- A323, 22 Portland Square, Drake Circus
- +44 1752 586221
- P.Culverhouse@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Dr Philip Culverhouse
Associate Professor in Computer Vision & Robotics
School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Qualifications
University of York: BA (hons) (Biology) 1977
University of Sussex: M.Phil. (Engineering) 1988
University of Plymouth: Ph.D. (Engineering) 1994
Teaching interests
VLSI design, VHDL, Computer Vision, Design and Problem Solving. ALSO vision guidance for robot football see: Plymouth University Robot Football Facebook page
Research interests
Natural Object Categorisation, Machine vision, Expert performance, in situ plankton recognition
Recent publications:
1) 1) A. Mohamed, P. F. Culverhouse, A. Cangelosi, and C.Yang, (2018, in press) Design and Implement a Cognitive Model for Active StereoPlatform for Tomato Detection, IEEE Access.
2) A. Mohamed, P. F. Culverhouse, A. Cangelosi, and C.Yang, (2018, in press) Vergence Controller Based Feature Detection, IEEE Access.
3) A. Mohamed, P. F. Culverhouse, A. Cangelosi, and C.Yang, (2018, in press) Vergence Controller Based Pyramid NormalizationCross-Correlation, IEEE Access.
4) A. Mohamed, P. F. Culverhouse, A. Cangelosi, and C.Yang, (2018) Active Stereo Platform: Online Epipolar Geometry Update,” EURASIPJ. Image Video Process., vol. 2018:54, no. 1687–5281, p. 16, 2018.A.
5) Pitois SG, Tilbury J, Bouch P, Close, H, Barnett S andCulverhouse, PF (2018) Comparison of a Cost-Effective Integrated PlanktonSampling and Imaging Instrument with Traditional Systems for MesozooplanktonSampling in the Celtic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 9 pages, DOI=10.3389/fmars.2018.00005.
6) Allsop T, Lee GB, Wang C, Neal R, Kalli K, CulverhouseP and Webb DJ (2018)
Laser-sculpted hybrid photonic magnetometer withnanoscale magnetostrictive interaction. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 269,pp.545. doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2017.12.021.
7) Allsop T, Kundrat V, Kalli K, Lee GB, Neal, Bond P, ShiB, Sullivan J, P Culverhouse and Webb DJ(2018) Methane detection scheme based upon the changing optical constants of azinc oxide/platinum matrix created by a redox reaction and their effect uponsurface plasmons. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 255, 843 – 853. doi={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.08.058.
8) Mohamed A., P. F. Culverhouse, R. De Azambuja, A.Cangelosi, and C. Yang, (2017) Automating Active Stereo Vision CalibrationProcess with Cobots,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 163–168, Dec.2017.
9) Shafait F, Harvey ES, Shortis MR, Mian A,Ravanbakhsh, M, Seager JW, Culverhouse PF, Cline DE, and Edgington DR (2017)Towards automating underwater measurement of fish length: a comparison ofsemi-automatic and manual stereo–video measurements. – ICES Journal of MarineScience, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx007.
