Professor Visakan Kadirkamanathan
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Director of Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Control and Systems Engineering
Rolls Royce UTC Director


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Portobello Street
Sheffield
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- Profile
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I was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and had my early education in Sri Lanka. Having spent my entire school career at St. Johns College, Jaffna, I attended the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka briefly before moving to the UK. As a Christ’s College Scholar, I graduated with a Class I Degree in Electrical and Information Sciences from the Engineering Department at Cambridge University in June 1987, followed by a Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the same institution. For the latter, I was awarded the Lord Mountbatten Memorial Scholarship from Christ´s College, Cambridge.
I joined the Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering at Sheffield as Lecturer in January 1993 following brief post-doctoral research positions at Cambridge and Surrey Universities. I progressed through to Senior Lecturer, then Reader and in 2007 to the position of Professor of Signal and Information Processing. I also assumed the role of Director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre in Control, Monitoring and Systems Engineering in July 2012. From April 2009 to August 2014, I was Head of Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering during which time this unique Department doubled its size and raised its profile further, before becoming a part of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2024.
My research expertise is broad and spans System Identification, Signal and Information Processing, Fault Detection and Diagnosis, Modelling and Control and their application to Aerospace, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Life Science Applications. One of my research papers was awarded the 2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) Cozzarelli Prize. I am a past Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Systems Science, the Conference Chair of the UKACC International Conference on Control and the IAPR Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics and a Full Member of the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 Engineering Sub Panel.
- Qualifications
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- BA (Electrical and Information Sciences), University of Cambridge, 1987.
- PhD, University of Cambridge, 1992.
- Research interests
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My research interests belong to the broad category of signal and information processing. My research activities are partly in the Intelligent Systems, Decision and Control related research carried out within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre and partly in the Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems. They include both theoretical and applications research, and also external collaborations with other Sheffield Departments and Industries.
The main research themes are:
- Modelling and Identification of natural and engineered complex systems
- Spatiotemporal system identification with applications in life, physical and social sciences
- Fault detection, diagnosis and prognosis with application to aircraft engines
- Intelligent systems decision support and applications in aerospace and biomedicine
- Autonomous and self-organised swarms and agent systems
- Publications
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Books
- Modeling Conflict Dynamics with Spatio-temporal Data.. Springer.
- Functional adaptive control: An intelligent systems approach. London: Springer-Verlag.
Edited books
Journal articles
- BlurRes-UNet: A novel neural network for automated surface characterisation in metrology. Computers in Industry, 165, 104228-104228.
- Economic control of next generation aerospace fleets. Data-Centric Engineering, 5.
- A novel framework for elucidating the effect of mechanical loading on the geometry of ovariectomized mouse tibiae using principal component analysis. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12, 1469272.
- Unlocking freeform structured surface denoising with small sample learning: Enhancing performance via physics-informed loss and detail-driven data augmentation. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 62, 102733-102733.
- Individualized survival predictions using state space model with longitudinal and survival data. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 21(216). View this article in WRRO
- The loading direction dramatically affects the mechanical properties of the mouse tibia. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12. View this article in WRRO
- Interpretable deep learning for nonlinear system identification using frequency response functions with ensemble uncertainty quantification. IEEE Access, 1-1.
- USING CLASSIFIER NEURAL NETWORKS TO ESTIMATE PERSONALIZED PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES AFTER HIP ARTHROPLASTY. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_12), 85-85.
- Guidance on the use of complex systems models for economic evaluations of public health interventions. Health Economics.
- Estimation of potential field environments from heterogeneous behaviour of sensing agents. IET Signal Processing, 17(1).
- A two-step machining and active learning approach for right-first-time robotic countersinking through in-process error compensation and prediction of depth of cuts. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 77, 102345-102345.
- A material system with integrated fault diagnosis and feedback controlled self-healing. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. View this article in WRRO
- Tensor electrical impedance myography identifies bulbardisease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology, 139, 69-75. View this article in WRRO
- Stability analysis of DC micro-grids with CPLs under novel decentralized primary and distributed secondary control. Automatica, 139, 110187-110187. View this article in WRRO
- A Bayesian information fusion approach for end product quality estimation using machine learning and on-machine probing. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 76, 475-485.
- Integrated Identification of the Nonlinear Autoregressive Models With Exogenous Inputs (NARX) for Engineering Systems Design. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 1-8.
- In-flight Novelty Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks. View this article in WRRO
- An interpretable machine learning based approach for process to areal surface metrology informatics. Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 9(4). View this article in WRRO
- CycleStyleGAN-based knowledge transfer for a machining digital twin. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 4.
