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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
Evaluating the Application and Performance of Regression Models in Predicting Cycling Power Output
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, E., Bamgboye, O., Thomson, S. L., & Liu, X. (2025, July)
Evaluating the Application and Performance of Regression Models in Predicting Cycling Power Output. Paper presented at COMPSAC 2025: IEEE Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, Toronto, Canada