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1 Bangor University A) Capabilities Capability Summary /heading + supporting description Down Stream/ Earth Observation Development of Information visualization / Data visualization solutions Experience and skills with developing software in information visualization and data visualization Application areas include: Ocean Science, Medical data, hospital records, Twitter data, heritage (e.g., heritage records) and archaeology (spatial data) Visualization & Medical Graphics group, largest research group in Computer Science Wide range of data visualization experience: from unstructured (e.g., Twitter) to structured data (eg., medical MRI), abstract (hospital records) to spatial data (e.g., ocean science) Investigated multi-dimensional data, spatial and temporal datasets at a range of sizes and complexities. Agile development techniques Sketchbased planning (FdS) Design through sketches in consultation with clients Novel display algorithms developed Developing in different environments: Mac/PC/Tablet/Ipad etc. developing apps and applications Programming in C, C++, Java etc, Libraries: OpenGL, WebGL, Unity, Processing, Java2d, DirectX, MFC,.Net etc. Development of comprehensive web systems, eg., see heritagetogether.org using open source software. 1 - Potential for / earth

2 RIVIC: Research Institute for Visual Computing. Pan-wales, WAG funded collaboration between Bangor, Aber, Cardiff and Swansea computing schools. Although formal WAG funding ended August 2013, collaborations are still occurring and each University has agreed to support activities. Annual Summer School for researchers, occurring in Swansea in June 14. Visual Analytics Bangor was anfounding member of UK-Visual Analytics Consortium (UK-VAC) five UK institutions. Funding from DHS (US gov) and HMG, funding Big Data research Expertise in VA research and interactive visualization Multiple coordinated views, highly interactive systems Interactive visual and database query tools Use of Java, JavaScript to develop bespoke coordination, integration with database HPC computing, Development of tools as above. - Potential for / earth / earth Natural interfaces / Virtual and Augmented Reality / Tangible interface development Experience with developing natural and tangible interfaces Use of natural interfaces for exploring visualizations Use of different human interface systems Various application areas: incl. Medical applications, heritage applications, interpreter training, game development Use of virtual reality, augmented reality, online, immersive 3d displays. Use of Powerwall technologies (here in Bangor, and also Daresbury/Harwell and other systems in Europe) Kit includes: Oculus Rift, Razer Hydra, Flock-of-birds, ReachIn, Desktop Phantom, Omni, Falcon, Leap Motion, Z-space, Fakespace 3d powerwall, Surface Tabletop display SUR40, Eye tracking, Bespoke haptic devices, 3D printers (makerbot II, Vellman K8200) Development using: Unity, 3DS, Photoshop, Meshlab, Blender, AR-toolkit, Code using: C#, C++, Objective C, Java, JavaScript, Python. - Potential for / earth 2

3 Perception of Visual Computing & High Dynamic Range imaging Experience and skills of analysing images, and how people perceive Experimenting on how users perceive Bespoke high-dynamic-range screen at Bangor University Use of Crowd Flower to gain large numbers of subjects Running experiments, eg., using citizen science techniques (such as amazonturk or crowdflower) Potential for Downstrea m / earth OPTOELECTRONICS CLARET: Principally designed to address the lifetime and reliability testing and evaluation of Space electronics during upstream R&D and in-service activities. Chemical Analysis and Spectroscopy Detection and quantification of impurities Optical transmission/reflection Surface height/roughness; accuracy of manufacturing steps Ultraviolet Visible Spectroscopy Device /Internal Analysis Visible inspection of defects/failures Removal of organic compounds/surface cleaning Measurements of surface resistivity Long duration testing at AM0 Cross sectional analysis/imaging of small scale defects (<100nm) Depth profiling, identifying contaminants/impurities Surface cleaning, surface mapping of elements High Magnification Optical Microscopes Plasma Etcher Probe Stations for Device Characterisation Class A solar simulator and light soakers Focussed Ion Beam/SEM TOF-SIMS 3

4 Electrical/Electronic Test Resistivity measurements Permittivity calculations Agilent Femto-Amp resolution parameter analysers Automated Test Equipment Environmental Testing Space qualification first article testing Accelerated weathering / UV degradation Outdoor test rigs for solar modules Weather station and irradiance sensor Environmental Chambers Electron Microscopy/Surface Analysis External visual inspection for cracks/failures/defects Elemental analysis Surface roughness of optical coatings Definition of bulk crystal structure Optical constants, non-destructive change to optical properties Film thickness calculations Electron Beam deposition Thermal evaporation of metals, organic materials Class 1000 cleanroom. Non-Destructive Analysis Surface roughness of optical coatings Definition of bulk crystal structure Probe station, surface analysis equipment AFM XRD. 4

5 Electrostatic Testing Surface resistivity measurement Charge Decay monitoring Field Meter measurement Conduction to ground monitoring Powder coating test set Surface resistivity measurement Charge Decay monitoring Field Meter measurement Conduction to ground monitoring Powder coating test set Software High Performance Computing access High Performance Computing access Equipment Capabilities and possible applications include: a. ToF-SIMS Surface analysis / depth profiling/ interface analysis / imaging b. Extreme thermal cycler / space chamber -180 Deg C to +180 Deg C c. Thermal / environmental chamber -70 Deg C to +230 Deg C d. Thermal / humidity chamber e. Laser cleaning Selective surface contaminant removal f. Class 1000 Cleanroom g. Thin film coating Thermal, E-Beam, sputtering, LTE h. Processing equipment spin coating, photolithography, NIL, laser ablation i. Glovebox coater for fabricating devices in a N2 atmosphere j. Characterisation equipment AFM, SEM, FTIR, UV-Vis, NMR, XRD k. Electro/opto-characterisation NSOM, Solar simulator, light soaking l. EQE, photoluminescence, UV-Vis 5

6 Bangor University B) Strengths / Innovation / Leading edge capabilities Description Stream/ Earth Observation Information management ETC School of Electronic Engineering has strengths in two main research areas: 1. Optoelectronic Devices and Systems Research 2. Organic Electronics Research Particular strengths in: Optical communications Microwave engineering Laser micromachining Novel materials Metrology Near-field (white light) optics. School of Computer Science has several strengths: 1. The visualization and Medical Graphics group (John, Roberts, Lim, Mantiuk, Vidal, ap Cenydd). With three sub areas: i) Medical Graphics. The Bangor team are at the forefront of research developments in the use of virtual environments for medical procedures training and skills acquisition. ii) Visual Analytics (VA) is analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Bangor was a founding member of the UKVAC. The UK Visual Analytics Consortium iii) Visual Perception, especially in the context of new display technologies and high dynamic range (HDR) imaging. The group is a founding member of the Research Institute of Visual Computing (RIVIC). RIVIC is the collaborative amalgamation of visual computing research programmes between the computer science departments in Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea Universities. It was established in 2009 with a grant of 5M from the Welsh Government s Reconfiguration and Collaboration Fund. The grant proposal was coordinated by Bangor University and we administer the grant on behalf of the partner institutes. 2) Knowledge Discovery, including (i) Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, and (ii) Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents and Natural Language Processing 6