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Research area(s)

The main research fields of Dr Kalganova are in Artificial Intelligence and its real-life applications:

Evolutionary Design and Optimisation, Evolvable hardware, Modelling and optimisation of Large Systems, Operational research, Robotics, Swarm optimisation. 

Research grants and projects

Research Projects

Grants

Recharged Climate aware resilience for sustainable critical and interdependent infrastructure systems enhanced by emerging digital technologies
Funder: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Duration: January 2023 - December 2026

ReCharged is a transformative project that has the vision to develop a new integrated framework toward a practical visualisation platform in order to optimise and streamline climate resilience and whole-life carbon emission assessments for interdependent Transport and Energy Systems, Lifelines and Assets (iTESLA). To achieve this, ReCharged harnesses the power of digital technologies and data to quantify the functionality and recovery of iTESLA after hazards. This is in response to the lack of methods of assessment and communicable visualisations of consolidated climate resilience and whole-life carbon emission metrics for iTESLA. ReCharged will account for interdependencies that lead to failure propagation in transport and energy systems, to accelerate post-hazard recovery, mitigate losses and societal ramifications due to climate change. In doing so, ReCharged underpins synergies and participatory decision-making to combat siloed thinking in infrastructure management. This project will lead to 50% faster decision-making in iTESLA management, 50% reduction of carbon emissions for the two case studies analysed, create new jobs, and make Europeans fit for the Digital Age. ReCharged is a synergy that combines the exchange of interdisciplinary knowledge and tailored training of staff, through an alliance between leading academic institutions, industrial partners, SMEs, and a research and technology center. All beneficiaries are committed to exploiting and transferring their skills and knowledge, to incentivise data-driven resilience toward climate adaptation and reduce emissions in critical infrastructure. ReCharged will augment researchers' skills and career perspectives, create a community of practitioners, improve critical infrastructure, and ultimately make people feel safer

RE-VOLT: RElay connected electrical asset monitoring platform for high VOLTage systems
Funder: Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
Duration: October 2021 - March 2023
Multi-signal Motor Signature (PhD studentship)
Funder: Voltvision
Duration: July 2021 - June 2024
Design and Implementation of AI System for Fast and Reliable Weed Control
Funder: Small Robot Company Limited
Duration: October 2020 - September 2023
Cognitively-inspired Agile Information and Knowledge Modelling (CALM)
Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Duration: September 2020 - February 2022
Further Research in Microelectronics
Funder: Defensewerx Inc.
Duration: January 2020 - March 2020
Autonomous Digital Supply Chain
Funder: Intel Corporation
Duration: January 2020 - June 2020
The Development of Doctoral Education and Research Capacities of Kyrgyzstani Academia (DERECKA)
Funder: European Commission
Duration: January 2020 - December 2023

Strengthening research and innovation capacities in Kyrgyzstan through promotion of PhD degrees . • Established training teams at PC universities • Strengthened PhD programmes in KG • PhD students enrolled in new / modernised programmes in KG • Improved research & teaching competences of academic staff in KG • Increased innovative research expertise in KG

Autonomous Supply Chain
Funder: Intel Corporation
Duration: January 2020 - June 2020

Investigation on design and implementation of autonomous supply chain.

Microelectronics Supply Chain Provenance
Funder: AFWERX
Duration: September 2019 - December 2019
AFWERX Challenge Award
Funder: Defensewerx Inc.
Duration: September 2019 - January 2020
Product Volume Esstimation Tool
Funder: Scuderia
Duration: March 2019 - June 2019
Modernization of Doctoral Education in Science and improvement of Teaching Methodologies: MODEST
Funder: European Commission
Duration: November 2018 - November 2021
Development of AI-based methods for structural integrity (PhD studentship - Sternherz)
Funder: ECM space technologies GmbH
Duration: October 2018 - September 2021
Design and development of the Intelligent System in the Big Data Context
Funder: Ural Federal University
Duration: October 2018 - May 2019
Spiking Sparse Distributed Memory Model and Its Implementation on Loihi Architecture
Funder: Intel Corporation
Duration: August 2018 - December 2022
Caterpillar Studentship Award
Funder: Caterpillar Inc
Duration: September 2017 - May 2021
Supply Chain Network Models
Funder: Intel Corporation
Duration: April 2015 - March 2017
M_Multi-Eschelon Supply Chain Network Modeling Supercomputing Implementation
Funder: Caterpillar Inc
Duration: February 2015 - August 2015
Safe Aid Record Module
Funder: Brunel IAA award
Duration: 2015 - 2015

IAA funding - £9275; In kind contribution to the project from Visteon for hardware and testing - £16,350

Supply Chain Network Models - Collaborative Research
Funder: Intel Corporation
Duration: 2015 - 2017
Suply Chain Network Modeling & Optimization: Phase 2b
Funder: Caterpillar Inc.
Duration: 2014 - 2014
New model of the third cycle in engineering education on due to Bologna Process in BY RU UA
Funder: European Commission
Duration: December 2013 - November 2016
Real-time sound recognition and visualisation
Funder: Scientific-Technical Center REB
Duration: 2013 - 2015
Supply Chain Network Modeling & Optimization: Phase 2a
Funder: Caterpillar Inc.
Duration: 2013 - 2013
Supply Chain Network Modelling & Optimization
Funder: Caterpillar Inc.
Duration: 2012 - 2013
Demand Strategy Modelling (Sponsored Studentship)
Funder: Caterpillar Inc.
Duration: 2011 - 2012
Automatic generation of graphical diagrams summarising large amounts of information
Funder: EPSRC Vacation Bursary
Duration: June 2009 - September 2009
Implementation of FPGA-based run-time Evolvable Hardare System
Funder: EPSRC Vacation Bursary
Duration: June 2007 - September 2007
Development of 3D autorouting horse and harness system
Funder: Caterpillar Inc.
Duration: 2004 - 2007
Development of mixtrinsic evolvable hardware system to evolve large logic circuits
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: 2003 - 2006
Use of fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary approach for prediction and management of medical data
Funder: Anson research
Duration: September 2002 - October 2004
in the area of Evolvable hardware approach with bi-directional incremental evolution applied to control a six-legged robot
Funder: Nuffield Foundation
Duration: October 2000 - September 2002

Awards to Newly Appointed Lectures in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

development evolvable hardware approach with bi-directional incremental evolution
Funder: Brunel University
Duration: September 2000 - September 2001
development of the decomposition methods for multiple-valued functions and their systems
Funder: Foundation of Fundamental Investigations of Republic of Belarus
Duration: January 1997 - July 1997
in the field of exact sciences
Funder: Education Ministry of Republic of Belarus
Duration: January 1997 - June 1997
field of exact sciences
Funder: International Soros Science Education Program (ISSEP)
Duration: September 1996 - September 1997

Project details

  • EPSRC Vacation Bursary, supervisor for Mr Aristotelis Vryonidis “Automatic generation of graphical diagrams summarising large amounts of information” (summer 2009) (£2,000)
  • EPSRC Vacation Bursary, supervisor for Mr Konstantin Movsovic “Implementation of FPGA-based run-time Evolvable Hardare System” (summer 2007) (£2,000)
  • Co-applicant for EU-funded project (2004-2007). Grid Enabled Remote Instrumentation with Distributed Control and Computation (GRIDCC) (total project 8 M€, funded – 4 M€, http://www.gridcc.org/, GridCC Exploitation Manager)
  • Principal Investigator for project funded by Caterpillar (2004-2007). Development of 3D autorouting horse and harness system (£11,000)
  • Principal Investigator for EPSRC-funded project (2003-2006). Development of mixtrinsic evolvable hardware system to evolve large logic circuits GR/S17178/01 (£121,141)
  • Principal Investigator for Anson research funded project (2002). Use of fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary approach for prediction and management of medical data (£28,500).
  • Principal Investigator for learning and teaching development project, Brunel University London (2001) for research in the area of development of multimedia based “C/C++ programming” module (£500)
  • Principal Investigator for Xilinx University Program (2001) for research in the area of bi-directional incremental evolution applied to intrinsic evolvable hardware (£15,000)
  • Principal Investigator for the Nuffield Foundation project (2000/2002). Awards to Newly Appointed Lectures in Science, Engineering and Mathematics in the area of Evolvable hardware approach with bi-directional incremental evolution applied to control a six-legged robot, 2000, NAL/00429/A (£4,000)
  • Principal Investigator for the project funded by Brunel Research Initiative & Enterprise Fund (BRIEF) 2000/2001 in the field of development evolvable hardware approach with bi-directional incremental evolution (£15,000)
  • Overseas PhD studentship funded by Department of Computer Studies of Napier University (£5,540 per year)
  • Personal grant of Education Ministry of Republic of Belarus in the field of exact sciences in 1997 (6,000,000 Belarusian roubles)
  • Principal Investigator for the project funded by the Foundation of Fundamental Investigations of Republic of Belarus in the field of development of the decomposition methods for multiple-valued functions and their systems (M96-094) in 1997 (20,100,000 Belarusian roubles)
  • Principal Investigator for the project funded by the International Soros Science Education Program (ISSEP) in the field of exact sciences in 1996 (M96/28, $800)
  • Principle Investigator for Brunel for EU-funded TEMPUS project, 543724-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-LT-TEMPUS-JPCR “New model of the third cycle in engineering education due to Bologna Process in BY, RU, UA” (NETCENG) (2013-2016)”
  • Principle Investigator for industry funded project from Caterpillar on “Supply Chain Modelling and Optimisation” (2013 –2016) (£78,000)
  • Principal Investigator of industry related project entitled \"The Ambidextrous Robot Hand\" (2011 – now)
  • Principal Investigator for industry funded project (Scientific-Technical Center REB) on the project entitled “ Sound recognition and visualisation” (2012-2015) (£66,092)
  • Principal Investigator for industry funded project (Caterpillar) on “Transportation Network Modelling” (2012-2015) ($50,000)
  • Support of UG students for development of social media – based web page for Iver Community Childcare (2012-2013)
  • Training and accommodation grant awarded by Festo to participate in Modern Industrial Pneumatic Training – Fundamentals, the training is attended by Emre Akyürek, October 2012
  • In-kind contribution by Shadow Robot (equipment and PhD student training) towards project entitled “Development of ambidextrous hand” (2011-2012)
  • Travel grant awarded by Caterpillar to participate in Demand Strategy Project and Competition Conference and Celebration, 2012
  • Principal Investigator for industry funded project (Caterpillar) on “Forecasting Demand Strategy” (2011-2014) ($50,000)