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A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing (2015)
Conference Proceeding
El Khalick Mohammad, A., & Wang, D. (2015). A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing. In 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII) (127-133). https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2015.7404966

This paper presents a novel design of an end-effector and a process for automatic electrochemical mechanical polishing of conductive materials. The proposed end-effector employs three different actions, electrical, chemical and mechanical in a synerg... Read More about A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing.

Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Dowthwaite, L., Houghton, R., & Mortier, R. (2015). Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share. In Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015 (355-362). https://doi.org/10.1201/b18293

Online social networks are complex systems that are traditionally discussed in several different ways, often revolving around either the technology and design of the platforms themselves, or the behaviour and social interactions of the communities th... Read More about Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share.

The Fallacy of Endogenous Discounting of Trust Recommendations (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Muller, T., Liu, Y., & Zhang, J. (2015). The Fallacy of Endogenous Discounting of Trust Recommendations. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, (563-572). https://doi.org/10.5555/2772879.2772951

Recommendations are widely used in recommender systems, reputation systems, and trust-based security systems. Some existing reputation systems and trust-based security systems use the flawed notion of endogenous discounting. Endogenous discounting is... Read More about The Fallacy of Endogenous Discounting of Trust Recommendations.

Using Information Theory to Improve the Robustness of Trust Systems (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, D., Muller, T., Irissappane, A. A., Zhang, J., & Liu, Y. (2015). Using Information Theory to Improve the Robustness of Trust Systems. In AAMAS '15: Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, (791--799). https://doi.org/10.5555/2772879.2773255

Unfair rating attacks to trust systems can affect the accuracy of trust evaluation when trust ratings (recommendations) about trustee agents are sought by truster agents from others (advisor agents). A robust trust system should remain accurate, even... Read More about Using Information Theory to Improve the Robustness of Trust Systems.

Predicting the visual demand of finger-touch pointing tasks in a driving context (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Large, D. R., Crundall, E., Burnett, G., & Skrypchuk, L. (2015). Predicting the visual demand of finger-touch pointing tasks in a driving context. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 221-224. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799256

Finger-touch based interactions with capacitive touchscreen devices in cars are becoming increasingly common. As such, it is critical to understand the basic human factors of target acquisition (pointing/touching) in this context. We describe a simul... Read More about Predicting the visual demand of finger-touch pointing tasks in a driving context.

Applying NHTSA task acceptance criteria to different simulated driving scenarios (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Large, D. R., van Loon, E., Burnett, G., & Pournami, S. (2015). Applying NHTSA task acceptance criteria to different simulated driving scenarios. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 117-124. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799254

Driver distraction is a major contributor to road traffic accidents. Consequently, NHTSA have published detailed guidelines intended to discourage the introduction of excessively distracting electronic devices in vehicles. However, concerns have been... Read More about Applying NHTSA task acceptance criteria to different simulated driving scenarios.

Comparing the NHTSA and ISO occlusion test protocols: how many participants are sufficient? (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Pournami, S., Large, D. R., Burnett, G., & Harvey, C. (2015). Comparing the NHTSA and ISO occlusion test protocols: how many participants are sufficient?. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 110-116. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799255

Occlusion is a popular technique used to evaluate the visual demand associated with secondary tasks/devices in a driving context offering a low cost, highly accessible alternative to driving simulators and on-road studies. Several standardised occlus... Read More about Comparing the NHTSA and ISO occlusion test protocols: how many participants are sufficient?.

An investigation of augmented reality presentations of landmark-based navigation using a head-up display (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Bolton, A., Burnett, G., & Large, D. R. (2015). An investigation of augmented reality presentations of landmark-based navigation using a head-up display. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 56-63. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799253

Using landmark-based navigation can greatly improve drivers’ route-finding performance. Previous research in this area has tended to focus on the inclusion of text or icon-based landmark information utilising dashboard-mounted displays. In contrast,... Read More about An investigation of augmented reality presentations of landmark-based navigation using a head-up display.

Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, L., Qi, W., & Hanks, L. (2015). Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum. In Conference proceedings, Chengud, China, April, 2015: ICEPAS International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Society, ISBASS International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences

Although there is a large number of study about the public participation in museum, little of this touched the public engagement in the stage of architecture design. To resolve the conflicts between the laymen and professionals, this paper generally... Read More about Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum.

Understanding social media and sound: music, meaning and membership, the case of SoundCloud (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Chamberlain, A., McGrath, S., & Benford, S. (2015). Understanding social media and sound: music, meaning and membership, the case of SoundCloud.

