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Biography
Dermot Kerr joined the Computer Science Research Institute and School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems in 2015. He is a member of the Cognitive Robotics research group within the Intelligent Systems Research Centre. Dermot's research and teaching interests are in the areas of robotics, machine learning, computer vision, visual neuroscience, user experience and programming. He teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dermot received a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computing Science from Ulster University, UK in 2005, and a Ph.D. in Computing and Engineering from Ulster University, UK in 2008. Dermot is treasurer of the Irish Pattern Recognition and Classification Society. Dermot is Co-I on the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub and Hartree Hub Northern Ireland.
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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DENSE-INception U-net for medical image segmentation
Zhang, Z., Wu, C., Coleman, S. & Kerr, D., 31 Aug 2020, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 192, 15 p., 105395.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A biologically inspired spiking model of visual processing for image feature detection
Kerr, D., McGinnity, TM., Coleman, SA. & Clogenson, M., 7 Feb 2015, In: Neurocomputing. XResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel approach to robot vision using a hexagonal grid and spiking neural networks
Kerr, D., Coleman, SA., McGinnity, TM., Wu, Q. & Clogenson, M., 30 Jul 2012, Unknown Host Publication. IEEE, 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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EAO-SLAM: Monocular Semi-Dense Object SLAM Based on Ensemble Data Association
Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhu, D., Feng, Y., Coleman, S. & Kerr, D., 28 Oct 2020, p. 4966. 4973 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Steering a Predator Robot using a Mixed Frame/Event-Driven Convolutional Neural Network
Moeys, D., Federico, C., Kerr, E., Vance, P., Das, G., Daneil, N., Kerr, D. & Delbruck, T., 24 Oct 2016, (Published online) Unknown Host Publication. IEEE, 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Open Access80 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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MVA Best Poster Award 2021
Harrigan, Shane (Recipient), Coleman, Sonya (Recipient), Kerr, Dermot (Recipient), Yogarajah, Pratheepan (Recipient), Fang, Zheng (Recipient) & Wu, Chengdong (Recipient), 27 Jul 2021
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The Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition - Runner up - 2021
Kerr, Dermot (Recipient) & Coleman, Sonya (Recipient), 15 Jun 2021
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Silver Level Innovator - Innovate NI Innovation Accreditation Programme
Coleman, Sonya (Recipient) & Kerr, Dermot (Recipient), 19 Feb 2021
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Carnegie Mellon University New Venture Competition - Most innovative technology winner
Kerr, Dermot (Recipient) & Coleman, Sonya (Recipient), 16 Apr 2019
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Research Excellence Award Finalist
Coleman, Sonya (Recipient) & Kerr, Dermot (Recipient), 8 May 2019
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IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics,
Sonya Coleman (Participant) & Dermot Kerr (Participant)
28 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Monitoring glacier changes in Disko Island, Greenland Using Object-based image Analysis in Google Earth Engine
Asim Ali (Speaker), Paul Dunlop (Speaker), Sonya Coleman (Speaker), Dermot Kerr (Speaker), Robert McNabb (Speaker) & Riko Noormets (Speaker)
26 Mar 2022 → 1 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster presentation