Computing Science and Mathematics Research

Data science and Intelligent Systems (DAIS)

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Expertise and Applications

Our group's expertise can be summarised by these keywords:

  • machine learning / neural networks / deep learning
  • computer vision
  • optimisation
  • evolutionary algorithms / metaheuristics
  • signal processing
  • explainable and trustworthy AI
  • statistical analysis
  • dimensionality reduction

Our work is a mixture of theoretical development and applied research; applications include:

  • healthcare
  • sensory systems & interpreting sound
  • assistive technology
  • engineering
  • transportation

Some of our group members are also part of the cross-institutional Computational Vision and Image Processing (SVIP) group. You can learn more about this here.

Members

Dr Jason Adair
Lecturer

  • optimisation
  • metaheuristics
  • machine learning
  • explainability

Dr Ahsan Adeel
Reader

  • Biologically plausible neural net
  • Neural information processing
  • Dendritic computation
  • Multisensory integration
  • Neuromorphic nanotechnology

Dr Vahid Akbari
Lecturer

  • Earth observation
  • Radar remote sensing
  • statistical modeling
  • machine learning

Dr Leonardo Bezerra
Lecturer

  • Heuristic
  • optimization
  • Machine and deep learning
  • Automated algorithm engineering
  • Data science
  • AI accountability

Dr Sandy Brownlee
Senior Lecturer, Group Leader

  • optimisation
  • metaheuristics
  • explainability

Dr Burcu Can Buglalilar
Lecturer

  • natural language processing
  • computational linguistics
  • deep learning
  • machine learning

Giancarlo Catalano
MPhil Student

  • Optimisation
  • Metaheuristics
  • Explainability

Ipshita Roy Chowdhury
Phd Student

  • Deep Learning
  • Malware
  • Ontology
  • Signal Processing

Dr Yuanlin Gu
Lecturer

  • NARMAX method
  • Interpretable machine learning
  • Model uncertainty
  • Multidisciplinary applications of the above

Dr Simona Hapca
Lecturer

  • statistical methodology
  • health and social care

Dr Keiller Nogueira
Lecturer

  • deep learning
  • image processing
  • remote sensing

Prof Gabriela Ochoa
Professor

  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Fitness Landscape Analysis
  • Metaheuristics
  • Hyper-heuristics
  • Neuroevolution

Dr Stefano Sarti
Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant

  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Neural Networks
  • Neuroevolution

Prof Leslie Smith
Emeritus Professor

  • Artificial general intelligence
  • sensory systems
  • interpreting sound
  • neural networks

Dr Paulius Stankaitis
Lecturer

  • Safe AI
  • Formal Methods
  • Cyber-Physical Systems

Prof Kevin Swingler
Professor, Head of CSM

  • Computer vision
  • AI
  • machine learning
  • assistive technology

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Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
Scotland UK

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