Research groups
- Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2019
'Automated identification of benthic epifauna with computer vision'
Marine Ecology Progress Series
615,
15-30
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'An ultra-sensitive aptasensor on optical fibre for the direct detection of bisphenol A'
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
135,
102-110
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Low-dimensional nano-patterned surface fabricated by direct-write UV-chemically induced geometric inscription technique'
Optics Letters
44,
(2)
195-195
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Depth Estimation Based on Pyramid Normalized Cross-correlation Algorithm for Vergence Control'
IEEE Access
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Active stereo platform: online epipolar geometry update'
EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
2018,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Comparison of a Cost-Effective Integrated Plankton Sampling and Imaging Instrument with Traditional Systems for Mesozooplankton Sampling in the Celtic Sea'
Frontiers in Marine Science
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Laser-sculpted hybrid photonic magnetometer with nanoscale magnetostrictive interaction'
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
269,
545-555
Publisher Site
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Automating Active Stereo Vision Calibration Process with Cobots'
IFAC-PapersOnLine
50,
(2)
163-168
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Methane detection scheme based upon the changing optical constants of a zinc oxide/platinum matrix created by a redox reaction and their effect upon surface plasmons'
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
255,
843-853
Publisher Site
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Towards automating underwater measurement of fish length: a comparison of semi-automatic and manual stereo–video measurements'
ICES Journal of Marine Science
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Real-time kinetic binding studies at attomolar concentrations in solution phase using a single-stage opto-biosensing platform based upon infrared surface plasmons'
Optics Express
25,
(1)
39-39
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Image Set based Fish Identification in Unconstrained Environments from Underwater Videos'
ICES Journal of Marine Science
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Photonic gas sensors exploiting directly the optical properties of hybrid carbon nanotube localized surface plasmon structures'
Light: Science & Applications
5,
(2)
e16036-e16036
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Ocean-Scale Monitoring of Mesozooplankton on Atlantic Meridional Transect 21'
JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUACULTURE
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Localized surface plasmon fiber device coated with carbon nanotubes for the specific detection of CO2'
Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: Nanostructured Devices and Applications
, DOI
2015
'An Instrument for Rapid Mesozooplankton Monitoring at Ocean Basin Scale'
Journal of Marine Biology and Aquaculture
1,
(1)
1-11
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Novel Hybrid Adaptive Controller for Manipulation in Complex Perturbation Environments'
PLOS ONE
10,
(6)
e0129281-e0129281
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'On the application of a hybrid ellipsoidal-rectangular interval arithmetic algorithm to interval Kalman filtering for state estimation of uncertain systems'
International Journal of Control
88,
(9)
1805-1817
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'A Robust Navigation Technique for Integration in the Guidance and Control of an Uninhabited Surface Vehicle'
Journal of Navigation
68,
(4)
750-768
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Fitting multiple projective models using clustering-based Markov chain Monte Carlo inference'
IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING
33,
15-25
, DOI
2014
'Robust Adaptive Control of an Uninhabited Surface Vehicle'
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
78,
(2)
319-338
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Application of artificial neural networks to weighted interval Kalman filtering'
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
228,
(5)
267-277
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'An empirical assessment of the consistency of taxonomic identifications'
MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH
10,
(1)
73-84
, DOI
2014
'Combining motion analysis and microfluidics--a novel approach for detecting whole-animal responses to test substances'
PLoS One
9,
(12)
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'On quaternion based parametrization of orientation in computer vision and robotics'
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review
(1)
82-93
PEARL
2013
'Adaptive training of cortical feature maps for a robot sensorimotor controller'
Neural Netw
44,
6-21
, DOI
2013
'Interval Kalman Filtering in Navigation System Design for an Uninhabited Surface Vehicle'
Journal of Navigation
66,
(5)
639-652
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'Modelling the human blink: a computational model for use within human-robot interaction'
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
10,
(1)
1-31
Publisher Site
, DOI
2013
'Oscillation and direction control strategies for a robotic fish'
