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Experimental Investigation and Verification of Traps affecting the performance of 3C-SiC-on-Si Schottky Barrier Diodes (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Monolithic integration of wide bandgap (WBG) devices for power integrated circuits is currently of increased interest. The ability of the cubic phase (3C-) of Silicon Carbide (SiC) to grow heteroepitaxially on Silicon (Si) substrates (3C- SiC-on-Si)... Read More about Experimental Investigation and Verification of Traps affecting the performance of 3C-SiC-on-Si Schottky Barrier Diodes.

Probabilistic Modelling for Frequency Response Functions and Transmissibility Functions with Complex Ratio Statistics (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The distributions of ratios of random variables arise in many applied problems such as in structural dynamics working with frequency response functions (FRFs) and transmissibility functions (TFs). When analysing the distribution properties of ratio r... Read More about Probabilistic Modelling for Frequency Response Functions and Transmissibility Functions with Complex Ratio Statistics.

Aerospace Sealing Technology for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Engines: a Review (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Given the current rate of growth of gas turbine engines in the aerospace industry, the development of efficient and advanced sealing technology to cater to the harsh operating conditions of the aero-engines is crucial. In addition to developing low-l... Read More about Aerospace Sealing Technology for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Engines: a Review.

Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration Based on Value of Information (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Optimal sensor configuration has been proven to be essential in the design of structural health monitoring systems. Its impact in maintenance-related actions in an economic and safety-related way has motivated many authors to investigate this complex... Read More about Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration Based on Value of Information.

Nuclear Facilities and Cyber Threats (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The exponential growth of digital technologies experienced in the last decades has shaped contemporary societies so thoroughly to earn the definition of digital revolution or third industrial revolution. Along with the penetration rate of digital tec... Read More about Nuclear Facilities and Cyber Threats.

Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The community pharmacy dispensing process is an integral part of delivering effective primary care to patients around the world. However, dispensing error rates and related patient safety issues are always a concern in the sector, where studies have... Read More about Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations.

Advanced Assembly Solutions for the Airbus RACER Joined-Wing Configuration (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The Rapid And Cost Effective Rotorcraft (RACER) is being developed by Airbus Helicopters (AH) to demonstrate a new Vertical TakeOff and Landing configuration to fill the mobility gap between conventional helicopters and aeroplanes. RACER is a compoun... Read More about Advanced Assembly Solutions for the Airbus RACER Joined-Wing Configuration.

Efficient risk based optimization of large system models using a reduced petri net methodology (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The methodology presented in this paper is a two-stage optimization approach that can be applied to large system level models, in this case using a Stochastic Petri Net (SPN) framework, to produce an equivalent model response at a reduced computation... Read More about Efficient risk based optimization of large system models using a reduced petri net methodology.

A petri net methodology for modelling the maintenance of railway route sections (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Railway utilization is increasing. In 2017-18 there were over 1.7 billion passenger journeys made on the UK railway network, more than double the number made in 1995. Therefore getting maximum performance from the existing network by streamlining mai... Read More about A petri net methodology for modelling the maintenance of railway route sections.

Development of an extended RAMS framework for railway networks (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Railway asset managers have finite resources which requires them to make strategic decisions on where, when and how the available budget will be spent on the railway, while ensuring safety limits are maintained and a high level of performance is deli... Read More about Development of an extended RAMS framework for railway networks.

A Longitudinal Simulator Study to Explore Drivers’ Behaviour in Level 3 Automated Vehicles (2019)
Conference Proceeding

In a longitudinal study, 49 drivers undertook a commute-style journey, with part of the route supporting level-3 automation, over five consecutive days. Bespoke HMIs were provided to keep drivers in-the-loop during automation, and help them regain si... Read More about A Longitudinal Simulator Study to Explore Drivers’ Behaviour in Level 3 Automated Vehicles.

To Please in a Pod: Employing an Anthropomorphic Agent-Interlocutor to Enhance Trust and User Experience in an Autonomous, Self-Driving Vehicle (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Recognising that one of the aims of conversation is to build, maintain and strengthen positive relationships with others, the study explores whether passengers in an autonomous vehicle display similar behaviour during transactions with an on-board co... Read More about To Please in a Pod: Employing an Anthropomorphic Agent-Interlocutor to Enhance Trust and User Experience in an Autonomous, Self-Driving Vehicle.

Lessons from Oz: design guidelines for automotive conversational user interfaces (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper draws from literature and our experience of conducting Wizard-of-Oz (WoZ) studies using natural language, conversational user interfaces (CUIs) in the automotive domain. These studies have revealed positive effects of using in-vehicle CUIs... Read More about Lessons from Oz: design guidelines for automotive conversational user interfaces.

The Audible Artefact: Promoting Cultural Exploration and Engagement with Audio Augmented Reality (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper introduces two ongoing projects where audio augmented reality is implemented as a means of engaging museum and gallery visitors with audio archive material and associated objects, artworks and artefacts. It outlines some of the issues surr... Read More about The Audible Artefact: Promoting Cultural Exploration and Engagement with Audio Augmented Reality.

Interdependent Multi-layer Spatial Temporal-based Caching in Heterogeneous Mobile Edge and Fog Networks (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Applications and services hosted in the mobile edge/fog networks today (e.g., augmented reality, self-driving, and various cognitive applications) may suffer from limited network coverage and localized congestion due to dynamic mobility of users and... Read More about Interdependent Multi-layer Spatial Temporal-based Caching in Heterogeneous Mobile Edge and Fog Networks.

Literary England: a tourism destination for the US traveller (2019)
Conference Proceeding

England is the birthplace of many literature's well-know authors and their characters; be that Jane Austen and Elizabeth Bennet; Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist; or Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit. It is unsurprising, therefore, that the UK has con... Read More about Literary England: a tourism destination for the US traveller.

Adaptive Musical Soundtracks: from in-game to on the street (2019)
Conference Proceeding

We describe the challenges of creating location-based adaptive musical soundtracks, which we try to address via the iterative development of daoplayer, a tool to create such media experiences. Daoplayer is broadly modelled on the functionality of com... Read More about Adaptive Musical Soundtracks: from in-game to on the street.

Augmenting Guitars for Performance Preparation (2019)
Conference Proceeding

A substantial number of Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) are built upon existing musical instruments by digitally and physi- cally intervening in their design and functionality to augment their sonic and expressive capabilities. These are commonly... Read More about Augmenting Guitars for Performance Preparation.

Automated characterisation of multi-view fringe projection system for three- dimensional measurement of additively manufactured parts (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Digital fringe projection is a non-contact method that is widely used for the dimensional characterisation of complex manufactured parts. However, single camera-projector fringe projection systems struggle to acquire the full three-dimensional point... Read More about Automated characterisation of multi-view fringe projection system for three- dimensional measurement of additively manufactured parts.

IgG4 Expression Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Purpose of the study: IgG4, a member of the immunoglobulin family, has been implicated in the pathobiology of inflammatory disease (including autoimmune pancreatitis) and cancers. Its role in pancreatic cancers however remains to be elucidated. This... Read More about IgG4 Expression Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.