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Researchers from across Engineering and Physical Sciences are addressing national and global challenges in four new Centres of Excellence. These Centres are cross-disciplinary and will forge new links that transform the research landscape.
Continuous Digital Chemical Engineering Science
CDCES is developing smarter, greener and more efficient processes for the discovery and manufacture of new chemicals and materials.
Future of Human Communication
FHC is dedicated to developing digital technologies that will help people to communicate better.
In-situ and Remote Intelligent Sensing
IRIS is the world’s only research hub dedicated to developing intelligent, connected, self-powered sensing systems.
Re-engineering for Electric Mobility
RE4EM is accelerating the development of sustainable, interconnected electric transport systems.
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Latest ECS Publications
Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI - Jose M. Alvarez, Alejandra Bringas Colmenarejo, Alaa Elobaid, Simone Fabbrizzi, Miriam Fahimi, Antonio Ferrara, Siamak Ghodsi, Carlos Mougan, Ioanna Papageorgiou, Paula Reyero, Mayra Russo, Kristen M. Scott, Laura State, Xuan Zhao and Salvatore Ruggieri
Type: Article
| 2024
Two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation using stacked intelligent metasurfaces - Jiancheng An, Chau Yuen and Yong Liang Guan
Type: Article
| 2024
A demonstration of decentralized search over solid personal online datastores - Mohamed Ragab, Yury Savateev, Helen Oliver, Reza Moosaei, Thanassis Tiropanis, Alexandra Poulovassilis, Age Chapman and George Roussos
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| 2024
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Automatically measuring the effect of strategy drawing features on pupils? handwriting and gender - Narges Tabatabaey-Mashadi, Rubita Sudirman, Richard Guest and Puspa Inayat Khalid
Type: Conference or Workshop Item
| 2013
| SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
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An investigation into biometric signature capture device performance and user acceptance - Michael Brockly, Stephen Elliott, Jarron Burdine, Michael Frost, Matthew Riedle and Richard Guest
Type: Conference or Workshop Item
| 2014
| IEEE; Wiley
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