Research Groups
audio-Visual Communications & Networks Group (AVCN)
Main Areas of Interest:
Video and image compression standards for multimedia applications, Audio signal processing, and Wireless and mobile networks.
Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit (ACIRU)
ACIRU comprises 4 research groups:
(a) InterACT: Interactive Entertainment Research: Agents, Cognition, Technology
| Researcher | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr D Livingstone | Coordinator |
| Prof C Fyfe | Staff |
| Mr H Hildmann | Research Student |
| Mr M Carey | Staff |
| Mr R A Geary | Staff |
Main Areas of Interest:
Application of artificial intelligence to engineering design and in support of human learning
b) ACIRU - Artificial Neural Networks
| Researcher | Position |
|---|---|
| Prof C Fyfe | Coordinator |
| Mr D Becerra Alonso | Research Student |
| Mr B Chaperot | Research Student |
| Dr V Tereshko | Staff |
Main Areas of Interest:
Digital signal processing for the enhancement of speech in noisy reverberant environments with the application to: future hearing aids; mobile communications; and speech recognition systems.
Information Systems Group (ISG)
| Researcher | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr M Bronte-Stewart | Staff |
| Dr J K Feng | Staff |
| Mr J G Howell | Staff |
| Mr C Iliopoulos | Staff |
| Dr Y Liang | Staff |
| Dr M Stansfield | Staff |
| Dr A Usoro | Coordinator |
| Dr D West | Staff |
| Mr G Majewski | Research Student |
| Mr Imran Khan | Research Student |
| Mr Mu Niu | Research Student |
| Ms Xu Zheng | Research Student |
| Ms Bridget Abiagam | Research Student |
| Mr Faisal Shaikh | Research Student |
| Ms Evelyn Fitzpatrick | Research Student |
| Ms Shanaz Bashir | Research Student |
Information and Communications Technologies in Education
| Researcher | Position |
|---|---|
| Prof T Connolly | Coordinator |
| Mr G Baxter | Research Student |
| Ms C Gerrard | Staff |
| Mr Tom Hainey | Research Student |
| Ms Ashley Healey | Research Student |
| Mr Mario Soflano | Research Student |
| Mr J McQuillan | Staff |
| Dr J Nixon | Staff |
| Dr P Walder | Staff |
| Dr N Pitcher | Staff |
| Dr E Boyle | Staff |
| Dr P Birch | Staff |
| Dr P Tatner | Staff |
| Mr G Affleck | Staff |
Main Areas of Interest:
Interdisciplinary research into the effectiveness of ICT based teaching and learning; the application of multi-media to educational processes.
Database Research Group
| Researcher | Position |
|---|---|
| Dr J Feng | Coordinator |
| Prof M K Crowe | Staff |
| Ms X Wang | Research Student |
| Mr K Xu | Research Student |