The institute has a very wide range of collaborations with academia, industry, government at local, national and international levels. Below is a list of collaborators with which collaborative work has been conducted by IRAC.
Collaborators in Academia
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Oxford, UCL, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Bristol, KCL, Durham, Cardiff, Southampton, Sheffield, Nottingham, Brunel, Open, Cancer Research
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Harvard, MIT, Stanford (USA)
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Zhejiang, Shanghai Jiaotong, Northeastern, Beijing Jiaotong, National Centre for Nano Science and Technology (China)
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Technical University of Munich, University of Saarland (Germany)
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University of Vienna (Austria)
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Balogna (Italy)
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Royal Technical Institute (Sweden)
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ETH, Geneva, Bern, EPFL, U of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (Switzerland)
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Technical U of Athens, Technical Uy of Crete (Greece)
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Free University of Brussels, Catholic University of Levin (Belgium)
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University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
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University of Iceland (Iceland)
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Warsaw Academy of Science, Bialystok Technical U. (Poland)
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University of Auckland (New Zealand)
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Kyushu Sangyo University (Japan)
Collaborators in Industry / Government
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The Metropolitan Police
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Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
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Luton and Dunstable Hospital
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London Luton Airport
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Skillstrain
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Modern Networks
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Vodafone
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NEC Europe
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Alcatel Lucent, Kitware Inc (USA)
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T-Mobile, Philips Research Lab (Germany)
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CNRS - INSERM (France)
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Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus (Italy)
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Robotnik Automation S.L.L. (Spain)
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PROFACTOR Produktionsforschungs GmbH (Austria)
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Fujitsu, Riken (Japan)
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China Mobile, Huawei, Beijing Junxing Ruilong Technology (China)
5. Research / Consultancy Projects
