Staff Profile

Satnam Dlay holds the Chair of Signal Processing Analysis. He has served on several editorial boards and played an active role in numerous international conferences in terms of technical and advisory committees as well as organising special sessions. He is an EPSRC Peer Review College member and in the past has acted as an advisor to the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission.

He is a member of the Intelligent Sensing and Communications (ISC) Group and his major research interests are in mathematical theory and algorithms for data analysis. In the past he has had an extensive portfolio of relevant research supported by a variety of funding agencies.

Positions held at Newcastle University

• Associate Dean - Faculty of Sage
• Deputy Head of School - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Head of Research Group
• Director of PGR & PGT Studies
• Director of Teaching
• Faculty Promotions Committee
• Stage Tutor

Areas of expertise

• Machine/deep learning
• Multimodal healthcare
• Biometrics
• Image/signal processing
• Security
• Biomedical imaging
• Biometrics

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Satnam holds the Chair of Signal Processing Analysis and is a member of the Communications, Sensors, Signal & Information Processing research group and his profile can be viewed on Google Scholar.

Research Interests:

• Multimodal Healthcare
• Biomedical Image Processing
• Seismic Signal Processing
• Speech Recognition and Synthesis
• Biometrics Identification and Authentication
• Video Coding
• Nonlinear Blind Source Separation

In the past Satnam has lecturred on the MSc Programme in Communications and Signal Processing. In addition,He has supervised individual MSc projects associated with this programme.

To apply to apply for this MSc programme please visit: How to Apply

Past MSc Teaching

EEE8098: Image Processing & Computer Vision

EEE8010: Advanced Multimedia Systems

EEE8020: Advanced VLSI Design

Undergraduate Teaching

EEE3013: Image Processing and Machine Vision 

EEE3012: Integrated Circuit Design

• Articles

  • Li H, Wu H, Gulati I, Ali S, Pickert V, Dlay S. An improved sliding mode control (SMC) approach for enhancement of communication delay in vehicle platoon system. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2022, 16(7), 958-970.
  • Stainton S, Johnston M, Dlay S, Haigh PA. Evm loss: A loss function for training neural networks in communication systems. Sensors 2021, 21(4), 1094.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Abdullah MAM, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Combined i-Vector and Extreme Learning Machine Approach for Robust Speaker Identification and Evaluation with SITW 2016, NIST 2008, TIMIT Databases. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing 2021, 40, 4903-4923.
  • Lim CLP, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Heartrate-Dependent Heartwave Biometric Identification with Thresholding-Based GMM-HMM Methodology. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2019, 15(1), 45-53.
  • Lim CLP, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Wu D, Gao B. Deep Multi-View Heartwave Authentication. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2019, 15(2), 777-786.
  • Al-Tmeme A, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Single Channel Informed Signal Separation using Artificial-Stereophonic Mixtures and Exemplar-Guided Matrix Factor Deconvolution. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing 2018, 32(9), 1259-1281.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS, Al-Tmeme Ahmed, Gao B. Reverberant Signal Separation using Optimized Complex Sparse Nonnegative Tensor Deconvolution on Spectral Covariance Matrix. Digital Signal Processing 2018, 83, 9-23.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Al-Sumaidaee SAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Han T, Chambers JA. Personal verification based on multi-spectral finger texture lighting images. IET Signal Processing 2018, 12(9), 1154-1164.
  • Sulistyo SB, Wu Di, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao Bin. Computational Intelligence Vision Sensing for Nutrient Content Estimation in Agricultural Automation. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 2018, 15(3), 1243-1257.
  • Sulistyo SB, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao Bin. Building A Globally Optimized Computational Intelligence Image Processing Algorithm for On-Site Nitrogen Status Analysis in Plants. IEEE Intelligent Systems 2018, 33(3), 15-26.
  • Al-Tmeme A, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Underdetermined Convolutive Source Separation using GEM-MU with Variational Approximated Optimum Model Order NMF2D. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing 2017, 25(1), 35-49.
  • Feng P, Wang W, Dlay S, Naqvi SM, Chambers JA. Social Force Model based MCMC-OCSVM Particle PHD Filter for Multiple Human Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia 2017, 19(4), 725-739.
  • Alkassar S, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Sclera recognition: on the quality measure and segmentation of degraded images captured under relaxed imaging conditions. IET Biometrics 2017, 6(4), 266 - 275.
  • Alkassar S, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers J. Robust Sclera Recognition System with Novel Sclera Segmentation and Validation Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems 2017, 47(3), 474-486.
  • Abdullah M, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Robust Iris Segmentation Method Based on a New Active Contour Force with a Noncircular Normalization. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems 2017, 47(12), 3128-3141.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Dlay SS, Al-Sumaidaee SAM, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Robust feature extraction and salvage schemes for finger texture based biometrics. IET Biometrics 2017, 6(2), 43-52.
  • Sulistyo SB, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Regularized Neural Networks Fusion and Genetic Algorithm based On-Field Nitrogen Status Estimation of Wheat Plants. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2017, 13(1), 103-114.
  • Al-Sumaidaee S, Abdullah MAM, Al-Nima R, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Multi-gradient features and elongated quinary pattern encoding for image-based facial expression recognition. Pattern Recognition 2017, 71, 249-263.
  • Al-Nima R, Abdullah MAM, Al-Kaltakchi M, Dlay S, Woo L, Chambers JA. Finger Texture Biometric Verification Exploiting Multi-scale Sobel Angles Local Binary Pattern Features and Score-based Fusion. Digital Signal Processing 2017, 70, 178-189.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Woo WL, Dlay S, Chambers JA. Evaluation of a speaker identification system with and without fusion using three databases in the presence of noise and handset effects. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2017, 2017, 80.
  • Al-Qaisi A, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Blind Separation of Multicomponent Seismic Wavefield using SVD of Reduced Dimension Spectral Matrix. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences 2017, 29(1), 39-53.
