Signal Processing is fundamental to the capability of all modern sensor weapon systems and the Defence Technology Strategy identified the development and application of signal processing techniques as high priority technical challenges within the MOD research agenda. The UDRC is a leading partnership between industry, defence and is academia led and focuses on sensor signal processing for defence. University Defence Research Collaboration UDRC Phase 1UDRC Phase 1 Research commenced in 2009 and finished in 2013 and explores the two main themes of Classification and Multimodal Fusion and Detection, Localisation and Tracking. This work was led and coordinated by Imperial College London.UDRC Phase 2UDRC commenced its second phase of work in 2013, an ambitious 5 year project focusing on "Signal Processing in a Networked Battlespace"This 5 year research programme was jointly led and coordinated by two academic consortia across the UK:Edinburgh Consortium which is made up of the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt UniversityLSSC Consortium which is made up of Loughborough University, University of Surrey, University of Strathclyde and Cardiff UniversityUDRC Phase 3Phase 3 commenced on 1st July 2018 and is a 5 year project. The work entitled "Signal Processing in the Information Age" will develop new underpinning Signal Processing and Machine Learning tools for the defence community.View Dstl presentation on The University Defence Research CollaborationThis research programme is jointly led and coordinated by four universities:UDRC Phase 3 ConsortiumThe University of EdinburghHeriot-Watt UniversityQueen's University BelfastUniversity of StrathclydeThis work is funded by the MOD and EPSRC.Further Information: UDRC AimsThe aim of the UDRC is to develop unprecedented research in signal processing with application to the defence industry and share knowledge, promote communications, guidance and training. The formation of consortia will bring together researchers from across the different aspects of signal processing to address the research challenges of operating in a networked battlespace. This will form part of a wider collaborative centre of excellence for signal processing that embraces academia, Research and Technology Organisations, defence manufacturing industries and the Defence Technology Centres. This collaboration will support a cutting edge signal and data processing capability in the UK, and lead to potentially greater research impact.Further information can be found on the UDRC website.Research WebsiteUDRC websiteAcademic StaffProfessor Mike DaviesProfessor Stephen McLaughlinProfessor Stephan WeissProfessor Bernard MulgrewProfessor Neil RobertsonDr Sotos TsaftarisProfessor John ThompsonDr James HopgoodDr Tim HospedalesProfessor Yves WiauxProfessor Andrew WallaceProfessor Mathini SellathuraiDr Mehrdad YaghoobiDr Yoann AltmannDr Sen WangDr Joao MotaDr Vladimir StankovicProf Ian ProudlerPrimary ContactJanet Forbes This article was published on 2024-09-16
