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

Professor of High-Value Manufacturing

: Setchi@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44 29208 75720
: Queen's Buildings - South Building, Room S/2.41, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

: Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Rossi Setchi is Professor in High-Value Manufacturing and the Director and Principal Investigator of the Research Centre in AI, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems (IROHMS) at Cardiff, which she founded in 2019. IROHMS is a collaboration of the Schools of Engineering, Psychology and Computer-Science and Informatics. IROHMS currently involves over 100 academics and postgraduate researchers and 35 PhD students. For many years she led ASTUTE Cardiff, a team of 20+ academics and researchers helping Welsh manufacturing companies to develop more advanced and sustainable engineering solutions.

Rossi has a distinguished track record of research in a range of areas including AI, robotics, systems engineering, additive manufacturing, industrial sustainability, Cyber-Physical Systems and Industry 4.0, and, in particular, has built an international reputation for excellence in knowledge-driven symbolic AI, computational semantics and human-machine systems. Her edited books on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing are among the top Springer publications in 2019 and 2018 that address important United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Over a period of 20 years, Professor Setchi has contributed over 260 peer reviewed publications including 14 edited books and over 100 journal articles, secured external grant support totalling more than £25 million and supervised to successful completion 27 PhD students. 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 30 collaborative projects funded by UK and overseas funding bodies, including the Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, EPSRC and the European Commission. She has completed research projects with many UK-based companies including Airbus, BAE Systems, Bosch UK, Brass Bullet, Carlisle Brake and Friction, Continental Teves, Costain, Ford, Highways England, Primasil Silicones, Panalpina, Qioptiq, Renishaw and Sandvik Osprey 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 on remotely-controlled, semi-autonomous robots to support elderly people at home was highlighted in the annual UK Department of Health R&D report and included in another 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 has contributed invited keynotes at prestigious conferences including 3DP 2022, Singapore, CJUMP 2022, Jinan, China, HCIS 2020, Split, Croatia, IC3A 2020, Lucknow, India, IWAMA 2019, Plymouth, UK, GCSM 2018, Lexington, USA, SDM 2018, Gold Coast, Australia, ISSE 2017, Tsu, Japan, KES 2015, Singapore, IJSS 2015, Sapporo, Japan, IIUM Engineering Congress 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and delivered invited lectures at many world-class universities in Colombia, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Spain, UK and the USA.

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.

For many years she was a trustee of Engineering Education Scheme – Wales (EESW), a charity which encourages sixth form students to study engineering, and is currently a member of the Tech Valleys Strategic Advisory Board (2018-2023). She has acted as a judge on a number of occasions (e.g. since 2015 on Made in Wales Awards and “We Made It!” Competition) and often contributes as panellist and speaker to public events and debates such as the Financial Times Manufacturing Summit in 2019. In 2021 she chaired a roundtable on the Future of AI and IP, organised in collaboration with IPO in response to Government’s consultations on the need for changes to the existing IP frameworks.

Professor Setchi has considerable experience at national and international level in evaluating research quality and impact. She is a member of the EPSRC Pier Review College since 2003 and has chaired many EPSRC Panels. She was the only university representative on a panel of nine experts from Europe involved in the mid-term evaluation of the Private-Public Partnerships in Horizon 2020. She has assisted the European Institute of Innovation and Technology with policy advice on Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) in Added-Value Manufacturing. Professor Setchi currently serves as External Examiner at The University of Hong Kong and a member of the REF2021 Panel for Engineering (UoA 12).

Honours and awards

2019: Distinguished Visiting Professor at Shandong University, China
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 IEEE LifeTech, Kyoto, Japan, SDM 2016, Chania, Greece, KES 2016, York, UK, KES 2013, Kitakyushu, Japan, and KES 2012, San Sebastian, Spain.

Technical Committees and Advisory Boards

2018-present:TechValleys Strategic Advisory Board; I-Form Scientific Advisory Committee, UCD, Ireland.
2017-present: MIEEE Task Force on Human-like Intelligence of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
2016-present: IFIP Technical Committee on Computer Aided Innovation (WG5.4) and IFAC Technical Committee on Human-Machine Systems (WG4.5)
2013-present: Chair of the KES Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Society with more than 500 members world-wide.
2010-present: Executive Board of KES International. The KES association is a community consisting of several thousand research scientists working in three key areas: Knowledge Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Renewable Energy and Sustainability, and Knowledge Transfer and Innovation.

Management and advisory board positions

Data Innovation Research Institute

Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Systems at Cardiff (CAMSAC)

Research Centre for AI, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems

Tech Valleys Strategic Advisory Board

SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing (I-Form), Ireland

Research Expert Advisory Group (REAG), Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

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 £25 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 30 collaborative projects sponsored by UK and overseas funding bodies. See Professor Setchi's recent contracts in the table below.

List of Recent Contracts

Setchi, R., Wang, P.

