All Outputs (33)

XML document design via GN-DTD (2010)
Journal Article
Zainol, Z., & Wang, B. (2010). XML document design via GN-DTD. European Journal of Scientific Research, 44(2), 314-336

Designing a well-structured XML document is important for the sake of readability and maintainability. More importantly, this will avoid data redundancies and update anomalies when maintaining a large quantity of XML based documents. In this paper, w... Read More about XML document design via GN-DTD.

Capture and reuse of composable failure patterns (2010)
Journal Article
Wolforth, I., Walker, M., Papadopoulos, Y., & Grunske, L. (2010). Capture and reuse of composable failure patterns. International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems, 1(1/2/3), 128-147. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCCBS.2010.031710

Emerging safety analysis techniques use composition of failure models or fault simulation in formal models of a system to determine relationships between the causes and effects of failure. Most recent work has focused on developing system modelling a... Read More about Capture and reuse of composable failure patterns.

Local hybrid level-set method for MRA image segmentation (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hong, Q., Li, Q., & Tian, J. (2010, June). Local hybrid level-set method for MRA image segmentation. Presented at 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010

In this paper, a local hybrid level-set method for medical image segmentation is presented. In proposed method, a locally fitted binary energy function is introduced into the hybrid level-set framework proposed by Zhang et al.. Compared with the glob... Read More about Local hybrid level-set method for MRA image segmentation.

Stimulus reconstruction from a Hodgkin-Huxley neural response: A numerical solution (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sarangdhar, M., & Kambhampati, C. (2010, June). Stimulus reconstruction from a Hodgkin-Huxley neural response: A numerical solution. Presented at World Congress on Engineering 2010

Neural responses are the fundamental expressions of any neural activity. Information carried by a neural response is determined by the nature of a neural activity. In majority of cases the underlying stimulus that triggers it remains largely... Read More about Stimulus reconstruction from a Hodgkin-Huxley neural response: A numerical solution.

Dysphonia measures in parkinson's disease and their use in prediction of its progression (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kambhampati, C., Sarangdhar, M., & Poolsawad, N. (2010, October). Dysphonia measures in parkinson's disease and their use in prediction of its progression. Presented at International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development, Valencia, Spain

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that impairs the motor skills, speech and general muscle coordination. The progression of PD is assessed using a clinically defined rating scale known as Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scal... Read More about Dysphonia measures in parkinson's disease and their use in prediction of its progression.

A hierarchical method for the reduction of temporal expressions in Pandora (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papadopoulos, Y., & Walker, M. A hierarchical method for the reduction of temporal expressions in Pandora. Presented at Proceedings of the First Workshop on DYnamic Aspects in DEpendability Models for Fault-Tolerant Systems - DYADEM-FTS '10

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a popular safety analysis technique used to determine the logical combination of events needed to cause a particular system failure. However, FTA is purely combinatorial and cannot analyse the effects of sequences of even... Read More about A hierarchical method for the reduction of temporal expressions in Pandora.

Automatic allocation of safety integrity levels (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papadopoulos, Y., Walker, M., Reiser, M.-O., Weber, M., Chen, D., Törngren, M., Servat, D., Abele, A., Stappert, F., Lonn, H., Berntsson, L., Johansson, R., Tagliabo, F., Torchiaro, S., & Sandberg, A. (2010, April). Automatic allocation of safety integrity levels. Presented at Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Critical Automotive applications Robustness & Safety - CARS '10

In this paper, we describe a concept for the automatic allocationof general Safety Integrity Levels (SILs) to subsystems andcomponents of complex hierarchical networked architectures thatdeliver sets of safety critical functions. The concept is gener... Read More about Automatic allocation of safety integrity levels.

Data mining applied to cardiovascular data (2010)
Journal Article
Bohacik, J., & Davis, D. (2010). Data mining applied to cardiovascular data. Journal of information technologies, 3(2), 14 - 21

Medical decision support is one area of increasing research interest. Ongoing collaborations between cardiovascular clinicians and computer scientists are looking at the application of data mining techniques to the area of individual patient diagnosi... Read More about Data mining applied to cardiovascular data.

Ethical dilemmas in teaching computer and internet security (2010)
Book Chapter
Tompsett, B. (2010). Ethical dilemmas in teaching computer and internet security. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; Information Security and Digital Forensics (76-81). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11530-1_9

This paper could be subtitled "Are we teaching the next generation of computer criminals and internet terrorists"? This issue was raised by the Security Services as part of the collaborative network meeting in the area of IT Forensics and Data Analys... Read More about Ethical dilemmas in teaching computer and internet security.

E-services and the digital divide: The role of tertiary education in improving public engagement and trust in e-delivery of services (2010)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. A. (2010). E-services and the digital divide: The role of tertiary education in improving public engagement and trust in e-delivery of services. In Handbook of Research on E-Services in the Public Sector: E-Government Strategies and Advancements (244-250). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-789-3.ch019

This chapter considers aspects relating to the role of tertiary (i.e. higher) education in improving the engagement of the public with government provided E-services. Some of the issues considered include those of tackling the digital divide - which... Read More about E-services and the digital divide: The role of tertiary education in improving public engagement and trust in e-delivery of services.

