Professor Dr. Laurence S. Dooley C.Eng
Professor (Information & Communication)
School of Computing & Communications
Biography
Professional biography
He received his B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales/Cymru (Swansea) and having held professorial positions in both Australia and Germany, he was appointed in 2008 as Professor of Information and Communication Technologies in the School of Computing and Communications at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
He is a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng), Senior Life Member of the IEEE (SMIEEE) and Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), as well as equally proudly being a Catenian, a Mauritshuis Friend, and a Vice President of the Welsh Crawshays Rugby Club .
He is both an Associate Editor and Editorial Board member of the IET Image Processing journal.
Research interests
Currently:
- 5G and 6G wireless technologies
- Internet of Things (IoT) Network Security
- Cognitive Radio in TV White Space (TVWS)
- Computer Vision and AI for climate action (TreeView)
- Convolutional neural networks (CNN) for automatic plant classification
- Digital image/video signal processing
- SME (small-to-medium enterprises) technology transfer strategies.
He has published 1 book and more than 285 scientific journals, conference papers, book chapters and monographs, with demonstrable esteem by being awarded 5 international Best Paper Prizes.
He has successfully supervised 31 PhD students to completion and is currently supervising 2 PhD students within the neXt Generation Multimedia Technologies (XGMT) research community which he founded in 2008. All his PhD students, in their own inimitable styles, have been the catalyst for stimulating intellectual debate and discovery during our weekly Monday group meetings. A holder of 2 patents and a recipient of significant public/private sector funding to support his multidisciplinary research, including as a co-investigator on the National Space Innovation Programme TreeView: Precision Forestry to Tackle Climate Change project, to develop satellite imaging and AI solutions for tree management as part of the UK climate action agenda.
24 PhD External Examinerships (Jurer/Opponent) in the UK, Australia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mauritius, and New Zealand.
15 Research Masters (M.Phil) External Examinerships.
He is currently External Examiner for the Joint Programme (JP) in Engineering between Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). Previous external examinership terms include:
- MEng/BEng (Hons) in Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Kent
- B.Sc. (Hons) Electronics at the Technological University of Dublin
- B.Sc. (Hons) Dual-Award degrees in Computer Science, IT and Business for Coventry University in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
He has served as a member of numerous international conference technical programme committees and has 3 times been an invited Keynote Address speaker.
Teaching interests
An innovative teacher with an unalloyed commitment to excellence which is both led and informed by his research, Laurence has been awarded Teaching Innovation grants and published pedagogical papers detailing his professional teaching practice. He continues to champion new technologies to enrich the on-line student learning and research training experience.
He has a wealth of UG and PG teaching experience in multimodal, blended and on-line delivery, and has presented an extensive range of professional career development, technical and managerial short courses for industry (SME and corporate sectors), academia and government agencies on topics ranging from The ABC of DSP and Computer Vision (Arcada University, Helsinki), to ICT Project Management (Australian Quarantine Inspection Service).
Current teaching commitments:
- TM355 (Communication Technologies)
- TM111 (Introduction to Computing and IT)
- TM470 (Computing and Information Technology Final Year Project)
He also been the academic mentor for the OU partnered UG Computer Science & Computer Games degrees at the dual-sector University Centre, Leeds.
Impact and Engagement
Received the 2010 IEEE Certificate of Excellence Award in recognition of sustained academic contributions to Promoting International Exchange, while between 2003 and 2007, he served as a Director of GREEN Inc (Gippsland Regional Ecology and Environmental Network), a regional technology/business incubator in Churchill, Victoria (Australia), fostering SME technology transfer and entrepreneurship.
International links
Visiting scholarship positions held, PhD student exchanges and collaborative research projects undertaken in partnership with:
- DLR (German Aerospace Centre), Institute of Optical Sensor Systems, Berlin.
- University of Sydney (William Girling Watson Scholarship)
- National Institute of Informatics, Japan.
- Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland.
