MRes Postgraduate Research in Computing Sciences

University of East Anglia UEA

In the School of Computing Sciences we research the application of computational techniques to diverse areas, collaborating with multi-national companies on research that is relevant to the needs of now and the future.Our research is organised into five laboratories: Colour & Imaging Computational Biology Smart Emerging Technologies Data Science and Statistics Graphics, Vision and Speech.The Colour & Imaging Lab carries out research at the interface of Computer Vision, Perception and Physics/Engineering. Research areas include (1) image pipelines research at the interface between computer vision and perception where we, for example, develop the image processing on mobile phones (2) Computational photography - which straddles computer vision and physics -where we develop new novel camera architectures including RGB and Near Infrared imaging and (3) mixing perception with engineering we consider how the spectral composition of the visual environment can be designed to help people see better. Core computer science is the heart of what we do and we have expertise in efficient algorithm design, machine (including deep) learning, signal processing, colour processing (e.g. for the creative industries), image fusion, medical imaging, remote sensing and environmental monitoring. The Colour & imaging lab is equipped with SLR cameras, a high dynamic range display, a spectraradiometer, a spectrally tunable illuminant, and several GPU workstations for deep learning. The group has received substantial funding from the EPSRC (UK government), the EU and from industry (Apple and Hewlett Packard amongst others). The Colour & Imaging Lab is preeminent across the university in commercialising its research. It has spun out 4 companies and one, Imsense Ltd, was acquired by an industry major in 2010.

School of Computing Sciences