Unstable resonators with Gosper-island boundary conditions : virtual-source computation of fractal eigenmodes
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & Huang, J. Unstable resonators with Gosper-island boundary conditions : virtual-source computation of fractal eigenmodes. Poster presented at 29th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO Europe / EQEC), Munich, Germany

The Gosper island is a well-known fractal belonging to a family of self-similar “root 7” curves constructed from a simple iterative algorithm [1]. One begins with a regular hexagon (the initiator, corresponding to iteration n = 0) with sides of refer... Read More about Unstable resonators with Gosper-island boundary conditions : virtual-source computation of fractal eigenmodes.

Electromagnetic diffraction by fractal dusts, triangles and carpets : a Kirchhoff approach to circulation
Presentation / Conference
a Kirchhoff approach to circulation. Poster presented at 30th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO Europe / EQEC), Munich, Germany

The diffraction of plane waves by perfectly-conducting thin screens is of fundamental physical and mathematical interest in electromagnetics [1]. Classic laser-optics experiments involve both open (single- and double-slit arrangements) and closed (ci... Read More about Electromagnetic diffraction by fractal dusts, triangles and carpets : a Kirchhoff approach to circulation.

Scattering of electromagnetic waves by cantor screens : Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals on complex domains
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & Middleton-Spencer, H. Scattering of electromagnetic waves by cantor screens : Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals on complex domains. Poster presented at 30th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO Europe / EQEC), Munich, Germany

The scattering of light from fractal screens has been a topic of sustained interest in optics for many decades. A common thread weaving together much of the theoretical literature is the scalar approximation, wherein the polarization state of the ele... Read More about Scattering of electromagnetic waves by cantor screens : Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals on complex domains.

Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations for periodic optical systems : pattern formation in \chi(3) coupled waveguide arrays
Presentation / Conference
pattern formation in \chi(3) coupled waveguide arrays. Presented at 14th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation (WAVES 2019), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations have
been used for many years to model the propagation of light in optical architectures whose refractive index profile is modulated periodically
in the transverse direction. Typically, one considers a modal... Read More about Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations for periodic optical systems : pattern formation in \chi(3) coupled waveguide arrays.

Electromagnetic scattering problems on perfectly-conducting complex domains: from Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals toward fractal screens
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & Middleton-Spencer, H. Electromagnetic scattering problems on perfectly-conducting complex domains: from Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals toward fractal screens. Presented at 14th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation (WAVES 2019), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

The diffraction of light by an aperture in an otherwise perfectly conducting plane screen of infinite extent is a phenomenon of fundamental
interest in electromagnetics. Here, we consider
classes of problems where the aperture domain is
complex (p... Read More about Electromagnetic scattering problems on perfectly-conducting complex domains: from Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals toward fractal screens.

Neural correlates of environmental noise soundscapes : an EEG study
Presentation / Conference
Williams, D., Thomas, A., Allen, C., Cox, B., & Clark, C. Neural correlates of environmental noise soundscapes : an EEG study. Presented at 27th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Prague, Czech Republic

Environmental noise has documented effects on productivity in the workplace, and suggested impacts on health
and wellbeing. However, there remains a gap in knowledge in determining whether there are neural markers for
these effects that might be us... Read More about Neural correlates of environmental noise soundscapes : an EEG study.

An extended transfer matrix model for the sound insulation of dual leaf structures with corrugated panels and structural connections
Presentation / Conference
Massaglia, J., & Moorhouse, A. An extended transfer matrix model for the sound insulation of dual leaf structures with corrugated panels and structural connections. Presented at NOVEM 2018 Noise and Vibration Emerging Methods, Ibiza, Spain

The transfer matrix method (TMM) was implemented both as a standalone approach and as a
method of obtaining cavity infill layer effective properties in a periodic double plate model.
These approaches were studied for their potential in predicting t... Read More about An extended transfer matrix model for the sound insulation of dual leaf structures with corrugated panels and structural connections.

Wireless sensor networks-based solutions for cattle health monitoring : a survey
Presentation / Conference
Mohamad, G., & Gaber, T. Wireless sensor networks-based solutions for cattle health monitoring : a survey. Presented at The International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics (AISI2019), Cairo, Egypt

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are nowadays becoming an active research in different fields. Precise irrigation, agriculture, earthquake, fire monitoring in forests and animal health monitoring are few applications of WSN. Animal health monitoring sy... Read More about Wireless sensor networks-based solutions for cattle health monitoring : a survey.

Acquisition of bi-directional reflectance functions by Nearfield Acoustical Holography – a preliminary study
Presentation / Conference
Hargreaves, J. Acquisition of bi-directional reflectance functions by Nearfield Acoustical Holography – a preliminary study. Presented at International Congress on Acoustics 2019, Aachen

It is well known that material absorption and scattering is dependent on incidence and observation angle. Despite this, the corresponding standardised coefficients, which are used to represent these mechanisms within computational acoustic models, ag... Read More about Acquisition of bi-directional reflectance functions by Nearfield Acoustical Holography – a preliminary study.

Detection of breast abnormalities of thermograms based on a new segmentation method
Presentation / Conference
Ali, M., Sayed, G., Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., Snasel, V., & Silva, L. Detection of breast abnormalities of thermograms based on a new segmentation method. Presented at Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information System

Breast cancer is one from various diseases that has
got great attention in the last decades. This due to the number
of women who died because of this disease. Segmentation is
always an important step in developing a CAD system. This paper
propose... Read More about Detection of breast abnormalities of thermograms based on a new segmentation method.

