Adam Robson

MPhil in Computer Science and Digital Technologies

I currently work at Newcastle College as a lecturer in Computing, teaching across various FdSc and BSc courses. I also occasionally teach in Engineering, on
the BSc Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree. I am currently working towards an MPhil/PhD in Facial Emotion Recognition and Artificial Intelligence with Northumbria University.

Research Supervisors

Dr Li Zhang

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Artificial Intelligence
Ant Colony Optimisation
Genetic Algorithms
Neural Networks
Programming
Plagiarism Detection in Programming

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Using AI to cut construction waste and advance sustainability.

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Northumbria University is leading pioneering research to enhance sustainability in the construction…

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Materiality, Excess and the Nightmare Visions of Horror Animation

Feb
26

Materiality, Excess and the Nightmare Visions of Horror Animation

Lecture Theatre 003

3pm - 4pm

Higgs High-Performance Computing (HPC) Launch

Mar
03

Higgs High-Performance Computing (HPC) Launch

Great Hall

10.30am - 5pm

Local Government still holds great opportunities

Mar
03

Local Government still holds great opportunities

Lecture Theatre 442

11am - 12.30pm

NU Advice: Your Future (Employability)

Mar
05

NU Advice: Your Future (Employability)

4pm - 5pm

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