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Cricket batting technique analyser/trainer using fuzzy logic (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Curtis, K., Kelly, M., & Craven, M. (2009). Cricket batting technique analyser/trainer using fuzzy logic. doi:10.1109/icdsp.2009.5201206

Within this paper a system is proposed to capture the motion of a cricket batter whilst playing a stroke. The system is based on the classification of cricket batting strokes using fuzzy logic. The system was then used to analyze the motion of novice... Read More about Cricket batting technique analyser/trainer using fuzzy logic.

A high fidelity tissue-based cardiac surgical simulator (2005)
Journal Article
Ramphal, P. S., Coore, D. N., Craven, M. P., Forbes, N. F., Newman, S. M., Coye, A. A., …Silvera, B. C. (2005). A high fidelity tissue-based cardiac surgical simulator. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 27(5), 910-916. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.12.049

Issues concerning the training and certification of surgical specialists have taken on great significance in the last decade. A realistic computer-assisted, tissue-based simulator developed for use in the training of cardiac surgical residents in the... Read More about A high fidelity tissue-based cardiac surgical simulator.

MATCH: a new industry-focused approach to medical device development (2005)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. L., Craven, M. P., & Norris, B. J. (2005). MATCH: a new industry-focused approach to medical device development. In R. Tartaglia (Ed.), Healthcare systems ergonomics and patient safety: human factor, a bridge between care and cure : proceedings of the International Conference HEPS 2005, Florence, Italy, 30th March-2nd April 2005. Taylor & Francis

MATCH (Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare) is a new collaboration in the UK that aims to support the healthcare sector by creating methods to assess the value of medical devices from concept through to mature product. A... Read More about MATCH: a new industry-focused approach to medical device development.

GesRec3D: a real-time coded gesture-to-speech system with automatic segmentation and recognition thresholding using dissimilarity measures (2004)
Book Chapter
Craven, M. P., & Curtis, K. M. (2004). GesRec3D: a real-time coded gesture-to-speech system with automatic segmentation and recognition thresholding using dissimilarity measures. In A. Camurri, & G. Volpe (Eds.), Gesture-based communication in human-computer interaction: 5th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2003: Genova, Italy, April 2003: selected revised papers. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24598-8_21

A complete microcomputer system is described, GesRec3D, which facilitates the data acquisition, segmentation, learning, and recognition of 3-Dimensional arm gestures, with application as a Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) aid for peop... Read More about GesRec3D: a real-time coded gesture-to-speech system with automatic segmentation and recognition thresholding using dissimilarity measures.

Using Action Research to Enhance Teaching and Learning at the University of Technology, Jamaica (2003)
Journal Article
George, N. A., Craven, M., Williams-Meyers, C., & Bonnick, P. (2003). Using Action Research to Enhance Teaching and Learning at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 28(3), 239-250. doi:10.1080/0260293032000059603

As part of its quality assurance systems, the University of Technology, Jamaica initiated a project aimed at exploring how action research could be used as a vehicle for enhancing the quality of the teaching/learning process. Following a series of or... Read More about Using Action Research to Enhance Teaching and Learning at the University of Technology, Jamaica.

Applications of temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments (2002)
Conference Proceeding
Greenhalgh, C., Flintham, M., Purbrick, J., Benford, S., & Craven, M. (2002). Applications of temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments. In Proceedings IEEE Virtual Reality 2002 (101-108). https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2002.996512

Temporal links allow recordings of multi-user sessions to be dynamically inserted into current virtual worlds in a flexible and principled way. We explore key applications of temporal links, showing how they can add new content to virtual worlds, sup... Read More about Applications of temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments.

Patterns of Network and User Activity in an Inhabited Television Event (2001)
Journal Article
Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S., & Craven, M. (2001). Patterns of Network and User Activity in an Inhabited Television Event. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 10(1), 35-50. doi:10.1162/105474601750182306

Inhabited television takes traditional broadcast television and combines it with multiuser virtual reality to give new possibilities for interaction and participation in and around shows or channels. Out of This World was an experimental inhabited TV... Read More about Patterns of Network and User Activity in an Inhabited Television Event.

Temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments (2000)
Conference Proceeding
Greenhalgh, C., Purbrick, J., Benford, S., Craven, M., Drozd, A., & Taylor, I. (2000). Temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments. In MULTIMEDIA '00: Proceedings of the Eighth ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 67-74. doi:10.1145/354384.354429

Inhabited television: broadcasting interaction from within collaborative virtual environments (2000)
Journal Article
Benford, S., Greenhalgh, C., & Craven, M. (2000). Inhabited television: broadcasting interaction from within collaborative virtual environments. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 7(4), 510-547. doi:10.1145/365058.365095

Inhabited television combines collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) with broadcast television so that on-line audiences can participate in television shows within shared virtual worlds. We describe a series of experiments with inhabited televisio... Read More about Inhabited television: broadcasting interaction from within collaborative virtual environments.

