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Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Thorn, E., Spence, J., Koleva, B., & Benford, S. D. (2024). Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project. In CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642620

We report on a six-year collaboration with a small community organisation to develop and deploy a permanent physical / digital locative media experience as part on an ongoing community regeneration project. We describe how this unfolded over four pha... Read More about Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project.

Understanding Entrainment in Human Groups: Optimising Human-Robot Collaboration from Lessons Learned during Human-Human Collaboration (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Schneiders, E., Fourie, C., Celestin, S., Shah, J., & Jung, M. (2024). Understanding Entrainment in Human Groups: Optimising Human-Robot Collaboration from Lessons Learned during Human-Human Collaboration. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24), May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642427

Successful entrainment during collaboration positively affects trust, willingness to collaborate, and likeability towards collaborators. In this paper, we present a mixed-method study to investigate characteristics of successful entrainment leading t... Read More about Understanding Entrainment in Human Groups: Optimising Human-Robot Collaboration from Lessons Learned during Human-Human Collaboration.

Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination in a Co-located Shared Augmented Reality Game: Perspectives From Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Luna, S. M., Xu, J., Papangelis, K., Tigwell, G. W., LaLone, N., Saker, M., …Wang, Y. (2024). Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination in a Co-located Shared Augmented Reality Game: Perspectives From Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24), May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642953

Co-located collaborative shared augmented reality (CS-AR) environments have gained considerable research attention, mainly focusing on design, implementation, accuracy, and usability. Yet, a gap persists in our understanding regarding the accessibili... Read More about Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination in a Co-located Shared Augmented Reality Game: Perspectives From Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.

Building an Embodied Musicking Dataset for co-creative music-making (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Vear, C., Poltronieri, F., DiDonato, B., Zhang, Y., Benerradi, J., Hutchinson, S., …Malekmohamadi, H. (2024). Building an Embodied Musicking Dataset for co-creative music-making. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (373-388). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56992-0_24

In this paper, we present our findings of the design, development and deployment of a proof-of-concept dataset that captures some of the physiological, musicological, and psychological aspects of embodied musicking. After outlining the conceptual ele... Read More about Building an Embodied Musicking Dataset for co-creative music-making.

How does explainability affect perceived transparency, trust, acceptance and usefulness? (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Ding, Y., & Hermawati, S. (2024). How does explainability affect perceived transparency, trust, acceptance and usefulness?.

The effects of explainability on perceived trust, transparency, acceptance and usefulness were explored in a within subjects study (n=15) using an online shopping recommender system as a context. The study investigated three levels of explainability... Read More about How does explainability affect perceived transparency, trust, acceptance and usefulness?.

Response of framed buildings on separate footings to tunnelling: a hybrid modelling study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Spaggiari, C., Tang, C., Boldini, D., & Marshall, A. M. (in press). Response of framed buildings on separate footings to tunnelling: a hybrid modelling study. In Proceedings of the 5th ECPMG 2024

Within the framework of hybrid geotechnical modelling, the coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling (CCNM) technique, developed at the University of Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG), is becoming a well-established approach to study the interact... Read More about Response of framed buildings on separate footings to tunnelling: a hybrid modelling study.

Evaluation of digital musicianship in higher education through playing and creating digital scores (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Moroz, S., Vear, C., & Poltronieri, F. (2024). Evaluation of digital musicianship in higher education through playing and creating digital scores. In Tenor Zurich 2024 (18-28)

This paper presents an evaluation of digital musicianship with digital scores. Primary data was gathered during the DigiScore “Roadshow”of North American universities’ music departments in 2023 and an extended research workshop in Avellino, Italy, 20... Read More about Evaluation of digital musicianship in higher education through playing and creating digital scores.

Effect of elastic modulus on masonry buildings during tunnelling: a coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, C., & Marshall, A. M. (in press). Effect of elastic modulus on masonry buildings during tunnelling: a coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling study. In Proceedings of the 5th ECPMG 2024

In this study, a novel coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling (CCNM) approach of shallow strip foundations developed at the University of Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG) is used to study the response of masonry building behaviour during tunn... Read More about Effect of elastic modulus on masonry buildings during tunnelling: a coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling study.

"Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic"? Feasibility, Fairness, and Ethical Concerns of a Citizen Carbon Budget for Reducing CO2 Emissions (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Reyes-Cruz, G., Craigon, P., Piskopani, A., Dowthwaite, L., Lu, Y., Lisinska, J., …Fischer, J. (in press). "Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic"? Feasibility, Fairness, and Ethical Concerns of a Citizen Carbon Budget for Reducing CO2 Emissions. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3630106.3658904

Radical and disruptive interventions are needed to reach "Net Zero" by 2050 to avert the climate catastrophe. Although governments, companies, cities, and institutions have pledged to take action and reduce their carbon emissions, the idea of persona... Read More about "Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic"? Feasibility, Fairness, and Ethical Concerns of a Citizen Carbon Budget for Reducing CO2 Emissions.

Generating emotional music based on improved C-RNN-GAN (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Shi, X., & Vear, C. (2024). Generating emotional music based on improved C-RNN-GAN. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (357-372). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56992-0_23

This study introduces an emotion-based music generation model built upon the foundation of C-RNN-GAN, incorporating conditional GAN, and utilizing emotion labels to create diverse emotional music. Two evaluation methods were employed in this study to... Read More about Generating emotional music based on improved C-RNN-GAN.

