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Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode

Conference Proceeding
Buchanan, W., Grierson, S., & Uribe, D. (2024)
Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (226-233). https://doi.org/10.5220/0012454300003648
Biometric data is often highly sensitive, and a leak of this data can lead to serious privacy breaches. Some of the most sensitive of this type of data relates to the usage of...

Unregulated Futures: Scenario Planning for the Unknown

Presentation / Conference
Crawford, M., Roubelat, F., & Marchais-Roubelat, A. (2024, September)
Unregulated Futures: Scenario Planning for the Unknown. Presented at Anticipation 2024, Lancaster, UK
Building from years of piloting novel methods for future visioning through group engagement, this curated session will take attendees through a fast-tracked, yet fully- immers...

Improved Double Deep Q Network-Based Task Scheduling Algorithm in Edge Computing for Makespan Optimization

Journal Article
Zeng, L., Liu, Q., Shen, S., & Liu, X. (2024)
Improved Double Deep Q Network-Based Task Scheduling Algorithm in Edge Computing for Makespan Optimization. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 29(3), 806 - 817. https://doi.org/10.26599/TST.2023.9010058
Edge computing nodes undertake more and more tasks as business density grows. How to efficiently allocate large-scale and dynamic workloads to edge computing resources has bec...

The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis

Conference Proceeding
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024)
The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis. In Proceedings of the 2024 AES 6th International Conference on Audio for Games
Foley is a sound production technique where organicity and authenticity in sound creation are key to fostering creativity. Audio synthesis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and In...

Adaptive Mobile Chargers Scheduling Scheme based on AHP-MCDM for WRSN

Journal Article
Makanda, K., Hawbani, A., Wang, . X., Naji, A., Al-Dubai, A., Zhao, L., & Alsamhi, S. H. (in press)
Adaptive Mobile Chargers Scheduling Scheme based on AHP-MCDM for WRSN. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3391316
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are used to sense and monitor physical conditions in various services and applications. However, there are a number of challenges in deploying ...

What Do Robots Sound Like? Ep 01 - Dr Iain McGregor

Digital Artefact
McGregor, I. (2024)
What Do Robots Sound Like? Ep 01 - Dr Iain McGregor. [Podcast]
Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. This episode’s guest ...

An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound

Journal Article
Tanaka, A., Visi, F., Di Donato, B., Klang, M., & Zbyszyński, M. (in press)
An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound. Computer Music Journal, https://doi.org/10.1162/comj_a_00672
This article presents a custom system combining hardware and sortware that sense physiological signals of the performer's body resulting from muscle contraction and translates...

The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World

Journal Article
Easton, M., de Paepe, J., Aston, L., & Clayton, E. (2024)
The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000018
In the ever-evolving landscape of law enforcement, the advent of the digital age has ushered in transformative shifts in police practices. These shifts have sparked scholarly ...

“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact

Journal Article
Wells, H., Andrews, W., Clayton, E., Bradford, B., Aston, E. V., & O’Neill, M. (2024)
“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000017
Police organizations in England and Wales, as in many other contexts, are increasingly shifting crime reporting and other public-facing contact online. In this article, we exp...

Enterprise Education and Employability Skills: adapting the DOTS Model to enhance career development – evidence from a Scottish International MBA Programme

Book Chapter
Harte, P., Fonseca, A. P., Hill, E., & Hosanoo, Z. A. (2024)
Enterprise Education and Employability Skills: adapting the DOTS Model to enhance career development – evidence from a Scottish International MBA Programme. In R. J. Crammond, & D. Hyams-Ssekasi (Eds.), Entrepreneurship Education and Internationalisation: Cases, Collaborations, and Contexts (65-85). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003378570-7
This chapter uses theory and application to discuss the importance of enterprise education and employability skills in the MBA curriculum. Edinburgh Napier Business School aca...

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Investigating the Experiences of ChatGPT and AI by Students in UK Universities

2024 - 2026
The proposed research project aims to study the usage of ChatGPT and other such tools by students in UK universities. The objective is to understand how these technologies are being utilised in their ...
Funder: Leverhulme Trust | Value: £142,760

Researcher in Residence -- Multi-Scale Energy Systems Modelling

2024 - 2026
This project is funded by the Innovation Launchpad Network+ for £50K research collaboration project with one of the catapults. This project will be a collaboration with the Energy systems catapult on ...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £49,531

Long-range Perceptive and Situation-Proactive Autonomous Vehicles for Green and Human-centric Driving

2024 - 2026
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are expected play significant roles in the society and economy. However, the current AVs have a severe drawback: they are unable to recognize the situations they are facing o...
Funder: Royal Society | Value: £12,000

Swarmchestrate - Application-level Swarm-based Orchestration Across the Cloud-to-Things Continuum

2024 - 2026
The next-generation of intelligent cyber-physical and IoT systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming an essential part of our environment. With the ever-growing number of intelligent...
Funder: European Commission | Value: £357,303

The use of Artificial Intelligence to speed up Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations

2024 - 2024
Discussions have started with Prof. Pijush Samui at Indian Institute of Technology in Patna to develop proposal for this call. (RSE SCOTLAND ASIA PARTNERSHIPS HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FUND)
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £6,800

Performance Analysis in Football: Understanding the set piece

2023 - 2025
This study aims to explore and the interaction between player, environment, and task within set plays in football through the framework of Dynamic Systems Theory. The objective is to assist coaches in...
Funder: Scottish Football Association Ltd | Value: £4,850