The Institute has a strong record in collaborative research with a wide range of academic and industrial partners worldwide. Its contracted research and consultancy income during the last few years is in excess of £7 million (with a total of c£45 million involved) for approximately 50 projects from the European Commission (EC), Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), Leverhulme, Nuffield, British Council and industry. In recent years, IRAC has attracted a total research income of well over £1 million. The following two tables provide a summary of funded research and consultancy projects.
IRAC Research and Consultancy Projects (Funded by the EC)
No.
|
Principal Investigator
|
Other Investigators
|
Title of Project
|
Start date
|
End date
|
Funding Body
|
Total Value
|
Value to UoB
|
1
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
Multimod
|
2003-09-01
|
2004-09-30
|
EC
|
€ 1,600,000
|
€ 281,000
|
2
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
Multisense
|
2003-09-01
|
2005-10-31
|
EC
|
€ 1,780,000
|
€ 356,000
|
3
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
STEP
|
2006-01-01
|
2007-03-31
|
EC
|
€ 1,185,360
|
€ 575,040
|
4
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
Aneurist
|
2006-01-01
|
2010-03-31
|
EC
|
€12,605,239
|
€ 231,616
|
5
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
LHDL
|
2006-02-01
|
2009-01-31
|
EC
|
€ 2,250,520
|
€ 404,400
|
6
|
Jie Zhang
|
Sijing Zhang
|
GAWIND
|
2006-08-01
|
2010-01-31
|
EC
|
€ 917,206
|
€ 917,206
|
7
|
Jie Zhang
|
Enjie Liu
|
Ranplan_HEC
|
2006-09-01
|
2010-08-31
|
EC
|
€ 832,653
|
€ 832,653
|
8
|
G Clapworthy
|
F Dong
|
VPH2
|
2008-07-01
|
2011-06-30
|
EC
|
€ 3,778,500
|
€ 200,000
|
9
|
G Clapworthy
|
E Liu
|
ContraCancrum
|
2008-08-01
|
2011-07-31
|
EC
|
€ 3,786,557
|
€ 356,320
|
10
|
G Clapworthy
|
E Liu
|
VPHOP
|
2008-09-01
|
2012-08-31
|
EC
|
€ 8,989,370
|
€ 277,060
|
11
|
Jie Zhang
|
|
IAPPARANPLAN
|
2008-11-01
|
2012-10-31
|
EC
|
€ 1,811,914
|
€ 292,913
|
12
|
Jie Zhang
|
Raymond Kwan
|
METOP
|
2009-01-01
|
2010-12-31
|
EC
|
€ 178,000
|
€ 178,000
|
13
|
Jie Zhang
|
Alpar Juttner
|
COMONO
|
2009-05-01
|
2011-04-30
|
EC
|
€ 172,618
|
€ 172,618
|
14
|
Jie Zhang
|
Guillaume de la Roche
|
CWnetPlan
|
2009-06-01
|
2011-05-31
|
EC
|
€ 170,733
|
€ 170,733
|
15
|
Jie Zhang
|
|
iPLAN
|
2009-06-01
|
2013-05-31
|
EC
|
€ 2,175,089
|
€ 390,522
|
16
|
G Clapworthy
|
B Liu, F Dong
|
GAMVolVis
|
2009-09-01
|
2011-08-31
|
EC
|
€ 173,186
|
€ 173,186
|
17
|
G Clapworthy
|
F Dong
|
RT3S
|
2010-01-01
|
2012-12-31
|
EC
|
€ 3,500,000
|
€ 190,880
|
18
|
G Clapworthy
|
F Dong, N Bessis
|
MSV
|
2010-01-01
|
2012-12-31
|
EC
|
€ 1,025,320
|
€ 204,540
|
19
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
NMS Physiome
|
2010-01-01
|
2012-12-31
|
EC
|
€ 929,450
|
€ 63,610
|
20
|
Dayou Li
|
Yong Yue, Carsten Maple
|
SRS
|
2010-02-01
|
2013-02-01
|
EC
|
€ 3,500,000
|
€ 269,000
|
21
|
Jie Zhang
|
Liqiang Zhao
|
MeshWiMAX
|
2010-02-01
|
2013-01-31
|
EC
|
€ 360,000
|
€ 246,938
|
22
|
Yong Yue
|
C Maple, D Li
|
LaserNaMi
|
01/10/2010
|
30/09/2013
|
EC
|
€ 347,400
|
€ 54,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
€ 52,069,115
|
€ 6,838,235
|
IRAC Research and Consultancy Projects (Funded within the UK)
No.
|
Principal Investigator
|
Other Investigators
|
Title of Project (short form is fine)
|
Start date
|
End date
|
Funding Body
|
Total_Value__Value_to_UoB'>Total Value
|
Value to UoB
|
1
|
Yong Yue
|
Osei Adjei
|
Visiting fellowship on automatic inspection of surface quality
|
2002-01-01
|
2002-06-30
|
EPSRC
|
£6,500.00
