Research students

Leo Geer

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Fuli Wang

Thesis title: Collaborative, Configurable, Versatile Robots for soft fruit and salad crop harvesting applications
Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Hongtao Zhang

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Tao Chen

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Francesca Bianco

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Penelope Roberts

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Ask me about: Cognitive Robotics; Neural Networks; Artificial Intelligence; ROS; Research interests: Cognitive Robotics; Artificial Neural Networks;

Tuo Feng

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Aakash Soni

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Dingtian Yan

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Zuyuan Zhu

Postgraduate Research Student, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Research interests: Robotic Assembly; Learning from Demonstration;

Maysa I Abdulhussain Almulla Khalaf

Thesis title: Effective Features and Machine Learning Methods for Document Classification
Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Arwa Mohmmed A Basbrain

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Lei Wang

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Master of Philosophy

Rukiye Savran Kiziltepe

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Nassr Abed Azeez Azeez

Thesis title: The Detection of Vegetation Species in Remote Sensing Imaging
Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Inas Younus Yahya Al-Taie

Thesis title: Effective Features and Machine Learning Methods for Human Recognition Based on Multi-Biometric Systems
Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Emily Coral Marriott

Degree subject: Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Cameron Kyle-Davidson

Thesis title: A Hybrid Neural Network and Genetic Programming Approach to the Automatic Construction of Computer Vision Systems
Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Master of Science (by Dissertation)

Florin-Stefan Marincas

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Jessica Paige Wright

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Julian Andrew Forrester

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Penelope Amelia Roberts

Degree subject: Computer Science
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Carmelo Calafiore

Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Francesca Bianco

Degree subject: Electronic Systems Engineering
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Amit Sadanand Walinjkar

Thesis title: Signal Processing for Early Warning Arrhythmia Detection and Survival Prediction for Clinical Decision
Degree subject: Computing and Electronic Systems
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Onalenna Junior Makhura

Thesis title: Video Object Counting in Unconstrained Environments Using Density-Based Clustering
Degree subject: Computing and Electronic Systems
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Michael Walton

Degree subject: Computing and Electronic Systems
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Former PhD students

1. Jianjun Gui (PhD, Oct. 2013 – Sep. 2017) (University & China Scholarship Council funded)

   Thesis title: Direct Visual and Inertial Odometry for Monocular Mobile Platforms.
2. Ruihao Li (PhD, Jan. 2015 – Jan. 2018) (University & China Scholarship Council funded)

   Thesis title: Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: From Geometry to Deep Learning.
3. Qiang Liu (PhD, Oct. 2014 – Oct. 2018) (University & China Scholarship Council funded)

   Thesis title: Using 3D Visual Data to Build a Semantic Map for Autonomous Localization
4. Richard Clapham (PhD, October 2011 – October 2015) (Project funded)
   Research topic: Robotic Fish -- Developing High Performance Linear Carangiform Swimming
5. Sen Wang (PhD, October 2011 – July 2015) (Department Scholarship + Chinese Scholarship Council)
   Research topic: Optimal State Estimation based Robot Localisation in GPS-denied 3D Space
6. Hossein Farid Ghassem Nia (PhD, October 2010 – October 2014) (KTP grant)
   Thesis title: Improving Machine Perception by Using Quantum Brain Theory in Machine Vision
7. Ling Chen (PhD, January 2011 – December 2014) (University & China Scholarship Council funded)
   Thesis title: Intelligent control of robotic fish for pollution detection in a port
8. Ericka Janet Rechy-Ramirez (PhD, October 2010 – Dec 2014) (Mexican Government funded)
   Thesis title: Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to hands-free control of an Intelligent Wheelchair
9. James Cannon (PhD, October 2009 – October 2013) (EPSRC funded)
   Thesis title: EMG based biological control of robotic hands
10. Lai Wei (PhD, January 2007 – June 2012) (Self-funded)
    Thesis title: Fusing EMG and facial image data for hands-free control of an intelligent wheelchair
11. John Oyekan (PhD, October 2008 – Dec 2011) (EPSRC funded)
    Thesis title: Swarm Intelligence for Pollution Monitoring
12. Christopher Lazarus  (PhD, October 2005 – April 2011) (Self-funded)
    Thesis title: Genetic Programming based Evolution of Multi-Agent Behaviours
13. Theodoros Theodorisdis (PhD, October 2005 – April 2011) (Self-funded)
    Thesis title: Modelling and recognition of human activities for Security robots
14. Pei JIA (PhD, October 2004 – November 2010) (ORS Award & University Studentship),
    Thesis title: Audio-Visual based HMI for an Intelligent Wheelchair
15. Mohammadreza A. Oskoei (PhD, October 2005 – March 2009) (Self-funded)
    Thesis title: Developing Adaptive Myoelectric Human-Machine Interface for Rehabilitation
16. Renato Samperio (PhD, October 2003 – May 2008) (Mexican Government funded)
    Thesis title: Visual based localization of Sony AIBO robots
17. Nicola BELLOTTO (PhD, October 2004 – August 2008) (University Studentship)
    Thesis title: Multi-sensor data fusion for simultaneous people tracking & recognition with a service robot.
18. Jiali SHEN (PhD, October 2003 – March 2008) (ORS award & University Studentship)
    Thesis title: Visual Navigation Algorithms for Indoor Service Robots.
19. Yaqin TAO (PhD, October 2002 – September 2007) (ORS award & University Studentship)
    Thesis title: Fusing visual & inertial data for upper limb motion tracking in home-based rehabilitation
20. Julian RYDE (PhD, October 2003 – September 2007) (EPSRC Studentship)
    Thesis title: Cooperative 3D mapping and localization of multiple mobile robots.
21. Jindong LIU (PhD, April 2003 – September 2007) (Industry funded)
    Thesis title: Modelling and online optimization of robotic fish behaviours.
22. Carlos Antonio ACOSTA CALDERON (PhD, Oct. 2001 – Sept. 2005) (Mexican Government funded)
    Thesis title: Learning by imitation in a team of mobile robots
23. Liam M CRAGG (PhD, October 2001 – September 2005) (EPSRC Studentship)
    Thesis title: A fault tolerant architecture for multiple tele-robots
24. Dragos GOLUBOVIC (PhD, October 2000 – September 2004) (University funded)
    Thesis title: Evolving Walking Behaviours for Sony Legged Robots
25. Matthew HUNTER (PhD, October 1998 – June 2003)
    Thesis title: Building position selection behaviours for simulated soccer agents
26. Bo LI (PhD, November 1999 – December 2003) (ORS award & University Studentship)
    Thesis title: Visual tracking and prediction algorithms for quadruped walking robots
27. Kostas KOSTIADIS (PhD, October 1998 – March 2002)
    Thesis title: Learning to cooperate in multi-agent systems