Our Publications

ENZCon Proceedings

• 2009 "ENZCon 2009 Conference Proceedings" (proceedings)
• 2012 "ENZCon 2012 Conference Proceedings" (proceedings)

Technical Reports

The Technical Reports from the Electronics Group at the University of Otago, are a series that cover a range of topics including communication, computation, control and components. Recent papers include:

• 2008-01 "A Conjugate Direction Sampler for Normal Distributions, with a Few Computed Examples" by Colin Fox (abstract, report)
• 2009-01 "Table of Multiple Feedback Shift Registers" by Roy Ward and Tim Molteno (report)
• 2009-02 "Table of Prime Factors of the Mersenne Numbers" by Tim Molteno and Roy Ward (report)
• 2012-01 "Table of Linear Feedback Shift Registers" by Roy Ward and Tim Molteno (report)
• 2014-01 "SympyTeX: Embedding symbolic computation into LaTeX documents" by Tim Molteno (report)
• 2014-02 "Transient Array Radio Telescope v1.0: Technical Overview" by Charles Shaw, Maximilian Scheel, Tim Molteno (report)
• 2014-03 "NEC2++: An NEC-2 compatible Numerical Electromagnetics Code" by Tim Molteno (report)
• 2016-01 "Metropolis-Hastings algorithms with autoregressive proposals, and a few examples" by Richard Norton and Colin Fox (report)

Citing Technical Reports

Using BibTeX, these technical reports can be cited as follows:

 \@TechReport{,
   author = {R. W. Ward and T.C.A. Molteno},
   title = {Table of Linear Feedback Shift Registers},
   institution = {University of Otago},
   year = {2012},
   number = {2012-1},
   issn = {1172-496X}
 }

Research Publications

2015

• B. Panckhurst, K. Payne, C.P. Brown, T.C.A. Molteno. "Solar Powered Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Livestock Position" 2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium. April 13-15, 2015 | Zadar, Croatia.
• Soundy, A.W.R., Panckhurst, B.J., Molteno, T.C.A. "Enhanced noise models for GPS positioning" Page(s): 28 - 33, 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (Queenstown NZ, Feb 2015) [1]
• Martin, A.D., Molteno, T.C.A. "Automated weighing by sequential inference in dynamic environments" Page(s): 274 - 278, 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (Queenstown NZ, Feb 2015) [2]

2014

• J. Sugishita, L. G. Torres, L. Perriman, T.C.A. Molteno, P. J. Seddon. "Is it advantageous for albatrosses to forage near fishing vessels? An integrated approach using chick weight gain as a proxy for benefit". 5th Biologging Science Symposium. September 2014, Strasboug, France.
• Charles Shaw, Maximilian Scheel, T.C.A. Molteno, "Transient Array Radio Telescope: Design". Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[3]
• A. D. Martin, T. C. A. Molteno, and M. Parry, "Measuring the performance of sensors that report uncertainty", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[4] arxiv.org/abs/1411.4354
• Bradley Panckhurst, Phill Brown, Keith Payne, and T.C.A. Molteno, "Low Power Telemetry for Lightweight Position Sensors", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[5]
• Loren Kersey, Daniel Schumayer and Tim Molteno, "Physical model for a wireless piezoelectric fluid sensor", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[6]
• Maximilian Scheel and Timothy C. A. Molteno, "Antenna array layout for the Transient Array Radio Telescope", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[7]
• H.J. Lawrence, T.C.A. Molteno and C. Fox, "Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo to Estimate Bearing Condition", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[8]
• Andrew Soundy, Daniel Schumayer, T.C.A. Molteno "Nonlinear Kalman Filter architecture for GPS and accelerometer based terrestrial navigation", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[9]
• Daniel Schumayer and Timothy C. A. Molteno, "Thermal delay in composite circuit elements", Proceedings of the 21st Electronics New Zealand Conference, ISBN 978-0-473-30808-7. Hamilton NZ, Nov. 2014[10]

2013

• Sugishita, Junichi; Seddon Philip; Torres, Leigh; Perriman Lyndon; Molteno, Tim "Fine-scale foraging interactions of Northern royal albatross with fisheries during chick-rearing at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand. Proceedings of the 26th International Ornithological Congress.

2012

• H. J. Lawrence, T.C.A. Molteno. Comparison of Time and Frequency Domain Methods for Analysis of Bearing Damage. Proceedings of the 19th Electronics New Zealand Conference, (pp. 55-60). Dunedin, New Zealand 2012.
• C. F. Shaw, T.C.A. Molteno. A GPS Signal Synthesiser for Systems Integration Testing of the Transient Array Radio Telescope. Proceedings of the 19th Electronics New Zealand Conference, (pp. 79-84). Dunedin, New Zealand 2012.
• T. Holmes, T.C.A. Molteno. Bayesian Inference of Position from Short Samples of GPS Signals. Proceedings of the 19th Electronics New Zealand Conference, (pp. 121-128). Dunedin, New Zealand 2012.
• B. Panckhurst, T.C.A. Molteno. Low-power Telemetry System for Wildlife Tracking. Proceedings of the 19th Electronics New Zealand Conference, (pp. 129-134). Dunedin, New Zealand 2012.