|
£6,500
|
2
|
Jie Zhang
|
|
3G Planning
|
2003-03-01
|
2005-02-28
|
Nuffield Foundation
|
£5,250
|
£5,250
|
3
|
Jie Zhang
|
|
3G Optimisation
|
2004-05-12
|
2007-05-11
|
EPSRC
|
£122,382
|
£122,382
|
4
|
Yong Yue
|
|
Preliminary study into the 3D packing problem
|
2004-07-01
|
2004-08-31
|
Nuffield Fundation
|
£1,550.00
|
£1,550
|
5
|
Jianbo Yang
|
Yong Yue, etc
|
UK-China network: intelligent automation, computing and manufacturing
|
2004-09-01
|
2008-03-31
|
EPSRC
|
£63,784.00
|
£1,500
|
6
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
Tectrim II
|
2005-01-01
|
2006-12-31
|
i10
|
£100,000
|
£14,250
|
7
|
Dr Paul Sant
|
|
Graph Theoretic Approaches to Information Security
|
2006-01-06
|
31/08/2009
|
Nuffield Foundation
|
£4,000
|
£4,000
|
8
|
Dayou Li
|
Carsten maple
|
Automated Processing and Analysis of GC/MS Screening Data
|
2006-03-31
|
2008-03-31
|
EPSRC
|
£48,000
|
£48,000
|
9
|
Nik Bessis
|
Externals
|
EMERGE
|
2007-04-01
|
2009-03-01
|
JISC
|
£240,000
|
£55,000
|
10
|
Nik Bessis
|
Alfredo Gaitan
|
ACHIEVER
|
2007-04-01
|
2008-12-01
|
MDDA, Arts Council
|
£86,500
|
£86,500
|
11
|
Feng Dong
|
|
Texture synthesis
|
2007-09-01
|
2008-10-01
|
EPSRC
|
£44,000
|
£44,000
|
12
|
Yong Yue
|
|
Virtual reality applications
|
2007-11-21
|
2008-05-20
|
EEDA
|
£20,000
|
£20,000
|
13
|
Vitaly Schetinin
|
|
Modelling Radiowave Propagation
|
2008-01-21
|
2009-04-30
|
EPSRC
|
£83,092
|
£83,092
|
14
|
Feng Dong
|
Gordon Clapworthy
|
human animation
|
2008-03-01
|
2009-03-01
|
EPSRC
|
£100,000
|
£80,000
|
15
|
Enjie Liu
|
Jie Zhang
|
Feasibility study for WiMAX based home Femtocell for indoor coverage
|
2008-04-01
|
2008-12-31
|
EPSRC
|
£85,634
|
£85,634
|
16
|
Enjie Liu
|
Jie Zhang
|
WiMAXFemto
|
2008-04-01
|
2008-12-31
|
EPSRC
|
£72,000
|
£72,000
|
17
|
Yong Yue
|
|
3D CAD development with Formech International Ltd
|
2008-11-17
|
2009-05-16
|
EEDA
|
£21,000
|
£21,000
|
18
|
Yong Yue
|
|
Virtual reality enhanced learning tools for modern building services
|
2008-12-01
|
2011-11-30
|
EPSRC
|
£85,052
|
£85,052
|
19
|
G Clapworthy
|
|
Disruptatek
|
2009-01-01
|
2009-06-30
|
EEDA
|
£25,000
|
£25,000
|
20
|
C Maple
|
Igor Praznovsky
|
Security audit toolkit and management processes
|
2009-02-02
|
2009-05-02
|
EEDA
|
£11,875
|
£11,875
|
21
|
C Maple
|
|
OSSTMM Integrations
|
2009-03-02
|
2009-05-29
|
EEDA
|
£3,000
|
£3,000
|
22
|
Nik Bessis
|
Carsten Maple
|
RiT
|
2009-04-01
|
2009-12-01
|
CETL
|
£2,750
|
£2,750
|
23
|
Vitaly Schetinin
|
|
Automated electroencephalographic assessment of brain maturation
|
2009-04-01
|
2012-03-30
|
Leverhulme Trust
|
£81,547
|
£81,547
|
24
|
C Maple
|
|
Developing a paperless workflow system
|
2009-04-06
|
2009-05-04
|
EEDA
|
£3,000
|
£3,000
|
25
|
C Maple
|
|
Developing the capacity to publish e-books
|
2009-05-05
|
2009-05-18
|
EEDA
|
£1,000
|
£1,000
|
26
|
Jie Zhang
|
|
FemtoDeploy
|
2009-05-11
|
2009-05-18
|
EEDA
|
£3,000
|
£3,000
|
27
|
Chengxiang Wang
|
Jie Zhang, …
|
UC4G
|
2009-06-01
|
2012-05-31
|
EPSRC
|
£939,623
|
£50,000
|
28
|
C Maple
|
|
Virtualisation management tools
|
2009-08-31
|
2009-09-14
|
EEDA
|
£1,000
|
£1,000
|
29
|
Wei Huang
|
|
Optimisation Strategies for Network Hardening
|
2009-10-05
|
2012-10-04
|
EPSRC
|
£60,864
|
£60,864
|
30
|
Jie Zhang
|
|
Mobile network optimisation
|
2010-01-01
|
2010-12-31
|
T-Mobile
|
£50,000
|
£50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
£2,371,403
|
£1,128,746
|
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