TruElect

2023 - 2025
This KTP project aims to building a trustworthy infrastructure for the voting process, including using trusted methods of citizen identity, voting sustation, and privacy preserving methods.
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £202,937

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

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

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: £73,564

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Digital twins and virtual reality: Assessing environmental impact on cognitive flexibility and creativity

2023 - date
Iyad Sawaftah | Director of Studies: Dr Marina Wimmer | Second Supervisor: Dr Suha Jaradat

Adaptive video game sound based on inherent skill level utilising selective attention

2022 - 2025
In video games, selective attention can be utilised to increase a player’s engagement by adapting the sound design ...
Mr. Ethan Robson | Director of Studies: Dr Iain McGregor | Second Supervisor: Dr Balandino Di Donato

An adaptive mixing framework for a personalised listening experience.

2021 - date
Ahmed Shalabi | Director of Studies: Dr Iain McGregor | Second Supervisor: Dr Linda Shore

A Critical Evaluation of the Factors that Influence Visitor Engagement with UK Slavery Heritage Museums: A Blended Passive Symbolic Netnographic Study

2020 - 2023
There is a substantial body of literature in slave...
Dr Shemroy Roberts | Director of Studies: Dr Craig Wight | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

Evaluation of engagement with hyperlocal e-participation systems by citizens and representatives

2019 - 2021
This work is concerned with the information practices associated with hyperlocal representation. The fin...
Dr Peter Cruickshank | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Dr Kendall Richards

Application of evolutionary machine learning in metamorphic malware analysis and detection

2017 - 2021
Dr Kehinde Babaagba | Director of Studies: Dr Thomas Tan | Second Supervisor: Prof Emma Hart

Research grounded support of student learning in Higher Education: The importance of dialogue and subject embedded, contextualised language and content

2017 - 2018
Dr Kendall Richards | Director of Studies: Dr Colin Smith | Second Supervisor: Prof Sally Smith

Intermediated Reality

2016 - 2020
Real-time solutions to reducing the gap between virtual and physical worlds for photorealistic interactive Augmented Reality (AR) are presented. First, a method of texture deforma...
Dr Llogari Casas Cambra | Director of Studies: Prof Kenny Mitchell | Second Supervisor: Dr Kevin Chalmers

Enhancing storm surge resilience for coastal habitat: A framework to support sustainable development

2016 - 2021
In most countries, population, poor management of water policies, infrastructure and coastal develop...
Ms Anitha Karthik | Director of Studies: Prof Luca Mora | Second Supervisor: Prof Sean Smith

Sustainable festivals and events - an enquiry of leadership and futures

2015 - 2017
As a societal phenomenon, festivals and planned events are discussed in a wide policy context. They have entered a broader discus...
Dr Martin Robertson | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Jane Ali-Knight

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Eamonn O'Neill Comments on State of Play in US Democratic PresidentialNominee Race

5 July 2019
This article analyses the current state of play within the US Democratic Party's election for the Presidential nominee.

Dr Zack Moir Elected to the Board of Directors of the Prestigious Association for Popular Music Education

26 June 2019
Dr Zack Moir from Music has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Association for Popular Music Education, which is an international organisation with a mission to promote and advance...

Dr Zhiyuan (Thomas) Tan and Dr Tom Flint Awarded Honourable Mentions in SICSA Supervisor of the Year 2019

17 June 2019
Honourable mentions in the SICSA Supervisor of the Year 2019 were awarded to Dr Zhiyuan (Thomas) Tan and Dr Tom Flint from the School of Computer, Edinburgh Napier University at the SICSA PhD Conferen...

School of Computing Group Project Prize 2019

4 May 2019
The winners of the best group project 2019 are presented with their prize at Computershare's head office in Edinburgh.

Alistair Duff Quoted on 'Punk Energy" of ePundits

24 March 2019
School of Arts and Creative Industries professor interviewed by Scotland on Sunday on rising power of new media. Political bloggers, referred to as ePundits, have brought punk energy to politics, alth...

Curvilinear MetaSurfaces for wave manipulation: a closer step to invisibility cloak

11 March 2019
Scientists from Edinburgh Napier University (Dr. Luigi La Spada) in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London and UK Industries (Qinetiq Group Ltd) have successfully developed a new design me...

Dr Scott Lyall wins RSE grant to study the work of Scottish writer, Nan Shepherd.

1 February 2019
Dr Scott Lyall has won a grant from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to study the work of Scottish writer, Nan Shepherd.

Prof . Emma Hart gives interview "An Insider's Guide to Evolutionary Computation"

17 December 2018
Laura van Beers from ContactEngine, a London based company delivering software that enables its customers to proactively engage customers in AI-driven conversations to fulfil their business objective...

Prof. Emma Hart invited to talk at Scotland IS Software Engineering Leader's Forum to discuss SICSA's work on AI

20 November 2018
Prof. Emma Hart gave an invited talk at the monthly meet-up of the Scotland IS Software Engineering forum on behalf of the SICSA AI theme to describe the work taking place across Scottish Universities...

Academics moot making GLC execs’ pay public by law

31 October 2018
The assistant director of the International Centre for Management & Governance Research (ICMGR), Dr Marizah Minhat, and Associate Professor Nazam Dzolkarnaini are undertaking a research collaboration ...

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