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Professor Roger Woods

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Professor Roger Woods

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

With the expected demise of Moore’s Law, there is a renewed challenge to explore computer architecture and lower power technologies such as FPGAs in the design of new, more powerful embedded systems. This has major implications for the design of autonomous systems, embedded AI systems and wireless communications.

Roger’s research is involved in the design and implementation of innovative systems for image processing systems, security systems for WiFi-based networks and embedded AI platforms for data analytics. There is as focus on practical implication and close collaboration with industry.

Contact info

  • R.Woods@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9024 4081

Research Interests

There are PhD opportunities open in creation of innovative embedded systems:

  • New Edge Computing Solutions for Machine Learning
  • Physical Layer Security Approaches for Internet-of-Things
  • Advanced Data Analysis for Manufacturing Applications

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Co-founder and Chief Scientist of university spin-off company, Analytics Engines Ltd
  • Academic Award by Enterprise Ireland in 2017
  • Winner of the Northern Ireland Science Park’s £25k HiTech/ Entrepreneurship Award
  • Queen’s University’s Woods says FPGAs becoming more accessible, Water Technology, 23 November 2012 available via website ( )

Research students

PhD area Adaptive algorithms for hardware acceleration of dynamic Bayesian networks
Name Caoimhe Carbery
Country Ireland
   
PhD area Efficient resource allocation in cloud systems and data centres
Name Umar Minhas
Country Pakistan
   
PhD area FPGA-based programmable embedded platform for image processing applications
Name Fahad Siddiqui
Country South Korea

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Design exploration of image processing algorithms using FPGA based soft-core processors
Name Colm Kelly
Years of study 2011-2016
Country UK
Current Position Thales
   
PhD area Key generation and physical layer encryption for secure wireless communications
Name Junqing Zhang
Years of study 2012-2015
Country UK
Current Position Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
   
PhD area System-on-chip Heterogeneous Architecture Recognition Engine for Speech
Name Jianhua Lv
Years of study 2007-2010
Country USA
Current Position Speech Scientist at Nuance Communications

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