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SiC/GaN power semiconductor devices theoretical comparison and experimental evaluation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Li, K., Evans, P., & Johnson, C. M. (2016). SiC/GaN power semiconductor devices theoretical comparison and experimental evaluation.

SiC and GaN power transistors conduction loss and switching losses are compared in this paper. In order to compare performance of the same power rating device, a theoretical analysis is given to compare SiC device conduction loss and switching losses... Read More about SiC/GaN power semiconductor devices theoretical comparison and experimental evaluation.

A review of power converter topologies with medium/high frequency transformers for grid interconnection systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Nasir, U., Rivera, M., Toleda, S., Costabeber, A., & Wheeler, P. (2016). A review of power converter topologies with medium/high frequency transformers for grid interconnection systems.

In recent years, power electronics has evolved dra¬matically due to their importance in power extracted manage¬ment from renewable sources. In this paper an overview of grid interconnection systems with galvanic isolation is presented. The most commo... Read More about A review of power converter topologies with medium/high frequency transformers for grid interconnection systems.

Railway bridge asset management using a Petri-Net modelling approach (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Yianni, P. C., Rama, D., Neves, L. C., & Andrews, J. D. (2016). Railway bridge asset management using a Petri-Net modelling approach.

Infrastructure assets can be difficult to manage due to the array of defects, the variety of environmental situations and the different operational scenarios. A number of studies have tried to model bridge asset management. The main focus of these mo... Read More about Railway bridge asset management using a Petri-Net modelling approach.

GeoTracks: adaptive music for everyday journeys (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Greenhalgh, C., Hazzard, A., McGrath, S., & Benford, S. (2016). GeoTracks: adaptive music for everyday journeys. In MM '16 Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on Multimedia Conference (42-46). https://doi.org/10.1145/2964284.2967181

Listening to music on the move is an everyday activity for many people. This paper proposes geotracks and geolists, music tracks and playlists of existing music that are aligned and adapted to specific journeys. We describe how everyday walking journ... Read More about GeoTracks: adaptive music for everyday journeys.

Developing power semiconductor device model for virtual prototyping of power electronics systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Li, K., Evans, P., & Johnson, C. M. (2016). Developing power semiconductor device model for virtual prototyping of power electronics systems.

Virtual prototyping (VP) is very important for power electronics systems design. A virtual prototyping design tool based on different modelling technology and model order reduction is proposed in the paper. In order to combine circuit electromagnetic... Read More about Developing power semiconductor device model for virtual prototyping of power electronics systems.

Investigation of changes in the electrical properties of novel knitted conductive textiles during cyclic loading (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Isaia, C., McNally, D., McMaster, S. A., & Branson, D. T. (2016). Investigation of changes in the electrical properties of novel knitted conductive textiles during cyclic loading. In 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC): 16-20 Aug. 2016 (6058-6061). https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592110

© 2016 IEEE. Combining stainless steel with polyester fibres adds an attractive conductive behaviour to the yarn. Once knitted in such a manner, fabrics develop sensing properties that make the textiles, also known as e-textiles, suitable for smart/w... Read More about Investigation of changes in the electrical properties of novel knitted conductive textiles during cyclic loading.

Balance ninja: towards the design of digital vertigo games via galvanic vestibular stimulation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Byrne, R., Marshall, J., & Mueller, F. ‘. (2016). Balance ninja: towards the design of digital vertigo games via galvanic vestibular stimulation.

Vertigo – the momentary disruption of the stability of perception – is an intriguing game element that underlies many unique play experiences, such as spinning in circles as children to rock climbing as adults, yet vertigo is relatively unexplored wh... Read More about Balance ninja: towards the design of digital vertigo games via galvanic vestibular stimulation.

AVEC 2016: Depression, Mood, and Emotion Recognition Workshop and Challenge (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Valstar, M., Gratch, J., Schuller, B., Ringeval, F., Lalanne, D., Torres, M. T., …Pantic, M. (2016). AVEC 2016: Depression, Mood, and Emotion Recognition Workshop and Challenge. In AVEC '16 Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Audio/Visual Emotion Challenge (3-10). https://doi.org/10.1145/2988257.2988258

© 2016 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). The Audio/Visual Emotion Challenge and Workshop (AVEC 2016) \Depression, Mood and Emotion" will be the sixth competition event aimed at comparison of multimedia processing and machine learning methods for... Read More about AVEC 2016: Depression, Mood, and Emotion Recognition Workshop and Challenge.

Cascaded continuous regression for real-time incremental face tracking (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Sánchez Lozano, E., Martinez, B., Tzimiropoulos, G., & Valstar, M. F. (2016). Cascaded continuous regression for real-time incremental face tracking.

This paper introduces a novel real-time algorithm for facial landmark tracking. Compared to detection, tracking has both additional challenges and opportunities. Arguably the most important aspect in this domain is updating a tracker's models as trac... Read More about Cascaded continuous regression for real-time incremental face tracking.

How do principles for human-centred automation apply to Disruption Management Decision Support? (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Golightly, D., & Dadashi, N. (2016). How do principles for human-centred automation apply to Disruption Management Decision Support?. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2016.7588725

While automation of signal and route setting is routine, the use of automation or decision support in disruption management processes is far less common. Such support offers significant advantages in optimising re-planning of both timetable and resou... Read More about How do principles for human-centred automation apply to Disruption Management Decision Support?.

Interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system for non-linear system prediction (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Eyoh, I., John, R., & de Maere, G. (2016). Interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system for non-linear system prediction.

This paper presents an approach to prediction based on a new interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system (IT2IFLS) of Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) fuzzy inference. The gradient descent algorithm (GDA) is used to adapt the parame- ters of the IT2IFL... Read More about Interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system for non-linear system prediction.

A CNN cascade for landmark guided semantic part segmentation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Jackson, A. S., Valstar, M., & Tzimiropoulos, G. (2016). A CNN cascade for landmark guided semantic part segmentation.

This paper proposes a CNN cascade for semantic part segmentation guided by pose-specifc information encoded in terms of a set of landmarks (or keypoints). There is large amount of prior work on each of these tasks separately, yet, to the best of our... Read More about A CNN cascade for landmark guided semantic part segmentation.

Optimized design of high power density EMI filters for power electronic converters (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ala, G., Giaconia, G., Giglia, G., Di Piazza, M., Luna, M., Vitale, G., & Zanchetta, P. (2016). Optimized design of high power density EMI filters for power electronic converters.

Nowadays, power density of power converters and related EMI filters is gaining more and more attention. This severely impacts on the design constraints in several application domains. A conventional design of the EMI filter does not guarantee the sel... Read More about Optimized design of high power density EMI filters for power electronic converters.

Time domain measurement of near field emissions from complex PCBs (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Thomas, D., Greedy, S., Smartt, C., Nasser, H., Baharuddin, M., Gradoni, G., …Tanner, G. (2016). Time domain measurement of near field emissions from complex PCBs. . https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMC.2016.7824441

This paper discusses how the measurements of the near-field emissions in the time domain can be used to characterize the broadband emissions from complex sources such as multifunctional Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). The near- fields, transverse to t... Read More about Time domain measurement of near field emissions from complex PCBs.

On understanding the applicability of Mohr-Coulomb failure hypothesis for composite materials using UnitCells© (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Balasubramani, N. K., Sitnikova, E., & Li, S. (2016). On understanding the applicability of Mohr-Coulomb failure hypothesis for composite materials using UnitCells©.

The applicability of Mohr-Coulomb (M-C) failure hypothesis for anisotropic composite materials is re-examined in this paper. Mohr-Coulomb failure theory has been widely referred to in the literature to study the failure of unidirectional (UD) fibre r... Read More about On understanding the applicability of Mohr-Coulomb failure hypothesis for composite materials using UnitCells©.

Making music together: an exploration of amateur and pro-am Grime music production (2016)
Conference Proceeding
McGrath, S., Chamberlain, A., & Benford, S. (2016). Making music together: an exploration of amateur and pro-am Grime music production.

This novel research presents the results of an ethnographic study, which focused upon the production of an EP created by an amateur and a pro-amateur producer. The research presents their production practices across the production workflow, from ince... Read More about Making music together: an exploration of amateur and pro-am Grime music production.

^muzicode$: composing and performing musical codes (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S., & Hazzard, A. (2016). ^muzicode$: composing and performing musical codes.

We present muzicodes, an approach to incorporating machine-readable ‘codes’ into music that allows the performer and/or composer to flexibly define what constitutes a code, and to perform around it. These codes can then act as triggers, for example t... Read More about ^muzicode$: composing and performing musical codes.

The Grime scene: social media, music, creation and consumption (2016)
Conference Proceeding
McGrath, S., Chamberlain, A., & Benford, S. (2016). The Grime scene: social media, music, creation and consumption.

In this paper we start to explore and unpack the work of Grime music producers and performers with a focus on their attitudes, working practices and use of social media. We explore the origins of grime and describe a complex set of interactions betwe... Read More about The Grime scene: social media, music, creation and consumption.

2-D analytical model for dual-stator machines with permanent magnets (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Golovanov, D., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2016). 2-D analytical model for dual-stator machines with permanent magnets.

This paper proposes an analytical model that considers the torque characteristics and results in an optimum geometry for dual-stator synchronous machines with permanent magnets. The distribution of the magnetic field in the air gap is obtained by sol... Read More about 2-D analytical model for dual-stator machines with permanent magnets.