Newcastle University

Background

Dr Graeme Chester graduated from Newcastle University with a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 1979, then a PhD in 1983. He is a member of the Signals, Systems and Communications research group.

His main research interests are in CAD for microelectronics systems and biomedical electronics.

He is also active in the DTI/commercially funded Regional Centre for Innovation in Design (RCID), providing technology transfer to small companies in the region.

Roles and Responsibilities

Stage 2 Laboratory Head.

Degree Programme Director, Undergraduate EE/EC/EEE Programmes

Qualifications

B.Sc. Ph.D.
C.Eng.

Previous Positions

Director of Teaching and Learning.

Memberships

M.I.E.T.

Languages

English (native speaker)

French (basic)

German (basic)

Research Interests

Biomedical Electronics and Signal Processing

Wireless telemetry of biomedical signals, endoscope location sensing.

Projects

• Behavioural Synthesis of Systems with Heterogeneous Timing (BESST)
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Alex Yakovlev
• Computational Heterogeneously Timed Networks (COHERENT)
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Alex Yakovlev
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP No. 2713) - Applications of wireless technology in electrical safety testing.
  Project Leader(s): Dr Graeme Chester, Prof. Bayan Sharif
• Transcutaneous Signal Transmission without Breaching the Skin's Natural Barrier to Infection
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Stuart Baker (School of CMS)