  • Tengtrairat N, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Online Noisy Single-Channel Blind Separation by Spectrum Amplitude Estimator and Masking. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 2016, 64(7), 1881-1895.
  • Muhammad MI, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Non-Stationary Features Fusion for Face and Palmprint Multimodal Biometrics. Neurocomputing 2016, 177, 49-61.
  • Caronongan A, Venturini B, Canuti D, Dlay S, Naguib RNG, Sherbet GV. Neural analyses validate and emphasize the role of progesterone receptor in breast cancer progression and prognosis. Anticancer Research 2016, 36(4), 1909-1915.
  • Abdullah MAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. A novel framework for cross-spectral iris matching. IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications 2016, 8(9).
  • Abdullah MAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. A Framework for Iris Biometrics Protection: A Marriage between Watermarking and Visual Cryptography. IEEE Access 2016, 4, 10180-10193.
  • Ahmed A, Tiwari R, Strangeways HJ, Dlay S, Johnsen MG. Wavelet-based Analogous Phase Scintillation Index for High Latitudes. Space Weather 2015, 13(8), 503-520.
  • Ahmed A, Tiwari R, Strangeways HJ, Dlay S, Johnsen MG. Wavelet-based analogous phase scintillation index for high latitudes. Space Weather 2015, 13(8), 503-520.
  • Al-Theme A, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Underdetermined reverberant acoustic source separationusing weighted full-rank nonnegative tensor models. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2015, 138(6), 3411.
  • Parathai P, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Single-channel blind separation using L-1-sparse complex non-negative matrix factorization for acoustic signals. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2015, 137(1), EL124-EL129.
  • Parathai P, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Gao B. Single-Channel Blind Separation using L₁-Sparse Complex Nonnegative Matrix Factorization for Acoustic Signals. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2015, 137, EL124-EL129.
  • Wang Q, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Informed Single-Channel Speech Separation Using HMM-GMM User-Generated Exemplar Source. IEEE - ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing 2014, 22(12), 2087-2100.
  • Wang Qi, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Informed Single Channel Speech Separation Using HMM-GMM User-Generated Exemplar Source. IEEE - ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing 2014, 22(12), 2087-2100.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. 3D shape restoration using sparse representation and separation of illumination effects. Signal Processing 2014, 103, 258-272.
  • Gao B, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Unsupervised Single-Channel Separation of Nonstationary Signals Using Gammatone Filterbank and Itakura–Saito Nonnegative Matrix Two-Dimensional Factorizations. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I 2013, 60(3), 662-675.
  • Lu XY, Gao B, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Ling WK, Chin CS. Single Channel Source Separation Using Filterbank and 2D Sparse Matrix Factorization. Journal of Signal and Information Processing 2013, 4(2), 186-196.
  • Tengtrairat N, Gao B, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Single Channel Blind Separation using Pseudo-Stereo Mixture and Complex 2-D Histogram. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 2013, 24(11), 1722-1735.
  • Rafiee G, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Region-of-Interest Extraction in Low Depth of Field Images Using Ensemble Clustering and Difference of Gaussian Approaches. Pattern Recognition 2013, 46(10), 2685-2699.
  • Abeer AMA, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Multi-linear neighborhood preserving projection for face recognition. Pattern Recognition 2013, 47(2), 544-555.
  • Gao B, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Variational Regularized 2-D Nonnegative Matrix Factorization. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 2012, 23(5), 703-716.
  • Gao B, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Single-Channel Source Separation Using EMD-Subband Variable Regularized Sparse Features. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing 2011, 19(4), 961-976.
  • Mojarad S, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Sherbet GV. Cross Validation Evaluation for Breast Cancer Prediction Using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 2011, 4(4), 576-585.
  • Gao B, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Adaptive Sparsity Non-negative Matrix Factorization for Single-Channel Source Separation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 2011, 5(5), 989-1001.
  • Wei C, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Nonlinear underdetermined blind signal separation using Bayesian neural network approach. Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal 2007, 17(1), 50-68.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Nonlinear signal separation for multinonlinearity constrained mixing model. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 2006, 17(3), 796-802.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Non-linear independent component analysis using series reversion and Weierstrass network. IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing 2006, 153(2), 115-131.
  • Wei C, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Khor LC. Maximum a posteriori-based approach to blind nonlinear underdetermined mixture. IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing 2006, 153(4), 419-430.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. Regularised nonlinear blind signal separation using sparsely connected network. IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing 2005, 152(1), 61-73.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. Nonlinear blind source separation using a hybrid RBF-FMLP network. IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing 2005, 152(2), 173-183.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. Neural network approach to blind signal separation of mono-nonlinearly mixed sources. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I:Regular Papers 2005, 52(6), 1236-1247.
  • Soongsathitanon S, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Fast search algorithms for video coding using orthogonal logarithmic search algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 2005, 51(2), 552-559.
  • Dabbah MA, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Computation efficiency for core-based fingerprint recognition algorithm. WSEAS Transactions on Communications 2005, 4(12), 1356-1363.
  • Ashmila EM, Dlay SS, Hinton OR. Adder methodology and design using probabilistic multiple carry estimates. IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques 2005, 152(6), 697-703.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. A novel fingerprint pressure deformation algorithm for biometric authentication. WSEAS Transactions on Communications 2005, 4(12), 1373-1380.
  • Mutelo RM, Woo WL, Dlay SS. 2DPCA plus LDA: A novel fisher discriminant framework for feature extraction and face recognition. WSEAS Transactions on Communications 2005, 4(12), 1364-1372.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Nonlinear Independent Component Analysis using Generalised Polynomial Neural Network. WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications 2004, 1(6), 1682-1684.
  • Meenakshisundaram S, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Generalization issues in multiclass classification - new framework using mixture of experts. WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications 2004, 1(6), 1676-1681.
  • Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Blind source separation for overcomplete mixtures with noise. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems 2004, 3(9), 1883-1888.
  • Wei C, Woo WL, Dlay SS. A FOCUSS-based algorithm for nonlinear overcomplete Independent Component Analysis. WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications 2004, 1(6), 1688-1693.
  • Grey SR, Dlay SS, Sherbet GV. The role of artificial neural networks and fuzzy systems in disease assessment and patient management. JECQuaL 2003, 1(4), 321-334.
  • Morns IP, Dlay SS. The DSFPN: A New Neural Network and Circuit Simulation for Optical Character Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 2003, 51(12), 3198-3209.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. Robust nonlinear signal separation using regularised maximum likelihood neural network. WSEAS Transactions on Systems 2003, 2(3), 675-680.
  • Meenakshisundaram S, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Radius Basis Functions for Natural Conversation with artificial heads. WSEAS Transactions on Systems 2003, 2(3), 688-693.
  • Grey SR, Dlay SS, Leone BE, Cajone F, Sherbet GV. Prediction of nodal spread of breast cancer by using artificial neural network-based analyses of S100A4, nm23 and steroid receptor expression. Clinical and Experimental Metastasis 2003, 20(6), 507-514.
  • Sherbet GV, Andronas M, Dlay SS. Oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression influences DNA ploidy and the proliferation potential of breast cancer cells. Anticancer Research 2003, 23(3C), 3029-3039.
  • Andronas M, Dlay SS, Sherbet GV. Oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression influences DNA ploidy and the proliferation potential of breast cancer cells. Anticancer Research 2003, 23(3 C), 3029-3039.
  • Nwoye E, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Marghani KA. Clustered fuzzy-neural machine for classification of cancerous cells. WSEAS Transactions on Systems 2003, 2(3), 655-659.
  • Wallace WF, Dlay SS, Hinton OR. Probabilistic carry state estimate for improved asynchronous adder performance. IEE Proceedings: Computers and Digital Techniques 2001, 148(6), 221-226.
  • Morns IP, Dlay SS. Handwritten Character Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 2001.
  • Scargall LD, Dlay SS. New methodology for adaptive vector quantisation. IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing 2000, 147(6), 581-586.
  • Purves SJ, Dlay SS. A novel approach to curvature estimation. Advances in Physics, Electronics and Signal Processing Applications 2000, 246-251.
  • Scargall L, Dlay S. Very low bit-rate digital video coding. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computer Science 1999, 273-279.
  • Morns IP, Dlay SS. The DSFPN, a new neural network for optical character recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 1999, 10(6), 1465-1473.
  • Khalifa OO, Dlay SS. Fractal wavelets image data compression. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computer Science 1999, 85-88.
  • Morns IP, Dlay SS. Analog design of a new neural network for optical character recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 1999, 10(4), 951-953.
  • C.M. Jones,S.S. Dlay,R.N.G. Naguib. Berger check prediction for concurrent error detection in the Braun array multiplier. Microelectronics Journal, 27, No 8, 745-755 1996.

• Book Chapters

  • Abdullah MAM, Al-Nima RR, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Cross-Spectral Iris Matching for Surveillance Applications. In: Panagiotis Karampelas and Thirimachos Bourlai, ed. Surveillance in Action: Technologies for Civilian, Military and Cyber Surveillance. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2017, pp.105-125.
  • Zhang J, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. A Maximum Likelihood Approach to Nonlinear Convolutive Blind Source Separation. In: Independent Component Analysis and Blind Signal Separation. Berlin: Springer Berlin, 2006, pp.926-933.
  • Subramaniam K, Shukla S, Dlay SS, Rind FC. Looming motion segmentation in vehicle tracking system using wavelet transforms. In: Mastorakis, N.E, ed. Advances in Physics, Electronics and Signal processing applications. World Scientific Engineering Society, 2000, pp.252-257.
  • Shorrock S, Yannopoulos A, Dlay SS, Atkinson DJ. Biometric verification of computer users with probabilistic and cascade forward neural networks. In: Advances in Physics, Electronics and Signal Processing Applications. World Scientific and Engineering Society Press, 2000, pp.267-272.
  • Subramaniam K, Dlay SS, Rind FC. Vehicle detection and tracking using wavelet transforms. In: Computers and Computational Engineering in control. Singapore: World Scientific and Engineering Society Press, 1999, pp.335-340.
  • Subramaniam K, Dlay SS, Rind FC. Vehicle detection and tracking using wavelet transforms. In: N.E. Mastorakis, ed. Computers and Computational Engineering in Control. World Scientific, 1999, pp.335-340.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Fu Z, Sun Y, Zhang X, Stainton S, Barney S, Hogg J, Innes W, Dlay S. MPG-Net: multi-prediction guided network for segmentation of retinal layers in OCT images. In: 28th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2020). 2020, Online.
  • Hogg J, George G, Dlay S, Innes W. Automated identification of spontaneous venous pulsation from Infrared video of the optic nerve head. In: Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. 2020, Oxford University Press.
  • Sun Y, Fu Z, Stainton S, Barney S, Innes W, Hogg J, Dlay S. Automated Retinal Layer Segmentation of OCT Images Using Two-Stage FCN and Decision Mask. In: IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2019). 2019, Ajman, UAE: IEEE.
  • Stainton S, Barney S, Catt M, Dlay S. On the application of quantization for mobile optimized convolutional neural networks as a predictor of realtime ageing biomarkers. In: 2018 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2018. 2018, Budapest, Hungary: IEEE.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Multi-dimensional I-vector closed set speaker identification based on an extreme learning machine with and without fusion technologies. In: 2017 Intelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2017. 2018, London, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Barney S, Stainton S, Catt M, Dlay S. Feature specific analysis of a deep convolutional neural network for ageing classification. In: 2018 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2018. 2018, Budapest, Hungary: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Speaker identification evaluation based on the speech biometric and i-vector model using the TIMIT and NTIMIT databases. In: 2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2017. 2017, Coventry, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Efficient finger segmentation robust to hand alignment in imaging with application to human verification. In: 2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2017. 2017, Coventry, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Comparison of I-vector and GMM-UBM approaches to speaker identification with TIMIT and NIST 2008 databases in challenging environments. In: 25th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) 2017. 2017, Kos, Greece: IEEE.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Study of statistical robust closed set speaker identification with feature and score-based fusion. In: IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP). 2016, Palma de Mallorca: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Al-Kaltakchi MTS, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Study of fusion strategies and exploiting the combination of MFCC and PNCC features for robust biometric speaker identification. In: 2016 4th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF). 2016, Limassol, Cyprus: IEEE.
  • Fakhir MM, Woo WL, Chambers JA, Dlay SS. Perspective Projection for Variance Pose Face Recognition from Camera Calibration. In: Optics, Photonics and Digital Technologies for Imaging Applications IV. 2016, Brussels, Belgium: SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
  • Fakhir MM, Woo WL, Chambers JA, Dlay SS. Novel method of face recognition from various pose. In: International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems ICPRS-16. 2016, Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Rafique W, Erateb S, Naqvi SM, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Independent vector analysis for source separation using an energy driven mixed student's T and super Gaussian source prior. In: 24th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO). 2016, Budapest, Hungary: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Sulistyo SB, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Ensemble Neural Networks and Image Analysis for On-Site Estimation of Nitrogen Content in Plants. In: Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2016. 2016, London: Springer.
  • Alkassar S, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Enhanced segmentation and complex-sclera features for human recognition with unconstrained visible-wavelength imaging. In: 9th International Conference on Biometrics (ICB). 2016, Halmstad, Sweden: IEEE.
  • Alkassar S, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. Efficient Eye Corner and Gaze Detection for Sclera Recognition Under Relaxed Imaging Constraints. In: 24th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO). 2016, Budapest, Hungary: IEEE.
  • Sulistyo SB, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Computational Intelligent Color Normalization for Wheat Plant Images to Support Precision Farming. In: 2016 Eighth International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI). 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand: IEEE.
  • Alkassar S, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chambers JA. A novel method for sclera recognition with images captured on-the-move and at-a-distance. In: 4th International Conference on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF). 2016, Limassol, Cyprus: IEEE.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. A novel biometric approach to generate ROC curve from the Probabilistic Neural Network. In: 24th Signal Processing and Communication Application Conference (SIU) 2016. 2016, Zonguldak, Turkey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Yu K, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Variational regularized two-dimensional nonnegative matrix factorization with the flexible β-Divergence for single channel source separation. In: 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing 2015 (ISP). 2015, London, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Abdullah MAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Securing Iris Images with a Robust Watermarking Algorithm based on Discrete Cosine Transform. In: 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2015). 2015, Berlin, Germany: INSTICC.
  • Ukpai CO, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Pupil Segmentation Using Active Contour with Shape Prior. In: Sixth International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing (ICGIP 2014). 2015, Beijing: SPIE: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
  • Yuan Y, Tengtrairat N, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Performance improvement in single-channel blind separation with pseudo-stereo mixture using cochleagram representation based masks. In: 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing 2015 (ISP). 2015, Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Tiwari R, Ahmad A, Dlay S, Strangeways HJ, Palamartchouk K. Parallel double window based acquisition method for dual-polarisation GNSS signal in Mulitpath environment. In: 28th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2015). 2015, Tampa, Florida: Institute of Navigation. In Press.
  • Yu KW, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Nonnegative matrix factorization 2D with the flexible beta-Divergence for Single Channel Source Separation. In: 2015 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS). 2015, Hangzhou: IEEE.
  • Wu D, Woo WL, Dlay SS. NMF2D-based source separation using extreme learning machine. In: 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing 2015 (ISP). 2015, London, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Ukpai CO, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Iris Feature Extraction Using Principally Rotated Complex Wavelet Filters (PR-CWF). In: International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Analysis Applications (ICCVIA). 2015, Sousse, Tunisia: IEEE.
  • Abdullah MAM, Chambers JA, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Iris Biometric: Is the Near-Infrared Spectrum always the Best?. In: 3rd IAPR Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition (ACPR 2015). 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: IEEE.
  • Wang Q, Woo WL, Dlay SS, Chin CS, Gao B. Informed Single Channel Speech Separation with time-frequency exemplar GMM-HMM model. In: 2015 IEEE International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP). 2015, Singapore: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Human Authentication With Finger Textures Based on Image Feature Enhancement. In: Intelligent Signal Processing Conference 2015. 2015, London, UK: The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Human authentication with finger textures based on image feature enhancement. In: 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing 2015 (ISP). 2015, London, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Al-Sumaidaee SAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL, Chambers JA. Facial expression recognition using local Gabor gradient code-horizontal diagonal descriptor. In: 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing 2015 (ISP). 2015, London, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Lim CLP, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Enhanced Wavelet Transformation for Feature Extraction in Highly Variated ECG Signal. In: 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing 2015 (ISP). 2015, London, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Tiwari R, Strangeways HJ, Dlay S. Auroral monitoring index using a network of GNSS receivers. In: ION GNSS 2015. 2015, Tampa, Florida, USA: Institute of Navigation.
  • Tiwari R, Ahmed A, Strangeways HJ, Dlay S, Jacobsen KS, Roberts W, Wild J. Auroral monitoring index using a network of GNSS receivers. In: 28th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2015. 2015, Tampa, Florida, USA: Institute of Navigation.
  • SankarPandi SK, Dlay S, Woo WL, Catt M. Predicting Disability Levels of Community Dwelling Older Individuals Using Single Wrist Mounted Accelerometer. In: 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics. 2014, Valencia, Spain: IEEE.
  • Fakhir MM, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Inferring Dimensions From an Image Using Automatic Calibration. In: 2014 9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing. 2014, Manchester, UK: IEEE.
  • Okoli AB, Penny JB, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Guidewire insertion planning for extracapsular hip fracture surgery. In: IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS). 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland: IEEE.
  • Abdullah MAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Fast and Accurate Pupil Isolation Based on Morphology and Active Contour. In: 4th International conference on Signal, Image Processing and Applications. 2014, Nottingham, UK: IACSIT.
  • Abdullah MAM, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Fast and Accurate Method for Complete Iris Segmentation with Active Contour and Morphology. In: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST). 2014, Santorini, Greece: IEEE.
  • Fakhir MM, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Face recognition based on features measurement technique. In: European Modelling Symposium (EMS 2014). 2014, Pisa, Italy: IEEE.
