Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Dept. Electronic and Electrical Engineering with interests in communications systems, internet of Things and information processing (analytics).
Dr Robert Atkinson
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Expertise
Has expertise in:
- Internet Engineering (including advance protocols, e.g. MIPv6, NEMO, 6LoWPAN);
- Wireless Sensor Networks, especially in harsh industrial environments;
- Partial discharge monitoring;
- Wireless multhoming strategies;
- Multicore processing (e.g. GPUs etc.);
- Cloud computing and virtualisation;
- Information processing using machine learning;
- Big data analytics.
I have experience and expertise in the following areas:
Publications
- Enabling digitisation of continuous manufacturing processes : the role of image analysis
- Cardona Javier, Ferreira Carla Sofia, McGinty John, Hamilton Andrew, Agimelen Okpeafoh, Cleary Alison, Chen Yi-Chieh, Sefcik Jan, Michie Walter, Atkinson Robert, Andonovic Ivan, Tachtatzis Christos
- Network Plus: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age Conference 2017, (2017)
- Strategies for protecting intellectual property when using CUDA applications on graphics processing units
- Bellekens Xavier, Paul Greig, Tachtatzis Christos, Irvine James, Atkinson Robert
- SIN'16 proceedings to be published under ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS), (2016)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2947626.294763
- Threat analysis of IoT networks using artificial neural network intrusion detection system
- Hodo Elike Komi, Bellekens Xavier, Hamilton Andrew, Dubouilh Pierre-Louis, Iorkyase Ephraim Tersoo, Tachtatzis Christos, Atkinson Robert
- International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, (2016)
- Localisation of partial discharge sources using radio fingerprinting technique
- Iorkyase E. T., Tachtatzis C., Atkinson R. C., Glover I. A.
- 2015 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference LAPC, (2015)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LAPC.2015.7366058
- Image-based monitoring of encrustation in the crystallisation process
- Tachtatzis Christos, Sheridan Rachel, Michie Craig, Atkinson Robert C., Cleary Alison, Dziewierz Jerzy, Andonovic Ivan, Briggs Naomi E.B., Florence Alastair J., Sefcik Jan
- Chemical Engineering Science Vol 133, pp. 82-90, (2015)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2015.01.038
- Radiometric wireless sensor network monitoring of partial discharge sources in electrical substations
- Zhang Yong, Upton David, Jaber Adel, Ahmed Hamd, Saeed Bahghtar, Mather Peter, Lazaridis Pavlos, Mopty Alexandre, Tachtatzis Christos, Atkinson Robert, Judd Martin, Vieira Maria Fatima Queiroz, Glover Ian
- International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Vol 2015, (2015)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/438302
Teaching
- EE106 Engineering Design for Software Development 1: gentle introduction to computer programming using Python.
- EE471 Communications Networks: foundation in communication and computer networking concepts and protocols.
Research interests
Given the increasing volume and variety of data that is being generated across economic and industrial sectors, a key area of interest is the extraction of meaning from heterogeous data sets. This involves research into data analytics and multicore programming solutions. This in trun motivates an interest both in Cloud Computing and Big Data analytics.
I also have a long interest in future internet technologies, including Mobile IPv6 mobility solutions, Internet of Things (IoT), and intelligent in-building control systems.
Professional activities
- EU - European Research Council (External organisation)
- Member
- 14/3/2013
- International Conference on Wireless Communications and Applications
- Member of programme committee
- 1/8/2011
- VTC Fall 2011
- Participant
- 2011
- Scottish Networking Event (SCONE)
- Organiser
- 9/2009
- External examiner for PhD vivas at Edinburgh University School of Engineering, and School of Informatics
- External Examiner
- 8/2009
- EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) (External organisation)
- Member
- 1/2009
Projects
- Smart Tooling Spirit Phase 3
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Cleary, Alison (Co-investigator) Michie, Walter (Co-investigator)
- Period 03-Jul-2017 - 02-Jul-2018
- Membrane performance study with GSK
- Cleary, Alison (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Michie, Walter (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Jul-2016 - 31-Mar-2018
- Asset Analytics Automation
- Michie, Walter (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- Period 04-Jan-2016 - 03-Jan-2017
- EPSRC Doctoral Training Grant | Bolton, Gregour
- Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Oct-2007 - 01-Apr-2011
- Doctoral Training Grant | Sinclair, Neil
- Atkinson, Robert (Principal Investigator) Harle, David (Co-investigator) Sinclair, Neil (Research Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Oct-2009 - 20-Sep-2013
- CONSERVE: Contingency Operations for Strategic Infrastructure and the Vulnerable
- Atkinson, Robert (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Bellingham, Richard (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Research Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jun-2017
Address
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building