Research
Please Note: There are NO opportunities for internships as such schemes do not fit at all well with our academic year as they fall right in the middle of examinations and marking. Also, there is no funding for such a placement here.
MARK LEESON'S RESEARCH
For the Mathematicians out there:
Erdös Number = 6 (Mark S Leeson -> Ioan Grosu -> E. Atlee Jackson -> Alfred W. Hübler -> Michael Baym -> Douglas B. West -> Paul Erdős)
Less formal route = 4 (Mark S Leeson -> Sadie Creese -> A. W. Roscoe -> Mary Ellen Rudin -> P. Erdös)
Research Interests
Mark is a member of the Connected Systems Research Group.
His current major research interests are:
Communication Systems
Optical Wireless, Optical Networks, Coding Schemes, Modulation Formats, Emergent Behaviour, Applications of Machine Learning.
Network Coding Link opens in a new window
An exciting EPSRC project (EP/F033591/1 Network Coding via Evolutionary AlgorithmsLink opens in a new window) produced some interesting and significant results [Hu et al., Computers and Operations Research, 39(5), 952-963, 2012].
Complex Systems
The EU Outgoing International Fellowship Project (PIOF-GA-2011299725), Integrated Risk Governance via Spatial Complexity Inspired Models and Algorithms (IRGSCIMA)Link opens in a new window (Engineering web pageLink opens in a new window) supported Dr Xiaobing Hu working with the State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology at Beijing Normal UniversityLink opens in a new window.
Current Research Supervision
PhD -First Supervisor
| Name | Project | Year | Second Supervisor | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami AlSaadi | Intrusion Detection for Software-Defined Networks | 3rd | N/A | Self |
| Dyah Agustika | Early Detection of Pepper Yellow Leaf Curl Virus-Infected Chilli Plants | Submitted |
Dr D Iliescu |
Home Government |
PhD -Second Supervisor
| Name | Project | First supervisor | Year | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yulin Wang | Optical Fibre Systems |
Dr T Xu |
1st | Self |
| Yifei Wu | Optical Fibre Triggering for Power Electronics |
Prof. L Ran Prof. P Mawby |
4th | Renewable Energy Catapult |
Previous Research Supervision as First Supervisor (and as Second SupervisorLink opens in a new window)
| Student | Degree | Year | Thesis |
| Tertsegha Joseph Anande | PhD | 2024 |
Machine Learning for Network Traffic Generation and Classification |
| Al-Amin Umar | PhD | 2021 |
Non-line of Sight Underwater Optical Wireless Communications
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| Baohua (Edward) Shao | PhD | 2020 |
Predictive Smart Relaying Schemes for Decentralized Wireless Systems |
| Zichao (Enzo) Rong | PhD | 2019 | |
| Jennifer Jackson | PhD | 2018 | |
| Yangzhe (Roy) Liao | PhD | 2017 |
System Design and Performance Analysis of Wireless Body Area Networks |
| Chenyao Bai | PhD | 2016 | Error Control in Bacterial Quorum Communications |
| Alaa Al Sebae | PhD | 2016 | Network Coding for Computer Networking |
| Tony Mo | PhD | 2015 | Deterministic Ethernet for Safety Critical Applications |
| Joe Yu | PhD | 2014 | Urban VANET Performance Optimisation |
| Lalith Karunarathne | PhD | 2013 | Network Coding via Evolutionary Algorithms |
| Ade Awoye | PhD | 2013 | Predistortion as a Cost-Effective Means to Tackle Nonlinearity in Radio over Fibre Links |
| Hüseyin Kusetoğullari | PhD | 2012 | Network Routing Optimization and Effective Multimedia Transmision to Enhance QoS in Communication Networks |
| Shaobo Sun* | PhD | 2011 | Coding and Modulation for Spectral Slicing |
| Kai Cui+ | PhD | 2010 | Performance Enhancing Codes for Spectral Amplitude O-CDMA |
| Pingfan Wang | MPhil | 2007 | Optimization of AP Placement and Channel Assignment in Wireless LANs |
| Ioannis Pavlosoglou | PhD | 2006 | Emergence in the Security of Protocols for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks |
| Ridha Rejeb | PhD | 2006 | Fault and Attack Management in All-Optical Networks |
| Lei Xue | PhD | 2005 | Internet Connection Method for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks |
| Dimitrios Delivasilis | PhD | 2004 | Data Security for Third Generation Telecommunication Systems |
| Mike Handley | PhD | 2002 | Dynamic Wavelength Assignment in WDM Passive Optical Networks |
| Yousif Jamro | PhD | 2001 | Wavelength Conversion Technologies for All-Optical WDM Networks |
Research Opportunities
As I am retiring at the end of September 2024, I am no longer accepting PhD students.