Professor Rossi Setchi MEng (Moscow), PhD (Cardiff), CEng, CITP, FIET, FIMechE, FBCS, SMIEEE

Professor

: Setchi@caerdydd.ac.uk
: +44 29208 75720
: Adeiladau'r Frenhines -Adeilad y De, Ystafell S/2.41, 5 The Parade, Heol Casnewydd, Caerdydd, CF24 3AA

: Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig

Overview

Professor R. Setchi leads Mechanics, Materials and Advanced Manufacturing at the School of Engineering of Cardiff University. She also provides a dynamic research leadership to her High-Value Manufacturing (HVM) and Knowledge Engineering Systems (KES) research groups. She received her Double Honours degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (first class, Summa Cum Laude) from Moscow Technological University in Russia, and her PhD from Cardiff University, UK. Professor Setchi joined the School of Engineering as a Lecturer in 2000; she was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007 and Chair in 2011.

Professor Setchi has a distinguished track record of research in a range of areas including manufacturing, AI, robotics, Cyber-Physical systems and Industry 4.0, and, in particular, has built an international reputation for excellence in knowledge-based and semantic engineering systems. Over a period of 20 years, Professor Setchi has been able to secure, with colleagues, external grant support totalling more than £14 million. She has collaborated with over 20 UK and 30 overseas universities, 15 research organisations and 30 industrial companies from more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Australia. She has provided research leadership on over 25 collaborative projects funded by UK and overseas funding bodies. She has completed research projects with many UK-based companies including Airbus, BAE Systems, Bosch UK, Brass Bullet, Costain, Ford, Iota Sigma, Highways England, Primasil Silicones, Panalpina and Renishaw as well as a number of companies from Europe including Schneider Electric, SAP, Siemens, neuroConn, and Meytec from Germany, Robotiker and Robotnik from Spain, Centro Ricerche Fiat, FIDIA S.p.A., Stile Bertone, and Hewlett Packard from Italy, Smart Brain from Norway, Pertimm from France and many more. Her FP7 project SRS has been reported in the annual UK Department of Health R&D report and included in a report by Kay Swinburne MEP as an example of a high-impact project (the only one from Wales). It has been presented at high-profile events in the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster and an EU-Japan Conference in Tokyo.

Professor Setchi is Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional, and European Engineer. She is Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society, and Senior Member of IEEE. Rossi is member of IFIP Technical Committee on Computer Aided Innovation (WG5.4), IFAC Technical Committee on Human-Machine Systems (WG4.5) and IEEE Task Force on Human-like Intelligence of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. She acts as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Systems Science (IJSS), and the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS). She is also a member of the Editorial Board of a number of international journals.She is also a trustee of Engineering Education Scheme – Wales (EESW), a non-profit, educational charity which is designed to encourage sixth form students to study engineering courses in further or higher education. She has acted as a judge on a number of occasions (e.g. Made in Wales Awards, 2016 and 2017, and “We Made It!” Competition, 2013) and often contributes as panellist and speaker to debates and public events.

Honours and awards

2017: Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China.
2017: Tan Chin Tuan Senior Fellowship in Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2015: Award for Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Engineering Systems, awarded at KES 2015, Singapore.
2004: Donald Julius Groen Prize awarded by IMechE for a journal paper in the area of digital manufacturing and overall contribution to manufacturing.
1999: Literati Club Award awarded for a journal paper on computational modelling and robotics.

In addition, papers co-authored with her PhD students and Research Associates have received Best Paper Awards at SDM 2016, Chania, Greece, KES 2016, York, UK, KES 2013, Kitakyushu, Japan, and KES 2012, San Sebastian, Spain.

Date
Type

2023

Zhang, X., Setchi, R., Giasin, K., Gu, H., Han, Q., Ryan, M. and Hopkins, A. 2023. Lightweight tooling for concentric collet drilling templates. In: Scholz, S., Howlett, R. and Setchi, R. eds. Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2022)., Vol. 338., pp. 77-87., (10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_8)
Ahmadinia, M., Velenturf, A., Setchi, R., Evans, S. L., McKendree, J. and Bolton, J. 2023. Transforming the uk metal industries: challenges and opportunities. Presented at: International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Split, Croatia, 14-16 September 2022International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Vol. 338. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies pp. 43-56., (10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_5)
Song, J., Tang, Q., Setchi, R. and Ryan, M. 2023. A comparative study of pulse wave and continuous wave laser patterns during laser powder bed fusion. Presented at: International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Split, Croatia, 14-16 September 2022Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Vol. 338., (10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_27)

2022

Yang, X., Ji, Z., Wu, J., Lai, Y., Wei, C., Liu, G. and Setchi, R. 2022. Hierarchical reinforcement learning with universal policies for multi-step robotic manipulation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 33(9), pp. 4727-4741. (10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3059912)
Mason, B., Ryan, M., Setchi, R., Kundu, A., Nishio Ayre, W. and Bhaduri, D. 2022. Development of a novel laser polishing strategy for additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy parts. Presented at: 9th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing - SDM 2022, Split, Croatia, 16-17 September 2022.
Mason, B., Bhaduri, D., Ryan, M., Setchi, R. and Kundu, A. 2022. Laser polishing of additively manufactured aluminium surfaces. Presented at: 1st International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing for Air, Space and Land Transportation, Virtual, 7-10 March 2022.

2021

Setchi, R., Spasic, I., Morgan, J., Harrison, C. and Corken, R. 2021. Artificial intelligence for patent prior art searching. World Patent Information 64, article number: 102021. (10.1016/j.wpi.2021.102021)

