Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation
Journal Article
Bendiek, P., Taha, A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Barakat, B. (2022)
Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation. Applied Sciences, 12(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010134
Solar forecasting plays a key part in the renewable energy transition. Major challenges, related to load balancing and grid stability, emerge when a high percentage of energy ...
Optimising Electrical Power Supply Sustainability Using a Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System—An NHS Hospital Case Study
Journal Article
Kahwash, F., Barakat, B., Taha, A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Imran, M. A. (2021)
Optimising Electrical Power Supply Sustainability Using a Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System—An NHS Hospital Case Study. Energies, 14(21), Article 7084. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217084
This study focuses on improving the sustainability of electrical supply in the healthcare system in the UK, to contribute to current efforts made towards the 2050 net-zero car...
6G Opportunities Arising from Internet of Things Use Cases: A Review Paper
Journal Article
Barakat, B., Taha, A., Samson, R., Steponenaite, A., Ansari, S., Langdon, P. M., …Keates, S. (2021)
6G Opportunities Arising from Internet of Things Use Cases: A Review Paper. Future Internet, 13(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13060159
The race for the 6th generation of wireless networks (6G) has begun. Researchers around the world have started to explore the best solutions for the challenges that the previo...
Identification of a Speaker from Characteristics of a Voice
Journal Article
Kinkiri, S., Bakarat, B., & Keates, S. (2020)
Identification of a Speaker from Characteristics of a Voice. Sensors & transducers, 244(5), 7-12
Speech is unique mode of communication among humans. Speech is a complex method of communication systems when compared with other methods. As humans, we also use non-speech, w...
Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: Optimizing Frame Rate (Freshness) to Improve the Performance of Real-Time Objects Detection Application
Conference Proceeding
Barakat, B., Steponenaite, A., Lall, G. S., Arshad, K., Wassell, I. J., & Keates, S. (2020)
Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: Optimizing Frame Rate (Freshness) to Improve the Performance of Real-Time Objects Detection Application. In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Practice: Proceedings, Part II (479-492). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49108-6_34
It has been 100+ years since the world’s first commercial radio station started. This century witnessed several astonishing inventions (e.g. the computer, internet and mobiles...
Phonemes: An Explanatory Study Applied to Identify a Speaker
Conference Proceeding
Kinkiri, S., Barakat, B., & Keates, S. (2020)
Phonemes: An Explanatory Study Applied to Identify a Speaker. In Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences. , (58-68). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6318-8_6
Speaker Identification (SI) is a process of identifying a speaker automatically via a machine using the speaker’s voice. In SI, one speaker’s voice is compared with n- number ...
Intelligent Management for Next Generation Communication Systems: Communication Systems Policies for Delivering Fresh Information
Thesis
Barakat, B. (2019)
Intelligent Management for Next Generation Communication Systems: Communication Systems Policies for Delivering Fresh Information. (Thesis). University of Greenwich. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2746438
How to Measure the Average and Peak Age of Information in Real Networks?
Conference Proceeding
Barakat, B., Yassine, H., Keates, S., Wassell, I., & Arshad, K. (2019)
How to Measure the Average and Peak Age of Information in Real Networks?
The Age of information (AoI) was proposed in the literature to quantify the freshness of information. The majority of the work done in this area has theoretically evaluated Ao...
Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics
Journal Article
Barakat, B., Keates, S., Wassell, I. J., & Arshad, K. (2021)
Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 36(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445760.2019.1649402
Several traffic models for the Internet of Things (IoT) have been proposed in the literature. However, they can be considered as heuristic models since they only reflect the s...
Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios
Conference Proceeding
Barakat, B., Keates, S., Wassell, I., & Arshad, K. (2019)
Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios. In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Multimodality and Assistive Environments. , (419-430). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23563-5_33
Real-time systems make their decisions based on information communicated from sensors. Consequently, delivering information in a timely manner is critical to such systems. In ...