Browse research from the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics.
Submissions from 2018
Extreme coastal responses using focused wave groups: Overtopping and horizontal forces exerted on an inclined seawall, C. N. Whittaker, C. J. Fitzgerald, A. C. Raby, P. H. Taylor, and A. G.L. Borthwick
Investigation of effective stress intensity factors during overload fatigue cycles using photoelastic and DIC techniques, JM Vasco-Olmo, B Yang, MN James, and FA Díaz
Thick Subcategories of Discrete Derived Categories, Nathan T. Broomhead
Tracer advection in an idealised river bend with groynes, Mohammad Mahdi Jalali and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
ALP production through non-linear Compton scattering in intense fields, Barry M. Dillon and B. King
A virtual teams model for supporting maritime technology management, G Berner, R Hopcraft, J Scanlan, M Lutzhoft, and J Earthy
A Novel Case of Practical Exponential Observer Using Extended Kalman Filter, Daxiong Ji, Zhi Deng, Shuo Li, Dongfang Ma, T Wang, Wei Song, Shiqiang Zhu, Z Wang, Hongjun Pan, Sanjay Sharma, and Xu Yang
Characterisation of reinforcement fabrics by fractal dimension, J Summerscales and D Piasecki
Wave tank experiments of a floating, tidal-stream energy device, N Xie, E Ransley, SA Brown, D Greaves, R Nicholls-Lee, L Johanning, P Weston, and E Guerrini
Crack tip plastic zone evolution during an overload cycle and the contribution of plasticity-induced shielding to crack growth rate changes, JM Vasco-Olmo, FA Díaz, MN James, and B Yang
Sharing with live migration energy optimization scheduler for cloud computing data centers, Samah Alshathri, Bogdan Ghita, and Nathan Clarke
Performance of a Direct-Driven Wave Energy Point Absorber with High Inertia Rotatory Power Take-off, Simon Thomas, Marianna Giassi, Malin Göteman, Martyn Hann, Edward Ransley, Jan Isberg, and Jens Engström
Materials selection for marine composites, J Summerscales
Effective maritime cybersecurity regulation – the case for a cyber code, Rory Hopcraft and Keith M. Martin
A more effective rationalisation of fatigue crack growth rate data for various specimen geometries and stress ratios using the CJP model, B Yang, JM Vasco-Olmo, FA Díaz, and MN James
Bottle house: A case study of transdisciplinary research for tackling global challenges, Muyiwa Oyinlola, T Whiteheadb, A Abuzeinabc, A Adefilad, Yewande Akinola, Fatai Anafi, Farukh Farukh, Oluyemi Jegede, Karthikeyan Kandan, Boksun Kim, and Emmanuel Mosugu
Hydrodynamic response of the WEC sub-system of a novel hybrid wind-wave energy converter Energy Conversion and Management, C. Perez-Collazo, D. Greaves, and G. Iglesias
Impact of Video File Format on Quality of Experience (QoE) of Multimedia Content, Asif Ali Laghari, Hui He, Asiya Khan, and Sajida Karim
Visualisation with Treemaps and Sunbursts in Evolutionary Many-objective Optimisation, David J. Walker
Visualising the Operation of Evolutionary Algorithms Optimising Water Distribution Network Design Problems, D Walker and MJ Craven
Children conform, adults resist: A robot group induced peer pressure on normative social conformity, A-L Vollmer, R Read, D Trippas, and T Belpaeme
A Review on Fly Ash as a Raw Cementitious Material for Geopolymer Concrete, Aissa Bouaissi, Long Yuan Li, Ligia Mihaela Moga, IG Sandu, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, and AV Sandu
Quality of Experience Framework for Cloud Computing (QoC), A Laghari, H He, AI Khan, N Kumar, and R Kharel
Three-pulse photon-photon scattering, B. King, H. Hu, and B. Shen
Curious users of casual creators, MJ Nelson, SE Gaudl, S Colton, and S Deterding
Fatigue Properties and Fracture Morphology of Micronised Rubber Powder (MRP) from Waste Tyres in Unfilled Elastomers, A.I.H. D. Habibah, F Abraham, J Summerscales, and P Brown
