Seminars and Tutorials

Every Tuesday
12.15pm - 2pm

Room C60, Computer Science Building, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham
Maps and directions: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sharedresources/documents/uon_accessmap_jc.pdf

Organised by Peer-Olaf Siebers (Room: B36, Phone: 011584 ext 66526, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Next Event: 09/03/2010

Hongmei He (Intelligent System Lab, University of Bristol): Soft Computing Approaches Under the Framework of Hierarchical Decision Making or Classification System

With the development of AI, we can see there are a surprising number of the brain functions of the human Intelligent System (IS) are quite similar to those of an artificial IS, since most artificial ISs are modelled through naturally emulating human intelligence. A wide variety of approaches have been utilised in the functional design of artificial ISs. For example, fuzzy logic for robustness, decision trees for the transparency of reasoning, machine learning for knowledge learning, semantics for understandability, probabilistic reasoning, and neural computing, etc.

Our current research focuses on information fusion for decision making, classification and regression problems. A recently completed project was “Goal Seeking Heterogeneous Sensor Arrays”, which was part of the integrated project, “Shared Understanding and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Theme”, sponsored by General Dynamics. We focused on the multiple attribute decision making or classification problems with goal-directed approaches to fusion systems, which involved the development of a high-order tasking model that disseminates user intent within heterogeneous sensor networks in order to elicit actionable information. A demonstration software (Multi-attribute Hierarchy Decision Making System) had been developed to present a platform on which a linguistic attribute hierarchy (LAH) embedded with Linguistic Decision Trees (LDTs) based on Label Semantics can be created, learned, and optimised.

The experiments showed that an optimal linguistic attribute hierarchy can not only greatly reduces rules for those databases with strong uncertainty and non-linear relationship between input attributes and the goal, but also achieve excellent results for decision making or classification.

Organisational Notes

The main purpose of the seminars is to disseminate the research carried out by the members of the IMA Research Group. Furthermore, we organise introductory tutorials on subjects relevant to the research group. We also very much welcome external speakers that would like to present their work in areas related to those of the research group.

Seminars and tutorials are open to anyone who is interested in the topics presented. Free sandwiches and tea/coffee will be provided during the event, but please bring your own mugs!

Seminar Schedule (last updated on 24/02/2010)
Seminar Abstracts (last updated on 03/03/2010)
Seminar Feedback Form (last update on 21/09/2008)

Useful Links

Research Methods for Computer Science by Alexander Ferworn
Basics of research writing and publishing (for Computer Scientists) by Michael Derntl
Excellent guide on giving an academic talk by Jonathan Shewchuk

Past Presentation Slides

02/03/2010 - Slides - R-Script+Recordings Daniele Soria: An Introduction to R: Statistics, Graphics and Data Mining
23/02/2010 - Slides - Chris Roadknight: Real World Data, Real World Problems
23/02/2010 - Slides - Uwe Aickelin: The Last 10 Years of Artificial Immune System Research
16/02/2010 - Slides - Andrew Grundy: Promoting Congestion Control in Opportunistic Networks
16/02/2010 - Slides - Jianyong Sun: Robust Mixture Modeling using the Pearson Type VII Distribution
09/02/2010 - Slides - Mazlina Abdul Majid: Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation
09/02/2010 - Slides - Julie Greensmith: The Three R's of Research: Reading, (W)Riting and Reviewing
02/02/2010 - Jon Garibaldi: Introduction to Data Mining using Weka (please ask This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it directly)
26/01/2010 - Slides - Aslam Ahmed: Multi-paradigm Simulation of Cellular Pathways
26/01/2010 - Slides - Adam McMaster: Adaptive Theme Park Rides: Responding to Thrill
26/01/2010 - Slides - Sang Joon Park: Modelling & Simulation in Complexity
26/01/2010 - Slides - Hao Fu: Total Image Understanding
26/01/2010 - Slides - Galina Sherman: Decision Trees vs. Simulation for Cost Benefit Analysis of Cargo Screening Processes
08/12/2009 - Slides - Daniele Soria: Novel Methods to Elucidate Core Classes in Multi-Dimensional Biomedical Data
08/12/2009 - Slides - Jan Feyereisl: On the Importance and Incorporation of Additional Knowledge in Cluster Analysis
01/12/2009 - Slides - Iain Fraser: Improving Congestion Latency for Online Games
24/11/2009 - Slides - Robert Oates: Robotics as Embodied Software
17/11/2009 - Guoping Qiu: Modelling User Intentions in Interactive Image Retrieval (please ask This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it directly)
17/11/2009 - Slides - Feng Gu: Theoretical Aspects of the Dendritic Cell Algorithm
03/11/2009 - Slides - Naisan Benatar: An Introduction to Robotic Sailing Systems
03/11/2009 - Slides - Julian Zappala: Biologically Inspired Agent-Based Models - Finding Real Answers in Virtual Worlds
20/10/2009 - Slides - Yousof Al Hammadi: Behavioural Correlation for Malicious Bot Detection
20/10/2009 - Slides - Haichang Gao: A Drawing Reproduction Graphical Password Strategy
20/10/2009 - Slides - Tao Zhang: Social Simulations of Technology Adoption and Consumer Behaviour
20/10/2009 - Slides - Peer-Olaf Siebers: IMA Research Group Meeting and IMA Seminar Series Introduction
23/06/2009 - Slides - Daniele Soria: Application of Affinity Propagation on Breast Cancer Data Sets
16/06/2009 - Slides - Jamie Twycross: Executable Modelling for Plant Systems Biology
09/06/2009 - Slides - Extras - Peer-Olaf Siebers: Simulation with AnyLogic
02/06/2009 - Slides - Navapat Khantonthong: Introduction to Neural Networks
26/05/2009 - Slides - Xiao Ying Wang (Sally): Methods of Interpretation of a Non-stationary Fuzzy System for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
19/05/2009 - Slides - Francisco Bonachela Capdevila: Application of Clustering Techniques in Gene Prioritization Using Endeavour
12/05/2009 - Slides - Cesar Caballero: Single-trial BOLD fMRI
12/05/2009 - Slides - Shabbar Naqvi: An investigation into the use of Fourier Transform Infrared Micro-Spectroscopy for the automation of Breast Cancer Grading
05/05/2009 - Slides - Duc Thang Ho: A Fuzzy Approach for the 2007 CIG Simulated Car Racing Competition
28/04/2009 - Slides - Naisan Benatar: Introduction to Thermal Management
28/04/2009 - Slides - Noor Azizah KS Mohamadali: Evaluation Studies in Health Informatics and a Proposed Integrated Model of User Acceptance of Technology
21/04/2009 - Slides - Andrew Grundy: Routing in Networks of Varying Connectivity
21/04/2009 - Slides - Grazziela Figueredo: Immunosenescence and its Aplications to Artificial Immune Systems
07/04/2009 - Slides - Julie Greensmith: Are We Having Fun Yet?
31/03/2009 - Slides - Hazlina Hamdan: Modelling Survival Prediction in Medical Data
17/03/2009 - Slides - Robert Oates: An Introduction to Cybernetics
10/03/2009 - Slides - Jianyong Sun: A Gentle Introduction to Latent Variable Model and Variational EM Algorithm
24/02/2009 - Slides - Jan Feyereisl: Cluster Interpretation of the Self-Organising Map (Part 2/2)
24/02/2009 - Slides - Linda Fiaschi: Standards for SNPs Analysis with Decision Trees Tools
17/02/2009 - Slides - Milena Radenkovic: Experiences with Supporting Mass Socio Technical Sensor Networks
10/02/2009 - Slides - Pooja Jain: Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms for Protein Structure Classification
10/02/2009 - Slides - Jan Feyereisl: Cluster Interpretation of the Self-Organising Map (Part 1/2)
03/02/2009 - Slides - William Armitage: Clusters and Conferencing
27/01/2009 - Slides - Jon Garibaldi: An Overview of Fuzzy Systems
20/01/2009 - Slides - Qi Chen: Dempster-Shafer for Classification and Anomaly Detection
16/12/2008 - Slides - Resources - Will Lowe: Statistics for Computer Scientists (Short Course)
09/12/2008 - Slides - R-Script+Data - Jon Garibaldi: Introduction to Statistics
02/12/2008 - Slides - Video - Amanda Whitbrook: An Idiotypic Immune Network as a Short-Term Learning Architecture for Mobile Robots
25/11/2008 - Slides - Feng Gu: The Evolution of the DCA
25/11/2008 - Slides - Yousof Al-Hammadi: Detecting Botnet/Bot based on Correlating Activities
18/11/2008 - Slides - Extras - Peer-Olaf Siebers: Everything you always wanted to know about Discrete Event Simulation - but were afraid to ask ;o)
11/11/2008 - Slides - Mazlina Abdul Majid: Human Behaviour Modelling for Discrete Event and Agent Based Simulation
04/11/2008 - Slides - Adrian Adewunmi: Investigating the combined application of Common Random Numbers and Antithetic Variates
28/10/2008 - Slides - Julie Greensmith and Uwe Aickelin: How to Survive Inter-disciplinary Collaborations
21/10/2008 - Slides - Extras - Gianni Tedesco: Real-Time Alert Correlation with TypeGraphs
14/10/2008 - Slides - Robert Oates: An Introduction to Control Theory
07/10/2008 - Slides- Phil Birkin: Comparison of Tuned Membership Functions of Type-1 andType-2 for a Seven Term Fuzzy Logic Controller