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A framework for camera pose tracking using stochastic data fusion (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moemeni, A., & Tatham, E. (2010, December). A framework for camera pose tracking using stochastic data fusion. Presented at 2010 2nd International IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's Games Innovations Conference (ICE-GIC 2010), Hong Kong, China

A novel camera pose tracking system using a stochastic inertial-visual sensor fusion has been proposed. A method based on the Particle Filtering concept has been adapted for inertial and vision data fusion, which benefits from the agility of inertial... Read More about A framework for camera pose tracking using stochastic data fusion.

High performance iterative learning control for active filters in aircraft power networks (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, J., Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., & Zhang, H. (2010, November). High performance iterative learning control for active filters in aircraft power networks. Presented at IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

This paper presents design and implementation of a Shunt Active Filters (SAF) for aircrafts power networks using an accurate wide-band current control method based on Iterative Learning Control (ILC). The SAF control system is designed to compensate... Read More about High performance iterative learning control for active filters in aircraft power networks.

Towards an integrated workforce management system (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Landa-Silva, D., Castillo, A., Bowie, L., & Johnston, H. (2010, August). Towards an integrated workforce management system. Presented at PATAT 2010 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling

We describe progress towards a workforce management system in which personnel scheduling is integrated with other important processes such as payroll processing, attendance and absence recording, staffing forecast and planning, etc. Our focus is on c... Read More about Towards an integrated workforce management system.

An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, H., & Landa-Silva, D. (2009, March). An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem. Presented at EMO: International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, Nantes, France

We propose an elitist Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristic algorithm, called mGRASP/MH, for approximating the Pareto-optimal front in the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem (mQAP). The proposed algorithm is char... Read More about An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem.

Improved dead beat control of a shunt active filter for aircraft power systems (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Biagini, V., Odavic, M., Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., & Bolognesi, P. (2010, July). Improved dead beat control of a shunt active filter for aircraft power systems. Presented at IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Bari, Italy

This paper investigates the application of an improved dead beat digital control strategy to a 3-phase shunt active filter used for compensation of load harmonics in aircraft power systems. Due to the high rated frequency (400 Hz) such applications r... Read More about Improved dead beat control of a shunt active filter for aircraft power systems.

HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Degano, M., Zanchetta, P., Clare, J., & Empringham, L. (2010, July). HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement. Presented at 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Bari, Italy

High frequency (HF) models of electrical motors and converters are of basic importance for Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) characterization of electrical drives and for EMI filters design. In this paper a method for characterizing and tuning HF... Read More about HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement.

Phenomenological modeling of cell-to-cell and beat-to-beat variability in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walmsley, J., Mirams, G., Bahoshy, M., Bollensdorff, C., Rodriguez, B., & Burrage, K. (2010, August). Phenomenological modeling of cell-to-cell and beat-to-beat variability in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Presented at 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Experimental action potential (AP) recordings in isolated ventricular myoctes display significant temporal beatto- beat variability in morphology and duration. Furthermore, significant cell-to-cell differences in AP also exist even for isolated cells... Read More about Phenomenological modeling of cell-to-cell and beat-to-beat variability in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes.

High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Asher, G. High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Presented at 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)

This paper proposes a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge (HB) Multilevel Converter (MLC) with integrated Series Active Power Filter SAPF for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Isolated DC sources comprised of modular... Read More about High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids.

Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulsangcharoen, P., Klumpner, C., Rashed, M., & Asher, G. Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications. Presented at 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)

In this paper, a few known characterization techniques for supercapacitors have been evaluated with the purpose of being able to predict the roundtrip efficiency of an energy storage system under constant power application. It is found that the user... Read More about Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications.

MoveM8! A technology-based physical activity intervention for UK worksites: Results of a randomized controlled trial conducted from September 2009 to August 2010 (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Suggs, L., Blake, H., Lloyd, S., & Bardus, M. MoveM8! A technology-based physical activity intervention for UK worksites: Results of a randomized controlled trial conducted from September 2009 to August 2010. Presented at 3rd European Public Health Association Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Label-free molecular imaging of immunological synapses between dendritic and T cells by Raman micro-spectroscopy (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zoladek, A. B., Johal, R. K., Garcia-Nieto, S., Pascut, F., Shakesheff, K. M., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2010, June). Label-free molecular imaging of immunological synapses between dendritic and T cells by Raman micro-spectroscopy. Presented at SPEC 2010 Shedding Light on Disease: Optical Diagnosis for the New Millennium, Manchester, UK

Confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy (CRMS) was used to measure spectral images of immunological synapse formation between dendritic and T cells without using molecular labels or other invasive procedures. The purpose-built inverted CRMS instrument inte... Read More about Label-free molecular imaging of immunological synapses between dendritic and T cells by Raman micro-spectroscopy.

Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keikha, P., Hall, M., & Dawson, A. Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling. Presented at 11th International Symposium on Concrete Roads

There is great potential to use the large open space of pavement structures, equipped with an embedded pipe network, in conjunction with a heat pump, to provide heating and cooling for adjacent buildings, e.g. airport terminals, shopping centres etc,... Read More about Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling.

Thermal and mechanical design optimization of a pressure-mounted base-plate-less high temperature power module (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mattey, N., Skuriat, R., Li, J., Agyakwa, P., Evans, P., & Mark Johnson, C. (2010, September). Thermal and mechanical design optimization of a pressure-mounted base-plate-less high temperature power module. Presented at 3rd Electronics System Integration Technology Conference ESTC, Berlin, Germany

We discuss the mechanical and thermal design of a high temperature pressure-mounted base-plate-less power module for application in a continuous high temperature (150°C) ambient. The thermal resistance of potential thermal interface materials (TIMs)... Read More about Thermal and mechanical design optimization of a pressure-mounted base-plate-less high temperature power module.

Improved dynamic lexicographic ordering for multi-objective optimisation (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Castro-Gutierrez, J., Landa-Silva, D., & Moreno-Perez, J. A. Improved dynamic lexicographic ordering for multi-objective optimisation. Presented at Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN XI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6239

There is a variety of methods for ranking objectives in multiobjective optimization and some are difficult to define because they require information a priori (e.g. establishing weights in a weighted approach or setting the ordering in a lexicographi... Read More about Improved dynamic lexicographic ordering for multi-objective optimisation.

CODEA : an agent based multi-objective optimization framework (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Castro-Gutierrez, J., Landa-Silva, D., & Moreno-Perez, J. CODEA : an agent based multi-objective optimization framework. Presented at VII Congreso Espaol sobre Metaheursticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2010)

This work presents CODEA, a COoperative DEcentralized Architecture for Multiobjective Optimization. CODEA is an objectoriented framework that aims at the creation of groups of agents to tackle complex problems by cooperative search. This cooperation... Read More about CODEA : an agent based multi-objective optimization framework.

Modelling office energy consumption: an agent based approach (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, T., Siebers, P.-O., & Aickelin, U. Modelling office energy consumption: an agent based approach. Presented at 3rd World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS2010)

In this paper, we develop an agent-based model which integrates four important elements, i.e. organisational energy management policies/regulations, energy management technologies, electric appliances and equipment, and human behaviour, based on a ca... Read More about Modelling office energy consumption: an agent based approach.

Optimized reprocessing of documents using stored processor state (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ollis, J. A., Brailsford, D. F., & Bagley, S. R. Optimized reprocessing of documents using stored processor state. Presented at ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng '10)

Variable Data Printing (VDP) allows customised versions of material such as advertising flyers to be readily produced. However, VDP is often extremely demanding of computing resources because, even when much of the material stays invariant from one d... Read More about Optimized reprocessing of documents using stored processor state.

Compiling concurrency correctly: cutting out the middle man (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hu, L., & Hutton, G. Compiling concurrency correctly: cutting out the middle man. Presented at Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming (10th)

The standard approach to proving compiler correctness for concurrent languages requires the use of multiple translations into an intermediate process calculus. We present a simpler approach that avoids the need for such an intermediate language, usin... Read More about Compiling concurrency correctly: cutting out the middle man.

Learning pathway-based decision rules to classify microarray cancer samples (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Glaab, E., Garibaldi, J. M., & Krasnogor, N. Learning pathway-based decision rules to classify microarray cancer samples. Presented at 25th German Conference on Bioinformatics 2010

Despite recent advances in DNA chip technology current microarray gene expression studies are still affected by high noise levels, small sample sizes and large numbers of uninformative genes. Combining microarray data with cellular pathway data by us... Read More about Learning pathway-based decision rules to classify microarray cancer samples.

Iterated heuristic algorithms for the classroom assignment problem (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Constantino, A. A., Filho, W. M., & Landa-Silva, D. Iterated heuristic algorithms for the classroom assignment problem. Presented at 2010 International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2010)

We tackle the classroom assignment problem in a large University with the objective of minimising the total distance between all classrooms assigned to teaching activities in the same course. Additional requirements that should be satisfied include:... Read More about Iterated heuristic algorithms for the classroom assignment problem.