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Behavioural Analysis for Ransomware Detection
Edinburgh Napier University’s Cyber Security and Forensics Research Group focuses on applied research in core areas of threat analysis and detection, digital forensic triage, trust, identity and cryptography, and has had successful real world impact with several spin-out companies, including in the area of Ransomware. Read more
A zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled compression ignition engine for heavy-duty transport applications
A 3-year fully funded position is available to contribute substantially to the development of a new zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled thermal engine technology for heavy duty transport applications. Read more
Advanced digital signal processing for condition monitoring for rotative electrical machines.
The production of electric energy from wind technology has experience great advances in the later years. It is estimated that the potential of wind energy in the world is between 20.000 x 106 and 50.000 x 106 MWh/year, whereas the energy consumption is about 15.000 x 106 MWh/year. Read more
Evaluating the Impact of the Control Strategy in the Optimization of MultiMW Offshore Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Structures
The School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, “SCEBE”, at Edinburgh Napier University is a portal for research and knowledge transfer that has contributed extensively to develop and promote renewable and sustainable energy devices in the UK and abroad over the last 30 years. Read more
Continual Learning in Meta-Heuristic Combintatorial Optimisation
Combinatorial problems are ubiquitous across many sectors. In a typical scenario, instances arrive in a continual stream and a solution needs to be quickly produced. Read more
Online Safety and Digital Literacy
The continuing threat of cyber-attacks and data breaches highlights a major safety and information governance issue for employers. Read more
Query Performance Prediction for Sparse and Dense Retrieval Models
In the field of information retrieval (IR), query performance prediction (QPP) aims to predict the effectiveness of a system for a given search query without resorting to relevance judgments. Read more
AI-driven Conversational Storytelling with Humans in Natural Language
Human society and entertainment depend heavily on storytelling. Many of the most popular forms of storytelling in history, such as books, theatre, television and film, involve passive viewer experiences. Read more
Using Formal Dialogue Modules to Guide & Evaluate Conversational AI
Formal dialogue models have been developed over the last several decades to shed light on the conversational practices of people in a wide range of communicative contexts. Read more
Stereotypical Patterns of Human & Machine Reasoning for Explainable AI
There have been significant recent advances in the effectiveness of machine intelligence systems based upon neural networks, deep learning, and machine learning techniques. Read more
A Defeasible Ensemble Model of Argumentation Mining
Argument mining is the automatic identification and extraction of argumentative structure from within real world textual resources such as Web pages, Internet discourse, legal documents, or newspaper articles. Read more
Blockchain Technology and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) : The Bridge to the Future of Finance
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provide building blocks of the so-called “Internet of Value”, since they enable recording of interactions and transfer “value” referring to any record of ownership of asset - for example, money, securities, land titles – and ownership of specific information like identity, health information as well as other personal data. Read more
How Blockchain and NFT Technologies can Fight Counterfeiting and Forgery of Physical Goods and Digital Assets in the Metaverse
Building blocks for the so-called "Internet of Value" are provided by blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), which allow for the recording… Read more
Blockchain-based Ecosystem to Combat Fake News
Building blocks for the so-called "Internet of Value" are provided by blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), which allow for the recording… Read more
Mathematical modelling of transmission and worldwide distribution of neglected zoonotic diseases (Q fever)
A 3-year fully funded position is available to contribute substantially to the development of a new modelling approach for the prediction and control of zoonotic diseases (Q fever). Read more