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Professor Hassan Ugail was born in S.Hithadhoo in the Maldives. He has been living in the UK since 1992.
Prof. Ugail received a B.Sc. degree with First Class Honours in Mathematics in 1995 and a PGCE in 1996 both from King's College London. He was awarded his PhD by the Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Leeds in the year 2000 for his research in geometric design. He then worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Leeds until September 2002. Prof. Ugail joined the School of Informatics, University of Bradford, as a Lecturer in September 2002. He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in 2005 and was promoted to a chair of Visual Computing in 2009. Prof Ugail currently serves as the Director of the Centre for Visual Computing
Prof. Ugail's principal research interests are in the areas of geometric design, computer based physical analysis and design optimisation that fall into the broad area of research known as Simulation Based Design. In particular, the focus of his research is on a new novel method for geometric design known as the PDE method developed at the University of Leeds. The PDE method is based on a suitably chosen Partial Differential Equation that enables to model complex shapes in an easy and predictable fashion. See the Java applet for a demo.
Previous studies have demonstrated how the PDE method can describe the surfaces of a variety of objects such as aircraft (e.g. Efficient Parameterisation of Aircraft Geometry, NASA grant NAGW-3198), mechanical designs (e.g. Automatic Design for Function, EPSRC grant GR/L11366/01), and thin walled structures (e.g. The Optimal Design and Manufacture of Thin-Walled Structures, EPSRC grant GR/M73125/01).
This research has many practical applications, which include building new application environments for complex interactive CAD modelling and computer animation, design analysis and optimisation for engineering and biomedical applications such as accurate computer modelling of shapes of biological membranes, human heart and artificial limbs.
Patents/Inventions by Prof. Ugail
1. Representing a 3D Object, British & US patent.
2. Storing and Transmitting Data Representing a 3D Object, British & US patent.
3. Time-Dependent Animation of a 3D Object, British & US patent.
There are a number of possible areas of exciting research which stem from this work. Interested visiting scholars and potential postgraduate (MPhil and PhD) students are welcome to contact Prof. Ugail for further discussion.
“Technology Enhancement for 3D Data Compression” Business Link Innovation Voucher in collaboration with Tangentix Ltd, (June 2010 – December 2010), value £14K
"Method for delivering detailed 3D graphics in a compact format over the internet", Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Competition: Feasibility Studies for Digital Britain, in collaboration with Tangentix Ltd, (November 2009 – February 2010), value £24K.
“Technology Enhancement for 3D Data Compression” Business Link Innovation Voucher in collaboration with Tangentix Ltd, (October 2009 – December 2009), value £3K.
"Formation of a Venture Capitalist backed Spin Out Company - Tangentix Ltd", funded by Enterprise Ventures and South Yorkshire Investment Fund, (June 2009), value Undisclosed.
"Shape parameterisation for identification and characterisation of polymer surface features" EPSRC grant ( EP/G06573X/1). (June 2009 - May 2010), in colloboration with Dr J Sweeney and Dr Whiteside of University of Bradford, value £107,025.
"Function based Geometry Modelling within Visual Cyberworlds" EPSRC grant ( EP/G067732/1). (April 2009 - March 2011), value £19,710.
"Visual and Haptic Rendering in Co-Space", Singapore IDM R&D Programme grant by Singapore Media Development Authority (MDA), (December 2008 - November 2011) in colloboration with Prof. Alexei Sourin, Dr Olga Sourina and Dr Vladimir Kulish at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. (October 2008 March 2011), value S$1.4 Million
"Facial Analysis for Real-Time Profiling" EPSRC grant (EP/G004137/1), in collaboration with Dr R Zwiggelaar of University of Wales, Aberystwyth, QinetiQ, The Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs. (October 2008 March 2011), value £552,679.
"Image Processing, Machine Learning and Geometric Modelling for the 3D Representation of Solar Features", EPSRC grant (EP/F022948/1), in collaboration with Dr R Qahwaji and Dr S Ipson of University of Bradford and Paris Meudon Observatory. (December 2007 November 2010), value £295,469.
"Efficient Geometry Parameterisation for Modelling and Animation", EPSRC grant (EP/C015118/1 and EP/D000017/1), in collaboration with Dr Ian Palmer of University of Bradford and Professor Phil Willis of University of Bath. (October 2005 December 2008), value £281,500 + Support from Autodesk. (http://parametric.inf.brad.ac.uk/index.php)
"Real-Time Dynamic Rendering of Complex Objects - Proof of Concept", Enterprise and Commercialisation grant, University of Bradford (March 2008 - December 2006), value £15,000.
