• Statistical machine translation

Research Themes

The principal areas of interest are as follows:

• Neural networks, pattern recognition and machine learning, including multi-layer perceptrons, radial basis functions, and recurrent networks.
• Signal processing, non-stationary time-series analysis, speech coding and compression.
• Speech recognition using both neural networks and hidden Markov Models. This includes large vocabulary recognition, recognition in noise, speaker adaptation and word spotting.
• Language processing including N-grams, stochastic context-free grammars, grammatical inference, dictionary construction.
• Statistical machine translation
• Image processing and object recognition, including 3-D reconstruction from 2-D images, image segmentation, and face recognition.
• Visual navigation of mobile robots and task level and sensor-based robot control within an unstructured environment.
• Aspects of robot assembly including path planning, hand-eye coordination and quality inspection using computer vision, man-machine interfaces using visual gestures.
• Aspects of medical imaging, including the acquisition, visualisation, registration and segmentation of 3D ultrasound images for medical diagnosis.
• Risk analysis in various aspects of health care.

Please see details of current research projects for each group:

• Computer Vision and Robotics
• Medical Imaging
• Speech

• Computer Vision and Robotics

• Speech

• Medical Imaging

• Computer Vision and Robotics
• Medical Imaging
• Speech

• Probabalistic Adaptive Learning And Natural Conversational Engine (PARLANCE) (FP7)
• NST: Natural Speech Technology (EPSRC)
• BABEL: agile and robust speech recognition for any human language (IARPA)
• BOLT: Broad Operational Language Translation (DARPA)
• Generative kernels and score-spaces for classification of speech (EPSRC)
• RATS: Robust Automatic Transcription of Speech (DARPA)

• FAUST: Feedback Analysis for User Adaptive Statistical Translation

• HYDROSYS: EC FP7 STREP project on spatial analysis tools for on-site environmental monitoring and management

• EMIME: Effective Multilingual Interaction in Mobile Environments
• HTK Rich Audio Transcription (EARS)
• CoreTex (Improving Core Speech Recognition Technology)

Machine Intelligence Lab: Current Research Projects

• HTK Rich Audio Transcription (EARS)
• CoreTex (Improving Core Speech Recognition Technology)
• Clinically Practical Freehand Three-Dimensional Ultrasound (EPSRC)
• Mitigation of imaging artifacts in 3D ultrasound (RAE/EPSRC)
• Freehand 3D ultrasound to measure the volumes of breast tumours as they respond to chemotherapy
• Radio Frequency Three Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging (SRIF2)
• Stradx and Stradwin: Freehand 3D Ultrasound Systems
• Deconvolution of 3D Ultrasound
• HTK HMM Toolkit

• Speech
• Vision
• Medical Imaging

(some) Past research projects

• High Definition 3D Ultrasound (EPSRC)
• Multimedia Document Retrieval
• Audio Document Processing
• EuroPUNCH: European Perinatal Users of Networked Computers for Healthcare
• Improving the Phonetic Discrimination of Hidden Markov Model Based Speech Recognisers Project
• QAMC: Quality Assurance in Maternity Care
• SQALE : Speech Quality Assessment in Language Engineering
• Uncalibrated robot hand-eye coordination
• Video Mail Retrieval Using Voice
• SOLUS-3D: On-line Ultrasound Scanning in Three Dimensions