Postgraduate Research - Supervisors
Optoelectronic physics and technology; development of photonic amplifiers and
semiconductor lasers; novel optical devices; THz
generation and detection using optoelectronic devices
Non-equilibrium carriers in semiconductors physics and technology;
optoelectronic devices operating in the 0.35-2.8 mm wavelength range VCSELs,
HELLISH devices. Gunn Laser, Wavelength convertors and Optical amplifers, Novel
materials for photonic devices: Dilute Nitrides, Indium Rich GaInN, High
efficiency solar cells
Meteorological radars; radar imagery; electromagnetic wave propagation in
remote sensing and fibre optics
Embedded Agents; Pervasive Computing; Affective Computing; End-user
Programming; Mixed Reality; Robotics; Educational Technology
Stochastic models of neural and cardiovascular signals using
history-dependent point processes, machine learning applied to biomedical
signals, statistical learning theory, invasive neural interfaces, non-invasive
brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and Event-Related Potentials (ERPs).
Computer vision; virtual and augmented reality; wearable computers; genetic
programming; remote sensing; unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs)
Distributed computing; Pervasive computing; Intelligent inhabited
environments; Embedded systems - software and hardware development; Autonomous
Vehicles; Educational Technology.
Software design theory and practice; artificial intelligence and machine
learning; object-oriented programming, design, and modelling; design patterns;
philosophy of computer science; technological forecasting and the future of
computing; software architecture, evolution, verification, visualization,
understanding, engineering, and reverse-engineering.
Agents and multi-agent systems; foundations of intelligent agents; agent
theories; logics of knowledge and belief; social order in multi-agent systems;
agent-oriented software engineering; agent technology for e-commerce; electronic
markets; negotiation protocols; auctions; strategic behaviour; trust management;
web search assistants; recommendation systems; web service discovery and
composition; planning, reasoning about action;
decision-making; logic for representation
Application of formal reasoning to problems in the human understanding of
computer programs and specifications, program slicing and conditioning
Learning algorithms, neurofuzzy systems, pattern recognition, signal/image
processing, information fusion, with applications to data and system modelling
and analysis, brain-computer interfaces, brain-actuated robotic control,
multimodal human-machine interfaces, and content-based information retrieval.
Virtual reality systems, mixed-reality environments, e-learning, user-centred
design, Human-Computer Interaction, socio-technical systems, pervasive computing
evaluation, Educational Technology.
Video/Image compression, motion estimation, image/video segmentation, image
retrieval and image/video watermarking; object tracking: Video networking; video
transcoding; video quality metrics; IPTV; video coding for IP and wireless
networks; multimedia communication networks; joint-source channel coding:
Congestion control, overlay networks, ad-hoc networks, end-to-end quality of
service, network services; peer-to-peer networking, cross-layer optimisation;
flow/congestion control in IP networks; network performance management;
Educational Technology.
Robotics, multi-robot systems, distributed control algorithms, distributed
information processing, wireless sensor networks, model predictive control,
reinforcement learning, computational intelligence.
Computational Intelligence which includes Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks,
Genetic Algorithms, Applications to Financial Systems and Evolutionary
Computation with special interest in
- Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Theory and Applications, Adaptive Type-2 Fuzzy Systems,
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control
- Hybrid Intelligent Systems which include Neuro-Fuzzy systems, Genetic-Fuzzy
systems, Evolutionary-Fuzzy Systems and Neuro-Genetic Systems.
Intelligent Environments, Ambient Intelligence, Embedded agents, Multi
Embedded Agents, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, Intelligent Autonomous
Systems, Intelligent Autonomous Robots, Intelligent control of industrial
processes, Educational Technology.
