Projects per year
Personal profile
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.
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 including a major review into semiconductors
- Principal Investigator for the Kelvin-2 Tier-4 High Performance Computing centre involving Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University
- Awarded the IET Northern Ireland’s Engineering Excellence Award, presented annually to an individual in recognition of their significant achievements throughout their career and major contributions to further the engineering profession in Northern Ireland
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Member of the EPSRC's Strategic Advisory Team on Information, Communications and Technology
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Designer of a number of innovative microchips with industry for data processing, commercial standards conversion technology.
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Previous 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 witness on STEM to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007
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Previous 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.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R1720NBE: Core Equipment Award - Carbon combustion analyser
Swindles, G. (PI), Murphy, A. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)
09/01/2025 → …
Project: Research
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R1713QMT: Core Equipment Award - Dedicated Lift-out tool
Arredondo, M. (PI), Kumar, A. (CoI), Murphy, A. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)
10/12/2024 → …
Project: Research
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R1820ECS: Queen's University Belfast Core Equipment Call 2022
Johnson, C. (PI), Shakeel, H. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)
11/01/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1829QLL: Queen's University Belfast Core Equipment Call 2022
Kavanagh, P. (PI), Johnson, C. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)
10/01/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1692NBE: Revolutionising Operational Safety and Economy for High-value Infrastructure using Population-based
Hester, D. (PI), Lydon, M. (CoI), Taylor, S. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)
30/06/2022 → …
Project: Research
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A novel error metric for evaluating the error correction capability of approximate units
Dou, Y., Waris, H., Woods, R. & Liu, W., 28 May 2025, (Early online date) In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Efficient integer-only-inference of gradient boosting decision trees on low-power devices
Alsharari, M., Mai, T. S., Woods, R. & Reano, C., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 72, 1, p. 241-253 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the normalisation and mapping of influence lines
Ferguson, A. J., Hester, D., Huseynov, F., Kim, C.-W., Brownjohn, J., Woods, R. & Bull, L. A., 15 Aug 2025, In: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 237, 112883.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adaptive approximate computing in Edge AI and IoT applications: a review
Damsgaard, H. J., Grenier, A., Katare, D., Taufique, Z., Shakibhamedan, S., Troccoli, T., Chatzitsompanis, G., Kanduri, A., Ometov, A., Ding, A. Y., Taherinejad, N., Karakonstantis, G., Woods, R. & Nurmi, J., May 2024, In: Journal of Systems Architecture. 150, 27 p., 103114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressing the energy challenges for modern data science
Woods, R., 12 Jan 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Prizes
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£25k HiTech/ Entrepreneurship Award
Woods, R. (Recipient), Sept 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Enterprise Educator of the Year
Woods, R. (Recipient), May 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Enterprise Ireland Academic Award
Woods, R. (Recipient), 08 Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Woods, R. (Recipient), 21 Sept 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Activities
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Northern Ireland High-performance Computing User conference
Woods, R. (Participant)
07 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Royal Academy of Engineering: Annual Engineering Economy CEOs Lunch
Woods, R. (Participant)
17 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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eFutures Community event
Woods, R. (Organiser)
26 Jan 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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eFutures Networking Reception
Woods, R. (Organiser)
25 Jan 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Festchrift 2024: a tribute to Steve Furber
Woods, R. (Participant)
12 Jan 2024Activity: 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
Gaston, G., Martinez-del-Rincon, J., Miller, P., Devereux, B., Campbell, S., McLoone, S. & Woods, R.
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
Impacts
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Applications of Novel Speech and Audio-Visual Processing Research
Ji, M. (Participant), Srinivasan, R. (Participant), Crookes, D. (Participant), Stewart, D. (Participant), McLaughlin, N. (Participant) & Woods, R. (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impact, Health Impact