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Global Rate-distortion Optimization of Video-based Point Cloud Compression with Differential Evolution (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yuan, H., Hamzaoui, R., Neri, F., Yang, S., & Wang, T. (2022). Global Rate-distortion Optimization of Video-based Point Cloud Compression with Differential Evolution. In 2021 IEEE 23rd International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP). https://doi.org/10.1109/MMSP53017.2021.9733714

In video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC), one geometry video and one color video are generated from a dynamic point cloud. Then, the two videos are compressed independently using a state-of-the-art video coder. In the Moving Picture Experts Gro... Read More about Global Rate-distortion Optimization of Video-based Point Cloud Compression with Differential Evolution.

Optimised hybrid shielding and magnetic field control for emerging quantum technologies (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hobson, P. J., Packer, M., Holmes, N., Davis, A., Patel, P., Holmes, D., …Fromhold, T. M. (2021). Optimised hybrid shielding and magnetic field control for emerging quantum technologies. In M. J. Padgett, K. Bongs, A. Fedrizzi, & A. Politi (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 11881, Quantum Technology: Driving Commercialisation of an Enabling Science II. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598780

The accurate control of magnetic fields is a cornerstone of multiple emerging quantum technologies. These technologies often require passive high permeability magnetic shielding and internal active field-generating coils to create their own bespoke m... Read More about Optimised hybrid shielding and magnetic field control for emerging quantum technologies.

Model-Free Simplified Predictive Current Control of PMSM Drive with Ultra-Local Model-Based EKF (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zerdali, E., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Model-Free Simplified Predictive Current Control of PMSM Drive with Ultra-Local Model-Based EKF. In 2021 3rd Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (GPECOM) (62-66). https://doi.org/10.1109/GPECOM52585.2021.9587527

The importance of permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) is increasing day by day due to trends in the electrification of transportation and the use of wind farms. The predictive current control (PCC) strategy has been widely applied to the co... Read More about Model-Free Simplified Predictive Current Control of PMSM Drive with Ultra-Local Model-Based EKF.

Model-Based Rate-Distortion Optimized Video-Based Point Cloud Compression with Differential Evolution (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yuan, H., Hamzamoui, R., Neri, F., & Yang, S. (2021). Model-Based Rate-Distortion Optimized Video-Based Point Cloud Compression with Differential Evolution. In Image and Graphics (735-747). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87355-4_61

The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) standard encodes a dynamic point cloud by first converting it into one geometry video and one color video and then using a video coder to compress the two video seque... Read More about Model-Based Rate-Distortion Optimized Video-Based Point Cloud Compression with Differential Evolution.

Experimental Investigation on Water Loss and Stiffness of CBTM Using Different RA Sources (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grilli, A., Raschia, S., Perraton, D., Carter, A., Rahmanbeiki, A., Kara De Maeijer, P., …Tebaldi, G. (2022). Experimental Investigation on Water Loss and Stiffness of CBTM Using Different RA Sources. In H. Di Benedetto, H. Baaj, E. Chailleux, G. Tebaldi, C. Sauzéat, & S. Mangiafico (Eds.), Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials: ISBM Lyon 2020 (11-17). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46455-4_2

Cold recycling of reclaimed asphalt (RA) is a promising technique to build or to maintain roads, combining performance and environmental advantages. Although this technique has been extensively used worldwide, there is no unique and internationally-s... Read More about Experimental Investigation on Water Loss and Stiffness of CBTM Using Different RA Sources.

Fracture Characterization of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) with Hydrated Lime Through the Semi-circular Bending Test Approach (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, A. M., Carvajal-Munoz, J. S., & Airey, G. (2022). Fracture Characterization of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) with Hydrated Lime Through the Semi-circular Bending Test Approach. In Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials (935-941). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46455-4_119

Hydrated lime (HL) use as an active filler is due to its ability to increase the stiffness of asphalt mixtures as well as the mechanical and physicochemical performance through improved rutting resistance, reduced aging, and enhanced moisture-induced... Read More about Fracture Characterization of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) with Hydrated Lime Through the Semi-circular Bending Test Approach.

Comparison of the Effects of Hydrated Lime on the Moisture-Induced Damage of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Badal, A., Carvajal-Munoz, J. S., & Airey, G. (2022). Comparison of the Effects of Hydrated Lime on the Moisture-Induced Damage of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures. In Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials (465-471). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46455-4_59

Moisture-induced damage is one of the most prominent distresses affecting pavement structures worldwide. As a consequence, various strategies for mitigating this phenomenon have been proposed, including the use of additives to improve bitumen-aggrega... Read More about Comparison of the Effects of Hydrated Lime on the Moisture-Induced Damage of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures.

Temperature Dependency of the Stiffening Effect of Hydrated Lime in Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cardenas, M., Carvajal-Munoz, J. S., & Airey, G. (2020, December). Temperature Dependency of the Stiffening Effect of Hydrated Lime in Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures. Presented at ISBM Lyon 2020, Lyon, France

The effect of hydrated lime (HL) on the stiffening effect of bituminous mixtures is mainly driven by a physical phenomenon derived from the higher Rigden Air Voids (RAV) of HL in contrast to other filler types commonly used in bituminous mixtures suc... Read More about Temperature Dependency of the Stiffening Effect of Hydrated Lime in Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures.

Analysis and Design of Battery Controller for More Electric Aircraft Application (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohamed, M. A. A., Yeoh, S., Atkin, J., Khalaf, M., & Bozhko, S. (2021). Analysis and Design of Battery Controller for More Electric Aircraft Application. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IPRECON52453.2021.9640691

This paper deals with innovative multi-function battery controller with seamless transition between controllers for future MEA platforms. The battery controller performs different functions i.e. providing DC power, maintaining DC bus voltage, control... Read More about Analysis and Design of Battery Controller for More Electric Aircraft Application.

An updated simulation framework for the prediction of process induced shape distortion in thermoset composites (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Traiforos, N., Turner, T., Runeberg, P., Fernass, D., Chronopoulos, D., Glock, F., & Schuhmacher, G. (2021). An updated simulation framework for the prediction of process induced shape distortion in thermoset composites. In 8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites: COMPOSITES 2021

A significant problem encountered during the manufacturing process of thermoset composite structures is the distortion of their shape from their CAD-nominal geometry. Shape distortions can be attributed to the residual stresses which are imposed with... Read More about An updated simulation framework for the prediction of process induced shape distortion in thermoset composites.

Comparison of Frequency Transform Methods for Condition Monitoring of a DC-Link Capacitor (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raqib, A., Jahanger, H., Sumner, M., Cox, T., Klumpner, C., Agha, I., …Lonsdale, P. (2021). Comparison of Frequency Transform Methods for Condition Monitoring of a DC-Link Capacitor. In 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020) (621 – 626). https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1169

Electrolytic capacitors continue to be used for the DC-link in motor drive systems due to their high specific capacitance. The degradation of electrolytic capacitors can lead to increased equivalent series resistances (ESR) and reduction in capacitan... Read More about Comparison of Frequency Transform Methods for Condition Monitoring of a DC-Link Capacitor.

A compensated impedance based ground fault locator for an unearthed power system (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jahanger, H. K., Raqib, A., Thomas, D. W., & Sumner, M. (2021). A compensated impedance based ground fault locator for an unearthed power system. In 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020) (592 – 597). https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1001

Continuous operation of a power system during a ground fault can be achieved by employing either a High Resistance Grounded (HRG) power source or a floating power source. However, if a second ground fault occurs in the system it can cause significant... Read More about A compensated impedance based ground fault locator for an unearthed power system.

Evolved Methods for Risk Assessment (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jackson, A., Tolo, S., & Andrews, J. (2021). Evolved Methods for Risk Assessment. In B. Castanier, M. Cepin, D. Bigaud, & C. Berenguer (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2021) (217-224). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-2016-8_194-cd

The foundations of risk assessment tools such as fault tree analysis and event tree analysis were established in the 1970s. Since then, research has made considerable advances in the capabilities of analytical techniques applicable to safety critical... Read More about Evolved Methods for Risk Assessment.

A Petri Net Methodology for Modeling the Resilience of Nuclear Power Plants (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yan, R., Dunnett, S., Tolo, S., & Andrews, J. (2021). A Petri Net Methodology for Modeling the Resilience of Nuclear Power Plants. In B. Castanier, M. Cepin, D. Bigaud, & C. Berenguer (Eds.), In Proceedings of the 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2021) (2426-2432). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-2016-8_109-cd

In the paper, a novel Petri Net (PN) method for assessing the resilience of nuclear reactors is presented. The PN model constructed aims to simulate the failure of the subsystems in a reactor caused by either natural degradation or external disruptiv... Read More about A Petri Net Methodology for Modeling the Resilience of Nuclear Power Plants.

A Modelling Framework for Dynamic Safety Assessment (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tolo, S., Yan, R., Dunnett, S., & Andrews, J. (2021). A Modelling Framework for Dynamic Safety Assessment. In B. Castanier, M. Cepin, D. Bigaud, & C. Berenguer (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2021) (2434-2440). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-2016-8_163-cd

The concept of resilience is progressively making its way into the design, operation and management practice of complex engineering systems. The core of such trend lies with the integration of failure mechanisms in the modelling of systems since the... Read More about A Modelling Framework for Dynamic Safety Assessment.

Design and Evaluation of Virtual Human Mediated Tasks for Assessment of Depression and Anxiety (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egede, J. O., Jaiswal, S., Galvez Trigo, M. J., Price, D., Elliot, N., Nixon, N., …Valstar, M. (2021). Design and Evaluation of Virtual Human Mediated Tasks for Assessment of Depression and Anxiety. In IVA '21: Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (52-59). https://doi.org/10.1145/3472306.3478361

Virtual human technologies are now being widely explored as therapy tools for mental health disorders including depression and anxiety. These technologies leverage the ability of the virtual agents to engage in naturalistic social interactions with a... Read More about Design and Evaluation of Virtual Human Mediated Tasks for Assessment of Depression and Anxiety.

Switching transformation for soft pneumatic adaptive shading (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aditra, R., Beccarelli, P., & Jimenez-Bescos, C. (2021). Switching transformation for soft pneumatic adaptive shading. . https://doi.org/10.23967/membranes.2021.020

Soft pneumatic adaptive system could be categorized based on transformation occurred. One type of transformation that was rarely discussed is the switching transformation. It was only found in switchable fritted layer cushion structure. To keep the... Read More about Switching transformation for soft pneumatic adaptive shading.

Retrofitting office buildings: Enhancing daylighting performance with switchable ETFE double-skin façades (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flor, J., Sun, Y., Beccarelli, P., Wu, Y., & Chilton, J. (2021). Retrofitting office buildings: Enhancing daylighting performance with switchable ETFE double-skin façades. . https://doi.org/10.23967/membranes.2021.017

This paper addresses the natural daylighting qualities of spaces enclosed by ETFE multi-layer foil constructions with switchable features. The study focuses on the effects the adaptive shading mechanism has on the internal space in terms of useful... Read More about Retrofitting office buildings: Enhancing daylighting performance with switchable ETFE double-skin façades.

Designing an Adaptive Embodied Conversational Agent for Health Literacy: a User Study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egede, J., Galvez Trigo, M. J., Hazzard, A., Porcheron, M., Bodiaj, E., Fischer, J. E., …Valstar, M. (2021). Designing an Adaptive Embodied Conversational Agent for Health Literacy: a User Study. In IVA '21: Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (112-119). https://doi.org/10.1145/3472306.3478350

Access to healthcare advice is crucial to promote healthy societies. Many factors shape how access might be constrained, such as economic status, education or, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, remote consultations with health practitioners. Our wo... Read More about Designing an Adaptive Embodied Conversational Agent for Health Literacy: a User Study.

Multi-agent based manufacturing: current trends and challenges (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pulikottil, T., Estrada-Jimenez, L. A., Rehman, H. U., Barata, J., Nikghadam-Hojjati, S., & Zarzycki, L. (2021). Multi-agent based manufacturing: current trends and challenges. In 2021 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA ). https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA45728.2021.9613555

The advent of Industry 4.0 and the development of future industrial applications can be achieved using Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). This technological development invokes high levels of communication and computation in the form of an interconnected... Read More about Multi-agent based manufacturing: current trends and challenges.