Title: Architectural microstructure-modification mechanisms and the microstructure-performance optimization for SLM Aluminium matrix composites

Sponsor: The Royal Society

Value: £12,000, Duration: 31/03/22 – 30/03/24

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Setchi, R., Evans, S. E.

Title: Transforming Foundation Industries Hub (TransFIRe), led by Cranfield University

Sponsor: UKRI

Value: £345,810 (for Cardiff), Duration: 1/07/21 - 30/06/23

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Setchi, R., Allen, S., Jones, D.

Title: Research Centre in AI, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems (IROHMS)

Sponsor: WEFO and Cardiff University

Value: £5.4m; Duration: 1/04/19 – 01/01/23

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Setchi, R., Naim, M. and Weeks, I.

Title: ASTUTE 2020

Sponsor: Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO)

Value: total £4,762,654 (for Cardiff), external funding £3,168,181, 60% for ENGIN; Duration: 1/07/15 – 30/09/22

Partners: Welsh manufacturing companies, Welsh Universities

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Setchi, R., Naim, M. and Weeks, I.

Title: ASTUTE 2020 - EAST

Sponsor: Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO)

Value: total £4,249,716 (for Cardiff), external funding £2,049,315, 60% for ENGIN; Duration: 1/10/17 – 30/09/22

Partners: Welsh manufacturing companies, Welsh Universities

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Setchi, R.

Title: Carlisle Batch Assembly Collaborative Robot

Sponsor: WEFO through ASTUTE and Industry

Value: £105,160 including £55,100.00 from Carlisle Brake and Friction; Duration: 1/1/20 - 1/9/20

Partner: Carlisle Brakes and Friction

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Setchi, R., Ji, Z., Evans, S.

Title: Deep Learning Enabled Wing Box Inspection (DEWI)

Sponsor: Endeavr/Industry

Value: £61,791

Duration: 1/07/19 – 31/09/19

Partner: Airbus

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Setchi, R., Spasic, I.

Title: AI-assisted Prior Art Search

Sponsor: BEIS/Industry

Value: £88,200

Duration: 21/01/19 – 20/10/19

Partner: IPO

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Setchi, R.

Title: Design and Additive Manufacturing of a New Composite Al-Calamine Material Through a Bilateral Collaboration Between Colombian and UK Industry and Academia

Sponsor: Royal Academy of Engineering

Value: £21,600

Duration: 15/04/19 – 14/04/21

Partner: Colombia

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Ji, Z., Setchi, R., Bigot, S.

Title: 3D Reconstruction and Characterisation of Spattering Behaviours in SLM Processing by Fusing Rroi-Based Images from Multiple Cameras

Sponsor: Industry and Cardiff University

Value: £39,986 including 50% match contribution from Cardiff University

Duration: 01/04/19 - 31/03/20

Partner: Renishaw

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Setchi, R. (PI), Evans, S.L., Brousseau, E.

Title: The Upgrade of High Strength Crack-Free Hastelloy X Powder for Additive Manufacturing

Sponsor: WEFO through ASTUTE and Industry

Value: £77,473 including £39,500 from Sandvik

Duration: 01/06/18 – 31/05/19

Partner: Sandvik Osprey Ltd.

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Weeks, I. (PI), Setchi, R., Gumbleton, M., Westwell, A., Naim, M., Sloan, A.

Title: ACCELERATOR East and West

Sponsor: WEFO

Value: £3,200,650

Duration: 01/06/18 - 31/05/21

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Ji, Z., Setchi, R.

Title: Pushing the Boundary of Vision-Based 3D Surface Imaging

Sponsor: Industry and Cardiff University

Value: £40,000 including 50% match contribution from Cardiff University

Duration: 01/04/18 - 31/03/19

Partner: Renishaw

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Setchi, R., M. Ryan

Title: Lightweight Tooling for Concentric Collet Drilling Templates and Leading Edge Flags

Sponsor: WEFO through ASTUTE and Industry

Value: £811,706 including £600k from Airbus and £211,706 from WEFO

Duration: 28/03/18 – 27/03/20

Partner: Airbus

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Setchi, R., Z. Ji

Title: Additive Manufacturing and Robotics to Support Improved Response to Increased Flexibility

Sponsor: WEFO through ASTUTE and Industry

Value: £884,673 including £652,661 from Continental and £232,012 from WEFO

Duration: 02/02/18 – 01/02/19

Partner: Continental Teves UK

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Setchi, R.

Title: Autonomous Systems and Robotics Lab, Care-O-Bot 4.0

Sponsor: Cardiff University through RIF, DIRI, ENGIN, COMSC

Value: £440,000

Duration: 1/05/17 – 31/07/18

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Setchi, R., Soe, S.

Title: Additive Manufactured Cellular Lattice Design for Shock Isolation

Sponsor: WEFO through ASTUTE and Industry

Value: £131,327.11 including £70,181 from Qioptiq and £61,146.71 from WEFO;

Duration: 31/12/17 – 31/12/18

Partner: Qioptiq

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Gosling J., Naim, M., Thomas R. and Setchi, R.

