This page provides additional information about our research supervisors. You can either browser supervisors by department or search for them by keyword. Most supervisors also have a personal webpage where you can find out more about them.
Dr Jonathan Aitken
jonathan.aitken@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research interests lie in a broad collection of areas that focus around operation of autonomous robotic systems. My key research goals are to enable seemless operation of robotic systems in complex operating environments, whether this be:
I have a collection of other research intersts that I would be interested in develping further:
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Dr Sean Anderson
s.anderson@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Dr Roselina Arelhi
r.arelhi@sheffield.ac.uk Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research is primarily concerned with the processing of sound signals in particular speech. This includes speech/speaker recognition, compression, data analysis with a focus on dimensionality reduction, natural language processing and recognition of short-utterances. Examples of area of applications are voice-control systems such as in Internet-of-Things connected devices and service robots.
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Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh
M.Arvaneh@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor Michail Balikhin
m.balikhin@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor Daniel Coca
d.coca@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: My research work spans the broad area of nonlinear and complex dynamical systems. I am interested in developing novel mathematical, computational and analytical methods to analyse, model and control complex dynamical systems as well as apply the tools developed to complex systems in physics, engineering, life sciences and finance. |
Dr Dana Damian
d.damian@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research Interests: We are interested in the design of soft assistive and medical robotic devices that operate in the close proximity of biological organisms and tissues long-term. We focus on the computational role of soft mechanical structures and their control to realize highly adaptive metabolic and physiological functions in living or robotic organisms. Some of our work includes robotic implants, prosthetic wearables (tactile sensors and haptic devices), and plant prostheses. Keywords: Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, |
Professor Sanja Dogramadzi
S.Dogramadzi@sheffield.ac.uk Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research Interests: My research in biomedical and assistive robotics includes both basic and applied topics. In biomedical robotics this includes surgical robotics - instrumentation, sensing and haptics for minimally invasive surgery; rehabilitation exoskeletons and intention sensing, surgical tele-operation and VR. In assistive robots this includes physically-assistive robots for assistance in dressing, sit to stand and walking and safe physical human-robot interaction. I am also interested in pattern recognition for solving complex fractures. Medical robotics applications in orthopaedic fracture surgery, minimally invasive surgery, radiology and brachytherapy. |
Dr Inaki Esnaola
esnaola@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: My research interests include information theory and communication theory with an emphasis on application to electricity grid problems. My research focuses on understanding the fundamental limits governing systems with incomplete or mismatched system information. Today, we are seeing a growing amount of stored electronic data, and larger more diverse networks whose agents interact with limited information. However, many of the fundamental questions are still open. Tools from assorted communities such as information theory, probability theory, and random matrix theory among others, are proving useful but we are still lacking in our understanding of these systems and how to provide constructive guidelines for optimal algorithm design. |
Dr Viktor Fedun
v.fedun@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: My research is primarily concerned with the mathematical modelling of physics of
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Dr Roderich Gross
r.gross@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Dr Lingzhong Guo
l.guo@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor Robert Harrison
r.f.harrison@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: Computational Data Modelling: neural networks; machine learning; kernel machines; support vector machines; generalised linear models; clustering; dimensionality reduction; pattern recognition; pattern classification; pattern discrimination; regression; function approximation; Bayesian analysis; Gaussian processes; system identification; Volterra series; polynomial models; NARX/NARMAX modelling; parsimony; sparsity control; covariate selection; model selection; structure detection; iterative majorization; majorize/minimize algorithms; minorize/maximize algorithms; kernel density estimation; missing/incomplete data problems; EM methods; extended Kalman filtering; unscented Kalman filtering; nonstationary random processes. |
Dr Bryn Jones
b.l.jones@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research lies at the intersection of fluid mechanics and control systems theory. I am particularly interested in the control and/or estimation of fluid flows and systems operating within fluid flows. Fluid flows and the systems that they interact with are all pervasive, and so the ability to control or estimate them has profound economic and environmental benefits. Examples of past and present projects include:
I am interested to talk to prospective students with interest and experience of fluid mechanics and control systems theory, such as those with a general engineering or aerospace background. |
Professor Visakan Kadirkamanathan
visakan@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: My research interests belong to the broad category of signal and information processing. My research activities are partly in the Intelligent Systems, Decision and Control related research carried out within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre and partly in the Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems. They include both theoretical and applications research, and also external collaborations with other Sheffield Departments and Industries. The main research themes are:
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Dr Georgios Konstantopoulos
g.konstantopoulos@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research interests lie in the intersection of the ‘control systems’ and ‘power systems’ research areas, in particular:
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Professor Zi-Qiang Lang
z.lang@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor Mahdi Mahfouf
