Optimizing classification techniques using genetic programming approach (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., & Sadjady, R. (2008, December). Optimizing classification techniques using genetic programming approach. Presented at 12th IEEE International Multitopic Conference, Conquering the Horizons of Future Technology (IEEE INMIC 2008), Karachi, Pakistan

Genetic Programming (GP) is a branch of Genetic
Algorithms (GA) that searches for the best operation or
computer program in search space of operations. At the same
time classification is a data mining technique used to build model of data classes... Read More about Optimizing classification techniques using genetic programming approach.

Applying data mining in medical data with focus on mortality related to accident in children (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., Ehghaghi, Z., Meamarzadeh, H., & Zibanezhad, B. (2008, December). Applying data mining in medical data with focus on mortality related to accident in children. Presented at IEEE International Multitopic Conference, Karachi, Pakistan

Trauma is the main leading cause of death in children; we need a tool to prevent and predict the outcome in these patients. Data mining is the science of extracting the useful information from a large amount of data sets or databases that leads to st... Read More about Applying data mining in medical data with focus on mortality related to accident in children.

Fuzzy block matching motion estimation for video compression (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Soroushmehr, S., Samavi, S., & Saraee, M. (2008, December). Fuzzy block matching motion estimation for video compression. Presented at 2008 IEEE 9th Malay International Conference on Communications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

Motion estimation demands intense computations. To overcome this obstacle, different techniques have been devised. In this paper an efficient spatio-temporal fuzzy search algorithm is proposed to shorten the search time without the loss of accuracy.... Read More about Fuzzy block matching motion estimation for video compression.

Quality of low frequency audio reproduction in critical listening spaces (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B. (2008, December). Quality of low frequency audio reproduction in critical listening spaces. Presented at 10th Meeting of the Portuguese Audio Engineering Society, Lisbon, Portugal

Comparison of conventional and catalytic in situ combustion processes for oil recovery (2008)
Journal Article
Abuhesa, M., & Hughes, R. (2009). Comparison of conventional and catalytic in situ combustion processes for oil recovery. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef800804a

Laboratory in situ combustion experiments were performed to test the concept of using in situ combustion
to catalytically upgrade a medium-heavy Clair crude oil (19.8° API), using a low-pressure combustion cell.
Tests were performed for both noncat... Read More about Comparison of conventional and catalytic in situ combustion processes for oil recovery.

Exploring magic cottage: a virtual reality environment for stimulating children's imaginative writing (2008)
Journal Article
Patera, M., Draper, S., & Naef, M. (2008). Exploring magic cottage: a virtual reality environment for stimulating children's imaginative writing. Interactive Learning Environments, 16(3), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820802114093

This paper presents an exploratory study that created a Virtual Reality Environment (VRE) to stimulate
motivation and creativity in imaginative writing at primary school level. The main aim of the study was to
investigate if an interactive, semi-im... Read More about Exploring magic cottage: a virtual reality environment for stimulating children's imaginative writing.

Coded signals: a challenge for acoustic wind profiling (2008)
Presentation / Conference
von Hünerbein, S., & Bradley, S. (2008, November). Coded signals: a challenge for acoustic wind profiling. Presented at 156th Meeting: Acoustical Society of America, Miami, FL, USA

Use of coded signals for acoustic wind profiling presents special challenges because the scattering mechanism is highly bandwidth sensitive. We outline the physical principles involved and show that the signal coding methods commonly used for underwa... Read More about Coded signals: a challenge for acoustic wind profiling.

Estimating missing value in microarray data using fuzzy clustering and gene ontology (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mohammadi, A., & Saraee, M. (2008, November). Estimating missing value in microarray data using fuzzy clustering and gene ontology. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, 2008. BIBM '08., Philadelphia, PA, USA,

Microarray experiments usually generate data sets with multiple missing expression values, due to several problems. In this paper, a new and robust method based on fuzzy clustering and gene ontology is proposed to estimate missing values in microarra... Read More about Estimating missing value in microarray data using fuzzy clustering and gene ontology.

The optimization of modal spacing within small rooms (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Wankling, M., & Fazenda, B. (2008, November). The optimization of modal spacing within small rooms. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008, Huddersfield

The reproduction of audio in small rooms is significantly affected by room modes – resonant frequencies set up as a result of the geometry of the room. These frequency specific modes combine to form a unique frequency response for that room. This fre... Read More about The optimization of modal spacing within small rooms.

A transient boundary element method model of Schroeder diffuser scattering using well mouth impedance (2008)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, J., & Cox, T. (2008). A transient boundary element method model of Schroeder diffuser scattering using well mouth impedance. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 124(5), 2942-2951. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2982420

Room acoustic diffusers can be used to treat critical listening environments to improve sound quality. One popular class is Schroeder diffusers, which comprise wells of varying depth separated by thin fins. This paper concerns a new approach to ena... Read More about A transient boundary element method model of Schroeder diffuser scattering using well mouth impedance.

