If you are a QM final year BSc or MSc IT student looking for project suggestions click here.

The rest of this page is concerned with research projects in which Norman Fenton is involved.

Statement about research interests and vision

Projects at QM

Projects at CSR City University (1989-2000)

Project at CSSE South Bank (1986-1989)

Projects at Queen Mary

Bayesian network model for product safety assessment (Oct  2020 - Sept 2021): £9,999 grant provided by UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Office for Product Satefy Standards (OPSS) 

AI driven biologics optimiser for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: (Sept 2020-Feb 2021)  UEZ PPF collaboration between QMUL (Norman Fenton) and Living With Ltd, value £50,000.

Defusing the ‘carbon bomb’: A smart-data approach to assessing and managing risk of abrupt greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands  (Jan 2020 - Oct 2020) £50,000 Turing Institute funded "AI for climate action' project to use an AI-based ‘smart data’ approach (with Bayesian causal models) to better understand interactions between environmental, climatic, social and economic processes that drive policy and management of peatlands and their GHG emissions. Fenton is co-PI (the project is led by Prof Lisa Belyea, School of Geography). Details here.

KNIFE  (Knowledge Discovery from Health Use Data) is a 1-year Turing Institute funded project (March 2019-Sept 2020) to lay the foundations for a transformative approach to patient-linked health data, making it accessible for both medical and data science researchers to fully exploit. We will achieve this by working with two groups who are custodians of data of this type in East London. Fenton is co-PI (the project is led by Dr William Marsh). Full details here.

EPSRC Project EP/P009964/1: PAMBAYESIAN: Patient Managed decision‐support using Bayes Networks is a 3.5-year £1,538,497 EPSRC funded project awarded to Queen Mary (June 2017-Dec 2020) to develop a new generation of intelligent medical decision support systems.  Prof Fenton is the PI. The project is a collaboration between researchers from both the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and clinical academics from the Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD). The project is also supported by digital health firms that have extensive experience developing patient engagement tools for clinical development (BeMoreDigital, Mediwise, Rescon, SMART Medical, uMotif,  IBM UK and Hasiba Medical). Details here.

Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant CAUSAL-DYNAMICS ("Improved Understanding of Causal Models in Dynamic Decision-making") Grant RPG-2016-118  3-year project (Jan 2017- Jan 2020) Value  £385,510. This was a collaborative project, led by Professor  Fenton of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, with co-investigators Dr  Osman (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences), Prof  Neil (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science) and Prof  Lagnado (Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London). Details here.

European Research Council Advanced Grant "Effective Bayesian Modelling with Knowledge Before Data" (ERC-2013-AdG339182-BAYES_KNOWLEDGE). Value 1,572,562 euros for a 4-year programme, awarded to Professor Norman Fenton  April  2014 - March 2018.  Details here.

Beating the bookies at Football Prediction

Bayes and the Law

Decision Support for the Management of Traumatically Injured Limbs

DIADEM (Data Information and Analysis for clinical DEcision Making) 

Digital Economy Research Cluster EP/G001987/1. April 2008-March 2009
Funding to QM: £196,425
Partners: Department of Mathematics and the Center of Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies (ACET), University of ReadingInstitute of Particle Science and Engineering, Leeds University, Statistics Research Group, in the School of Mathematical Science, Queen Mary, ·Trauma Care Unit, Royal London Hospital; ·Centre for Haematology, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Oral Growth and Development, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Forensic Psychiatry Research Unit, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Dept of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College;· Centre for Health Management, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London; Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York; Agena Ltd;     ESiOR Ltd  Finland;·    Department of Computer Science, Surrey University (Prof Paul Krause)
Role in Project: Principal investigator

DyFUSION: Towards a Novel Universal tool for Modelling and Reasoning under Uncertainty 

EPSRC project EP/E033954/1,  Jan 2007 – Jan 2010
Funding to QM:  worth 478,352 GBP.
Partners are Agena, QinetiQ and Motorola. 
Role in Project: Co- investigator

eXdecide: Quantified Risk Assessment and Decision Support for Agile Software Projects

EPSRC project EP/C005406/1,  March  2005 - Feb 2008.
Funding to QM: £181,353
Partners: Agena Ltd
Role in Project: Principal investigator

Agena CASE award, June 2005-March 2008

Funding to QM: £21,000
Role in Project: Principal investigator


SCORE: Sensing Changes in Operational Risk Exposure

May 2001 - May 2004, EPSRC Project GR/R24197/01 (Critical Systems Programme)
Partners: Liverpool University, NATS, ERA, CAA, Agena
Funding to QMW: £421,093 Score Web Page
Role in Project: Co- investigator

SCULLY: Scaling up Bayesian Nets for Software Risk Assessment

1 July 2000  - 30 June 2003, EPSRC Project  GR/N00258 
Partners: Philips, Hugin A/S (Denmark)
Funding to QMW: £203,501
Role in Project: Principal investigator

SIMP: Systems Integration for Major Projects

1 July 2000 - 30 June 20003, EPSRC Systems Integration Initiative Programme, Project GR/N39234
Partners: BAe, UMIST, City University (CHCID)
Funding to QMW: £194,873 
Role in Project: Principal investigator

 

Projects with Agena

MODIST: Models of Uncertainty and Risk for Distributed Software Development

Sept 2001 - Feb 2004, EC Framework 5 Project IST-2000-28749
Partners: Agena, QinetiQ, Israel Aircraft Industries, Philips Digital Systems Laboratory, Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven)

Projects at CSR City University (1989-2000)

IMPRESS: (IMproving the software PRocESS using bayesian nets)

1 Jan 1997 - 30 June 2000, EPSRC Project GR/L06683
Partners: Hugin A/S (Denmark)
Funding to CSR: £221,000
Role in Project: Principal investigator

TRACS (Transport Reliability Assessment Calculation System)

Aug 1997 - March 1999, funded by Defence Evaluation Research Agency (Chertsey), Project LSF/E20262
Partners: DERA
Funding to CSR: £125,000
Role in Project: Principal investigator

SERENE (SafEty and Risk Evaluation using bayesian Nets)

1 June 1996 - 1 June 1999, ESPRIT Framework IV Collaborative Project 22187
Partners: ERA Technology, HUGIN Expert A/S (Denmark), TüV Nord (Germany) Electricité de France, Objectif Technologie (France)
Funding to CSR: 265,000 ECU
Role in Project: Principal investigator

Here is the SERENE method tutorial (please note that much of this has been superceded by the AgenaRisk tool; and this updated tutorial on Bayesian nets and probability).

PETERS(Pre-Exploitative Tools for Evaluating Reliability of Software)

1 August 1997 - 31 January 2000. EPSRC Project GR/L57296.
Partner: Item Software (UK).
Funding to CSR, City University: £175,940
Role in Project: Co-investigator

DISPO(DIverse Software PrOject)

March 1997 - February 2000 Funded by Scottish Nuclear, Contract No: PP/9405/MB
Partner: Bristol University
Funding to CSR: £240,000
Role in Project: Co-investigator

DISCS (Diversity In Safety Critical Software)

Oct 1996 - Sept 1999, EPSRC Project

Partners: Newcastle University

Funding to CSR: £148,914

Role in Project: Co-investigator

DATUM (Dependability Assessment of Safety Critical Systems Through the Unification of Measurable Evidence)

Jan 1993 - July 1996, UK Safety Critical Systems Research Programme EPSRC GR/H89944 and DTI IED4/19314

Partners: Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Royal Holloway College, CHCID (City University).

Funding to CSR: £196,000 (total value £477,000)

Role in Project: Principal investigator

DeVa (Design for Validation)

Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1999, ESPRIT Long Term Research programme

Partners: Defence Research Agency (Malvern, UK), LAAS-CNRS (Toulouse, France), LGL- DI-EPFL (Lausanne), University of Newcastle upon Tyne (U.K.), Universität Ulm (Germany), University of York (U.K.)

Funding to CSR: 277,000 ECU

Role in Project: Co-investigator

Specification of BBN tool for improved vehicle reliability prediction

Oct 1996- March 1997, funded by Defence Research Agency (Chertsey), Grant Number: LSF/E20173

Partners: DERA

Funding to CSR: £48,000

Role in Project: Principal investigator

SMARTIE (Standards and Methods Assessed using Rigorous Techniques in Industrial Environments).

Nov 1990- April 1995., Systems Engineering Programme supported by the EPSRC and DTI, Grant Number: GR/F98550 (Project number IED4/1/2160)

Partners: British Rail, Brameur Ltd, Secure Information Systems Ltd

Funding to CSR: £190,000 (from EPSRC) Nov 1990- March 1994

Role in Project: Principal investigator

SMARTIE formal methods case study

April 1994-April 1995, funded by DTI

Partners: Praxis, Programming Research Ltd

Funding to CSR: £16,000

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

Evaluation of Software Development

Oct 1994- Sept 1995., funded by MOD

Funding to CSR: £48,200

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

Software Reliability and Metrics

Oct 1994- Oct 1995, EPSRC Funding for Individual modules at masters level programme, project 00838 ENG 94

Value to CSR: £10,000

Role in Project: Principal investigator

Software Reliability and Measurement Video

Oct. 1990 -- Sept. 1991, funded by DTI in collaboration with Aston University.

Value to CSR £62,000

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

SHIP (Safety of Hazardous Industrial Processes in the presence of design faults)

1993-1995, CEC ENVIRONMENT programme (DG XII).

Partners Adelard (UK), IEI-CNR (Pisa, Italy), VTT (Finland), Corelis Technology (France), ENEA (Rome, Italy).

Value to CSR: 178kECU (Total value of project, 600kECU)

Role in Project: Researcher

PDCS2 (Predictably Dependable Computer Systems)

Aug 1992- Oct 1995, CEC ESPRIT 2 under Basic Research Action Programme.

Partners University of Newcastle; University of York; Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Automatique des Systemes, Toulouse; IEI-CNR, Pisa; Technical University, Vienna; Chalmers University, Sweden

Funding to CSR: 378kECU (total project value 1.9mECU)

Role in Project: Co-investigator

PDCS (Predictably Dependable Computer Systems)

1990-1993, ESPRIT Basic Research Action projects.

Partners IEI del CNR (Italy), Universitat Karlsruhe (Germany), LAAS-CNRS (France), Newcastle University, Universite Paris-Sud (France),Technische Universitat Wien (Austria), York University.

Values to CSR: 250kECU

Role in Project: Researcher

Mathematical Foundations of Software Metrics

March 1989 - June 1991, funded by NATO

Partners: Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Colorado State University, South Bank University

Value to CSR £10,000

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

WORMS (Workshops On Reliability and Measurement of Software).

Oct 1992 Oct 1994, CEC Human Capital and Mobility Programme.

Funding to CSR: 47,000 ECU

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

Software Quality and Metrics

Feb. 1989 - March 1990, funded by British Telecom

Partners: British Telecom

Value to CSR £30,000

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

Projects at CSSE South Bank (1986-1989)

METKIT -- Metrics Educational Toolkit

Feb. 1989 - Jan 1992, ESPRIT 2

Partners: GMD (W. Germany), Verilog (France), Brameur, SEMA-CAP, British Telecom

Value to CSSE: 480,000 ECU

Role in Project: I was originally Principal Investigator. After I left CSSE I continued as advisor to CSSE.

Structure Based Software Metrics

June 1986 -- May 1988, SERC/DTI Alvey Project SE/69

Value £276,000

Partners: Central Electricity Research Laboratories, STC, Plessey, Goldsmiths' College

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

System Design Automation Facility

Oct. 1986 - June 1988, funded by British Telecom

Value to CSSE: £125,000

Partner: British Telecom

Role in Project: Principal Investigator

Specifications and reusability with Z

Sept. 1988 - May 1990, funded by IBM, Contract number 84750S

Value to CSSE: £80,000

Partners: IBM

Role in Project: Principal Investigator.