Performance of non-uniform tidal turbine arrays in uniform flow, Paul A.J. Bonar, Thomas A.A. Adcock, Vengatesan Venugopal, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Rapid game jams with fluidic games: A user study & design methodology, SE Gaudl, MJ Nelson, S Colton, R Saunders, EJ Powley, Ferrer B Pérez, P Ivey, and M Cook
The extended ramp model: A biomimetic model of behaviour arbitration for lightweight cognitive architectures, SE Gaudl and JJ Bryson
Tracer advection in a pair of adjacent side-wall cavities, and in a rectangular channel containing two groynes in series, Mohammad Mahdi Jalali and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Stakeholder Perspectives on Graphical Tools for Visualising Student Assessment and Feedback Data, Valle L. Dalla, Julian Stander, Karen Gresty, John Eales, and Yinghui Wei
A Novel QoE-Centric SDN-Based Multipath Routing Approach for Multimedia Services over 5G Networks, Alcardo Alex Barakabitze, Lingfen Sun, Is Haka Mkwawa, and Emmanuel Ifeachor
Process-property-performance relationships in CFRP composites using fractal dimension, Amjed Saleh Mahmood, M. Neil James, and John Summerscales
Effect of interference on the trident process in a constant crossed field, B. King and A. M. Fedotov
Mode truncations and scattering in strong fields, Tom Heinzl, Anton Ilderton, and Daniel Seipt
Distributed NFV Orchestration in a WMN-Based Disaster Network, G Frick, A. Paguem Tchinda, U Trick, A. Lehmann, G Frick, A. Paguem Tchinda, and B. Ghita
Optimal path planning of unmanned surface vehicles, Y Singh, S Sharma, DC Hatton, and R Sutton
Trust-Based Composition of M2M Application Services, Besfort Shala, Ulrich Trick, Armin Lehmann, Besfort Shala, Bogdan Ghita, and Stavros Shiaeles
WEC Design Based on Refined Mean Annual Energy Production for the Israeli Mediterranean Coast, Raphael Stuhlmeier and Dali Xu
Assessment of Quality of Experience (QoE) of Image Compression in Social Cloud Computing, Ali L. Asif, H He, AI Khan, and M Shafiq
Exploring the Potential for Multivariate Fragility Representations to Alter Flood Risk Estimates, Valle L. Dalla, Robert A. Jane, David J. Simmonds, Ben P. Gouldby, Jonathan D. Simm, and Alison C. Raby
Feasibility study of a constrained Dijkstra approach for optimal path planning of an unmanned surface vehicle in a dynamic maritime environment, Yogang Singh, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, Daniel Hatton, and Asiya Khan
Dynamic Neighbour Aware Power-controlled MAC for Multi-hop Ad-hoc networks, Jims Marchang, Roderick Douglas, Bogdan Ghita, David Lancaster, and Benjamin Sanders
Enhancing security behaviour by supporting the user, SM Furnell, W Khern-am-nuai, R Esmael, W Yang, and N Li
Guidelines for Designing Social Robots as Second Language Tutors, T Belpaeme, P Vogt, den Berghe R van, K Bergmann, T Göksun, Haas M de, J Kanero, J Kennedy, AC Küntay, O Oudgenoeg-Paz, F Papadopoulos, T Schodde, J Verhagen, CD Wallbridge, B Willemsen, Wit J de, V Geçkin, L Hoffmann, S Kopp, E Krahmer, E Mamus, J-M Montanier, C Oranç, and AK Pandey
Identifying and Predicting the Factors Affecting End-Users’ Risk-Taking Behavior, Nathan Clarke, Manal Alohali, Fudong Li, and Steven Furnell
Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring using Genetic Algorithms, D. Hock, M. Kappes, and B. Ghita
Offshore monopile in the southern North Sea: part II, simulated hydrodynamics and loading, Ariel J. Edesess, Denis Kelliher, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, and G Thomas
QoS Assessment and Modelling of Connected Vehicle Network within Internet of Vehicles, AI Khan, C Goh, CL Lim, and S Sharma
Towards Bayesian-Based Trust Management for Insider Attacks in Healthcare Software-Defined Networks, W Meng, K-KR Choo, S Furnell, AV Vasilakos, and CW Probst
Visual attention and object naming in humanoid robots using a bio-inspired spiking neural network, García D. Hernández, Samantha Adams, Alex Rast, Thomas Wennekers, Steve Furber, and Angelo Cangelosi
