Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Academic Background
Jacob studied an undergraduate degree in Computing with Electronics, and a PhD in Computing entitled, "Language Identification Using Visual Features". He has worked in the areas of speech recogntion, computational biology, and medical computing.
For more details on my publications, please refer to my Google Scholar profile.
Areas of Expertise
Jacob's research interests include applications of deep neural networks, machine learning, speech recogniton and signal processing. He is particularly interested in processing of medical time-series data and computer lip-reading.
Career
- 2023 - Present: Re-joined CMP as a Lecturer.
- 2021 - 2023: Jacob joined the Research and Specialist Computing Support (RSCS) team as a Research Software Engineer.
- 2017 - 2021: Jacob worked as the Senior Research Associate on a project funded by the Medical Research Council to develop a device and associated computer algorithms for assessing patients with dizziness: The Continuous Ambulatory Vestibular Assessment (CAVA) project. Working with Professor Stephen Cox and Professor John Phillips.
- 2010 - 2017: UEA/John Innes Centre working in Cell and Developmental Biology, under Professor Andrew Bangham and Professor Enrico Coen.
Administrative Posts
- 2024 - Present: Module Organiser for Data Structures and Algorithms
- 2023 - Present: Director of Computing Science BSc
- 2023 - Present: Director of Computing Science BSc with a Year in Industry
- 2023 - Present: Director of Master of Computing in Computing Science
- 2023 - Present: Director of Master of Computing in Computing Science with Year Abroad
- 2024 - Present: Science Sub-Committee Ethics Reviewer
- 2024 - Present: Deputy Director of Admissions for CMP
- 2023 - 2024: Study Abroad Academic Coordinator
Research Group or Lab Membership
Jacob is a member of the Data Science and AI Research Group. He is also a member of the CAVA lab.
Teaching Interests
I currently teach:
- Audio-Visual Speech Processing (Year 3 and MSc)
- Data Structures and Algorithms (Year 2)
- Human Computer Interaction (Year 3 and MSc)
- Introduction to Linux and High Performance Computing (PGR and Staff)
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Towards the automatic detection of activities of daily living using eye-movement and accelerometer data with neural networks
Newman, J. L., Brook, Z., Cox, S. J. & Phillips, J. S., Mar 2025, In: Computers in Biology and Medicine. 186, 109607.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Automatic Detection of Torsional Nystagmus Using the CAVA System
Cox, S., Phillips, J., Jammeh, E. & Newman, J., 29 Sep 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Improving Diagnosis of Dementia through Longitudinal Analysis of Structural Brain Data
Maddox, S., Newman, J., Mackiewicz, M. & Sami, S., 28 Jun 2024, p. 245-246. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Leveraging technological advances to assess dyadic visual cognition during infancy in high- and low-resource settings
Aneja, P., Kinna, T., Newman, J., Sami, S., Cassidy, J., McCarthy, J., Tiwari, M., Kumar, A. & Spencer, J., 30 May 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1376552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sleep Nystagmus in Asymptomatic Healthy Individuals: A Novel Finding
Collins, J., Phillips, J., Newman, J. & Cox, S., 29 Sep 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Prizes
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2nd Prize in the 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Newman, Jacob (Recipient), 26 May 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Outstanding Impact in Health, Wellbeing and Welfare
Phillips, John (Recipient), Cox, Stephen (Recipient) & Newman, Jacob (Recipient), 17 May 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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High Performance Computing Special Interest Group
Jacob Newman (Speaker)
7 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk