Professor Craig Michie

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Personal statement

I re-joined the University in 2006 after a period in industry and I am currently Reader in Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Course Advisor for EEE fourth and fith year.

I received a BSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow in 1983 and after a year working for the BBC in Broadcasting House London I returned to do a PhD in Coherent Optical Communications. Following this I had my first spell at Strathclyde researching into optical sensor systems for structural monitoring. I became Senior Research fellow in 1991 and joined the Rolls Royce University Technology Centre in 1998.

I left the department during 2001-2004 when I worked as a Senior Engineer at Kamelian Limited, a start-up company in the telecommunication area making semiconductor optical amplifiers. Following this I went to Scottish Enterprise to take a post as a Senior Manager supporting the delivery of  the Intermediate Technology Institute ‘ITI Techmedia’.

In  2006 I came back to Strathclyde and continued to work on optical fibre communications technologies. At that time I also began also to develop a research expertise in wireless sensor technology for asset monitoring. Almost all of my research activity is now in this area with a particular emphasis on animal health monitoring. A few years ago we started a spin out company in this area. Now known as, SilentHerdsman Ltd., which makes neck mounted activity collars for cattle. The collars monitor cow movements and send alerts to enable farmers to inseminate the cattle at the optimum time, hence optimising milk yield. 

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Publications

Augmenting cattle tracking efficiency through monocular depth estimation
Dickson Lewis T, Davison Christopher, Michie Craig, McRobert Ewan, Atkinson Robert, Andonovic Ivan, Ferguson Holly, Dewhurst Richard, Briddock Roger, Brooking Mark, Pavlovic Dejan, Marko Oskar, Crnojevic Vladimir, Tachtatzis Christos
IEEE Conference on AgriFood Electronics (2024)
Neural knitworks : patched neural implicit representation networks
Czerkawski Mikolaj, Cardona Javier, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Andonovic Ivan, Clemente Carmine, Tachtatzis Christos
Pattern Recognition Vol 151 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2024.110378
On input formats for radar Micro-Doppler signature processing by convolutional neural networks
Czerkawski M, Clemente C, Michie C, Tachtatzis C
IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2022, pp. 383-388 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2022.2348
Multi-modal convolutional parameterisation network for guided image inverse problems
Czerkawski Mikolaj, Upadhyay Priti, Davison Christopher, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Andonovic Ivan, Macdonald Malcolm, Cardona Javier, Tachtatzis Christos
Journal of Imaging Vol 10 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging10030069
SatelliteCloudGenerator : controllable cloud and shadow synthesis for multi-spectral optical satellite images
Czerkawski Mikolaj, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Tachtatzis Christos
Remote Sensing Vol 15 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15174138
Feed conversion ratio (FCR) and performance group estimation based on predicted feed intake for the optimisation of beef production
Davison Chris, Michie Craig, Tachtatzis Christos, Andonovic Ivan, Bowen Jenna, Duthie Carol-Anne
Sensors Vol 23 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23104621

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Teaching

My teaching activities are aligned closely to my research experience and presently I teach several classes:

EE473 Photonic Systems - including optical communications technologies and systems

EM310 Signals and Systems

EE473 Information Transmission and Security

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Research Interests

My current research interests focus on wireless sensor networks and in particular the application of sensor systems within the area of animal health monitoring and precision livestock farming. Currently we are researching methods to process signatures derived from a neck mounted accelerometer in order to determine when a cow is in heat, when she is eating, drinking, ruminating, lying, standing or walking. This information facilitates the detection of a range of welfare events and enables farmers to optimise the performance of their herd. 

Professional Activities

Optical OIC-Optical Interference Coatings
Participant
18/5/2025
Remote Ambient Sensing for Precision Livestock Farming
Contributor
18/9/2024
AI for Precision Livestock Farming
Contributor
25/1/2024
Sensing in Dairy Farming and its Role in Green House Gas Mitigation
Speaker
31/5/2023
Sensor Research Workshop
Organiser
14/2/2023
City of Glasgow Sensor Network BEACO2N2
Speaker
10/11/2020

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Projects

Federated Learning Optimised for Remote Assessment of Species in Arable and Grassland Ecosystems (FLORA-SAGE)
Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator)
02-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2027
UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial
Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2032
Improved productivity and sustainability in high value dairy production through the deployment of low cost wireless methane sensors (Digital Dairy Chain)
Michie, Craig (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Lengden, Michael (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
22/145 Systems Engineering Innovation hubs for Multiple longterm Conditions - Development phase
Maier, Anja (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Gray, Louise (Co-investigator) Inns, Tom (Co-investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator) Mehnen, Jorn (Co-investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator) Picanco Rodrigues, Vinicius (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Whitfield, Ian (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
ICLEI Europe: Glasgow Environmental Monitoring of Indoor and Outdoor Air (GEMINOA)
Michie, Craig (Principal Investigator) Allan, Grant (Co-investigator) Sharpe, Tim (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Williamson, Jack (Researcher)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2025
On Farm Carbon Capture (AKT)
Michie, Craig (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
12-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023

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Professor Craig Michie
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: c.michie@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2521