Intelligent Systems and Control Research Group

Staff

Members:
Dr T J Dodd, Professor P J Fleming, Dr R Gross, Professor V Kadirkamanathan, Professor D A Linkens, Professor R F Harrison, Professor M Mahfouf, Professor D H Owens, Dr G Panoutsos, Dr S A Pope, Dr R C Purshouse, Dr J A Rossiter.

Research areas

This research group explores the use of intelligent methods for innovations in modelling, control, design and decision-making in systems. Projects include:

• Intelligent systems, modelling and control systems design
• Robotics
• Evolutionary computing
• Optimisation and decision support systems
• Intelligent fault handling, including the E-Science Pilot Project DAME
• Neural and fuzzy systems
• Learning control

Research Income

Intelligent Systems and Control maintained steady income (~£875k p.a.) with strong and consistent OST/OSI Research Councils (~50%), industrial (~30%) and EU (~10%) capture.

Established in 1993, RR-UTC continues to recieve industrial core funding (£250-300k p.a.) and attracts EU (e.g. the ACSE led ~€1.9M Flexicon), EPSRC (e.g. the £3.1M DAME project) and DTI funds.

IMMPETUS, formed in 1997, received EPSRC phase II funding of £3.9M (£1.3M for ACSE) leading to additional EU and industrial revenue.

Gearing into IMMPETUS arises from IMP-C (ERDF, Yorkshire Forward and industry: total £2.65M) of which ACSE is a founding partner.