  • Mukhaiyar R, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Alternative approach in generating cancellable fingerprint by using matrices operations. In: 56th International Symposium (ELMAR). 2014, Zadar, Croatia: IEEE.
  • Al-Nima RRO, Dlay SS, Woo WL. A New Approach to Predicting Physical Biometrics from Behavioural Biometrics. In: 16th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing. 2014, London, UK: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology.
  • Rafiee G, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Unsupervised segmentation of focused regions in images with low depth of field. In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME). 2013, San Jose, CA, USA: IEEE.
  • Sreekaladevi S, Woo WL, Dlay S, Gore P, Johnson G, Swailes D. Inferring 3D dimensions of flat objects from a single 2D image. In: 9th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2013). 2013, Cluj-Napoca, Romania: IEEE.
  • Rafiee G, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Automatic Segmentation of Interest Regions in Low Depth of Field Images Using Ensemble Clustering and Graph Cut Optimization Approaches. In: IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). 2012, Irvine, CA: IEEE.
  • Ahmad SW, Chen Y, Kosmas P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Feasibility study of tumor size classification via contrast-enhanced UWB breast imaging – A complex-domain analysis (Invited Paper). In: The XXX General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS 2011). 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Weierstrass approach to blind source separation of multiple nonlinearly mixed signals. In: 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and DSP. 2006, Newcastle University: IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems, The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Gao P, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Two-stage series-based neural network approach to nonlinear independent component analysis. In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 2006, Island of Kos, Greece: IEEE.
  • Mutelo RM, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Two Dimensional Reduction PCA: A Novel Approach for Feature Extraction, Representation and Recognition. In: Proceedings of 18th SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging. 2006, San Jose, California, USA.
  • Wei C, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Post-Nonlinear Underdetermined ICA by Bayesian Statistics. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Independent Component Analysis and Blind Source Separation. 2006, South Carolina, USA.
  • Wei C, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Post-nonlinear undercomplete blind signal separation: A Bayesian approach. In: ICASSP, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings. 2006, Toulouse, France: IEEE.
  • Nyowe E, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Image feature extraction for colorectal cancer diagnosis using fuzzy neural machine. In: Proceedings of SPIE in Medical Imaging. 2006, San Diego, California, USA.
  • Al-Tarawneh MS, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Crypto key generation using contour graph algorithm. In: Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications. 2006, Innsbruck, Austria: Acta Press.
  • Gao P, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Blind source separation of nonlinearly constrained mixed sources using polynomial series reversion. In: ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings. 2006, Toulouse, France: IEEE.
  • Mutelo RM, Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. A Novel Fisher Discriminant for Biometrics Recognition: 2DPCA plus 2DFLD. In: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS' 06). 2006, Island of Kos, Greece: IEEE.
  • Nwoye E, Khor LC, Dlay SS, Woo WL. A Novel Fast Fuzzy Neural Network Backpropagation Algorithm for Colon Cancer Cell Image Discrimination. In: Third International Symposium on Neural Networks ISNN 2006. 2006, Chengdu, China: Springer.
  • Khor LC, Woo WL, Purves S, Dlay SS, Hendersen J. Novel Statistical Approach to Blind Recovery of Earth Signals and Source Wavelet. In: 67th EAGE Conference & Exhibition. 2005, Madrid, Spain.
  • Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Non-sparse approach to underdetermined blind signal estimation. In: ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings. 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: IEEE, Signal Processing Society.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Neural network approaches to nonlinear blind source separation. In: 8th International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA). 2005, Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
  • Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Fast convergence polynomial based separation algorithm. In: 8th International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA). 2005, Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
  • Dabbah MA, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Computationally efficient fingerprint algorithm for automatic recognition. In: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing (SSIP’ 05). 2005, Corfu Island, Greece.
  • Woo WL, Dlay SS. A novel biometric fingerprint pressure deformation algorithm. In: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing (SSIP’ 05). 2005, Corfu Island, Greece.
  • Mutelo RM, Woo WL, Dlay SS. A novel biometric feature extraction algorithm using two-dimensional Fisherface in 2DPCA subspace for face recognition. In: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing (SSIP’ 05). 2005, Corfu Island, Greece.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Weierstrass approach to nonlinear blind signal separation. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Gao P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Weierstrass approach to nonlinear blind signal separation. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Nwoye E, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Texture features for cancerous cell image classification using fuzzy neural technique. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Signal separation of nonlinear mixtures using fuzzy-genetic algorithm. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Khor LC, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Signal separation of nonlinear mixtures using fuzzy-genetic algorithm. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Manioudakis S, Sharif BS, Woo WL. Robust blind channel estimation for space-time coded systems. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Ashmila EM, Dlay SS, Hinton OR. Multiple carry asynchronous estimated adder. In: IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals, and Systems. 2004, Florida: IASTED.
