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:
Prizes and awards
- SIN 2014 - Best Paper Award
- Recipient
- 11/9/2014
Publications
- Image analysis framework with focus evaluation for in situ characterisation of particle size and shape attributes
- Cardona Javier, Ferreira Carla, McGinty John, Hamilton Andrew, Agimelen Okpeafoh S., Cleary Alison, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Marshall Stephen, Chen Yi-Chieh, Sefcik Jan, Andonovic Ivan, Tachtatzis Christos
- Chemical Engineering Science Vol 191, pp. 208-231, (2018)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.06.067
- The role of in-line image analysis in the transition to continuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry
- Cardona Javier, Ferreira Carla, Svoboda Vaclav, Ahmed Bilal, McGinty John, Agimelen Okpeafoh S., Hamilton Andrew, Cleary Alison, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Marshall Stephen, Florence Alastair J., Chen Yi-Chieh, Sefcik Jan, Andonovic Ivan, Tachtatzis Christos
- International Conference on Manufacturing Research, (2018)
- Low power radiometric partial discharge sensor using composite transistor-reset integrator
- Upton David W., Saeed Bakhtiar I., Mather Peter J., Sibley Martin J. N., Lazaridis Pavlos I., Mistry Keyur K., Glover Ian A., Filho Flávlo T., Tachtatzis Christos, Atkinson Robert C., Judd Martin D.
- IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Vol 25, pp. 984-992, (2018)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2018.007253
- A taxonomy and survey of intrusion detection system design techniques, network threats and datasets
- Hindy Hanan, Brosset David, Bayne Ethan, Seeam Amar, Tachtatzis Christos, Atkinson Robert, Bellekens Xavier
- (2018)
- A supervisory system for partial discharge monitoring
- Saeed B. I., Upton D. W., Vieira M. F. Q., Torres F., Mohamed H., Mistry K., Mather P. J., Lazaridis P., Khan U., Tachtatzis C., Atkinson R., Judd M., Glover I. A.
- URSI Atlantic Radio Science, (2018)
- Wireless sensor network for radiometric detection and assessment of partial discharge in HV equipment
- Upton D. W., Saeed B. I., Mather P. J., Lazaridis P. I., Vieira M. F. Q., Atkinson R., Tachtatzis C., Garcia M. S., Judd M., Glover I. A.
- Radio Science, (2018)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017RS006507
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
- Automatic annotation of subsea survey video
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Cleary, Alison (Co-investigator) Michie, Walter (Co-investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Hamilton, Andrew (Research Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Mar-2017 - 31-Jan-2018
- N-Sea Phase 2: Automatic Annotation of Subsea Survey Video
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Di Caterina, Gaetano (Co-investigator) Michie, Walter (Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Jun-2018 - 30-May-2020
- KTP - Fathom Systems
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Cleary, Alison (Co-investigator) Michie, Walter (Co-investigator)
- Period 04-Sep-2017 - 03-Sep-2020
- 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 - 31-Aug-2018
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Dickinson, Carl
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Oct-2016 - 01-Dec-2020
- 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
Address
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building