Audio engineering; loudspeaker systems; spatial and multi-channel audio;
perceptual-modelling; high-resolution audio and coding; audio measurements;
circuit design; digital signal processing; digital power amplification; ADC/DAC
conversion; sigma-delta modulation; network applications
Optoelectronic devices; semiconductor lasers; novel semiconductor devices;
fixed and wireless networks for telecommunication and computer applications;
networked systems; protocols; sensor networks
Specification logics; theories of refinement; formal methods
Biologically-inspired robotics, Embedded Systems, and Mechatronics;
Human-Robot Interaction, Brain-computer interface, EMG-based control of
wheelchairs; E-health, Tele-care, Tele-rehabilitation, and Medical/Assistive
robotics; Sensor integration and Data fusion algorithms; Genetic Algorithms,
Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks in Robotics; Pervasive computing, mobile
computing, eLearning; Distributed computer architecture and Parallel processing;
Networked robots and network enable systems/devices
Information Retrieval, Knowledge Extraction, Natural Language Processing,
Query Log Analysis, Knowledge Acquisition, Intelligent Web Search, Web search
agents
Games, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning,
Evolutionary Computation, Reinforcement Learning
Embedded Systems and System-on-Chip (SoC) design, development support and
technology to increase performance, reliability and security, Advanced processor
architectures, Debug Support, Design Automation, Reconfigurable Systems
Architectures and Computing, multiple and many processor core based systems,
Biologically inspired Architectures, image processing and computer vision in
parallel and distributed systems, image-processing algorithms, performance
analysis of parallel computation and embedded systems, hardware-software
co-design
Microwave components including antennas, filters and amplifiers; numerical
techniques in electromagnetic field problems; nondestructive evaluation of
materials by electromagnetic techniques
Numerical methods for stochastic processes with application to signal
processing, control engineering, economics and physics; nonlinear filtering and
stochastic control; statistical methods in telecommunications; performance
engineering for telecommunication networks
Anaphora resolution; Ontology learning; Text mining, especially relation
extraction from biomedical texts; Spoken dialogue interaction, particularly in
embodied communication; Corpus annotation; Underspecification in semantics;
Computational psycholinguistics
Evolutionary computation, Genetic Programming, Neural Networks, Computer
Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Swarm Intelligence,
Brain Computer Interfaces
Quality of Service mechanisms for Internet protocol networks; management and
control of optical and core networks; multimedia Internet applications;
multi-dimensional signal processing algorithms; non-linear system identification
Colour image processing; hypercomplex Fourier transforms; vector image
filters; medical image analysis (colour skin images); networks-on-chip; digital
circuit design and test
Machine learning; Data mining; Applied artificial intelligence; Information
retrieval; Bioinformatics; Software metrics
Brain-computer interfaces Essex_BCIs; Neural prostheses and neuromuscular
electrical stimulation; Myoelectric operation of artificial limbs and robotic
devices; Biomedical signal analysis; Computational neuroscience; Sensori-motor
neurophysiology; Physiological quantification of emotions; Intelligent systems,
both artificial and natural; Artificial neural and neurofuzzy networks for
control, modelling, and pattern recognition; Mathematical modelling of muscle
and nerve
Machine consciousness; logical and formal aspects of artificial intelligence;
artificial intelligence planning; software agents and rational action.
Applications in computational intelligence, including, but not limited to
finance, economics, management, optimization, scheduling and games.
Logic and computation; Non Standard Logics; Philosophies of Mathematics and
Computer Science
Network-theoretical approaches to analysing data, algorithms on graphs,
properties of graphs and networks, scale-free networks and other theoretical
models of computer networks, applications of optimisation techniques to computer
networks, applications of statistics to computer networks
Photonics - optoelectronic devices; high-speed lasers and photodetectors;
ultrafast measurement techniques; THz devices; THz spectroscopy; advanced RF
measurements techniques; Picosecond and femtosecond fibre laser development for
Terahertz science and technology advancement; Design and construction of
advanced Terahertz spectrometers for the study of life
Formal methods, theorem proving, software verification
High-capacity optical network systems; semiconductor laser characteristics;
broadband optical receiver design; optical transmission; local access
architectures based on arrayed waveguide gratings; converged
wireless/photonics networks
Image processing; multimedia; model-based coding and 3-D modelling; IP and
ATM networks; telecommunications principles; robotics; autonomous vehicles;
sensor networks; robotic aviation; energy management and environmental
engineering
Wireless networks and communications; wireless sensor networks; mobile ad hoc
networks; network algorithm and protocol design; fixed mobile convergence (FMC);
cross-layer design; system modelling and performance analysis; routing
protocols; IP network management; pervasive (or adaptive) service engineering;
mobile computing; distributed systems; grid computing
Mathematical programming, multiobjective optimisation. Evolutionary
algorithms based on probability models, hybrid heuristics, the application of
heuristics in telecommunication networks, Data analysis and optimisation in
finance
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