Research grants
Sponsored research projects
Viridor Waste Management Ltd
Title: Viridor – Re-Cyclates: Boosting efficiency and effectiveness
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne, J. Aitken (PI), J. Law and S. Veres.
Period: 09/2016 – 01/2017
Amount: £25,188
EPSRC
Title: Seamless and Adaptive Wireless Access for Efficient Future Networks (SERAN)
Partners: University of Edinburgh and University of Bristol
Investigators: T. O'Farrell (PI) and C. Abhayaratne
Period: 01/2015 – 12/2017
Amount: £280,000
Innovate UK/CiT Digital Ltd
Title: Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) on Content-based descriptions for online image catalogues.
Partners: CiT Digital Ltd
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne (PI)
Period: 03/2013 – 09/2015
Amount: £140,202
EPSRC/BBC R&D
Title: Hyper Realistic Video Coding
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne (PI)
Period: 01/2012 – 06/2015
Amount: £92,161
The University of Sheffield
Title: Adaptive lifestyle monitoring (within PIPIN network)
Partners: ScHARR
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne (PI)
Period: 10/2011 – 09/2014
Amount: £55,000
Technology Stratey Board (TSB)
Title: Persistent and Robust Tracking of Entertainment Content (PARTEC)
Partners: ZOO Digital Group, CTVC, IBIS
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne (PI)
Period: 06/2011 – 05/2013
Amount: £137,466
EPSRC (Knowledge Transfer Account)/ZOO Digital Group
Title: Compressed-domain video watermarking
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne (PI)
Period: 01/2011 – 04/2011
Amount: £15,501
EPSRC/British Petrolium (BP) Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (DHPA)
Title: Watermarking of scalable coded media
Investigators: C. Abhayaratne (PI)
Period: 10/2006 – 03/2010
Amount: £90,000