Dr Sean Anderson
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Senior Lecturer


+44 114 222 5608
Full contact details
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
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- Profile
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Dr Sean Anderson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of ۲ݮƵ; He received the MEng degree in Control Systems Engineering from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of ۲ݮƵ, ۲ݮƵ, U.K., in 2001, and the PhD degree from the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of ۲ݮƵ, in 2005.
He then moved to the Centre for Signal Processing in Neuroimaging and Systems Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology, University of ۲ݮƵ, where he worked as a Research Associate from 2005-2010. He moved to the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering in 2010 where he is currently pursuing research themes in bioinspired robotics as well as adaptive and optimal control in biological systems.
- Research interests
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- Linear, Nonliner and Spatiotemporal System Identification
- Robotics and Biomechatronics
- Theoretical Neuroscience and Computational Biology
Research Experience
- Research Associate in Complex Systems and Signal Processing Group, Dept of ACSE, Univ of ۲ݮƵ, 2010-2011.
- EU FP7 project "Biomimetic Technology for Vibrissal Active Touch" (Biotact), 2009-2010.
- EPSRC project "Functions of Distributed Plasticity in a Biologically-Inspired Adaptive Control Algorithm: From Electrophysiology to Robotics" (Eyerobot), 2005-2008.
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Preprints
- Grants
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Major Grants
- EU H2020, Dreams4Cars - Dreamlike Simulation Abilities for Automated Cars (۲ݮƵ PI), Jan 2017-Dec 2019, EUR 4 million.
- EU FP7, NoTremor - Virtual, Physiological and Computational Neuromuscular Models for the Predictive Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (CI), Jan 2014-Dec 2016, EUR 2.9 million.
- EPSRC, Assessing the Underworld - An integrated performance model of city infrastructures (EP/K021699/1) (CI), Jun 2013-May 2017, £5,782,838.
- EPSRC, Bioinspired Control of Electro-Active Polymers for Next Generation Soft Robots (EP/I032533/1) (CI), Jan 2012-Jul 2015, £1,081,051.
Pilot Funding, Feasibility Studies and Equipment Grants
- Royal Society Equipment Grant, Oct 2013-Sep 2014, £15,000.
- Insigneo Bursary for Clinical Translation, funded by ۲ݮƵ Hospitals Charity Trust. Gastric Surface Mapping for Future Automated Approaches to Wireless Capsule Endoscopy of the Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract, Dec 2013-Apr 2014, £15,500.
- Engineering for Life award, funded by the University of ۲ݮƵ. Towards a smart vest for sensing and actuation of wireless capsule endoscopes (PI), Oct 2012-Mar 2013, £31,741.
- Peninne Water Group, University of ۲ݮƵ. Developing ultrasound sensing technology to assess infrastructure and soil conditions external to buried pipes, Sep 2012-Jan 2013, £15,000.
- Teaching activities
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- ACS61011 Deep Learning