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Extracting structure functions of power devices in induction motor drives (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Aliyu, A. M., & Castellazzi, A. (2016). Extracting structure functions of power devices in induction motor drives.

This paper proposes the extraction of structure function from power devices on-board induction motor drives. It puts forward the issues and methodology related to on-board measurement of the cooling curve and derivation of the structure function duri... Read More about Extracting structure functions of power devices in induction motor drives.

Analysis of hybrid energy storage systems with DC link fault ride-through capability (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Georgious, R., Garcia, J., Garcia, P., & Sumner, M. (2016). Analysis of hybrid energy storage systems with DC link fault ride-through capability.

In this work, a Fault Ride-Through control scheme for a non-isolated power topology for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems in a DC microgrid is presented. The Hybrid System is created from a Lithium-Ion Battery and a Supercapacitor Module coordinated to a... Read More about Analysis of hybrid energy storage systems with DC link fault ride-through capability.

Selective labeling: identifying representative sub-volumes for interactive segmentation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Luengo, I., Basham, M., & French, A. P. (2016). Selective labeling: identifying representative sub-volumes for interactive segmentation. In Patch-based Techniques in Medical Imaging (17-24). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47118-1_3

Automatic segmentation of challenging biomedical volumes with multiple objects is still an open research field. Automatic approaches usually require a large amount of training data to be able to model the complex and often noisy appearance and struct... Read More about Selective labeling: identifying representative sub-volumes for interactive segmentation.

Evaluation of the SST-SAS model for prediction of separated flow inside turbine internal cooling passages (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Zacharzewski, P., Simmons, K., Jefferson-Loveday, R., & Capone, L. (2016). Evaluation of the SST-SAS model for prediction of separated flow inside turbine internal cooling passages. In Conference Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2016-56117

The flow and heat transfer over a three-dimensional axisymmetric hill and rectangular ribbed duct is computed in order to evaluate the Shear Stress Transport-Scale Adaptive Simulation (SST-SAS) turbulence model. The study presented here is relevant t... Read More about Evaluation of the SST-SAS model for prediction of separated flow inside turbine internal cooling passages.

Playing with social and emotional game companions (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Chowanda, A., Flintham, M., Blanchfield, P., & Valstar, M. (2016). Playing with social and emotional game companions. In Intelligent Virtual Agents

This paper presents the findings of an empirical study that explores player game experience by implementing the ERiSA Framework in games. A study with Action Role-Playing Game (RPG) was designed to evaluate player interactions with game companions, w... Read More about Playing with social and emotional game companions.

An enhanced secondary control approach for voltage restoration in the DC distribution system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Gao, F., Wheeler, P., & Bozhko, S. (2016). An enhanced secondary control approach for voltage restoration in the DC distribution system.

The paper will deal with the problem of establishing a desirable power sharing in multi-feed electric power system for future more-electric aircraft (MEA) platforms. The MEA is one of the major trends in modern aerospace engineering aiming for reduct... Read More about An enhanced secondary control approach for voltage restoration in the DC distribution system.

Fixed frequency finite-state model predictive control for indirect matrix converters with optimal switching pattern (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Lei, J., Tariscotti, L., Trentin, A., Zanchetta, P., Wheeler, P., & Formentini, A. (2016). Fixed frequency finite-state model predictive control for indirect matrix converters with optimal switching pattern.

Finite States Model Predictive Control (MPC) has been recently applied to several converters topologies for the many advantages it can provide such as fast dynamics, multi-target control capabilities, easy implementation on digital control board and... Read More about Fixed frequency finite-state model predictive control for indirect matrix converters with optimal switching pattern.

SMURFS: Superpixels from multi-scale refinement of super-regions (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Luengo, I., Basham, M., & French, A. P. (2016). SMURFS: Superpixels from multi-scale refinement of super-regions. In Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference 2016. https://doi.org/10.5244/C.30.4

Recent applications in computer vision have come to rely on superpixel segmentation as a pre-processing step for higher level vision tasks, such as object recognition, scene labelling or image segmentation. Here, we present a new algorithm, Superpixe... Read More about SMURFS: Superpixels from multi-scale refinement of super-regions.

Topic switch models for dialogue management in virtual humans (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Zhu, W., Chowanda, A., & Valstar, M. F. (2016). Topic switch models for dialogue management in virtual humans.

This paper presents a novel data-driven Topic Switch Model based on a cognitive representation of a limited set of topics that are currently in-focus, which determines what utterances are chosen next. The transition model was statistically learned fr... Read More about Topic switch models for dialogue management in virtual humans.