- A perturbation signal based data-driven Gaussian process regression model for in-process part quality prediction in robotic countersinking operations. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 71. View this article in WRRO
- Positive interactions of mechanical loading and PTH treatments on spatio-temporal bone remodelling.. Acta Biomater. View this article in WRRO
- Circuit architecture for electrical impedance spectroscopy instrumentation to address electrode impedance mismatch in clinical devices. IEEE Sensors Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Conditional StyleGAN modelling and analysis for a machining digital twin. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 28(4), 399-415.
- Pioneer neutrophils release chromatin within in vivo swarms. eLife, 10.
- The lost tribe : the importance of healthcare staff and service design during COVID-19. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. View this article in WRRO
- The Data Driven Surrogate Model Based Dynamic Design of Aero-Engine Fan Systems. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.
- 50 Years of international journal of systems science: a review of the past and trends for the future. International Journal of Systems Science, 52(8), 1515-1538.
- Metaparametric Neural Networks for Survival Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 1-10.
- Modelling and analysis of electrical impedance myography of the lateral tongue. Physiological Measurement, 41(12). View this article in WRRO
- Inspection by exception: a new machine learning-based approach for multistage manufacturing. Applied Soft Computing, 97(Part A). View this article in WRRO
- Simultaneous and sequential control design for discrete-time switched linear systems using semi-definite programming. IEEE Control Systems Letters. View this article in WRRO
- Personalized estimation of one-year mortality risk after elective hip or knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis. Bone & Joint Research, 9(11), 808-820.
- JointCalc: A web-based personalised patient decision support tool for joint replacement. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 142. View this article in WRRO
- Bone remodelling in the mouse tibia is spatio-temporally modulated by oestrogen deficiency and external mechanical loading: A combined in vivo/in silico study. Acta Biomaterialia. View this article in WRRO
- A data-driven approach for predicting printability in metal additive manufacturing processes. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. View this article in WRRO
- Multi-dimensional electrical impedance myography of the tongue as a potential biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology. View this article in WRRO
- Current-limiting droop control design and stability analysis for paralleled boost converters in DC micro-grids. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. View this article in WRRO
- Stability analysis and nonlinear current-limiting control design for DC micro-grids with CPLs. IET Smart Grid, 3(3), 355-366. View this article in WRRO
- The SIPHER consortium : introducing the new UK hub for systems science in public health and health economic research. Wellcome Open Research, 4. View this article in WRRO
- A new method to monitor bone geometry changes at different spatial scales in the longitudinal in vivo μCT studies of mice bones. PLoS ONE, 14(7). View this article in WRRO
- Sensing for Aerospace Combustor Health Monitoring. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. View this article in WRRO
- A Spatiotemporal Estimation Framework for Real-World LIDAR Wind Speed Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. View this article in WRRO
- Estimating patient-specific mortality after joint replacement: algorithm development and validation using national audit datasets. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27, S229-S229.
- UDE-Based Controller Equipped with a Multiple-Time-Delayed Filter to Improve the Voltage Quality of Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. View this article in WRRO
- A Bayesian framework to estimate part quality and associated uncertainties in multistage manufacturing. Computers in Industry, 105, 35-47. View this article in WRRO
- Source-Side Series-Virtual-Impedance Control to Improve the Cascaded System Stability and the Dynamic Performance of Its Source Converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(6), 5854-5866.
- Identification of two-time scaled systems using prefilters. Journal of Control Science and Engineering, 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Estimating an Individual's Probability of Revision Surgery After Knee Replacement: A Comparison of Modeling Approaches Using a National Dataset. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(10), 2252-2262. View this article in WRRO
- Optimized synthesis of cost‐effective, controllable oil system architectures for turbofan engines. Systems Engineering, 21(5), 417-431. View this article in WRRO
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- Spatio-temporal Organization During Ventricular Fibrillation in the Human Heart. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 46(6), 864-876. View this article in WRRO
- Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimator-Based Controller Equipped With a Time-Delayed Filter to Improve the Voltage Quality of Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. View this article in WRRO
- UDE-Based Controller Equipped with a Multi-Band-Stop Filter to Improve the Voltage Quality of Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(9), 7433-7443. View this article in WRRO
- Estimation and Identification of Spatio-Temporal Models with Applications in Engineering, Healthcare and Social Science. Annual Reviews in Control. View this article in WRRO
- Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering. Automatica, 69, 380-394. View this article in WRRO
- Using feedback control to actively regulate the healing rate of a self-healing process subjected to low cycle dynamic stress. Smart Materials and Structures, 25(5). View this article in WRRO
- Inferring the variation of climatic and glaciological contributions to West Greenland iceberg discharge in the twentieth century. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 121, 167-178. View this article in WRRO
- Computational system identification of continuous-time nonlinear systems using approximate Bayesian computation. International Journal of Systems Science, 47(15), 3537-3544. View this article in WRRO
- Spatiotemporal System Identification With Continuous Spatial Maps and Sparse Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 26(11), 2978-2983. View this article in WRRO
- Model-based estimation of intra-cortical connectivity using electrophysiological data. NeuroImage, 118, 563-575. View this article in WRRO
- A bootstrap-based approach for parameter and polyspectral density estimation of a non-minimum phase ARMA process. International Journal of Systems Science, 46(3), 418-428.
- An efficient TOF-SIMS image analysis with spatial correlation and alternating non-negativity-constrained least squares. Bioinformatics, 31(5), 753-760.
- A century of variation in the dependence of Greenland iceberg calving on ice sheet surface mass balance and regional climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2166). View this article in WRRO
- A zebrafish compound screen reveals modulation of neutrophil reverse migration as an anti-inflammatory mechanism.. Sci Transl Med, 6(225), 225ra29. View this article in WRRO
- Modeling and Prediction in Conflict: Afghanistan, 47-66.
- Conflict Data Sets and Point Patterns, 1-14.
- Theory, 15-46.
- Changes in the ultra-low frequency wave field during the precursor phase to the Sichuan earthquake: DEMETER observations. Annales Geophysicae, 31(9), 1597-1603. View this article in WRRO
- Computational system identification for Bayesian NARMAX modelling. Automatica.
- Use of kernel-based Bayesian models to predict late osteolysis after hip replacement.. J R Soc Interface, 10(88), 20130678. View this article in WRRO
- Spatiotemporal multi-resolution approximation of the Amari type neural field model.. Neuroimage, 66, 88-102. View this article in WRRO
- Repelled from the wound, or randomly dispersed? Reverse migration behaviour of neutrophils characterized by dynamic modelling.. J R Soc Interface, 9(77), 3229-3239. View this article in WRRO
- A Data-Driven Framework for Identifying Nonlinear Dynamic Models of Genetic Parts. ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, 1(8), 375-384.
- Point process modelling of the Afghan War Diary.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(31), 12414-12419.
- The neutrophil's eye-view: Inference and visualisation of the chemoattractant field driving cell chemotaxis in vivo. PLoS ONE, 7(4). View this article in WRRO
- Drift-Diffusion Analysis of Neutrophil Migration during Inflammation Resolution in a Zebrafish Model.. Adv Hematol, 2012, 792163. View this article in WRRO
- Variational estimation in spatiotemporal systems from continuous and point-process observations. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 60(7), 3449-3459.
- Multiple Gaussian Process Models for Direct Time Series Forecasting. IEEJ T ELECTR ELECTR, 6(3), 245-252.
- Online variational inference for state-space models with point-process observations.. Neural Comput, 23(8), 1967-1999.
- Spatio-temporal dynamic modelling of smart structures using a robust expectation-maximization algorithm. Smart Materials and Structures, 20(4).
- A data-driven framework for neural field modeling.. Neuroimage, 56(3), 1043-1058. View this article in WRRO
- Optimisation of maintenance scheduling strategies on the grid. ANN OPER RES, 180(1), 213-231.
- Lead optimization using matched molecular pairs: inclusion of contextual information for enhanced prediction of HERG inhibition, solubility, and lipophilicity.. J Chem Inf Model, 50(10), 1872-1886. View this article in WRRO
- Modeling the evolution of culture-adapted human embryonic stem cells.. Stem Cell Res, 4(1), 50-56.
- International Journal of Systems Science: Editorial. International Journal of Systems Science, 41(7), 727.
- Prepatterning in the stem cell compartment.. PLoS One, 5(5), e10901. View this article in WRRO
- An iterative Kalman smoother/least-squares algorithm for the identification of delta-ARX models. INT J SYST SCI, 41(7), 839-851.
- Parameter estimation and inference for stochastic reaction-diffusion systems: application to morphogenesis in D. melanogaster.. BMC Syst Biol, 4, 21. View this article in WRRO
- Modified variational Bayes EM estimation of hidden Markov tree model of cell lineages.. Bioinformatics, 25(21), 2824-2830.
- Estimation and Model Selection for an IDE-Based Spatio-Temporal Model. IEEE T SIGNAL PROCES, 57(2), 482-492.
- Analysis of neighborhood behavior in lead optimization and array design.. J Chem Inf Model, 49(2), 195-208. View this article in WRRO
- Predictive control of fast-sampled systems using the delta-operator. INT J SYST SCI, 40(7), 745-756.
- Data-Driven Spatio-Temporal Modeling Using the Integro-Difference Equation. IEEE T SIGNAL PROCES, 57(1), 83-91.
