Dr Charles Day

Title: Lecturer
Phone: 01782 733411
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Location: CR110
Role:
Contacting me: Mondays and Thursdays 10:00am-12noon (Enquiries are also welcome any time I am in my office)
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My own undergraduate training was in physics and computer science. After graduation I worked in the IT industry supporting manufacturing companies in the telecoms and agricultural sectors of the economy for a number of years. I returned to academia in the early 1990's to complete an MSc and then my PhD (in the field of neural networks). After spells as a post-doctoral researcher at the EC Joint Research Centre in Italy and also in the MacKay Institute for Communication & Neuroscience at Keele, I became a Computer Science lecturer and eventually joined the staff here at Keele in 2001.

Computational modelling and evaluation of human perception: vision, audition, speech processing. Data mining of very large datasets (e.g. astrophysical surveys of the night sky, electromagnetic surveys of the built environment etc.). Intelligent decision support for NHS clinicians trying to identify/treat patients with conditions such as colo-rectal cancer or stroke. Investigator on an EPSRC funded project using neural networks to identify selected chemical elements via their x-ray signatures.

Selected Publications

  • Day CR, Butcher, JB, Moore, HE, Drijfhout, FP, Adam,CD. 2013. Artificial Neural Network analysis of hydrocarbon profiles for the ageing of Lucilia sericata for Post Mortem Interval estimation. Forensic Science International, vol. 232(1-3), 25-31.
  • Butcher, JB, Day CR, Haycock, PW, Verstraeten, D, Schrauwen, B. 2013. DEFECT DETECTION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE USING RANDOM NEURAL ARCHITECTURES. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. doi>
  • Butcher, J, Verstaeten, D, Schrauwen, B, Day CR, Haycock, P. 2012. Reservoir computing and extreme learning machines for non-linear time-series data analysis. Neural Networks. doi>
  • Channon A, Aston E, Day C, Belavkin RV, Knight CG. 2011. Critical mutation rate has an exponential dependence on population size. In T. Lenaerts, M. Giacobini, H. Bersini, P. Bourgine, M. Dorigo & R. Doursat (Eds.). Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011: Proceedings of the Eleventh European Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (pp. 117-124). Heidelberg: MIT Press. doi> full text>
  • Borg JM, Channon A, Day C. 2011. Discovering and maintaining behaviours inaccessible to incremental genetic evolution through transcription errors and cultural transmission. In T. Lenaerts, M. Giacobini, H. Bersini, P. Bourgine, M. Dorigo & R. Doursat (Eds.). Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011: Proceedings of the Eleventh European Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (pp. 101-108). Heidelberg: MIT Press. doi> full text>

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Journal Articles

  • Day CR, Butcher, JB, Moore, HE, Drijfhout, FP, Adam,CD. 2013. Artificial Neural Network analysis of hydrocarbon profiles for the ageing of Lucilia sericata for Post Mortem Interval estimation. Forensic Science International, vol. 232(1-3), 25-31.
  • Butcher, JB, Day CR, Haycock, PW, Verstraeten, D, Schrauwen, B. 2013. DEFECT DETECTION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE USING RANDOM NEURAL ARCHITECTURES. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. doi>
  • Butcher, J, Verstaeten, D, Schrauwen, B, Day CR, Haycock, P. 2012. Reservoir computing and extreme learning machines for non-linear time-series data analysis. Neural Networks. doi>
  • Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Evans DL, Haycock PW. 2010. Comparison method to differentiate between painted objects using polychromatic X-rays. INSIGHT, vol. 52(3), 140-143. link> doi>
  • Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Haycock PW. 2009. Single element mapping in radiography. X-RAY SPECTROMETRY, vol. 38(6), 492-504. link> doi>
  • Day CR, Austin JC, Butcher JB, Haycock PW, Kearon AT. 2009. Element-specific determination of X-ray transmission signatures using neural networks. NDT & E INTERNATIONAL, vol. 42(5), 446-451. link> doi>
  • Malhotra S, Pandyan AD, Day CR, Jones PW, Hermens H. 2009. Spasticity, an impairment that is poorly defined and poorly measured. Clin Rehabil, vol. 23(7), 651-658. link> doi>
  • Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Valussi S, Haycock PW. 2008. Using polychromatic X-radiography to examine realistic imitation firearms. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 181(1-3), 26-31. link> doi>
  • Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Valussi S, Haycock PW. 2008. Characterisation of metallic powder impregnated pastes using polychromatic X-radiography. INSIGHT, vol. 50(10), 550-553. link> doi>

Other

  • Channon A, Aston E, Day C, Belavkin RV, Knight CG. 2011. Critical mutation rate has an exponential dependence on population size. In T. Lenaerts, M. Giacobini, H. Bersini, P. Bourgine, M. Dorigo & R. Doursat (Eds.). Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011: Proceedings of the Eleventh European Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (pp. 117-124). Heidelberg: MIT Press. doi> full text>
  • Borg JM, Channon A, Day C. 2011. Discovering and maintaining behaviours inaccessible to incremental genetic evolution through transcription errors and cultural transmission. In T. Lenaerts, M. Giacobini, H. Bersini, P. Bourgine, M. Dorigo & R. Doursat (Eds.). Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011: Proceedings of the Eleventh European Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (pp. 101-108). Heidelberg: MIT Press. doi> full text>
  • Butcher, J, Verstraeten, D, Schrauwen, B, Day CR, Haycock, P. 2010. Extending reservoir computing with random static projections: a hybrid between extreme learning and RC.
  • Butcher, JB, Verstraeten, D, Schrauwen, B, Day CR, Haycock, PW. 2010. Pruning reservoirs with random static projections.
  • Butcher JB, Lion M, Day CR, Haycock PW, Hocking MJ. 2009. A Low Frequency Electromagnetic Probe for Detection of Corrosion in Steel-Reinforced Concrete. In M. Grantham & C. Majorana (Eds.). Concrete Solutions (pp. 446-451). CRC Press.
  • Lam KP, Austin JC, Day CR. 2007. A coarse-grained spectral signature generator - art. no. 63560S. Eight International Conference on Quality Control by Artificial Vision (vol. 6356, p. S3560). link> doi>
  • CSC-10029 Fundamentals of Computing
  • CSC-10030 Programming II
  • CSC-20012 ITMB Work Placement
  • CSC-30008 Artificial Intelligence
  • CSY-30001 Advanced Information Systems
  • CSC-40020 MSc Enterprise Information Systems