  • Ashmila EM, Dlay SS, Hinton OR. Multiple carries prediction to enhance the performance of a 32-bit estimated carry adder. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Marghani K, Dlay S, Sharif B, Sims A. Morphological analyses of histological images using fractal. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing. CSNDSP 2004. Fourth International Symposium. Newcastle upon Tyne Univ. 2004. 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Srinivasan M, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Interactive speech recognition systems using committee machines. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Meenakshisundaram S, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Interactive speech recognition systems using committee machines. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Wei C, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Information theoretic approach to blind deconvolution under impulsive noise. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Nwoye E, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Fuzzy-neural machine with image feature extraction for colorectal cancer diagnosis. In: Fourth IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing. 2004, Marbella, Spain: ACTA Press.
  • Nwoye E, Dlay SS, Woo WL. Classification of cancerous cells images using clustered fuzzy-neural machine techniques. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Menon R, Woo WL, Dlay SS. Biometric User Authentication. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Grey SR, Dlay SS, Leone BE, Cajone F, Sherbet GV. Artificial neural network assessment of the prognostic value of tumour promoter gene S100A4 and tumour suppressor gene nm23 in conjunction with tumour grade, tumour size and steroid receptor status of breast cancer. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Soongsathitanon S, Dlay SS. A novel fast search algorithm for MPEG standard. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Chrisanthopoulos P, Woo WL, Dlay SS. A minutiae extraction fingerprint algorithm. In: Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Chrisanthopoulos P, Dlay SS, Woo WL. A minutiae extraction fingerprint algorithm. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2004, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Ashmila EM, Dlay SS, Hinton OR. Statistical probabilistic and multiple carry prediction approach for performance improvements for an estimated carry adder. In: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals, and Systems. 2003, Cancun, Mexico: IASTED.
  • Marghani KA, Dlay SS, Sharif BS, Sims A. Morphological and texture features for cancers tissues microscopic images. In: Proceedings of SPIE: Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing. 2003, San Diego, California, USA: International Society for Optical Engineering.
  • Soongsathitanon S, Dlay SS. Block-based motion estimation using a novel orthogonal logarithmic search algorithm. In: International Conference on Visual Information Engineering (VIE). 2003, Guildford, UK: IEEE.
  • Marghani KA, Dlay SS, Sharif BS, Sims AJ. Automated morphological analysis approach for classifying colorectal microscopic images. In: Proceedings of SPIE: Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision. 2003, Providence, Rhode Island, USA: International Society for Optical Engineering.
  • Smith D, Leach M, Dlay SS, Woo WL. A novel technique for the determination of the radiation patterns of medium gain antennas from scalar intensity measurements. In: 6th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE 2003). 2003, Beijing, China: IEEE.
  • Soongsathitanon S, Dlay SS. A novel orthogonal logarithmic search algorithm for low bit rate video coding. In: Proceedings of SPIE: Image and Video Communications and Processing. 2003, Santa Clara, California, USA: International Society for Optical Engineering.
  • Soongsathitanon S, Dlay SS. A new orthogonal logarithmic search algorithm for fixed block-based motion estimation for video coding. In: Third International Symposium on Communication Systems Networks and Digital Signal Processing. 2002, Press Learning Centre, Sheffield Hallam University.
  • Purves SJ, Dlay SS. Near-Gabor filter banks for feature detection and curvature estimation. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2000, San Jose, USA: The International Society for Optical Engineering.
  • Scargall LD, Dlay SS. A novel method for updating vector quantised codebooks. In: Advances in Physics, Electronics and Signal Processing Applications. 2000, Athens, Greece: World Scientific Engineering Society.
  • Subramaniam K, Dlay SS, Rind FC. Wavelet transforms for use in motion detection and tracking application. In: 7th International Conference on Image Processing and its Applications. 1999, Manchester: IEEE.
  • Scargall LD, Dlay SS. Very low bit-rate vector-quantized video codecs. In: Visual Communications and Image Processing '99. 1999, San Jose, CA.
  • Khalifa Othman O, Dlay Satnam S. Medical image lossless compression for transmission of cross-limited bandwidth channels. In: Medical Imaging 1999: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues. 1999, San Diego, CA: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
  • Scargall Lee David, Dlay Satnam Singh. Comparison of vector quantized video codecs. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1999, Boston MA: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering.

• Letter

  • Elkazza S, Hogg HDJ, Di Simplicio S, Dlay S. Comment on: Ranibizumab and aflibercept intravitreal injection for treatment naïve and refractory macular oedema in branch retinal vein occlusion. European Journal of Ophthalmology 2022, 32(1), NP303-NP304.

• Review

  • Sherbet GV, Woo WL, Dlay S. Application of artificial intelligence-based technology in cancer management: A commentary on the deployment of artificial neural networks. Anticancer Research 2018, 38(12), 6607-6613.