2020

Robinson, M., Han, Q., Gu, H., Soe, S. and Setchi, R. 2020. The effect of heat treatment of AlSi10Mg on the energy absorption performance of surface-based structures. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing KES-SDM 2020, Virtual, 9-11 Sept 2020 Presented at Scholtz, S. G., Howlett, R. J. and Setchi, R. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2020, Vol. 200. Springer pp. 395-402., (10.1007/978-981-15-8131-1_35)
Pekok, M., Setchi, R., Ryan, M. and Han, Q. 2020. Effect of milling speed and time on graphene-reinforced AA2024 powder. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing KES-SDM 2020, Virtual, 9-11 Sept 2020 Presented at Scholz, S. G., Howlett, R. J. and Setchi, R. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2020, Vol. 200. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Springer pp. 215-225., (10.1007/978-981-15-8131-1_20)
Ma, C., Gu, D., Gao, J., Chen, W., Song, Y. and Setchi, R. 2020. Mechanical behavior of NiTi-based circular tube chiral structure manufactured by selective laser melting. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing KES-SDM 2020, Virtual, 9-11 September 2020 Presented at Scholz, S. G., Howlett, R. J. and Setchi, R. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2020: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (KES-SDM 2020), Vol. 200. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Singapore: pp. 227-237., (10.1007/978-981-15-8131-1_21)
Song, J., Tang, Q., Feng, Q., Ma, S., Han, Q. and Setchi, R. 2020. Effect of remelting process on surface quality and tensile behaviour of a maraging steel manufactured by selective laser melting. Presented at: SDM-2020: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, 9-11 September Presented at Scholz, S. G., Howlett, R. J. and Setchi, R. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2020: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (KES-SDM 2020), Vol. 200. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Springer pp. 251-260., (10.1007/978-981-15-8131-1_23)
Ma, S., Tang, Q., Feng, Q., Song, J., Liu, Y. and Setchi, R. 2020. An investigation of the porosity effects on the mechanical properties and the failure modes of Ti–6Al–4V Schwarz primitive structures. Presented at: SDM-2020: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, 9-11 September 2020 Presented at Scholz, S. G., Howlett, R. J. and Setchi, R. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2020: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (KES-SDM 2020), Vol. 200. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Springer pp. 173-181., (10.1007/978-981-15-8131-1_16)
Sukor, A. S. A., Setchi, R. and Ji, Z. 2020. Abnormality detection approach in smart homes using case-based reasoning. Presented at: IEEE International Conference on Automatic Control and Intelligent Systems (I2CACIS), Virtual (Shah Alam, Malaysia), 20 June 2020IEEE International Conference on Automatic Control and Intelligent Systems (I2CACIS 2020). IEEE pp. 176-181., (10.1109/I2CACIS49202.2020.9140077)
Liang, D., Wu, X., Chen, J. and Setchi, R. 2020. A novel hand gesture recognition method based on illumination compensation and grayscale adjustment. Presented at: KES International Conference on Human-Centred Intelligent Systems, Virtual, 17-19 June 2020 Presented at Zimmermann, A., Howlett, R. J. and Jain, L. C. eds.Human Centred Intelligent Systems, Vol. 189. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies pp. 115-125., (10.1007/978-981-15-5784-2_10)
Setchi, R. and Spasic, I. 2020. AI-assisted patent prior art searching - feasibility study. The Intellectual Property Office. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-assisted-patent-prior-art-searching-feasibility-study
Umemura, K., Kawanaka, H., Hicks, Y., Setchi, R., Takamatsu, D. and Tsuruoka, S. 2020. A study on classification using machine learning for dementia evaluation. Presented at: IEEE 2nd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech 2020), Kyoto, Japan, 10-12 March 20202020 IEEE 2nd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech). IEEE pp. 101-103., (10.1109/LifeTech48969.2020.1570619133)

2019

Song, J. et al. 2019. Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical behaviours of 18Ni-300 maraging steel manufactured by selective laser melting. Optics and Laser Technology 120, article number: 105725. (10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.105725)
Chen, J., Ji, Z., Niu, H., Setchi, R. and Yang, C. 2019. An auto-correction teleoperation method for a mobile manipulator using gaze tracking and hand motion detection. Presented at: 20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS), London, UK, 3-5 July 2019TAROS 2019: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 11650. Springer pp. 422-433., (10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_36)
Han, Q., Gu, H. and Setchi, R. 2019. Discrete element simulation of powder layer thickness in laser additive manufacturing. Powder Technology 352, pp. 91-102. (10.1016/j.powtec.2019.04.057)
Bhaduri, D., Alexandridis, A., Soe, S., Setchi, R., Pugh, J. and Tibbetts, N. 2019. Evaluation of the surface integrity of aeroengine components following needle peening. Presented at: CIRP Winter Meeting 2019, Paris, France, 20-22 Feb 2019.

2018

Setchi, R. and Asikhia, O. 2018. Evaluating the affective aspect of intuitive interactions using image schemas. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 18(4), article number: 41006. (10.1115/1.4040606)
Ji, Z., Schruoffeneger, R. and Setchi, R. 2018. Autonomous 3D scene understanding and exploration in cluttered workspaces using point cloud data. Presented at: 2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Zhuhai, China, 27-29 March 20182018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC). IEEE, (10.1109/ICNSC.2018.8361275)
Clark, N., Jones, N., Setchi, R. and Porch, A. 2018. Particle size characterisation of metals powders for additive manufacturing using a microwave sensor. Powder Technology 327, pp. 536-543. (10.1016/j.powtec.2017.11.042)

2017

Mohammed, A., Filip, M., Setchi, R. and Li, X. 2017. Drafting a fuzzy TOPSIS-multi-objective approach for a sustainable supplier selection. Presented at: 23rd International Conference on Automation & Computing (ICAC 2017), Huddersfield, England, 7-8 September 2017Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Automation & Computing. IEEE pp. 1., (10.23919/IConAC.2017.8082017)
Han, Q., Geng, Y., Setchi, R., Lacan, F., Gu, D. and Evans, S. L. 2017. Macro and nanoscale wear behaviour of Al-Al 2 O 3 nanocomposites fabricated by selective laser melting. Composites Part B: Engineering 127, pp. 26-35. (10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.06.026)
Mohammed, A., Filip, M., Setchi, R. and Li, X. 2017. Drafting a fuzzy TOPSIS-multi-objective approach for a sustainable supplier selection. Presented at: 2017 23rd International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Huddersfield, 7 - 8 September 2017. pp. -.
Harbi, Z., Hicks, Y. and Setchi, R. 2017. Clock drawing test interpretation system. Procedia Computer Science 112, pp. 1641-1650. (10.1016/j.procs.2017.08.259)
Han, Q., Setchi, R., Lacan, F., Gu, D. and Evans, S. L. 2017. Selective laser melting of advanced Al-Al 2 O 3 nanocomposites: simulation, microstructure and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering: A 698, pp. 162-173. (10.1016/j.msea.2017.05.061)
Alghamdi, A., Prickett, P. and Setchi, R. 2017. A conceptual framework to support decision-making in remanufacturing engineering processes. In: Campana, G. et al. eds. Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017., Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Springer International Publishing, pp. 222-232., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_22)
O'Regan, P., Prickett, P., Setchi, R., Hankins, G. and Jones, N. 2017. Engineering a more sustainable manufacturing process for metal Additive Layer Manufacturing using a productive process pyramid. Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-17), Bologna, Italy, 26-29 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-17), Vol. 68. Cham: Springer pp. 736-745., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_69)

