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Simon Dobson

Professor of Computer Science, University of St Andrews
Verified email at st-andrews.ac.uk
Cited by 7460

Situation identification techniques in pervasive computing: A review

J Ye, S Dobson, S McKeever - Pervasive and mobile computing, 2012 - Elsevier
Pervasive systems must offer an open, extensible, and evolving portfolio of services which
integrate sensor data from a diverse range of sources. The core challenge is to provide …

[HTML][HTML] Energy-efficient sensing in wireless sensor networks using compressed sensing

MA Razzaque, S Dobson - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Sensing of the application environment is the main purpose of a wireless sensor network.
Most existing energy management strategies and compression techniques assume that the …

BK and JC virus: a review

M Pinto, S Dobson - Journal of Infection, 2014 - Elsevier
Polyomaviruses are ubiquitous, species-specific viruses belonging to the family
Papovaviridae. The two most commonly known human polyomaviruses, BK virus and JC …

A survey of autonomic communications

S Dobson, S Denazis, A Fernández, D Gaïti… - ACM Transactions on …, 2006 - dl.acm.org
Autonomic communications seek to improve the ability of network and services to cope with
unpredicted change, including changes in topology, load, task, the physical and logical …

Context is key

J Coutaz, JL Crowley, S Dobson, D Garlan - Communications of the ACM, 2005 - dl.acm.org
Context is key Page 1 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM March 2005/Vol. 48, No. 3 49 Since
the early 1960s, the notion of context has been modeled and exploited in many areas of …

Immunogenicity of 2 doses of HPV vaccine in younger adolescents vs 3 doses in young women: a randomized clinical trial

SRM Dobson, S McNeil, M Dionne, M Dawar, G Ogilvie… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Global use of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to prevent cervical cancer
is impeded by cost. A 2-dose schedule for girls may be possible. Objective To determine …

[HTML][HTML] A population-based evaluation of a publicly funded, school-based HPV vaccine program in British Columbia, Canada: parental factors associated with HPV …

G Ogilvie, M Anderson, F Marra, S McNeil… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Information on factors that influence parental decisions for actual human
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine receipt in publicly funded, school-based HPV vaccine …

Ontology-based models in pervasive computing systems

J Ye, L Coyle, S Dobson, P Nixon - The Knowledge Engineering …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Pervasive computing is by its nature open and extensible, and must integrate the information
from a diverse range of sources. This leads to a problem of information exchange, so sub …

Association between antibiotic use and neonatal mortality and morbidities in very low-birth-weight infants without culture-proven sepsis or necrotizing enterocolitis

JY Ting, A Synnes, A Roberts, A Deshpandey… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Excessive antibiotic use has been associated with altered bacterial colonization
and may result in antibiotic resistance, fungemia, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and …

Immunogenicity of a tetravalent meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine in infants: a randomized controlled trial

MD Snape, KP Perrett, KJ Ford, TM John, D Pace… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Context Immunization with a meningococcal tetravalent (serogroup ACWY) glycoconjugate
vaccine is recommended for all US adolescents. However, the currently licensed vaccine is …