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Biography
Chris is the Head of School of Computing and holds the position of Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He is based within the School of Computing and Mathematics at Ulster University. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Systems and DPhil in Biomedical Engineering both from Ulster University. Chris joined the University as a Research Fellow in 1999 and was appointed as Lecture in Computer Science in 2000. Following this he held positions of Senior Lecture and Reader within the Faculty of Computing and Engineering before his appointment as Professor of Biomedical Engineering in 2008. In 2016 he was awarded the Senior Distinguished Research Fellowship from Ulster University,His research within biomedical engineering addresses the themes of the development and evaluation of technologies to support ambient assisted living. Specifically, this has involved research in the topics of mobile based reminding solutions, activity recognition and behaviour modelling and more recently technology adoption modelling. He has published extensively in these areas with papers spanning theoretical, clinical and biomedical engineering domains. He has been a grant holder of Research Projects funded by National, European and International funding bodies.Chris is the Group Leader of the Smart Environments Research Group and also the co-PI of the Connected Health Innovation Centre at Ulster University.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Efficient and Personalized Federated Learning for Human Activity Recognition on Resource-Constrained Devices
Haseeb, A., Cleland, I., Nugent, C. & McLaughlin, J., 8 Jan 2026, In: Applied Sciences. 16, 2, p. 1-20 20 p., 700.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting Cryptocurrency Prices with ML-DL Models: A Hybrid Expert System Approach
Kamal, K., Mustafa, K., Kamal, R., Riaz, Y., Nugent, C., Jumani, F., Aslam, S. & Javaid, N., 1 Mar 2026, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 299, p. 1-19 19 p., 130114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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StopMiedo: a technology-assisted intervention system for the treatment of amaxophobia
González-Velázquez, S., Molina, A. I., González, I., Lacave, C., Mondéjar, T. & Nugent, C., 15 Apr 2026, (Published online) In: Universal Access in the Information Society. 25, 2, p. 1-36 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Subset selection based fusion for biomedical information retrieval tasks
Sun, J., Wu, S., Shen, X., Nugent, C. & Lu, H., 13 Jan 2026, In: BMC Bioinformatics. 27, p. 1-17 17 p., 11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Team collaboration-oriented multi-agent pathfinding and probabilistic verification
Wang, X., Liu, J., Nugent, C. D., Xu, S. & Wu, G., 30 Jun 2026, In: Information Fusion. 130, p. 1-14 14 p., 104125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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InSync
Hernandez-Cruz, N. (Creator), Nugent, C. (Creator), Zhang, S. (Creator) & Mc Chesney, I. (Creator), Ulster University, 18 Aug 2021
DOI: 10.21251/b1c2b315-1025-4494-8e6c-70b77b5c97b9
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Prizes
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Best Research Paper Award - Ulster University, Computer Science and Informatics 2020 -2021
Cruciani, F. (Recipient), Cleland, I. (Recipient), Mc Cullagh, P. (Recipient), Nugent, C. (Recipient) & Chen, L. (Recipient), 26 Apr 2022
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CCF TPCI Best Paper Award 2021
Cruciani, F. (Recipient), Vafeiadis, A. (Recipient), Nugent, C. (Recipient), Cleland, I. (Recipient), Mc Cullagh, P. (Recipient), Votis, K. (Recipient), Giakoumis, D. (Recipient), Tzovaras, D. (Recipient), Chen, L. (Recipient) & Hamzaoui, R. (Recipient), 14 Dec 2021
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Digital Innovation of the year, Value-Added Future Services for 5G-Enabled Edge Compute (highly commended)
Rafferty, J. (Recipient), Nugent, C. (Recipient), Scotney, B. (Recipient), Moore, A. (Recipient), Abu-Tair, M. (Recipient), Wang, B. (Recipient), Rabbani, K. (Recipient) & Zoualfaghari, M. (Recipient), Aug 2020
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Highly Commended paper in the 2015- Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence
Chaurasia, P. (Recipient), Mc Clean, S. (Recipient), Nugent, C. (Recipient) & Scotney, B. (Recipient), 2015
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Outstanding Research Partnership of the Year 2019
Cleland, I. (Recipient) & Nugent, C. (Recipient), 2019
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Activities
- 1 Consultancy
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Dunraven Ltd - Fusion Project
Wallace, J. (Consultant), Nugent, C. (Consultant) & Mulvenna, M. (Consultant)
2006 → 2009Activity: Consultancy
Profiles
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STREAM 1. Digital Healthcare Technology Impact Accelerator - DHTA- PBIAA 2
McLaughlin, J. (PI), Meenan, B. (CoI), Nugent, C. (CoI), Finlay, D. (CoI), Zheng, H. (CoI) & Bond, R. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
8/04/25 → 7/04/29
Project: Research
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Adaptive Modeling Method for Deep Belief Rule Base and Its Application on Smart Home Activity Recognition
Liu, J. (PI) & Nugent, C. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Future Medicines Institute
McLaughlin, J. (PI), Nugent, C. (CoI) & Moore, T. (CoI)
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Research
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BTIIC Phase 2 - BT Direct Funding
Scotney, B. (PI), Moore, A. (CoI), Ali, A. (CoI), Ennis, A. (CoI), Nugent, C. (CoI), Charles, D. (CoI), Cruciani, F. (CoI), McLaughlin, J. (CoI), Martinez Carracedo, J. (CoI), Rafferty, J. (CoI), Liu, J. (CoI), Abu-Tair, M. (CoI), Burns, M. (CoI), Khan, N. (CoI), Beaney, P. (CoI), Perry, P. (CoI), McClean, S. (CoI), Moore, S. (CoI), Zhang, S. (CoI) & Tariq, Z. (CoI)
1/04/24 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre
Black, M. (PI), Meenan, B. (CoI), Gardiner, B. (CoI), Nugent, C. (CoI), Rankin, D. (CoI), Finlay, D. (CoI), Cleland, I. (CoI), McLaughlin, J. (CoI), Mondol, J. (CoI), Harkin, J. (CoI), Byrne, J. (CoI), Wallace, J. (CoI), Liu, J. (CoI), Maguire, L. (CoI), McDaid, L. (CoI), Chen, L. (CoI), Hewitt, N. (CoI), Devine, P. (CoI) & Zhang, S. (CoI)
1/09/23 → 31/08/28
Project: Research