Social media technologies have meant that people’s mu- sic consumption and production practices have rapidly changed and evolved. In this paper, we start to explore and present some of our initial findings in respect to this growing area of research... Read More about Understanding social media and sound: music, meaning and membership, the case of SoundCloud.

Sonifying the Scene: re-framing and manipulating meaning through audio augmentation (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Chamberlain, A., & Hazzard, A. (2015). Sonifying the Scene: re-framing and manipulating meaning through audio augmentation.

Digital locative music technologies are transforming the ways in which we are able to manipulate and re-frame the meaning of architecture, landscape and art. In this note we explore and outline some of the key features that are associated with this.... Read More about Sonifying the Scene: re-framing and manipulating meaning through audio augmentation.

Extended decomposition for mixed integer programming to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Laesanklang, W., Pinheiro, R. L., Algethami, H., & Landa-Silva, D. (2015). Extended decomposition for mixed integer programming to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem. In D. D. Werra, G. H. Parlier, & B. Vitoriano (Eds.), Operations research and enterprise systems: 4th International Conference, ICORES 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 10-12, 2015: revised selected papers (191–211). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27680-9_12

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. We propose an approach based on mixed integer programming (MIP) with decomposition to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem, in which a set of workers should be assigned to tasks that a... Read More about Extended decomposition for mixed integer programming to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem.

TRIC-track: tracking by regression with incrementally learned cascades (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, X., Valstar, M. F., Martinez, B., Khan, M. H., & Pridmore, T. (2015). TRIC-track: tracking by regression with incrementally learned cascades. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) (4337-4345). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.2015.493

This paper proposes a novel approach to part-based track- ing by replacing local matching of an appearance model by direct prediction of the displacement between local image patches and part locations. We propose to use cascaded regression with incre... Read More about TRIC-track: tracking by regression with incrementally learned cascades.

The effectiveness of information-motivation-behavioural skills model-based diabetes self-management education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME): trial protocol (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Albelbisi, Z., Adams, G. G., Windle, R., & Blake, H. (2015). The effectiveness of information-motivation-behavioural skills model-based diabetes self-management education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME): trial protocol.

Abstract for UKSBM conference: Background: According to the World Health Organization in 2014, 9% of adults over 18 years old are diagnosed with diabetes and more than 1.5 million deaths occur directly by diabetes in low and middle-income countries.... Read More about The effectiveness of information-motivation-behavioural skills model-based diabetes self-management education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME): trial protocol.

Applying interval type-2 fuzzy rule based classifiers through a cluster-based class representation (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Navarro, J., Wagner, C., & Aickelin, U. (2015). Applying interval type-2 fuzzy rule based classifiers through a cluster-based class representation.

Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems (FRBCSs) have the potential to provide so-called interpretable classifiers, i.e. classifiers which can be introspective, understood, validated and augmented by human experts by relying on fuzzy-set based rules.... Read More about Applying interval type-2 fuzzy rule based classifiers through a cluster-based class representation.

Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: a capabilities approach (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Bridges, S. (2015). Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: a capabilities approach.

The increasingly internationalised nature of higher education has enhanced the potential for students to benefit from a more diverse student body, yet there are gaps between the rhetoric and ideals of internationalisation and the lived realities for... Read More about Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: a capabilities approach.

Using simulation to assist recruitment in seasonally dependant contact centers (2015)
Conference Proceeding
May, L., & Siebers, P. (2015). Using simulation to assist recruitment in seasonally dependant contact centers. In 2015 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)doi:10.1109/WSC.2015.7408278

The weather is unpredictable and can have a large impact on the profitability of seasonal businesses, particularly if staffing requirements are highly temperature-dependent. In this paper we describe our efforts in developing a what-if analysis tool... Read More about Using simulation to assist recruitment in seasonally dependant contact centers.

Learning to transfer: transferring latent task structures and its application to person-specific facial action unit detection (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Almaev, T., Martinez, B., & Valstar, M. F. (2015). Learning to transfer: transferring latent task structures and its application to person-specific facial action unit detection. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV 2015). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.2015.430

In this article we explore the problem of constructing person-specific models for the detection of facial Action Units (AUs), addressing the problem from the point of view of Transfer Learning and Multi-Task Learning. Our starting point is the fact t... Read More about Learning to transfer: transferring latent task structures and its application to person-specific facial action unit detection.