Interdisciplinary Research
Interdisciplinary research across our research groups
While the research groups form the core focus of research, there is considerable crossover,
especially in applications.
For example:
- The Bridging the Gaps project involves the Departments of Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science and Maths to build an applications-lead community of researchers.
- Researchers in Computer Vision and Interaction Media and Communication on biologically inspired image detection postulated a mechanism for motion detection based on insect physiology: this helped discover and explain optical illusions used by insects in tricking predators.
- There is ongoing joint work between the Information Retrieval and Interaction, Media and Communication research groups, in collaboration with researchers in Distance Learning on understanding how distance learning students obtain and use information.
- Our Augmented Human Interaction (AHI) Laboratory is founded on a collaboration between the Interaction, Media and Communication and Computer Vision research groups. It exploits a unique combination of expertise in expression and gesture recognition, 3D modelling, human-human interaction and engagement and creativity.
- Joint work between the Information Retrieval and Interaction Media and Communication research groups of the Department of Computer Science and the Electronic Engineering Department includes the use of sophisticated information retireival techniques to search and personalise information in TV broadcasts.
Interdisciplinary research across departments
Queen Mary has strong interdisciplinary research traditions across Computer
Science, Electronic Engineering, Engineering,
and Mathematical Sciences.
Since October 2003 a major interdisciplinary alliance has been developing, drawing
together research teams across these disciplines, with links to other units in
engineering, linguistics, computer law, and drama.