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2020

Masu, Raul; Correia, Nuno N

Pathways to Live Visuals in Dance Performances: a Quantitative Audience Study Journal Article

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 18 (2), 2020.

Scott, Kristen M; Ashby, Simone; Hanna, Julian

"Human, All Too Human": NOAA Weather Radio and the Emotional Impact of Synthetic Voices Inproceedings

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-9, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450367080.

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Cesário, Vanessa; Petrelli, Daniela; Nisi, Valentina

Teenage Visitor Experience: Classification of Behavioral Dynamics in Museums Inproceedings

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-13, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450367080.

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Hanna, Julian

The Manifesto Handbook: 95 Theses on an Incendiary Form Book

Zero Books, UK, 2020, ISSN: 978-1785358982.

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2019

Pereira, Lucas; Nunes, Nuno

Understanding the practical issues of deploying energy monitoring and eco-feedback technology in the wild: Lesson learned from three long-term deployments Journal Article

Energy Reports, 6 , pp. 41-56, 2019, ISSN: 2352-4847.

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Castro, Deborah; Duarte, Luiz G; Straubhaar, Joseph D

The loyalty to pay TV in periods of economic difficulty in Mexico and Brazil Journal Article

Cuadernos.info, (45), pp. 41-56, 2019, ISSN: 0719-367x.

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Blanco-Mora, D A; Almeida, Yuri; Vieira, Carolina Jorge

Inter- and Intra-Hemispheric EEG Connectivity in Healthy Subjects and Chronic Stroke Survivors Conference

International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation - ICVR 2019, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019.

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2018

Becker, Steffi Aline Stark; c c, Gisele Louren C U; Pacheco, Dulce; Bernardelli, Fabricio Ricardo Tomaz; da Silva, Giane Shirley; Tenório, Nelson

A Influ^encia das Emoc c~oes Humanas no Processo de Criac c~ao do Conhecimento nas Organizac c~oes da Ind'ustria de Software: Um Estudo Bibliográfico Exploratório Proceeding

Even3, Curitiba, Brasil, 2018, ISSN: 978-85-5722-167-3.

1.	Masu, Raul; Correia, Nuno N Pathways to Live Visuals in Dance Performances: a Quantitative Audience Study Journal Article In: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 18 (2), 2020. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{Masu2020, title = {Pathways to Live Visuals in Dance Performances: a Quantitative Audience Study}, author = {Raul Masu and Nuno N. Correia }, url = {https://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.163987}, doi = {10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.163987}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-04-17}, journal = {EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies}, volume = {18}, number = {2}, abstract = {INTRODUCTION: We present an audience study investigating the impact of different technologies to create visuals in dance performances. OBJECTIVES: We investigated four conditions: motion capture, sensors, camera image, and minimal interaction; and four variables: how much did the audience perceive a connection between the body and the visuals; the visuals as merely copying the dancer; how much distracting were the visuals; and how much did the audience enjoy the visuals. METHODS: We used a questionnaire to collect data. We analyzed it using Friedman’s test, and Spearman’s correlation test. RESULTS: The audience perceived a stronger connection in the camera condition, but in the same condition, visuals tend to be merely copying the dancer. We also suggest that the perceived connection has a positive correlation with enjoyment, while distraction has a negative correlation. CONCLUSION: Our results help to highlight the impact that different technology have on live visuals for dance.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close INTRODUCTION: We present an audience study investigating the impact of different technologies to create visuals in dance performances. OBJECTIVES: We investigated four conditions: motion capture, sensors, camera image, and minimal interaction; and four variables: how much did the audience perceive a connection between the body and the visuals; the visuals as merely copying the dancer; how much distracting were the visuals; and how much did the audience enjoy the visuals. METHODS: We used a questionnaire to collect data. We analyzed it using Friedman’s test, and Spearman’s correlation test. RESULTS: The audience perceived a stronger connection in the camera condition, but in the same condition, visuals tend to be merely copying the dancer. We also suggest that the perceived connection has a positive correlation with enjoyment, while distraction has a negative correlation. CONCLUSION: Our results help to highlight the impact that different technology have on live visuals for dance. Close https://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.163987 doi:10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.163987 Close
2.	Scott, Kristen M; Ashby, Simone; Hanna, Julian "Human, All Too Human": NOAA Weather Radio and the Emotional Impact of Synthetic Voices Inproceedings In: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-9, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450367080. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @inproceedings{Scott2020, title = {"Human, All Too Human": NOAA Weather Radio and the Emotional Impact of Synthetic Voices}, author = {Kristen M. Scott and Simone Ashby and Julian Hanna }, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376338}, doi = {10.1145/3313831.3376338}, isbn = {9781450367080}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-04-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, pages = {1-9}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, series = {CHI '20}, abstract = {The integration of text-to-speech into an open technology stack for low-power FM community radio stations is an opportunity to automate laborious processes and increase accessibility to information in remote communities. However, there are open questions as to the perceived contrast of synthetic voices with the local and intimate format of community radio. This paper presents an exploratory focus group on the topic, followed by a thematic analysis of public comments on YouTube videos of the synthetic voices used for broadcasting by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio. We find that despite observed reservations about the suitability of TTS for radio, there is significant evidence of anthropomorphism, nostalgia and emotional connection in relation to these voices. Additionally, introduction of a more "human sounding" synthetic voice elicited significant negative feedback. We identify pronunciation, speed, suitability to content and acknowledgment of limitations as more relevant factors in listeners' stated sense of connection.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inproceedings} } Close The integration of text-to-speech into an open technology stack for low-power FM community radio stations is an opportunity to automate laborious processes and increase accessibility to information in remote communities. However, there are open questions as to the perceived contrast of synthetic voices with the local and intimate format of community radio. This paper presents an exploratory focus group on the topic, followed by a thematic analysis of public comments on YouTube videos of the synthetic voices used for broadcasting by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio. We find that despite observed reservations about the suitability of TTS for radio, there is significant evidence of anthropomorphism, nostalgia and emotional connection in relation to these voices. Additionally, introduction of a more "human sounding" synthetic voice elicited significant negative feedback. We identify pronunciation, speed, suitability to content and acknowledgment of limitations as more relevant factors in listeners' stated sense of connection. Close https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376338 doi:10.1145/3313831.3376338 Close
3.	Cesário, Vanessa; Petrelli, Daniela; Nisi, Valentina Teenage Visitor Experience: Classification of Behavioral Dynamics in Museums Inproceedings In: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-13, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2020, ISBN: 9781450367080. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @inproceedings{Cesário2020, title = {Teenage Visitor Experience: Classification of Behavioral Dynamics in Museums}, author = {Vanessa Cesário and Daniela Petrelli and Valentina Nisi }, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376334}, doi = {10.1145/3313831.3376334}, isbn = {9781450367080}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-04-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, pages = {1-13}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, series = {CHI '20}, abstract = {Teenagers' engagement in museums is much talked about but little research has been done to understand their behavior and inform design. Findings from co-design sessions with teenagers suggested they value games and stories when thinking about enjoyable museum tours. Informed by these findings and working with a natural history museum, we designed: a story-based tour (Turning Point) and a game-based tour (Haunted Encounters), informed by similar content. The two strategies were evaluated with 78 teenagers (15-19 years old) visiting the museum as part of an educational school trip. We assessed teenagers' personality in class; qualitative and quantitative data on their engagement, experience, and usability of the apps were collected at the museum. The triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data show personality traits mapping into different behaviors. We offer implications for the design of museum apps targeted to teenagers, a group known as difficult to reach.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inproceedings} } Close Teenagers' engagement in museums is much talked about but little research has been done to understand their behavior and inform design. Findings from co-design sessions with teenagers suggested they value games and stories when thinking about enjoyable museum tours. Informed by these findings and working with a natural history museum, we designed: a story-based tour (Turning Point) and a game-based tour (Haunted Encounters), informed by similar content. The two strategies were evaluated with 78 teenagers (15-19 years old) visiting the museum as part of an educational school trip. We assessed teenagers' personality in class; qualitative and quantitative data on their engagement, experience, and usability of the apps were collected at the museum. The triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data show personality traits mapping into different behaviors. We offer implications for the design of museum apps targeted to teenagers, a group known as difficult to reach. Close https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376334 doi:10.1145/3313831.3376334 Close
4.	Hanna, Julian The Manifesto Handbook: 95 Theses on an Incendiary Form Book Zero Books, UK, 2020, ISSN: 978-1785358982. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @book{10408, title = {The Manifesto Handbook: 95 Theses on an Incendiary Form}, author = { Julian Hanna}, url = {https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/manifesto-handbook}, issn = {978-1785358982}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-01}, pages = {192}, publisher = {Zero Books}, address = {UK}, organization = {Zero Books}, abstract = { The Manifesto Handbook describes the hidden life of an undervalued genre: the conduit for declarations of principle, advertisements for new isms, and provocations in pamphlet form. Often physically slight and small in scale, the manifesto is always grand in style and ambition. A bold, charismatic genre, it has founded some of the most important and revolutionary movements in modern history, from the declaration of wars and the birth of nations to the launch of countless social, political and artistic movements worldwide. Julian Hanna provides a brief genealogy of the genre, analyses its complex speaking position, traces the material process of manifesto making from production to dissemination, unpacks its extremist underbelly, and follows the twenty-first century resurgence of the manifesto as a re-politicised and reinvigorated digital form. }, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {book} } Close <p>The Manifesto Handbook describes the hidden life of an undervalued genre: the conduit for declarations of principle, advertisements for new isms, and provocations in pamphlet form. Often physically slight and small in scale, the manifesto is always grand in style and ambition. A bold, charismatic genre, it has founded some of the most important and revolutionary movements in modern history, from the declaration of wars and the birth of nations to the launch of countless social, political and artistic movements worldwide. Julian Hanna provides a brief genealogy of the genre, analyses its complex speaking position, traces the material process of manifesto making from production to dissemination, unpacks its extremist underbelly, and follows the twenty-first century resurgence of the manifesto as a re-politicised and reinvigorated digital form.</p> Close https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/manifesto-handbook Close
5.	Pereira, Lucas; Nunes, Nuno Understanding the practical issues of deploying energy monitoring and eco-feedback technology in the wild: Lesson learned from three long-term deployments Journal Article In: Energy Reports, 6 , pp. 41-56, 2019, ISSN: 2352-4847. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{Pereira2019, title = {Understanding the practical issues of deploying energy monitoring and eco-feedback technology in the wild: Lesson learned from three long-term deployments}, author = {Lucas Pereira and Nuno Nunes}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484719302689}, doi = {10.1016/j.egyr.2019.11.025}, issn = {2352-4847}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-12-25}, journal = {Energy Reports}, volume = {6}, pages = {41-56}, abstract = {This paper reports on the different engineering, social and financial challenges behind the building and deploying electric energy monitoring and eco-feedback technology in real-world scenarios, which despite being relevant to the research community are seldom reported in the literature. The objectives of this paper are two-fold: First, discuss the technical and social constraints of real-world deployments. This includes, for example, hardware and software requirements, and issues related to security and intrusiveness of the monitoring solutions. Second, identify and understand the costs associated with developing and deploying such systems. These include hardware costs and consumed energy. To this end, we rely on over five years of experience developing and improving a non-intrusive energy monitoring research platform to enable the deployment of long and short-term studies of eco-feedback technology. During this time, two versions of that platform were deployed in 50 homes for periods that lasted between 6 and 18 consecutive months. By iteratively developing and deploying our sensing and eco-feedback infrastructures, we managed to build upon previous findings and lessons learned to understand how to create, deploy, and maintain such systems. Concurrently, we gained insights regarding what are some of the most relevant costs associated with running such experiments.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close This paper reports on the different engineering, social and financial challenges behind the building and deploying electric energy monitoring and eco-feedback technology in real-world scenarios, which despite being relevant to the research community are seldom reported in the literature. The objectives of this paper are two-fold: First, discuss the technical and social constraints of real-world deployments. This includes, for example, hardware and software requirements, and issues related to security and intrusiveness of the monitoring solutions. Second, identify and understand the costs associated with developing and deploying such systems. These include hardware costs and consumed energy. To this end, we rely on over five years of experience developing and improving a non-intrusive energy monitoring research platform to enable the deployment of long and short-term studies of eco-feedback technology. During this time, two versions of that platform were deployed in 50 homes for periods that lasted between 6 and 18 consecutive months. By iteratively developing and deploying our sensing and eco-feedback infrastructures, we managed to build upon previous findings and lessons learned to understand how to create, deploy, and maintain such systems. Concurrently, we gained insights regarding what are some of the most relevant costs associated with running such experiments. Close http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484719302689 doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2019.11.025 Close
6.	Castro, Deborah; Duarte, Luiz G; Straubhaar, Joseph D The loyalty to pay TV in periods of economic difficulty in Mexico and Brazil Journal Article In: Cuadernos.info, (45), pp. 41-56, 2019, ISSN: 0719-367x. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{Castro2019, title = {The loyalty to pay TV in periods of economic difficulty in Mexico and Brazil}, author = {Deborah Castro and Luiz G. Duarte and Joseph D. Straubhaar}, url = {https://cuadernos.info/index.php/CDI/article/view/cdi.45.1687}, doi = {10.7764/cdi.45.1687}, issn = {0719-367x}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-02-21}, journal = {Cuadernos.info}, number = {45}, pages = {41-56}, abstract = {This article explores how socioeconomic status and level of education relate to the retention or change of media habits, such as cable or satellite television viewing, in periods of a stagnant or declining economy. Particularly, we explore two of the most important markets in the Latin American region (i.e., Brazil and Mexico), which went through similar economic downturns, but different social experiences in recent years. Survey data from Kantar Media’s Target Index (TGI) Latina service —the most extensive market study in the region— and qualitative data from a second online survey conducted through eCGlobal online panel have been analyzed. Data reveals that the rush to cancel cable or satellite television services did not occur at the high rates expected and were not remarkably influenced by social class, as they were by education factors.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close This article explores how socioeconomic status and level of education relate to the retention or change of media habits, such as cable or satellite television viewing, in periods of a stagnant or declining economy. Particularly, we explore two of the most important markets in the Latin American region (i.e., Brazil and Mexico), which went through similar economic downturns, but different social experiences in recent years. Survey data from Kantar Media’s Target Index (TGI) Latina service —the most extensive market study in the region— and qualitative data from a second online survey conducted through eCGlobal online panel have been analyzed. Data reveals that the rush to cancel cable or satellite television services did not occur at the high rates expected and were not remarkably influenced by social class, as they were by education factors. Close https://cuadernos.info/index.php/CDI/article/view/cdi.45.1687 doi:10.7764/cdi.45.1687 Close
7.	Blanco-Mora, D A; Almeida, Yuri; Vieira, Carolina Jorge Inter- and Intra-Hemispheric EEG Connectivity in Healthy Subjects and Chronic Stroke Survivors Conference International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation - ICVR 2019, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019. BibTeX @conference{10728, title = {Inter- and Intra-Hemispheric EEG Connectivity in Healthy Subjects and Chronic Stroke Survivors}, author = { D.A. Blanco-Mora and Yuri Almeida and Carolina Jorge Vieira}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-01-01}, booktitle = {International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation - ICVR 2019}, address = {Tel Aviv, Israel}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close
8.	Becker, Steffi Aline Stark; c c, Gisele Louren C U; Pacheco, Dulce; Bernardelli, Fabricio Ricardo Tomaz; da Silva, Giane Shirley; Tenório, Nelson A Influ^encia das Emoc c~oes Humanas no Processo de Criac c~ao do Conhecimento nas Organizac c~oes da Ind'ustria de Software: Um Estudo Bibliográfico Exploratório Proceeding Even3, Curitiba, Brasil, 2018, ISSN: 978-85-5722-167-3. Links \| BibTeX @proceedings{10702, title = {A Influ^encia das Emoc c~oes Humanas no Processo de Criac c~ao do Conhecimento nas Organizac c~oes da Ind'ustria de Software: Um Estudo Bibliográfico Exploratório}, author = { Steffi Aline Stark Becker and Gisele C. U. Louren{c c}o and Dulce Pacheco and Fabricio Ricardo Tomaz Bernardelli and Giane Shirley da Silva and Nelson Tenório}, url = {https://www.even3.com.br/Anais/UNINTEREnfoc2018/122822-A-INFLUENCIA-DAS-EMOCOES-HUMANAS-NO-PROCESSO-DE-CRIACAO-DO-CONHECIMENTO-NAS-ORGANIZACOES-DA-INDUSTRIA-DE-SOFTWARE}, issn = {978-85-5722-167-3}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-11-01}, journal = {XIV Encontro de Iniciac c~ao Cient'ifica}, publisher = {Even3}, address = {Curitiba, Brasil}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {proceedings} } Close https://www.even3.com.br/Anais/UNINTEREnfoc2018/122822-A-INFLUENCIA-DAS-EMOCOES-[...] Close
9.	Torabi, Roham; Rodrigues, Sandy; Cafofo, Nuno; Pereira, Lucas; Quintal, Filipe; Nunes, Nuno; Morgado-Dias, Fernando A global monitoring system for electricity consumption and production of household roof-top PV systems in Madeira Journal Article In: Neural Computing and Applications, 2018, ISSN: 1433-3058. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{10703, title = {A global monitoring system for electricity consumption and production of household roof-top PV systems in Madeira}, author = { Roham Torabi and Sandy Rodrigues and Nuno Cafofo and Lucas Pereira and Filipe Quintal and Nuno Nunes and Fernando Morgado-Dias}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3832-3}, doi = {10.1007/s00521-018-3832-3}, issn = {1433-3058}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-11-01}, journal = {Neural Computing and Applications}, abstract = { This paper describes recent work on the development of a wireless-based remote monitoring system for household energy consumption and generation in Madeira Island, Portugal. It contains three different main sections: (1) a monitoring system for consumed and produced energy of residencies equipped with photovoltaic (PV) systems, (2) developing a tool to predict the electricity production, (3) and proposing a solution to detect the PV system malfunctions. With the later tool, the user (owner) or the energy management system can monitor its own PV system and make an efficient schedule use of electricity at the consumption side. In addition, currently, the owners of PV systems are notified about a failure in the system only when they receive the bill, whereas using the proposed method conveniently would notify owners prior to bill issue. The artificial neural network was employed as a tool together with the hardware-based monitoring system which allows a daily analysis of the performance of the system. The comparison of the predicted value of the produced electricity with the actual production for each day shows the validity of the method. }, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close <p>This paper describes recent work on the development of a wireless-based remote monitoring system for household energy consumption and generation in Madeira Island, Portugal. It contains three different main sections: (1) a monitoring system for consumed and produced energy of residencies equipped with photovoltaic (PV) systems, (2) developing a tool to predict the electricity production, (3) and proposing a solution to detect the PV system malfunctions. With the later tool, the user (owner) or the energy management system can monitor its own PV system and make an efficient schedule use of electricity at the consumption side. In addition, currently, the owners of PV systems are notified about a failure in the system only when they receive the bill, whereas using the proposed method conveniently would notify owners prior to bill issue. The artificial neural network was employed as a tool together with the hardware-based monitoring system which allows a daily analysis of the performance of the system. The comparison of the predicted value of the produced electricity with the actual production for each day shows the validity of the method.</p> Close https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3832-3 doi:10.1007/s00521-018-3832-3 Close
10.	Ashby, Simone; Hanna, Julian; Matos, Sónia; Rodrigues, Ricardo Collaborative Narrative Visions and the Manifesto Machine Conference Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, ACM ACM, Jersey City, NJ, USA, 2018. Links \| BibTeX @conference{10696, title = {Collaborative Narrative Visions and the Manifesto Machine}, author = { Simone Ashby and Julian Hanna and Sónia Matos and Ricardo Rodrigues}, url = {https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3272999}, doi = {10.1145/3272973.3272999}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-11-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {Jersey City, NJ, USA}, organization = {ACM}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3272999 doi:10.1145/3272973.3272999 Close
