Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We are concerned with the analysis, processing, classification and generation of audio and visual signals in applications such as machine vision, computer graphics, avatars and audio and speech processing.
We strive to model the relationship between audio speech and face-and-body gesture. We apply this to drive the lip motion, facial expression, head motion (e.g. nodding) and upper body motion of a graphics generated digital character, or avatar, from users’ speech in real time. We also exploit the inverse of this model to estimate audio from lip motions for applications in speech enhancement and speaker separation.
Our research into automatic 3D modelling of urban environments and historic places has been progressed with the aid of drones and reconstruction software that uses data from lidar, laser and photogrammetry.
Our interdisciplinary research into simulating the interactions of biomolecules during docking has led to haptic-assisted interactive docking software (www.haptimol.co.uk).
Our overarching goal in this area is to develop a software tool capable of visualising biomolecular structures, simulating the forces of interaction between them and crucially simulating the resulting conformational changes during molecular docking.
The BirthView virtual reality (VR) software aims to predict adverse childbirth outcomes on a per patient basis. It models the complex biomechanical interactions between the fetus and maternal pelvic tissues using explicit finite element (FE) and mechanical contact models.
These technologies share many theoretical foundations and we collaborate intensively with other laboratories namely Colour lab, Data Science and Statistics and Machine Learning. We also collaborate closely with Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital, School of History, UEA, various industries and internationally with EPIC games.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Jeannette Chin
- School of Computing Sciences - Associate Professor in Computing Sciences
- Cyber Intelligence and Networks - Associate Member
- Data Science and AI - Associate Member
- Visual Computing and Signal Processing - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Stephen Cox
- School of Computing Sciences - Co-Investigator, Emeritus Professor
- Visual Computing and Signal Processing - Member
Person: Honorary, Research & Analogous, Research Group Member
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Andy Day
- School of Computing Sciences - Emeritus Professor
- Visual Computing and Signal Processing - Member
Person: Honorary, Research Group Member
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Digital Preservation and Immersive Heritage
Wang, C., Roebuck, T., Laycock, S. & Ma, Y.
31/03/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Internal Funding › AHRC IAA Fund
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Developing an AI System to Classify Ultra-Processed Food
17/02/25 → 16/05/25
Project: Internal Funding › Knowledge Exchange +
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An Unobtrusive Approach to Emotion Detection
Chin, J. & Klos, D., 2025, Handbook on Smart Health. IOS Press, (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Book Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Attention on the Wires (AttWire): A Foundation Model for Detecting Devices and Catheters in X-ray Fluoroscopic Images
Ma, Y., Howell, S., Rinaldi, A., Dhanjal, T. & Rhode, K. S., 8 Mar 2025, arXiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Open Access -
Catheter Detection and Segmentation in X-ray Images via Multi-task Learning
Xi, L., Ma, Y., Koland, E., Howell, S., Rinaldi, A. & Rhode, K. S., 4 Mar 2025, arXiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Open Access
Prizes
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Best Paper Award in Color and Imaging Conference (CIC) 2018
Finlayson, Graham (Recipient), Zhu, Yuteng (Recipient) & Gong, Han (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Biophysics and Physicobiology, Editors' choice award 2017
Hayward, Steven (Recipient), Laycock, Stephen (Recipient) & Iakovou, George (Recipient), 20 Sept 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Outstanding Impact in Health, Wellbeing and Welfare
Phillips, John (Recipient), Cox, Stephen (Recipient) & Newman, Jake (Recipient), 17 May 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
Jeannette Chin (Session organiser)
12 Jul 2025 → 15 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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The 21st International Conference on Intelligent Environments
Jeannette Chin (Management Committee Member)
23 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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XXth Rencontres du Vietnam – The Second International Symposium of Nano Life Science: Nano Biotechnology, Biophysics, Computation (NanoBioCoM2024),
Steven Hayward (Speaker)
25 Sept 2024 → 27 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk