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LEAGAN: A Decentralized Version-Control Framework for Upgradeable Smart Contracts

Journal Article
Kumar, G., Saha, R., Conti, M., & Buchanan, W. J. (online)
LEAGAN: A Decentralized Version-Control Framework for Upgradeable Smart Contracts. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2025.3562323
Smart contracts are integral to decentralized systems like blockchains and enable the automation of processes through programmable conditions. However, their immutability, onc...

Effect of different titanium dioxide (TiO2) deposition layers for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application

Journal Article
Pirdaus, N. A., Ahmad, N., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Wan-Mohtar, W. A. A. Q. I. (2025)
Effect of different titanium dioxide (TiO2) deposition layers for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application. Electrochimica Acta, 527, Article 146267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146267
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a new type of solar cell that has attracted interest due to its ability to convert energy at a low cost, with simple fabrication, and non-t...

The Integration of AI With IoT for Personalized In-Store Experiences in the Experience Economy

Book Chapter
Yadav, R., Huzooree, G., & Yadav, M. (2025)
The Integration of AI With IoT for Personalized In-Store Experiences in the Experience Economy. In R. Dulloo, A. Kurian, M. Bolesnikov, I. Struweg, & K. Mathiyazhagan (Eds.), Leveraging AI-Powered Marketing in the Experience-Driven Economy (259-278). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-9561-5.ch009
This chapter explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in retail, collectively referred to as AIoT, and its transformative impa...

Aligning Institutional Resource Commitment with Strategic Pedagogical Development to Create Online Distance Learning Provision in UK HEIs

Journal Article
Khaleel, F., Harte, P., Avdukic, A., & Bonnett, M. (online)
Aligning Institutional Resource Commitment with Strategic Pedagogical Development to Create Online Distance Learning Provision in UK HEIs. Education and Training, https://doi.org/10.1108/et-02-2024-0074
Purpose: This study explores the various models influencing online distance learning growth in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) due to the evolving politico-socio-econo...

Beyond the Hype: Benchmarking LLM-Evolved Heuristics for Bin Packing

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sim, K., Hart, E., & Renau, Q. (2025, April)
Beyond the Hype: Benchmarking LLM-Evolved Heuristics for Bin Packing. Presented at EvoSTAR 2025, Trieste, Italy
Coupling Large Language Models (LLMs) with Evolutionary Algorithms has recently shown significant promise as a technique to design new heuristics that outperform existing meth...

Into the Black Box: Mining Variable Importance with XAI

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hunter, K., Thomson, S. L., & Hart, E. (2025, April)
Into the Black Box: Mining Variable Importance with XAI. Presented at Evostar 2025, Trieste, Italy
Recent works have shown that the idea of mining search spaces to train machine learning models can facilitate increasing understanding of variable importance in optimisation p...

Stalling in Space: Attractor Analysis for any Algorithm

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, S. L., Renau, Q., Vermetten, D., Hart, E., van Stein, N., & Kononova, A. V. (2025, April)
Stalling in Space: Attractor Analysis for any Algorithm. Paper presented at EvoStar 2025, Trieste, Italy
Network-based representations of fitness landscapes have grown in popularity in the past decade; this is probably because of growing interest in explainability for optimisatio...

A Lightweight Image Steganography Scheme Based on Invertible Neural Network Architecture with Progressive Channel Attention

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, Q., Yang, R., Wang, F., Wang, C., Zhang, X., Babaagba, K., & Tan, Z. (2025, July)
A Lightweight Image Steganography Scheme Based on Invertible Neural Network Architecture with Progressive Channel Attention. Presented at EAI SecureComm 2025, Xiangtan, China

Algorithm Selection with Probing Trajectories: Benchmarking the Choice of Classifier Model

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Renau, Q., & Hart, E. (2025, April)
Algorithm Selection with Probing Trajectories: Benchmarking the Choice of Classifier Model. Presented at EvoSTAR 2025, Trieste, Italy
Recent approaches to training algorithm selectors in the black-box optimisation domain have advocated for the use of training data that is 'algorithm-centric' in order to enca...

Mangroves support an estimated annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates

Journal Article
zu Ermgassen, P. S. E., Worthington, T. A., Gair, J. R., Garnett, E. E., Mukherjee, N., Longley-Wood, K., Nagelkerken, I., Abrantes, K., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Acosta, A., Araujo, A. R. D. R., Baker, R., Barnett, A., Beitl, C. M., Benzeev, R., Brookes, J., Castellanos-Galindo, G. A., Ching Chong, V., Connolly, R. M., Cunha-Lignon, M., …Spalding, M. D. (2025)
Mangroves support an estimated annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), Article 299. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02229-w
Mangroves are a critical habitat that provide a suite of ecosystem services and support livelihoods. Here we undertook a global analysis to model the density and abundance of ...

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ENUclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU

2026 - 2029
This conference aims to connect and advance EDI research and action at ENU from all disciplines, students, staff, alumni, and our communities of research users. While showcasing and advancing research...
Funder: Fees (CPD courses and Conference Delegate)

Optimal Policies in ICT Standardization

2025 - 2026
The research project, titled 'Optimal Policies in ICT Standardization' (OPICTS), aims at strengthening the intellectual property (IP) policies to be implemented in the context of standard development ...
Funder: British Academy | Value: £4,150

A New Generation of Peer Advice Systems– Prototyping and Testing the Freelance Advisor App

2025 - 2026
Research shows a big knowledge gap in the freelance community, with 56.5% of freelancers not feeling well informed of their rights, 68.5% having issues with late or non-payment, and 57.1% relying on p...
Funder: British Academy | Value: £9,998

The Curious Teacher CPD Event

2025 - 2025
A 1 day CPD to enhance the knowledge, skills and wellbeing of school teachers.
Funder: Fees (CPD courses and Conference Delegate)

The use of AI agents for lifestyle behaviour change in individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD)

2025 - 2025
Heart disease is a major health issue in the UK and worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD), caused by cholesterol buildup in the arteries, is one of the leading causes of death. Many people in the UK...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £19,283

Conference (8th Edition of the Ethical Finance & Sustainability 8-9 May 2025

2025 - 2026
This is an academic conference, which we corganise in Edinburgh on 8-9 May, 2025. The full name is: 8th Edition of the Ethical Finance & Sustainability. The short name is: EFS 2025 The EFS conferen...
Funder: Fees (CPD courses and Conference Delegate)

Key new roles in higher education apprenticeships: exploring boundary-spanning identities of tripartite representatives

2025 - 2026
This project is a collaboration with Northumbria University and the University of Hertfordshire. Higher education apprenticeships are a recent innovation within the UK, with potential to improve soci...
Funder: Âé¶¹ÉçÇø for Educational Studies | Value: £9,873

Accelerating the discovery and characterisation of new energy storage materials

2025 - 2026
This multidisciplinary project aims to accelerate the discovery and development of innovative and sustainable multi-component and heterogeneous materials. It necessitates a collaborative approach util...
Funder: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology | Value: £25,740

Learning from Collaborative Storytelling: Enhancing Visual Scene Understanding through Human-Robot Interaction

2025 - 2028
The research project aims to revolutionise how robots comprehend and interact with the physical world by combining advanced techniques in video analysis, knowledge acquisition, and collaborative story...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £439,581

Advancing Innovation and Sustainability Research

2025 - 2027
Southeast Asia is a region of great potential but faces challenges such as environmental degradation, social inequalities, and demographic shifts due to rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and popu...
Funder: British Academy | Value: £29,431

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Women’s Travelling Writing in the Twentieth Century

2025 - date
Melissa Davies | Director of Studies: Dr Scott Lyall | Second Supervisor: Dr Emily Alder

Designing Interactive Digital Storytelling Experiences

2025 - date
Gengyi Wang | Director of Studies: Dr Ingi Helgason | Second Supervisor: Dr Dimitri Darzentas

Developing novel drug-like candidates targeting resistant melanoma disease: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation

2025 - date
Ruairidh Alexander | Director of Studies: Dr Usama Ammar | Second Supervisor: Dr Janis MacCallum

A Critical Evaluation of the efficiency and potential of Artificial Intelligence in Personalising Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular Rehabilitation in Cardiovascular Disease Patients.

2025 - date
Miss Natalie Elliott | Director of Studies: Dr Sheona Mchale | Second Supervisor: Alistair Lawson

Designing a digital health information ecosystem for enhancing patient engagement and health literacy

2025 - date
Fatihu Aminu | Director of Studies: Dr Frances Ryan | Second Supervisor: Alistair Lawson

Bridging the Strategy - Data Gap: Adopting the Balanced Scorecard to Enhance Data Analytics in UK SMEs

2025 - date
Gitana Demenskaja | Director of Studies: Prof Max Chipulu | Second Supervisor: Dr Renata Osowska

Wildlife Tourism Marketing and Sustainable Futures: Exploring the Influence of Social Media and Technology on Responsible Tourist Behaviour

2025 - date
Valantis Gasparis | Director of Studies: Dr Craig Wight | Second Supervisor: Dr Pavlos Arvanitis

Effects of progesterone supplementation during early pregnancy on fetal brain gene expression

2025 - date
Anna Sherriffs | Director of Studies: Dr Kasia Siemienowicz | Second Supervisor: Prof Mick Rae

Integrating Health Assessments into the Conservation of Elasmobranchs: A Case Study of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius)

2025 - date
Georgina Cole | Director of Studies: Dr James Thorburn | Second Supervisor: Dr Nick Wheelhouse

Community-based Interventions for Dementia Care in Aguda

2025 - date
Scholastica Odum | Director of Studies: Dr Elaine Carnegie | Second Supervisor: Dr Peter Hillen

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MRes supervision

1 October 2025
I am expected to start supervising two MRes students from October who have been interviewed and offered places on self-funded programmes. One has already formally accepted, while the other is in the p...

Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies Showcase Event

5 June 2025
On behalf of Heriot-Watt University's Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies, I am delighted to invite you to our official Showcase Event, taking place on Thursday 5th June 2025 at...

Dr Kulpa presents RESIST Project on Polish radio

9 April 2025
Dr Roberto Kulpa spoke on the popular Polish Radio Nowy Åšwiat about the findings of the RESIST Project, and broader about the role of gender, sexuality, and 'anti-gender' politics in Poland and Europe...

Prof. Calum Neill in Conversation with artist Lindsay Mann

30 March 2025
Calum Neill will be in conversation with the artist and film-maker Lindsay Mann in conjunction with the screening of her new film As You Were at the Fruitmarket Gallery on Sunday 30th March at 1420. ...

TrueDeploy recognised as Start Up of the Year

28 March 2025
Last night’s awards also saw recognition for start-up company TrueDeploy. Founded by Dr Pavlos Papadopoulos, Lecturer within ENU’s School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment, TrueDeploy ...

Video Launch of Robotics and Dementia - co-creating the future!

28 March 2025
This is a video file hosted on YouTube to launch the start of our collaborative project funded by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Retiring Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable ‘humbled’ to be named Visiting Professor

5 March 2025
Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) Gary Ritchie has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at Âé¶¹ÉçÇø (ENU), ahead of his retirement from policing this month.

Invitation to join Local and Community media research project

3 March 2025
I have been invited to join a new research project focusing on local and community media in the UK. This is a project run by Rachel Matthews, head of Centre for Arts, Memories and Communities at Coven...

Call for papers: Special issue in Energy Economics (CABS 3, JCR Q1, ABDC A*, Impact factor: 13.6): VSI: Social cost of carbon

24 February 2025
The Evolving Economics of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Economies: Integrating the Social Cost of Carbon into Policy and Practice Submission deadline: 30 June 2026 This specia...

Digital Health and Care Scotland 2025

19 February 2025
Holyrood’s flagship Digital Health and Care conference returns to Dynamic Earth on 18 and 19 February 2025 Digital technology continues to be at the heart of efforts to support the recovery of our h...

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