2011

• Suggate, P. Molteno, T.C.A., Fox, C. (2011). FPGA-based Electrical Impedance Tomography. In K. Mercer (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 95-100). [11] Palmerston North, New Zealand: School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University.
• Lawrence, H. J., Molteno, T. C. A. (2011). Vibration analysis on new undamaged bearings. In K. Mercer (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 62-66). Palmerston North, New Zealand: School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University. [12]

2010

• Scott, I. R., Molteno, T. C. A. (2010). Parameter tuned digital filter. Proceedings of the 17th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 103-108). Hamilton, New Zealand: School of Engineering, University of Waikato.

2009

• T.C.A. Molteno, W.L. Kennedy “Navigation by Induction-based Magnetoreception in Elasmobranch Fishes” Journal of Biophysics, vol. 2009, Article ID 380976, 6 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/380976.
• Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kitaev, V., Hollitt, C. P., Jones, N., Molteno, T. C. (2009). Current New Zealand activities in Radio Astronomy: Building capacity in engineering & science for the Square Kilometre Array. Proceedings of the 16th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 107-112). Dunedin, New Zealand
• Williams, P. J., Molteno, T. C. A. (2009). Dynamic linear scaling in genetic algorithms for antenna design. Proceedings of the 16th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 71-74). Dunedin, New Zealand
• Ward, R., Molteno, T. C. A. (2009). Fast counters using a modified Fibonacci number system. Proceedings of the 16th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 13-18). Dunedin, New Zealand
• Suggate, P., Molteno, T. C. A. (2009). OGRE compute client architectures. Proceedings of the 16th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), (pp. 67-70). Dunedin, New Zealand
• Fahmy, M., Sun, Z., Molteno, T. (2009). Restricted regions of Rayleigh-Bénard-Marangoni convection in solute transfer between gas-liquid phases. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the Minerals and Process Industries.

2008

• Keith Payne, T.C.A Molteno. "GPS Animal Tags using GSM Telemetry". Proceedings of the 15th Electronics New Zealand Conference. File:GPS animal tags.pdf ISBN 978-0-473-12951-4 (2008)
• Peter Davidson, David Eager, Suzanne Wilson, Tim Molteno, David Chalmers "Developing a new test method for playground surfaces to reduce injury risk" 17th International Safe Communities Conference. 20-23 October 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2007

• P. A. Suggate, R.W. Ward and T.C.A. Molteno. "Efficient Embedded FPGA Processor Cores". Proceedings of the 14th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 978-0-473-12951-4 (2007)
• H.P. Bakkum, Z. Wu, T.C.A. Molteno, J.L. Bahr. "A Transmitter and Receiver design using FPGA". Proceedings of the 14th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 978-0-473-12951-4 (2007)

2006

• R. W. Ward and T. C. A. Molteno. "Counter representation in microprocessors". Proceedings of the 13th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-11779-7 (2006) File:Counter representation ENZCON2006.pdf
• M. J. Chave and T. C. A. Molteno. "Design of a lightweight, low-power, UAV flight control system". Proceedings of the 13th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-11779-7 (2006)
• P. Brown, D. Hardisty, and T. C. A. Molteno. "A wave-powered generation system for small ocean science platforms". Proceedings of the 13th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-11779-7 (2006)
• T. Mulder and T. C. A. Molteno. "The UNDERDOG, current design and development". Proceedings of the 13th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-11779-7 (2006)
• P. A. Suggate and T. C. A. Molteno. "N-body gravitational simulation using dedicated hardware". Proceedings of the 13th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-11779-7 (2006)
• T. C. A. Molteno, P. J. Williams. "NEC2++: High-performance numerical electromagnetics code". Proceedings of the 13th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-11779-7 (2006)
• Brown C.P., Hardisty D, Molteno T.C.A. "Wave-powered small-scale generation systems for ocean exploration". Proceedings of IEEE Oceans 2006. Singapore (2006).

2005

• Brown C.P. Molteno T.C.A. "A precision thermal control system for continuous flow, low volume, medium pressure fluids" Proceedings of the 12th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-473-10634-5 p211-216 (2005)
• Wooliscroft, B., Molteno, T. (2005). “Ants, brand loyalty, variety seeking, market topography, and aggregate adaptive optimization”. In M. Peterson & R. P. Hill (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Macromarketing Conference, (pp. 296-298). St. Petersburg, FL, USA: Macromarketing Society.

2004

• Williams, P.J. Molteno, T.C.A. "Passive Repeater Design using Evolutionary Algorithms" Proceedings of the 11th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-476-01106-X p67-72 (2004)
• Lawrence H., Molteno T.C.A. "Detecting Vibrations Emitted by Damaged Rolling Element Bearings" Proceedings of the 11th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-476-01106-X p67-72 (2004)
• Brown, C.P, Molteno T.C.A. "An efficient, compact, GPS-enabled 32-bit control module", Proceedings of the 11th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-476-01106-X p67-72 (2004)
• Mulder, T. C. A. Molteno T.C.A. "Attitude control and navigation system for an autonomous underwater glider", Proceedings of the 11th Electronics New Zealand Conference. ISBN 0-476-01106-X p67-72 (2004)

2003

• Ward R.W., Molteno, T.C.A. "Efficient Hardware calculation of Inverses in GF (2**8)" Proceedings of ENZCon 2003. Hamilton New Zealand (2003)
• Ward R.W., Molteno, T.C.A. "A CPLD co-proocessor for embedded cryptography", Proceedings of ENZCon 2003. Hamilton, New Zealand (2003)

Earlier Work

• Molteno, T.C.A. "Fast O(N) box-counting algorithm for estimating dimensions". Phys. Rev. E 48(5) 1993.