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Supporting social human communication between distributed walk-in displays (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Wolff, R., Otto, O., Roberts, D., Kranzlmueller, D., Anthes, C., & Steed, A. (2004, November). Supporting social human communication between distributed walk-in displays. Presented at ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST'04), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Collaboration around shared objects in immersive virtual environments (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Otto, O., Roberts, D., & Wolff, R. (2004, October). Collaboration around shared objects in immersive virtual environments. Presented at 8th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications (DS-RT'04), Budapest, Hungary

House mouse infestations: is there a public health risk and are current approaches to control effective? (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Murphy, G., & Williams, H. (2004, September). House mouse infestations: is there a public health risk and are current approaches to control effective?. Presented at Second World Health Organisation International Housing and Health Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania

In the UK, urban mice (Mus domesticus) are often viewed as nuisance pests and there is no coherent approach to the control of house mouse infestations. Cheetham Hill is an inner city area of Manchester, England. A study area that was typical of other... Read More about House mouse infestations: is there a public health risk and are current approaches to control effective?.

A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., White, S., & Eccleston, J. (2004, September). A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings. Presented at The Fifth International Conference on Data Mining, Text Mining and their Business Applications,, Malaga, Spain

This paper details our analysis of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), a free, user-maintained, online resource of production details for over 390,000 movies, television series and video games, which contains information such as title, genre, box-off... Read More about A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings.

Improving dissertation assessment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Pathirage, C., Haigh, R., Amaratunga, R., Baldry, D., & Green, C. (2004, September). Improving dissertation assessment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

During the last decade, there have been increasing calls for higher education to improve standards, increase the quality of assessment, and for greater accountability of lecturers. It is recognised that consistency in assessment is even more importan... Read More about Improving dissertation assessment.

Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Senaratne, S., Amaratunga, R., Kagioglou, M., Baldry, D., Aouad, G., & Bowden, A. (2004, September). Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

The higher education system in the UK has significantly changed over the last decade due to a growing emphasis on student learning activities, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms. According to previous studies, there is no au... Read More about Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions.

An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Young, A., & Clarkson, R. (2004, September). An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

This paper reports the preliminary results of a project that investigated the use of computer-based simulation to improve the validity of assessment and provide unlimited formative assessment without use of lecturer time. Specifically it aimed to dev... Read More about An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment.

Setting up the open semantic infrastructure for the construction sector in Europe, the FUNSIEC project (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Celson, L., Fiès, B., Silva, C., & Barresi, S. (2004, September). Setting up the open semantic infrastructure for the construction sector in Europe, the FUNSIEC project. Presented at 5th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry, ECPPM 2004, Istanbul, Turkey

The general aim of the FUNSIEC project was to study the feasibility of building and maintaining an Open Semantic Infrastructure for the European Construction Sector (OSIECS) at a technical, organisational and business level. Such an infrastructure wa... Read More about Setting up the open semantic infrastructure for the construction sector in Europe, the FUNSIEC project.

Virtual building maintenance: Enhancing building maintenance using 3D-GIS and 3D laser scanner (VR) technology (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmed, V., Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., & Aouad, G. (2004, September). Virtual building maintenance: Enhancing building maintenance using 3D-GIS and 3D laser scanner (VR) technology. Presented at European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM),, Istanbul, Turkey

The renovation and refurbishment market is rapidly expanding within the construction industry, bringing the role of the Facilities Management (FM) department to the forefront. Operating and maintaining a facility however, takes the biggest proportion... Read More about Virtual building maintenance: Enhancing building maintenance using 3D-GIS and 3D laser scanner (VR) technology.