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Giant Goos-Hänchen shifts and soliton refraction in systems with χ(5) susceptibility
Presentation / Conference
McCoy, E., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. Giant Goos-Hänchen shifts and soliton refraction in systems with χ(5) susceptibility. Presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC 2013), University of Salford

A full understanding of how a spatial solitons (a unique type of nonlinear light beam) behave when the encounter the boundary between two dissimilar media is still some way off. On the one hand, light-interface interactions underpin essentially all... Read More about Giant Goos-Hänchen shifts and soliton refraction in systems with χ(5) susceptibility.

Spontaneous spatial fractal light patterns in simple nonlinear cavities
Presentation / Conference
Bostock, C., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. Spontaneous spatial fractal light patterns in simple nonlinear cavities. Presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC 2013), University of Salford

Nature furnishes us with a wide variety of patterns that, fundamentally, tend to fall into one of two categories: simple (characterized by a dominant scale-length or “size”) or fractal (containing comparable levels of detail spanning decimal orders o... Read More about Spontaneous spatial fractal light patterns in simple nonlinear cavities.

The organisational culture of NW engineering workplaces : the influence on women engineers
Presentation / Conference
Sapleton, N., Takruri-Rizk, H., Dhar-Bhattacharjee, S., & Bezer, R. The organisational culture of NW engineering workplaces : the influence on women engineers. Presented at 8th IAS-STS Annual Conference: Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies, Graz, Austria

In England’s North West, engineering continues to be a major industry: employing 90,000 workers, accounting for around a quarter of jobs in the region, and generating £13 billion of the North West’s £44 billion total Gross Domestic Product. However,... Read More about The organisational culture of NW engineering workplaces : the influence on women engineers.

New global learning cultures : interdisciplinarity through networked technologies
Presentation / Conference
Cochrane, T., & Keegan, H. New global learning cultures : interdisciplinarity through networked technologies. Presented at The 13th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Salford, UK

The context in which higher education institutions (HEIs) now operate is facing fundamental changes; HEIs are often said to be in a time of crisis, and new models of education are being explored both within and outside the academy. The rise of open e... Read More about New global learning cultures : interdisciplinarity through networked technologies.

Measuring a portable audio device’s response to excessive sound levels
Report
Kendrick, P., Cox, T., Fazenda, B., & Jackson, I. Measuring a portable audio device’s response to excessive sound levels

This is a report detailing how a series of measurements were carried out to quantify the non-linear performance of a series of portable audio recorders. The performance of a series of common devices is quantified including the; Cannon 550D, Edirol r... Read More about Measuring a portable audio device’s response to excessive sound levels.

Fair and abuse-free contract signing protocol supporting fair license reselling
Presentation / Conference
Gaber, T., & Zhang, N. Fair and abuse-free contract signing protocol supporting fair license reselling. Presented at 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, 2011

Most of the fair contract signing protocols published to date make use of a Trusted Third Party (TTP) to achieve fairness. In this paper, we have designed a fair contract signing protocol to support fair reselling of a DRM license without using a ded... Read More about Fair and abuse-free contract signing protocol supporting fair license reselling.

Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources
Presentation / Conference
Amargianitakis, D., Self, R., Torija Martinez, A., Proenca, A., & Synodinos, A. Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources. Presented at AIAA Aviation 2021 Forum, Virtual Event

This paper comes as an update to the simplified airport noise model RANE (Rapid Aviation Noise Evaluator) adding capability of including fully non-isotropic noise sources. RANE v2 is developed as a part of multidisciplinary acoustic assessment of nov... Read More about Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources.

Comparing lead iodide and lead acetate based perovskite absorber layers by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition
Presentation / Conference
Afzaal, M., Basak, S., & Yates, H. Comparing lead iodide and lead acetate based perovskite absorber layers by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition at
atmospheric conditions has been used to deposit optically active lead perovskite thin films. Lead iodide and lead acetate trihydrate precursors were used and the resulting films compared. X-ray powder di... Read More about Comparing lead iodide and lead acetate based perovskite absorber layers by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition.

SMART : Shared Memory based SDN Architecture to Resist DDoS Attacks
Presentation / Conference
Belguith, S., Asghar, M., Song, W., Gomez, K., & Russello, G. SMART : Shared Memory based SDN Architecture to Resist DDoS Attacks. Presented at SECRYPT 2020 17th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Lieusant, Paris (Online)

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a virtualised yet promising technology that is gaining attention from
both academia and industry. On the one hand, the use of a centralised SDN controller provides dynamic
configuration and management in an effi... Read More about SMART : Shared Memory based SDN Architecture to Resist DDoS Attacks.

Prov-Trust : towards a trustworthy SGX-based data provenance system
Presentation / Conference
Kaaniche, N., Belguith, S., Laurent, M., Gehani, A., & Russello, G. Prov-Trust : towards a trustworthy SGX-based data provenance system. Presented at SECRYPT 2020 17th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Lieusant, Paris (Online)

Data provenance refers to records of the inputs, entities, systems, and processes that influence data of interest, providing a historical record of the data and its origins. Secure data provenance is vital to ensure
accountability, forensics investi... Read More about Prov-Trust : towards a trustworthy SGX-based data provenance system.

Passive acoustic thermometry
Presentation / Conference
Elliott, A. Passive acoustic thermometry. Presented at Internoise 2016, Hamburg

Conventional acoustic thermometry is usually performed by exciting a resonator with a sound source and identifying the resonant frequencies of the system. If the dimensions of such system are known it is relatively straightforward then to determine t... Read More about Passive acoustic thermometry.

Rapid decision support tool based on novel ecosystem service variables for retrofitting sustainable drainage systems in the presence of trees
Thesis
Uzomah, V. (in press). Rapid decision support tool based on novel ecosystem service variables for retrofitting sustainable drainage systems in the presence of trees. (Thesis). University of Salford

There is a lack of practical decision support tools useful for a rapid assessment of
the potential of ecosystem services when retrofitting permeable pavements in urban areas
that either feature existing trees or should be pla
nted with trees in th... Read More about Rapid decision support tool based on novel ecosystem service variables for retrofitting sustainable drainage systems in the presence of trees.

A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data
Journal Article
Preece, S., Goulermas, J., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56, 871-879

Driven by the demands on healthcare resulting from the shift toward more sedentary lifestyles, considerable effort has been devoted to the monitoring and classification of human activity. In previous studies, various classification schemes and featur... Read More about A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data.

The use of visual angle in car following traffic micro-simulation models
Presentation / Conference
Al-Obaedi, J., & Yousif, S. The use of visual angle in car following traffic micro-simulation models. Presented at International Built & Human Environment Research Week (IRW)., Salford, Greater Manchester

This paper presents a detailed literature review on car following models and methods used in describing the behaviour between two drivers of successive vehicles travelling in a traffic stream. The paper then concentrates on presenting a proposed car... Read More about The use of visual angle in car following traffic micro-simulation models.

Acoustic based safety emergency vehicle detection for intelligent transport systems
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B., Atmoko, H., Gu, F., Guan, L., & Ball, A. Acoustic based safety emergency vehicle detection for intelligent transport systems. Presented at ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009, Fukuoka, Japan

A system has been investigated for the detection of incoming direction of an emergency vehicle. Acoustic detection methods based on a cross microphone array have been implemented. It is shown that source detection based on time delay estimation outpe... Read More about Acoustic based safety emergency vehicle detection for intelligent transport systems.

The 2nd Clarity Enhancement Challenge for Hearing Aid Speech Intelligibility Enhancement: Overview and Outcomes
Conference Proceeding
Akeroyd, M. A., Bailey, W., Barker, J., Cox, T. J., Culling, J. F., Graetzer, S., …Tu, Z. (2023). The 2nd Clarity Enhancement Challenge for Hearing Aid Speech Intelligibility Enhancement: Overview and Outcomes. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icassp49357.2023.10094918

This paper reports on the design and outcomes of the 2nd Clarity Enhancement Challenge (CEC2), a challenge for stimulating novel approaches to hearing-aid speech intelligibility enhancement. The challenge was for a listener attending to a target spea... Read More about The 2nd Clarity Enhancement Challenge for Hearing Aid Speech Intelligibility Enhancement: Overview and Outcomes.

SPARC 2022 book of abstracts
Book
Ardo, A., Abdullahi, A., Bennett, A., Mbabu, A., Woodman, A., Foster, A., …Taylor, T. T. Ireland (Ed.), SPARC 2022 book of abstracts. Salford, United Kingdom: University of Salford

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2022 SPARC conference. Our conference is called “Moving
Forwards” reflecting our re-emergence from the pandemic and our desire to reconnect our PGR
community, in celebration of their research. PGRs have co... Read More about SPARC 2022 book of abstracts.