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Funded Research Projects
 
Current:
  • Principal Investigator (PI), ELSA: European Lighthouse for Safe and secure AI, 2022-2025, EC, 10M Euro (400K for Lancaster)

  • Principal Investigator (PI), Towards explainable AI for Earth Observation (AI4EO): a new frontier to gain trust into the AI, 2021-2024, 180K Euro, ESA (European Space Agency)

  • co-I, £3M EPSRC funded project (EP/V026763/1, 2021-2025) Trustworthy Autonomous Systems - Security Node. This project is a collaboration with Cranfield University (£1.88M for Lancaster), partnering with BAE Systems, Airbus, Raytheon, Thales, UK Coast Guard, NATO, EC, Carnegie Melon University

  • co-I, H-Unique: In search for uniqueness, 2.5M Euro, ERC-funded project, 2019-2023

  • co-I, "TAILOR - Foundations of Trustworthy AI - Integrating Learning, Optimization and Reasoning" one of 4 approved AI networks of the H2020 program ICT-48 Towards a vibrant European network of AI (12M Euro; 160K for LIRA), GA No 952215

  • associate partner, "European Learning and Intelligent Systems Excellence" another of the 4 approved AI networks of the H2020 program ICT-48 Towards a vibrant European network of AI (12M Euro total)

Recent:

Previous:

Internal and Small projects:
  • Founding member, Centre of Excellence on CyberSecurity, EPSRC and GCHQ, £50K seed money, 2012-2022​

  • Distinguished Visitor Program (DVP) grant, £4,200, April-June 2019

  • IAA (Impact Acceleration Award): PTI: Platform Train Interface, EPSRC and Lancaster University funded, £9K, 2018

  • PISARIVA: Smartphone App for Real-time Intelligent VideoAnalytics; funded by Security Lancaster, £2K, Dec. 2013-June 2014, see also the smartphone app WhatMovesApp at Google Play

  • PI, Development of methods, algorithms and software for autonomous novelty detection by moving camera; funded by Security Lancaster, £1.2K, June-July 2012

  • PI, EvoMap: On-Chip Implementation of Intelligent Information Modelling using EVOlving MAPping, funded by Lancaster University, 2004-05, £8,500  

  • PI, Study of map-building and target recognition with autonomous mobile robot Pioneer-DX3, funded by Nuffield Foundation, 2005, £1,260

Consultancy and other research projects:
  • EST software, $14,000; funded by Ford

  • Consultancy, 'UAS Passive Sense, Detect and Avoid Algorithm Development', 2009-2010, £24,000; funded by BAE Systems - this project is a part of ASTRAEA, (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment)- phase 2, a national multimillion programme that includes several multinational companies and leading Universities

Past Projects:
  • PI, Application of Fuzzy Rule-based Models in Building HVAC Systems Simulation, EPSRC funded (GR/M97299), £49,990, 2000-2001

  • Co-I, Building System Design Synthesis and Optimization, ASHRAE funded (RP-1049), $181,000, 1999-2002

  • EUNITE (EUropean Network of excellence in Intelligent TEchnologies for smart adaptive systems), sponsored by the European Commission (IST 2000-29207), 2001-2004; Value €1,215,000. Role: Member of the Research and Theory Development Committee,Key Node, supervision of 2 postgraduate students.

  • Principal Investigator in Industry-funded (NEC) project "Electrical Load Forecasting by Neural Networks", 600 000 BGL 1994-1996

  • Visiting Researcher in the DAAD  funded project at Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany, 8 000 DEM, 1996
    Application of GA for optimisation of processes described by fuzzy models.  

  • Research Fellow in the NFSI funded project "Modelling and Optimisation of Food Industry Processes", CC-338/93, 1993-1996 

  • Research Fellow in the NFSI funded project "New Methods for Control of Processes of Microbial Synthesis", TH-189/90, 1990-1993

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