2016

O'Regan, P., Prickett, P., Setchi, R., Hankins, G. and Jones, N. 2016. Metal based additive layer manufacturing: variations, correlations and process control. Presented at: KES-2016, York, 5 - 7 September 2016. Elsevier, (10.1016/j.procs.2016.08.134)
Han, Q., Setchi, R. and Evans, S. L. 2016. Synthesis and characterisation of advanced ball-milled Al-Al2O3 nanocomposites for selective laser melting. Powder Technology 297, pp. 183-192. (10.1016/j.powtec.2016.04.015)
Dixon, A., Liu, Y. and Setchi, R. 2016. Computer-aided ethnography in engineering design. Presented at: 28th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 21-24 August 2016ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference: Volume 7: 28th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, August 21–24, 2016, Vol. 7. ASME Proceedings New York, NY: ASME pp. V007T06A007., (10.1115/DETC2016-59832)
Marsh, J. and Eyers, D. 2016. Increasing production efficiency through electronic batch record systems: a case study. Presented at: SDM 2016, Chania, Crete Greece, 4 - 6 April 2016 Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Vol. 52. Cham: pp. 261-269., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_23)
Romli, A., Prickett, P., Setchi, R. and Soe, S. 2016. An integrated eco-design decision making tool. Presented at: SDM 2016, Crete, Greece, 4-6 April 2016 Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016, Vol. 52. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer, (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_46)
Morris, A., Setchi, R. and Prickett, P. W. 2016. Product change management and future information architectures. Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016, Chania, Crete, Greece, 5 - 8 April 2016. Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016, Vol. 1. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Vol. 52. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing pp. 241-250., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_21)
Davies, A., Packianather, M., White, J. and Soman, S. 2016. Achieving sustainability in SME manufacturing operations via the use of flexible integrated technology and product symbiosis. Presented at: SDM 2016, Crete, Greece, 4-6 April 2016 Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016, Vol. 52. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 281-293., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_25)
Dorrington, P., Lacan, F. A. and Bigot, S. 2016. How are micro enterprises adopting emergent technologies?. Presented at: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-2016), Chania, Greece, 4-6 April 2016 Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016, Vol. 52. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST) Vol. 52. Cham: Springer pp. 215-226., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_19)
Anuar, F. M., Setchi, R. and Lai, Y. 2016. Semantic retrieval of trademarks based on conceptual similarity. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems 46(2), pp. 220-233. (10.1109/TSMC.2015.2421878)
Feng, Q., Tang, Q., Soe, S., Liu, Y. and Setchi, R. 2016. An Investigation into the quasi-static response of Ti6Al4V lattice structures manufactured using selective laser melting. In: Setchi, R. et al. eds. Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016., Vol. 52. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Springer, pp. 399-409., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_34)
Setchi, R. et al. eds. 2016. Sustainable design and manufacturing 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Springer. (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4)

2015

Bennasar, M., Hicks, Y. and Setchi, R. 2015. Feature selection using Joint Mutual Information Maximisation. Expert Systems with Applications 42(22), pp. 8520-8532. (10.1016/j.eswa.2015.07.007)
Mohammad, M. A., Kaloskampis, I., Hicks, Y. A. and Setchi, R. 2015. Ontology-based framework for risk assessment in road scenes using videos. Presented at: 19th Annual Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES-2015), Singapore, 7-9 September 2015Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 60. Elsevier pp. 1532-1541., (10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.300)
Asikhia, O. K., Setchi, R., Hicks, Y. A. and Walters, A. 2015. Conceptual framework for evaluating intuitive interaction based on image schemas. Interacting with Computers 27(3), pp. 287-310. (10.1093/iwc/iwu050)
O'Leary, R., Setchi, R. and Prickett, P. W. 2015. An investigation into the recycling of Ti-6Al-4V powder used within SLM to improve sustainability. Presented at: SDM'2015: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015.
Prickett, P. W., Morris, A. and Setchi, R. 2015. Product change management: the through-life impact of diverging designs within product fleets. Presented at: SDM'2015: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015.
Romli, A., Setchi, R., Soe, S. and Prickett, P. 2015. Eco-case based reasoning (Eco-CBR) for supporting sustainable product design. Presented at: SDM'2015: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015.
Romli, A., Prickett, P., Setchi, R. and Soe, S. 2015. Integrated eco-design decision-making for sustainable product development. International Journal of Production Research 53(2), pp. 549-571. (10.1080/00207543.2014.958593)
Han, Q., Setchi, R. and Karihaloo, B. 2015. Challenges and opportunities in the additive layer manufacturing of Al-Al2O3 nanocomposites. Presented at: SDM'2015 International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015 Presented at Setchi, R., Howlett, R. J. and Salinas, I. E. eds.KES Transactions on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-15 Conference Proceeding)s, Vol. 2 (1). England, UK: Future Technology Press pp. 389-399.
Al-Moadhen, A., Packianather, M., Qiu, R., Setchi, R. and Ji, Z. 2015. Improving the efficiency of robot task planning by automatically integrating its planner and common-sense knowledge base. In: Tweedale, J. W., Jain, L. C. and Watada, J. eds. Knowledge-Based Information Systems in Practice., Vol. 30. Springer, pp. 185-198., (10.1007/978-3-319-13545-8_11)

