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SMURFS: Superpixels from multi-scale refinement of super-regions
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Luengo, I., Basham, M., & French, A. P. (2016, September). SMURFS: Superpixels from multi-scale refinement of super-regions. Presented at British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC 2016), York, UK

Recent applications in computer vision have come to rely on superpixel segmentation as a pre-processing step for higher level vision tasks, such as object recognition, scene labelling or image segmentation. Here, we present a new algorithm, Superpixe... Read More about SMURFS: Superpixels from multi-scale refinement of super-regions.

Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Crescimbini, F., Ji, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2016, September). Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, USA

This paper deals with a newly conceived combine control topology. Dead-Beat and Repetitive controllers are proposed to operate jointly in 4-leg VSI for stand-alone applications. In such mode of operation, dedicated controller has to regulate the inve... Read More about Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI.

Laser cladding of Ni50Cr: A parametric and dilution study
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Song, B., Hussain, T., & Voisey, K. T. (2016, September). Laser cladding of Ni50Cr: A parametric and dilution study. Presented at International Conference on Photonic Technologies Proceedings of the LANE 2016, Fürth, Germany

© 2016 The Authors. The increasing use of biomass as a fuel is leading to higher fireside corrosion of the heat exchangers in boilers due to the high chlorine and alkali metal content in the fuel. Laser cladding of Ni50Cr is a promising technique to... Read More about Laser cladding of Ni50Cr: A parametric and dilution study.

On the Complexity of Resource-Bounded Logics
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alechina, N., Bulling, N., Demri, S., & Logan, B. (2016, September). On the Complexity of Resource-Bounded Logics. Presented at 10th International Workshop on Reachability Problems (RP 2016), Aalborg, Denmark

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. We revisit decidability results for resource-bounded logics and use decision problems for vector addition systems with states (VASS) to characterise the complexity of (decidable) model-checking pr... Read More about On the Complexity of Resource-Bounded Logics.

More electric aircraft starter-generator system with utilization of hybrid modulated model predictive control
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yoeh, S. S., Yang, T., Tarisciotti, L., Hill, C. I., & Bozhko, S. (in press). More electric aircraft starter-generator system with utilization of hybrid modulated model predictive control.

The current trend for future aircraft is the adoption of the More Electric Aircraft (MEA) concept. The electrical based starter-generator (S/G) system is one of the core ideas from the MEA concept. The PI based control scheme has been investigated in... Read More about More electric aircraft starter-generator system with utilization of hybrid modulated model predictive control.

Nonlinear aircraft engine model for future integrated power center development
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Enalou, H., Rashed, M., Kulsangcharoen, P., Hill, C. I., & Bozhko, S. (in press). Nonlinear aircraft engine model for future integrated power center development.

Aircraft engines, the prime source of on-board power, play a vital role within the electrical power generation system. In literature these are considerably simplified to rudimentary engine speed. In this paper, a nonlinear zero-dimension (0-D) order... Read More about Nonlinear aircraft engine model for future integrated power center development.

(1+1)-Evolutionary gradient strategy to evolve global term weights in information retrieval
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ibrahim, O. A. S., & Landa-Silva, D. (2016, October). (1+1)-Evolutionary gradient strategy to evolve global term weights in information retrieval. Presented at 16th Annual UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2016), Lancaster, UK

In many contexts of Information Retrieval (IR), term weights play an important role in retrieving the relevant documents responding to users' queries. The term weight measures the importance or the information content of a keyword existing in the doc... Read More about (1+1)-Evolutionary gradient strategy to evolve global term weights in information retrieval.

The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): A hybrid modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amankwah, E. K., Costabeber, A., Watson, A., Trainer, D., Jasim, O., Chivite-Zabalza, J., & Clare, J. (2016, September). The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): A hybrid modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), Karlsruhe, Germany

This paper presents a novel hybrid modular multilevel voltage source converter suitable for HVDC applications. It has the advantages of other modular multilevel topologies and can be made more compact making it attractive for offshore stations and ci... Read More about The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): A hybrid modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications.

Interaction techniques for mobile collocation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lucero, A., Quigley, A., Rekimoto, J., Roudaut, A., Porcheron, M., & Serrano, M. (2016, September). Interaction techniques for mobile collocation. Presented at 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct (MobileHCI'16), Florence, Italy

Research on mobile collocated interactions has been exploring situations where collocated users engage in collaborative activities using their personal mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets), thus going from personal/individual toward shared/... Read More about Interaction techniques for mobile collocation.

Development and design of a high performance traction machine for the FreedomCar 2020 traction machine targets
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, A., Galea, M., Gerada, D., Gerada, C., Mebraki, A., & Brown, N. (2016, September). Development and design of a high performance traction machine for the FreedomCar 2020 traction machine targets. Presented at International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016), Lausanne, Switzerland

This paper details the design process of a high performance electrical machine with the objective of achieving US Department of Energy FreedomCar 2020 targets, namely meeting the high speed efficiency requirement without sacrificing performance elsew... Read More about Development and design of a high performance traction machine for the FreedomCar 2020 traction machine targets.

