Information, Data and Analysis Section

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Overview

The Information, Data and Analysis (IDA) Section comprises four world-leading groups in data systems, human-computer interaction & machine learning, information retrieval, and computer vision & autonomous systems. Find out more...

Group photo of IDA section

Section Members

Meet our academics, research staff, and PhD students

Events

Forthcoming and recent events, including our weekly seminars

News

Latest news from the section

Projects

Discover some of our cutting-edge research projects and activities

RESEARCH GROUPS IN IDA

Inference, Dynamics and Interaction

Find out more about how IDI brings together three fundamental research areas: modern inference techniques, dynamic systems and control theory and interaction design. 

Information Retrieval

Our IR group has a long and strong research history in the process of information retrieval as a whole from theoretical modelling of the retrieval process to large-scale text retrieval systems building and to the interactive evaluation of multimedia information retrieval systems. Find out more.

Knowledge & Data Engineering Systems

KDES brings together the fundamental research areas of large-scale Distributed Computing Systems, Information Systems, Edge Computing and Distributed Machine Learning/AI focusing on building innovative distributed data science and engineering systems.

Computer Vision and Autonomous Systems

Computer-based analysis of images to extract information and classify their contents is becoming increasingly important in all walks of life.   Find out more about how CVAS investigates fundamental issues of how to analyse images and also how to apply this knowledge within practical applications.

IDA Video

IDA Video

An overview of our IDA Research Section from Professor Roderick Murray-Smith.