Publications
Book
Mobile Multimedia Communications: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges (2007)
Book Chapter
Cognitive Radio and TV White Space (TVWS) Applications (2019)
Cognitive Femtocell Networks (2012)
Object analysis with visual sensors and RFID (2012)
Introduction to Mobile Multimedia Communications (2008)
Computational Modelling Strategies for Gene Regulatory Network Reconstruction (2008)
Gene Expression Imputation Techniques for Robust Post Genomic Knowledge Discovery (2008)
Introduction to Mobile Multimedia Communications (2007)
Video Coding for Mobile Communications (2007)
Generalized Schemata Theorem Incorporating Twin Removal for Protein Structure Prediction (2007)
Significance of Hybrid Evolutionary Computation for Ab Initio Protein Folding Prediction (2007)
An Improved Shape Descriptor Using Bezier Curves (2005)
Efficient Computation of Fitness Function by Pruning in Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Model (2005)
A Collimator Neural Network Model for the Classification of Genetic Data (2004)
Very Low Bit-Rate Video Coding (2004)
Object Based Image Ranking Using Neural Networks (2001)
Block-based true motion estimation using distance dependent thresholds search (2001)
Review of Fuzzy Image Segmentation Techniques (2001)
Texture Classification Using Statistical and Soft-Computing Methods (2000)
Quality inspection of veneer using soft-computing methods (2000)
Linguistic Contour Modelling through a Fuzzy Active Contour (2000)
Linguistic Contour Modelling through Fuzzy Snakes (1999)
Use of rank-conditioned morphological operators for texture classification (1997)
Structured Non-Linear Algorithms for Image Processing based on Non-Parametric Descriptions (1995)
Journal Article
SA-IDS: A single attribute intrusion detection system for Slow DoS attacks in IoT networks (2025)
A multi-view automatic table tennis umpiring framework (2024)
The Guardian Node Slow DoS Detection Model for Real-Time Application in IoT Networks (2024)
Low Carbon Futures: confronting electricity challenges on island systems (2019)
5G multi-layer routing strategies for TV white space secondary user access (2019)
Efficient Congestion Minimisation by Successive Load Shifting in Multilayer Wireless Networks (2018)
A cell range expansion framework for closed access femtocell networks (2017)
A New Dynamic Spectrum Access Algorithm for TV White Space Cognitive Radio Networks (2016)
Sliding-window designs for vertex-based shape coding (2012)
A new MANET wormhole detection algorithm based on traversal time and hop count analysis (2011)
Tracking Table Tennis Balls in Real Match Scenes for Umpiring Applications (2011)
Geometric distortion measurement for shape coding: a contemporary review (2011)
A Bezier curve-based generic shape encoder (2010)
Detection and separation of generic-shaped objects by fuzzy clustering (2010)
How to improve post genomic knowledge discovery using imputation (2009)
Fuzzy Clustering for Image Segmentation Using Generic Shape Information (2008)
Dynamic Bezier curves for variable rate-distortion (2008)
Texture as pixel feature for video object segmentation (2008)
Ameliorative missing value imputation for robust biological knowledge inference (2008)
Review on Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms (2008)
Quasi-Bezier curves integrating localised information (2008)
New Dynamic Enhancements to the Vertex-Based Rate-Distortion Optimal Shape Coding Framework (2007)
HUSEC: A heuristic self configuration model for wireless sensor networks (2007)
CF-GeNe: Fuzzy Framework for Robust Gene Regulatory Network Inference (2006)
An Energy-Aware Dynamic Clustering Algorithm for Load Balancing in Wireless Sensor Networks (2006)
Accurate distortion measurement for generic shape coding (2006)
Missing values imputation for cDNA microarray data using ranked covariance vectors (2005)
Filtering of Block Motion Vectors for Use in Motion-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval (2005)
Fast Block-Based True Motion Estimation Using Distance Dependent Thresholds (2004)
Towards Criteria for Visual Layout of Instructional Multimedia Interfaces (2004)
A Generic Fuzzy Rule Based Image Segmentation Algorithm (2002)
Fuzzy active contour model (2000)
Application of principal axes for registration of NMR image sequences (2000)
Tracking of non-rigid articulatory organs in X-ray image Sequences (1999)
A novel modulation strategy for integrating digital sub-channels within a PAL/PAL plus signal (1998)
Recognition and tracking of articulatory organs in X-ray image sequences (1996)
Presentation / Conference
A Reliable Real Time Slow Dos Detection Framework for Resource Constrained Iot Networks (2021)
A content-aware quantisation mechanism for transform domain distributed video coding (2018)
Secure Routing for MANET Connected Internet of Things Systems (2018)
Transform domain distributed video coding using larger transform blocks (2018)
