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Research Interests
Roger is a member of the AI Research Theme. His research interests includes:
- Novel computing systems including multi-precision computing, edge computing solutions, Field Programmable Gate Arrays
- Big Data analytics particulalrly focused at manufacturing.
- Innovative telecommunications hardware platforms incorporating edge AI technology for advanced secuirty and IoT applications.
Teaching
Teaching areas include:
- Digitals systems design including module ELE3038 and relevant final year/MSc projects.
- ELE3044 Engineering Entrepreneurship module which puts students through their paces in establishing a company to commercialise an engineering product.
Achievements
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Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Analytics Engines Ltd., a company providing data analytics solutions which reduces complexity, optimises performance and builds intelligence
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Leadership role in establishing and running the EFutures academic network engaged in all aspects of electroncis research in technology/design
- Principal Investigator for the Kelvin-2 Tier-4 High Performance Computing centre involving Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University
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Member of the EPSRC's Strategic Advisory Team on ICT
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Designer of a number of innovative microchips with industry for data processing, commercial standards conversion technology.
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Advisory board member to the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Committee on the Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
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Expert on STEM to the Northern Ireland Assembly
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Chair of the Engineering Policy Group Northern Ireland
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General chair of the 2018 International International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing and the 2014 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R1829QLL: Queen's University Belfast Core Equipment Call 2022
Kavanagh, P., Johnson, C. & Woods, R.
10/01/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R2776LAW: Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS)
Morison, J., Bourne, M., Degenhardt, T., MacCarthaigh, M., McCall, C., O'Kelly, C., Padmanabhan, D., Paternostro, M., Schwamb, M., Scott-Hayward, S., Smartt, S., Vandierendonck, H. & Woods, R.
17/03/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R6468ECS: Approximate Computing for Power and Energy Optimisation
Karakonstantis, G., O'Neill, M. & Woods, R.
25/11/2020 → …
Project: Research
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R1129ECI: Kelvin-2 - The High Performance Computing Centre in Northern Ireland (HPC-NI)
Woods, R., Chevallier, O., Gillan, C., Hu, P., Rafferty, K., Salto-Tellez, M., Tikhonova, I. & Vandierendonck, H.
04/12/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1057ECI: eFutures2 : exploiting the UK's rich heritage in electronics
15/04/2019 → …
Project: Research
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ENAP: An efficient number-aware pruning framework for design space exploration of approximate configurations
Duo, Y., Wang, C., Woods, R. & Liu, W., May 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 70, 5, p. 2062 - 2073 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards receiver-agnostic and collaborative radio frequency fingerprint identification
Shen, G., Zhang, J., Marshall, A., Woods, R., Cavallaro, J. R. & Chen, L., 20 Nov 2023, (Accepted) In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A direct method to detect and localise damage using longitudinal data of ends-of-span rotations under live traffic loading
Ferguson, A. J., Hester, D. & Woods, R., 01 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. 12, p. 141-162Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A soft coprocessor approach for developing image and video processing applications on FPGAs
Deng, T., Crookes, D., Woods, R. & Siddiqui, F., 11 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Imaging. 8, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correction to: A direct method to detect and localise damage using longitudinal data of ends-of-span rotations under live traffic loading
Ferguson, A. J., Hester, D. & Woods, R., 01 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. 12, p. 481Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Prizes
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£25k HiTech/ Entrepreneurship Award
Woods, Roger (Recipient), Sep 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Enterprise Educator of the Year
Woods, Roger (Recipient), May 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Enterprise Ireland Academic Award
Woods, Roger (Recipient), 08 Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Woods, Roger (Recipient), 21 Sep 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Northern Ireland Engineering Excellence Award
Woods, Roger (Recipient), Feb 2023
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
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Co-Design Workshop on Training the Next Generation of Postgraduate Researchers in Discovery AI for Health
Hui Wang (Organiser), Iain Styles (Speaker), Roger Woods (Speaker), Mauro Paternostro (Speaker), Paul Mullan (Speaker), Frank Kee (Speaker), Gary Hardiman (Speaker), Lorraine Martin (Participant), Ultan Power (Participant), Richard Gault (Participant), Stephanie Craig (Participant), Kris McCombe (Participant), Maeve Murphy (Participant), Xinjin Liang (Organiser) & Franziska Schroeder (Participant)
02 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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31st International Conference on Field Programmable Logic & Applications
John McAllister (Chair) & Roger Woods (Chair)
29 Aug 2022 → 02 Sep 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Dynamic Multi-task Execution on FPGA-based Computing Systems
Roger Woods (Advisor)
11 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Meeting The Challenges of an Ageing Society
Roger Woods (Advisor)
17 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Big Data conference
Roger Woods (Participant)
24 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Kelvin 2 supercomputer launched at Queen’s University in Belfast
11/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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How remouldable computer hardware is speeding up science
07/12/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Experts call for computing to become more like the human brain to protect planet
18/10/2021
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Artificial Intelligence Research in Northern Ireland
Godfrey Gaston, Jesus Martinez-del-Rincon, Paul Miller, Barry Devereux, Stuart Campbell, Seán McLoone & Roger Woods
01/04/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Big Data conference is a Titanic success
20/10/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Impact
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Applications of Novel Speech and Audio-Visual Processing Research
Ming Ji (Participant), Ramji Srinivasan (Participant), Daniel Crookes (Participant), Darryl Stewart (Participant), Niall McLaughlin (Participant) & Roger Woods (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impact, Health Impact