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Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials

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Tajuddeen, I., Sajjadian, S. M., & Jafari, M. (2023)
Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials. Buildings, 13(1), Article 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010171
The impacts and benefits of thermal insulations on saving operational energy have been widely investigated and well-documented. Recently, many studies have shifted their focus...

A Joint Optimization Algorithm for Renewable Energy System

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Khan, I., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Mas'ud, A. A., Alshammari, S. J., & Madsen, D. Ø. (2023)
A Joint Optimization Algorithm for Renewable Energy System. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 36(2), 1979-1989. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2023.034106
Energy sustainability is a hot topic in both scientific and political circles. To date, two alternative approaches to this issue are being taken. Some people believe that incr...

A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy

Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M. (2023)
A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 56, Article 103003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.103003
Before the Covid-19 pandemic UK passed net-zero emission law legislation to become the first major economy in the world to end its contribution to global warming by 2050. Foll...

IoT: Communication protocols and security threats

Journal Article
Gerodimos, A., Maglaras, L., Ferrag, M. A., Ayres, N., & Kantzavelou, I. (in press)
IoT: Communication protocols and security threats. Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iotcps.2022.12.003
In this study, we review the fundamentals of IoT architecture and we thoroughly present the communication protocols that have been invented especially for IoT technology. More...

Spatial Channel Degrees of Freedom for Optimum Antenna Arrays

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Huang, Y., Karadimas, P., & Sohrab, A. P. (in press)
Spatial Channel Degrees of Freedom for Optimum Antenna Arrays. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2022.3231732
One of the ultimate goals of future wireless networks is to maximize data rates to accommodate bandwidth-hungry services and applications. Thus, extracting the maximum amount ...

A Safety-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving IoV Scheme with Road Congestion-Estimation in Mobile Edge Computing

Journal Article
Babaghayou, M., Chaib, N., Lagraa, N., Ferrag, M. A., & Maglaras, L. (2023)
A Safety-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving IoV Scheme with Road Congestion-Estimation in Mobile Edge Computing. Sensors, 23(1), Article 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010531
By leveraging the conventional Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) paradigm has attracted the attention of different research and development bo...

Assessing the factors of transactional leadership style for construction projects: a case of Nigerian construction industry

Journal Article
Olasunkanmi, F. O., Ikediashi, D. I., & Ajiero, I. R. (in press)
Assessing the factors of transactional leadership style for construction projects: a case of Nigerian construction industry. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/jedt-01-2022-0012
Purpose The role of construction industry in harnessing human and material resources of a nation cannot be overemphasised; hence, the emergence of the requirement of leadershi...

High performance antenna-on-chip inspired by SIW and metasurface technologies for THz band operation

Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Rajaguru, R. K., Iqbal, A., Al‑Hasan, M., See, C. H., & Falcone, F. (2023)
High performance antenna-on-chip inspired by SIW and metasurface technologies for THz band operation. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27364-8
In this paper, a high-performance antenna-on-chip (AoC) is implemented on gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer based on the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and metasurface (MTS)...

Towards The Creation Of The Future Fish Farm

Journal Article
Papadopoulos, P., Buchanan, W. J., Sayeed, S., & Pitropakis, N. (2023)
Towards The Creation Of The Future Fish Farm. Journal of Surveillance, Security and Safety, 4, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.20517/jsss.2022.16
Aim: A fish farm is an area where fish raise and bred for food. Fish farm environments support the care and management of seafood within a controlled environment. Over the pas...

Knowledge Organization across Disciplines, Domains, Services and Technologies: Proceedings of the Seventeenth International ISKO Conference 6–8 July 2022 Aalborg, Denmark

Conference Proceeding
(2022)
Knowledge Organization across Disciplines, Domains, Services and Technologies: Proceedings of the Seventeenth International ISKO Conference 6–8 July 2022 Aalborg, Denmark. In M. Lykke, T. Svarre, D. Haynes, M. Skov, M. Thellefsen, & D. Martínez-Ávila (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.5771/9783956509568
This book explores the latest advances in how knowledge organisation can both draw upon and inform diverse disciplines and technological developments. It explores how best to ...

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Evaluation of Federated Machine Unlearning using Membership Inference Attacks

2023 - 2026
Federated Learning (FL) is a type of distributed Machine Learning (ML) training technique that allows for accurate predictions without sharing sensitive data. This is possible, as FL allows everyone t...
Funder: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland | Value: £14,136

PhD Studentship (Homomorphic Encryption)

2023 - 2026
This PhD studentship will be funded at £10k per year for a period of three years, and focus on homomorphic encryption in 5G / 6G network slices and strategies to foster and enhance federated structure...
Funder: 6G Health Institute GmbH | Value: £35,082

Development and Optimisation of the Dolphin Wave Energy Converter

2023 - 2027
The Dolphin Wave Energy Converter will be analysed and optimised using different techniques. Experimental and theoretical work will be required to come up with an optimum device capable of gathering e...
Funder: Pentland Material Supply Ltd | Value: £65,229

Joint PhD Studentship-International (Real-Time Data Management and Communication for Digital Twin Networks)

2023 - 2026
This International PhD studentship will be funded at £18k per year for a period of three years, and focus on real-time data management and communication to build an Internet of Twins environment, a ne...
Value: £54,455

Fungal Innovations for Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development (FUSE)

2023 - 2024
Fungal dye resources can contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing a sustainable solution for clean energy production and addressing food security ch...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £65,000