- Maximum-likelihood estimation of delta-domain model parameters from noisy output signals. IEEE T SIGNAL PROCES, 56(8), 3765-3770. View this article in WRRO
- System identification from multiple short-time-duration signals.. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 54(12), 2205-2213. View this article in WRRO
- Modelling and identification of non-linear deterministic systems in the delta-domain. AUTOMATICA, 43(11), 1859-1868. View this article in WRRO
- Metabolic Flux Estimation-A Self-Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithm with Singular Value Decomposition.. IEEE/ACM Trans. Comput. Biology Bioinform., 4, 126-138.
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- Parametric polyspectrum density estimation using the bootstrap method. SIGNAL PROCESS, 87(1), 177-188.
- Metabolic flux estimation--a self-adaptive evolutionary algorithm with singular value decomposition.. IEEE/ACM Trans Comput Biol Bioinform, 4(1), 126-138.
- Analysis of fast-sampled non-linear systems: Generalised frequency response functions for delta-operator models. SIGNAL PROCESS, 86(11), 3246-3257.
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm based metabolic flux distribution analysis on Corynebacterium glutamicum.. Bioinformatics, 22(21), 2681-2687.
- A DES approach for the contextual load modelling of supply chain system for instability analysis. SIMUL MODEL PRACT TH, 14(5), 541-563.
- Stability analysis of the particle dynamics in particle swarm optimizer. IEEE T EVOLUT COMPUT, 10(3), 245-255.
- Adaptive joint detection and estimation in fading MIMO channels - A hybrid systems approach. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 54(5), 1629-1644.
- Multiple H-infinity filter-based deterministic sequence estimation in non-Gaussian channels. IEEE SIGNAL PROC LET, 13(4), 185-188.
- Metabolic flux distribution analysis by 13C-tracer experiments using the Markov chain–Monte Carlo method. Biochemical Society Transactions, 33(6), 1421-1421.
- Metabolic flux distribution analysis by 13C-tracer experiments using the Markov chain-Monte Carlo method.. Biochem Soc Trans, 33(Pt 6), 1421-1422.
- Multi-objective optimization of operational variables in a waste incineration plant. COMPUT CHEM ENG, 29(5), 1121-1130.
- Decision support system on the grid. International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, 9(4), 315-326.
- Estimation of parameters in a linear state space model using a Rao-Blackwellised particle filter. IEE P-CONTR THEOR AP, 151(6), 727-738.
- Fault detection and isolation in non-linear stochastic systems - A combined adaptive Monte Carlo filtering and likelihood ratio approach. INT J CONTROL, 77(12), 1101-1114.
- Dynamic model tracking design for low inertia, high speed permanent magnet ac motors.. ISA Trans, 43(1), 111-122.
- Commutation of permanent-magnet synchronous AC motors for military and traction applications. IEEE T IND ELECTRON, 50(3), 629-630.
- Particle filtering-based fault detection in non-linear stochastic systems. INT J SYST SCI, 33(4), 259-265.
- Functional Adaptive Control: An Intelligent Systems Approach. Applied Mechanics Reviews, 55(6), B108-B109.
- Bounded Dynamic Stochastic Systems: Modelling and Control, Hong Wang; Springer-Verlag, London, U.K., 2000, 176 pages, ISBN 1-85233-187-9.. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 11(14), 1401-1403.
- Design of a pH control system using fuzzy non-uniform grid scheduling and evolutionary programming.. Applied Soft Computing Journal, 1(1), 91-104.
- Nonlinear identification via variable wavelet networks. IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 32(2), 3879-3884.
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- On-line identification of nonlinear systems using Volterra polynomial basis function neural networks.. Neural Netw, 11(9), 1645-1657.
- Variable Neural Networks for Nonlinear Adaptive Control. IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 29(1), 2580-2585.
- Nonlinear predictive control via neural networks. IEE Conference Publication(427 /2), 746-751.
- Dynamic structure neural networks for stable adaptive control of nonlinear systems.. IEEE Trans Neural Netw, 7(5), 1151-1167.
- Learning with multi-objective criteria. IEE Conference Publication(409), 53-58.
- Domain Adaptation for Fault Detection in Civil Nuclear Plants. PHM Society European Conference, 8(1), 11-11.
- Distributed digital twins for health monitoring: resource constrained aero-engine fleet management. The Aeronautical Journal, 1-20.
- A probabilistic framework for product health monitoring in multistage manufacturing using Unsupervised Artificial Neural Networks and Gaussian Processes. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 095440542211365-095440542211365.
- Non‐negative matrix factorisation of Raman spectra finds common patterns relating to neuromuscular disease across differing equipment configurations, preclinical models and human tissue. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy.
- Label-free fibre optic Raman spectroscopy with bounded simplex-structured matrix factorization for the serial study of serum in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The Analyst.