Underwater Technology
31,
(2)
67-75
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'A novel application of motion analysis for detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of development'
BMC Bioinformatics
14,
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'A novel application of motion analysis for
detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of
development'
BMC Bioinformatics
(37)
14-37
Publisher Site
2013
'On quaternion based parameterization of orientation in computer vision and robotics'
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review
6,
(5)
15-24
2012
'Energy-Shaping Gait Generation for a Class of Underactuated Robotic Fish'
MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL
46,
(3)
34-43
Publisher Site
2012
'Energy-Shaping Gait Generation for a Class of Underactuated Robotic Fish'
Marine Technology Society Journal
46,
34-43-34-43
Publisher Site
, DOI
2012
'Formation and Characterization of Ultra-Sensitive Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Based Upon a Nano-Scale Corrugated Multi-Layered Coated D-Shaped Optical Fiber'
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
48,
(3)
394-405
, DOI
2012
'Formation and Characterization of Ultra-Sensitive Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Based Upon a Nano-Scale Corrugated Multi-Layered Coated D-Shaped Optical Fiber'
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
48,
(3)
394-405
, DOI
2012
'Energy-Shaping Gait Generation for a Class of Underactuated Robotic Fish'
MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL
46,
(3)
34-43
, DOI
PEARL
2011
'Recommendations on methods for the detection and control of biological pollution in marine coastal waters'
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
62,
(12)
2598-2604
, DOI
2011
'Application of arachnid prey localisation theory for a robot sensorimotor controller'
NEUROCOMPUTING
74,
(17)
3335-3342
, DOI
2011
'A review of developments towards biologically inspired propulsion systems for autonomous underwater vehicles'
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
225,
(2)
77-96
, DOI
2011
'A review of developments towards biologically inspired propulsion systems for autonomous underwater vehicles'
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
225,
(2011)
77-96
PEARL
2011
'A review of developments towards biologically inspired propulsion systems for autonomous underwater vehicles'
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
225,
(2011)
77-96
2010
'Characterisation and performance of a Terfenol-D coated femtosecond laser inscribed optical fibre Bragg sensor with a laser ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields'
Optics Express
19,
(1)
363-363
, DOI
2009
'Facial emotion classification using active appearance model and support vector machine classifier'
Machine Graphics and Vision
18,
(1)
21-46
2007
'RAPID: Research on Automated Plankton Identification'
Oceanography
20,
(SPL.ISS. 2)
172-218
2007
'Human and machine factors in algae monitoring performance'
Ecological Informatics
2,
(4)
361-366
2007
'Natural object categorization: Man versus machine'
Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics: Theory, Approaches and Applications
74,
25-45
2006
'Automatic image analysis of plankton: future perspectives'
Marine Ecology-Progress Series
312,
297-309
2006
'HAB Buoy: a new instrument for in situ monitoring and early warning of harmful algal bloom events'
African Journal of Marine Science
28,
(2)
245-250
2004
'The categorisation of similar non-rigid biological objects by clustering local appearance patches'
Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning Ideal 2004, Proceedings
3177,
65-70
2003
'Do experts make mistakes? A comparison of human and machine identification of dinoflagellates'
Marine Ecology-Progress Series
247,
17-25
2002
'Dinoflagellate categorisation by artificial neural network'
SEA TECHNOLOGY
43,
(12)
39-46
2002
'Dinoflagellate categorisation by artificial neural network'
Sea Technology
43,
(12)
39-46
2000
'A study of electronics engineering design teams'
Design Studies
21,
(4)
375-402
2000
'The management of electronics engineering design teams: linking tactics to changing conditions'
Design Studies
21,
(1)
75-97
, DOI
1999
'3D object recognition from static 2D views using multiple coarse data channels'
IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING
17,
(11)
845-858
, DOI
1999
'3D object recognition from static 2D views using multiple coarse data channels'
Image and Vision Computing
17,
(11)
845-858
1997
'Committees, collectives and individuals: Expert visual classification by neural network'
NEURAL COMPUTING & APPLICATIONS
5,
(2)
99-105
, DOI
1996
'Automatic classification of field-collected dinoflagellates by artificial neural network'
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
139,
(1-3)
281-287
, DOI
1995
'AUTOMATIC FISH POPULATION COUNTING BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL-NETWORK'
AQUACULTURE
133,
(1)
45-55
, DOI
1994
'AUTOMATIC CATEGORIZATION OF 5 SPECIES OF CYMATOCYLIS (PROTOZOA, TINTINNIDA) BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL-NETWORK'
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
107,
(3)
273-280
, DOI
1991
'BIOLOGICAL PATTERN-RECOGNITION BY NEURAL NETWORKS'
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
79,
(3)
303-308
1990
'SEMI-CUSTOM DESIGN TECHNIQUE IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
27,
(2)
167-172
, DOI
Editorial comments
MacLeod N, Benfield M & Culverhouse PF
2010
