Commercial Services
Work Smarter not Harder!
Smart Technologies are progressing faster now than ever before. We have experts with a wide range of skills who can help you utilise the latest technology to enhance your business.
Commercial Services:- Intelligent Data and Information Processing
Data Mining, Time Series Prediction, Intelligent Information Retrieval, Data Visualisation, Large Data Handling and Management, Pattern Recognition, Diagnostic Analysis, Decision Support Systems, Fraud Detection, Condition Monitoring. - Computational Intelligence
Machine learning, Hybrid Intelligent Techniques, Data and Information Fusion, Learning and Adaptation Methods, Knowledge Bases, Inference Engines, Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Nature-inspired Optimisation, Self Organising Systems, Human Computer Interactions, Affective Computing, Cognitive Systems. - Sensory and Electronic Technologies
Sensors, Embedded Systems, Smart Environments, Smart Materials, Wireless Technologies, Digital Signal Processing, Electronic Instrumentation, Self healing systems, Adaptive Networks, Microcontrollers, Real Time Operating Systems, Sonar Technology, Robotics
The Smart Technology Research Centre has an extensive track record of collaboration with business and industrial partners, with a few recent partners listed below:
- British Telecommunications (telecommunication industry): a number of projects in the areas of data mining, customer profiling, predictive modelling and intelligent data analysis focusing among others on churn prediction, fraud detection, improving customer satisfaction.
- Lufthansa Systems (airline industry): a number of projects related to demand forecasting in revenue management systems.
- Evonik-Degussa (process industry): improving operational excellence of large chemical plants and processes through development of highly adaptive soft sensor technology.
- Siemens (transport industry): pattern based identification of vehicles from inductive loops sensory data.
- Screwfix (retail industry): inductive data mining in very large customer databases, customer profiling and optimisation of large database operations.
- Salisbury Hospital Trust (health industry): development of smart sensory technologies and approaches in the areas of physiological measurements and sensor development, functional electrical stimulation and pressure sores prevention and treatment.
We are frequently involved in a number of consultancy projects. They are usually funded by the companies, with the option of STRC helping in the search of funding from other sources. Recent collaboration examples include:
- Development of a portable 3D-Goniometer for recovery assessment of arms functional deficits, a one year project in collaboration with Royal Bournemouth Hospital, funded by the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) 4, Venky Dubey is principal investigator
- Electronic Height Measuring Device, a one year project in collaboration with and funded by Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Venky Dubey is principal investigator
- Winding temperature indicator and controller for use with power transformers, a project in collaboration with Accurate Controls, Jim Roach and Andrew Watson are consultants
- Electronic Height Measuring Device, a one year project in collaboration with and funded by Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Venky Dubey is principal investigator
Based on our expertise listed above, we are also able to provide tailored short courses for companies and other organisations. An example of an established, very successful course is ''Sonar''. It consists of a 2-day Introduction and a 3-day more in-depth look at Sonar, running twice a year and attracting delegates from most of the major UK companies active in the sonar field. More information can be found on the course website.
