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A Hybrid Evolutionary Strategy to Optimise Early-Stage Cancer Screening
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Figueredo, G. P., Shi, P., Parkes, A. J., Evans, K., Garibaldi, J. M., Negm, O., Tighe, P. J., Sewell, H. F., & Robertson, J. (2019, June). A Hybrid Evolutionary Strategy to Optimise Early-Stage Cancer Screening. Presented at 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Wellington, New Zealand

Current methods to identify cutoff values for tumour-associated molecules (antigens) discrimination are based on statistics and brute force. These methods applied to cancer screening problems are very inefficient, especially with large data sets with... Read More about A Hybrid Evolutionary Strategy to Optimise Early-Stage Cancer Screening.

A study on the interpretability of a fuzzy system to control an inverted pendulum
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zeren, B., Deveci, M., Coupland, S., John, R., & Ender¨ozcan, E. (2019, June). A study on the interpretability of a fuzzy system to control an inverted pendulum. Presented at International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Fuzz-IEEE 2019), New Orleans, USA

Fuzzy systems mimic human reasoning and provide solutions to problems under uncertainty via 'computing with words'. This particular strength of fuzzy systems is often discarded in some real world applications where the fuzzy sets are designed for con... Read More about A study on the interpretability of a fuzzy system to control an inverted pendulum.

Design and testing of PMSM for aerospace EMA applications
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Sala, G., Kladas, A., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018, October). Design and testing of PMSM for aerospace EMA applications. Presented at IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Washington, DC

The more-electric aircraft initiative represents an important technology step-change for the aircraft industry. The reduction of both fuel consumption and environmental impact are leading to alternative solutions for actuating the flight control surf... Read More about Design and testing of PMSM for aerospace EMA applications.

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS FOR USING REUSABLE LEARNING OBJECTS IN EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE CURRICULA TO ENHANCE CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, M., Taylor, M., Hall, C., & Konstantinidis, S. (2019, March). STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS FOR USING REUSABLE LEARNING OBJECTS IN EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE CURRICULA TO ENHANCE CULTURAL SENSITIVITY. Presented at 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain

Health care is becoming increasingly culturally diverse and there is a growing need for nurses to deliver culturally competent care patient centred care. Therefore, it is imperative that nurses are equipped with an awareness of what it means to posse... Read More about STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS FOR USING REUSABLE LEARNING OBJECTS IN EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE CURRICULA TO ENHANCE CULTURAL SENSITIVITY.

Performance Optimization of a Fuzzy Entropy Based Feature Selection and Classification Framework
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shen, Z., Chen, X., & Garibaldi, J. (2018, October). Performance Optimization of a Fuzzy Entropy Based Feature Selection and Classification Framework. Presented at Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2018, Miyazaki, Japan

© 2018 IEEE. In this paper, based on a fuzzy entropy feature selection framework, different methods have been implemented and compared to improve the key components of the framework. Those methods include the combinations of three ideal vector calcul... Read More about Performance Optimization of a Fuzzy Entropy Based Feature Selection and Classification Framework.

A Measure of Structural Complexity of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems Adapted from Software Engineering
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Razak, T. R., Garibaldi, J. M., & Wagner, C. (2019, June). A Measure of Structural Complexity of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems Adapted from Software Engineering. Presented at International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2019), New Orleans, USA

Hierarchical fuzzy systems (HFSs) have been seen as an effective approach to reduce the complexity of fuzzy logic systems (FLSs), largely as a result of reducing the number of rules. However, it is not clear completely how complexity of HFSs can be m... Read More about A Measure of Structural Complexity of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems Adapted from Software Engineering.

Assessing the Accuracy of Soot Nanoparticle Morphology Measurements Using Three-Dimensional Electron Tomography
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haffner-Staton, E., La Rocca, A., Cairns, A., McGhee, M., & Fay, M. Assessing the Accuracy of Soot Nanoparticle Morphology Measurements Using Three-Dimensional Electron Tomography. Presented at WCX SAE World Congress Experience

Morphology plays an important role in determining behaviour and impact of soot nanoparticles, including effect on human health, atmospheric optical properties, contribution to engine wear, and role in marine ecology. However, its nanoscopic size has... Read More about Assessing the Accuracy of Soot Nanoparticle Morphology Measurements Using Three-Dimensional Electron Tomography.

Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, L., Qi, W., & Hanks, L. (2015, April). Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum. Presented at International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Society, Chengdu, China

Although there is a large number of study about the public participation in museum, little of this touched the public engagement in the stage of architecture design. To resolve the conflicts between the laymen and professionals, this paper generally... Read More about Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum.

Soot in the Lubricating Oil: An Overlooked Concern for the Gasoline Direct Injection Engine?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pfau, S. A., La Rocca, A., Haffner-Staton, E., Rance, G. A., Fay, M. W., & McGhee, M. Soot in the Lubricating Oil: An Overlooked Concern for the Gasoline Direct Injection Engine?. Presented at WCX SAE World Congress Experience, Detroit, USA

Formation of soot is a known phenomenon for diesel engines, however, only recently emerged for gasoline engines with the introduction of direct injection systems. Soot-in-oil samples from a three-cylinder turbo-charged gasoline direct injection (GDI)... Read More about Soot in the Lubricating Oil: An Overlooked Concern for the Gasoline Direct Injection Engine?.

A SiC based 2-Level Power Converter for Shape-and-Space-Restricted Aerospace Applications
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nasir, U., Chowdhury, S., La Rocca, A., Chen, Y., Yang, T., Wheeler, P., Gerada, C., & Bozhko, S. (2019, July). A SiC based 2-Level Power Converter for Shape-and-Space-Restricted Aerospace Applications. Presented at 2019 IEEE 13th International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS), Toulouse, France

Recent advancements in the power electronic device technologies, such as wide-band-gap devices including Silicon-Carbide (SiC) and Galium-Nitride (GaN), are acting as an enabling factor in development of compact power electronic systems. More specifi... Read More about A SiC based 2-Level Power Converter for Shape-and-Space-Restricted Aerospace Applications.

On the Concept of Meaningfulness in Constrained Type-2 Fuzzy Sets
Presentation / Conference Contribution
D'Alterio, P., Garibaldi, J. M., & John, R. (2019, June). On the Concept of Meaningfulness in Constrained Type-2 Fuzzy Sets. Presented at International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2019), New Orleans, LA, USA

Constrained type-2 fuzzy sets have been proposed as a tool to model type-2 fuzzy sets starting from a type-1 generator set with uncertainty. This constrained representation only defines as acceptable the embedded sets that have the same shape as the... Read More about On the Concept of Meaningfulness in Constrained Type-2 Fuzzy Sets.

On Comparing and Selecting Approaches to Model Interval-Valued Data as Fuzzy Sets
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCulloch, J., Ellerby, Z., & Wagner, C. (2019, June). On Comparing and Selecting Approaches to Model Interval-Valued Data as Fuzzy Sets. Presented at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), New Orleans, LA, USA

The capture of interval-valued data is becoming an increasingly common approach in data collection (from survey based research to the collation of sensor data) as an efficient method of obtaining information about uncertainty associated with the data... Read More about On Comparing and Selecting Approaches to Model Interval-Valued Data as Fuzzy Sets.

Energy storage and energy management in distribution grids, communities and buildings: results from SENSIBLE, a flagship project
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andre, R., Naghiyev, E., Guerra, F., Leonide, A., Langemayer, S., Dentel, A., Kandasamy, K., Gouveia, C., Murphy O'Connor, C., & Kilkki, O. (2019, June). Energy storage and energy management in distribution grids, communities and buildings: results from SENSIBLE, a flagship project. Presented at 25th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2019), Madrid, Spain

In a time of energy transition, this article summarizes the most relevant conclusions obtained from the SENSIBLE project [3], which aimed to demonstrate that the 2030 EU energy policy targets are achievable, and that distributed energy storage has a... Read More about Energy storage and energy management in distribution grids, communities and buildings: results from SENSIBLE, a flagship project.

