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Completed Projects

  • MIDAS: Meaningful Integration of Data Analytics and Services

    Dates: 1/11/16 to 29/02/20

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof J Wallace, Prof Maurice Mulvenna

    Funded by: H2020-SC1-PM-18-2016

    Brief description: Development of a Data Integration, Analytics and Visualisation Platform for Health Policy

    Grant to Ulster: £660,325.00

  • ASGARD - Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data

    Dates: 01 September 2016 – 31 August 2019

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Hui Wang, Jordan Vincent, Dr Omar Nibouche

    Funded by: EC Horizon 2020 FCT-1-2015

    Brief description: This project analyses various types of data to support fight against crime and terrorism.

    Grant to Ulster: €547,000

  • DESIREE: Decision Support and Information Management System for Breast Cancer

    Dates: Feb 2016 – March 2019

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Hui Wang (PI), Dr Jun Liu

    Funded by: EC Horizon 2020 PH-30

    Brief description: This project looked at medical image analysis, data and knowledge modelling, case-based reasoning to transform decision making for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

    Grant to Ulster: £384,275.00

  • Community-based ICT for Maternal Healthcare in Africa: mHealth4Africa ICT-39-2015

    Dates: 1/16 - 10/18

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Huiru Zheng (PI), Dr Haiying Wang, Dr Omar Nibouche

    Funded by: CEC-H2020-IL-ICT

    Grant to Ulster: £183,383.00

  • INTACT: On the Impact of Extreme Weather on Critical Infrastructures

    Dates: April 2014 – April 2011

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Hui Wang, Dr Jun Liu

    Funded by: CEC - EU FP7-SEC-2013-1.6-3

    Brief description: the INTACT project will make a significant and unique contribution to the understanding of how to protect CI against EWE and improve preparedness for crisis response and recovery operations.

    Grant to Ulster: £186,148

  • EUREKA SD: Enhancing University Research and Education in Areas Useful for Sustainable Development

    Dates: July 2013 – March 2017

    Researchers from AIRC: Dr Jun Liu (PI)

    Funded by: Erasmus Mundus Action 2, European Commission

    Brief description: The Eureka SD partnership comprises 9 European and 11 Latin American Higher Education Institutions as well as 40 associated partners. It is implemented within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus, Action 2 – STRAND 1, Lot 15 (Latin America Central). The main goal is to support international education and research, by offering 315 mobilities for students and staff to undertake periods of study, teaching, research or training at partner universities located in the participating European and Latin American countries.

    Grant to Ulster: Max. 4.29M EURO for the consortium for networking and mobility.

  • Extraction and Modelling of Alzheimer's Disease Data for Patient Stratification: a novel integrative, multiplex network approach

    Dates: 4/2015 – 3/2018

    Researchers from AIRC: Dr Haiying Wang, Prof Hui Wang, Dr David Glass

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Brief description: Led by Asystec Limited and with the University of Ulster and C-TRIC as partners, the team aims to develop a user-friendly cloud based software tool that will allow the stratification of currently healthy subjects for early identification of the risk of developing dementia. The project’s novelty stemmed from the development of a novel predictive modelling framework to extract patterns and causalities associated with Alzheimer's disease from large and heterogeneous biomedical and other datasets The project aims to develop a predictive modelling framework to extract patterns and causalities associated with Alzheimer’s disease from large and heterogeneous biomedical and other datasets.

    Grant to Ulster: £249,580

  • Conjunctive Explanations

    Dates: Oct 2018 – June 2021

    Researchers from AIRC: Dr David Glass (PI), Dr Mark McCartney

    Funded by: John Templeton Foundation

    Brief description: This project explores the nature of explanatory and scientific reasoning. In particular, it seeks to address the question: how can two (or more) or more explanatory hypotheses work together as a ‘conjunctive explanation’ rather than as distinct, competing explanations? The project involves research on Bayesian measures of explanatory goodness and simulations of abductive inference. It also explores the relevance of these issues to explanations in science and religion and is carried out in collaboration with researchers in philosophy of science (University of Utah) and history of science and religion (Queen’s University Belfast).

    Grant to Ulster: £381,685

  • Explaining & Explaining Away

    Dates: June 2013 - September 2015

    Researchers from AIRC:  Dr DH Glass & Dr M McCartney

    Funded by: John Templeton Foundation

    A common theme in popular discourse is that scientific explanations of the world have 'explained away' the need for religion. This project investigated the concept of 'explaining away in the science-religion context and considered whether there is any need for a religious explanation in addition to a scientific explanation or, more specifically, under what circumstances a scientific explanation might undermine a religious one. The project  clarified the conditions which need to be satisfied for one explanation to 'explain away' another, and used computer simulations to model the changes of beliefs in social groups.

    Grant to Ulster: $187,903

  • Connected Health Living Lab

    Dates: 20/03/18 to 30/09/18

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof J Wallace

    Funded by: Department for the Economy

    Brief description: Funding for the establishment of the CH:LL Connected Health Innovation Living Lab.