Personal identification based on mobile-based keystroke dynamics
Presentation / Conference
Tharwat, A., Ibrahim, A., Gaber, T., & Hassanien, A. Personal identification based on mobile-based keystroke dynamics. Presented at International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics

This paper is addressing the personal identification problem by using mobile-based keystroke dynamics of touch mobile phone. The proposed approach consists of two main phases, namely feature selection and classification. The most important features a... Read More about Personal identification based on mobile-based keystroke dynamics.

Reversible and imperceptible watermarking approach for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of brain MR images
Thesis
Qasim, A. Reversible and imperceptible watermarking approach for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of brain MR images. (Thesis). University of Salford

The digital medical workflow has many circumstances in which the image data can be manipulated both within the secured Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and outside, as images are viewed, extracted and exchanged. This potentially grows ethical and l... Read More about Reversible and imperceptible watermarking approach for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of brain MR images.

Wearable exoskeleton systems based-on pneumatic soft actuators and controlled by parallel processing
Thesis
Al-Fahaam, H. Wearable exoskeleton systems based-on pneumatic soft actuators and controlled by parallel processing. (Thesis). University of Salford

Human assistance innovation is essential in an increasingly aging society and one technology that may be applicable is exoskeletons. However, traditional rigid exoskeletons have many drawbacks. This research includes the design and implementation of... Read More about Wearable exoskeleton systems based-on pneumatic soft actuators and controlled by parallel processing.

Collaborative system and multi robots based on pneumatic muscle actuator
Thesis
Al-Ibadi, A. Collaborative system and multi robots based on pneumatic muscle actuator. (Thesis). University of Salford

Designing a multi-robot system provides numerous advantages for many applications, such as low cost, multi-tasking and more efficient group work. While the rigidity of the robots used in industrial and medical application increase the probability of... Read More about Collaborative system and multi robots based on pneumatic muscle actuator.

IoT database forensics : an investigation on HarperDB Security
Presentation / Conference
Marsh, R., Belguith, S., & Dargahi, T. IoT database forensics : an investigation on HarperDB Security. Presented at ACM International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems

The data that are generated by several devices in the IoT realmrequire careful and real time processing. Recently, researchers haveconcentrated on the usage of cloud databases for storing such datato improve efficiency. HarperDB aims at producing a D... Read More about IoT database forensics : an investigation on HarperDB Security.

Data science in public mental health : a new analytic framework
Presentation / Conference
Silva, H., Saraee, M., & Saraee, M. Data science in public mental health : a new analytic framework. Presented at IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications June 30 - July 3, 2019 – Barcelona, Spain

Understanding public mental health issues and finding solutions can be complex and requires advanced techniques, compared to conventional data analysis projects. It is important to have a comprehensive project management process to ensure that... Read More about Data science in public mental health : a new analytic framework.

PU-ABE : lightweight attribute-based encryption supporting access policy update for cloud assisted IoT
Presentation / Conference
Belguith, S., Kaaniche, N., & Russello, G. PU-ABE : lightweight attribute-based encryption supporting access policy update for cloud assisted IoT. Presented at 11th International Conference on Cloud Computing, San Francisco, CA, USA

Cloud-assisted IoT applications are gaining an expanding interest, such that IoT devices are deployed in different
distributed environments to collect and outsource sensed data to remote servers for further processing and sharing among users. On the... Read More about PU-ABE : lightweight attribute-based encryption supporting access policy update for cloud assisted IoT.

Malicious entities are in vain : preserving privacy in publish and subscribe systems
Presentation / Conference
Cui, S., Belguith, S., De Alwis, P., Asghar, M., & Russello, G. Malicious entities are in vain : preserving privacy in publish and subscribe systems. Presented at IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications, New York, USA

Publish and subscribe (pub/sub) system is a decoupled communication paradigm that allows routing of publications. Through a set of dedicated third party servers, referred to as brokers, publications are disseminated without establishing any link betw... Read More about Malicious entities are in vain : preserving privacy in publish and subscribe systems.

C-ABSC : Cooperative Attribute Based SignCryption Scheme for Internet of Things applications
Presentation / Conference
Belguith, S., Kaaniche, N., Mohamed, M., & Russello, G. C-ABSC : Cooperative Attribute Based SignCryption Scheme for Internet of Things applications. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, San Francisco, CA, USA

In this paper, we present C-ABSC, a cooperative
privacy preserving attribute based signcryption mechanism. It
consists on performing the combined signing and encrypting
processes of a set of data devices’ inputs in a secure collaborative
manner.... Read More about C-ABSC : Cooperative Attribute Based SignCryption Scheme for Internet of Things applications.

Thickness estimation, automated classification and novelty detection in ultrasound images of the plantar fascia tissues
Thesis
Boussouar, A. (in press). Thickness estimation, automated classification and novelty detection in ultrasound images of the plantar fascia tissues. (Thesis). University of Salford

The plantar fascia (PF) tissue plays an important role in the movement and the stability of the foot during walking and running. Thus it is possible for the overuse and the associated medical problems to cause injuries and some severe common disease... Read More about Thickness estimation, automated classification and novelty detection in ultrasound images of the plantar fascia tissues.