Postgraduate Prospectus

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hardware and software elements of
computing systems, and their relative
design trade-offs and applications. It will
build on your knowledge in mathematics,
science, and engineering to ensure you
have a sound foundation. Laboratory
experiences enable you to understand
experimental design and simulation
techniques. We are internationally leading
in this and you will have access to unique
computer engineering platforms including
our intelligent Flat (iSpace), Robotics Arena
and networked intelligent campus
(iCampus), in addition to advanced
networking and multimedia labs.
Upon graduation, you can look for
employment in: heavy industries (like
oil, steel, chemical and car) designing
advanced computer systems and control;
hardware companies designing and
developing microprocessors, personal
computers, and supercomputers;
communication and mobile phone
companies designing advanced computer
systems for communications systems; large
computer and microelectronics companies
writing software and firmware for
embedded microcontrollers, and designing
VLSI chips, analog sensors, mixed signal
circuit boards, and operating systems;
embedded system companies developing
advanced computer systems, and mobile
applications and phones; banks and
businesses designing intelligent distributed
systems to serve their operations; and
computer games companies designing
advanced computer games.
MSc Embedded Systems•
Embedded system technology is underlying
the ever more capable electronic and
computing systems that we use in our
daily lives, ranging from cars and mobile
telephones to washing machines and
aeroplanes. This major growth area has a
large and increasing industry demand for
engineers and computer scientists who
possess in-depth expertise in embedded
systems, so we equip you with the advanced
knowledge to work in all aspects of this.
You develop practical skills in the design,
programming and interfacing of embedded
Ramaswamy Palaniappan, BE MEngSc
PhD Malaya, MIEE MIEEE MBMES
(Lecturer)
Biological signal analysis; biometrics;
brain-computer interface; genetic
algorithm; neural network
Massimo Poesio, Laurea Torino, PhD
Rochester (Reader)
Natural language processing; semantics
and pragmatics; text mining and ontology
learning; anaphora resolution; corpora and
corpus annotation tools; computational
psycholinguistics
Riccardo Poli, Laurea Elec Eng PhD
Florence (Professor)
Genetic programming; evolutionary
computation; swarm intelligence; theory
and applications
Jerome Robinson, BSc MSc London,
MSc CNAA, PGCE Leeds (Lecturer)
Data extraction from web pages;
embedded processor systems
implementation
Paul Scott, MA Oxford, MSc London,
DPhil Sussex (Senior Lecturer)
Machine learning; data mining; applied
artificial intelligence
Francisco Sepulveda, BSc California
Santa Barbara, MSc Clemson, PhD
Unicamp (Br) (Reader)
Brain-computer interfaces; biomedical
signals and systems; computational
neuroscience; computational intelligence;
affective computing
Sam Steel, BA Cambridge, PhD
Edinburgh (Senior Lecturer)
Artificial intelligence; planning; logical
aspects of artificial intelligence; agency,
explaining behaviour and rational
behaviour
Edward Tsang, BBA Hong Kong, MSc
PhD Essex (Professor)
Applied artificial intelligence;
computational finance; economics and
management; evolutionary computation;
heuristic search; constraint satisfaction;
scheduling
Ray Turner, BSc MA PhD London
(Professor)
Mathematical logic; theoretical computer
science
Alexei Vernitski, BSc MSc Ural State,
PhD Essex (Lecturer) (Joint appointment
with the Department of Mathematical
Sciences)
Computability and algorithmic complexity;
applications of graph theory and algebra
to computer science
Norbert Völker, Dipl-Math Bochum,
Dr-Ing FernUniversitaet Hagen (Senior
lecturer)
Formal methods; theorem proving and its
applications; software system verification
Qingfu Zhang, BSc Shanxi, MSc PhD
Xidian (Professor) (Joint appointment with
the Department of Mathematical Sciences)
Neural networks; evolutionary
computation; data mining; mathematical
programming; telecommunication network
Staff in our School whose interests are primarily in
electronics and telecommunications are listed on
page 97.
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