The Information Engineering Division’s research focuses on the generation, distribution, analysis and use of information in engineering systems. As such, it straddles the boundary between traditional Computer Science and Engineering Departments. The Head of Division is Professor Simon Godsill.

The Division is organised into four main research Groups.

The Control Group carries out research in the theory and practice of control engineering with applications including automotive and aerospace control.

The Machine Intelligence Laboratory leads research in the areas of speech recognition systems, computer vision, bio-robotics and medical imaging.

The Signal Processing and Communications Group performs a wide range of signal and image processing projects with diverse application areas. 

The Computational and Biological Learning Group uses engineering approaches to understand the brain and to develop artificial learning systems.

  • Women in Neuroscience UK 2024

    Congratulations to Leading Researcher Award winner in Computational Neuroscience Dr Flavia Mancini! 🎉 As an Assistant Professor and MRC Career Development Award fellow, they’re revolutionizing our understanding of pain and body homeostasis through cutting-edge computational methods. Their work, blending machine learning, control theory, and neural imaging, is published in top journals and pushes the boundaries…

  • 2024 USERN Prize in the category of Formal and Theoretical Sciences and Italy Made Me Award

    Andrea Luppi has just been named as the 2024 worldwide winner of the international USERN Prize in the category of Formal and Theoretical Sciences, for his doctoral work on “A synergistic core for human brain evolution and cognition”. USERN is the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (https://userncongress.com/prize/). The annual USERN prize is open to any junior scientists…

  • Professor Malcolm Smith receives the 2025 IEEE Control Systems AwardMalcolm C Smith- IEEE Control Systems Award

    Professor Malcolm Smith is the recipient of the 2025 IEEE Control Systems Award, for contributions to robust control, network synthesis and applications to mechanical systems.  For contributions to robust control, network synthesis, and applications to mechanical systems. Malcolm C. Smith’s contributions to the control systems field range from the foundations of robust control and systems…

  • Dr Jossy Sayir – Pilkington Prize winner 2024

    Dr Jossy Sayir has been awarded one of the University’s Pilkington Prizes for excellence in teaching. Jossy’s enthusiasm and his innovative teaching approaches are also reflected in student feedback, often describing his teaching as the best part of their time at our Department. Dr Jossy Sayir has consistently delivered a large number of excellent lecture…

  • Major funding for flagship research project on AI in Law Enforcement

    A Northumbria University-led research team has received major funding from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) to investigate the future use of probabilistic AI in law enforcement.  Entitled PROBabLE Futures – Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures, the 4-year interdisciplinary research project is one of only three RAI UK Keystone projects and has secured funding of £3.4…

  • Turing Fellows announced

    Professor Matthew Juniper and Dr David Krueger have been appointed fellows of the Alan Turing Institute. Turing Fellows are the next generation of world leading researchers. They have proven research excellence in data science, artificial intelligence, or a related field. I’m delighted to welcome a new cohort of Turing Fellows, brought to us from across our University…