Intelligent Sensing and Communications

Our pioneering research is in underwater acoustic communication and positioning technology. It is commercialised via 4 industrial partners (Blueprint Subsea, Tritech, Succorfish and WSENSE). An example of this is the Seatrac range of products. Manufactured under licence by Blueprint Subsea, they are being used worldwide for communication/navigation of underwater vehicles and divers.

Innovations have enabled vast reduction in cost, energy consumption, sound emission and size. This while maximising data rate and range. This is helping to realise the “Internet of Underwater Things”. These are large scale, bio-friendly subsea networks. They deployed for marine environment and security monitoring. This work is also contributing to emerging standards for underwater acoustic communication.

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Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have led to new systems that can transform healthcare.

Our research is helping to: 

• multimodal data and trustworthy AI for healthcare applications  
• help clinicians to perform the early diagnosis and thereby administer effective treatment  
• understand health risks
• predict disease progress
• provide health interventions for improved patient outcome

Our research and expertise of signal and image processing are proving invaluable. It has had a huge impact in supporting healthcare professions.

Our ongoing research collaborations are with the Adult ADHD Service at the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, and the Ophthalmology Department at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We conduct pioneering research in full-duplex based communications. This leads to doubling the throughput in bandlimited propagation media, such as the underwater acoustic channel. The ongoing research is supported by EPSRC, ATLAS Elektronik UK, Teledyne, DSTL and NATO.

Find out more about this project here.

Cambridge University, Imperial College, Leeds University, Sheffield University, Manchester University, University of Bath, Warwick, Lancaster University, Queen's University of Belfast, University of California, USA, Sidney University, Australia, Southwest Jiaotong University China, Queen Mary University of London, Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Molecular Medicine USA, Regional Hospitals, Technical University of Cartagena

Cambridge Broadband Ltd, BAE, Tritech International, HW Communications, Rinicom Ltd, Shlumberger, BT Medical, Foster Findlay, QinetiQ, e-Therapeutics, Torridon, Nortel, Rolls Royce, Alstom Power, Cross-Government Departments, British Energy, The Welding Institute (TWI), Bioinnovel, Photon fire, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), RWE nPower.