Dr Evan J Hughes

Evan Hughes

Senior Lecturer
Location: MH190
E: e.j.hughes@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44(0)1793 785255
Informatics and Systems Engineering

Current activities

Research areas:

Evolutionary algorithms, focussing on Many-Objective optimisation
On-line and noisy systems
Optimisation with limited numbers of function evaluations and performance analysis of optimisation algorithms
Radar systems, focussing on Medium PRF Radar waveform design, MPRF radar processing methods, Novel CFAR systems, detection and tracking of low-observable systems
Data fusion, focussing on multiple hypothesis target tracking, stochastic estimation techniques and cooperative guidance.

Background

Began career as a power electronics engineer with GEC-Marconi in Leicester in 1993
Moved to Shrivenham to pursue a PhD in 1995
Joined the academic staff at the end of PhD in 1998

Selected publications

Evan J. Hughes: Radar Waveform Optimisation as a Many-Objective Application Benchmark. EMO 2007: 700-714
Evan J. Hughes: Multi-Objective Equivalent Random Search. PPSN 2006: 463-472 2005
Hughes, E.J.; Lewis, M.; Alabaster, C.M.; Soldani:Automatic target recognition: Problems of data separability and decision making. IET Seminar on High Resolution Imaging and Target Classification, 2006, p 29-37
Hughes, E.J.; Lewis, M.; Reid, E.: The application of speech recognition techniques to radar target Doppler recognition: A case study. IET Seminar on High Resolution Imaging and Target Classification, 2006, p 145-152
Screenuch, T.; Hughes, E.J.; White, B.A. Source: Fuzzy gain-scheduled missile autopilot design using evolutionary algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, v 42, n 4, October, 2006, p 1323-1339
Wiley, D.; Parry, S.; Alabaster, C.; Hughes, E.: Performance comparison of PRF schedules for medium PRF radar. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, v 42, n 2, April 2006, p 601-11
Evan J. Hughes: Checkers using a co-evolutionary on-line evolutionary algorithm. Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2005: 1899-1905
Evan J. Hughes: Evolutionary many-objective optimisation: many once or one many? Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2005: 222-227
Joshua D. Knowles, Evan J. Hughes: Multiobjective Optimization on a Budget of 250 Evaluations. EMO 2005: 176-190
Gillespie, B.; Hughes, E.; Lewis, M.: Scan scheduling of multi-function phased array radars using heuristic techniques. 2005 IEEE International Radar Conference, 2005, p 513-18
Dhanoa, J.S.; Ormondroyd, R.F.; Hughes, E.J.: Blind cancellation of wideband frequency modulated interference in a wideband acoustic communication channel. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS, 2005, v 2005, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS, 2005, 2005, p 1639897
Hughes, E.J.; Lewis, M.B.: A multiple intelligent software agent based technique for improving radar detection of low observable small craft in sea clutter. IEE Seminar on Signal Processing Solutions for Homeland Security, 2005
Hughes, Evan; Lewis, Michael Source: Intelligent AGENTS for radar systems IEE Electronics Systems and Software, v 3, n 1, February/March, 2005, p 39-43
Hughes, E.J.: Swarm guidance using a multi-objective co-evolutionary on-Line evolutionary algorithm. Proceedings of the 2004 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2004, pt. 2, p 2357-63 Vol.2
Dhanoa, J.S.; Ormondroyd, R.F.; Hughes, E.J.: A robust digital communication system for doubly-spread underwater acoustic channels Ocean '04 - MTS/IEEE Techno-Ocean '04: Bridges across the Oceans - Conference Proceedings, 2004, p 9-13
Sreenuch, T.; Tsourdos, A.; Hughes, E.J.; White, B.A.: Lateral acceleration control design of a non-linear homing missile using multi-objective evolution strategies. Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, 2004, pt. 4, p 3628-33 vol.4
Sreenuch, T.; Tsourdos, A.; Hughes, E.J.; White, B.A.: Lateral acceleration control design of a non-linear missile: a soft computing approach International Journal of Systems Science, v 35, n 13-14, 20 Oct.-15 Nov. 2004, p 815-33