Professor Paul Murray
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Reader at the University of Strathclyde working in the area of signal, image, video and hyperspectral data processing. I work on a number of research and industrial projects where I apply my expertise to address a wide range of challenges in many application areas. My activities range from analysing microscopic biological images to processing images captured during visual inspection of nuclear power plants.
My research interests can be summarised as: signal and image processing, hyperspectral imaging, video processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, image stitching, object detection and tracking and mathematical morphology.
In general, I am interested in extending and creating new image processing techniques to address real-world and industrially relevant challenges. For example, the outcomes of my research conducted during my PhD have been used in various research labs in the UK and in the USA. More recently, I have delivered the outcomes of my research in the form of novel software tools for a range of industrial end-users. I am currently the Strathclyde PI working in collaboration with the project PI at Lancaster on EP/V051059/1. This is an EPSRC funded project researching Autonomous Inspection for Responsive and Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Manufacture (AIRS-NFM). I also have a significant portfolio of industrially funded research.
Area of Expertise
- Signal Processing
- Image Processing
- Video Processing
- Hyperspectral Imaging
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Image Stitching
- Mathematical Morphology
Prize And Awards
- Best Technical Paper in IIF Journal Award (Non-Ferrous Category)
- Recipient
- 9/2/2025
- Best Student Paper Award
- Recipient
- 29/5/2018
- IEEE Brain Data Bank Challenges and Competitions
- Recipient
- 31/10/2017
- Best Student Paper Award
- Recipient
- 2/2015
Publications
- Real world video denoising for visual inspection in high-dose radiological environments
- Young Andrew, Fei Zhouxiang, Zabalza Jaime, West Graeme M, Murray Paul, McArthur Stephen D J
- Nuclear Technology Vol 211, pp. 1448-1458 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2410610
- Challenge for screening of nuclear fuel debris by innovative spectral imaging and its verification by LIBS mapping : (1) Preparation and classification of in-core materials at 1F
- Muta Hiroaki, Murray Paul, Ohba Hironori, Sakaguchi Chisato, Zabalza Jaime, Sakamoto Kan, Dunphy R David, Wakaida Ikuo, Sato Y
- 2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD) 2025 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD (2025)
- Challenge for screening of nuclear fuel debris by innovative spectral imaging and its verification by LIBS Mapping : (2) Hyperspectral imaging of simulated fuel debris samples in the visible and near-infrared ranges
- Sakaguchi Chisato, Sakamoto Kan, Ouchi Atsushi, Muta Hiroaki, Ohba Hironori, Zabalza Jaime, Dunphy R David, Murray Paul
- 2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD) 2025 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD (2025)
- Identification of nuclear fuel materials during decommissioning by short-wave infrared hyperspectral imaging
- Campbell Andrew John, Dunphy R David, Ali Teymoor, Zabalza Jaime, Smith Nick, Offin Douglas, Cockbain Neil, Di Buono Antonio, Goddard Dave, Hartley Christopher, Joyce Malcolm J, Muta Hiroaki, Okita Takafumi, Murray Paul
- 2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD) 2025 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD (2025)
- New spectral and textural feature combinations for corrosion detection in hyperspectral images of special nuclear materials packages
- Keane Aoife, Hillman Thomas, Di Buono Antonio, Cockbain Neil, Bernard Robert, Engelberg Dirk, Murray Paul, Zabalza Jaime
- IEEE Sensors Journal (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2025.3574923
- Hyperspectral imaging inspection of nuclear assets through leaded glass windows
- Zabalza Jaime, Campbell Andrew John, Murray Paul, Cockbain Neil
- NuSec Technical Workshop (2025)
Teaching
I currently teach two classes:
1) Image and Video Processing (5th year and Masters Level)
2) Digital Electronics (2nd Year)
I am also Year advisor for 4th and 5th year students on our Computer and Electronics Systems (CES) Degree.
Professional Activities
- Strategic Themes - Bioimaging Workshop
- Participant
- 17/9/2024
- Enhanced Video-Level Anomaly Feature Detection for Nuclear Power Plant Component Inspections Using the Latency Mechanism
- Contributor
- 17/7/2023
- Automated detection of crack features in nuclear superheaters using deep learning with automatically labelled datasets
- Contributor
- 30/11/2021
- AUTOMATED GENERATION OF TRAINING DATASET FOR CRACK DETECTION IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT COMPONENTS
- Contributor
- 16/6/2021
- Automated tracking of mitochondrial motility using image processing and epifluorescence microscopy
- Contributor
- 25/11/2020
- Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges - Annual Conference 2019
- Invited speaker
- 19/5/2019
Projects
- Video analytics and compression for Internet of Video Things
- Zabalza, Jaime (Principal Investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- Hyperspectral Imaging Inspection of Nuclear Assets through Leaded Glass Windows
- Zabalza, Jaime (Principal Investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- Non-destructive inspection of redundant flasks (GC 866)
- Zabalza, Jaime (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 20-Jan-2024 - 19-Jan-2024
- AI for Space Operations, Safety and Sustainability (A14S3)
- Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) Feng, Jinglang (Co-investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator) Marshall, Stephen (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Hyperspectral Detection (IR to UV) Re-entry Signatures from Orbit
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Marshall, Stephen (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) Zabalza, Jaime (Co-investigator)
- 08-Jan-2024 - 08-Jan-2025
- Analysis of stent materials using hyerspectral imaging
- Murray, Paul (Principal Investigator) Dunphy, Raymond David (Co-investigator) Hamilton, Andrea (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
Contact
Professor
Paul
Murray
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: paul.murray@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2199