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Dr Mark Judge

Senior Lecturer

Dr Mark Judge is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Electronics. He holds degrees in electronics, computer science, and AI. Mark also has qualifications in Microsoft Server administration and Cisco networking. His research interests are in the areas of AI, Robotics and all forms of Intelligent Systems.

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Dr Mark Judge is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Electronics. He holds degrees in electronics, computer science, and AI. Mark also has qualifications in Microsoft Server administration and Cisco networking. His research interests are in the areas of AI, Robotics and all forms of Intelligent Systems.

Dr Mark Judge is a Senior Lecturer. 

Research interests

As well as carrying out research in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and Constraint Satisfaction Programming (CSP), Dr Judge has worked, and published, in the areas of Reconfigurable Autonomy, and Distributed Sensing, Control and Decision Making in Multi-agent Autonomous Systems.

Dr Judge's current research interests are in AI, autonomous mobile robotics, and electronics. He is also working on a project to apply AI and related technologies to general health and physical & mental wellbeing, with this being pursued via a medical technology innovation programme.

Publications (14)

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Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)
Netocratic Disruption: a case study in the consulting industry
Featured 16 August 2018 11th MBAcademy International Business Conference Barcelona, Spain Organisational Studies and Innovation Review (E-ISSN:2056-2256 and P-ISSN: 2059-2264)
AuthorsJudge MS, Tumanyan L
Journal article
Large-scale laboratory teaching for first-year EEE undergraduates
Featured 18 January 2017 International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education54(2):164-177 SAGE Publications

This paper details lessons learned from the implementation of a new approach to first-year Electronic and Electrical Engineering undergraduate laboratory teaching at the University of Sheffield (UoS), UK. Having moved from traditional small group laboratory teaching to much larger group teaching, a number of issues have been identified. With the construction of a new faculty-wide engineering building came a new undergraduate practical teaching paradigm. In this paper, the rationale behind the new model is introduced. Details of the laboratory teaching materials and exercises are also given. An analysis is presented of the experience gained during the first academic year’s delivery. Finally, suggested improvements are discussed.

Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

Heuristically Guided Constraint Satisfaction for A.I. Planning

Featured 08 December 2011 29th Meeting of the UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group University of Huddersfield, UK
Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

A CSP Heuristic for AI Planning

Featured 11 April 2013 20th Automated Reasoning Workshop School of Computing, University of Dundee, UK
Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

Constraint-based Heuristic Guidance for the Solution of Artificial Intelligence Planning Problems

Featured 27 March 2014 International IEEE / EPSRC Workshop on Autonomous Cognitive Robotics University of Stirling, UK
Presentation

Erasmus (EU) ALIOT Program: Invited Talk: "Engineering Engineers".

Featured 13 July 2018 Carnegie Pavilion, Leeds.

International Erasmus (EU) ALIOT Program Summer school on curriculum development on IoT for industry and human applications for academia and industry cooperation.

Conference Contribution

NHS IT: Four Expensive Ways To Do It Wrong

Featured 17 June 2021 PGRS Conference Leeds
AuthorsAndrews A, Judge M

A detailed evaluation of the attitudes to technology will demonstrate that for progress to be made, the NHS, and the general public of the UK, must re-evaluate perceptions of value and worth.

Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

Firefighter Assistance Robot

Featured 2021 4th EPSRC UK-RAS Conference on “Robotics at Home” https://www.ukras.org/publications/ras-proceedings/ University of Hertfordshire
AuthorsRiches L, Judge M

This work sets out to explore the supporting role an intelligent robotics system might play in gathering and processing the initial data from fire incidents. Initial findings from this developing project indicate that having a continually updating map of internal conditions improves accuracy of route planning and potentially the ability of crews to reach casualties and stabilise the building with increased efficiency.

Conference Contribution

The NHS has enough money

Featured 21 May 2021 BEEC Research Symposium
AuthorsAndrews A, Judge M

It may not be a commonly held belief but nevertheless The NHS Has Enough Money. There may be an outstanding deficit of £531m in the past financial year (2019) but the argument will be raised and evidenced that it is not an insufficiency of capital but ill-advisedly applied resources that have resulted in the NHS languishing in a perpetual fiscal quagmire. In the course of this analysis, some of the causes of the NHS’s financial tribulations will be assessed and evaluated. Particular attention will be given to how healthcare innovation is developed and distributed in other countries specifically those who face resource constraints. A comparison will be made between NHS innovation and that which is found in BRIC economies and other developing nations and the effectiveness, efficiency and cost of these will be contrasted. A detailed evaluation of the attitudes to technology, specifically telemedicine and telehealth, in the UK and India will demonstrate that for progress to be made the NHS, and the general public of the UK must re-evaluate perceptions of value and worth. Finally, this report will demonstrate that for the NHS to thrive or even survive will require an evolution in philosophy and actions, emulating the frugal practices observed in BRIC economies and other developing nations. It will be shown that the wasteful ways of the NHS are causing multiple problems that will only be overcome through radical systemic change and progression.

Report

Review of EEE laboratory exercises.

Featured 15 May 2016 UoS. Review of EEE laboratory exercises (UoS).
Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

Using CSP Meta Variables in AI Planning

Featured 23 July 2014 Automated Reasoning / Deduktionstreffen conference Vienna Summer of Logic, Vienna University of Technology
Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

Adaptation of System Configuration under the Robot Operating System

Featured 2014 IFAC Proceedings Volumes Elsevier BV
AuthorsAitken JM, Veres SM, Judge M

This paper lays down the foundations of developing a reconfigurable control system within the Robot Operating System (ROS) for autonomous robots. The essential components of robots are programmed under a ROS system. A formal model is defined as a tripartite graph to represent the robots functional architecture. ROS systems are then generalised to component libraries for any ROS architecture and an abstract model as a "system graph" is introduced. Orthogonality of a library and a system graph is defined and redundancy levels of robot components are studied for maintaining full functionality of the robot by automated reconfiguration in face of hardware malfunction. This allows AI planning tools, such as Planning Domain Definition Language (PDDL), to compute permissible reconfigurations. We present an example of a pair of robotic arms which requires reconfiguration of the underlying control system in order to retain the capability to carry out a task.

Conference Proceeding (with ISSN)

(A.I.) Planning to Reconfigure Your Robot?

Featured 23 July 2014 Automated Reasoning / Deduktionstreffen conference Vienna Summer of Logic, Vienna University of Technology,
Book

Information and Communications Technology in the 21st Century Classroom

Featured 28 August 2014 Judge MS DE GRUYTER OPEN
AuthorsAuthors: Perez-Marin D, Editors: Judge MS

Language Editor.

Current teaching

Teaching Activities (6)

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Engineering Design Project 2

30 January 2017

Course taught

Computers in Engineering

25 September 2017

Course taught

Intelligent Systems and Robotics

25 September 2017

Course taught

Robotics and Automation

25 September 2017

Course taught

Engineering Cost and Management Accounting

30 January 2017

Course taught

Engineering Design Project 1

30 January 2017

Grants (1)

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Grant

Development of environmental and wearable embedded sensor systems

01 July 2016
Paid Summer Internships for two students