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Avionics-based GNSS integrity augmentation performance in a jamming environment (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Sabatini, R., Moore, T., Hill, C., & Subramanian, R. (2015). Avionics-based GNSS integrity augmentation performance in a jamming environment.

Intentional and unintentional radiofrequency interference (i.e., jamming) can result in degraded navigation accuracy or complete loss of the GNSS signal tracking. Jammers can be classified into three broad categories: Narrowband Jammers (NBJ), Spread... Read More about Avionics-based GNSS integrity augmentation performance in a jamming environment.

Assessing GNSS integrity augmentation techniques in UAV sense-and-avoid architectures (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Sabatini, R., Moore, T., & Hill, C. (2015). Assessing GNSS integrity augmentation techniques in UAV sense-and-avoid architectures.

The integration of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) integrity augmentation functionalities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Sense-and-Avoid (SAA) architectures has the potential to provide an integrity-augmented SAA solutiThe integration of... Read More about Assessing GNSS integrity augmentation techniques in UAV sense-and-avoid architectures.

A novel stochastic modelling approach for electric vehicle charging power and energy requirements (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, A., Johnson, C. M., Sumner, M., & Christopher, E. (2015). A novel stochastic modelling approach for electric vehicle charging power and energy requirements.

Electrification of heat and transport in addition to integration of intermittent renewable resources into the existing electricity network is expected to occur in near future. Such a transformation is expected to force the operation of the electricit... Read More about A novel stochastic modelling approach for electric vehicle charging power and energy requirements.

Investigating the impact of varying the number of distributed energy resources on controlling the power flow within a microgrid (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, A., Sumner, M., Johnson, C. M., & Christopher, E. (2015). Investigating the impact of varying the number of distributed energy resources on controlling the power flow within a microgrid.

The electrification of heat and transport in addition to integration of intermittent renewable resources into the existing electricity network is expected to occur in near future. Such a transformation is expected to force the operation of the electr... Read More about Investigating the impact of varying the number of distributed energy resources on controlling the power flow within a microgrid.

Research ethics and public trust, preconditions for continued growth of internet mediated research: public confidence in internet mediate research (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Koene, A., Perez, E., Carter, C. J., Statache, R., Adolphs, S., O’Malley, C., …McAuley, D. (2015). Research ethics and public trust, preconditions for continued growth of internet mediated research: public confidence in internet mediate research.

In this paper we argue for the position that responsible safeguards for privacy and ethical treatment of human data are of vital importance to retain the public confidence and trust that is necessary for the development and future success of internet... Read More about Research ethics and public trust, preconditions for continued growth of internet mediated research: public confidence in internet mediate research.

Control of a hybrid modular multilevel converter during grid voltage unbalance (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Amankwah, E. K., Watson, A., Wheeler, P., & Clare, J. C. Control of a hybrid modular multilevel converter during grid voltage unbalance.

The recently proposed parallel hybrid modular multilevel converter is considered to be a low loss, low component count converter with soft switching capability of the ‘main’ bridge. The converter has similar advantages to other emerging modular multi... Read More about Control of a hybrid modular multilevel converter during grid voltage unbalance.

Using qualitative spatial logic for validating crowd-sourced geospatial data (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Du, H., Nguyen, H. H., Alechina, N., Logan, B., Jackson, M., & Goodwin, J. (2015). Using qualitative spatial logic for validating crowd-sourced geospatial data.

We describe a tool, MatchMaps, that generates sameAs and partOf matches between spatial objects (such as shops, shopping centres, etc.) in crowd-sourced and authoritative geospatial datasets. MatchMaps uses reasoning in qualitative spatial logic, des... Read More about Using qualitative spatial logic for validating crowd-sourced geospatial data.

Heuristic generation via parameter tuning for online bin packing (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Yarimcam, A., Asta, S., Ozcan, E., & Parkes, A. J. (2015). Heuristic generation via parameter tuning for online bin packing. In 2014 IEEE Symposium on Evolving and Autonomous Learning Systems (EALS) (102-108). https://doi.org/10.1109/EALS.2014.7009510

© 2014 IEEE. Online bin packing requires immediate decisions to be made for placing an incoming item one at a time into bins of fixed capacity without causing any overflow. The goal is to maximise the average bin fullness after placement of a long st... Read More about Heuristic generation via parameter tuning for online bin packing.

Re-conceptualising conceptual understanding in mathematics (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Kent, G., & Foster, C. (2015). Re-conceptualising conceptual understanding in mathematics.

In this theoretical paper we explore interrelationships between conceptual and procedural understanding of mathematics in the context of individuals and groups. We question the enterprise of attempting to assess learners’ mathematical understanding b... Read More about Re-conceptualising conceptual understanding in mathematics.

A 3D scene analysis framework and descriptors for risk evaluation (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Dupre, R., Argyriou, V., Greenhill, D., & Tzimiropoulos, G. (2015). A 3D scene analysis framework and descriptors for risk evaluation.

In this paper we evaluate the notion of scene analysis with regard to risk. We consider the problem of evaluating risk and potential hazards in an environment and providing a quantified risk score. A definition of risk is given incorporating two elem... Read More about A 3D scene analysis framework and descriptors for risk evaluation.

Building a birds eye view: collaborative work in disaster response (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Fischer, J., Reeves, S., Rodden, T., Reece, S., Ramchurn, S., & Jones, D. (2015). Building a birds eye view: collaborative work in disaster response.

Command and control environments ranging from transport control rooms to disaster response have long been of interest to HCI and CSCW as rich sites of interactive technology use embedded in work practice. Drawing on our engagement with disaster respo... Read More about Building a birds eye view: collaborative work in disaster response.

Mixed integer programming with decomposition to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Laesanklang, W., Landa-Silva, D., & Castillo-Salazar, J. A. (2015). Mixed integer programming with decomposition to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem.

We propose an approach based on mixed integer programming (MIP) with decomposition to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem, in which a set of workers should be assigned to tasks that are distributed across different geographical locations... Read More about Mixed integer programming with decomposition to solve a workforce scheduling and routing problem.

A Behaviour Awareness Mechanism to Support Collaborative Learning (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Medina, E., Meseguer, R., Ochoa, S. F., & Medina, H. (2015). A Behaviour Awareness Mechanism to Support Collaborative Learning. In Collaboration and Technology (95-110). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22747-4_8

Awareness has been identified as a key element that affects the quality of collaboration. Several studies indicate that awareness mechanisms to support collaborative learning activities should include factors and stimuli from the students’ context an... Read More about A Behaviour Awareness Mechanism to Support Collaborative Learning.

Examining the reliability of using fNIRS in realistic HCI settings for spatial and verbal tasks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Maior, H. A., Pike, M., Sharples, S., & Wilson, M. L. (2015). Examining the reliability of using fNIRS in realistic HCI settings for spatial and verbal tasks.

Recent efforts have shown that functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has potential value for brain sensing in HCI user studies. Research has shown that, although large head movement significantly affects fNIRS data, typical keyboard use, mous... Read More about Examining the reliability of using fNIRS in realistic HCI settings for spatial and verbal tasks.

Changes in student learning styles over the course of postgraduate taught programmes and the impact of learning styles on achievement in various assessment modes (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phalkey, R., Pritchard, C., & Myles, P. (2015). Changes in student learning styles over the course of postgraduate taught programmes and the impact of learning styles on achievement in various assessment modes.

Background: The impact of students preferred learning styles on their performance has been investigated in medical and nursing education but little has been done for students enrolling on postgraduate taught programmes in Public Health and Epidemiolo... Read More about Changes in student learning styles over the course of postgraduate taught programmes and the impact of learning styles on achievement in various assessment modes.

Inter-social-networking: Accounting for multiple identities (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Price, D., McAuley, D., Mortier, R., Greenhalgh, C., Brown, M., & Angelopoulos, S. (2015). Inter-social-networking: Accounting for multiple identities. In Social computing and social media: 7th International Conference, SCSM 2015 held as part of HCI International 2015 Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2 – 7, 2015 proceedings (242–252). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20367-6_24

We argue that the current approaches to online social networking give rise to numerous challenges regarding the management of the multiple facets of people’s digital identities within and around social networking sites (SNS). We propose an architectu... Read More about Inter-social-networking: Accounting for multiple identities.

AV+ EC 2015--the first affect recognition challenge bridging across audio, video, and physiological data (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Ringeval, F., Schuller, B., Valstar, M., Jaiswal, S., Marchi, E., Lalanne, D., …Pantic, M. (2015). AV+ EC 2015--the first affect recognition challenge bridging across audio, video, and physiological data.

We present the first Audio-Visual+ Emotion recognition Challenge and workshop (AV+EC 2015) aimed at comparison of multimedia processing and machine learning methods for automatic audio, visual and physiological emotion analysis. This is the 5th event... Read More about AV+ EC 2015--the first affect recognition challenge bridging across audio, video, and physiological data.

Designing formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Swan, M. (2015). Designing formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving.

Formative assessment is the process by which teachers and students gather evidence of learning and then use this to adapt the way they teach and learn. I describe a design research project in which we integrated formative assessment strategies into l... Read More about Designing formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving.