Areas of expertise
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biosensors & Diagnostics
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Counter-IED
- Defence Sensors
- Environment and Health
- Food Safety
- Industrial Automation
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Monitoring and Environmental Informatics
- Nanotechnology
- Sensor Technologies
- Soil
Background
Peter Yuen obtained a First Class Honours in Physics and subsequently a PhD in Semiconductor Physics from Imperial College, University of London, in 1987. Peter was accredited Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA) in 2001. Between 1997 to 2007 he worked with corporate laboratories such as BAE Systems, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and Asahi Kasei (Japan). Since 2013, Peter has been a Reader in remote sensing & electro-optics at Cranfield University.
Peter has over 90 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers on topics including semiconductor physics, sensors, defence science, electro-optics, image processing including remote sensing, hyperspectral imaging, machine vision and machine learning disciplines, with over 530 journal citations from his recent 5 year publications since 2018 (H-index 11). Peter contributed 5 of his best journal papers towards the REF2020 entry and he is an active peer reviewer for high impact factor journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), Neural Computing and Applications (NCAA), Optics & Laser Technology (JOLT), Optical Engineering (OE), MDPI's Remote Sensing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (COMPAG) etc.
Peter's current research includes computer vision using statistical machine learning techniques, as well as artificial intelligence deep learning methods for the detection of 'difficult' targets from heavily cluttered and camouflaged backgrounds.
Research opportunities
Peter's team has strong collaborations with universities in the UK and world-wide, for the R&D of remote sensing technology specifically for agricultural, environmental, industrial and security applications. Collaborators are mostly academic institutes in the UK, geared for the development of next generation sensor and sensing system for surveillance and world-monitoring applications towards the clean air objective. The team has strong links with a few agricultural universities in the UK (e.g., Aberystwyth University, Rothamsted Research, etc.) and in India/Pakistan. Collaborations have taken place through joint projects funded by government bodies such as EPSRC, NERC, Royal Society, DSTL and Newton Fund, etc. We welcome full time, part time and exchange researchers and students to work with us, either on-site or remotely.
Current activities
Current research topics in the team include:
Electro-optics research for the development of efficient snap-shot multispectral imaging system.
Compressive imaging algorithm development to achieve high degree of spectral reconstruction accuracy from the snap-shot multispectral imaging data.
Hyperspectral scene simulations and their validations: to acquire an end-to-end realistic hyperspectral scene simulation capability within the next 5 years.
Reduction of dimensionality in hyperspectral imaging through band selections for the enhancement of efficacy and efficiency of detecting 'difficult' targets.
Data driven optimisation of deep learning artificial intelligence methodology for the detection and classification of high dimensional data.
Efficacy, efficiency, robustness and flexibility of deep learning AI methodology in comparison with statistical machine learning algorithms for target detections in high dimensional hyperspectral imaging data.
Efficiency of X-ray imaging using coded aperture compressive sensing technique.
Robustness and efficiency of deep learning for the analysis of big data which consists of multi-modal of imaging data.
Atmospheric correction of hyperspectral scene in the wide spectrum ranging from visible to near infra-red and far-infrared domains.
Illumination independent targets detection methodology development.
Diffuse optical imaging for biomedical applications such as in-vivo blood oxygenation assessment, tumour classification, affective computing.
Spectral constancy including shadow removal.
Tomography including the development of x-ray back scatter imaging system.
Hyperspectral diffused optical tomography for target recognition in undersea environments.
Colour constancy for improving image visualisation and target detection.
Automatic target recognitions using cortex-like machine vision in the spectral and spatial domains.
Clients
Electro Magnetic Remote Sensing Defence Technology Centre
Systems Engineering for Autonomous Systems (SEAS) Defence Technology Centre
Home Office
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI)
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
European Defence Agency (EDA)
QinetiQ
Lockheed Martin
British Transport Police
SELEX
EPSRC-Technology Strategy Board
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Counter Terrorism Centre (CTC)
Roke Manor Research
2Excel Aviation
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Xu K, Yuen P, Xie Q, Zhu Y, Cao W, .... (2024). WeedsNet: a dual attention network with RGB-D image for weed detection in natural wheat field. Precision Agriculture, 25(1)
- Price GAJ, Moate C, Andre D & Yuen P. (2023). Sidelobe Suppression Techniques for Near-Field Multistatic SAR. Sensors, 23(2)
- Sun H, Ren J, Zhao H, Yuen P & Tschannerl J. (2022). Novel Gumbel-Softmax Trick Enabled Concrete Autoencoder With Entropy Constraints for Unsupervised Hyperspectral Band Selection. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60
- Hu J, Liu J, Yuen P, Li F & Deng L. (2022). Modelling of a seasonally perturbed competitive three species impulsive system. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 19(3)
- Senthurran S, Yuen Peter WT, Soori U, Piper J, David J, .... (2022). Modelling of A New X-Ray Backscatter Imaging System: Simulation Investigation. Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 66(3)
- Liu J, Hu J, Yuen P & Li F. (2022). A Seasonally Competitive M-Prey and N-Predator Impulsive System Modeled by General Functional Response for Integrated Pest Management. Mathematics, 10(15)
- Piper J, Yuen PWT & James D. (2022). Signal to Noise Ratio of a Coded Slit Hyperspectral Sensor. Signals, 3(4)
- Xu C, Lang W, Xin R, Mao K & Jiang H. (2021). Generative detect for occlusion object based on occlusion generation and feature completing. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 78(July)
- Bennett A, Urayama T, Papangelis K, Yuen P & Yu N. (2021). Characterisation of a Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Torch for Medical Applications: Demonstration of Device Safety. Applied Sciences, 11(24)
- Wang S, Cheng X, Zheng D, Song H, Han P, .... (2020). Prediction of the Soil Organic Matter (SOM) Content from Moist Soil Using Synchronous Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (2D-COS) Analysis. Sensors, 20(17)
- Chen W, Yang Z, Ren J, Cao J, Cai N, .... (2020). MIMN-DPP: Maximum-information and minimum-noise determinantal point processes for unsupervised hyperspectral band selection. Pattern Recognition, 102
- Xu C, Jiang H, Yuen P, Zaki Ahmad K & Chen Y. (2020). MHW-PD: A robust rice panicles counting algorithm based on deep learning and multi-scale hybrid window. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 173
- Liu J, Hu J & Yuen P. (2020). Extinction and permanence of the predator-prey system with general functional response and impulsive control. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 88
- Zahidi UA, Yuen PWT, Piper J & Godfree PS. (2020). An End-to-End Hyperspectral Scene Simulator with Alternate Adjacency Effect Models and Its Comparison with CameoSim. Remote Sensing, 12(1)
- Yuan L, Zhu X, Sun Q, Liu H, Yuen P, .... (2020). Automatic Extraction of Material Defect Size by Infrared Image Sequence. Applied Sciences, 10(22)
- Torres RM, Yuen PWT, Yuan C, Piper J, McCullough C, .... (2020). Spatial Spectral Band Selection for Enhanced Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Classification Applications. Journal of Imaging, 6(9)
- Tschannerl J, Ren J, Yuen P, Sun G, Zhao H, .... (2019). MIMR-DGSA: Unsupervised hyperspectral band selection based on information theory and a modified discrete gravitational search algorithm. Information Fusion, 51
- Ghahremani M, Liu Y, Yuen P & Behera A. (2019). Remote sensing image fusion via compressive sensing. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 152
- Ding M, Yuen PWT, Piper J, Godfree P, Chatterjee A, .... (2019). Design of a Tunable Snapshot Multispectral Imaging System through Ray Tracing Simulation. Journal of Imaging, 5(1)
- Chatterjee A & Yuen PWT. (2019). Endmember Learning with K-Means through SCD Model in Hyperspectral Scene Reconstructions. Journal of Imaging, 5(11)
- Chatterjee A & Yuen PWT. (2019). Sample Selection with SOMP for Robust Basis Recovery in Sparse Coding Dictionary Learning. IEEE Letters of the Computer Society, 2(3)
- Zahidi UA, Chatterjee A & Yuen PWT. (2019). A Radiative Transfer Model-Based Multi-Layered Regression Learning to Estimate Shadow Map in Hyperspectral Images. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, 1(3)
- Tschannerl J, Ren J, Zhao H, Kao F-J, Marshall S, .... (2019). Hyperspectral image reconstruction using Multi-colour and Time-multiplexed LED illumination. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 121
- Qiao T, Yang Z, Ren J, Yuen P, Zhao H, .... (2018). Joint bilateral filtering and spectral similarity-based sparse representation: A generic framework for effective feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imaging. Pattern Recognition, 77
- Zabalza J, Qing C, Yuen P, Sun G, Zhao H, .... (2018). Fast implementation of two-dimensional singular spectrum analysis for effective data classification in hyperspectral imaging. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 355(4)
- Wang Y & Yuen P. (2017). Image dehazing based on partitioning reconstruction and entropy-based alternating fast-weighted guided filters. Optical Engineering, 56(5)
- Chen T, Yuen P, Richardson M, She Z & Liu G. (2015). Wavelength and model selection for hyperspectral imaging of tissue oxygen saturation. The Imaging Science Journal, 63(5)
- Chen T, Yuen P, Richardson M, Liu G & She Z. (2014). Detection of Psychological Stress Using a Hyperspectral Imaging Technique. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 5(4)
- Soori U, Yuen P, Han JW, Ibrahim I, Chen W, .... (2013). Target recognitions in multiple-camera closed-circuit television using color constancy. Optical Engineering, 52(4)
- Ibrahim I, Yuen P, Hong K, Chen T, Soori U, .... (2012). Illumination invariance and shadow compensation via spectro-polarimetry technique. Optical Engineering, 51(10)
- Ibrahim I, Yuen P, Hong K, Chen T, Soori U, .... (2012). Illumination invariance and shadow compensation via spectro-polarimetry technique. Optical Engineering, 51(10)
- Tsitiridis A, Richardson M & Yuen PWT. (2012). Salient feature-based object recognition in cortex-like machine vision. Engineering Intelligent Systems, 20(1-2)
- Jackman J, Richardson M, Butters B, Walmsley R, Yuen P, .... (2011). Simulating pre-emptive countermeasures of varying performance against a Man-Portable Air-Defence (MANPAD) system with a track angle bias counter-countermeasure (CCM). Infrared Physics & Technology, 54(2)
- Ibrahim I, Yuen P, Tsitiridis A, Hong K, Chen T, .... (2011). Spectral constancy on hyperspectral imageries. Defence S and T Technical Bulletin, 4(1)
- Jackman J, Richardson M, Yuen P, James D, Butters B, .... (2010). The Effect of Pre-emptive Flare Deployment on First Generation Man-Portable Air-Defence (MANPAD) Systems. The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 7(3)
- Yuen PW & Richardson M. (2010). An introduction to hyperspectral imaging and its application for security, surveillance and target acquisition. The Imaging Science Journal, 58(5)
- Yuen P, Ibrahim I, Hong K, Chen T, Tsitiridis A, .... (2009). Classification enhancements in hyperspectral remote sensing using atmospheric correction preprocessing technique. Defence S and T Technical Bulletin, 2(2)
- Yuen PWT. (2001). Measurement of extreme weak signal embedded in large non-stationary background typical of earth's magnetic field. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 226-230(PART II)
- Pullin MJ, Hardaway HR, Heber JD, Phillips CC, Yuen WT, .... (1999). Room-temperature InAsSb strained-layer superlattice light-emitting diodes at λ=4.2 μm with AlSb barriers for improved carrier confinement. Applied Physics Letters, 74(16)
- Tang PJP, Hardaway H, Heber J, Phillips CC, Pullin MJ, .... (1998). Efficient 300 K light-emitting diodes at λ∼5 and ∼8 μm from InAs/In(As1−xSbx) single quantum wells. Applied Physics Letters, 72(26)
- Li YB, Bain DJ, Hart L, Livingstone M, Ciesla CM, .... (1997). Band alignments and offsets in In(As,Sb)/InAs superlattices. Physical Review B, 55(7)
- Artús L, Stradling RA, Li YB, Webb SJ, Yuen WT, .... (1996). Raman scattering from optical phonons in
- Rahman F, Thornton TJ, Huber R, Cohen LF, Yuen WT, .... (1996). Superconductor-semiconductor interaction effects in mesoscopic hybrid structures. Physical Review B, 54(19)
- Dizhur EM, Itskevich ES, Kashirskaya LM, Voronovsky AN, Malik TA, .... (1996). Galvanomagnetic Measurements of the 2D Electron‐Hole Gas in GaSb/InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells under Pressure up to 2.5 GPa. physica status solidi (b), 198(1)
- Tang PJP, Pullin MJ, Li YB, Phillips CC, Stradling RA, .... (1996). A magneto-photoluminescence investigation of the band offset between InAs and arsenic-rich InAs1−xSbx alloys. Applied Physics Letters, 69(17)
- Holmes S, Yuen WT, Malik T, Chung SJ, Norman AG, .... (1995). Magnetotransport measurements on InAs-GaSb quantum wells with the application of hydrostatic pressure. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 56(3-4)
- Liu WK, Yuen WT & Stradling RA. (1995). Preparation of InSb substrates for molecular beam epitaxy. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena, 13(4)
- Le T, Norman AG, Yuen WT, Hart L, Ferguson IT, .... (1994). Quantum transport in strained layer superlattices. Surface Science, 305(1-3)
- Yamada S, Maezawa K, Yuen WT & Stradling RA. (1994). X conduction two-dimensional subband structure and order in AlGaAs/AlAs quantum wells. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 201
- Yamada S, Maezawa K, Yuen WT & Stradling RA. (1994). X-conduction-electron transport in very thin AlAs quantum wells. Physical Review B, 49(3)
- Le T, Yuen WT, Harris JJ, Phillips CC & Stradling RA. (1993). Magneto-transport and magneto-optics in narrow-gap III–V compounds based on InSb. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 184(1-4)
- Yuen WT, Schweitzer MO, Jones TS, McConville CF, Johnson EA, .... (1993). Damage-induced changes in the electronic properties of InSb(100): implications for surface preparation. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 8(1S)
- Yuen WT, Liu WK, Stradling RA & Joyce BA. (1991). The growth and electronic properties of α-Sn thin films grown on InSb(100) and () substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Journal of Crystal Growth, 111(1-4)
- Yuen WT, Liu WK, Joyce BA & Stradling RA. (1990). RHEED studies of the surface morphology of α-Sn pseudomorphically grown on InSb(100) by MBE-a new kind of non-polar/polar system. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 5(5)
- Yuen WT, Liu WK, Holmes SN & Stradling RA. (1989). First observation of a two-dimensional electron gas at the interface of α-Sn/InSb(100) grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 4(9)
- Holmes S, Phillips CC, Stradling RA, Wasilewski Z, Droopad R, .... (1989). Residual donor contamination in MOCVD, MOMBE and MBE GaAs studied by far-infrared spectroscopy. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 4(9)
Conference Papers
- Chatterjee A & Yuen PWT. (2020). Rapid Estimation of Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Representation
- Soori U, Yuen PWT, Zahidi U & James D. (2019). Chemical sensing of washing powder by multispectral imaging
- Ding M, Yuen PWT & Richardson MA. (2018). Design of Single Prism Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imager using Ray Tracing Simulation
- Piper J, Yuen P, Godfree P, Ding M, Soori U, .... (2016). Comparative noise performance of a coded aperture spectral imager
- Chen T, Yuen PWT, Hong K, Ibrahim I, Tsitiridis A, .... (2011). Assessment of Tissue Blood Perfusion In-Vitro Using Hyperspectral and Thermal Imaging Techniques
- Soori U, Yuen PWT, Ibrahim I, Han J, Tsitiridis A, .... (2011). Colour invariant target recognition in multiple camera CCTV surveillance
- Tsitiridis A, Yuen PWT, Ibrahim I, Soori U, Chen T, .... (2011). Enhanced Object Recognition in Cortex-Like Machine Vision
- Tsitiridis A, Yuen P, Hong K, Chen T, Ibrahim I, .... (2010). An improved cortex-like neuromorphic system for target recognitions
- Jackman J, Richardson M, Yuen P, James D, Butters B, .... (2010). Effect of payload size on pre-emptive flare countermeasure against man-portable air-defence (MANPAD) system
- Ibrahim I, Yuen P, Tsitiridis A, Hong K, Chen T, .... (2010). Illumination independent object recognitions in hyperspectral imaging
- Jackman J, Richardson M, Butters B, Walmsley R, Millwood N, .... (2010). Effect of pre-emptive flares on Man-Portable Air-Defence (MANPAD) systems with a track angle bias counter-countermeasure (CCM)
- Jackman J, Richardson M, Butters B, Walmsley R, Millwood N, .... (2009). Analysis of first generation MANPAD attacks on fast jets
- Yuen P, Tsitiridis A, Kan Hong , Tong Chen , Kam F, .... (2009). A cortex like neuromorphic target recognition & tracking in cluttered background
- Hong K, Yuen P, Chen T, Tsitiridis A, Kam F, .... (2009). Detection and classification of stress using thermal imaging technique
- Yuen P, Kan Hong , Tong Chen , Tsitiridis A, Kam F, .... (2009). Emotional & physical stress detection and classification using thermal imaging technique
- Chen T, Yuen P, Hong K, Tsitiridis A, Kam F, .... (2009). Remote sensing of stress using electro-optics imaging technique
- Tsitiridis A, Yuen P, Hong K, Chen T, Kam F, .... (2009). A biological cortex like target recognition and tracking in cluttered background
- Yuen P, Tong Chen , Kan Hong , Tsitiridis A, Kam F, .... (2009). Remote detection of stress using hyperspectral imaging technique
- Yuen PWT. (2008). People tracking without prior information: a biological cortex-like neural approach
- Yuen PWT & Bishop G. (2006). Hyperspectral multiple approach fusion for the long-range detection of low observable objects: MUF2
- Yuen PWT, Blagg A & Bishop G. (2005). The effectiveness and limitations of geometric and statistical spectral unmixing techniques for subpixel target detection in hyperspectral remote sensing
- Yuen PWT & Bishop GJ. (2004). Adaptive feature extraction techniques for subpixel target detections in hyperspectral remote sensing
- Yuen PWT & Bishop GJ. (2004). Enhancements of target detection using atmospheric correction preprocessing techniques in hyperspectral remote sensing
- Hopgood JR, Rayner PJW & Yuen PWT. (2001). The effect of sensor placement in blind source separation
- Phillips CC, Hardaway HR, Heber J, Moeck P, Pullin MJ, .... (1998). Recent advances in In(As,Sb) SLS and QW LEDs for the 3- to 10-um region
- Phillips CC, Tang PJP, Puliin MJ, Hardaway HR, Chung SJ, .... (1996). Room Temperature led's for the MID-Infrared Based on in(AS,SB) Strained Layer Superlattices