Setup and calibration of piles with FBG strain sensors in a geotechnical centrifuge = Configuration et calibration de pieux équipés de capteurs de deformation FBG dans une centrifugeuse géotechnique (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, C., Marshall, A. M., Heron, C. M., Franza, A., & Xu, J. (in press). Setup and calibration of piles with FBG strain sensors in a geotechnical centrifuge = Configuration et calibration de pieux équipés de capteurs de deformation FBG dans une centrifugeuse géotechnique. In Proceedings of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024

This paper discusses technical aspects of the experimental setup and calibration processing during centrifuge testing of single piles, instrumented with fibre Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors, under vertical loads. Results illustrate the influence... Read More about Setup and calibration of piles with FBG strain sensors in a geotechnical centrifuge = Configuration et calibration de pieux équipés de capteurs de deformation FBG dans une centrifugeuse géotechnique.

The Purr-suit of Happiness: A Tale of Three Kittens, Robots, Humans, Cats, and AI (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Schneiders, E., Benford, S., Row Farr, J., Tandavanitj, N., & Adams, M. (2024). The Purr-suit of Happiness: A Tale of Three Kittens, Robots, Humans, Cats, and AI. In HRI ’24 Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640791

This paper showcases Cat Royale, an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on animal happiness situated at the intersection of Art, Computer Science, and Animal Welfare. We argue for the inclusion of non-human actors when designing... Read More about The Purr-suit of Happiness: A Tale of Three Kittens, Robots, Humans, Cats, and AI.

Enhancing single camera calibration results using artificial bee colony optimisation within a virtual environment (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Khanesar, M. A., Todhunter, L., Pawar, V., Corcoran, H., MacDonald, L., Robson, S., & Piano, S. (in press). Enhancing single camera calibration results using artificial bee colony optimisation within a virtual environment.

Close range photogrammetry is among the top candidates for non-contact metrology in high precision applications. It is frequently used within industrial environments for high precision measurement, automation, and control tasks. When using off-the-sh... Read More about Enhancing single camera calibration results using artificial bee colony optimisation within a virtual environment.

The Effect of Predictive Formal Modelling at Runtime on Performance in Human-Swarm Interaction (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Abioye, A. O., Hunt, W., Gu, Y., Schneiders, E., Naiseh, M., Fischer, J. E., …Sevegnani, M. (2024). The Effect of Predictive Formal Modelling at Runtime on Performance in Human-Swarm Interaction. In HRI ’24 Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (172-176). https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640725

Formal Modelling is often used as part of the design and testing process of software development to ensure that components operate within suitable bounds even in unexpected circumstances. In this paper, we use predictive formal modelling (PFM) at run... Read More about The Effect of Predictive Formal Modelling at Runtime on Performance in Human-Swarm Interaction.

Encountering Autonomous Robots on Public Streets (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Pelikan, H. R. M., Reeves, S., & Cantarutti, M. N. (2024). Encountering Autonomous Robots on Public Streets. In HRI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (561-571). https://doi.org/10.1145/3610977.3634936

Robots deployed in public settings enter spaces that humans live and work in. Studies of HRI in public tend to prioritise direct and deliberate interactions. Yet this misses the most common form of response to robots, which ranges from subtle fleetin... Read More about Encountering Autonomous Robots on Public Streets.

Exploring the Impact of Verbal-Imagery Cognitive Style on Web Search Behaviour and Mental Workload (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, H., Benerradi, J., Maior, H. A., Pike, M., Landowska, A., & Wilson, M. L. (2024). Exploring the Impact of Verbal-Imagery Cognitive Style on Web Search Behaviour and Mental Workload. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3627508.3638313

Cognitive style has been shown to influence users’ interaction with search interfaces. However, as a fundamental dimension of cognitive styles, the relationship between the Verbal-Imagery (VI) cognitive style dimension and search behaviour has not be... Read More about Exploring the Impact of Verbal-Imagery Cognitive Style on Web Search Behaviour and Mental Workload.

Improving the development and reusability of Industrial AI through Semantic Models (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Martínez-Arellano, G., & Ratchev, S. (in press). Improving the development and reusability of Industrial AI through Semantic Models.

Despite some of the success of AI, particularly machine learning, in industrial applications such as condition monitoring, quality inspection and asset control , solutions are typically bespoke and not robust in the long term. There is a considerable... Read More about Improving the development and reusability of Industrial AI through Semantic Models.

Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Valero-Ramon, Z., Segura, M., Karlgren, K., Stathakarou, N., Harjani, M., Dratsiou, I., …Traver, V. (2024). Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems. In INTED 2024 Proceedings: 18th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (4273-4280). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.1100

Access to healthcare services is one of the main obstacles to migrants' and refugees' integration and inclusion in the host countries. They face challenges accessing healthcare services when arriving in European Union (EU) countries. The Refugee Heal... Read More about Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems.

Delivering web-based workforce training interventions: the WWHIDE framework and key considerations for health research (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Blake, H., Chaplin, W., Hassard, J., & Thomson, L. (2024). Delivering web-based workforce training interventions: the WWHIDE framework and key considerations for health research. In INTED2024 Proceedings: 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference Valencia, Spain. 4-6 March, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.1529

The workplace is an important setting for raising awareness of public health issues and delivering interventions to promote health and wellbeing of working-age adults. The role of employers in supporting the physical and mental health of their employ... Read More about Delivering web-based workforce training interventions: the WWHIDE framework and key considerations for health research.

Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Blake, H., Greaves, S., Abbott-Fleming, V., & Somerset, S. (2024). Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit. . https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.1530

Concept mapping is increasingly being used as an approach to enhance the development of evidence-based public health interventions. In a prior collaborative-participatory study, Agile methodology was used to co-create the web-based Pain-at-Work (PAW)... Read More about Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit.