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Assessing relative contribution of Environmental, Behavioural and Social factors on Life Satisfaction via mobile app data (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Milligan, G., Harvey, J., Dowthwaite, L., Vallejos, E. P., Nica-Avram, G., & Goulding, J. (2023). Assessing relative contribution of Environmental, Behavioural and Social factors on Life Satisfaction via mobile app data. In Proceedings: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data: Dec 15 - Dec 18, 2023 Sorrento, Italy. https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData59044.2023.10386740

Life satisfaction significantly contributes to wellbe-ing and is linked to positive outcomes for individual people and society more broadly. However, previous research demonstrates that many factors contribute to the life satisfaction of an individua... Read More about Assessing relative contribution of Environmental, Behavioural and Social factors on Life Satisfaction via mobile app data.

Who consumes anthocyanins and anthocyanidins? Mining national retail data to reveal the influence of socioeconomic deprivation and seasonality on polyphenol dietary intake (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Harvey, J., Long, G., Welham, S., Mansilla, R., Rose, P., Thomas, M., …Goulding, J. (2023). Who consumes anthocyanins and anthocyanidins? Mining national retail data to reveal the influence of socioeconomic deprivation and seasonality on polyphenol dietary intake. In Proceedings: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData) (4530-4538). https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData59044.2023.10386220

Anthocyanins are a class of polyphenols that have received widespread recent attention due to their potential health benefits. However, estimating the dietary intake of anthocyanins at a population level is a challenging task, due to the difficulty o... Read More about Who consumes anthocyanins and anthocyanidins? Mining national retail data to reveal the influence of socioeconomic deprivation and seasonality on polyphenol dietary intake.

“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gibson, R., Babbage, C. M., Wagner, H. G., Price, D. J., Martindale, S., Chadborn, N. H., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. In DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (987-1001). https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595962

We present the design of the Memory Machine (MeMa), a technology probe that can store, contextualise, and document media to represent memories. We accumulate vast physical and digital possessions throughout our lives, making it difficult to distingui... Read More about “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories.

Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gibson, R., Koleva, B., Flintham, M., & Winklhofer, H. (2023). Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts. In DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (1047-1059). https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596103

This study focuses on the hybrid gifting model, where both physical and digital objects combine to create a single gift. For this in-the-world study, we turn to nostalgic emotions. We aimed to uncover if hybrid gifting can facilitate nostalgic experi... Read More about Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts.

Bundle entropy as an optimized measure of consumers' systematic product choice combinations in mass transactional data (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Mansilla, R., Smith, G., Smith, A., & Goulding, J. (2022). Bundle entropy as an optimized measure of consumers' systematic product choice combinations in mass transactional data. In Proceedings 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (1044-1053). https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData55660.2022.10021062

Understanding and measuring the predictability of consumer purchasing (basket) behaviour is of significant value. While predictability measures such as entropy have been well studied and leveraged in other sectors, their development and application t... Read More about Bundle entropy as an optimized measure of consumers' systematic product choice combinations in mass transactional data.

Towards Idea Mining: Problem-Solution Phrase Extraction fromText (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Liu, H., Brailsford, T., Goulding, J., Maul, T., Tan, T., & Chaudhuri, D. (2022). Towards Idea Mining: Problem-Solution Phrase Extraction fromText. In Advanced Data Mining and Applications 18th International Conference, ADMA 2022, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, November 28–30, 2022: Proceedings, Part II (3-14). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22137-8_1

This paper investigates the feasibility of problem-solution phrases extraction from scientific publications using neural network approaches. Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory with Conditional Random Fields (Bi-LSTM-CRFs) and Bidirectional Encoder... Read More about Towards Idea Mining: Problem-Solution Phrase Extraction fromText.

FIMS: Identifying, Predicting and Visualising Food Insecurity (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Lucas, B., Smith, A., Smith, G., Perrat, B., Nica-Avram, G., Harvey, J., & Goulding, J. (2020). FIMS: Identifying, Predicting and Visualising Food Insecurity. In WWW '20: Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020 (190-193). https://doi.org/10.1145/3366424.3383538

Food insecurity is a persistent and pernicious problem in the UK. Due to logistical challenges, national food insecurity statistics are unmeasured by government bodies - and this lack of data leads to any local estimates that do exist being routinely... Read More about FIMS: Identifying, Predicting and Visualising Food Insecurity.

The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Engelmann, G., Smith, G., & Goulding, J. (2018). The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions

Emerging economies around the world are often characterized by governments and institutions struggling to keep key demographic data streams up to date. A demographic of interest particularly linked to social vulnerability is that of poverty and socio... Read More about The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions.

Governance and financial performance in China's charitable foundations (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zhou, Q., & Nguyen, T. (2018). Governance and financial performance in China's charitable foundations

The study aims at investigating the relationship between non-profit governance and financial performance based on the top 50 most transparent China's charitable foundations in a period of 5 years (2013-2017). Underlying by a mixed theories (agency th... Read More about Governance and financial performance in China's charitable foundations.

Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Emberson, C. A., & Trautrims, A. (2018). Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.

In this paper we argue that, to fully understand managers’ perceptions of modern slavery risk in the context of a UK health-care supply chain, it is necessary to adopt a ‘labour’ supply chain lens that puts the employment relationship at the heart of... Read More about Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.

How do board and chief executive characteristics influence executive compensation in non-profit organizations? The case of UK charities (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Nguyen, T., & Soobaroyen, T. (2017). How do board and chief executive characteristics influence executive compensation in non-profit organizations? The case of UK charities

This paper examines the influence of trustee board composition and chief executive officer (CEO) characteristics on the CEO compensation levels in the UK charitable sector. We find that a higher extent of board diversity and the existence of a remune... Read More about How do board and chief executive characteristics influence executive compensation in non-profit organizations? The case of UK charities.

Retailer supply networks: an anlysis and research perspective (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Ben-Ammar, O., Chutani, A., Delorme, X., & Dolgui, A. (2017). Retailer supply networks: an anlysis and research perspective. In Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference 2017

With their vast logistics, a large array of products, and large number of suppliers, retailer groups face challenges in optimization of their supply networks. Growing competition, more demanding consumes, increasing price pressures, fluctuating energ... Read More about Retailer supply networks: an anlysis and research perspective.

Seasonal Variation in Collective Mood via Twitter Content and Medical Purchases (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Dzogang, F., Goulding, J., Lightman, S., & Cristianini, N. (2017). Seasonal Variation in Collective Mood via Twitter Content and Medical Purchases. In Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis XVI (63-74). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68765-0_6

The analysis of sentiment contained in vast amounts of Twitter messages has reliably shown seasonal patterns of variation in multiple studies, a finding that can have great importance in the understanding of seasonal affective disorders, particularly... Read More about Seasonal Variation in Collective Mood via Twitter Content and Medical Purchases.

Authentic assessment to prepare students for employability skills (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Le Thi Viet, H., & Bouilheres, F. (2017). Authentic assessment to prepare students for employability skills. In Proceedings of the SEAMEO RETRAC in collaboration with British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE) Annual International Conference 2017

Employability has become one of the biggest concerns of higher education institutions (Osborne, Dunne & Farrand, 2013). Some authors believe that there should be a focus on bridging the gap between real world and higher education through changing the... Read More about Authentic assessment to prepare students for employability skills.

Exploring the capabilities of Projection Augmented Relief Models (PARM) (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Priestnall, G., Goulding, J., Smith, A., & Arss, N. (2017). Exploring the capabilities of Projection Augmented Relief Models (PARM).

This paper explores the broad capabilities of physical landscape models when augmented by projection, termed Projection Augmented Relief Models (PARM). This includes experiences of developing PARM displays in public settings such as museums and visit... Read More about Exploring the capabilities of Projection Augmented Relief Models (PARM).

Can non-profit boards adequately constrain earnings management? The case of UK charities (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Nguyen, T., & Soobaroyen, T. (2016). Can non-profit boards adequately constrain earnings management? The case of UK charities

This paper aims to investigate the monitoring ability of a typically unpaid board of directors (or trustees) in the context of not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs). More specifically, since it has been found that NFPOs may be involved in managing the... Read More about Can non-profit boards adequately constrain earnings management? The case of UK charities.

21st Century life and career skills: building an employability pathway in an international University in Vietnam (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Bouilheres, F. (2016). 21st Century life and career skills: building an employability pathway in an international University in Vietnam. In Towards Excellence in Leadership and Management in Higher Education. , (103-111)

The P21’s Framework for 21st Century Learning was developed to illustrate the skills that 21st Century students need to thrive in a changing world including life and career skills. Employability is ‘a set of achievements – skills, understandings and... Read More about 21st Century life and career skills: building an employability pathway in an international University in Vietnam.

Decisions as Units of Organisational Knowledge to Manage Complexity (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pasley, R., & macCarthy, B. L. (2016). Decisions as Units of Organisational Knowledge to Manage Complexity. In Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2015 – Part III (153-161). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28564-1_13

Effective decision making can help organizations to manage complexity. Here we argue that considering decisions as units of organizational knowledge and providing a means for decision storage, retrieval and reuse can facilitate effective decision mak... Read More about Decisions as Units of Organisational Knowledge to Manage Complexity.