Undergraduate Teaching

EEE1003 Circuit Theory

EEE2006 Electronics II

Postgraduate Teaching

EEE8076 Reconfigurable Hardware Design

• Mahyuddin NM, Russell G, Chester EG. Design and analysis of a low-swing driver scheme for long interconnects. Microelectronics Journal 2011, 42(9), 1039-1048.
• Emery R, Yakovlev A, Chester G. Connection-Centric Network for Spiking Neural Networks. In: 3rd ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip.2009,La Jolla, CA, USA:IEEE
• Michailidis E, Tsimenidis C, Chester G. Mutual coupling reduction in a linear two element patch array and its effect on theoretical MIMO capacity. In: Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2008. 2008, Loughborough: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society.
• Chen L, Carrasco RA, Johnston M, Chester EG. Efficient factorisation algorithm for list decoding algebraic-geometric and reed-solomon codes. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2007, Glasgow, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Chen L, Carrasco RA, Chester EG. Performance of Reed-Solomon codes using the Guruswami-Sudan algorithm with improved interpolation efficiency. IET Communications 2007, 1(2), 241-250.
• Liu R, Chester EG, Sharif BS. Time domain upsampling linear MMSE receiver for asynchronous MC-CDMA systems over frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels. In: IEE Proceedings: Communications. 2005, IEEE.
• Xia F, Hao F, Clark I, Yakovlev A, Chester EG. Buffered asynchronous communication mechanisms. In: Fourth International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD). 2004, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: IEEE.
• Mao S, Sali S, Chester EG. Call admission with joint power control and beamforming for increased system capacity in mobile cellular systems. In: London Communications Symposium. 2004, London, UK.
• Liu R, Chester EG, Sharif BS. Performance of asynchronous multicarrier CDMA multiuser receiver over frequency selective multipath fading channels. Electronics Letters 2004,40 1 48-49.
• Liu R, Chester EG, Sharif BS, Yi SJ. A comparison of adaptive equalization methods for multiuser detection in OFDM-SS systems. In: Ninth International Conference on HF Radio Systems and Techniques. 2003, Bath, UK: IEEE.
• Phelps GJ, Chester EG, Johnson CM, Wright NG. Field enhanced diffusion of nitrogen and boron in 4H-silicon carbide. Journal of Applied Physics 2003,94 7 4285-4290.
• Liu R, Chester EG, Sharif BS, Yi SJ. Performance of asynchronous multicarrier CDMA multiuser receiver over frequency selective fading channels. In: 14th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications. 2003, Bejing, China: IEEE.
• Atkinson SCR, Sali S, Chester EG. Substrate coupled noise. In: IEE Seminar on System-on-Chip Design Challenges. 2003, London, UK: IEEE.
• Kinniment DJ, Chester EG. Design of an on-chip random number generator using metastability. In: 28th European Solid-State Circuit Conference (ESSCIRC). 2002, Firenze, Italy.
• Badcock SG, O'Neill AG, Chester EG. Device and Circuit Performance of SiGe/Si MOSFETs. Solid-State Electronics 2002, 46(11), 1925-1932.
• Badcock SG, O'Neill AG, Chester EG. Device and circuit performance of SiGe/Si MOSFETs. Solid-State Electronics 2002, 46(11), 1925-1932.
• Phelps GJ, Wright NG, Chester EG, Johnson CM, O'Neill AG, Ortolland S, Horsfall AB, Vassilevski K, Gwilliam RM. Enhanced dopant diffusion effects in 4H silicon carbide. In: International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials. 2002, Tsukuba, Japan: Trans Tech Publications Ltd.
• Phelps GJ, Wright NG, Chester EG, Johnson CM, O'Neill AG, Ortolland S, Horsfall A, Vassilevski K, Gwilliam RM, Coleman PG, Burrows CP. Enhanced nitrogen diffusion in 4H-SiC. Applied Physics Letters 2002, 80(2), 228-230.
• Al-Hossain S, Sharif BS, Chester G. Improved corner reflector antenna performance by using cylindrical reflectors. In: Fourth International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics. 2002, Bournemouth, UK: IEEE.
• Phelps GJ, Wright NG, Chester EG, Johnson CM, O'Neill AG. Step bunching fabrication constraints in silicon carbide. Semiconductor Science and Technology 2002, 17(5), L17-L21.
• Phelps GJ, Wright NG, Chester EG, ONeill AG, Johnson CM, Silicon Carbide, Prep2000. Iso-planar Structures and Circuits. In: Prep 2000. 2000, Newcastle UK: IOP Publishing UK.
• Mahmoodi S, Sharif BS, Chester EG, Owen JP, Lee R. Skeletal growth estimation using radiographie image processing and analysis. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine 2000, 4(4), 292-297.
• S. Mahmoodi,B.S. Sharif,E.G. Chester,J.P. Owen,R.E.J. Lee. Bayesian estimation of growth age using shape and texture descriptors. IEE Conference Publication Proceedings of the 1999 7th International Conference on Image Processing and its Applications, Jul 13-Jul 15 1999 1999, 2(465), 489-493.
• Mahmoodi S, Sharif BS, Chester EG, Owen JP, Lee REJ. Bayesian estimation of growth age using shape and texture descriptors. In: Proceedings of the 1999 7th International Conference on Image Processing and its Applications. 1999, Manchester, UK: IEE.
• I.D. Bates,E.G. Chester,D.J. Kinniment. Statechart based HW/SW codesign system. Hardware/Software Codesign - Proceedings of the International Workshop Proceedings of the 1999 7th International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES'99), May 3-May 5 1999 1999, 162-166.
• I.D. Bates,E.G. Chester,D.J. Kinniment. Case study in the automatic programming of a PLC based control system using statemate statecharts. In: Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Control. Part 1 (of 2), Sep 1-4 1998. 1998, Swansea, UK: IEE, Stevenage, Engl.
• S. Mahmoodi,B.S. Sharif,E.G. Chester,J.P. Owen,R.E.J. Lee. Automated vision system for skeletal age assessment using knowledge based techniques. In: Proceedings of the 1997 6th International Conference on Image Processing and its Applications. Part 2 (of 2), Jul 14-17 1997. 1997, Dublin, Irel: IEE, Stevenage, Engl.
• S. Mahmoodi,B.S. Sharif,E.G. Chester. Contour detection using multi-scale active shape models. In: Proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Image Processing. Part 2 (of 3), Oct 26-29 1997. 1997, Santa Barbara, CA, USA: IEEE Comp Soc, Los Alamitos, CA, USA.
• K.H. Kim,B.S. Sharif,E.G. Chester. Unsupervised texture analysis using a robust stochastic image model. In: Proceedings of the 1997 6th International Conference on Image Processing and its Applications. Part 2 (of 2), Jul 14-17 1997. 1997, Dublin, Irel: IEE, Stevenage, Engl.
• Chester EG, Sharif BS, Owen JP. * Charge-coupled device camera optical density range enhancement and the effect on radiographic image segmentation. British Journal of Radiology, 69, Iss 817, 59-63 1996.
• E. G. Chester,B. S. Sharif,J. P. Owen. Short communication: charge-coupled device camera optical density range enhancement and the effect on radiographic image segmentation. British Journal of Radiology. 1996, 69(817), 59-63.
• E.G. Chester,B.S. Sharif,S.S. Furniss,R.W.F. Campbell. Classification of fragmented cardiac myopotentials for a fragmentation mapping system. In: IEE Electronics Division Colloquium on Signal Procesing in Cardiography, Mar 1 1995. 1995, London, UK: IEE, Stevenage, Engl.
• E.G. Chester,D.J. Kinniment. Techniques for ASIC implementation of vector control. IEE Proceedings: Computers and Digital Techniques 1995, 142(5), 318-324.
• B.S. Sharif,S.A. Zaroug,E.G. Chester,J.P. Owen,E.J. Lee. Bone edge detection in hand radiographic images. In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Part 1 (of 2), Nov 3-6 1994. 1994, Baltimore, MD, USA: IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
• D.T. Thomson,B.S. Sharif,E.G. Chester,R.W.F. Campbell,S.S. Furniss. Fuzzy logic classification of fragmented cardiac myopotentials. In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Part 2 (of 2), Nov 3-6 1994. 1994, Baltimore, MD, USA: IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
• E.G. Chester,D.J. Kinniment. Digital phase locked loop for power conversion ASICs. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Design Automation with the European Event in ASIC Design, Feb 22-25 1993. 1993, Paris, Fr: Publ by IEEE, Los Alamitos, CA, USA.
• B.S. Sharif,D.T. Thomson,E.G. Chester,R.W.F. Campbell,S.S. Furniss. Ventricular arrhythmia localisation by computer processing of fragmented cardiac myopotentials. In: Proceedings of the 1993 Conference on Computers in Cardiology, Sep 5-8 1993. 1993, London, UK: Publ by IEEE, Los Alamitos, CA, USA.
• E.G. Chester. Experiences of teaching semicustom design and testing. Microprocessors and Microsystems 1990, 14(4), 245-250.
• E.G. Chester. Functional modelling using HELIX. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education 1989, 26(1-2), 146-155.
• I. L. Sayers,D. J. Kinniment,E. G. Chester. DESIGN OF A RELIABLE AND SELF-TESTING VLSI DATAPATH USING RESIDUE CODING TECHNIQUES.. IEE Proceedings, Part E: Computers and Digital Techniques 1986, 133(3), 169-179.
• I. L. Sayers,D. J. Kinniment,E. G. Chester. DESIGN OF A RELIABLE AND SELF-TESTING VLSI DATAPATH USING RESIDUE CODING TECHNIQUES.. IEE Proceedings, Part I: Solid-State and Electron Devices 1986, 133(3), 129-139.