Three-dimensional Segmentation of Blood Vessels from Intensity In-homogeneous Medical Images
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bukenya, F., Awwad, A., Duan, J., Ehling, J., Faas, H., & Bai, L. (2018, November). Three-dimensional Segmentation of Blood Vessels from Intensity In-homogeneous Medical Images. Presented at 2018 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Bangalore, India

Blood vessel segmentation helps to know the progress of the disease during diagnosis. The presence of intensity in-homogeneity, conglutination tissue and noise in medical images has led to difficulty in extraction of different sizes of blood vessels,... Read More about Three-dimensional Segmentation of Blood Vessels from Intensity In-homogeneous Medical Images.

Cultural intelligence of MPharm undergraduates
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alosaimi, N., Boyd, M., & Boardman, H. Cultural intelligence of MPharm undergraduates. Presented at Health Services Research & Pharmacy Practice Conference, 8–9 April 2019, Birmingham, UK

Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, L., Wang, Z., Shao, S., Tarisciotti, L., Dragicevic, T., & Wheeler, P. (2019, May). Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads. Presented at 3rd IEEE ICDCM 2019 (International Conference on DC Microgrids), Kunibiki Messe, Japan

Dedicated Energy Storage System (ESS) has been an integral part of the shipboard micro-grids in naval vessels. Dual-Active-Bridge (DAB) converters are often chosen to be the interface between the ESS and the medium voltage DC bus due to isolation cap... Read More about Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads.

Decoupled Model for Asymmetrical Dual Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Y., Bozhko, S., Fan, L., Yang, T., & Khowja, M. R. (2019, May). Decoupled Model for Asymmetrical Dual Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine. Presented at IEMDC 2019 - International Electric Machines & Drives Conference, San Diego, CA, USA

This paper presents a decoupled modeling method for asymmetrical dual three phase (DTP) permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM). Due to the special structure of this machine, traditional decoupled method cannot be applied on it. This paper propos... Read More about Decoupled Model for Asymmetrical Dual Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine.

Three-Phase AC-DC Converters with Passive, Active and Hybrid Current Injection Circuits - Part I
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., & Riveros, J. A. (2018, June). Three-Phase AC-DC Converters with Passive, Active and Hybrid Current Injection Circuits - Part I. Presented at 2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

© 2018 IEEE. AC-DC three-phase converters are very well known for having enhanced power quality with unity displacement power factor, low total harmonic pollution on the AC side, and controllable DC output with unidirectional or bidirectional power f... Read More about Three-Phase AC-DC Converters with Passive, Active and Hybrid Current Injection Circuits - Part I.

Three-Phase AC-DC Converters with Passive, Active and Hybrid Current Injection Circuits - Part II
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., & Riveros, J. A. (2018, June). Three-Phase AC-DC Converters with Passive, Active and Hybrid Current Injection Circuits - Part II. Presented at 2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

© 2018 IEEE. AC-DC Three-phase converters are highly well known for having enhanced power quality with unity displacement power factor, low total harmonic pollution on the AC side, and controllable DC output with unidirectional or bidirectional power... Read More about Three-Phase AC-DC Converters with Passive, Active and Hybrid Current Injection Circuits - Part II.

A New Ground Power Unit (GPU) Supply for Aircraft Applications
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., Besoain, F., & Riveros, J. A. (2018, June). A New Ground Power Unit (GPU) Supply for Aircraft Applications. Presented at 2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Nowadays, electrical energy is the alternative to supply aircraft systems. In this paper a new converter for ground power units supply in aircraft applications is proposed. The topology consists of a rectifier with an active current injection circuit... Read More about A New Ground Power Unit (GPU) Supply for Aircraft Applications.