Computing in Kent

  Practical ways to analyse Twitter data - the new challenges Invited Talk at The British Academy: Early Career Researcher Network, University of Birmingham, 12th June 2023 The focus of the talk was on using tools for Twitter analysis and some of the problems.

  Researchers from Canterbury Christ Church University has presented the UK's first lower limb Exoskeleton aimed at helping children with neurological disorders at London Tech Week 2023. The academics were part of a three-year EU Interreg 2 Seas (European Regional Development Fund) project called  MOTION . It included researchers from across four countries with the aim to develop Assistive Robotic Technology in the form of a wearable, lower limb exoskeleton to help children with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions stand and walk as part of their rehabilitation therapy. Professor Konstantinos Sirlantzis who leads the Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Robotics research team at the University, said: "We’re delighted to be able to have this opportunity to demonstrate the innovative design and AI-based personalised predictive control for the Exoskeleton, which was developed specifically with the consideration of the physicality and movement of children with cerebra...

 A  new paper recently published by Dr Leishi Zhang as co-author on transparency in Artificial Intelligence systems raises some interesting questions. https://researchspace.canterbury.ac.uk/94734/the-impact-of-system-transparenc  The Impact of System Transparency on Analytical Reasoning CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 2023 Article No.: 274 Pages 1–6 https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585786 Abstract In this paper, we present the hypothesis that system transparency is critical for tasks that involve expert sensemaking. Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can aid criminal intelligence analysts, however, they are typically opaque, obscuring the underlying processes that inform outputs, and this has implications for sensemaking. We report on an initial study with 10 intelligence analysts who performed a realistic investigation exercise using the Pan natural language system [10, 11], in which only half were p...

  image taken from   https://technicallygames.com.au/talks/games-outside-of-games/   Work presented by Gareth Ward, Canterbury Christ Church University present at the Technically Games Conference 2022  The games industry is highly competitive and the skills needed to be successful can also be used in other sectors. This talk explored transferable skills and the link between the games industry and a whole range of future careers that are XR related and do not exist yet. To read more go to https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/9338y/games-outside-of-games The presentation  https://technicallygames.com.au/talks/games-outside-of-games/

  Optimal locations and computational frameworks of FSR and IMU sensors for measuring gait abnormalities Published in  VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4 ,  E15210 ,  APRIL 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15210 Soumya K. Manna M.A. Hannan Bin Azhar   Ann Greace    Abstract Neuromuscular diseases cause abnormal joint movements and drastically alter gait patterns in patients. The analysis of abnormal gait patterns can provide clinicians with an in-depth insight into implementing appropriate rehabilitation therapies. Wearable sensors are used to measure the gait patterns of neuromuscular patients due to their non-invasive and cost-efficient characteristics. FSR and IMU sensors are the most popular and efficient options. When assessing abnormal gait patterns, it is important to determine the optimal locations of FSRs and IMUs on the human body, along with their computational framework. The gait abnormalities of different types and the gait analysis system...

The image above is produced with another OpenAI tool DALL-E  https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2   OpenAI's chatGPT is a conversational piece of software that can also produce answers (or tries to) based on what you ask. So if you asked it to " Write a descriptive text on the role of chaptGPT in the workplace s", it will. An example of this, using, at the time of writing the latest version using GPT4 via  https://poe.com/gpt-4  is shown below  It is good and so has rapidly produced debate on its impact. But is this debate new? When calculators became affordable enough that it become reasonable to factor into assessed work at school and universities the was debate that it might be cheating to use a calculator. We are perhaps at a similar stage now with chatGPT is it cheating to use it. There are perhaps lessons to be learnt from introducing calculators to assessments and in the workplace. It is cheating? Is it, or is it cheating for what is currently being done? ...

  Optimizing artificial neural networks using LevyChaotic mapping on Wolf Pack optimization algorithm for detect driving sleepiness IRAQI JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATIONS, CONTROL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING , 22, 3, 2022, 128-136. doi: https://doi.org/10.33103/uot.ijccce.22.3.12 Abstract Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are utilized to solve a variety of problems in many domains. In this type of network, training and selecting parameters that define networks architecture play an important role in enhancing the accuracy of the network's output; Therefore, Prior to training, those parameters must be optimized. Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) has been considered one of the efficient developed approaches in the Swarm Intelligence area that is used to solve real-world optimization problems. However, GWO still faces a problem of the slump in local optimums in some places due to insufficient diversity. This paper proposes a novel algorithm Levy Flight- Chaotic Chen mapping on Wolf Pack Algori...