2014

Setchi, R. and Hicks, Y. A. 2014. Multi-rate medium access protocol based on enforcement learning. Presented at: IEEE international Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, USA, 5-8 October 2014.
Noyvirt, A., Setchi, R. and Albert, B. 2014. GLAICP: a global-local optimization algorithm for robust human pose tracking from depth data. Presented at: IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, 5-8 October 20142014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE pp. 2541-2546., (10.1109/SMC.2014.6974309)
Todorov, D. and Setchi, R. 2014. Time-efficient estimation of conditional mutual information for variable selection in classification. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 72, pp. 105-127. (10.1016/j.csda.2013.10.026)
Morris, A., Halpern, M., Prickett, P. W. and Setchi, R. M. 2014. Product change management: assessing the challenges to maintaining design integrity throughout the product lifecycle. Presented at: SDM'14: International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 28-30 April 2014 Presented at Setchi, R. M. et al. eds.KES Transactions on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Vol. 1. Hove, East Sussex: Future Technology Press pp. 188-200.
Setchi, R., Noyvirt, A. and Albert, B. 2014. A global-local optimisation algorithm for robust human pose tracking from depth data. Presented at: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, 5-8 October 2015Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics; SMC. IEEE pp. 2571-2576.
Bennasar, M., Setchi, R., Hicks, Y. and Bayer, A. J. 2014. Cascade classification for diagnosing dementia. Presented at: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, USA, 5-8 October 20142014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC). pp. 2535-2540., (10.1109/SMC.2014.6974308)
Setchi, R., Noyvirt, A. and Albert, B. 2014. A portable medical system for the early diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury. Presented at: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, 5-8 October 20142014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC). IEEE pp. 2529-2534., (10.1109/SMC.2014.6974307)
Mohd Anuar, F., Setchi, R. and Lai, Y. 2014. Trademark retrieval based on phonetic similarity. Presented at: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, 5-8 October, 20152014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC). IEEE pp. 1642-1647., (10.1109/SMC.2014.6974151)
Romli, A., Prickett, P. W., Setchi, R. and Soe, S. 2014. Sensitivity analysis of an eco-design house of quality model. Presented at: SDM'14: International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 28-30 April 2014. pp. 488-499.
Asikhia, O. K., Setchi, R., Hicks, Y. A. and Walters, A. 2014. Exploring sustainable design using image schemas. Presented at: International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing SDM'14,, Cardiff, UK, 28-30 April 2014Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Conference (SDM-14). pp. 67-78.
Setchi, R. M., Howlett, R. J., Naim, M. M. and Seinz, H. 2014. KES transactions on sustainable design and manufacturing. Vol. 1. London: Future Technology Press.
Peng, S., Hicks, Y. and Setchi, R. 2014. Joint EEG-fMRI model for EEG source separation. Presented at: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, 5-8 October 20142014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC). IEEE pp. 2234-2239., (10.1109/SMC.2014.6974257)
Al-Saadi, A., Setchi, R., Hicks, Y. A. and Allen, S. M. 2014. Multi-rate medium access protocol based on reinforcement learning. Presented at: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Diego, CA, 5-8 October 2014Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE pp. 2875-2880., (10.1109/SMC.2014.6974366)

2013

Bennasar, M., Setchi, R., Bayer, A. J. and Hicks, Y. A. 2013. Feature selection based on information theory in the clock drawing test. Presented at: 17th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Kitakyushu, Japan, 9 -12 September 2013Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 22. pp. 902-911., (10.1016/j.procs.2013.09.173)
Al-Moadhen, A., Qiu, R., Packianather, M., Ji, Z. and Setchi, R. 2013. Integrating robot task planner with common-sense knowledge base to improve the efficiency of planning. Procedia Computer Science 22, pp. 211-220. (10.1016/j.procs.2013.09.097)
Bennasar, M., Setchi, R. and Hicks, Y. A. 2013. Feature interaction maximisation. Pattern Recognition Letters 34(14), pp. 1630-1635. (10.1016/j.patrec.2013.04.002)
Todorov, D., Setchi, R. and Bayer, A. J. 2013. Linguistic markers in the sentence writing question of the mini-mental state examination for discrimination between Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia. Presented at: 17th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Kitakyushu, Japan, 9 -12 September 201317th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: General Track Proceedings. pp. 114-123.
Al-Moadhen, A., Qiu, R., Packianather, P., Ji, Z. and Setchi, R. 2013. Integrating robot task planner with common-sense knowledge base to improve the efficiency of planning. Presented at: 17th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Kitakyushu, Japan, 9 -12 September 201317th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: General Track Proceedings. pp. 94-103.
Mohd Anuar, F., Setchi, R. and Lai, Y. 2013. A conceptual model of a trademark retrieval system based on conceptual similarities. Presented at: 17th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Kitakyushu, Japan, 9 -12 September 201317th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: Invited Session Proceedings. pp. 300-309.
Romli, A., Prickett, P. W., Setchi, R. and Soe, S. 2013. A Conceptual Model for Sustainable Product Design. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture (ADM2013), Valencia, Spain, 25-28 September 2013.
Romli, A., Prickett, P. W., Setchi, R. and Soe, S. 2013. A conceptual model for sustainable product design. Key Engineering Materials 572, pp. 3-6. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.3)
Shi, L. and Setchi, R. 2013. Ontology-based personalised retrieval in support of reminiscence. Knowledge-Based Systems 45, pp. 47-61. (10.1016/j.knosys.2013.02.004)
Mohd Anuar, F., Setchi, R. and Lai, Y. 2013. Trademark image retrieval using an integrated shape descriptor. Expert Systems with Applications 40(1), pp. 105-121. (10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.031)
Stankov, I. D., Todorov, D. and Setchi, R. 2013. Semantically enhanced text stemmer (SETS) for cross-domain document clustering. Presented at: KES 2012: 16th International Conferenc eon Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, San Sebastian, Spain, 10-12 September 2012 Presented at Grana, M. et al. eds.Knowledge Engineering, Machine Learning and Lattice Computing with Applications: 16th International Conference, KES 2012, San Sebastian, Spain, September 10-12, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Vol. 7828. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer pp. 108 -118., (10.1007/978-3-642-37343-5_12)
Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Setchi, R. 2013. Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 68(1-4), pp. 111-125. (10.1007/s00170-012-4712-0)
Britton, A., Setchi, R. and Marsh, A. 2013. Intuitive interaction with multifunctional mobile interfaces. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences 25(2), pp. 187-196. (10.1016/j.jksuci.2012.11.002)
Shi, L. and Setchi, R. 2013. Enhanced Semantic Representation for Improved Ontology-based Information Retrieval. International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems 17(2), pp. 127-136. (10.3233/KES-130258)
Stankov, I. D., Todorov, D. and Setchi, R. 2013. Enhanced Cross-Domain Document Clustering with a Semantically Enhanced Text Stemmer (SETS). International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems 17(2), pp. 113-126. (10.3233/KES-130267)

2012

Syed Abdullah, E. and Setchi, R. 2012. Concept-based indexing of annotated images using semantic DNA. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 25(8), pp. 1644-1655. (10.1016/j.engappai.2012.02.005)
Shi, L. and Setchi, R. 2012. User-oriented ontology-based clustering of stored memories. Expert Systems with Applications 39(10), pp. 9730-9742. (10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.087)
Liu, Y., Setchi, R. M., Tseng, V. S. and Wang, F. C. 2012. Editorial for the special issue of service computing and service oriented enterprise systems in design, manufacturing and supply chain. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 23(4), pp. 1327-1329. (10.1007/s10845-012-0638-5)
Ji, Z. et al. 2012. Towards automated task planning for service robots using semantic knowledge representation. Presented at: 2012 10th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Beijing, China, 25-27 July 2012INDIN2012: IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial Informatics. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE pp. 1194-1201., (10.1109/INDIN.2012.6301131)
Su, S. et al. 2012. Flexible tooling system using reconfigurable multi-point thermoforming technology for manufacturing freeform panels. Key Engineering Materials 504-06, pp. 839-844. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.504-506.839)
Qiu, R. et al. 2012. Towards robust personal assistant robots: Experience gained in the SRS project. Presented at: 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vilamoura, Portugal, 7-12 October 2012Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on. IEEE pp. 1651-1657., (10.1109/IROS.2012.6385727)
Bennasar, M., Setchi, R. and Hicks, Y. A. 2012. Unsupervised discretization method based on adjustable intervals. Presented at: KES 2012 - 16th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, San Sebastian, Spain, 10-12 September 2012 Presented at Graña, M. et al. eds.Advances in knowledge-based and intelligent information and engineering systems. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Vol. 243. Amsterdam: IOS Press pp. 79-87., (10.3233/978-1-61499-105-2-79)

2011

Setchi, R., Tang, Q. and Stankov, I. D. 2011. Semantic-based information retrieval in support of concept design. Advanced Engineering Informatics 25(2), pp. 131-146. (10.1016/j.aei.2010.07.006)
Brownsword, M. and Setchi, R. 2011. A Formalised Approach to the Management of Risk: Process Formalisation. International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science 2(3), pp. 63-80. (10.4018/jkss.2011070105)

2010

Shi, L. and Setchi, R. 2010. An ontology based approach to measuring the semantic similarity between information objects in personal information collections. Presented at: KES 2010: Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Cardiff, UK, 8-10 September 2010 Presented at Setchi, R. M. and Jordanov, I. eds.Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems:14th International Conference, KES 2010, Cardiff, UK, September 8-10, 2010, Proceedings, Part I, Vol. 6276. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6276 Springer Verlag pp. 617-626., (10.1007/978-3-642-15387-7_65)

2009

Pasantonopoulos, C., Dimov, S. S., Pham, D. T. and Setchi, R. 2009. An object-orientated framework for virtual intelligent product manuals. International Journal of Systems Science 40(2), pp. 187-204. (10.1080/00207720802630727)

2008

Pham, D. et al. 2008. The innovative production machines and systems network of excellence. In: Putnik, G. D. and Cunha, M. . eds. Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organisations. Information Science Reference, pp. 725-728.

2007

Dimov, S. S., Brousseau, E. B. J. P. and Setchi, R. 2007. A hybrid method for feature recognition in CAD models. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, pp. 79-96.

2006

Pham, D. T. et al. 2006. Introduction to the special section on Innovative Production Machines and Systems (I*PROMS). Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 19(6), pp. 579-581. (10.1016/j.engappai.2006.03.007)
Brousseau, E. B. J. P., Dimov, S. S. and Setchi, R. 2006. Learning and reasoning techniques for automatic feature recognition for CAD models. Presented at: I*PROMS'06 Innovative Production Machines and Systems, Cardiff, UK. pp. 77-82.
Pham, D. T. et al. 2006. The Fp6 I*Proms network of excellence: Integrating European advanced manufacturing research. Presented at: 5th International Symposium on Intelligent and Manufacturing Systems (IMS 2006), Sakarya, Turkey, 29-31 May 2006.

2005

Lagos, N., Setchi, R. and Dimov, S. S. 2005. Towards the integration of performance support and e-learning: context-aware product support systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3762, pp. 1149-1158. (10.1007/11575863_138)
Dimov, S. S., Brousseau, E. B. J. P. and Setchi, R. 2005. Automatic extraction of rules for feature recognition in solid models. Presented at: 1st I*PROMS: Intelligent Production Machines and Systems, Online, 4-15 July 2005 Presented at Pham, D. ed.Intelligent Production Machines And Systems - First I*proms Virtual Conference Proceedings. Elsevier pp. 49-54.
Pasantonopoulos, C., Dimov, S. S. and Setchi, R. 2005. An object-orientated framework for intelligent product manuals. Presented at: Innovative Production Machines and Systems Conference (IPROMS 2005), Cardiff, UK. pp. 85-90.
Pham, D. T. et al. 2005. The EU FP6 I*PROMS network of excellence for innovative production machines and systems. Presented at: Innovative Production Machines and Systems Conference (IPROMS 2005), Cardiff, UK.
Setchi, R. M., Lagos, N. and Dimov, S. S. 2005. Semantic modelling of product support knowledge. Presented at: Innovative Production Machines and Systems (I*PROM'05), Cardiff, UK. pp. 275-280.
Pham, D. T. et al. 2005. The EU FP6 I*PROMS Network of Excellence for Innovative production Machines and Systems. Presented at: Virtual International Conference on IPROMS, 4th - 15th July 2005 Presented at Pham, D. T., Eldukhri, E. E. and Soroka, A. J. eds.Intelligent Production Machines and Systems: First I*PROMS Virtual Conference, 4-15 July 2005. Amsterdam: Elsevier pp. 1-4.

2004

Pham, D. T. et al. 2004. Product lifecycle management for performance support. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 4(4), pp. 305-315. (10.1115/1.1818687)
Dimov, S. S., Setchi, R. and Brousseau, E. B. J. P. 2004. Automatic feature recognition a hybrid approach. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering, Bath, UK, 5- 7 April 20045th International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering (IDMME 04) (Bath,UK). University of Bath pp. 59-59.
Pham, D. T. et al. 2004. Innovative production machines and systems (I*PROMS): a network of excellence funded by the EU sixth framework programme. Presented at: Proceedings 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN2004), Berlin, Germany. pp. 540-544.
Pham, D. T. et al. 2004. Integrating European advanced manufacturing research: the FP6 I*PROMS network of excellence. Presented at: Proceedings 4th CIRP (ICME 04), Sorrento, Italy. pp. 543-548.