- Sensitivity analysis of prefiltering in identification of two‐time scaled systems. Asian Journal of Control.
- Tensor electrical impedance myography identifies clinically relevant features in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Physiological Measurement.
- Data driven modelling and simulation of wetland dynamics. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 1-14.
- The Role of the Loading Condition in Predictions of Bone Adaptation in a Mouse Tibial Loading Model. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 9.
- Forecasting Hospital Staff Availability During The COVID-19 Epidemic. View this article in WRRO
- Sensitivity analysis–based sepsis prognosis using artificial intelligence. Research on Biomedical Engineering.
- Non-invasive Sensing for Aerospace Fuel Systems. PHM Society European Conference, 4(1).
- Inter-engine variation analysis for health monitoring of aerospace gas turbine engines. PHM Society European Conference, 4(1).
- A systematic approach to the scale separation problem in the development of multiscale models. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0251297-e0251297.
Chapters
- Towards a Digital Twin with Generative Adversarial Network Modelling of Machining Vibration, Proceedings of the 21st EANN (Engineering Applications of Neural Networks) 2020 Conference (pp. 190-201). Springer International Publishing
- Sepsis Patient Outcome Prediction Using Machine Learning, XXVI Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (pp. 795-799). Springer Singapore
- sParEGO – A Hybrid Optimization Algorithm for Expensive Uncertain Multi-objective Optimization Problems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 424-438). Springer International Publishing
- Design of alloy steels using multi-objective optimisation In Dehuri S & Cho SB (Ed.), Knowledge mining using intelligent agents (pp. 99-131). Imperial College Press
- Monitoring of aircraft engines In Boller C, Chang FK & Fujino Y (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Structural Health Monitoring Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
- A service oriented architecture for integration of fault diagnostics In Herrero P, Perez MA & Robles V (Ed.), Scientific Applications of Grid Computing: First International Workshop, SAG 2004, Beijing, China, September 20-24, 2004, Revised Selected and Invited Papers (pp. 146-157). Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- Dynamic Structure Networks for Stable Adaptive Control, Communications and Control Engineering (pp. 47-78). Springer London
- STABLE NONLINEAR ADAPTIVE CONTROL WITH GROWING RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS, Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1995 (pp. 245-250). Elsevier
- ROBUST IDENTIFICATION WITH NEURAL NETWORKS USING MULTIOBJECTIVE CRITERIA, Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1995 (pp. 251-256). Elsevier
- Modeling of Supply Chain Contextual-Load Model for Instability Analysis, Supply Chain I-Tech Education and Publishing
Conference proceedings papers
- Computationally Efficient Kalman Filter Framework for Intra-Frame Image Reconstruction with a Rolling Shutter Camera. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) (pp 1739-1745), 27 October 2024 - 30 October 2024.
- Efficient Token Sparsification Through the Lens of Infused Knowledge. 2024 27th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION), Vol. 2 (pp 1-8), 8 July 2024 - 11 July 2024.
- Prototype-aware Feature Selection for Multi-view Action Prediction in Human-Robot Collaboration. 2024 IEEE 29th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Vol. 32 (pp 1-7), 10 September 2024 - 13 September 2024.
- A Novel Spindle Speed and Angle Estimation Strategy in Multi-material Robotic Drilling. 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (pp 1222-1227), 28 August 2024 - 1 September 2024.
- Pixel-based Hole Quality Evaluation in Robot Drilling Manufacturing Process. 2024 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (pp 1-6), 18 August 2024 - 20 August 2024.
- A non-iterative approach to linear quadratic static output feedback. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 56(2) (pp 9540-9545). Yokohama, Japan, 9 July 2023 - 9 July 2023. View this article in WRRO
- Distributed Kalman Filtering for Temporal Resolution Enhancement of Thermal Images. 2023 International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA), 18 September 2023 - 19 September 2023.
- Control of Isolated AC Microgrids with Constant Power Loads: A Set Invariance Approach. 2023 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 26 June 2023 - 29 June 2023.
- A Scalable Test Suite for Bi-objective Multidisciplinary Optimization (pp 319-332)
- Toward scalable benchmark problems for multi-objective multidisciplinary optimization. 2022 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 4 December 2022 - 7 December 2022.
- The Data Driven Surrogate Model Based Dynamic Design of Aero-Engine Fan Systems. Volume 10B: Structures and Dynamics, 21 September 2020 - 25 September 2020.
