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Research project

Lasers that Learn

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Ben Mills

Principal Research Fellow
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Email: bm602@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Robert Eason

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Email: rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair
Connect with Mahesan

Email: mn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Matthew Praeger

Senior Research Fellow
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Email: mattp@soton.ac.uk

Dr James A. Grant-Jacob

Senior Research Fellow-ORC advanced
Research interests
  • high harmonic generation and phase retrieval
  • laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT)
  • pulsed laser deposition, laser fabrication, laser machining
Connect with James A.

Email: J.A.Grant-Jacob@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Playing optical tweezers with deep reinforcement learning: in virtual, physical and augmented environments
Matthew Praeger, Yunhui Xie, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2021, Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 2(3)
DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/abf0f6
Type: article
In-flight sensing of pollen grains via laser scattering and deep learning
James Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2021, Engineering Research Express, 3(2)
DOI: 10.1088/2631-8695/abfdf8
Type: article
Machine learning for multi-dimensional optimisation and predictive visualisation of laser machining
Michael, David Tom McDonnell, James Grant-Jacob, Benjamin Mills, R.W. Eason, Matthew Praeger, Dimitris Karnakis, Daniel Arnaldo & Etienne Pelletier, 2021, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 32(5), 1471–1483
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-020-01717-4
Type: article
Semantic segmentation of pollen grain images generated from scattering patterns via deep learning
James Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2021, Journal of Physics Communications, 5(5)
DOI: 10.1088/2399-6528/ac016a
Type: article
Deep learning for the automated feature labelling of 3-Dimensional Imaged Placenta
Benita Scout MacKay, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason, Rohan Lewis & Benjamin Mills, 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72379-8_6
Type: bookChapter
Determination of size of urban particulates from occluded scattering patterns using deep learning and data augmentation
James Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, Matthew Loxham, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2021, Environmental Research Communications, 3(2)
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/abed94
Type: article
Laser-induced backward transfer of monolayer graphene
Matthew Praeger, Symeon Papazoglou, Amaia Pesquera, Amaia Zurutuza, Adi Levi, Doron Naveh, Ioanna Zergioti, Robert W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2020, Applied Surface Science, 533
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147488
Type: article