    Grant to Ulster: £184,266.00

  • eZiGait

    Dates: 12/18 - 11/21

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Huiru Zheng (PI), Dr Haiying Wang

    Funded by: Invest NI

    Grant to Ulster: £211,667.00

  • Self Management Platform for Connected Health

    Dates: 4/13 - 7/18

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Huiru Zheng

    Funded by: Invest NI

    Grant to Ulster: £482,584.00

  • SenseCare (Sensor Enabled Affective Computing for Enhancing Medical Care)

    Dates:1/1/2016-31/12/2019

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof H Zheng (PI), Dr HY Wang, Prof M Mulvenna,

    Funded by: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015

    Grant to Ulster: £89,870

  • MetaPlat - Development of easy-to-use metagenomics platform for agricultural science

    Dates: 1/16 - 11/19

    Researchers from AIRC: Dr Haiying Wang (PI), Prof Huiru Zheng, Dr Fiona Browne

    Funded by: CEC-H2020-MSCA-RISE

    Grant to Ulster: £106,512.00

  • IC-HEALTH (Improving Digital Health Literacy in Europe)

    Dates: 1/11/2016-31-10/2018

    Researchers from AIRC:  Prof M Mulvenna

    Funded by: SC1-HCO-12-2016

    Grant to Ulster: £139,502

  • MAGIC: Mobile Assistance for Groups and Individuals within the Community

    Dates: 1/01/16 to 30/04/20

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof J Wallace

    Funded by: EC Horizon 2020 - PHC-27-PCP-2015

    Brief description: EuropeanPre-commercial Procurement project for Innovative Solutions to Post-Stroke Rehabilitation.

    Grant to Ulster: £81,875

  • VIAD: Fast Video-based Anomaly Detection on Rail Lines

    Dates: 03/2014 – 03/2016

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Hui Wang (PI), Dr Jun Liu

    Funded by: The Royal Society - International Exchanges 2013 NSFC

    Brief description: The aim of this project is to design a novel anomaly measure to enable a novel framework for environmental anomaly detection based on video streams from train mounted cameras, and evaluate on real video data through the China partners.

    Grant to Ulster: £11,960.00

  • KTP Programme between University of Ulster and Kraydel Limited

    Dates: 24/05/18 to 15/01/22

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof J Wallace, Prof Emeritus Mike McTear

    Funded by: Innovate UK/Invest NI and Kraydel Limited

    Brief description: This KTP developed the core underpinning AI algorithms as well as an intuitive Chatbot voice interface, whilst applying best practice usability engineering principles, for Kraydel’s modular low-cost platform and service solution enabling the elderly to live well and safely in their own homes.

    Grant to Ulster: £242,280.00

  • Telematic Data Analytics for Machine Usage Monitoring

    Dates:  8/19 - 8/21

    Researchers from AIRC: Dr Jun Liu (PI), Dr Glenn Hawe, Dr James Uhomoibhi, Dr Omar Nibouche, Prof Hui Wang, Prof Huiru Zheng

    Funded by: KTP project funded byInnovate UK/Invest NI and Sandvik Limited

    Brief description: The aim of this 2 year project was to analyse sensor data from Sandvik's quarry machinery, to predict how well machines were being managed and contribute towards predictive maintenance.

    Grant to Ulster: £177,614.00

  • KTP Programme between University of Ulster and Ulster Supported Employment Ltd

    Dates: 1/04/19 → 31/03/21

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof J Wallace

    Funded by: Innovate UK/INI and Ulster Supported Employment Ltd.

    Brief description: This aim of this project cwas to create new and novel models for design and manufacturing within the Northern Irish sustainable circular economy and embed innovative design and development processes for new USEL products and services, underpinned by a unique environment and supported employment workforce.

    Grant to Ulster: £157,727.00

  • KTP Verbal Arts (Digital chatbot-based technology platform using affective bibliotherapy model)

    Dates: 2018-2021

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof M Mulvenna (PI)

    Funded by: KTP

    Grant to Ulster: £157,199

  • Knowledge-Driven Predictive Analytics Platform

    Dates: 4/19 - 3/21

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof Huiru Zheng (PI), Dr Haiying Wang, Dr Jun Liu

    Funded by: Innovate UK/Invest NI and Datactics Limited

    Grant to Ulster: £143,288.00

  • KTP Inspired Wellbeing (mental health chatbot and platform for employee assistance programme)

    Dates: 2016-2019

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof M Mulvenna (PI)

    Funded by: KTP

    Grant to Ulster: £107,200

  • Development of Telecare Service Solutions

    Dates: 1/06/15 to 31/07/17

    Researchers from AIRC: Prof J Wallace

    Funded by: KTP project funded byTechnology Strategy Board / INI and Advanced Care (NI) Ltd:

    Brief description: Development of Telecare Service Solutions.

    Grant to Ulster: £107,200.00

  • Development of Training Needs Analysis Tool and E-Learning Platform and Content for Nursing Agency

    Dates: 28/10/14 to 31/07/17

    Researchers from AIRC:  Prof J Wallace

    Funded by: KTP project funded byTechnology Strategy Board / INI and Balmoral Healthcare Agency Ltd.

    Grant to Ulster: £107,200.00