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Learning Energy Storage in Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Sustainable Transportation & Electrical Power Systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The "Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Sustainable Transportation & Electrical Power Systems" is supported by three universities, located in Spain, Italy and United Kingdom, and a Polytechnic Institute in Portugal. One of the main goals is the training... Read More about Learning Energy Storage in Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Sustainable Transportation & Electrical Power Systems.

Novel multilevel hybrid inverter topology with power scalability (2016)
Conference Proceeding

In this paper, a novel multilevel hybrid inverter is presented. The inverter is based on 2 floating capacitors and 16 active switches for five-level voltage waveform between the output of the inverter and neutral point of DC link. The proposed invert... Read More about Novel multilevel hybrid inverter topology with power scalability.

Active Magnetic Bearing system design featuring a predictive current control (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) technology is becoming attractive for several reasons such as high speed operations, high reliability and vibrations exemption. Moreover, AMB can behave as active vibration dampers and provide a real-time control of the... Read More about Active Magnetic Bearing system design featuring a predictive current control.

Comparison of flux observers for sensorless control of permanent magnet assisted SynRel motors (2016)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes the comparison among different sensorless position estimation strategies suitable for permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance machine drives. A machine of such type was designed and optimized aiming at improving its senso... Read More about Comparison of flux observers for sensorless control of permanent magnet assisted SynRel motors.

A Venturini based modulation technique for a new isolated AC/AC power converter (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The Future Global Electricity Network is expected to have large integration of renewable generators, and to be widely interconnected. As a consequence, the multi-modular bidirectional AC/AC power conversion architectures will play a major role in imp... Read More about A Venturini based modulation technique for a new isolated AC/AC power converter.

Matrix converter open circuit behavior analysis (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The matrix converter current recirculating path during an open circuit condition is given in detail with the aim of contributing more expert knowledge to a fault detection system for matrix converter. Simulation results were obtained demonstrating ho... Read More about Matrix converter open circuit behavior analysis.

Interacting with robots as performers and producers of music (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Is it really so strange to think about a robot as something, or perhaps someone that can produce music, as a performer or even as a composer? What happens when robots perform on stage to live audiences, and when they are perceived as intelligent? In... Read More about Interacting with robots as performers and producers of music.

Validation of a quantifier-based fuzzy classification system for breast cancer patients on external independent cohorts (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Recent studies in breast cancer domains have identified seven distinct clinical phenotypes (groups) using immunohistochemical analysis and a variety of unsupervised learning techniques. Consensus among the clustering algorithms has been used to categ... Read More about Validation of a quantifier-based fuzzy classification system for breast cancer patients on external independent cohorts.

ChaLearn Looking at People and Faces of the World: Face AnalysisWorkshop and Challenge 2016 (2016)
Conference Proceeding

We present the 2016 ChaLearn Looking at People and Faces of the World Challenge and Workshop, which ran three competitions on the common theme of face analysis from still images. The first one, Looking at People, addressed age estimation, while the s... Read More about ChaLearn Looking at People and Faces of the World: Face AnalysisWorkshop and Challenge 2016.

From Big data to Smart Data with the K-Nearest Neighbours algorithm (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The k-nearest neighbours algorithm is one of the most widely used data mining models because of its simplicity and accurate results. However, when it comes to deal with big datasets, with potentially noisy and missing information, this technique beco... Read More about From Big data to Smart Data with the K-Nearest Neighbours algorithm.

Game features of cognitive training (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Cognitive training aimed at older adults is introduced and the issues of engagement and adhesion are discussed. Two examples of ‘brain training’ games are analysed, one with a health (non-leisure) focus that is currently being deployed in a clinical... Read More about Game features of cognitive training.

A comparison of humanoid and non-humanoid robots in supporting the learning of pupils with severe intellectual disabilities (2016)
Conference Proceeding

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.

Event series prediction via non-homogeneous Poisson process modelling (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Data streams whose events occur at random arrival times rather than at the regular, tick-tock intervals of traditional time series are increasingly prevalent. Event series are continuous, irregular and often highly sparse, differing greatly in nature... Read More about Event series prediction via non-homogeneous Poisson process modelling.

Personal data management with the Databox: What’s inside the box? (2016)
Conference Proceeding

We are all increasingly the subjects of data collection and processing systems that use data generated both about and by us to provide and optimise a wide range of services. Means for others to collect and process data that concerns each of us – ofte... Read More about Personal data management with the Databox: What’s inside the box?.

X-Y converter family: A new breed of buck boost converter for high step-up renewable energy applications (2016)
Conference Proceeding

A new breed of a buck boost converter, named as the XY converter family is proposed in this article. In the XY family, 16 topologies are presented which are highly suitable for renewable energy applications which require a high ratio of DC-DC convert... Read More about X-Y converter family: A new breed of buck boost converter for high step-up renewable energy applications.

Small fish in a big pond: an architectural approach to users privacy, rights and security in the age of big data (2016)
Conference Proceeding

We focus on the challenges and issues associated with Big Data, and propose a novel architecture that uses the principles of Separation of Concerns and distributed computing to overcome many of the challenges associated with storage, analysis and int... Read More about Small fish in a big pond: an architectural approach to users privacy, rights and security in the age of big data.

A dynamic truck dispatching problem in marine container terminal (2016)
Conference Proceeding

In this paper, a dynamic truck dispatching problem of a marine container terminal is described and discussed. In this problem, a few containers, encoded as work instructions, need to be transferred between yard blocks and vessels by a fleet of trucks... Read More about A dynamic truck dispatching problem in marine container terminal.

Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience (2016)
Conference Proceeding

This round table discussion presents the initial stages of a cross-institution project exploring the reflections and expectations of first year international and home students. This study aims to capture students' early experiences in higher educatio... Read More about Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience.

Green roof and louvers shading for sustainable mosque buildings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The number of mosque buildings is continuously increasing with the Muslim population, which is in fast growth around the world. In particular, the demand of new mosque buildings is high in the urban areas, due to increasing urban population growth in... Read More about Green roof and louvers shading for sustainable mosque buildings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

A comparative study of different fuzzy classifiers for cloud intrusion detection systems' alerts (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The use of Internet has been increasing day by day and the internet traffic is exponentially increasing. The services providers such as web services providers, email services providers, and cloud service providers have to deal with mi... Read More about A comparative study of different fuzzy classifiers for cloud intrusion detection systems' alerts.