'Time to Automate Identification'
Nature
467,
(7312)
154-155
2010
'Time to Automate Identification'
Nature
467,
(7312)
154-155
Chapters
2007
'Automated taxon identification in systematics'
in MacLeod N; Association S
Automated taxon identification in systematics
CRC
25-43
2002
'MIROSOT: A teaching and learning tool'
in Ju-Jangn Lee
Proc of 2002 FIRA Robot World Congress
Korea Robot Soccer Association
309-314
2001
'DiCANN: A machine vision solution to biological specimen categorisation'
in Bartel KG; Lecherf C; Catizzone M; Cornaert M; Edwards A; Fragakis C; Levieil D; Martin P; Ollier G; d'Ozovville L
Proc EurOcean 2000
Conference Papers
2015
'Fiber optic sensing of magnetic fields utilizing femtosecond laser sculpted microslots and long period gratings coated with Terfenol-D'
International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS24)
SPIE
, DOI
2014
'Dual adaptive control of bimanual manipulation with online fuzzy parameter tuning'
2014 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
08/10/2014
10/10/2014
IEEE
, DOI
2014
'Computation of stable interval Kalman filter bounds for their use in robust state estimation for an uninhabited surface vehicle with bounded indeterminate system dynamics'
2014 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)
08/06/2014
11/06/2014
IEEE
, DOI
2014
'Biomimetic joint/task space hybrid adaptive control for bimanual robotic manipulation'
2014 11th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA)
18/06/2014
20/06/2014
IEEE
, DOI
2014
'Humanoid Robot Gait Generator: Foot Steps Calculation for Trajectory Following'
Springer International Publishing
251-262
, DOI
2014
'Innovative Adaptive Autopilot Design for Uninhabited Surface Vehicles'
25th IET Irish Signals & Systems Conference 2014 and 2014 China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communities Technologies (ISSC 2014/CIICT 2014)
Institution of Engineering and Technology
, DOI
2013
'A review of techniques for the identification and measurement of fish in underwater stereo-video image sequences'
SPIE Optical Metrology 2013
SPIE
, DOI
2013
'Integrated navigation and control system for an uninhabited surface vehicle based on interval Kalman filtering and model predictive control'
2013
'Investigation of Best Robot Kicking'
4391-4396
2012
'Adaptive asymptotic tracking control of strict-feedback nonlinear discrete-time system with periodic time delay'
2012 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA)
03/10/2012
05/10/2012
IEEE
, DOI
2012
'Stochastic neural network control of rigid robot manipulator with passive last joint'
2012 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL)
03/09/2012
05/09/2012
IEEE
, DOI
2012
'Strategies for Control of Energy on a Simplified Model of a Robotic Fish'
Elsevier BV
13-18
, DOI
2011
'Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields'
21st International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS21)
SPIE
, DOI
2007
'Comparison of Human and Automatic Facial Emotions and Emotion Intensity Levels Recognition'
2007 5th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis
27/09/2007
29/09/2007
IEEE
, DOI
2007
'Facial Emotions and Emotion Intensity Levels Classification and Classification Evaluation'
British Machine Vision Conference 2007
British Machine Vision Association
, DOI
2006
'Discovering the Local Co-occurring Patterns in Visual Categorization'
2006 IEEE International Conference on Video and Signal Based Surveillance
22/11/2006
22/11/2006
IEEE
, DOI
2000
'Tracking the design trajectory of an innovative electronics engineering project'
299-306
1995
'FACS VLSI architecture for model-based vision'
490-494
1994
'Object based CAD-CAM for automated product design'
384-386
1994
'EXPERT VISUAL CLASSIFICATION AND NEURAL NETWORKS - CAN GENERAL SOLUTIONS BE FOUND'
A330-A334
1994
'STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING EVOLVING DESIGN DATA - THE USE OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCT BOOKS'
176-180
1992
'ELECTRONICS PRODUCT DESIGN BEST PRACTICE - AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE'
310-315
1992
'WORLD CLASS-PERFORMANCE BY DESIGN'
113-118
1991
'CLASSIFICATION OF DINOPHYCEAE BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS'
183-190
1991
'CLASSIFICATION OF EUCERATIUM GRAN IN NEURAL NETWORKS'
223-229
1989
'A process oriented approach to an intelligent design aid'
the second international conference
01/01/1989
ACM Press
, DOI
0
'Energy Based Gait Control of an Under Actuated Robotic Fish'
The 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR2011)
UPMC University, Paris
06/09/2011
08/09/2011
135-141
PEARL
0
'Classification of Dinophyceae by artificial neural networks”, '
Smayda TJ; Shimizu. Y
Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the sea proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Toxic Marine Phytoplankton, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 28 October-1 November 1991
Rhode Island, USA
28/10/1991
01/11/1991
Patents
0
A method and a digital electronic device for the evaluation of the extremum of binary encoded data words.
8912484.6
0
A method and a median filter for use in the evaluation of the median of a data set.
8912473.9
0
A method and system for detecting staining on bank notes.
EU Patent 16759846.5 – 1231 (GB/17.09.15/GBA 201516490)
0
Method and System for determining Characteristics of an embryo and uses thereof.
GB1016616.3
Links
- RAPID website: https://www.facebook.com/Research-on-Automated-Plankton-Identification-141817862551413
- SCOR WG130 web site: http://www.scor-wg130.net/