Friday 29 December 2017

Computing's 2017 Publication





1.     Abbas, R., Al Sherbaz, A., Bennecer, A. and Picton, P.   A new channel selection algorithm for the Weightless-N Frequency Hopping with lower collision probability.   8th International Network of the Future (NoF) Conference Proceedings. London: IEEE.  
2.     Ajam, H. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   A study of recent contributions on performance and simulation techniques for accelerator devices.   International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Turkey: IEEE ICEEE.  
3.     Ajam, H., Ramdhany, R., Hammond, M. and Mu, M.   A middleware to enable immersive multi-device online TV experience.  Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video. New York: ACM.  
4.     Ajit, S.   Exam as an assessment instrument in computer programming courses: student perceptions. Poster presented to: 6th International Assessment in Higher Education Conference (AHE  ), Manchester, United Kingdom, 28-29 June  .
5.     Ajit, S., Holmes, C., Johnson, J., Kolovos, D. S. and Paige, R. F.   Model-based tool support for Tactical Data Links: an experience report from the defence domain. Software & Systems Modeling. 16(2),  559-586. 1619-1366.
6.     Al Barrak, A., Al Sherbaz, A., Kanakis, T. and Crockett, R. G. M.   Enhancing BER performance limit of BCH and RS codes using multipath diversity. Computers. 6(2) 2073-431X.
7.     Al Barrak, A., Al Sherbaz, A., Kanakis, T. and Crockett, R. G. M.   Utilisation of multipath phenomenon to improve the performance of BCH and RS codes.   8th Computer Science & Electronic Engineering Conference. New York: IEEE. 978-1-5090-2050-8.  6-11.
8.     Al Dabbagh, M., Al Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J.   The future vision of intelligent transportation system. Poster presented to: 3rd Connected & Autonomous Vehicles R&D (CAV3) Competition Briefing Event, London, 23 August  .
9.     Al Mahmood, A. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   A study of FPGA-based System-on-Chip designs for reAl time industrial application. International Journal of Computer Applications. 0975-8887.  
10.  Al Rubaye, Z., Al Sherbaz, A., McCormick, W. D. and Turner, S. J.   Sensor data classification for the indication of lameness in sheep.   CollaborateCom   - 13th EAI International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. Edinburgh: Springer .
11.  Al Rubaye, Z., Al Sherbaz, A., McCormick, W. D. and Turner, S. J.   Sheep in Northampton use smart device as a sensor.[Image]. Northampton: The University of Northampton .
12.  Al Sadi, A., Al Sherbaz, A., Xue, J. and Turner, S. J.   Developing an asynchronous technique to evaluate the performance of SDN HP Aruba switch and OVS.   IEEE Computing Conference 2018. London: IEEE.  
13.  Al Waisi, Z. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   An overview of on-chip cache coherence protocols.   IEEE IntelliSys Conference   Proceedings. London: IEEE.  
14.  Al Zoiny, S. and Al Sherbaz, A.   Connected Health Services in Smart Technologies. UK: Kobo Publisher. 1230001603163.
15.  Azasoo, J., Kuada, E., Osei Boateng, K. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   An algorithm for micro-load shedding in generation constrained electricity transmission network. Paper presented to: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) PowerAfrica Conference  , Accra, Ghana, 27-30 June  .  
16.  Butler, T. and Johnson, M.   Seven deadly sins of software flexibility.   13th China Europe International Symposium Of Software Engineering Education. Derby: University of Derby.
17.  Butler, T. and Yank, K.   PHP & MySQL - Novice to Ninja. 6th ed. Victoria, Australia: Sitepoint LLC. 9780994346988.
18.  Coulter-Smith, L.   Changing minds: multitasking during lectures.   Springer Computer Science Proceedings. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag.  
19.  Edan, N. M., Al Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J.   Design and evaluation of browser-to-browser video conferencing in WebRTC. Proceedings of   Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) - WCAMCS’17. 
