A Proposed Continuous Facial Recognition Framework for Adaptive Environmental Detection
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zeeshan, N., Spada, L. L., & Moradpoor, N. (2025, June)
A Proposed Continuous Facial Recognition Framework for Adaptive Environmental Detection. Presented at IEEE DCOSS-IoT 2025, Tuscany (Lucca), Italy
With the continuous evolution of the smart environment, the use of Internet services is becoming more common. The increased usage of these services has impacted the traditiona...
Application of Quantum Key Distribution to Enhance Data Security in Agrotechnical Monitoring Systems Using UAVs
Journal Article
Bakyt, M., La Spada, L., Zeeshan, N., Moldamurat, K., & Atanov, S. (2025)
Application of Quantum Key Distribution to Enhance Data Security in Agrotechnical Monitoring Systems Using UAVs. Applied Sciences, 15(5), Article 2429. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052429
Ensuring secure data transmission in agrotechnical monitoring systems using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is critical due to increasing cyber threats, particularly with the ...
Review of Data Security Methods using Low-Earth Orbiters for High-Speed Encryption
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bakyt, M., Spada, L. L., Moldamurat, K., Kadirbek, Z., & Yermekov, F. (2024, December)
Review of Data Security Methods using Low-Earth Orbiters for High-Speed Encryption. Presented at 2024 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligent Information Systems (ICUIS), Gobichettipalayam, India
This paper presents an overview of state-of-the-art data security techniques using low-orbit satellites (LOS) such as CubeSats for high-speed encryption. The paper compares va...
Does being a nurse reduce likelihood of current smoking: an analysis of nationally representative data to investigate smoking across the UK nursing workforce
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N. J., Roberts, N., Jamieson, M., Sharp, M. A., La Spada, L., Pathan, N., Butler, H., Nuttall, M., Hancock, C., Donovan, H., & Atherton, I. (2025, March)
Does being a nurse reduce likelihood of current smoking: an analysis of nationally representative data to investigate smoking across the UK nursing workforce. Presented at TSANZ 2025, Adelaide
Locomotion System-Independent, Portable Software Platform for Autonomous Rovers Navigation
Journal Article
Clivio, G., Davison, B., & La Spada, L. (2024)
Locomotion System-Independent, Portable Software Platform for Autonomous Rovers Navigation. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 77(6), 185-190. https://doi.org/10.59332/jbis-077-06-0185
Autonomous navigation is a crucial feature of a rover driving on another planet like Mars due to communication latency at interplanetary distances. It significantly improves t...
Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications
Journal Article
Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., Batili, H., & Toprak, M. (2022)
Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 287, Article 126250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126250
An epsilon-negative metamaterial (ENM) containing core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) was designed, where silver (Ag) NPs served as core and silica (SiO2) was used as spacer shell....
The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection
Journal Article
Akbari, M., Shahbazzadeh, M. J., La Spada, L., & Khajehzadeh, A. (2021)
The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection. Applied Sciences, 11(17), Article 8114. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11178114
The graphene-based Field Effect Transistors (GFETs), due to their multi-parameter characteristics, are growing rapidly as an important detection component for the apt detectio...
Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions
Book Chapter
Jamshidi, M. B., Lalbakhsh, A., Talla, J., Peroutka, Z., Roshani, S., Matousek, V., …Lotfi, S. (2021)
Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions. In I. Arpaci, M. Al-Emran, M. A. Al-Sharafi, & G. Marques (Eds.), Emerging Technologies During the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic (9-31). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67716-9_2
The world is in a frustrating situation, which is exacerbating due to the time-consuming process of the COVID-19 vaccine design and production. This chapter provides a compreh...
Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications
Journal Article
Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., & Toprak, M. (2020)
Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications. Optical Materials, 108, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110381
High-yield monodispersed silver (Ag) nanospheres were modeled, designed, and synthesized by microwave-assisted (MW-assisted) polyol method from AgNO3, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (P...
Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves
Conference Proceeding
Donnelly, E., Durant, A., Lacoste, C., & Spada, L. L. (2020)
Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves. https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135673
In the last decade, electromagnetic metamaterials, thanks to their exotic properties and the possibility to control electromagnetic waves at will, become crucial building bloc...