False webs: Network to address the misinformation pandemic

2023 - 2025
Fake news (inaccurate information) peaked during the pandemic with around 46 000 daily Twitter posts containing false information (Lupi, 2020). In Europe over 70% people regularly encounter fake news ...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £19,931

Modular Energy Storage - Challenges and opportunities

2023 - 2023
A techno-economical feasibility study aiming at identifying opportunities for energy storage in domestic and small commercial environments at a global scale. The project will identify challenges and ...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,999

London Mathematical Society Research in Pairs application

2023 - 2023
From the LMS: Objectives: To support a visit for collaborative research either by the grant holder to another institution within the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands or abroad, or by a na...
Funder: THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY | Value: £600

An enhanced and extended CAVForth automated bus service

2023 - 2025
CAVForth+ aims to advance the achievements of CAVForth in several directions. From the point of view of the service offered to public transport passengers, it expands the scope of the automated, full-...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £194,441

TrueDeploy - Enterprise Fellowship

2023 - 2024
TrueDeploy is committed to providing secure and cost-effective software solutions by simplifying the development, supply, and security processes. Our solution offers tracking and accounting of each so...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £75,000

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Development of dielectric materials for energy storage capacitors

2022 - date
Sairatun Nesa Soheli | Director of Studies: Dr Zhilun Lu | Second Supervisor: Prof Islam Shyha

COG-MHEAR: Cognitively-inspired 5G-IoT enabled, multi-modal Hearing Aids P134400(COG-MHEAR)

2022 - date
Adeel Hussain | Director of Studies: Prof Amir Hussain | Second Supervisor: Dr Adele Goman

Implement "Right to be forgotten" with machine unlearning

2022 - date
Michael Orme | Director of Studies: Dr Thomas Tan | Second Supervisor: Dr Yanchao Yu

Development of high strength concrete for green buildings with pozzolanic cement replacement

2022 - date
Kyaw Saw | Director of Studies: Dr Ahmed Mohamed | Second Supervisor: Dr Roshan Dhonju

GPU Accelerated Latency Reduciton for Immersive Online Dancing

2022 - date
Adeyemi Ademola | Director of Studies: Prof Kenny Mitchell | Second Supervisor: Dr Babis Koniaris

User centred approaches to supporting digital literacies and online information systems use

2022 - date
Drew Feeney | Director of Studies: Dr David Brazier | Second Supervisor: Dr Gemma Webster

Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships

2022 - date
Maria Cecil | Director of Studies: Dr Ella Taylor-Smith | Second Supervisor: Prof Sally Smith

Carbon Neutrality Verification: a realistic contributory stage toward the goal of net zero?

2022 - date
Stephen Burt | Director of Studies: Prof Francesco Pomponi | Second Supervisor: Dr Bernardino D'Amico

2022 - date
Idrees Hasan | Director of Studies: Dr Kia Dashtipour | Second Supervisor: Dr. Mandar Gogate

2022 - date
Nicky Cowan | Director of Studies: Dr Zuansi Cai | Second Supervisor: Dr Keng Goh

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Dr Timothy Olawumi was a resource person at WAiC Webinar

26 September 2022
Dr Timothy Olawumi was invited as a guest speaker/resource person at a Webinar hosted by Women Academics in Construction (WAiC) on September 27, 2022. Title: Getting Published in High Impact Journals...

Promising cyber security project supported by new Scottish Enterprise funding

20 September 2022
TrueDeploy, an exciting project from the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment (SCEBE) at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), has secured £199,952 in additional support from Scottish...

New leader of Social Informatics research group

31 August 2022
Peter Cruickshank now leader of the Social Informatics research group

Visiting professor in Wireless Communication - Royal Academy of Engineering

30 August 2022
Dr Junaid Syed has been appointed Visiting Professor to the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. The grant is 3 years which is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering from Se...

Dr Timothy Olawumi was a panelist at a Live Talk Show - Construction Carbon Talk

16 June 2022
Dr Timothy Olawumi was a panelist on a Live Talk Show – the ConstructionCarbonTalk organised by Leeds Beckett University and YORhub (Partner - https://www.yorhub.com/). Title: How does BIM facilitate...

Dr Dimitra Gkatzia invited to join panel on "Explainable AI" at the Scottish AI Summit

29 March 2022
Panel title: Why is explainable AI still a challenge? Trustworthiness and explainability are increasingly recognised as key to the widespread adoption of AI systems. But can, and should, all AI model...

Double funding success for School of Computing

21 March 2022
Two projects from Edinburgh Napier’s acclaimed School of Computing have won funding from a programme which develops innovative cyber security ideas for the commercial market. TrueDeploy and Trustd ar...

Dr Chris Guiver awarded one-year Royal Society of Edinburgh personal research fellowship

9 March 2022
Dr Chris Guiver, of Edinburgh Napier University's School of Engineering and the Built Environment, has been awarded a one-year personal Research Fellowship by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in their a...

Richard Llewellyn appointed as professional institution trustee and strategic board chair

19 November 2021
Richard Llewellyn has been appointed a Trustee of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and Chair of the charity's Education and Professional Development Strategic Board.

Dr Timothy Olawumi wins top award for research excellence

2 November 2021
Dr. Timothy Olawumi was the recipient of the 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the recent 𝐁𝐈𝐌 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 (out of the 289 nominations r...

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