11.	'i, Dar; Mostafa, Sheikh; Pereira, Lucas; Sousa, Leonel; Morgado, Dias F Implementation Strategy of Convolution Neural Networks on Field Programmable Gate Arrays for Appliance Classification Using the Voltage and Current (V-I) Trajectory Journal Article In: Energies, 11 , pp. 2460, 2018, ISSN: 1996-1073. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{10645, title = {Implementation Strategy of Convolution Neural Networks on Field Programmable Gate Arrays for Appliance Classification Using the Voltage and Current (V-I) Trajectory}, author = { Dar{'i}o Baptista and Sheikh Mostafa and Lucas Pereira and Leonel Sousa and Dias F. Morgado}, url = {http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/9/2460}, doi = {10.3390/en11092460}, issn = {1996-1073}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-09-01}, journal = {Energies}, volume = {11}, pages = {2460}, abstract = { Specific information about types of appliances and their use in a specific time window could help determining in details the electrical energy consumption information. However, conventional main power meters fail to provide any specific information. One of the best ways to solve these problems is through non-intrusive load monitoring, which is cheaper and easier to implement than other methods. However, developing a classifier for deducing what kind of appliances are used at home is a difficult assignment, because the system should identify the appliance as fast as possible with a higher degree of certainty. To achieve all these requirements, a convolution neural network implemented on hardware was used to identify the appliance through the voltage and current (V-I) trajectory. For the implementation on hardware, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) was used to exploit processing parallelism in order to achieve optimal performance. To validate the design, a publicly available Plug Load Appliance Identification Dataset (PLAID), constituted by 11 different appliances, has been used. The overall average F-score achieved using this classifier is 78.16% for the PLAID 1 dataset. The convolution neural network implemented on hardware has a processing time of approximately 5.7 ms and a power consumption of 1.868 W. }, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close <p>Specific information about types of appliances and their use in a specific time window could help determining in details the electrical energy consumption information. However, conventional main power meters fail to provide any specific information. One of the best ways to solve these problems is through non-intrusive load monitoring, which is cheaper and easier to implement than other methods. However, developing a classifier for deducing what kind of appliances are used at home is a difficult assignment, because the system should identify the appliance as fast as possible with a higher degree of certainty. To achieve all these requirements, a convolution neural network implemented on hardware was used to identify the appliance through the voltage and current (V-I) trajectory. For the implementation on hardware, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) was used to exploit processing parallelism in order to achieve optimal performance. To validate the design, a publicly available Plug Load Appliance Identification Dataset (PLAID), constituted by 11 different appliances, has been used. The overall average F-score achieved using this classifier is 78.16% for the PLAID 1 dataset. The convolution neural network implemented on hardware has a processing time of approximately 5.7 ms and a power consumption of 1.868 W.</p> Close http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/9/2460 doi:10.3390/en11092460 Close
12.	Pacheco, Dulce; Stevens, Scott M Evolution of Cultural Intelligence in Students Working in Multi-national Teams: A Case-Study Conference Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior, Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior, Funchal, Portugal, 2018. BibTeX @conference{10618, title = {Evolution of Cultural Intelligence in Students Working in Multi-national Teams: A Case-Study}, author = { Dulce Pacheco and Scott M. Stevens}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-07-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior}, publisher = {Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior}, address = {Funchal, Portugal}, organization = {Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close
13.	Pereira, Lucas; c c, Rodolfo Gon; Quintal, Filipe; Nunes, Nuno Data Storage and Maintenance Challenges: The Case of Advanced Metering Infrastructure Systems Conference 5th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S), EasyChair: EPiC Series in Computing EasyChair: EPiC Series in Computing, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2018. Links \| BibTeX @conference{10585, title = {Data Storage and Maintenance Challenges: The Case of Advanced Metering Infrastructure Systems}, author = { Lucas Pereira and Rodolfo Gon{c c}alves and Filipe Quintal and Nuno Nunes}, url = {https://easychair.org/publications/paper/bZcp}, doi = {10.29007/x6sn}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-07-01}, booktitle = {5th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S)}, publisher = {EasyChair: EPiC Series in Computing}, address = {Toronto, ON, Canada}, organization = {EasyChair: EPiC Series in Computing}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close https://easychair.org/publications/paper/bZcp doi:10.29007/x6sn Close
14.	Pacheco, Dulce; Soares, Luisa Collaborative Learning: Team Size and the Scientific Field as Influencers Conference Proceedings of the 32nd British Human Computer Interaction Conference, https://doi.org/10.29007/z8l2 https://doi.org/10.29007/z8l2, Belfast, North Ireland, 2018. Links \| BibTeX @conference{10615, title = {Collaborative Learning: Team Size and the Scientific Field as Influencers}, author = { Dulce Pacheco and Luisa Soares}, doi = {doi.org/10.29007/z8l2}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-07-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 32nd British Human Computer Interaction Conference}, publisher = {https://doi.org/10.29007/z8l2}, address = {Belfast, North Ireland}, organization = {https://doi.org/10.29007/z8l2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close doi:doi.org/10.29007/z8l2 Close
