day conference will conclude the ambitious five-year, UK-... Read More about Composing with the Archive: Developing a Creative Sound Heritage.