Artificial Intelligence at School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
1988 -1998
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Duties included research, teaching, and administration.
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Main areas of research have been the theory and application of neural networks, computer vision, and the application of AI technique to engineering.
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Principal investigator in a project to model the early stages of processing in the mammalian visual system, based on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and theoretical analysis. The model is adaptive and has been very successful in modelling the development of many features of mammalian early visual processing, such as oriented receptive fields, orientation columns, ocular dominance stripes, and colour blobs.
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Co-investigator in a project on optic constraints for action, modelling processing of image motion for navigation and action in an environment.
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Co-investigator in research to develop mobile robot sensory and control systems using genetic algorithms and real hardware.
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Co-investigator in a project to develop software tools for integrated symbolic and sub-symbolic modelling.
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Another main area of research has been the application of AI, and particularly neural network, techniques in industry and commerce. Applications investigated have included mineral exploration using data in image format, weather forecasting using radar image sequences, x-ray interpretation, and mechanical design.
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Taught a range of courses for the Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and the Master's degree in Knowledge-Based Systems.
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Supervised Master's and Doctorial research into a variety of basic and applied topics.
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Administrative duties have included Subject Chair for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (1989-90), Chair of COGS M.Sc. Exam Board (1990-93), Academic Secretary for Computer Science (1990-91). Also, External Examiner for M.Sc. course, Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh (1991-95). Examiner for more than a dozen Doctoral dissertations.
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Member of the CPCS selection Board for the Distinguished Dissertation in Computer Science (1991-95).
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Consultant to Schlumberger Technologies. Consultant to Newmont Exploration Limited on applications of neural network technology to mineral exploration.
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Member of the panel of Oxford Consultants.
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Recipient of two unsolicited awards from the Stichting Fund for Science and Technology Research.
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D Phil Research Supervised
More than 15 graduate students supervised. Doctoral degrees awarded so far include:
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O. A. S. Carpinteiro. "A connectionist approach in music perception", 1996.
G. Ryall. "An automated system for generating very-short-range forecasts of precipitation", 1994.
J. M. L. Budd. "Stability and function of simple adaptive neural architectures", 1994.
R. Dallaway. "Dynamics of arithmetic: A connectionist view of arithmetic skills", 1993.
A. C. R. da Silva Filho. "Investigation of a generalised version of Amari's continuous model for neural networks", 1992.
I. Chaudry. "Computer aided assessment of assemblies", 1992.
G. J. Goodhill. "Correlations, competition, and optimality: Modelling the development of topography and ocular dominance", 1991.
G. A. Kramer. "Geometric reasoning in the kinematic analysis of mechanisms", 1990.
Publications
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H. G. Barrow. "Connectionism and neural networks" In M. A. Boden, editor, Handbook of Perception and Cognition: Artificial Intelligence, Academic Press, 1996.
H. G. Barrow, A. J. Bray, and J. M. L. Budd. "A self-organising model of "colour blob" formation." Neural Computation, 8:7, 1427--1448, 1996. PMID: 8823941
G. J. Goodhill and H. G. Barrow. "The role of weight normalization in competitive learning." Neural Computation, 1994.
H. G. Barrow and J. M. Tenenbaum. "Retrospective on: Interpreting line drawings as three-dimensional surfaces." Artificial Intelligence, 59:71--80, 1993.
H. G. Barrow and A. J. Bray. "An adaptive neural model of early visual processing." In F. H. Eeckman and J. M. Bower, editors, Computation and Neural Systems. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.
H. G. Barrow and A. J. Bray. "Activity-induced 'colour blob' formation." In I. Aleksander and J. Taylor, editors, Artificial Neural Networks, 2: Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks. North-Holland, 1992.
H. G. Barrow and A. J. Bray. "A model of adaptive development of complex cortical cells." In I. Aleksander and J. Taylor, editors, Artificial Neural Networks, 2: Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks. North-Holland, 1992.
H. G. Barrow and J. M. L. Budd. "Automatic gain control by a basic neural circuit." In I. Aleksander and J. Taylor, editors, Artificial Neural Networks, 2: Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks. North-Holland, 1992.
H. G. Barrow. "Stability of asymmetric networks and Dale's law." In I. Aleksander and J. Taylor, editors, Artificial Neural Networks, 2: Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks. North-Holland, 1992.
G. A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow. "A case-based approach to the design of mechanical linkages." In C. Tong and D. Sriram, editors, Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design II. Academic Press, 1992.
G. A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow. "A multi-objective optimization algorithm for mechanism synthesis." In Proceedings of the Schlumberger Software Conference, March 1990.
H. G. Barrow. "Neural networks." Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour Quarterly, Summer 1989.
G. A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow. "New approaches to linkage synthesis." In Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, August 1989.
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Patents
G. A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow, P. R. Turner, M. E. Bodner, J. G. Cooper. Method and apparatus for design and optimization for simulation of motion of mechanical linkages, 1991
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G. A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow, P. E. Agre. "Closed-form kinematics." U.S. Patent No. 5,043,929, August 1991.
e-Resource
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"Interviewed for Expert Systems by Kenneth Owen". Expert Systems, February 1990, Vol. 7, No. 1