Title: Project Memories

Sponsor: Industry

Value: £36,000 (25% for ENGIN); Duration: 1/01/17 – 31/12/17

Partners: Highways England, WSP Parsons-Brinckerhoff, Costain

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Lacan F, Setchi R

Title: Combine advanced supply chain solutions with 3dp expertise

Sponsor: Panalpina World Transport, KTP

Value: £113,966; Duration: 01/12/2015 - 30/09/2017

Partner: Panalpina

Teaching based on a reflective, reasoned and innovatory approach and on total commitment to the highest quality. Supervisor of UG and MSc projects with imany industrial companies including Airbus, BAE Systems, Bosch UK, Orange Box, Qioptiq, Panalpina and Renishaw. 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.

Professor Rossi Setchi 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. She joined the School of Engineering as a Lecturer in 2000; she was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007 and Personal Chair in 2011. She is a member of the REF2021 Panel for Engineering (UoA 12).

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

2022: Invited Chair of a Special Session at KES 2022, Verona, Italy and two Invited Sessions at SDM 2022, Split, Croatia. Member of the International Scientific Committee of Global Conference on 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Valencia, Spain. Honorary Chair of the 8th Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing SDM-22, Split, Croatia.
2021: Invited Chair of a Special Session at KES 2021, Szczecin, Poland. Honorary Chair of the 7th Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing SDM-21, Split, Croatia.
2020: Member of the International Scientific Committee of DESIGN 2020, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Honorary Chair of the 7th Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-20), Split, Croatia, Invited Chair of 2 Special Sessions at KES 2020, Verona, Italy.
2019: Honorary Chair of the 6th Int Conf on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-19), Budapest, Hungary, Member of International Program Committee of 17th CIRP Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), Shanghai, China, the 14th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems, Tallinn, Estonia, 22 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED’19), Delft, The Netherlands, and 8th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE ’19), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2018: Member of the Scientific Committee of 16th CIRP GCSM, Lexington, USA, 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

2021-2023: Associate Editor of Digital Manufacturing Technology
2018 - 2020: Associate Editor of IEEE Access
2008 - 2018: Associate Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS)
2003 - 2022: 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

2015 - 2022: EPSRC/DST Panel Chair for Resilient Solutions NetworkPlus (2022), EPSRC Panel Chair for Responsive Manufacturing (2021), EPSRC/AI Turing Institute Fellowships (2020), Centres for Doctoral Training (2018), Portfolio grants (2017), Prosperous Nation (2017), Design the Future 1 (2015). Thank you letters in Recognition of significant contribution to EPSRC Peer Review (2019, 2021).
2012 - 2021: ESRC Panel member for Manufacturing Made Smarter NetworkPlus Panel (2021). EPSRC Panel member for Programme Grants (2020), Manufacturing Hubs (2018), 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). ESRC Panel member for Manufacturing Made Smarter NetworkPlus (2021).
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

2021: Evaluation expert for Horizon TWIN-OPEN, TWIN-TRANSITION and EIC PATHFINDER.
2018-2020: Evaluation expert for H2020 FETOPEN, DT-ICT, Digital Transformation calls. Project reviewer for DIGICOR, DigiCor and openMOS projects.
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

2020: Panel member for Singapore's Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Programme.
2019: Proposal evaluator for the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, Slovakian Research Agency
2018: Proposal evaluator for the the Research Foundation – Flanders, Reviewer of the SMACC Centre, VTT and TU Tampere, Finland
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.

Honours and awards

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.

Professional memberships

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 AS programmes (Mechanical, Mechanical and Manufacturing, and Marine Engineering) at the 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).

PhD students have successfully completed projects in Additive Manufacturing (2022, 2020, 2019 and 2017), Clinical Decision Support (2021, 2020, 2017 and 2015), Product Change Management (2017), Design for Intuitive Use (2016), Heterogeneous Networks (2016), Situational Awareness (2016), Human-Computer Interaction (2015), Decision Support for Sustainability (2015), Trademark Similarity Assessment (2015), Fit Manufacturing (2014), AI (2013), Diagnostic Support (2013), Semantic Clustering (2013), Reminiscence Support (2013), Risk Management (2013 and 2009), Semantic Retrieval (2012), Knowledge Engineering (2007), Information Retrieval using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (2006), and Machine Learning (2005).

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

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

Supervised PhD Students: Current

Shuping Kang, Transfer of Skills for Ultrasound Examinations from Humans to Robots
Mumin Biyiklioğlu, Selective Laser Melting of Multi-Functional High Temperature Magnetic Alloys
Tong Tong, Human Intention Recognition and Prediction
Benjamin Mason, Metal Additive Manufacturing
Awn Harbi Alghamdi, Decision Support for Remanufacturing.
Xiaodan Wang, Intuitive Human-Robot Interaction in Unstructured Environments
Ahmet Pekok, Metal Additive Manufacturing

University staff and alumni named as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales

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

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