Human-data interaction
Book Chapter
Mortier, R., Haddadi, H., Henderson, T., McAuley, D., Crowcroft, J., & Crabtree, A. (in press). Human-data interaction. In The encyclopedia of human-computer interaction. Interaction Design Foundation

We have moved from a world where computing is siloed and specialised, to a world where computing is ubiquitous and everyday. In many, if not most, parts of the world, networked computing is now mundane as both foreground (e.g., smartphones, tablets)... Read More about Human-data interaction.

Predictive analytics for enhancing travel time estimation in navigation apps of Apple, Google, and Microsoft
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amirian, P., Basiri, A., & Morley, J. (2016, October). Predictive analytics for enhancing travel time estimation in navigation apps of Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Presented at 9th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science, Burlingame, California, USA

The explosive growth of the location-enabled devices coupled with the increasing use of Internet services has led to an increasing awareness of the importance and usage of geospatial information in many applications. The mobile navigation apps (often... Read More about Predictive analytics for enhancing travel time estimation in navigation apps of Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Compounding and rheometry of PLA nanocomposites with coated and uncoated hydroxyapatite nanoplatelets
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tomczynska, M. M., Choong, G. Y., De Focatiis, D. S., Grant, D. M., & Parsons, A. J. (2015, September). Compounding and rheometry of PLA nanocomposites with coated and uncoated hydroxyapatite nanoplatelets. Presented at The Polymer Processing Society Conference 2015, Graz, Austria

Polylactic acid and novel nanoplatelets of hydroxyapatite (HANP) were compounded in a laboratory scale twin-screw extruder and injection moulded to shape. The effect of HANP loading content, between 1 wt% and 10 wt%, and of HANP surface coating with... Read More about Compounding and rheometry of PLA nanocomposites with coated and uncoated hydroxyapatite nanoplatelets.

Design and implementation of magnetron power supply and emulator
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abodhir, N., Watson, A. J., Ji, C., & Clare, J. C. (2019, September). Design and implementation of magnetron power supply and emulator. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany

The paper presents a novel resonant based high performance power converter solution for industrial magnetron systems. Based the characteristics of the magnetron, an emulator prototype is also proposed to represent the magnetron load behaviour in a la... Read More about Design and implementation of magnetron power supply and emulator.

A novel full soft-switching resonant power converter for mid-feeder voltage regulation of low voltage distribution network
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ji, C., Watson, A. J., Clare, J. C., & Johnson, C. M. (2016, September). A novel full soft-switching resonant power converter for mid-feeder voltage regulation of low voltage distribution network. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany

This paper presents a novel resonant based, high power density power electronics converter solution for mid-feeder voltage regulation of a low voltage (LV) distribution network. Owing to the use of high switching frequency operation and a full soft-s... Read More about A novel full soft-switching resonant power converter for mid-feeder voltage regulation of low voltage distribution network.

Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Wheeler, P., & Patel, C. (2016, October). Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives. Presented at IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy

This paper presents novel integration options for passive inductor which include: motor-shaped rotational and motor-shaped rotor-less inductor for high speed motor drive system. The novel options have been designed and their performance is compared w... Read More about Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives.

A comparison of humanoid and non-humanoid robots in supporting the learning of pupils with severe intellectual disabilities
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aslam, S., Standen, P., Shopland, N., & Burton, A. (2016, October). A comparison of humanoid and non-humanoid robots in supporting the learning of pupils with severe intellectual disabilities. Presented at 2016 International Conference on Interactive Technologies and Games: EduRob in Conjunction with iTAG 2016, iTAG 2016, Nottingham

Previous research has shown that the humanoid NAO robot can enhance learning as well as improve communication in children with intellectual disabilities. However, most special needs schools cannot afford the humanoid NAO robot due to high costs. Coul... Read More about A comparison of humanoid and non-humanoid robots in supporting the learning of pupils with severe intellectual disabilities.

Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Picas, R., Pou, J., Zaragoza, J., Watson, A., Konstantinou, G., Ceballos, S., & Clare, J. (2016, October). Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016), Florence, Italy

Tolerance and component aging can cause significant differences in the capacitance values of the submodules (SMs) in a modular multilevel converter (MMC). Depending on the modulation technique, capacitance mismatches may produce uneven switching tran... Read More about Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter.

A branch current reallocation based energy balancing strategy for the modular multilevel matrix converter operating around equal frequency
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fan, B., Wang, K., Gu, C., Wheeler, P., & Li, Y. (2016, October). A branch current reallocation based energy balancing strategy for the modular multilevel matrix converter operating around equal frequency. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016), Florence, Italy

The Modular multilevel matrix converter (M3C) is a promising topology for medium-voltage, high-power applications. Due to the modular structure, it is scalable, produces high quality output waveforms and can be fault tolerant. However, the M3C suffer... Read More about A branch current reallocation based energy balancing strategy for the modular multilevel matrix converter operating around equal frequency.