Research group

Vision, Learning and Control

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Our group explores the theory behind technological areas including control, machine learning and computer vision.

About

As part of the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, our research includes: 
 

Computer vision 

Our image processing and computer vision ranges from techniques in pre-processing, to feature extraction and image analysis. VLC researchers have a long record in biometrics, developing work in gait and facial recognition. 
 
VLC are developing soft biometrics, learning from human labelling to augment or even replace the automatically derived measures. We are also working in new areas related to deep convolutional neural networks and feature learning, which cross the boundary with machine learning. 

Machine learning 

Machine learning in our group covers a broad range of areas ranging from developing new classification and clustering tools for big data sets, to mathematical modelling of complex systems and optimisation.

Application areas include: 

  • biological sequence analysis 
  • gene regulation 
  • text analysis 
  • computer vision 
  • recommender systems 
  • combinatorial optimisation 

Control 

VLC researchers’ work includes behavioural approaches to: 

  • system theory 
  • system identification - particularly using structured low-rank approximations 
  • multidimensional systems theory 
  • robust nonlinear control 
  • iterative learning control 
  • adaptive control 
  • flow control 

They use a variety of techniques from linear algebra, functional analysis, partial differential equations and commutative algebra.

People, projects and publications

People

Professor Adam Prugel-Bennett

Prof of Electronics & Computer Science
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Dr Andersen Ang

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Mathematical programming / optimisation
  • Nonnegative Matrix Factorisation/ Tensor factorisation
  • Machine learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Bing Chu

Professor
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Dr Christine Evers

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Machine Listening
  • Robot Audition
  • Bayesian inference
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Dr Daniel Clark FRAeS, FIET, CMath FIMA, CStat, SFHEA, SMIEEE

Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Eric Rogers

Prof. of Control Systems Theory & Design
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Dr Hansung Kim

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • 3D Computer Vision
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) for scene understanding
  • Audio-visual data processing

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Huahua Lin

Research interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision
  • Planktonic Foraminifera
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Mx Jay Hill

Research interests

  • Dynamical systems and recurrence.
  • Numerical optimization.
  • Theoretical machine learning.
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My research is at the intersection of machine learning and digital health. I am interested in developing machine learning methods for human sensing using vision- and wearable-based technologies.
Associate Professor