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Professor Seán McLoone

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Sean McLoone

Professor Seán McLoone

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Prof McLoone’s research interests are in the general area of intelligent systems with a particular focus on data based modelling and analysis of dynamical systems. This encompasses techniques ranging from classical system identification, fault diagnosis and statistical process control to modern artificial intelligence and biologically inspired adaptive learning algorithms and optimization techniques. His research has a strong application focus, with many projects undertaken in collaboration with industry in areas such as process monitoring, control and optimization, time series prediction and in-line sensor characterization. Current applications are in advanced manufacturing informatics, energy and sustainability.

 

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  • s.mcloone@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 4125

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Deep learning for automated visual inspection
  • Intelligent systems techniques for improving manufacturing competiveness
  • Evolving Intelligent Behaviour in Cooperating Robots
  • Flexible automation and cobotics

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Pioneering Research Programmes
  • Director, Centre for Intelligent and Autonomous Manufacturing Systems, Queen’s University Belfast (2016-)
  • Research Director, Energy Power and Intelligent Control Research Cluster, Queen’s University Belfast (2012-)
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Irish Manufacturing Research Ltd. (http://www.imr.ie) (2014-)
  • Member, Board of Editors, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2013-)
  • Associate Editor, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control (2010-)
  • General Chair, 5th IFAC International Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation Sciences, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 28-30 August 2019.

Research students

PhD title Dynamic Voltage Optimization of Distribution Networks 
Years of study 2015-2019 
Country Iran 
   
PhD title Electric Load Forecasting with Increased Embedded Renewable Generation 
Years of study 2015-2019 
Country Northern Ireland 
   
PhD title Advances in Machine Learning for semiconductor manufacturing 
Years of study 2016-2020 
Country Italy 
   
PhD title Human-Robot Motor Coordination: Robots Inferring Human Intention 
Years of study 2019-2022 
Country China 

 


Alumni: Where are they now

I have supervised 20 PhD students to completion to date – 11 international and 9 from the UK and Ireland.

PhD title Learning Systems for Process Identification and Control 
Years of study 2001-2004 
Country Malaysia 
Current Position  General Manager at CIBA VISION, Johor, Malaysia 
   
PhD title Unsupervised Feature Extraction Techniques for Plasma Semiconductor Etch Processes 
Years of study 2006-2010 
Country China 
Current Position  Data Scientist, OpenJaw Technologies, Dublin 
   
PhD title Estimating Movement from Mobile Telephony Data 
Years of study 2008-2013 
Country Ireland 
Current Position Chief Data Scientist, Head of Research & Strategy, CDIO Data Insights, Deutsche Bank, Dublin 
   
PhD title Non-Contact Sleep Monitoring 
Years of study 2007-2012 
Country Ireland 
Current Position Snr Data Scientist, Data Science and AI, Novartis, Dublin 

 


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