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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...

Reproducing Human Evaluation of Meaning Preservation in Paraphrase Generation

Conference Proceeding
Watson, L. N., & Gkatzia, D. (in press)
Reproducing Human Evaluation of Meaning Preservation in Paraphrase Generation.
Reproducibility is a cornerstone of scientific research, ensuring the reliability and generalisability of findings. The ReproNLP Shared Task on Reproducibility of Evaluations ...

Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach

Journal Article
Osunsanmi, T. O., Gillies-Denning, E., Khaddour, L., Olawumi, T. O., & Moobela, C. (in press)
Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach. International journal of construction management, https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2024.2337143
The shift towards net zero design for the construction industry poses complex challenges, which can be likened to a three-headed hydra embodying energy, water, and carbon emis...

Data-driven innovation for sustainable practice in the creative economy

Book Chapter
Panneels, I., Lechelt, S., Schmidt, A., & Coşkun, A. (2024)
Data-driven innovation for sustainable practice in the creative economy. In Data Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries (243-266). London, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365891-11
Can data-driven innovation support the shift towards a more sustainable future? In this chapter, we present case studies from eight European cities to demonstrate how the crea...

Ecosystems and partnerships

Book Chapter
Panneels, I., Jones, C., Parkinson, C., Komorowski, M., & Orme, A. (2024)
Ecosystems and partnerships. In Data-Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries (23-45). London, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365891-2
What are the ecosystems and partnerships required to enable data-driven innovation to be taken up in the creative industries? This chapter discusses how ecosystems enable diff...

Digital and data literacy

Book Chapter
Osborne, N., Helgason, I., Lechelt, S., Michielin, L., Panneels, I., Parkinson, C., …Warren, K. (2024)
Digital and data literacy. In Data Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries (71-100). London, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365891-4
In this chapter we explore models for training and upskilling people in the creative industries in data, technology and entrepreneurial skills, situating this in the wider ski...

‘Weathervanes of their Communities’ – The Sanderson Review, public libraries and information literacy futures

Digital Artefact
Feeney, D., & Goldstein, S. (2024)
‘Weathervanes of their Communities’ – The Sanderson Review, public libraries and information literacy futures. [Blog]
Recent independent reviews of public library services in England have argued for a more comprehensive and cohesive strategy to promote the many benefits of these services. How...

Wood properties and uses of larch in Great Britain

Report
McLean, P., Ridley-Ellis, D., Price, A., & Macdonald, E. (2024)
Wood properties and uses of larch in Great Britain. Surrey: Forest Research
This report collates and synthesises research into the production and use of larch timber in Great Britain, drawing on information from a range of published and unpublished st...

New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor

Presentation / Conference
Patrick-Thomson, H., Lawson, A., & Lapok, P. (2024, April)
New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor. Paper presented at Digital Business and Society Consortium, Royal Holloway, University of London
Work in the creative and cultural industries is often seen as “good” because it offers people a chance to earn money while engaged in their passion (McRobbie, 2018), to have a...

Discrete model for discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation applied to grain structure evolution inside adiabatic shear bands

Journal Article
Borodin, E., Bushuev, O., Bratov, V., & Jivkov, A. P. (2024)
Discrete model for discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation applied to grain structure evolution inside adiabatic shear bands. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 30, 2125-2139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.03.206
Discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation (DDRX) is a well-known phenomenon playing a significant role in the high-temperature processing of metals, including industrial forming...

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BE-ST UK Mass Timber Handbook

2024 - 2027
The purpose of this project is to draw upon track record of research carried out by Edinburgh Napier University on home grown mass timber systems and expand upon this via each of the six topics: 1. Se...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £10,000

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

Chair of Transport & Health

2024 - 2025
This will allow me to continue and extend some of the work that I do, to promote and support policy and practice which results in an increase in total physical activity time, mainly as a result in an ...
Funder: Paths for All Partnership | Value: £28,407

MacInnes Stretcher IV

2024 - 2024
Development of design for lightweight mountain rescue stretcher
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £7,310

The Library of Inspiration

2024 - 2025
The project's ultimate aim is to empower 12 and 13-year-olds from under-represented groups in engineering to become future leaders. This will be achieved through "The Library of Inspiration," physical...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £99,711

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

“Empowering Indonesian women in STEM: Building resilience through network, advisers and role models

2024 - 2024
Strengthening pathways into employment for women graduates: Affirming their major choices Championing female role models in STEM Facilitating networking of STEM career choices Providing support system...
Funder: British Council | Value: £24,828

RA Engineering Enterprise Fellowship - LastingAsset

2024 - 2024
Royal Academy of Engineering - Twelve-month accelerator programme for engineering startups and spinouts.
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £79,000

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

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Assessing the early impact of data skills training initiatives

2024 - date
Fredrick Mbuya | Director of Studies: Dr Khristin Fabian | Second Supervisor: Prof Sally Smith

Digital Forensic Triage Methods for Prioritization, based on Computer System and User Classification

2024 - date
Mark McLeod | Director of Studies: Dr Sean McKeown | Second Supervisor: Rich Macfarlane

Investigation and development wearable sensors for remoting health monitoring

2024 - date
Zifeng He | Director of Studies: Dr Hongnian Yu | Second Supervisor: Dr Chan Hwang See

An AI-driven and IoT-assisted approach to explainable smart banking and finance services

2024 - date
Fatima Mumtaz | Director of Studies: Prof Xiaodong Liu | Second Supervisor: Dr Oluwaseun Bamgboye

The influence of particle characteristics on the field-scale geomechanical behaviour of soils

2024 - date
Eslam Mohamed | Director of Studies: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez | Second Supervisor: Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez

Enhancing the Security and Privacy of Blockchain-based Healthcare Systems using Multi-Party Computation and Threshold Signatures

2024 - date
. Faneela | Director of Studies: Dr Jawad Ahmad | Second Supervisor: Dr Baraq Ghaleb

Development of recyclable bio-based materials with potential in packaging

2024 - date
Sanaz Soleymanieilbakhtiari | Director of Studies: Dr Reza Salehiyan | Second Supervisor: Prof Islam Shyha

Control of Utility-Scale renewable energy power plants for compensating variable generation and providing Ancillary Services to the grid

2024 - date
Ateeb Hassan | Director of Studies: Dr Jubaer Ahmed | Second Supervisor: Dr Savvas Papadopoulos

From Lavender Menaces to Rebel Dykes: Ethical metadata and developing frameworks to challenge power

2024 - date
Mx Leslie Abbott | Director of Studies: Prof Diane McAdie | Second Supervisor: Dr David Haynes

Organisational Learning and Agile Coaches

2024 - date
Timothy Montgomery | Director of Studies: Dr Pritam Chita | Second Supervisor: Dr Peter Cruickshank

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Blog for Public Health Scotland

19 December 2023
Blog on 20mph speed limits in settlements across Scotland as a move from 30mph. This follows the Bute House Agreement between the SNP and Green Party so that the Scottish Government has stated that al...

Basil Manoussos delivers Keynote at INTERPOL's DFEG2023 Conference

15 August 2023
Basil Manoussos delivers Keynote at INTERPOL's Digital Forensics Expert Group [DFEG2023] Conference. Basil's keynote is drawn from his personal experience as an Expert Witness in Digital Evidence & C...

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...

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