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The Visual Design of Mouse Icons for Digital Literacy and Inclusion

Presentation / Conference
Mortimer, J., & Meharg, D. (2023, December)
The Visual Design of Mouse Icons for Digital Literacy and Inclusion. Presented at SRHE International Conference 2023, Birmingham

Working with Troubles and Failures in Conversation between Humans and Robots: Workshop Report

Journal Article
Forster, F., Romeo, M., Holthaus, P., Wood, L., Dondrup, C., Fischer, J. E., …Kapetanios, E. (2023)
Working with Troubles and Failures in Conversation between Humans and Robots: Workshop Report. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10, Article 1202306. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2023.1202306
This paper summarizes the structure and findings from the first Workshop on Troubles and Failures in Conversations between Humans and Robots. The workshop was organized to bri...

A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata

Journal Article
Haynes, D. (2023)
A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata. Brazilian Journal of Information Science, 17, Article e023053. https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2023.v17.e023053
Despite its advantages in improving access to information, metadata has the potential to cause harm, if used inappropriately. For instance, mass surveillance of phone calls c...

Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society

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Ryan, B., Cruickshank, P., & Milosheva, M. (2023)
Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society. Media and Information Literacy Alliance
This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on the impact of information literacy (IL) on society. It is intended to deliver considerations on how acad...

Emotion Recognition on Social Media Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) Techniques

Conference Proceeding
Gomez, L. R., Watt, T., Babaagba, K. O., Chrysoulas, C., Homay, A., Rangarajan, R., & Liu, X. (2023)
Emotion Recognition on Social Media Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) Techniques. In ICISS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Information Science and Systems (113-118). https://doi.org/10.1145/3625156.3625173
In recent years, text has been the main form of communication on social media platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Emotion Recognition from thes...

8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023)

Conference Proceeding
(2023)
8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023). In F. Muhammad-Sukki, N. Aini Bani, & E. (. A. Tingas (Eds.), 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023)

Editorial: A glimpse of EVC2023

Journal Article
Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A., & Tingas, E. (2023)
Editorial: A glimpse of EVC2023. Transportation Research Procedia, 70, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.10.001
The Editorial describes the main aim and results of the 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC2023) held in Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ...

DTL-IDS: An optimized Intrusion Detection Framework using Deep Transfer Learning and Genetic Algorithm

Journal Article
Latif, S., Boulila, W., Koubaa, A., Zou, Z., & Ahmad, J. (2024)
DTL-IDS: An optimized Intrusion Detection Framework using Deep Transfer Learning and Genetic Algorithm. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 221, 103784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2023.103784
In the dynamic field of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the networks are increasingly vulnerable to a diverse range of cyberattacks. This vulnerability necessitates ...

Swarm intelligence-based packet scheduling for future intelligent networks

Journal Article
Husen, A., Chaudary, M. H., Ahmed, F., Farooq-i-Azam, M., See, C. H., & Ghani, A. (2023)
Swarm intelligence-based packet scheduling for future intelligent networks. PeerJ Computer Science, 9, Article e1671. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1671
Network operations involve several decision-making tasks. Some of these tasks are related to operators, such as extending the footprint or upgrading the network capacityties. ...

A novel routing optimization strategy based on reinforcement learning in perception layer networks

Journal Article
Tan, H., Ye, T., ur Rehman, S., ur Rehman, O., Tu, S., & Ahmad, J. (2023)
A novel routing optimization strategy based on reinforcement learning in perception layer networks. Computer Networks, 237, Article 110105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.110105
Wireless sensor networks have become incredibly popular due to the Internet of Things’ (IoT) rapid development. IoT routing is the basis for the efficient operation of the per...

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FLYSWX AI Feasibility Study

2023 - 2024
Small World Aviation wants to develop an AI-powered Airline Optimisation Modelto enhance and optimise its flight planning and analysis.This project focuses on utilising AI-driven data analysis for pre...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £23,728

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

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

In Our Hands II

2023 - 2024
Since 2020, British Council has worked with partners from academic and creative sectors (private) to develop the necessary spaces where youth can reinterpret Nepal’s natural and cultural heritage to d...
Funder: British Council | Value: £1,000

Investigating and improving induction training for CS work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion

2023 - 2024
This study investigates and induction training for Computing work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion. Through the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC) the ...
Funder: Council of Professors and Heads of Computing | Value: £4,925

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Social Robots for Well-Being

2023 - date
Franziska Heck | Director of Studies: Dr Frauke Zeller | Second Supervisor: Dr Debbie Meharg

Real-Time Data Management and Communication for Internet of Twins

2023 - date
Lal Cakir | Director of Studies: Prof Berk Canberk | Second Supervisor: Dr Craig Thomson

AI-Driven Conversational Storytelling with Humans in Natural Language

2023 - date
Lewis Watson | Director of Studies: Dr Yanchao Yu | Second Supervisor: Prof Kenny Mitchell

Project Outline of Smart Attack Detection and Mitigation for Autonomous Core Networks Using Digital Twin

2023 - date
Yagmur Yigit | Director of Studies: Prof Leandros Maglaras | Second Supervisor: Dr Huynh Nguyen

Digital Twin Model for Coexistence of Wi-Fi and IoT in Smart Cities

2023 - date
Kubra Duran | Director of Studies: Prof Berk Canberk | Second Supervisor: Dr Matthew Broadbent

Evaluation of Federated Machine Unlearning using Membership Inference Attacks

2023 - date
Jordan Wylie | Director of Studies: Dr Thomas Tan | Second Supervisor: Prof Amir Hussain

Preparation of nanocomposite-based electrodes and development of flexible energy storage devices

2023 - date
Febin Paul | Director of Studies: Dr Libu Manjakkal | Second Supervisor: Dr Keng Goh

Blockchain-based Privacy-preserving Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing

2023 - date
Dimitrios Kasimatis | Director of Studies: Prof Bill Buchanan | Second Supervisor: Dr Nick Pitropakis

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

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

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Dr Timothy Olawumi was a resource person at WAiC Webinar

27 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

21 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

1 September 2022
Peter Cruickshank now leader of the Social Informatics research group

Visiting professor in Wireless Communication - Royal Academy of Engineering

31 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

17 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

30 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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