15.	Pacheco, Dulce; Soares, Luisa Collaborative Learning: Leaderstextquoteright Selection Method and Team Performance Conference Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior, Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior, 2018. Links \| BibTeX @conference{10619, title = {Collaborative Learning: Leaderstextquoteright Selection Method and Team Performance}, author = { Dulce Pacheco and Luisa Soares}, url = {http://iknowd.org/wp-content/uploads/submissions/icap18/icap18_17_Pacheco_20180812021605.pdf}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-07-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior}, publisher = {Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior}, organization = {Proceedings of the International Conference in Applied Psychology and Human Behavior}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close http://iknowd.org/wp-content/uploads/submissions/icap18/icap18_17_Pacheco_201808[...] Close
16.	Pacheco, Dulce; Stevens, Scott M The Role of Culturally Intelligent Team Leaders on Task Performance Conference Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, 2018. Links \| BibTeX @conference{10617, title = {The Role of Culturally Intelligent Team Leaders on Task Performance}, author = { Dulce Pacheco and Scott M. Stevens}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.18420/ecscw2018_p2}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-06-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, publisher = {Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, organization = {Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close doi:https://doi.org/10.18420/ecscw2018_p2 Close
17.	Pacheco, Dulce; Soares, Luisa The Influence of the Leaderstextquoteright Selection Method on Team Performance Conference Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Nancy, France, 2018. Links \| BibTeX @conference{10616, title = {The Influence of the Leaderstextquoteright Selection Method on Team Performance}, author = { Dulce Pacheco and Luisa Soares}, doi = {doi.org/10.18420/ecscw2018_p1}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-06-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, publisher = {Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, address = {Nancy, France}, organization = {Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close doi:doi.org/10.18420/ecscw2018_p1 Close
18.	Hanna, Julian Flann OtextquoterightBrientextquoterights Anti-Manifestos Journal Article In: E-rea, 15 , 2018. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{10691, title = {Flann OtextquoterightBrientextquoterights Anti-Manifestos}, author = { Julian Hanna}, doi = {10.4000/erea.6263}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-06-01}, journal = {E-rea}, volume = {15}, abstract = { One of the greatest challenges presented by the writings of Flann OtextquoterightBrien is how to place them. For some he is the peer of Joyce and Beckett; for others his work is modernist pastiche; still others regard him as a reactionary satirist; while for another group he is the forerunner of American postmodernism. His work is often loosely labelled textquotedblleftsurrealtextquotedblright or textquotedblleftabsurd.textquotedblright Yet OtextquoterightBrientextquoterights work is rarely read as avant-garde per se. This essay attempts to gain a new understanding of his oeuvre by reading a particular sliver of it – his manifestos – in the context of the historical avant-garde in Europe. Like many writers of his generation and the one previous, OtextquoterightBrien wrote manifestos. One example is the founding editorial of the textquotedblleftanti-magazinetextquotedblright Blather (1934), whose textquotedblleftsardonic laughtextquotedblright echoes the manifestos – or textquotedblleftanti-manifestostextquotedblright – of Vorticism and Dada. The manifesto of intertextuality in At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), meanwhile, is more complex: while it appears to be in some ways a sincere statement about the novel as a whole, it is also intensely ironic and self-mocking. But that only deepens its relation to the manifestos of the preceding decades, which frequently undercut their own purpose in the midst of their performance. }, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close <p>One of the greatest challenges presented by the writings of Flann OtextquoterightBrien is how to place them. For some he is the peer of Joyce and Beckett; for others his work is modernist pastiche; still others regard him as a reactionary satirist; while for another group he is the forerunner of American postmodernism. His work is often loosely labelled textquotedblleftsurrealtextquotedblright or textquotedblleftabsurd.textquotedblright Yet OtextquoterightBrientextquoterights work is rarely read as avant-garde per se. This essay attempts to gain a new understanding of his oeuvre by reading a particular sliver of it – his manifestos – in the context of the historical avant-garde in Europe. Like many writers of his generation and the one previous, OtextquoterightBrien wrote manifestos. One example is the founding editorial of the textquotedblleftanti-magazinetextquotedblright Blather (1934), whose textquotedblleftsardonic laughtextquotedblright echoes the manifestos – or textquotedblleftanti-manifestostextquotedblright – of Vorticism and Dada. The manifesto of intertextuality in At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), meanwhile, is more complex: while it appears to be in some ways a sincere statement about the novel as a whole, it is also intensely ironic and self-mocking. But that only deepens its relation to the manifestos of the preceding decades, which frequently undercut their own purpose in the midst of their performance.</p> Close doi:10.4000/erea.6263 Close
