Karen Rafferty

Personal profile

Research Statement

Research

The focus of my research is the application of tools and technologies to lead new disruptive practices and systems for many application areas. The main application areas I work with are Health & Training and Industry & Automation. I am particularly interested in how virtual and augmented reality technologies can be used in these areas and how they can change the future practices within such areas. I have over fifteen years’ experience working within the fields of software engineering, sensor fusion and real time software development and I have over ten years’ experience working within the areas of virtual and augmented reality and multi sensorial systems.

Teaching

My main teaching interests within the School are in the subject areas of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Virtual & Augmented Reality.

Achievements

During my research career I have been PI and CI on several national and European funded grants. I am actively engaged with external professional bodies and I am currently a professional registration interviewer for the IET. I have been and continues to act as an expert evaluator, recorder and Vice Chair for various calls in H2020, FP7 and FP6.

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Projects 2005 2019

9 Active

R1059AEL: Creative Industries CLuster Programme AHRC 61760R

Alcorn, M., Deazley, R., Hanna, P., Keeney, D., Mac Sithigh, D., Patterson, G., Rafferty, K. & Schroeder, F.

18/04/2019 → …

Project: Research

R1936PSY: Inclusion Really Does Matter: Improving Reactions to Gender Equality Initiatives Amongst Academics in Engineering and Physical Sciences

Latu, I., Arredondo-Arechavala, M., McCartan, C., McCormack, T., Nanukuttan, S., Rafferty, K., Ranade, V., Scott-Hayward, S. & Turner, R.

03/08/2018 → …

Project: Research

R5070ELE: Application and Assessment of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence for Complex Vehicle Borne Systems

Rafferty, K., Butterfield, J., Craig, C. & Ferguson, R.

24/07/2018 → …

Project: Research

R1847AEL: Immersion and Inclusive Music Performance

Schroeder, F. & Rafferty, K.

16/01/2018 → …

Project: Research

S2406CIV: KTP/ John Graham Construction Lts

McPolin, D. & Rafferty, K.

25/01/2017 → …

Project: ktp

Research Output 2003 2019

A Proof of Concept Integrated Multi-Systems Approach for Large Scale Tactile Feedback in VR

Brice, D. & Rafferty, K., 24 Jun 2019, (Accepted).

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

Virtual reality

Feedback

Ultrasonics

Augmented reality

Transducers

Critical assessment of recent trends related to screening and confirmatory analytical methods for selected food contaminants and allergens

Tsagkaris, A. S., Nelis, J. L. D., Ross, G. M. S., Jafari, S., Guercetti, J., Kopper, K., Zhao, Y., Rafferty, K., Salvador, J. P., Migliorelli, D., Salentijn, G. IJ., Campbell, K., Marco, M. P., Elliot, C. T., Nielen, M. W. F., Pulkrabova, J. & Hajslova, J., 17 Oct 2019, In : TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 115688.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Allergens

Screening

Impurities

Food safety

Chemical compounds

1 Citation (Scopus)

FPGA-based Processor Acceleration for Image Processing Applications

Siddiqui, F., Amiri, S., Minhas, U. I., Deng, T., Woods, R., Rafferty, K. & Crookes, D., 13 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Imaging. 5, 1, 22 p., 16.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)

Image processing

Traffic signs

Program processors

Graphics processing unit

Pixel-wise Illumination Correction Algorithms for Relative Color Constancy under the Spectral Domain

Zhao, Y., Elliott, C., Zhou, H. & Rafferty, K., 14 Feb 2019, 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 638-643 6 p. 8642759

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lighting

Pixels

Color

Colorimetric analysis

Cameras

Programmable Architectures for Histogram of Oriented Gradients Processing

Kelly, C., Woods, R., Amiri, M., Siddiqui, F. M. & Rafferty, K., 2019, Handbook of Signal Processing Systems. Springer, p. 649 - 682 33 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Processing

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)

Computer hardware description languages

Image processing

Bandwidth