2003

Setchi, R. M. and Loukakos, P. 2003. Development of business process models with UML for a large transport company. Presented at: International Conference on Business Excellence I, Guimaraes, Portugal. pp. 538-543.

2002

Pham, D. T., Dimov, S. S. and Setchi, R. 2002. Special Issue on Intelligent Product Support Systems. International Journal of Systems Science 33(6), pp. 387-388. (10.1080/00207720210133570)
Pham, D. T., Setchi, R. and Dimov, S. S. 2002. Enhanced product support through intelligent product manuals. International Journal of Systems Science 33(6), pp. 443-449.

2001

Pham, D. T. and Setchi, R. 2001. Integrating case-based reasoning and hypermedia documentation for intelligent product support. Presented at: 17th National Conference on Manufacturing Research (NCMR), Cardiff, UK, 4-6 September 2001 Presented at Pham, D., Simov, S. and O'Hagan, V. eds.Advances in Manufacturing Technology XV. Professional Engineering Publishing pp. 111-116.

Research theme: Mechanics, Materials and Advanced Manufacturing

Recent Contracts

Over a period of 20 years, Professor Setchi has been able to secure, with colleagues, external grant support totalling more than £14 million. She has collaborated with over 20 UK and 30 overseas universities, 15 research organisations and 30 industrial companies from more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Australia. She has provided research leadership on over 25 collaborative projects funded by UK and overseas funding bodies.

Title	People	Sponsor	Value	Duration
Additive Manufactured Cellular Lattice Design for Shock Isolation	Setchi, R., Soe, S.	Qioptiq and European Commission (WEFO)	£131,327	31/12/17 – 31/12/18
Project Memories	Gosling J., Naim, M., Thomas R. and Setchi, R.	Highways England, WSP Parsons-Brinckerhoff, Costain	£36,000	1/01/17 – 31/12/17
Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE 2020)	Setchi R, Naim M, Weeks I	European Commission (WEFO)	£2,608,784	1/07/2015 – 30/09/2020
Advanced supply chain solutions with 3DP expertise	Lacan F, Setchi R	Panalpina World Transport (KTP)	£113,966	01/12/2015 - 30/09/2017
Early detection and treatment of traumatic brain injury (EMREEG)	Setchi R	European Commission	£230,076	01/10/2013 - 30/09/2015
Eco-efficient laser technology (ECOLASERFACT)	Bigot S, Setchi RM, Brousseau E, Petkov P, Barrow D	European Commission	£123,091	01/05/2012 - 30/04/2015
Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technology (ASTUTE)	Naim M, Setchi R, et. al.	European Commission (WEFO)	£1,903,117	01/05/2010 - 30/04/2015
Metrology Lab	Prickett P, Setchi R.	Renishaw	£203,747	01/08/2013 – 31/07/2014
Virtel Project	Haddad A, Setchi R	EADS UK LTD	£110,000	01/05/2013 - 30/04/2014
SRS - Multi-role Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living	Setchi RM, Qiu R, Noyvirt AE, Packianather M	European Commission	£650,094	01/02/2010 - 31/01/2013
Innovative Production Machines and Systems I*PROMS	Dr E Eldukhri, Prof DT Pham, Dr RM Setchi, Dr SS Dimov, et. al.	European Commission	£945,102	01/10/2004 - 01/09/2009
Supporting Innovative Product Engineering and Responsive Manufacture	Prof DT Pham, Dr SS Dimov, Dr M Packianather, Dr RM Setchi, et.al.	Various Industry	£1,930,454	02/07/2001 - 02/01/2004
Supporting Innovative Product Engineering and Responsive Manufacture	Prof DT Pham, Dr SS Dimov, Dr M Packianather, Dr RM Setchi, et.al.	The National Assembly for Wales (European Regional Development Fund)	£5,330,982	02/07/2001 - 31/12/2003
Manufacturing Engineering Centre	Prof DT Pham, Dr SS Dimov, Dr RM Setchi, Dr M Packianather, et.al.	Welsh Development Agency	£300,000	01/05/2001 - 30/04/2004

Supervised PhD Students: Completed

2016: Ahmed Saad Kareem Al Saadi, Cognitive Network Framework for Heterogeneous Wireless Mesh Systems.
2016: Mahmud Abdulla Mohammad, Video-based Situation Assessment for Road Safety.
2015: Alexandre Noyvirt, Human Perception Capabilities for Socially Intelligent Domestic Service Robots.
2015: Ahmed Abdulhadi Al Moadhen, Semantic-based Task Planning for Domestic Service Robots.
2015: Obokhai Kess Asikhia, Evaluating Intuitive Interactions Using Image Schemas.
2015: Awanis Binti Romli, Integrated Eco-Design Decision Making for Sustainable Product Design.
2015: Mohamed Bennassar, Clinical Decision Support System for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Dementia.
2014: Fatahiyah Anuar, Trade Mark Similarity Assessment Support System.
2014: Jameel Kutbi, Fit Manufacturing: Novel Fitness Indices For Continuous Improvement.
2014: Panagiotis Loukakos, Knowledge-based Approach to Risk Analysis in the Custom Domain.
2013: Azar Imanguliyev, Enhancement of the Bees Algorithm.
2013: Diman Todorov, Enhanced Interpretation of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
2012: Lei Shi, Ontology-based Semantic Reminiscence Support System.
2012: Ivan Stankov, Semantically Enhanced Document Clustering.
2012: Engku Fadzli Hassan Syed Abdullah, Automated Mood Boards: Ontology Based Semantic Image Retrieval.
2009: Michael Brownsword, A Formalised Approach to the Management of Risk.
2007: Nikolaos Lagos, Knowledge-based Product Support Systems.
2006: Qiao Tang, Knowledge Management using Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Ontology.
2005: Emmanuel Brousseau, Intelligent Techniques for Automatic Feature Recognition in CAD Models.

Supervised MPhil Students: Completed

2015: Richard Andrew O’Leary, Development and Validation of Powder Supply Chain.
2014: Sun Pen, Joint EEG/fMRI Signal Model for EEG Separation and Localization.