20.  Edan, N. M., Al Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J.   WebNSM a novel scalable WebRTC signalling mechanism for many-to-many video conferencing.   IEEE Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing. San Jose, California, USA: IEEE.  
21.  Edan, N. M., Al Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J.   WebNSM: a novel WebRTC signalling mechanism for one-to-many bi-directional video conferencing.   IEEE Computing Conference 2018. London: IEEE.  
22.  Fawcett, L., Mu, M., Hareng, B. and Race, N.   REF: enabling rapid experimentation of contextual network traffic management using Software Defined Networking. IEEE Communications Magazine. 0163-6804.  
23.  Hill, G., Turner, S. J. and Childs, K.   The answers not on the screen. Paper presented to: 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE), Athens, Greece, 24-25 May  .  
24.  Johnson, M., Edwards, R. and Hancox, H.   An assessment of the impact on student learning via the use of role-play to simulate client interactions within software engineering assessments. Paper presented to: 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE), Athens, Greece, 24-25 May  .
25.  Manh Phan Hung, D., Manyam Seshadri Naidu, S. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   Architectures for cloud-based HPC in data centers.   IEEE International Conference on Big Data Analysis. Beijing, China: IEEE.  
26.  Mu, M.   Software defined cognitive networking: supporting intelligent online video streaming. IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC). 2331-9860.  
27.  Mu, M., Stokking, H. and Den Hartog, F.   Network delay and bandwidth estimation for cross-device synchronized media.   Montagud, M., Cesar, P., Jansen, J. and Boronat, F. (eds.) Mediasync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization. U.S.: Springer.  1-28.  
28.  Ofori-Attah, E., Bhebhe, W. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   Architectural techniques for improving the power consumption of NoC-based CMPs: a case study of cache and network layer. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 7(2) 2079-9268.
29.  Olajubu, O., Ajit, S. and Turner, S. J.   Automated test case generation from high-level logic requirements using model transformation techniques.   Proceedings of 9th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC'17). IEEE.  
30.  Opoku Agyeman, M., Vien, Q.-T., Hill, G., Turner, S. J. and Mak, T.   An efficient channel model for evaluating Wireless NoC architectures.   2016 International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing Workshops (SBAC-PADW). Online: IEEE. 978-1-5090-4844-1.  85-90.
31.  Opoku Agyeman, M. and Zong, W.   An efficient 2D router architecture for extending the performance of inhomogeneous 3D NoC-based multi-core architectures.   2016 International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing Workshops (SBAC-PADW). USA: IEEE . 978-1-5090-4844-1.  79-84.
32.  Opoku Agyeman, M., Zong, W., Yakovlev, A., Tong, K.-F. and Mak, T.   Extending the performance of hybrid NoCs beyond the limitations of network heterogeneity. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 7(2) 2079-9268.
33.  Saleh Alalaki, M. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   A study of recent contributions on simulation tools for Network-on-Chip (NoC).International Journal of Computer Systems. 4(3) 2394-1065.  
34.  Turner, S. J.   Experience of using spreadsheets as a bridge in the understanding of AI techniques. Paper presented to: 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE), Athens, Greece, 24-25 May  .  
35.  Turner, S. J.   Junkbots - Crumble eggbot. Workshop presented to: Mozilla Festival, Ravensbourne College, London, 27-29 October  .
36.  Vien, Q.-T., Le, T. A., Phan, C. V. and Opoku Agyeman, M.   An energy-efficient NOMA for small cells in heterogeneous CRAN under QoS constraints. Paper presented to: 23rd European Wireless (EW), Dresden, Germany, 17-19 May  .  
37.  Vien, Q.-T., Opoku Agyeman, M., Le, T. A. and Mak, T.   On the nanocommunications at THz band in graphene-enabled Wireless Network-on-Chip. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 1024-123X.  