Sustainable information technology awareness (2010)
Journal Article
(2010). Sustainable information technology awareness. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 9(2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2010.09020004

Information Technology (IT) is a key feature of the modern world and a core skill in education. However, the growing use of technology is at an increasing environmental cost. Estimates for a typical Western economy – such as the United Kingdom – are... Read More about Sustainable information technology awareness.

Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems? (2010)
Journal Article
Nganji, J., & Brayshaw, M. (2010). Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems?. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 9(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2010.09020006

Man’s negative impact on the environment due to various activities has raised serious concerns with numerous campaigns rising to protect the environment. Computer waste also contributes to damaging not only the environment, but has serious consequenc... Read More about Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems?.

Education for sustainable development in computer science (2010)
Journal Article
Gordon, N. (2010). Education for sustainable development in computer science. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 9(2), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2010.09020003

In this paper we will consider some of the aspects related to the teaching of sustainable development within the Higher Education computing curriculum - including students' views on the relevance of this to their education, grounded on the outcome fr... Read More about Education for sustainable development in computer science.

An affordable surround-screen virtual reality display (2010)
Journal Article
Cruz-Neira, C., Reiners, D., & Springer, J. (2010). An affordable surround-screen virtual reality display. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 18(10), 836-843. https://doi.org/10.1889/JSID18.10.836

Building a projection-based virtual reality display is a time, cost, and resource intensive enterprise andmany details contribute to the final display quality. This is especially true for surround-screen displays wheremost of them are one-of-a-kind s... Read More about An affordable surround-screen virtual reality display.

Hardware realization and PID control of multi-degree of freedom articulated robotic arm (2010)
Journal Article
Ali Ajwad, S., Iqbal, U., & Iqbal, J. (2010). Hardware realization and PID control of multi-degree of freedom articulated robotic arm. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 29(4),

A robotic manipulator is the most important component in an industrial environment for autonomous execution of tasks. Given the repoted fact that a PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) will continue to be the main workhorse in the automation sector... Read More about Hardware realization and PID control of multi-degree of freedom articulated robotic arm.

A plant documentation information system design (2010)
Journal Article
Wang, B., & Feicheng, M. (2010). A plant documentation information system design. International journal of computer science & information technology, 2(5), 134-148. https://doi.org/10.5121/ijcsit.2010.2510

Traditional systems do not have the descriptive ability to represent the complex, multi-faceted nature of complex documentation structures such as engineering systems descriptions. This has led to significant information management difficulties in ma... Read More about A plant documentation information system design.

Skeleton cuts-An efficient segmentation method for volume rendering (2010)
Journal Article
Xiang, D., Tian, J., Yang, F., Yang, Q., Zhang, X., Li, Q., & Liu, X. (2011). Skeleton cuts-An efficient segmentation method for volume rendering. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17(9), 1295-1306. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2010.239

Volume rendering has long been used as a key technique for volume data visualization, which works by using a transfer function to map color and opacity to each voxel. Many volume rendering approaches proposed so far for voxels classification have bee... Read More about Skeleton cuts-An efficient segmentation method for volume rendering.

Engineering failure analysis and design optimisation with HiP-HOPS (2010)
Journal Article
Papadopoulos, Y., Walker, M., Parker, D., Rüde, E., Hamann, R., Uhlig, A., Grätz, U., & Lien, R. (2011). Engineering failure analysis and design optimisation with HiP-HOPS. Engineering Failure Analysis, 18(2), 590-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.09.025

The scale and complexity of computer-based safety critical systems, like those used in the transport and manufacturing industries, pose significant challenges for failure analysis. Over the last decade, research has focused on automating this task. I... Read More about Engineering failure analysis and design optimisation with HiP-HOPS.

Hypercubic storage layout and transforms in arbitrary dimensions using GPUs and CUDA (2010)
Journal Article
Hawick, K. A., & Playne, D. P. (2011). Hypercubic storage layout and transforms in arbitrary dimensions using GPUs and CUDA. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 23(10), 1027-1050. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.1628

Many simulations in the physical sciences are expressed in terms of rectilinear arrays of variables. It is attractive to develop such simulations for use in 1-, 2-, 3- or arbitrary physical dimensions and also in a manner that supports exploitation o... Read More about Hypercubic storage layout and transforms in arbitrary dimensions using GPUs and CUDA.

Parallel graph component labelling with GPUs and CUDA (2010)
Journal Article
Hawick, K. A., Leist, A., & Playne, D. P. (2010). Parallel graph component labelling with GPUs and CUDA. Parallel Computing, 36(12), 655-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2010.07.002

Graph component labelling, which is a subset of the general graph colouring problem, is a computationally expensive operation that is of importance in many applications and simulations. A number of data-parallel algorithmic variations to the componen... Read More about Parallel graph component labelling with GPUs and CUDA.