m.mahfouf@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor Lyudmila Mihaylova
L.S.Mihaylova@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: Broad research in the areas of signal processing, Bayesian methods, Monte Carlo methods, nonlinear estimation, target tracking, sensor data fusion, control, autonomous and complex systems (e.g. image and video processing, transportation systems, large scale systems) – both at theoretical and applied level. |
Professor Ivan Minev
i.minev@sheffield.ac.uk Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Dr Shuhei Miyashita
Shuhei.Miyashita@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Dr John Oyekan
Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research interests lie in the development of novel algorithms and intelligent robots using bio-inspiration and techniques in Artificial Intelligence with applications in various sectors including Manufacturing, Aerospace and Automotive. The aspiration of my research is to create agents and systems that are as robust, intelligent and energy efficient as biological systems. Theoretical themes of my research include:
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Mr Anil Ozdemir
a.ozdemir@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Computer Science Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering School of Mathematics and Statistics |
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Dr Erdem Ozturk
e.ozturk@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor George Panoutsos
g.panoutsos@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research interests lie in the broad areas of Intelligent Systems, Model-Based Decision Support and Optimisation, as well as Human-Centric Systems. Key goal in my research is to create computational paradigms that exhibit human-centric features, such as natural-language feedback, enhanced human-machine interaction and advanced cognitive behaviour. Key theoretical themes include:
Applied research themes include: Complex Manufacturing Systems (Aerospace, Automotive, Rail)
Bioengineering Systems (Clinical and healthcare applications)
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Dr Simon Pope
s.a.pope@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Dr Giuliano Punzo
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
I am an aerospace engineer by training but, since I left the industry, I cultivated my interest in the broad area of control theory and complex systems. My current research aims at understanding complex dynamics at the interface between social and technical systems. These include the use of public services such as transportation or water systems, how these impact the demographic and the resilience of both the infrastructure and the community they serve. My research interests include network theory, control theory, consensus, complexity, swarm engineering and autonomous robotic systems. |
Professor Robin Purshouse
r.purshouse@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: Robin's research aims to help improve how we identify and choose between possible solutions to a problem, with a particular focus on the process of policy appraisal. There are a number of factors that make policy appraisal a challenging research area:
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Dr Anthony Rossiter
j.a.rossiter@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: His technical research has predominantly been based around the area of predictive control and more specifically with a focus on modifying the basic algorithm to optimise computational efficiency and/or simplicity with minimal sacrifice to the expected performance. Currently he is looking at how the algorithm, more normally used at a high level and requiring substantial computing power and set up costs, might be effectively deployed on microprocessors and other low level implementation technologies with minimal set up costs. |
Dr Mahdieh Sadat Sad Abadi
m.sadabadi@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Dr. Sadabadi's research interests lie in control theory with applications to power systems, microgrids, and power electronic converters. More specifically,
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Dr Anton Selivanov
a.selivanov@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
My research interests lie in the area of mathematical control theory. I study infinite-dimensional systems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) and delay differential equations. My goal is to develop mathematical tools for designing controllers that guarantee the desired system behaviour in the presence of input/output delays, external disturbances, measurement noise, parameter uncertainties, and other phenomena occurring in practice. Research interests
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Dr Payam Soulatiantork
p.soulatiantork@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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Professor Ashutosh Tiwari
a.tiwari@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Professor Ashutosh Tiwari is Airbus/RAEng Research Chair in Digitisation for Manufacturing at the University of Sheffield. The vision of his research is to develop a digitised factory that requires no setups for manufacturing part variants (zero-setup) and no measurements on parts for ensuring quality (zero-measurement). Over the last eighteen years, he has developed three novel internationally recognised research themes to achieve this vision: (i) Digitisation of skill-intensive manufacturing processes, such as wing manufacture and engine assembly. His research is one of the first to focus on simultaneous digitisation of human actions and their impact on workpieces. (ii) Multi-level optimisation of manufacturing processes. He has developed new techniques for optimising the parameters of a manufacturing process at various levels (machine, multi-machine sequence, assembly and manufacturing system). (iii) Real-time simulation of manufacturing processes. His research has introduced the use of live shopfloor data to update factory simulation models in real-time. |
Dr Paul Trodden
p.trodden@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Optimization and control |
Professor Sandor Veres
s.veres@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
Research interests: Optimal decision making in autonomous systems, mobile robotics, agent supervised feedback control systems, architectures and programming of reasoning based intelligent agents, formation flying control of robotic vehicles, formal modelling and verification of systems by model checking, fault tolerant control systems, automated processes of data based modelling, robust adaptive control, controller tuning and system identification, satellite dynamics and control, active control of sound and vibration control. |
Dr Hualiang Wei
w.hualiang@sheffield.ac.uk Personal Webpage Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering |
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