Broadcasting On-Line Social Interaction as Inhabited Television (1999)
Conference Proceeding
Benford, S., Greenhalgh, C., Craven, M., Walker, G., Regan, T., Morphett, J., …Bowers, J. (1999). Broadcasting On-Line Social Interaction as Inhabited Television. In S. Bødker, M. Kyng, & K. Schmidt (Eds.), ECSCW ’99: Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 12–16 September 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark (179-198). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4441-4_10

Inhabited TV combines collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) with broadcast TV so that on-line audiences can participate in TV shows within shared virtual worlds. Three early experiments with inhabited TV raised fundamental questions concerning th... Read More about Broadcasting On-Line Social Interaction as Inhabited Television.

Patterns of network and user activity in an inhabited television event (1999)
Conference Proceeding
Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S., & Craven, M. (1999). Patterns of network and user activity in an inhabited television event. In VRST '99: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology. https://doi.org/10.1145/323663.323668

Inhabited Television takes traditional broadcast television and combines it with multiuser virtual reality, to give new possibilities for interaction and participation in and around shows or channels. 'Out Of This World' was an experimental inhabited... Read More about Patterns of network and user activity in an inhabited television event.

Three dimensional visualization of the World Wide Web (1999)
Journal Article
Benford, S., Taylor, I., Brailsford, D. F., Koleva, B., Craven, M. P., Fraser, M., …Greenhalgh, C. (1999). Three dimensional visualization of the World Wide Web. ACM Computing Surveys, 31(4es),

Although large-scale public hypermedia structures such as the World Wide Web are popularly referred to as "cyberspace", the extent to which they constitute a space in the everyday sense of the word is questionable. This paper reviews recent work in t... Read More about Three dimensional visualization of the World Wide Web.

A faster learning neural network classifier using selective backpropagation (1997)
Conference Proceeding
Craven, M. P. (1997). A faster learning neural network classifier using selective backpropagation.

The problem of saturation in neural network classification problems is discussed. The listprop algorithm is presented which reduces saturation and dramatically increases the rate of convergence. The technique uses selective application of the bac... Read More about A faster learning neural network classifier using selective backpropagation.

Shape recognition using a novel fractal technique (1996)
Conference Proceeding
Neil, G., Curtis, K. M., & Craven, M. (1996). Shape recognition using a novel fractal technique. In Proceedings of Third International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.1996.584464

Fractal transformations are an exciting new scale invariant shape recognition technique developed by the authors. They have been successfully used for spatially invariant shape recognition using a cumbersome rotational invariance algorithm. Within th... Read More about Shape recognition using a novel fractal technique.

Consideration of multiplexing in neural network hardware (1994)
Journal Article
Craven, M., Curtis, K., & Hayes-Gill, B. (1994). Consideration of multiplexing in neural network hardware. IEE Proceedings Circuits Devices and Systems, 141(3), 237-240. doi:10.1049/ip-cds:19941103

This paper presents the results of research into a scheme for overcoming the communications 'bottleneck' within hardware neural networks, utilising frequency division multiplexing of amplitude modulated neural signals. The introduction explains the p... Read More about Consideration of multiplexing in neural network hardware.

Two quadrant analogue squarer circuit based on MOS square-law characteristic (1991)
Journal Article
Craven, M., & Hayes-Gill, B. (1991). Two quadrant analogue squarer circuit based on MOS square-law characteristic. Electronics Letters, 27(25), 2307–2308. doi:10.1049/el:19911429

A novel analogue CMOS circuit is presented which performs the arithmetical squaring of a voltage, using the square-law characteristic of the MOS transistor in saturation. The core circuit is constructed from four identical building blocks, which are... Read More about Two quadrant analogue squarer circuit based on MOS square-law characteristic.

Frequency division multiplexing in analogue neural network (1991)
Journal Article
Hayes-Gill, B., & Craven, M. (1991). Frequency division multiplexing in analogue neural network. Electronics Letters, 27(11), 918-920. doi:10.1049/el:19910575

Frequency division multiplexing has been studied as a means of communication between neural layers in an analogue multilayered perceptron neural network architecture, trained using the back-propagation learning algorithm. Simulation results on networ... Read More about Frequency division multiplexing in analogue neural network.