"Using the PDE method to model structures in high-dimensional spaces", EPSRC, Vision Video and Graphics (VVG Network) student placement grant for Alan Woodland from University of Aberystwyth to work in Bradford, (April 2007 - July 2007) value £3,000
"Magic Curves 3D - Maya Plugin", Enterprise and Commercialisation grant, University of Bradford (March 2006 - December 2006), value £4,000.
"Biharmonic Polynomial Surfaces for Boundary-Based Smooth Shape Design", EPSRC grant (EP/C008308/1), in collaboration with Professor Monterde of University of Valencia, Spain. (March 2005 - November 2006), value £10,070. This work is also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science. (http://biharmonic.inf.brad.ac.uk/index.php)
"Understanding human perception of 3D objects within virtual environments", University of Bradford proof of concept grant by Pro-Vice Chancellor for research. (March 2007 - September 2007), value £3,000.
"3D FACIS: 3D Fast Acquisition, Characterisation and Identification System", Yorkshire CONCEPT - Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) grant, in collaboration with Professor Rodrigues of Sheffield Hallam University. (February 2005 - January 2007), value £70,000.
(http://3dfacis.inf.brad.ac.uk/index.php)
"Modelling Reaction Diffusion Over Complex Three Dimensional Geometry", London Mathematical Society (LMS) collaborative grant (S7-03/04-2), in collaboration with Dr Satnoianu of City University. (September 2004 - August 2005)
Reviewer for several related international journals and conferences
Selected invited talks at:
National Centre for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (Athens, Greece, 2006)
NATO Advanced research workshop, security through science, (Velingrad, Bulgaria, 2006)
SIAM Conference on Optimisation, invited by Dr Samareh of NASA Langley Research Center, (Stockholm, 2005)
25 years of Computer Graphics at Bath (University of Bath, 2004)
Dagsthul Seminar on Geometric Modelling (Germany, 2002)
Dr. Moi Hoon Yap
Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez Castro
Xia Han
Ali Mehdi
Sokyna Qatawnah
Mike Athan
Jamal Zaraqo
Syadiah WanShamsuddin
Zafar Iqbal
Norhayati Ahmat
Previous research students:
Eyad Elyan (now a lecturer at Robert Gordon University)
Daniel Flores
Raja Noshad Jamil
Sri Satish Mavuri
Sayed Nadeem
Sebastian Kubeisa (joint with Professor Mike Wilson of School of Mathematics, University of Leeds)
Program Chair Cyberworlds 2009, Bradford, UK
[2009]
Organiser of IASTED VIIP 2008 special session on Applications of Partial Differential Equations in Geometric Design and Imaging
[2008]
Member of program committee: IASTED International Conference in Visualization Imaging and Image Processing 2008
[2008]
Program Committee member: 9th International Conference on Computing (CORE 2008), Mexico City
[2008]
Member of program committee: IASTED International Conference in Computer Graphics and Imaging 2008
[2008]
Programme committee for HEALTHINF 2009
[2008]
Key state lab CAD&CG at Zhejiang University, China
[2008]
6th National Conference in Geometry (Bursa, Turkey 2008)
[2008]
NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Velingrad, Bulgaria
[2006]
National Centre for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS", Athens, Greece
[2006]
Department of Geometry and Topology, University of Valencia, Spain
[2005]
SIAM Conference on Optimisatio, Stockholm, Norway
[2005]
Dagsthul Seminar on Geometric Modelling, Germany
[2002]
Proposal reviwer for Swedish Knowledge Foundation
[2006]
Proposal reviewer for EPSRC
[2006]
Invited attendee to EPSRC Physics Life Sciences Interface workshop
[2008]
Invited attendee to EPSRC sand-pit event on CARGO Screening.
[2007]
Research reported in the news including Daily Telegraph, BBC radio, Science daily, National Defence Magazine (USA), Innovations Report, Technology Review MIT Magazine, e! Science News, The Engineer, Times Higher Education, Science Centric, Telegraph and Argus, Yorkshire Post and many more.
[2002]
Reviewer for a number of related international journals and conferences
[2002]
