Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework
Report
McGregor, I. (2025)
Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework. Edinburgh Napier University
This paper presents a conceptual framework for perceptually optimised audio communication in high-risk and acoustically challenging environments. Drawing on principles from so...
Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design
Report
McGregor, I. (2025)
Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design. Geneva, Switzerland (Zenodo is hosted by CERN): Edinburgh Napier University
This technical report outlines an ethical framework for adaptive sound feedback systems grounded in behavioural consent, emotional tone sensitivity, and user autonomy. It intr...
Discipline-Sensitive Predictive Analytics for IPA-Driven Building Maintenance Management: Material Stock Quantity Modeling
Journal Article
Huang, Z., Liu, X., & Romdhani, I. (online)
Discipline-Sensitive Predictive Analytics for IPA-Driven Building Maintenance Management: Material Stock Quantity Modeling. Journal of Data Science and Intelligent Systems, https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewJDSIS52023947
The study introduces a machine learning model for BMM (Building Maintenance Management), which utilized IPA (Intelligent Process Automation) to predict the material stock requ...
The Auditory Contract: Designing Trustworthy Sound in IoT
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McGregor, I. (2025)
The Auditory Contract: Designing Trustworthy Sound in IoT
This technical report introduces the concept of the auditory contract, the unspoken agreement between users and smart devices to interpret sound as meaningful and trustworthy....
Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently
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McGregor, I. (2025)
Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently
Traditional diagnostic tools like the stethoscope have long helped clinicians detect signs of illness through direct contact and active listening. In an era of ubiquitous sens...
Stabilising Sound: A Perceptual Audio Framework for Balance Support Inspired by Vestibular Stimulation
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McGregor, I. (2025)
Stabilising Sound: A Perceptual Audio Framework for Balance Support Inspired by Vestibular Stimulation. Edinburgh Napier University
This note outlines a proposal for a perceptual audio system that may help stabilise balance and reduce fall risk using low-frequency sound cues delivered through everyday list...
Evaluation of Privacy-Preserving Support Vector Machine (SVM) Learning Using Homomorphic Encryption
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., & Ali, H. (2025)
Evaluation of Privacy-Preserving Support Vector Machine (SVM) Learning Using Homomorphic Encryption. Cryptography, 9(2), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryptography9020033
The requirement for privacy-aware machine learning increases as we continue to use PII (personally identifiable information) within machine training. To overcome the existing ...
Participatory Design for Positive Impact: Behind the Scenes of Three NLP Projects
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilson, M., Howcroft, D. M., Konstas, I., Gkatzia, D., & Abercrombie, G. (2025, July)
Participatory Design for Positive Impact: Behind the Scenes of Three NLP Projects. Presented at ACL 2025 Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI 2025), Vienna
Researchers in Natural Language Processing (NLP) are increasingly adopting participatory design (PD) principles to better achieve positive outcomes for stakeholders. This pape...
Perceptually Adaptive Speech Clarity System for Reverberant Environments
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McGregor, I. (2025)
Perceptually Adaptive Speech Clarity System for Reverberant Environments. Not commissioned – self-initiated research and disclosure
This document outlines a perceptually adaptive audio system designed to improve the intelligibility of spoken announcements in highly reverberant environments. Using speech bu...
A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy
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Mcgregor, I. (2025)
A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy
Efforts to personalise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) have traditionally focused on anatomical accuracy, modelling the head, ears and torso to predict how sound shoul...