UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

It is based at the Faculty of Environment and Technology. The Faculty has a commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to both research and teaching. The Faculty employs some 300 people, and funds a number of full-time research studentships. The Faculty’s vision is to invent the future by: defining a new vision for education in computing, engineering and mathematical sciences; becoming a showcase for emerging technology; developing novel ways of using technology; demonstrating excellence in research linked to excellence in teaching and learning; enabling new models of partnership with industry and the community. The UCG is an interdisciplinary cooperation spanning theoretical and experimental studies of novel principles of information processing in physical, chemical and neuronal-based systems. Discovered principles are being applied to the design of experimental massively parallel unconventional computers which exploit the phenomena of non-linear dynamics.

Role in the project

UWE BRISTOL team will contribute their experience in unconventional computation (leading WP4, plus tasks T6.2, WP6), of theoretical and experimental laboratory studies of large-scale chemical, physical and living media, electronics with organic and inorganic substrates based on principles of waves interaction, design of spatially extended computing systems, theory of computation, artificial intelligence and collective robotics; and world leading expertise in using machine learning techniques with non-linear and living substrates. Furthermore, UWE BRISTOL will participate to all other WPs, in particular giving strong support to WP2 for interfacing with inner radial nerves and the floating custom chip performing the tomographic MIS, that will be used to interrogate the CCS, WP5 for integrated testing and WP6 for the communication of science through arts.