38.  Yuan, J., Lorenz, F., Lommatzsch, A., Mu, M., Race, N., Hopfgartner, F. and Albayrak, S.   Countering contextual bias in TV watching behavior: introducing social trend as external contextual factor in TV recommenders.   ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (ACM TVX). The Netherlands: ACM.  


All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon

Monday 18 December 2017

Seminar on computational Thinking in Uruguay



A member of the Computing team within FAST at the University of Northampton, Dr Scott Turner Associate Professor in Computing and Immersive Technologies, was invited to participate as a remote speaker in the seminar a Computational Thinking held the 12th December from 1 pm until 5 pm (GMT-3) in Montevideo, Uruguay run by Center for Research – Ceibal Foundation https://www.fundacionceibal.edu.uy/en.

The seminar focused on presenting and sharing experiences related to the introduction of computational thinking programs and projects in the education system or in the curricula. The contribution from Northampton was part of an international panel discussing Computational Thinking and experiences of outreach of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEM) in schools.

Funding for a visit of staff and students from the University of Northampton to visit the team at Center for Research – Ceibal Foundation later in 2018 has generously been provided by The Santander Mobility fund.


All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon

Sunday 17 December 2017

Lameness sensor

Sensor data classification for the indication of lameness in sheep. 
Al-Rubaye, Z.Al-Sherbaz, A.McCormick, W. D. and Turner, S. J.
CollaborateCom 2017 - 13th EAI International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. 
Edinburgh: Springer .

Abstract:
Lameness is a vital welfare issue in most sheep farming countries, including the UK. The pre-detection at the farm level could prevent the disease from becoming chronic. The development of wearable sensor technologies enables the idea of remotely monitoring the changes in animal movements which relate to lameness. In this study, 3D-acceleration, 3D-orientation, and 3D-linear acceleration sensor data were recorded at ten samples per second via the sensor attached to sheep neck collar. This research aimed to determine the best accuracy among various supervised machine learning techniques which can predict the early signs of lameness while the sheep are walking on a flat field. The most influencing predictors for lameness indication were also addressed here. The experimental results revealed that the Decision Tree classifier has the highest accuracy of 75.46%, and the orientation sensor data (angles) around the neck are the strongest predictors to differentiate among severely lame, mildly lame and sound classes of sheep

citation: Al-Rubaye, Z.Al-Sherbaz, A.McCormick, W. D. and Turner, S. J. (2017) Sensor data classification for the indication of lameness in sheep. In: CollaborateCom 2017 - 13th EAI International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. Edinburgh: Springer .


All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon

Saturday 16 December 2017

Meet the dancing robot (or let them introduce themselves)

The video below was taken during a final year module of Artificial Intelligence Techniques by one of the students, Devan Gokani. The session looked at social robotics and chatbots. As well as the robots, the students also played with the multi-award winning Mitsuku chatbot http://www.square-bear.co.uk/mitsuku/chat.htm

The robot show below is an Aldebaran NAO robot.


All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon

HS2 Hackathon - Northampton engagement

On 8-9th December 2017 students, and a member of staff, from the University of Northampton's Computing subject area were among the many participants in Transport System Catapult's HS2 Hackathon  https://ts.catapult.org.uk/hs2hackathon/. Looking for solutions to challenges around staff wellbeing, customer experience, maintenance, minimising the negative impact on the communities during construction; as well looking to have a positive impact on local communities.



One team was largely made up of five University of Northampton students from Computing - Platform1. Their idea was the development of an integrated journey planning and booking app for multiple types of transportation; including buses, taxis, cycles, trains for the whole journey. Their goal was a tool ththat helped integrate all of the transport modes through out the journey. Members of the group included Tomas Taujanskas, Mohammed Saif Rahman, Oloruntobi Ayilara, Mahbub Haque, Ismaila Jarboh.



A second team, Gang of Seven, looked at a different problem of the permeability of stations. The issue was around how can a station become a more social space for the community around the station and the travelling users. Three members of the team are part of the University of Northampton - two from Societal Travel CIC / iList and Dr Scott Turner (see below) from the Computing team within the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology. Other members of the team came from diverse and complementary areas including design, medicine and software engineering from across the UK.

This team was short-list to the next round in February 2018.







All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon

Monday 11 December 2017

BCS Northampton: 5G - Britain's lead role in its future

12th December 2017 - 5G - Britain's lead role in its future


The presentation will be held in Room NW205 of The Newton Building at The University of Northampton, Avenue Campus, St Georges Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JB
Peter Curnow ford will give a lecture on 5G
* 5G "what is it and why" - eg Enhanced Mobile Broadband, Ultra Low Latency and Internet of Things
* Where is the UK in the 5G world (Europe, Asia and US) 
* What is UK Government doing - including recent DCMS 5G test bed £15m funding announcement, £25m for future 5G cities and networks
* Ofcom"s forthcoming 5G spectrum auction and future 5G auctions - what that means 
* Where UK industry is playing a key role - key technologies
* Mobile operators and what we can look forward to and when
Doors will open at 18:30 hrs, The Presentation will commence at 19.00hrs.


All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon

Saturday 2 December 2017

Computing Publications January - November 2017


  1. Abbas, R.Al-Sherbaz, A.Bennecer, A. and Picton, P. (2017) A new channel selection algorithm for the Weightless-N Frequency Hopping with lower collision probability. In: 8th International Network of the Future (NoF) Conference Proceedings. London: IEEE. (Accepted)
  2. Ajam, H. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) A study of recent contributions on performance and simulation techniques for accelerator devices. In: International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Turkey: IEEE ICEEE. (Accepted)
  3. Ajam, H.Ramdhany, R.Hammond, M. and Mu, M. (2017) A middleware to enable immersive multi-device online TV experience.In: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video. New York: ACM. (Accepted)
  4. Ajit, S. (2017) Exam as an assessment instrument in computer programming courses: student perceptions. Poster presented to: 6th International Assessment in Higher Education Conference (AHE 2017), Manchester, United Kingdom, 28-29 June 2017.
  5. Ajit, S.Holmes, C.Johnson, J.Kolovos, D. S. and Paige, R. F. (2017) Model-based tool support for Tactical Data Links: an experience report from the defence domain. Software & Systems Modeling. 16(2), pp. 559-586. 1619-1366.
  6. Al Barrak, A.Al-Sherbaz, A.Kanakis, T. and Crockett, R. G. M. (2017) Enhancing BER performance limit of BCH and RS codes using multipath diversity. Computers. 6(2) 2073-431X.
  7. Al Barrak, A.Al-Sherbaz, A.Kanakis, T. and Crockett, R. G. M. (2017) Utilisation of multipath phenomenon to improve the performance of BCH and RS codes. In: 8th Computer Science & Electronic Engineering Conference. New York: IEEE. 978-1-5090-2050-8. pp. 6-11.
  8. Al-Dabbagh, M.Al-Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J. (2017) The future vision of intelligent transportation system. Poster presented to: 3rd Connected & Autonomous Vehicles R&D (CAV3) Competition Briefing Event, London, 23 August 2017.
  9. Al-Mahmood, A. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) A study of FPGA-based System-on-Chip designs for real-time industrial application. International Journal of Computer Applications. 0975-8887. (Accepted)
  10. Al-Rubaye, Z.Al-Sherbaz, A.McCormick, W. D. and Turner, S. J. (2017) Sensor data classification for the indication of lameness in sheep. In: CollaborateCom 2017 - 13th EAI International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. Edinburgh: Springer . (Accepted)
  11. Al-Rubaye, Z.Al-Sherbaz, A.McCormick, W. D. and Turner, S. J. (2017) Sheep in Northampton use smart device as a sensor.[Image]. Northampton: The University of Northampton .
  12. Al-Sadi, A.Al-Sherbaz, A.Xue, J. and Turner, S. J. (2017) Developing an asynchronous technique to evaluate the performance of SDN HP Aruba switch and OVS. In: IEEE Computing Conference 2018. London: IEEE. (Accepted)
  13. Al-Waisi, Z. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) An overview of on-chip cache coherence protocols. In: IEEE IntelliSys Conference 2017 Proceedings. London: IEEE. (Accepted)
  14. Al-Zoiny, S. and Al-Sherbaz, A. (2017) Connected Health Services in Smart Technologies. UK: Kobo Publisher. 1230001603163.
  15. Azasoo, J.Kuada, E.Osei Boateng, K. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) An algorithm for micro-load shedding in generation constrained electricity transmission network. Paper presented to: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) PowerAfrica Conference 2017, Accra, Ghana, 27-30 June 2017. (Accepted)
  16. Butler, T. and Johnson, M. (2017) Seven deadly sins of software flexibility. In: 13th China Europe International Symposium Of Software Engineering Education. Derby: University of Derby.
  17. Butler, T. and Yank, K. (2017) PHP & MySQL - Novice to Ninja. 6th ed. Victoria, Australia: Sitepoint LLC. 9780994346988.
  18. Coulter-Smith, L. (2017) Changing minds: multitasking during lectures. In: Springer Computer Science Proceedings. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag. (Accepted)
  19. Edan, N. M.Al-Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J. (2017) Design and evaluation of browser-to-browser video conferencing in WebRTC. Proceedings of 2017 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) - WCAMCS’17. (Accepted)
  20. Edan, N. M.Al-Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J. (2017) WebNSM a novel scalable WebRTC signalling mechanism for many-to-many video conferencing. In: IEEE Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing. San Jose, California, USA: IEEE. (Accepted)