19.	Barros, Luisa; Pereira, Lucas; Pyakurel, Parakram On the Challenges of Charging Electric Vehicles in Domestic Environments Conference Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (E-Energy), ACM ACM, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5767-8. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @conference{10639, title = {On the Challenges of Charging Electric Vehicles in Domestic Environments}, author = { Luisa Barros and Lucas Pereira and Parakram Pyakurel}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3208903.3212045}, doi = {10.1145/3208903.3212045}, isbn = {978-1-4503-5767-8}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-06-01}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (E-Energy)}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {Karlsruhe, Germany}, organization = {ACM}, abstract = { This poster abstract presents a case study of charging Electric Vehicles (EVs) at home, taking into consideration the household power consumption and the vehicle driving routines of the residents. It reveals some challenges of charging EVs in the household and highlights the importance of proper charging scheduling in order to avoid potential tripping of the household circuit breaker. }, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Close <p>This poster abstract presents a case study of charging Electric Vehicles (EVs) at home, taking into consideration the household power consumption and the vehicle driving routines of the residents. It reveals some challenges of charging EVs in the household and highlights the importance of proper charging scheduling in order to avoid potential tripping of the household circuit breaker.</p> Close http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3208903.3212045 doi:10.1145/3208903.3212045 Close
20.	Pereira, Lucas; Nunes, Nuno Performance evaluation in non-intrusive load monitoring: Datasets, metrics, and tools—A review Journal Article In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 2018, ISSN: 1942-4795. Abstract \| Links \| BibTeX @article{10640, title = {Performance evaluation in non-intrusive load monitoring: Datasets, metrics, and tools—A review}, author = { Lucas Pereira and Nuno Nunes}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/widm.1265}, doi = {10.1002/widm.1265}, issn = {1942-4795}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-05-01}, journal = {Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery}, abstract = { Non-intrusive load monitoring (also known as NILM or energy disaggregation) is the process of estimating the energy consumption of individual appliances from electric power measurements taken at a limited number of locations in the electric distribution of a building. This approach reduces sensing infrastructure costs by relying on machine learning techniques to monitor electric loads. However, the ability to evaluate and benchmark the proposed approaches across different datasets is key for enabling the generalization of research findings and consequently contributes to the large-scale adoption of this technology. Still, only recently researchers have focused on creating and standardizing the existing datasets in order to deliver a single interface to run NILM evaluations. Furthermore, there is still no consensus regarding, which performance metrics should be used to measure and report the performance of NILM systems and their underlying algorithms. This paper provides a review of the main datasets, metrics, and tools for evaluating the performance of NILM systems and technologies. Specifically, we review three main topics: (a) publicly available datasets, (b) performance metrics, and (c) frameworks and toolkits. The review suggests future research directions in NILM systems and technologies, including cross-datasets, performance metrics for evaluation and generalizable frameworks for benchmarking NILM technology. This article is categorized under: Application Areas > Science and Technology Application Areas > Data Mining Software Tools Technologies > Computational Intelligence Technologies > Machine Learning }, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close <p>Non-intrusive load monitoring (also known as NILM or energy disaggregation) is the process of estimating the energy consumption of individual appliances from electric power measurements taken at a limited number of locations in the electric distribution of a building. This approach reduces sensing infrastructure costs by relying on machine learning techniques to monitor electric loads. However, the ability to evaluate and benchmark the proposed approaches across different datasets is key for enabling the generalization of research findings and consequently contributes to the large-scale adoption of this technology. Still, only recently researchers have focused on creating and standardizing the existing datasets in order to deliver a single interface to run NILM evaluations. Furthermore, there is still no consensus regarding, which performance metrics should be used to measure and report the performance of NILM systems and their underlying algorithms. This paper provides a review of the main datasets, metrics, and tools for evaluating the performance of NILM systems and technologies. Specifically, we review three main topics: (a) publicly available datasets, (b) performance metrics, and (c) frameworks and toolkits. The review suggests future research directions in NILM systems and technologies, including cross-datasets, performance metrics for evaluation and generalizable frameworks for benchmarking NILM technology. This article is categorized under: Application Areas > Science and Technology Application Areas > Data Mining Software Tools Technologies > Computational Intelligence Technologies > Machine Learning</p> Close https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/widm.1265 doi:10.1002/widm.1265 Close

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