Wave propagation in pressurised composite structures with frequency band gap behaviour (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ampatzidis, T., & Chronopoulos, D. (2016). Wave propagation in pressurised composite structures with frequency band gap behaviour.

In engineering there are numerous examples of structures, such as train rails and airplane fuselages, that present periodicity in their geometry or mechanical properties. It has been observed that this periodicity leads to banded frequency response a... Read More about Wave propagation in pressurised composite structures with frequency band gap behaviour.

Convolutional aggregation of local evidence for large pose face alignment (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Bulat, A., & Tzimiropoulos, G. (2016). Convolutional aggregation of local evidence for large pose face alignment.

Methods for unconstrained face alignment must satisfy two requirements: they must not rely on accurate initialisation/face detection and they should perform equally well for the whole spectrum of facial poses. To the best of our knowledge, there are... Read More about Convolutional aggregation of local evidence for large pose face alignment.

Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Bifaretti, S., Pipolo, S., Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Tariscotti, L., & Zanchetta, P. (2016). Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters.

This paper proposes a Predictive Control, formally Dead-Beat (DBC), for a four-leg inverter having an Active Split DC-bus on the fourth leg and LC filters on phase-to-neutral outputs. Such a configuration permits to reduce the voltage ripple on the n... Read More about Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters.

Design of a cooperative voltage harmonic compensation strategy for islanded microgrids combining virtual admittance and repetitive controller (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Blanco, C., Tardelli, F., Reigosa, D., Zanchetta, P., & Briz, F. (2016). Design of a cooperative voltage harmonic compensation strategy for islanded microgrids combining virtual admittance and repetitive controller.

Non-linear loads (NLLs) in three-phase systems are known to produce current harmonics at -5, 7, -11, 13... times the fundamental frequency; harmonics of the same frequencies are induced in microgrid voltage, reducing therefore the power quality. Dedi... Read More about Design of a cooperative voltage harmonic compensation strategy for islanded microgrids combining virtual admittance and repetitive controller.

Optimized resonant pulsed power supplies with deadbeat: repetitive regulation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ji, C., Clare, J. C., & Zanchetta, P. (2016). Optimized resonant pulsed power supplies with deadbeat: repetitive regulation.

This paper presents a novel digital deadbeat + repetitive control (DBRC) strategy for output voltage regulation of pulsed power resonant converters used in high energy physics applications. The proposed converter contains three individual series reso... Read More about Optimized resonant pulsed power supplies with deadbeat: repetitive regulation.

Taking into account interactions between converters in the design of aircraft power networks (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Li, Q., Formentini, A., Baraston, A., Zhang, X., Zanchetta, P., Schanen, J., & Boroyevich, D. (2016). Taking into account interactions between converters in the design of aircraft power networks.

This paper presents some key interactions among converters, which need to be taken into account when designing a modern embedded electrical grid, including a large amount of Power Electronics based loads. A design by Optimization method is first used... Read More about Taking into account interactions between converters in the design of aircraft power networks.

Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Trentin, A., Zanchetta, P., Empringham, L., De Lillo, L., Wheeler, P., & Clare, J. C. (2016). Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs.

This paper presents an experimental comparison between a Direct Matrix Converter and an Indirect Matrix Converter in terms of semiconductor devices thermal cycling. Both converters have been designed and built using SiC MOSFETs; the Indirect Matrix C... Read More about Experimental comparison of devices thermal cycling in direct matrix converters (DMC) and Indirect Matrix Converters (IMC) using SiC MOSFETs.

GameUp: Exergames for Mobility – A Project to Keep Elderly Active (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Brox, E., Konstantinidis, S., Evertsen, G., Fernandez-Luque, L., Remartinez, A., Oesch, P., & Civit, A. (2016). GameUp: Exergames for Mobility – A Project to Keep Elderly Active. XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2016 (1225-1230). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32703-7_236

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Early detection of cognitive and physical status deterioration for elderly people has been much dependent on gait analysis lately. However, much of the recent literature focuses on gait analysis m... Read More about GameUp: Exergames for Mobility – A Project to Keep Elderly Active.

GameUp: Exergames for mobility – a project to keep elderly active (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Brox, E., Konstantinidis, S. T., Evertsen, G., Fernandez-Luque, L., Remartinez, A., Oesch, P., & Civit, A. (2016). GameUp: Exergames for mobility – a project to keep elderly active. In E. Kyriacou, S. Christofides, & C. S. Pattichis (Eds.), XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2016 (1225–1230). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32703-7_235

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. A big challenge for Europe is the demographic shift towards an aging population. Resources in the health care sector are limited, so it is important that the seniors of tomorrow will be able to st... Read More about GameUp: Exergames for mobility – a project to keep elderly active.