  21. Edan, N. M.Al-Sherbaz, A. and Turner, S. J. (2017) WebNSM: a novel WebRTC signalling mechanism for one-to-many bi-directional video conferencing. In: IEEE Computing Conference 2018. London: IEEE. (Accepted)
  22. Fawcett, L.Mu, M.Hareng, B. and Race, N. (2017) REF: enabling rapid experimentation of contextual network traffic management using Software Defined Networking. IEEE Communications Magazine. 0163-6804. (Accepted)
  23. Hill, G.Turner, S. J. and Childs, K. (2017) The answers not on the screen. Paper presented to: 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE), Athens, Greece, 24-25 May 2017. (Accepted)
  24. Johnson, M.Edwards, R. and Hancox, H. (2017) An assessment of the impact on student learning via the use of role-play to simulate client interactions within software engineering assessments. Paper presented to: 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE), Athens, Greece, 24-25 May 2017.
  25. Manh Phan Hung, D.Manyam Seshadri Naidu, S. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) Architectures for cloud-based HPC in data centers. In: IEEE International Conference on Big Data Analysis. Beijing, China: IEEE. (Accepted)
  26. Mu, M. (2017) Software defined cognitive networking: supporting intelligent online video streaming. IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC). 2331-9860. (Accepted)
  27. Mu, M.Stokking, H. and Den Hartog, F. (2017) Network delay and bandwidth estimation for cross-device synchronized media. In: Montagud, M.Cesar, P.Jansen, J. and Boronat, F. (eds.) Mediasync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization. U.S.: Springer. pp. 1-28. (Accepted)
  28. Ofori-Attah, E.Bhebhe, W. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) Architectural techniques for improving the power consumption of NoC-based CMPs: a case study of cache and network layer. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 7(2) 2079-9268.
  29. Olajubu, O.Ajit, S. and Turner, S. J. (2017) Automated test case generation from high-level logic requirements using model transformation techniques. In: Proceedings of 9th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC'17). IEEE. (Accepted)
  30. Opoku Agyeman, M.Vien, Q.-T.Hill, G.Turner, S. J. and Mak, T. (2017) An efficient channel model for evaluating Wireless NoC architectures. In: 2016 International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing Workshops (SBAC-PADW). Online: IEEE. 978-1-5090-4844-1. pp. 85-90.
  31. Opoku Agyeman, M. and Zong, W. (2017) An efficient 2D router architecture for extending the performance of inhomogeneous 3D NoC-based multi-core architectures. In: 2016 International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing Workshops (SBAC-PADW). USA: IEEE . 978-1-5090-4844-1. pp. 79-84.
  32. Opoku Agyeman, M.Zong, W.Yakovlev, A.Tong, K.-F. and Mak, T. (2017) Extending the performance of hybrid NoCs beyond the limitations of network heterogeneity. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 7(2) 2079-9268.
  33. Saleh Alalaki, M. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) A study of recent contributions on simulation tools for Network-on-Chip (NoC).International Journal of Computer Systems. 4(3) 2394-1065. (Accepted)
  34. Turner, S. J. (2017) Experience of using spreadsheets as a bridge in the understanding of AI techniques. Paper presented to: 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE), Athens, Greece, 24-25 May 2017. (Accepted)
  35. Turner, S. J. (2017) Junkbots - Crumble eggbot. Workshop presented to: Mozilla Festival, Ravensbourne College, London, 27-29 October 2017.
  36. Vien, Q.-T.Le, T. A.Phan, C. V. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2017) An energy-efficient NOMA for small cells in heterogeneous CRAN under QoS constraints. Paper presented to: 23rd European Wireless (EW), Dresden, Germany, 17-19 May 2017. (Accepted)
  37. Vien, Q.-T.Opoku Agyeman, M.Le, T. A. and Mak, T. (2017) On the nanocommunications at THz band in graphene-enabled Wireless Network-on-Chip. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 1024-123X. (Accepted)
  38. Yuan, J.Lorenz, F.Lommatzsch, A.Mu, M.Race, N.Hopfgartner, F. and Albayrak, S. (2017) Countering contextual bias in TV watching behavior: introducing social trend as external contextual factor in TV recommenders. In: ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (ACM TVX). The Netherlands: ACM. (Accepted)

All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon