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PGRs meeting and Research Presentations – Feb. 2015

Amr Ahmed / February 12, 2015September 4, 2015 / Postgraduate, Uncategorized

The monthly PGRs Research Presentations was held on Wed. 11^th February, 2pm, Room MC3108.

This session we had the following presentations:

Title: “Designing, Developing and Evaluating Mobile and Social Technology to Improve Sleep Quality“.		Title: “Brain Tumour Grading in Different MRI Protocols using SVM on Statistical Features ”
By: Ibraheem Alnejaidi		By: Mohammadreza Soltaninejad
Abstract:		Abstract: Brain tumours are caused by abnormal and uncontrolled growing of the cells inside the brain or spinal canal. Regarding to the World Health Organization (WHO) grading system, the tumours are graded from I to IV, corresponding to least advanced to the most advanced diseases, respectively. In our work a feasibility study of brain MRI dataset classification, using ROIs which have been segmented either manually or through a superpixel based method in conjunction with statistical pattern recognition methods is performed. The aim is classifying tumour grades II, III and IV using different MRI acquisition protocols i.e. FLAIR, and T2. We found by using the Leave-One-Out method that the combination of the features from the 1^st and 2^nd order statistics, achieved high classification accuracy in pair-wise grading comparisons.

Then our usual catch-up agenda, including: Prepare for the March CRDB, PG Conference, plans for Showcase,….etc.

PGRs meeting and Research Presentations – Jan. 2015

Amr Ahmed / January 15, 2015September 4, 2015 / Postgraduate, Uncategorized

The monthly PGRs Research Presentations was held on Wed. 14^th January, 2pm, Room MC3108.

This session we had the following presentations:

Title: “Automatic Phonetization and segmentation of Arabic Text and Speech“.
By: Belal Al-Daradkah
Abstract: The large vocabulary phonetic corpus is an essential component of speech processing application.The research aims to generate an Arabic phonetic corpus based on Quran text. The corpus will be built using an automatic implemented pronunciation dictionary. We developed the phonetic dictionary automatically by applying Arabic pronunciation rules and Tajweed rules, and converting Grapheme to Phoneme. This will be the base of developing Text-to-Speech (TTS) and Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition (LVSR) .

Then our usual catch-up & Refresh on the PGRs activities, procedures, and upcoming events.

June’s Research Seminar

Amr Ahmed / June 11, 2014June 20, 2014 / Uncategorized

The monthly PGRs Research Presentations was held on Wed. 11^th June, 2pm, Room MC3108. This session we had the following presentations:

Title: “Exploring the co-creation of narrative using social technology“.		Our Trip to London (Natural History Museum)
By: Kwamena Appiah-Kubi		By: Amr Ahmed
Abstract: This is the first in a series of studies exploring collaborative creation of narratives by a group of people engaged in a shared experience such as on a tour in a museum, visiting a theme park etc. The group in this and a number of later studies have an existing relationship between them such as being friends, family, class/course mates etc. Some of the themes being investigated are anonymity, privacy and group dynamics as well as tools that can better support/enhance these shared experiences.		Brief on the trip to London, during the Universities Week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSnSNU7oPJY?rel=0 Photos, and video summary.

Amr Ahmed / June 11, 2014June 20, 2014 / Postgraduate

A group of Postgraduates visited the National History Museum in London, to support colleagues presenting the Robot Linda. Linda is part of the STRAND EU project that our Robotics researchers are involved in. All proud, enjoyed the museum and other places in London. Looking forward for the next trip….

Research Showcase for Postgraduates

Amr Ahmed / May 17, 2014June 20, 2014 / Conference, Postgraduate

Postgraduates by Research (PGRs) presented and showed their research work in the Annual Showcase Event for the School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln. (14th and 15th May). The event spread over all the day on Wed 14th May and featured in the morning of Thursday 15th May, with visitors and companies representatives.

The event was opened by the Head of School and concluded with handing prizes for the Best Presentation, Best Poster and Best Demo.