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UML Models to CSP Models in MOMENT2-GT

MOMENT2 is an algebraic model management framework that permits manipulating models in the Eclipse Modeling Framework EMF. The goal consists in using OMG standards, such as Meta-Object Facility MOF, Object Constraint Language and Query/View/Transformation QVT, as a clean interface between formal methods and model-based industrial tools that permits taking the...

Tags: University Of Leicester, MOMENT2-GT, MOMENT2, UML, Quality, Programming Languages, Productivity, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations

White papers 2007-09-16

The first world map of happiness

According to a map built at the University of Leicester, UK, you have more chances to be happy if you're rich and in good health. This is also what my grandmother told me, but this map was built by aggregating the results of 100 studies from around the world, involving...

Tags: happiness, University of Leicester

Blog posts 2006-07-28

Flapless planes in the sky

Several universities in the UK have teamed up with BAE Systems to build a remote-controlled plane which has no wing flaps and no pilot, according to the University of Leicester. Two prototypes of such flapless 'fluidic' planes have already been taken their first flights. And the 5-year FLAVIIR project (flapless...

Tags: University of Leicester, unmanned air vehicle

Blog posts 2006-03-23

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European telcos squeal: should we care?

One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group  for the industry arguing...

Tags: Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Dennis Howlett, Government, Mobile, Networking, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Students to design, create and launch satellite

Students at the University of Leicester have started a project working towards launching their very own satellite into Earth's orbit. Over twenty undergraduates from their Physics and Astronomy department at the university are working on the project, named "Plume", helped along by a neighbouring engineering company Magna Parva by donating...

Tags: Orbit, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-14

New fingerprint detection technology

Researchers at the University of Leicester, UK, working with Northamptonshire Police, have found a new technique for identifying fingerprints on metal. This method will enable forensic scientists to 'visualise fingerprints' even after the print itself has been removed. What is even more interesting is that this technology could 'enhance --...

Tags: Technique, Fingerprint, Metal, Metal Surface, Results, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Particle swarm optimization for pictures

Particle swarm optimization PSO is a computer algorithm based on a mathematical model of the social interactions of swarms which was first described in 1995. Now, researchers in the UK and Jordan have carried this swarm approach to photography to 'intelligently boost contrast and detail in an image without distorting...

Tags: Swarm, Algorithm, Optimization, Image, Particle Swarm Optimization, Engineering, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-03

U.K. Hospital Trust Streamlines Administration by Blocking 4.7 Million Spam Mails a Year

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust UHL processes thousands of e-mails a day. It required a security solution to reduce spam and protect employees and systems from malicious viruses. The UHL deployed Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server to provide a secure environment in which hospital employees could send and...

Tags: Hospital, Administration, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Security, Online Communications

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