A methodology for efficient code optimizations and memory management, Vasilios Kelefouras and Karim Djemame
Experiences of a motivational interview delivered by a robot: qualitative study, Gomes da Silva J Galvão, Tony Belpaeme, David J. Kavanagh, Lloyd Taylor, Konna Beeson, and Jackie Andrade
Behavioral Learning in a Cognitive Neuromorphic Robot: An Integrative Approach, Thomas Wennekers and Angelo Cangelosi
A Subword-Based Deep Learning Approach for Sentiment Analysis of Political Tweets, M Pota, M Esposito, MA Palomino, and GL Masala
Environmental sustainability of light-driven processes for wastewater treatment applications, Spyros Foteinis, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Zacharias Frontistis, Dionissios Mantzavinos, and Efthalia Chatzisymeon
Practical powerful wavelet packet tests for second-order stationarity, Alessandro Cardinali and Guy P. Nason
Pseudo-static tests of terminal stirrup-confined concrete-filled rectangular steel tubular columns, Fa xing Ding, Liang Luo, Liping Wang, Shanshan Cheng, and Zhi wu Yu
Spatiotemporal variations in vegetation cover on the Loess Plateau, China, between 1982 and 2013: possible causes and potential impacts, Dongxian Kong, Chiyuan Miao, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Xiaohui Lei, and Hu Li
Vision-Based Autonomous Landing of a Quadrotor on the Perturbed Deck of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle, Riccardo Polvara, Sanjay Sharma, Jian Wan, Andrew Manning, and Robert Sutton
Strong-isospin-breaking correction to the muon anomalous magnetic moment from lattice QCD at the physical point, B. Chakraborty, C. T.H. Davies, C. Detar, A. X. El-Khadra, E. Gámiz, Steven Gottlieb, D. Hatton, J. Koponen, A. S. Kronfeld, J. Laiho, G. P. Lepage, Yuzhi Liu, P. B. Mackenzie, C. McNeile, E. T. Neil, J. N. Simone, R. Sugar, D. Toussaint, RSVD Water, and A. Vaquero
Bolted fibre-reinforced polymer flange joints for pipelines: A review of current practice and future challenges, Muhsin Aljuboury, Md Jahir Rizvi, Stephen Grove, and Richard Cullen
Approximate Solutions for Ideal Dam‐Break Sediment‐Laden Flows on Uniform Slopes, Yufang Ni, Zhixian Cao, Alistair Borthwick, and Qingquan Liu
Improved efficiency of graphene/Si Schottky junction solar cell based on back contact structure and DUV treatment, Ahmed Suhail, Genhua Pan, David Jenkins, and Kamrul Islam
Cyber-Risk Assessment for Autonomous Ships, Kimberly Tam and Kevin Jones
A Novel Feature Set for Application Identification, H Oudah, B Ghita, and T Bakhshi
The Design of a Multimedia-Forensic Analysis Tool (M-FAT), S Mashhadani, H Al-kawaz, N Clarke, S Furnell, and F Li
Towards use of Dijkstra Algorithm for Optimal Navigation of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle in a Real-Time Marine Environment with Results from Artificial Potential Field, Y Singh, S Sharma, R Sutton, and DC Hatton
Guaranteed State Estimation for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems via Indirectly Implemented Polytopic Set Computation, Jian Wan, Sanjay Sharma, and Robert Sutton
A Novel Hybrid Wind-Wave Energy Converter for Jacket-Frame Substructures, Carlos Perez-Collazo, Deborah Greaves, and Gregorio Iglesias
Complexity Measures for Quantifying Changes in Electroencephalogram in Alzheimer's Disease, Ali H.Husseen Al-Nuaimi, Emmanuel Jammeh, Lingfen Sun, and Emmanuel Ifeachor
Toward the Online Visualisation of Algorithm Performance for Parameter Selection, David J. Walker and Matthew J. Craven
Agile Behaviour Design: A Design Approach for Structuring Game Characters and Interactions, SE Gaudl
Multi-modal Open-Set Person Identification in HRI, B Irfan, N Lyubova, Ortiz M Garcia, and T Belpaeme
Towards a SAR System for Personalized Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Patient with PCI, J Casas, B Irfan, E Senft, LF Gutiérrez, M Rincon-Roncancio, M Munera, T Belpaeme, and CA Cifuentes
An enhanced teaching interface for a robot using DMP and GMR, Chunxu Li, Chenguang Yang, Zhaojie Ju, and Andy S.K. Annamalai
