Advisory Board of the AICC
15 Jul 2025
Mark Ng has joined the Technical and Skills Advisory Board of the Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC), which is a £16.3 million initiative le...
Recent Updates
Research on Optimisation Framework for AOI in Semiconductor Manufacturing Accepted for Presentation at the IEEE INDIN 2025
19 Jun 2025
Our paper on “Design and Development of a Robust Tolerance Optimisation Framework for Automated Optical Inspection in Semiconductor Manufacturing” has been a...
Martin and Tomáš Join the Team!
03 Jun 2025
The team welcomes Martin and Tomáš, who had just started their internships under the Erasmus+ Summer Traineeship Programme. Funded by EU Erasmus+, Martin and...
Latest Publication in Water Research
23 May 2025
A new paper by the SAFEWATER team entitled “Automated household-based water disinfection system for rural communities: Field trials and community appropriati...
Preprint on Robust Tolerance Optimisation Framework for AOI in Semiconductor Manufacturing
07 May 2025
Shruthi’s work on developing a robust tolerance optimisation framework for Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) in semiconductor manufacturing is now out as a ...
Latest Publication in Artificial Intelligence for Smart Manufacturing and Industry X.0 (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing (SSAM))
06 Mar 2025
Our book chapter on “Artificial Intelligence in Smart Manufacturing: Emerging Opportunities and Prospects” is now published in the Artificial Intelligence fo...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Fully Funded PhD Positions Available!
16 Dec 2024
We’re excited to announce several fully funded PhD opportunities. Details are as follows:
Latest Publication in Biosensors
13 Dec 2024
Our research on “Enhancing Sensitivity of Point-of-Care Thyroid Diagnosis via Computational Analysis of Lateral Flow Assay Images Using Novel Textural Featur...
Vice-Chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Control Systems Chapter
26 Nov 2024
Mark Ng has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Control Systems Chapter for the term from 1st January 2025 till 31st December 2026.
Research Seminar at ISRC
26 Sep 2024
Mark Ng was invited to present a research seminar on “Digital Twinning of Mechatronic Systems for Control and Fault Diagnosis” at the Intelligent Systems Res...
RiR Induction
12 Sep 2024
As a recipient of the prestigious UKRI and EPSRC-funded Innovation Launchpad Network+ (ILN+) Researcher in Residence (RiR) scheme, Mark Ng presented the outl...
IEEE CCTA 2024 List of Workshops is Out
27 Jun 2024
The list of proposed workshops for the CCTA is now out. The workshops will cover a range of control applications — automotive, robotics & automation, dig...
Scot’s Successful Submission of PhD Thesis
17 Jun 2024
The team celebrate today with Scot submitting his final PhD thesis!
Research on Process Forces Prediction of Gripped Objects Using DL Accepted for Presentation at the IEEE CCTA 2024
25 May 2024
Our paper on “Predicting Maximum Permitted Process Forces for Object Grasping and Manipulation Using a Deep Learning Regression Model” has been accepted for ...
[Non-Research Related] Aurora Display!!
10 May 2024
As with many other countries all around the world, we here in Northern Ireland too enjoyed a good show of the aurora due to significantly higher than usual s...