- Development of a New Machine Learning-based Informatics System for Product Health Monitoring. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 93 (pp 473-478)
- An Intelligent Metrology Informatics System based on Neural Networks for Multistage Manufacturing Processes. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 82 (pp 444-449), 13 June 2019 - 14 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Reinforcement learning for condition-based control of gas turbine engines. 2019 18th European Control Conference (ECC), 25 June 2019 - 28 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Control of DC power distribution system of a hybrid electric aircraft with inherent overcurrent protection. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), 7 November 2018 - 9 November 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Current-limiting droop control design of paralleled AC/DC and DC/DC converters in DC micro-grids. IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp 132-137), 21 October 2018 - 23 October 2018. View this article in WRRO
- A Data-Driven Framework for Identifying Tropical Wetland Model. 2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), 5 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
- Compact Deep Neural Networks for Computationally Efficient Gesture
Classification From Electromyography Signals. 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob), 26 August 2018 - 29 August 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Estimation of hidden chemoattractant field from observed cell migration patterns. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 51(15) (pp 766-771), 9 July 2018 - 11 July 2018. View this article in WRRO
- A Likelihood Ratio-Based Approach to Bleed Valve Event Detection in Gas Turbine Engines. 2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), 5 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
- An evaluation of survival modelling approaches for personalised risk prediction after hip replacement for osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Vol. 26(Supplement 1) (pp S281-S281). Liverpool, United Kingdom, 26 April 2018 - 29 April 2018.
- Customer-oriented architecture refinement in multi-criteria synthesis of large-scale system architectures. 2017 IEEE International Systems Engineering Symposium (ISSE), 11 October 2017 - 13 October 2017.
- Design of a UDE Frequency Selective Filter to Reject Periodical Disturbances. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 50(1) (pp 7824-7829) View this article in WRRO
- MED 2017 Plenary lectures and tutorial: Modelling, estimation and identification of spatio-temporal and multiscale systems. 2017 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 3 July 2017 - 6 July 2017.
- Weak Interactions Based System Partitioning Using Integer Linear Programming. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 50(1) (pp 3635-3641) View this article in WRRO
- New insights for applications of Kreisselmeier's structure in robust and fault tolerant control. 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 4 March 2017 - 11 March 2017. View this article in WRRO
- Power sharing of parallel operated DC-DC converters using current-limiting droop control. 2017 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 3 July 2017 - 6 July 2017. View this article in WRRO
- Statistical estimation of spatio-temporal systems. 2017 23rd International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), 7 September 2017 - 8 September 2017.
- Person-specific gesture set selection for optimised movement classification from EMG signals. 2016 IEEE 38th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp 880-883), 16 August 2016 - 20 August 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Cascaded control to shape output virtual impedance and improve output voltage quality for power inverter. 2016 IEEE 7th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 27 June 2016 - 30 June 2016.
- Impedance shaping for parallel operation of inverters in islanded AC microgrids. 2015 IEEE 6th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 22 June 2015 - 25 June 2015.
- Unscented Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoothing for nonlinear descriptor systems. 2015 European Control Conference (ECC), 15 July 2015 - 17 July 2015.
- Analysis of composite plate dynamics using spatial maps of frequency-domain features described by Gaussian processes. IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), Vol. 3(PART 1) (pp 949-954)
- An experimental analysis of an active elastic metamaterial. IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), Vol. 3(PART 1) (pp 959-965)
- A Bayesian framework for identifying cell migration dynamics.. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, Vol. 2013 (pp 3455-3458). United States
- System identification from small data sets using an output jittering method with application to model estimation of bioethanol production. Proceedings - International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, Vol. 3 (pp 949-955)
- System identification of the fermentation system of Thermoanaerobacter sp. X514. 2012 IEEE 6th International Conference on Systems Biology, ISB 2012 (pp 158-163)
- Exploration and control of stochastic spatiotemporal systems with mobile agents. IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), Vol. 44(1 PART 1) (pp 4489-4494)
- A variational approach for the online dual estimation of spatiotemporal systems governed by the IDE. IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), Vol. 44(1 PART 1) (pp 3204-3209)
- Adaptive joint detection and estimation in MIMO systems: A hybrid systems approach. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, Vol. 54(5) (pp 1629-1644)
- Particle filtering based multiple-model approach to fault diagnosis in nonlinear stochastic systems. 2001 European Control Conference (ECC), 4 September 2001 - 7 September 2001.
- Multiple RBF networks for on-line identification of nonlinear systems. IEE Conference Publication(409) (pp 306-311)
- A Distributed Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization Benchmark Test Suite with Constraints and Multiple Conflicting Objectives. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO '23 Companion), July 15--19, 2023, Lisbon, Portugal, 15 July 2023 - 15 July 2023.
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- Integrated Sensing, Monitoring and Healing of Composite Systems. Advances in Science and Technology, Vol. 101 (pp 62-68) View this article in WRRO
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Reports
- Balancing improvements in average life expectancy with inequality reductions across Scotland: An inclusive economy trade-off study
Software / Code
- Code used in the study "A new method to monitor bone geometry changes at different spatial scales in the longitudinal in vivo μCT studies of mice bones".