Robot Enhanced Therapy for Children with Autism (DREAM): A Social Model of Autism, K Richardson, M Coeckelbergh, K Wakunuma, E Billing, T Ziemke, P Gomez, B Vanderborght, and T Belpaeme
The effects of Graphene Oxide flakes on the mechanical properties of cement mortar, Boksun Kim
The mechanical properties of flax fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) bio-composites to wet, freezing and humid environments, HM Khanlou, Wayne Hall, Peter Woodfield, John Summerscales, and Gaston Francucci
The photo-stimulatory effect of low level laser therapy on the proliferation rate of human monocytic leukaemia cells, R Musstaff, David F.L. Jenkins, and J Awadhesh
Estimation of mechanical property degradation of poly(lactic acid) and flax fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) bio-composites during thermal processing, Hossein Mohammad Khanlou, Peter Woodfield, John Summerscales, Gaston Francucci, Benjamin King, Sepehr Talebian, Javad Foroughi, and Wayne Hall
A methodology review on the incremental prognostic value of computed tomography biomarkers in addition to Framingham risk score in predicting cardiovascular disease: the use of association, discrimination and reclassification., Chun Lap Pang, Nicola Pilkington, Yinghui Wei, Jaime Peters, Carl Roobottom, and Chris Hyde
Strength Development and Durability of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash Mortar with Calcium Carbide Residue as Additive, Long yuan Li
Electrons in an eccentric background field, Martin Lavelle and David McMullan
Effect of shear stress on distortional buckling of CFS beams subjected to uniformly distributed transverse loading, Long Yuan Li and Jue Zhu
Comparative study of stirrup-confined circular concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns under axial loading, Fa xing Ding, Jiang Zhu, Shan Shan Cheng, and Xuemei Liu
Discrete triangulated categories, Nathan Broomhead, David Pauksztello, and David Ploog
Quasi-two-layer morphodynamic model for bedload-dominated problems: bed slope-induced morphological diffusion, Sergio Maldonado and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
The evolution of free and bound waves during dispersive focusing in a numerical and physical flume, Thomas Vyzikas, Dimitris Stagonas, Eugeny Buldakov, and Deborah Greaves
Evolution of statistically inhomogeneous degenerate water wave quartets, R. Stuhlmeier and M. Stiassnie
Development of a Label-Free Immunosensor for Clusterin Detection as an Alzheimer’s Biomarker, Kamrul Islam, Samar Damiati, Jagriti Sethi, Ahmed Suhail, and Genhua Pan
Use of constrained focused waves to measure extreme loading of a taut moored floating wave energy converter, Martyn Hann, Deborah Greaves, Alison Raby, and Ben Howey
IEEE ICC 2018, A Barakabitze, L Sun, I Mkwawa, and E Ifeachor
Label-Free Sensors Based on Graphene Field-Effect Transistors for the Detection of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Cancer Risk Biomarker, Shakil A. Awan
Advances in Numerical Techniques for Modelling Water Flows, Jian G. Zhou, Alistair Borthwick, Haifei Liu, and Ling Qian
An accurate and cost efficient physical scale model of a direct driven point-absorber with constant damping power take-off, S Thomas, M Giassi, M Göteman, M Eriksson, JM Isberg, MR Hann, EJ Ransley, and J Engström
A National Certification Programme for Academic Degrees in Cyber Security, S Furnell, M K, F Piper, C E, C H, and C Ensor
Assessing the size of a twin-cylinder wave energy converter designed for real sea-states, Dali Xu, Raphael Stuhlmeier, and Michael Stiassnie
Bayesian operational modal analysis of offshore rock lighthouses for SHM, JMW Brownjohn, SK Au, X Wang, Z Zhu, A Raby, and A Antonini
Development and test of an open source autonomous sailing robot with accessibility, generality and extendability, U Vautier, J Wan, M Dai, C Viel, and R Hone
