PhD Opportunities 2013 - Intelligent Systems Research Centre

Bio-Inspired and Neuro-Engineering Team (BiSNE)

Active Novelty Detection for Surveillance of Safety-Critical Systems
Dr Y Li, Dr A Belatreche

ADVANCE: Alzheimer’s Disease investigation with Astrocyte-Neuron Coupling Experimentation
Prof L Maguire, Dr L McDaid

Advanced Approaches to Data Intensive Systems
Dr Y Li, Prof L Maguire

CORIMAN: COntent Representation of IMAges using Neuro-circuits
Dr A Belatreche, Prof L Maguire

DaVis: Process Control Data Visualisation
Dr A Belatreche, Dr Y Li

EMBRACE: High-speed On-Chip Communication for Brain-inspired Computers
Dr J Harkin, Dr L McDaid

Flexi-NoC: Acceleration of Neural Information Processing using Networks-on-Chip and FPGAs
Dr J Harkin, Dr A Belatreche

HidInImage+: Accelerating Steganography using Embedded Hardware
Dr J Harkin, Dr J Condell

Intelligent Techniques for Improving Efficiency and Quality of Semiconductor Manufacturing
Dr Y Li, Prof L Maguire

SOSNN: Self-Organisation in Spiking Neural networks
Dr A Belatreche, Dr Y Li

SpikeTemp: Temporal Signal Processing and Learning with Spiking Neural Networks
Prof L Maguire, Dr JJ Wade

Cognitive Robotics Team

A Bio-Inspired Approach to Real-time Video and Image Processing
Prof BW Scotney, Dr S Coleman, Dr B Gardiner

Biometric Surveillance Solutions based on Gait Recognition
Dr J Condell, Dr G Prasad

Computational model of cooperative social behaviour in robots
Dr N Siddique, Dr L Behera

I-LeArNeR: Intelligent Learning Algorithms for Networked Robotics (I-LeArNeR)
Dr S Coleman, Dr AK Ray

Image planes, Spike-trains, and Auto-visual recognition
Dr S Coleman, Dr D Kerr

Intelligent Visual Servoing for Real Time Object Tracking
Dr S Coleman, Dr AK Ray

Modular learning architecture for robots
Dr N Siddique, Dr L Behera

RoboFetch: RoboFetch - Intelligent Object Identification and Retrieval
Dr L Behera, Dr I Rano, Dr P Vance

Robot Skill Building from Human Demonstration
Prof T McGinnity, Dr B Gardiner

RoboVAK: Robotic Vision using a Kinect (RoboVAK)
Prof BW Scotney, Dr S Coleman

Brain Computer Interfacing and Assistive Technologies Team

BCi-robot: Brain-computer interface - Controlling Robots using Brainwaves
Dr D Coyle, Dr N Siddique

A brain-actuated shadow robot hand for neuro-rehabilitation
Dr G Prasad, Prof T McGinnity

Adaptive learning for modelling evolving systems in non-stationary environment
Dr H Wang, Dr G Prasad

Advancing brain-computer interface with multi-sensor integration
Dr N Siddique, Dr G Prasad

Auto-detection of dynamical changes in bio-electric brain-signals during emotional processing
Dr G Prasad, Dr K Wong-Lin, Dr M Naeem

Brain-games : Brainwave Controlled Computer Games Using Brain-Computer Interface Technology
Dr D Coyle, Dr S Wilson

Eye tracker and brain wave supported multimodal brain computer interface
Dr G Prasad, Dr K Wong-Lin

hBCI: Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface - Communicating using Brainwaves and Facial Expression
Dr J Condell, Dr D Coyle

Ambient Intelligence Team

Nanoelectronics Research Team

Virtual Worlds and Serious Games Team

Computational Neuroscience Research Team

B2B: Brain-to-Brain: Bidirectional coupling in social interactions and coordination
Prof S Kelso, Dr D Coyle

Computational Modelling and Data Analysis of Neural Development and Related Brain Disorders
Prof T McGinnity, Dr K Wong-Lin, Dr DR Watson

Development of Fibre Tracking Algorithm with Application to Ageing Brain
Prof T McGinnity, Dr S Coleman

Investigating Alzheimer’s Disease using Large Scale Models of Mammalian Thalamocortical Networks
Prof L Maguire, Dr D Coyle

Investigating brain connectivity changes in Alzheimer’s diseases using fMRI and DTI methods.
Dr D Coyle, Dr X Li

Modelling the neurobiology of stress, anxiety and depression
Dr K Wong-Lin, Prof T McGinnity

Neural modelling of multiple neuromodulator interactions
Dr K Wong-Lin, Prof T McGinnity

Stress and depression induced neurodegeneration – animal and computational models
Dr K Wong-Lin, Hölscher, Prof C (Faculty of Life & Health Sciences), Prof T McGinnity

The roles of non-neural astrocyte cells in emergent computation and brain disorders – a new computational paradigm
Dr K Wong-Lin, Dr L McDaid