Communicating eye gaze across a distance without rooting participants to the spot (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Wolff, R., Roberts, D., Murgia, A., Murray, N., Rae, J., Steptoe, W., …Sharkey, P. (2008, October). Communicating eye gaze across a distance without rooting participants to the spot. Presented at 12th 2008 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, Vancouver, Canada

Eye gaze is an important conversational resource that
until now could only be supported across a distance if people were rooted to the spot. We introduce EyeCVE, the
world’s first tele-presence system that allows people in different physical locati... Read More about Communicating eye gaze across a distance without rooting participants to the spot.

Acoustic diagnosis of driving belt physical condition in enclosures (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B., Gu, F., Ball, A., & Gilkes, O. (2008, October). Acoustic diagnosis of driving belt physical condition in enclosures. Presented at Internoise 2008, Shanghai, China

Timing belt transmission is a key subsystem of international combustion engines. Faults in such belt systems lead to power loss, increased emissions and, in case of failure, may even cause severe damage to the whole engine. Hitherto, the physical con... Read More about Acoustic diagnosis of driving belt physical condition in enclosures.

Building trust in e-commerce using social networks approach (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Shahgholian, A., Mazrooei, P., & Saraee, M. (2008, October). Building trust in e-commerce using social networks approach. Presented at The International Conference on “E-Commerce and Developing Countries (ECDC 08), Isfahan, Iran

Mining protein primary structure data using committee machines approach to predict protein contact map (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Habibi, N., Mahdaviani, K., & Saraee, M. (2008, October). Mining protein primary structure data using committee machines approach to predict protein contact map. Presented at 4th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies, 2008. ICET 2008., Rawalpindi, Pakistan,

Committee machines approach has shown to be useful in different applications. Protein primary structure data contain valuable information to extract. In this paper we mine these data and predict protein contact map based on committee machines. Contac... Read More about Mining protein primary structure data using committee machines approach to predict protein contact map.

Dealing with missing values in microarray data (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mohammadi, A., & Saraee, M. (2008, October). Dealing with missing values in microarray data. Presented at 4th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies, 2008. ICET 2008, Rawalpindi, Pakistan,

Gene expression profiling plays an important role in a broad range of areas in biology. The raw gene expression data, may contain missing values. It is an important preprocessing step to accurately estimate missing values in microarray data, because... Read More about Dealing with missing values in microarray data.

Optimal modal spacing and density for critical listening (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B., & Wankling, M. (2008, October). Optimal modal spacing and density for critical listening. Presented at 125th Audio Engineering Society Convention, San Francisco, CA, USA

This paper presents a study on the subjective effects of modal spacing and density. These are measures often used as
indicators to define particular aspect ratios and source positions to avoid low frequency reproduction problems in
rooms. These ind... Read More about Optimal modal spacing and density for critical listening.

Constructed Farm Wetlands (CFW) Design Manual for Scotland and Northern Ireland (2008)
Other
Carty, A., Scholz, M., Heal, K., Keohane, J., Dunne, E., Gouriveau, F., & Mustafa, A. (2008). Constructed Farm Wetlands (CFW) Design Manual for Scotland and Northern Ireland

Assessment of emergency safety showers against proposed EU and ANSI standards (2008)
Journal Article
Burby, M., Nasr, G., Yule, A., & Hughes, T. (2008). Assessment of emergency safety showers against proposed EU and ANSI standards. International Journal of Multiphysics, 2(3), 565. https://doi.org/10.1260/175095408786927426

This investigation was carried out with the cooperation of a major international safety shower manufacturer, Hughes Safety Showers Ltd. The first part of this study was to characterise various commercial safety shower heads with regard to their spray... Read More about Assessment of emergency safety showers against proposed EU and ANSI standards.

Wide class of new fractal light sources [Invited plenary paper] (2008)
Presentation / Conference
McDonald, G., Christian, J., & Huang, J. (2008, September). Wide class of new fractal light sources [Invited plenary paper]. Presented at Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL), 2010 International Conference, Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine

Pattern emergence in Naturepsilas complex systems is mostly attributed to a classic Turing instability. There, a single length-scale becomes dominant and this defines a simple emergent structure (for example, a striped or hexagonal pattern). We have... Read More about Wide class of new fractal light sources [Invited plenary paper].

Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous spatial fractals (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, J., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2008, September). Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous spatial fractals. Presented at European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Paris, France

We present the first predictions of spontaneous spatial fractal patterns in nonlinear ring cavities. New analyses reveal multi-Turing spectra characteristic of susceptibility
for spontaneous fractals. Extensive computer simulations confirm theoretic... Read More about Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous spatial fractals.