Datasets
- Data used in the study "A new method to monitor bone geometry changes at different spatial scales in the longitudinal in vivo μCT studies of mice bones".
- Data for manuscript titled "A systematic approach to the scale separation problem in the development of multiscale models".
Other
Preprints
- Unlocking Freeform Structured Surface Denoising with Small Sample Learning: Enhancing Performance Via Physics-Informed Loss and Detail-Driven Data Augmentation, Elsevier BV.
- Through-life Monitoring of Resource-constrained Systems and Fleets, arXiv.
- Metaparametric Neural Networks for Survival Analysis, arXiv.
- Endogenous pioneer neutrophils release NETs during the swarming response in zebrafish, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Compact Deep Neural Networks for Computationally Efficient Gesture Classification From Electromyography Signals, arXiv.
- Weak Interactions Based System Partitioning Using Integer Linear Programming, arXiv.
- Autonomous Crowds Tracking with Box Particle Filtering and Convolution Particle Filtering, arXiv.
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- Research group
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Control Theory
- Grants
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- EPSRC: TACDAM, Investigators - G Panoutsos (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, £121,611 (VK £33,242)
- EPSRC: Future Advanced Metrology Hub, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (PI), M Mahfouf (CI), B L Jones, £1.1M (£930,453 Sheffield, VK £404,284)
- EPSRC: Preliminary Investigation for advanced control for distributed hybrid propulsion systems, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (PI), B L Jones, A R Mills, A Hills, P Trodden, 2016-2017, £20,000 (VK £4,000)
- Innovate UK: EE2EHM v2, Investigators - A R Mills (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, P Trodden, I Esnaola, 2017-2020, £1.2M (£983,918 Sheffield, VK £98,392)
- EPSRC: Future Powder Manufacturing Hub, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (CI), G Panoutsos (CI), 2016-2023, £5.1M (£1,027,858 Sheffield, VK £513,929)
- Rolls-Royce: UTC Submarines, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (PI), A R Mills, I Esnaola, S A Pope, P Trodden, T J Dodd, 2016, £23,978 (VK £9,591)
- Rolls-Royce: RR Data Analytics, Investigators - A R Mills (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, 2016, £138,299 (VK £55,320)
- Rolls-Royce: Civil WSN TRL6, Investigators - A R Mills (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, B L Jones, 2016, £108,475 (VK £10,848)
- Rolls-Royce: UTC 2016, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (PI), P Trodden, S A Pope, T J Dodd, A R Mills, 2016, £402,600 (VK £161,040)
- NERC: Banwart CZO Scheme, V Kadirkamanathan (not PI), £22,260 (VK £2,226)
- Rolls-Royce: EHM for highly specialised assets, Investigators - A R Mills (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, A Hills, 2015-2017, £104,400 (VK £41,760)
- Rolls-Royce: UTC Control and Systems Engineering 2015, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (PI), A R Mills, T J Dodd, B L Jones, I Esnaola, P Trodden, £314,056 (VK £159,712)
- Arthritis Research UK: Development of a personalised health forecasting tool for patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, V Kadirkamanathan(not PI), £127,426 (VK £25,485)
- Rolls-Royce: UTC Control and Systems Engineering 2014, Investigators - V Kadirkamanathan (PI), A R Mills, T J Dodd, B L Jones, £289,870 (VK £112,548)
- EPSRC: Optimization for robust full-vehicle design, Investigators - P J Fleming (PI), R Purshouse, V Kadirkamanathan, C Rao, £895,432 (VK £44,771)
- TSB: PreDICT, Investigators - A R Mills (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, J Liu, R F Harrison, £214,641 (VK £21,464)
- Rolls-Royce: Wireless EHM for Civil Aero, Investigators - A R Mills (PI), V Kadirkamanathan, B L Jones, D Holtby, £96,520 (VK 9,652)
- EPSRC Frontier Engineering: Modelling complex and partially identified engineering problems-Application to the individualised multi-scale simulation of the musculoskeletal system. Investigators - M J Hounslow, D Lacroix, M Viceconti, S A Billings, V Kadirkamanathan, A Pavic, E McCloskey and T Skerry, 2013-2018, £4.75M.
- BBSRC: Novel zebrafish approaches to investigate leaderless protein secretion in vivo. Investigators – H.Wilson, S.Renshaw and V.Kadirkamanathan (CI), 2013-2016, £373,297 (VK 55,995)
- TSB: SILOET II – Holistic optimising systems. Investigators – V.Kadirkamanathan, G.Jewell and G.Priestman, 2013-2015, £359,000.
