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A step change in education: Generative AI, Ethics and Transformation for Higher Education (2025)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N., Dixon, J., & Mian, Z. (2025). A step change in education: Generative AI, Ethics and Transformation for Higher Education. In M. A. Doolan, & L. Ritchie (Eds.), Transforming Teaching Excellence: Future Proofing Education for All. International Federation of National Teaching Fellows

Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Llama, are transforming higher education by introducing opportunities for enhanced learning and personalised education. These systems are disrupting traditional pedagogical approaches while presenting... Read More about A step change in education: Generative AI, Ethics and Transformation for Higher Education.

The ethics of travel: how can computing help to ensure transport is safe, sustainable and acceptable? (2025)
Journal Article
Gordon, N., Akindele, T., & Morel, P. (2025). The ethics of travel: how can computing help to ensure transport is safe, sustainable and acceptable?. Itnow, 67(2), 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/itnow/bwaf039

Transport is key to modern life – we travel for work, we depend on the transport industry to move food, resources and products. We travel for family and for leisure. In countries like the UK, we spend significant time and resource on travel. Computin... Read More about The ethics of travel: how can computing help to ensure transport is safe, sustainable and acceptable?.

A comprehensive survey for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The evolution from conventional to transformers and Mamba models (2025)
Journal Article
Ahmad, M., Distefano, S., Khan, A. M., Mazzara, M., Li, C., Li, H., Aryal, J., Ding, Y., Vivone, G., & Hong, D. (2025). A comprehensive survey for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The evolution from conventional to transformers and Mamba models. Neurocomputing, 644, Article 130428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2025.130428

Hyperspectral Image Classification (HSIC) presents significant challenges owing to the high dimensionality and intricate nature of Hyperspectral data. While traditional Machine Learning (TML) approaches have demonstrated effectiveness, they often enc... Read More about A comprehensive survey for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The evolution from conventional to transformers and Mamba models.

Enhancing Cybersecurity in Internet of Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach with Explainable AI for Real-Time Threat Detection (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patel, T., Jhaveri, R. H., Thakker, D., Verma, S., & Ingle, P. (2025, March). Enhancing Cybersecurity in Internet of Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach with Explainable AI for Real-Time Threat Detection. Presented at SAC '25: 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, Catania, Sicily, Italy

The proliferation of IoV technologies has revolutionized the use of transport systems to a great level of improvement in safety and efficiency, and convenience to users. On the other hand, increased connectivity has also brought new vulnerabilities,... Read More about Enhancing Cybersecurity in Internet of Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach with Explainable AI for Real-Time Threat Detection.

PD-type iterative learning consensus control approach for an electromechanical actuator-based multiagent system (2025)
Journal Article
Li, B., Riaz, S., Saleem, O., Zhao, Y., & Iqbal, J. (2025). PD-type iterative learning consensus control approach for an electromechanical actuator-based multiagent system. Applied Intelligence, 55(7), Article 684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-025-06559-2

Achieving consensus tracking control of a multiagent system (MAS) is challenging. This article proposes an innovative consensus control scheme of a MAS that is composed of electromechanical actuators. The open-loop derivative-type iterative learning... Read More about PD-type iterative learning consensus control approach for an electromechanical actuator-based multiagent system.

DiffFormer: a Differential Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification (2025)
Journal Article
Ahmad, M., Mazzara, M., Distefano, S., Khan, A. M., & Ullo, S. L. (in press). DiffFormer: a Differential Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 18, 10419-10428. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3558889

Hyperspectral image classification (HSIC) presents significant challenges due to spectral redundancy and spatial discontinuity, both of which can negatively impact classification performance. To mitigate these issues, this work proposes the Different... Read More about DiffFormer: a Differential Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification.

LiqState: Liquid Identification and State Monitoring Using mmWave IoT Sensing (2025)
Journal Article
Niaz, F., Zhang, J., Khalid, M., Younas, M., & Majid, A. (online). LiqState: Liquid Identification and State Monitoring Using mmWave IoT Sensing. IEEE internet of things journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3549374

Traditional RF-based liquid identification methods generally rely on a single characteristic such as refractive index or permittivity and often assume prior container knowledge, limiting their versatility. These approaches also face challenges in sce... Read More about LiqState: Liquid Identification and State Monitoring Using mmWave IoT Sensing.

Scaling up and automating formative assessment in computer science (2025)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. (2025). Scaling up and automating formative assessment in computer science. In S. Elkington, & A. Irons (Eds.), Formative Assessment and Feedback in Post-Digital Learning Environments: Disciplinary Case Studies in Higher Education (172-178). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003360254-22

The rise in student numbers in computer science creates a challenge for delivery. Computer science has some of the worst attainment and retention profiles across subjects. Given its technology focus, it is a subject where digital technologies have lo... Read More about Scaling up and automating formative assessment in computer science.

Adaptive Reconfigurable Learning Algorithm for Robust Optimal Longitudinal Motion Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2025)
Journal Article
Saleem, O., Tanveer, A., & Iqbal, J. (2025). Adaptive Reconfigurable Learning Algorithm for Robust Optimal Longitudinal Motion Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Algorithms, 18(4), Article 180. https://doi.org/10.3390/a18040180

This study presents the formulation and verification of a novel online adaptive reconfigurable learning control algorithm (RLCA) for improved longitudinal motion control and disturbance compensation in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed al... Read More about Adaptive Reconfigurable Learning Algorithm for Robust Optimal Longitudinal Motion Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Spatial-spectral morphological mamba for hyperspectral image classification (2025)
Journal Article
Ahmad, M., Butt, M. H. F., Khan, A. M., Mazzara, M., Distefano, S., Usama, M., Roy, S. K., Chanussot, J., & Hong, D. (online). Spatial-spectral morphological mamba for hyperspectral image classification. Neurocomputing, Article 129995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2025.129995

Recent advancements in transformers, specifically self-attention mechanisms, have significantly improved hyperspectral image (HSI) classification. However, these models often have inefficiencies, as their computational complexity scales quadratically... Read More about Spatial-spectral morphological mamba for hyperspectral image classification.