Supervised PhD Students: Current

Zainab Abbas Harbi, Segmentation of Clock Drawings Based on Spatial and Temporal Features.
Abdul Syafiq Abdul Sukor, Artificial Curiosity.
Quanquan Han, Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Metal-Matrix Composites.
Ashley Morris, Product Change Management - Enhanced Organisational Performance from Accurate Product Information.
Adam Dixon, Computer-Aided Ethnography Analysis in Supporting Complex Interdisciplinary Product Design and Innovation.
Awn Harbi Alghamdi, Decision Support for Remanufacturing.
Paul O’Regan, Process Capability Management for Additive Layer Manufacturing.
Carl Azzopardi, Quantifying Atherosclerosis in Peripheral Vasculature Using 3D Ultrasound Imaging.

Teaching based on a reflective, reasoned and innovatory approach and on total commitment to the highest quality.

Teaching responsibilities include ENT604 Measurement Systems and ENT605 Case Study.

Modules taught in the past: EN3033 Materials and Manufacturing, EN2909 Product Design and Systems Integration, EN2008 Computing 2, EN3905 Computer Controlled Manufacture and more.

Education

PhD in Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Dipl. Eng. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, double Honours degree (first class), MEng in Automation and Robotics, Moscow Technological University, Moscow, Russia.

Scientific Leadership: International Conferences

2018: Member of the Programme Committee of DESIGN 2018, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2017: Honorary Chair of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-17), Bologna, Italy. Member of the Programme Committee of 6th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE ’17), Barcelona, Spain, 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED’17), Vancouver, Canada, and 2017 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence(IEEE CIHLI' 17), Hawaii.
2016: General Co-Chair of the 3rd Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing(SDM-16), Chania, Crete, Greece. Honorary Chair of the 20th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES2016), 5-7 September 2016, York, UK. Member of the Programme Committee of DESIGN 2016, Dubrovnik, Croatia, the 13th IFAC Symposium on Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems (HMS), Kyoto, Japan and 5th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE ’16), Suzhou, China.
2015: General Chair of the 2nd Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-15), Seville, Spain, Member of the Programme Committee of ICED 2015, Milan, Italy and SEKM’15, Vancouver, Canada. Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering, Balatonfured, Hungary. Invited Chair of a Special Session on Knowledge Engineering in Medical Informatics of the me International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC’15), Hong Kong.
2014: General Chair of the Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-14), Cardiff, UK. Member of the Programme Committee of IEEE SMC 2014, San Diego, USA, KSS14, Sapporo, Japan, DESIGN 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Invited Chair of a Special Session on Knowledge Engineering in Medical and Healthcare Informatics of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC’14), San Diego, USA.
2013: Member of the Programme Committees of ICED13, Seoul, Korea and CENTERIS 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.
2012: Member of the Programme Committees of KSS12, Ishikawa, Japan, DESIGN 2012, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
2011: Member of the Programme Committees of CENTERIS 2011, Algarve, Portugal, ICED11, Copenhagen, Denmark, IADIS Collaborative Technologies’11, Rome, Italy and NLDB’11, Alicante, Spain.
2010: General Chair of the 14th Int Conf on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2010), Cardiff, UK. Member of the Program Committee of I*PROMS’10, Cardiff, UK, KEER’10, Paris, France, NLDB, Cardiff, UK, MCCSIS’10, Freiburg, Germany, CENTERIS’10, Viana do Castelo, Portugal and S3T, Varna, Bulgaria. Member of the Organising Committee of NLBD, Cardiff, UK. Invited Co-Chair of a Special Track on Collaborative Knowledge Management (CKM) at KGCM, Orlando, FL, USA.
2009: Member of the Programme Committee of KES’09, Santiago, Chile and I*PROMS’09, Cardiff, UK. Invited Chair of a Special Session on Service Computing at DET’09, Hong Kong, China.
2008: Chair of a Conference Session at CIRP ICME’08, Naples, Italy. Member of the Program/Scientific Committee of ISOMA’08, Hawaii, USA, ROBTEP’08, Novy Smokovec, Slovakia, CHER21’08, Sozopol, Bulgaria, and I*PROMS’08, Cardiff, UK.
2007: Chair of Conference Sessions at KSEM’07, Melbourne, Australia, AI’07, Gold Coast, Australia, and CISE’07, Bangkok, Thailand. Member of the Programme Committees of CHER21’07, Sozopol, Bulgaria, I*PROMS’07, Cardiff, UK and ICED'07, France.
2006: Keynote speaker at the 4th International Conference 21st Century Challenges in Higher Education and Research (CHER21), Sozopol, Bulgaria. Chair of a Special Session at ISFA’06, Osaka, Japan. Member of the Programme Committee of ROBTEP’06, Kosice, Slovakia, ISOMA’06, Budapest, Hungary, and CHER21, Sozopol, Bulgaria. Member of the Programme and Organising Committees of I*PROMS’06, Cardiff, UK. Reviewer for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
2004: Member of the IEEE INDIN’04 Programme Committee, Berlin, Germany.
2003: Member of the Scientific Committee of Business Excellence’03, Guimaraes, Portugal.
2001: Member of the Programme and Organising Committees of NCMR’01, Cardiff, UK.
1995: Member of the Organising Committee of AMTECH’95, Rousse, Bulgaria.
1993: Member of the Organising Committee of AMTECH’93, Rousse, Bulgaria.

Scientific Leadership: Editorial Work

2008 - present: Associate Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS)
2003 - present: Associate Editor of the International Journal of Systems Science (IJSS).

2017: Special Issue on Sustainable Manufacturing for the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
2017: Special Issue on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing for the International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
2016: Special Issue on Semantic Technologies for Decision Making of the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS).
2015: Special Issue on Knowledge Management for Sustainability of the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS).
2015: Special Issue on Decision Support for Sustainable Design and Manufacturing of the Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering.
2012: Special Issue on Service Computing and Service Oriented Enterprise Systems in Design, Manufacturing and Supply Chain of the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing.
2011: Special issue on Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management and Imagination of the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS).
2006: Special Issue on Innovative Production Machines and Systems of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
2002: Special Issue on Intelligent Product Support Systems of the International Journal of Systems Science.
2000-present: Reviewer for the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Systems Science, Integrated Computer Aided Engineering, IMechE Proceedings - Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Knowledge Based Systems, Technovation, Journal of Engineering Design, Computers in Industry and others.

