EEECS Academics in the i-AMS centre
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Dr. Nikolaos Athanasopoulos
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4567
Cyber-physical systems, with a focus on the control challenges arising in Digital Manufacturing (Industry 4.0), energy conversion and distribution and networked control systems.
Algorithmic tools for analysis and control of complex systems, often consisting of heterogeneous components that can abruptly change their structure.
Switching and hybrid systems, reachability analysis and invariance, algebraic methods and stability theory.
Dr. John Bustard
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
Speech, Image and Vision Systems Research Group (SIVS)
Secure Digital Systems Research Group (SDS)
T +44(0)28 9097 5526
Personal manufacturing including 3D printing and other new democratised manufacturing technologies.
The application of 3D modelling and statistical analysis of the human body which includes applications in medical technology.
The application of machine learning and computer vision technology to security applications.
Dr. Stuart Ferguson
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4270
Entry in review
Dr. Xueqin Amy Liu
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4112
Smart grid data analytics for future energy systems, e.g., wind, solar, demand forecasting, etc., working closely with industry to address major challenges in clean energy, i.e., energy storage optimisation to facilitate renewable energy integration.
Professor Seán McLoone
Director of i-AMS
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4125
Research interests include intelligent systems with a particular focus on data based modelling, analysis of dynamical systems, encompassing techniques ranging from classical system identification, fault diagnosis and statistical process control, modern artificial intelligence and biologically inspired adaptive learning algorithms and optimisation techniques. Collaborations with industry have included projects that involve process monitoring, control and optimisation, time series prediction, in-line sensor characterisation, advanced manufacturing informatics, energy and sustainability.
Dr. Wasif Naeem
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4066
Expertise in the development of unmanned vehicles specifically in the maritime domain, including the development of formation control systems for land, aerial and marine vehicles, and co-operative control of a dual arm system such as a humanoid. Involved in the development of navigation systems for uninhabited vehicles which includes obstacles detection and avoidance and simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) systems.
Professor Karen Rafferty
Head of School
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4280
Research in the application of tools and technologies to lead new disruptive practices and systems in Health & Training and Industry & Automation through the use of virtual and augmented reality technologies, with expertise in software engineering, sensor fusion, multi sensorial systems and real time software development
Dr. Jialie Jerry Shen
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT)
Centre for Data Science and Scalable Computing (DSSC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 5494
Entry in review
Dr. Pantelis Sopasakis
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4864
Intelligent cognitive autonomous vehicles and robots; Embedded Optimisation for Advanced Manufacturing; Distributed Embedded Intelligence; Intelligent Uncertain-Aware Model predictive control (MPC); Smart Infrastructure Networks; Biomedical and Health care applications…
Dr. Mien Van
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Energy Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC)
Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4864
Research interests include manufacturing robotics, robot control, robot-vision systems, fault diagnosis and fault tolerant, machine learning, and sensing and perception.