Selected recent externally funded research projects
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Principal Investigator (PI), ELSA: European Lighthouse for Safe and secure AI, 2022-2025, EC, 10M Euro (400K for Lancaster)
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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PI, Transparent Deep Learning Classifier of Driving Scenarios able to Identify and Learn from Unseen Situations, 2018-2021, $150K funded by Ford Motor Co, a work with their R&D base at Palo Alto
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co-I, Target-Aware High-Quality Video Generation via 3D CNN based Self-Supervised Adversary Learning, £53k, project led by Dr Richard Jiang funded by Huawei
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PI Collaborative Technology Hardened for Hazardous Environments, 2018-2019, total £1.3M (£400K for Lancaster University); funded by the Industry Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) through InnovateUK
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PI, New Machine Learning Methods, 2015-2017, funded (£12K) by The Royal Society, a collaboration with Prof. Jose C. Principe, University of Florida
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PI, Early Detection of Insider Threats by Autonomous Analysis of User Behaviour Evolution, 2015-2018, funded (£110K) by GCHQ
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PI, 'Autonomous Object Detection and Tracking in Real-Time' , 2012-2016, £90K co-funded by EPSRC and Thales, UK
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PI, GAMMA: Growing Autonomous Mission MAnagement systems Programme, 2012-2014, total £9.1M (£4.2M RGF funding; £247K); funded by the Regional Growth Fund, BIS
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PI, AURORA: AUtonomous Real-time On-boaRd video data Analytics, 2013-2014, £80K, funded by Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE), Ministry of Defence (MoD), UK
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PI for Lancaster University of ASTRAEA, (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment), a national £32M programme that includes several leading Universities and multinational companies; T4 Adaptive Routing, Sept. 2006-Dec. 2008; for Lancaster University £75,000; funded by DBERR
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PI for Lancaster University of ASTRAEA; T5 Sense and Avoid, Sept. 2006-Dec. 2008; for Lancaster University £150,000;funded by DBERR
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PI, Collision Avoidance Algorithm Development, March 2006-February 2007, £66,000;funded by BAE Systems
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PI, SARIVA: 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
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Consultancy, 'UAS Passive Sense, Detect and Avoid Algorithm Development', 2009-2010, £24,000; funded by BAE Systems
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PI, Application of Fuzzy Rule-based Models in Building HVAC Systems Simulation, EPSRC funded (GR/M97299), £49,990, 2000-2001
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Full list of (the over 30) externally funded projects (as well as over a dozen of other funded projects) can be found here