A Packet Traversal Time per Hop based Adaptive Wormhole Detection Algorithm for MANETs (2016)
Tracking a table tennis ball for umpiring purposes using a multi-agent system (2016)
TVL1 Planarity Regularization for 3D Shape Approximation (2016)
Renewable Integration in Island Electricity Systems – A System Dynamics Assessment (2016)
A Multitaper-Random Demodulator Model for Narrowband Compressive Spectral Estimation (2015)
Tracking a table tennis ball for umpiring purposes (2015)
TVL1shape approximation from scattered 3D data (2015)
A scalable multimode base station switching model for green cellular networks (2015)
Disocclusion Hole-Filling in DIBR-Synthesized Images using Multi-Scale Template Matching (2014)
Robust Image Registration using Adaptive Expectation Maximisation based PCA (2014)
Research Findings on Wormhole Attack Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (2013)
Implicit scene modelling from imprecise point clouds (2013)
A novel precolouring-random demodulator architecture for compressive spectrum estimation (2013)
Joint texture-depth pixel inpainting of disocclusion holes in virtual view synthesis (2013)
Traffic-and-interference aware base station switching for green cellular networks (2013)
Precolouring in compressive spectrum estimation for cognitive radio (2013)
Analysis of coverage range expansion in closed access cognitive femtocell networks (2013)
Robust retinal image registration using expectation maximisation with mutual information (2013)
Energy Efficient Relay-Assisted Cellular Network Model using Base Station Switching (2012)
Energy savings using an adaptive base station-to-relay station switching paradigm (2012)
Efficient Image Registration using Fast Principal Component Analysis (2012)
A New Mutual Information based Similarity Measure for Medical Image Registration (2012)
Routing Security in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (2012)
Visual recognition of bridges by using stereo cameras on trains (2012)
A new cross-layer design strategy for TV white space cognitive radio applications (2011)
Virtual clustering for resource management in cognitive femtocell networks (2011)
Dynamic fractional frequency reuse based hybrid resource management for femtocell networks (2011)
Dynamic spectrum access based on cognitive radio within cellular networks (2011)
High-motion table tennis ball tracking for umpiring applications (2010)
Image-dependent spatial shape-error concealment (2008)
A Fuzzy Adaptive Soft Handover Scheme Supporting Four Active Sets (2007)
Efficient Probabilistic Spatio-Temporal Video Object Segmentation (2007)
Bezier Curve-Based Character Descriptor Considering Shape Information (2007)
Using SINR as Vertical Handoff Criteria in Multimedia Wireless Networks (2007)
Probabilistic Spatio-Temporal Video Object Segmentation using a priori Shape Descriptor (2007)
Look-ahead Rerouting of Pre-empted Calls (2006)
Region-Based Shape Incorporation for Probabilistic Spatio-Temporal Video Object Segmentation (2006)
Energy Aware Neighbourhood Protocol for Anycast Routing in Ad Hoc Sensor Networks (2006)
Online Load Balancing for Energy-Aware Anycast Routing (2006)
AFEGRN: Adaptive Fuzzy Evolutionary Gene Regulatory Network Re-construction Framework (2006)
Probabilistic Spatio-Temporal Video Object Segmentation Incorporating Shape Information (2006)
Object-Based Image Segmentation using Fuzzy Clustering (2006)
Optimisation of the Maximum Likelihood Method Using Bias Minimisation (2006)
An Adaptive Soft Handover Scheme Using Fuzzy Load Balancing for WCDMA Systems (2006)
Effective e-learning: Perspective of Adult Learners in Hong Kong (2006)
Efficient Source Localisation in Wireless Sensor Networks using a Minimum Number of Sensors (2006)
A novel load balancing technique for proactive energy loss mitigation in ubiquitous networks (2006)
An Energy-Time Based Load Balancing Technique for Wireless Sensor Networks (2005)
Automatic Feature Set Selection for Merging Image Segmentation Results Using Fuzzy Clustering (2005)
Fully Adaptive Performance Scalable Block-based Motion Estimation (2005)
Adaptive Self-Configuration for Distributed Load in Sensor Networks (2005)
Optimising Network Control Traffic in Resource Constrained MANETS (2005)
A Novel Half-Way Shifting Bezier Curve Model (2005)
Fuzzy image segmentation of generic shaped clusters (2005)
A dynamic Bezier curve model (2005)
Stacked regression ensemble for cancer class prediction (2005)
Fuzzy image segmentation using shape information (2005)
Load-adaptive Beacon exchange rate in self configuring ubiquitous networks (2005)
A generic shape descriptor using Bezier curves (2005)
Fuzzy image segmentation combining ring and elliptic shaped clustering algorithms (2005)
Enhanced Bezier curve models incorporating local information (2005)
Distributed and Load-Adaptive Self Configuration in Sensor Networks (2005)
A collateral missing value estimation algorithm for DNA microarrays (2005)
Coverage characteristics of symmetric topologies for pervasive sensor networks (2005)
Investigating the dynamics of pervasive sensor networks through parent localisation (2004)
Communal Neural Network for Ovarian Cancer Mutation Classification (2004)
Fuzzy Image Segmentation using Suppressed Fuzzy C-Means Clustering (SFCM) (2004)
A hybrid neural network based speech recognition system for pervasive environments (2004)
Dynamic symmetrical topology models for pervasive sensor networks (2004)
A Modified Distortion Measurement Algorithm for Shape Coding (2004)
Fuzzy Image Segmentation using Suppressed Fuzzy C-Means Clustering (2004)
LACON: localized autonomic configuration in pervasive sensor networks (2004)
Bandwidth borrowing Schemes for instantaneous video-on-demand systems (2004)
An adaptive motion vector composition algorithm for frame skipping video transcoding (2004)
An HVS-based motion vector composition algorithm for spatial resolution transcoding (2004)
Feature weighting methods for abstract features applicable to motion based video indexing (2004)
Enhanced cell visiting probability for QoS provisioning in mobile multimedia communications (2004)
Image segmentation using fuzzy clustering incorporating spatial information (2004)
Very low bit-rate video coding using an extended arbitrary-shaped pattern selection algorithm (2003)
Fast global motion estimation using iterative least-square estimation technique (2003)
A novel batched multicast patching scheme for video broadcasting with low user delay (2003)
A real time generic variable pattern selection algorithm for very low bit-rate video coding (2003)
A fuzzy rule-based colour image segmentation algorithm (2003)
Fuzzy image segmentation using location and intensity information (2003)
Impact of macroblock classification on low bit-rate video coding, focusing on moving objects (2002)
A directionally based bandwidth reservation scheme for call admission control (2002)
Content-based image retrieval based on colour histogram and the discrete cosine transform (2002)
Fuzzy rule for image segmentation incorporating texture features (2002)
A Regional Technology Diffusion Gateway Strategy (2002)
Image segmentation using modified extended fuzzy rules (2002)
Fast block-based true motion estimation using distance dependent thresholds (DTS) (2002)
A low bit-rate video-coding algorithm based upon variable pattern selection (2002)
New fuzzy rules for improved image segmentation (2002)
Gestalt Theory in Visual Screen Design - A New Look at an Old Subject (2002)
A novel filter for block-based motion estimation (2002)
Integrated technique with neural computing for temporal video segmentation (2001)
Texture classification based on DCT and soft computing (2001)
Extended fuzzy rules for image segmentation (2001)
Analysis of fuzzy clustering and a generic fuzzy rule-based image segmentation technique (2001)
A generic fuzzy rule based technique for image segmentation (2001)
A survey of content-based video representation and retrieval (2001)
Optimisation of coefficient wordlengths for lattice wave digital filters in the time domain (2001)
A survey of fuzzy rule-based image segmentation techniques (2000)
Automatic analysis of magnetic resonance (MR) sequences for the diagnosis of ligament lesions (1999)
Tongue tracking in medical X-ray sequences (1999)
Automatic motion analysis of bones from MR sequences (1999)
A fully transparent high speed data broadcasting method for the PALplus TV standard (1999)
About the use of fuzzy clustering for texture classification (1999)
Zungenverfolgung in Medizinischen Rontgenbildsequenzen (1999)
Analyse komplexer Knochenbewegungen in Folgen von MRT Aufnahmen (1999)
Linguistische Modellierung zur Erkennung Anatomischer Objekte (1999)
Genetic algorithms for automatic feature selection in a textureclassification system (1998)
A modulation technique for integrating digital subchannels within a PAL/PALplus signal (1998)
Adaptive noise reduction filtering on moving scanned -electronmicroscope images (1996)
Optimal design of dual-channel sub-band filter structures for video and image applications (1996)
An HDTV encoder for PALplus transmissions, supplemented with a digital residual signal (1996)
Decomposition of stochastic properties within images using non-parametric methods (1996)
Quadrature-Mirror Filter Design for the sub-band coding of Digital Video Signals (1995)
Design of 2-D digital video filters for a PALplus-compatible HDTV transmission encoder (1994)
A PALplus-Compatible HDTV Transmission System (1994)
A novel approach to the design of DSP systems using minimum complexity Finite State Machines (1992)
A modern review of audio synthesis techniques for marine and bridge simulator systems (1990)
A VLSI-based intelligent peripheral for a marine simulator computer system (1989)
Digital synthesis of ship-board generated acoustics for marine and bridge simulators (1988)
A fast vector quantisation algorithm for digital marine sound simulation (1986)