Refereeing for research councils and scientific programmes: UK

2012 - 2017: EPSRC Panel Chair for Portfolio grants (2017) and Design the Future 1 (2015), EPSRC Panel member for Design by Science (2016), Design the Future 2 (2015), Capital Funding for Centres for Doctoral Training (2014), Centres for Doctoral Training (2013), and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (2012).
2010: Reviewer for the Royal Society; research area: semantic-based systems.
2010: Reviewer for the Levelhulme Trust; research area: information technology, AI.
2006: DTI Assessor of collaborative research project proposals (Spring 06 Technology Programme Competition for Funding); research area: ICT: data, scientific and medical visualisation for innovative products and services.
2002 - present: member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, UK.

Refereeing for research councils and scientific programmes: European Research Programmes

2017: Policy adviser at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology; innovation area: Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) in Added-Value Manufacturing.
2016: Evaluation expert and Panel member at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology; innovation area: Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) in Added-Value Manufacturing. Evaluation expert for Horizon 2020 Factory of the Future; research area: digital manufacturing and the Internet of Things.
2015: Evaluation expert for Horizon 2020 ICT for the Creative Industries; research area: ICT, design, creativity. Evaluation expert for Horizon 2020 Factory of the Future; research area: robotics, manufacturing.
2014: Evaluation expert for FET Horizon 2020; research area: cognition beyond problem solving.
2012, 2013: Evaluation expert and rapporteur for the Research for SMEs and Research for SME Associations programme within Framework 7 of the European Commission.
2012: Evaluation expert for the CoFUND programme within Framework 7 of the European Commission – evaluation of Marie Curie Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND).
2009: Evaluation expert for the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) programme within Framework 7 of the European Commission – evaluation of Integrated Projects (IP), Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP), Networks of Excellence (NoE) and Coordinating Actions (CA); research area: intelligent information management.
2009: Evaluation expert for the Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Programme of the EU; research area: Mechanical, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering.
2006 - 2009: Expert evaluator of proposals for the Leonardo da Vinci programme of the European Commission; research area: e-learning and e-training.
2003 - 2006: Expert reviewer for Framework 6 of the European Commission; evaluating projects in the area of robotics and web-based applications.
2002 - 2006: Evaluation expert for the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme within Framework 6 of the European Commission – evaluation of Integrated Projects (IP) and Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP) proposals in the area of e-government, e-business and networked organisations.
2003 - 2006: Invited project reviewer (FP6 IST).

Refereeing for research councils and scientific programmes: Overseas Research Councils

2017: Policy adviser at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology; innovation area: Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) in Added-Value Manufacturing. Evaluation expert of Horizon 2020 5.ii. Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing; H2020 mid-term review. Focus: Private-Public Partnerships.
2016: Proposal evaluator and Panel member for the Austrian Research Council FFG; research area: Manufacturing Engineering and Cyber-Physical Systems.
2012 - 2014: Proposal evaluator for Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; research area: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems.
2007 - 2010: Proposal evaluator for the National Science Fund of Bulgaria; research area: ICT.
2007 - 2012: Proposal evaluator for the Georgian National Science Foundation; research area: IT, AI, e-learning.
2006: Proposal evaluator for the Slovak Research and Development Agency; research area: intelligent robotics.

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

2017: Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China.
2017: Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship in Engineering at Nanyang Technological University
2015: Award for Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Engineering Systems, awarded at KES 2015, Singapore
2004: Donald Julius Groen Prize awarded by IMechE for a journal paper in the area of digital manufacturing and overall contribution to manufacturing
1999: Literati Club Award awarded for a journal paper on computational modelling and robotics

Papers co-authored with her PhD students and Research Associates have received Best Paper Awards at SDM 2016, Chania, Greece, KES 2016, York, UK, KES 2013, Kitakyushu, Japan, and KES 2012, San Sebastian, Spain.

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

2017 - present: Member of the IEEE Task Force on Human-like Intelligence of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
2016 - present: Member of IFAC Technical Committee on Human-Machine Systems (WG4.5).
2015 - present: Member of IFIP Technical Committee on Computer Aided Innovation (WG5.4).
2014 - present: IEEE Senior Member.
2013 - present: Chair of the KES Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Society with more than 500 members. Member of the KES Executive Board (since 2010).
2013-2015: Member of the Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force of the W3C Working Group on Protocols and Formats (PFWG).
2011 - present: Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management; Awards in Practical Leadership for University Management (2013), and Leadership and Management for Research Team Leaders (2011).
2010 - present: Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). Committee member of the Manufacturing and Management Section, East South Wales branch. IET Technical Assessor supporting the IET Registration and Standards Committee.
2009 - present: Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE). Industrial Advisor appointed by the Professional Review Committee to help with assessment of applications. Member of the Panel of Assessors supporting the Academic Assessment Committee (AAC) and the Qualifications and Membership Board (QMB). Interviewer of CEng and FIMechE candidates (2010-2014).
2007 - present: Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS).
2006 - present: Chartered IT Professional (CITP).
2004 - present: European Engineer (Eur.Ing.) chartered by FEANI, member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG).
2003 - present: Chartered Engineer (CEng)

External Examiner

2013 - 2018: External Examiner of 10 MSc programmes at Warwick Manufacturing Group, Warwick University: E-Business Management, Engineering Business Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, International Technology Management, Management for Business Excellence, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Process Business Management, Programme & Project Management, Service Management & Design, Supply Chain & Logistics Management.
2012 - 2017: External Examiner of 3 MSc programmes at Brunel University: MSc Advanced Engineering Design, MSc Advanced Manufacturing Systems and MSc Packaging Technology Management.
2009 - 2014: Award and Subject External Examiner of UG programmes (Mechanical, Mechanical and Manufacturing, and Marine Engineering) at University of Portsmouth, UK.
2005 - present: External Examiner of PhD students at the University of Lorraine, France (2017), Brunel University (2016), University of Reading, UK (2015), Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain (2014), Strasbourg, France (2014), Anna University, India (2015, 2012, 2011 and 3 in 2013), Bath University, UK (2012), Griffith University, Australia (2012), Deakin University, Australia (2010, 2009 and 2008), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2012, and 2 more in 2009), University of Rousse, Bulgaria (2009), Open University, UK (2007) and University of Seville, Spain (2006).

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

Additive layer manufacturing (metal)
Robotics
Human-machine systems
Computational semantics

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