Research
Peer Esteem
- Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
- Senior Member of IEEE
Research Projects -- Grants
| Title | Sponsor | Role |
| Banana Hand cut optimization using AI. | Large International Banana Producer | Principal Investigator/Coordinator |
| Associating Cause and Effect: Applying Computational Intelligence to Post-Incident Security Data. | De Montfort University, Symantec PhD Bursary | Principal Investigator/First supervisor |
| Travel Grant, WCCI-2010, Barcelona, Spain | Royal Academy of Engineering | Beneficiary |
| Dynamic Traffic Management and Passenger Guidance to Meet the Carbon Challenge. | Transport iNet HECF | Principal Investigator/Coordinator |
| Travel Grant, IJCNN-2009, Atlanta, Georgia | Royal Academy of Engineering | Beneficiary |
| Travel Grant, ICANN-2008, Prague, Czek Republic | Royal Academy of Engineering | Beneficiary |
| Travel Grant, ICANN-2007, Porto Portugal | Royal Academy of Engineering | Beneficiary |
| Design of constructive methods on neural computing systems and its application to data mining in oncology. | Spanish Research Council | Investigator |
| New strategies in the design of neurocomputing systems. Application to the process of oncology data. | Spanish Research Council | Investigator |
| Integrated Traffic Management and Air Quality Control Using Downstream Space Services. | ESA | Principal Investigator for DMU part |
| Innovation Fellowship with the School of Pharmacy | EMDA | Investigator |
Research Interests
- Applied Neural Networks
- Computational Approaches towards Neural Networks
- Optimization
Current PhD Students
- Harold Kimbal (Computer Security: Adaptive Security for Mobile Devices
- John North (Computer Security: Associating Cause and Effect: Applying Computational Intelligence to Post-Incident Security Data. Awarded DMU scholarship co-supervised by Symantec Europe)
- Simon Witheridge (Intelligent Transport Systems:Integrated Traffic Management and Air Quality Control )
PhD Completions
- Andreas Huemer (Computational Intelligence: Automatic Generation of Control Systems by means of Reinforcement Based Constructive Neural Networks)
PhD External Examinations
- 2012 University of Malaga
- 2011 University of Ulster
- 2011 Ecole Central Paris
- 2011 University of Lausanne
- 2011 University of Malaga
- 2008 University of Malaga
Engagement with external bodies
- IEEE (Normal member, Industrial Liaison for the UK Computational Intelligence Chapter)
- BCS (Normal member, Member of the organizing SGAI committee)
Referee papers for Journals
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks,
- Neural Networks
- Neurocomputing
- Computer and Structures
- Advances in Engineering Software
- Expert Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
International Conference Organisation
- Special Session Co-Chair, WCCI-2012 Brisbane, Australia. Computational Intelligence for Privacy Protection
- 2011 IEEE-CIS / Surrey Winter School on Computational Intelligence - Theory and Industrial Applications
- Special Session Co-Chair, IEEE-IJCNN-2010 Barcelona, Spain. Computational Intelligence for Privacy and Security (CIPS)
- Special Session Co-Chair, ICANN-2008 Prague, Czech Republic. Constructive Neural Network Algorithms
- Programme Chair, Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI), DMU, Sept 10-12 2008
- Special Session Chair, IEEE-ICANN-2005 Warsaw, Poland. Knowledge Extraction
International Conference Programme Committee
- IEEE FOCI 2011
- BIFE-2010
- BCS-SGAI 2010
- IEEE International Conference in Artificial Neural Networks
- GCIS-2009
- International Conference on Neural Networks and Associative Memory
- International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing
- E-Activity and Leading Technologies 2007-2010
- UKCI-2007-2010
- 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing
Referee for International Conferences:
- IEEE FOCI (2011).
- IEEE International Joined Conference on Neural Networks (2007,2010,2011)
- International Conference in Artificial Neural Networks (2004,2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Referee for Research Grants:
Invited Speaker for seminars:
- Knox College , Galesburg, Illinois, USA (2012)
- University of Greenwish , UK (2012)
- University of Athens, Georgia, USA (2009)
- University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Germany (2007)
- University of Leicester, UK (2007),
- University of Malaga, Spain (2006)
- University of Mataro, Spain (2005),
- University of Franche Comte, France (2004)
- University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica (2004, 2009)
- Institute of Applied Computer Science, EIVD, Yverdon, Switzerland (2003, 2008)
Research/Teaching Collaborations:
- Institute of Applied Computer Science, EIVD, Yverdon, Switzerland. Optimisation of the construction of RDP neural networks using heuristic techniques
- University of Malaga, Spain (3 month visit of 3 PhD Students to DMU, ongoing combined reasearch on neural networks)
- Institute of Applied Computer Science, EIVD, Yverdon, Suisse, University of Mataro, Spain, IUT of Franche-Comte, University of Landshut, Germany. Programme of exchange of students with DMU
- ASIFE Association of Paris area STS Classes aiming to promote international postgraduate studies. In charge of recruitment of 2nd year students into the 3rd year of Engineering and Computer Science at DMU).