- Rolls-Royce: UTC in Control and Systems Engineering, Investigators – V.Kadirkamanathan, T.J.Dodd and A.R.Mills, 2013, £304,000.
- Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (DHPA): Systems health monitoring using transient signals. Investigators – V.Kadirkamanathan and P.J.Fleming, 2012-2015, £90,000.
- Vestas Research Grant: Control and monitoring of wind turbines. Investigators – V.Kadirkamanathan, B.L.Jones, J.A.Rossiter, Z.Q.Lang and S.A.Pope, 2011-2013, £120,000.
- UK-India Partnership - UKIERI: Integrated sensing monitoring and healing for complex autonomous systems. Investigators – V.Kadirkamanathan, S.A.Pope and P.J.Fleming, 2012-2014, £20,400.
- NERC: A century of variability in Greenland melting and iceberg calving. Investigators – G.Bigg, E.Hanna, V.Kadirkamanathan and S.A.Billings, 2011-14, £311,959.
- Unilver Research Grant: Nonlinear signal processing for time series classification. Investigators – R.Gross and V.Kadirkamanathan, 2011-2012, £62,414.
- BAE Systems Research Grant: Decision support tool in FLAME GPU. Investigators – J.Derrick, V.Kadirkamanathan and P.Richmond, 2011, £51,895.
- EPSRC Platform Grant: System identification and information processing for complex systems with Investigators S.A.Billings, V.Kadirkamanathan, M.A.Billings, D.Coca, Z.Q.Lang and H.L.Wei, 2010-15, £1,205,632.
- EU FP7: Search for Electro-Magnetic Earthquake Precursors combining satellite and ground-based facilities (SEMEP). Investigators – M.A.Balikhin and V.Kadirkamanathan, 2010-2012, €452,514.
- Royal Society International Collaboration Grant: Investigation of the control mechanism on co-culture bioethanol producing system with Investigators V.Kadirkamanathan, and H.L.Wei, 2010-12, £11,950.
- EPSRC/GSK Joint Grant: Array design for lead optimization in pharmaceutical research. Investigators – V.Gillet, P.Willett and V.Kadirkamanathan, 2006-10, £235,682.
- EPSRC Platform Grant: System identification and signal processing for complex systems. Investigators – S.A.Billings, V.Kadirkamanathan, M.A.Billings, D.Coca and Z.Q.Lang, 2005-10, £422,571.
- Teaching activities
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Current Teaching:
- ACS318 System Identification
Previous Teaching:
- Signal Processing and Estimation (2011-2019)
- Multisensor and Decision Systems (2015-2020)
- Systems Reliability and Fault diagnosis (2006-2013)
- State space, nonlinear and optimal control (1994-2010)
- Neural networks and intelligent systems (1994- 2000)
- Nonlinear systems (new module creation) (1996-1999)
- Robust control and advanced control including frequency response methods (1995,1999)
- Classical control design and discrete control systems design (1993-1994)
- Group Design Project on autonomous vehicle platoons (1994-1996)
- Professional activities and memberships
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Chair, UK Automatic Control Council (2021-present)
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EPSRC Peer Review College Member, Grant and Interview Panels Chair and Member
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Member, Engineering Sub Panel Research Excellence Framework REF2021 (2018-2022)
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Editor-in-Chief, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Co-Editor, International Journal of Systems Science (2005-2020)
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General Chair, 13th International Conference on Control, Sheffield, 2018
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Finance Chair, 5th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2018), Cambridge, UK, July 2018.
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Conference Chair, 4th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics, Sheffield, September 2009.
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Invited Opening Keynote: International Conference on Automation and Control (ICAC2017), Huddersfield, September 2017.
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Invited Opening Keynote: Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED2017), Malta, July 2017.
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Invited Keynote: Science and Technology for Society Forum (STS2016), Colombo, Srilanka, September 2016.
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Invited Keynote: IFAC International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimisation of Dynamical Systems (ACODS), Trichy, India, February 2016.
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Invited Keynote: IEEE International Conference on Systems and Control Theory (ISCTCC), Cheile Gradistei, Romania, October 2015.
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Invited Keynote: IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics (PRIB), Stockholm, Sweden, August 2014.
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Invited Plenary: IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing (ICICIP), Harbin, China, July 2011.
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Visiting Professor: Instituto de Technologia Aeronautica, Brazil (2016-2018)
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Visiting Professor: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2015/16)
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External Course Examination: MSc in Signals, Systems and Control, University of Malta, 2018-now.
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External Course Examination: MSc in Thermal Power, University of Cranfield, 2015-2019.
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External Course Examination: BEng/MEng in Mechatronics, University of Nottingham (Malaysia and Ningbo Campus), 2014-2018.
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