Trustworthy & Privacy-Preserving AI
Research directions include federated and distributed learning, confidential AI, secure computation, homomorphic encryption and privacy-aware language-model systems.
Advanced Machine Intelligence
Research directions include advanced machine learning, multimodal systems, autonomous or task-aware agents, efficient AI and enterprise intelligence.
Quantum & Emerging Computing
Research directions include hybrid quantum-classical systems, quantum machine learning, quantum optimisation and emerging computing paradigms.
Next-Generation Wireless Networks
Research directions include 6G and beyond, optical networks, AI-native communications, simultaneous lightwave information and power transfer, secure wireless systems, intelligent network optimisation, and non-terrestrial networks.
From research to working systems
Research technologies, prototypes & tools.
Alongside our research, we develop specialised technologies, software tools, prototypes and testbeds that address concrete challenges in AI, privacy-preserving computation and wireless communications.
AI solutions & applications
Developed AI solutions and applications for privacy-preserving learning, language-model workflows and the practical analysis of complex data.
Privacy-preserving AI solution
Federated Learning with Homomorphic Encryption
A privacy-preserving AI solution that combines federated learning with homomorphic encryption, enabling participants to contribute protected model updates to collaborative training without centralising their raw data.
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- What it enables
- Collaborative model training across participants while local raw data remains at its source.
- Technical scope
- Federated-learning workflows with homomorphic encryption applied to selected model-update and aggregation operations.
- Design focus
- Balancing privacy protection and model utility with the computational and communication requirements of the target setting.
Privacy-preserving AI solution
Privacy-Preserving LLM Solution
A privacy-preserving LLM solution built around trained models that protect sensitive information while retaining practical output utility. It can also serve as a platform for developing privacy-aware language-model applications.
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- What it enables
- Language-model workflows that balance the protection of sensitive information with the utility and quality of model outputs.
- Technical scope
- Trained models, privacy-aware processing, controlled LLM interaction and practical-utility assessment.
- Platform capability
- A foundation for developing and evaluating privacy-aware language-model applications for different use cases.
Medical data analytics
Medical Data Analytics Application
A developed application that uses trained models to analyse medical data and present structured outputs for exploring complex health-related information.
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- What it enables
- Structured exploration and model-driven analysis of medical datasets through an application-based environment.
- Technical scope
- Trained analytical models, medical-data processing and the presentation of outputs for further examination.
- Application focus
- Deriving useful analytical insight from complex and sensitive health-related data.
Communications technologies & algorithms
Specialised testbeds, transceiver technologies and algorithms for private connectivity, lightwave information and power transfer, signal protection and emerging communication architectures.
Network testbed
Private 5G for non-terrestrial networks
A configurable private 5G testbed for developing and validating connected solutions with terrestrial devices and UAV-based aerial user equipment under controlled deployment conditions.
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- What it enables
- Prototyping and validation of private-network configurations involving ground-based and aerial devices.
- Technical scope
- Private 5G infrastructure, terrestrial user equipment and UAV-based aerial user equipment.
- Application focus
- Connectivity, mobility, coverage and performance across mixed terrestrial and aerial deployment conditions.
Optical wireless testbed
SLIPT Testbed
A laboratory testbed combining a high-power optical transmitter and a SLIPT transceiver to investigate simultaneous lightwave information and power transfer under controlled conditions.
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- What it enables
- Experimental investigation of information delivery and optical power transfer through the same lightwave link.
- Technical scope
- A high-power laser-based transmitter, configurable optical link and SLIPT transceiver with information-processing and energy-harvesting paths.
- Evaluation focus
- Controlled assessment across different link configurations and operating conditions.
Physical-layer security
Physical-Layer Encryption Modulator
A physical-layer security solution for applying encryption within the communication signal chain, supported by an SDR-based laboratory environment for implementation and evaluation.
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- What it enables
- Signal-level protection mechanisms that operate as part of the transmission process.
- Technical scope
- Modulator design, physical-layer encryption and integration within a communications signal chain.
- Laboratory implementation
- Software-defined radio equipment supports implementation and performance evaluation under relevant channel conditions.
Receiver technology
Hardware-Impairment-Aware Receiver for Ultra-High-Order Modulations
A receiver technology designed to improve reliable detection of ultra-high-order modulation signals by mitigating non-ideal hardware effects, with a development path towards robust mmWave and THz communications.
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- What it enables
- More reliable reception when demanding modulation orders and non-ideal radio hardware interact.
- Technical scope
- Very-high-order modulation reception and mitigation of hardware-generated impairments.
- Development focus
- Extension towards robust operation in millimetre-wave and terahertz communication environments.
Optimisation algorithms
Pinching-Antenna & Leaky-Cable Optimisation
Algorithms that optimise the configuration of pinching-antenna and leaky-cable systems to improve performance and extend coverage for a target deployment environment.
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- What it enables
- System configurations tailored to the performance and coverage requirements of a target operating environment.
- Technical scope
- Performance optimisation for pinching-antenna and leaky-cable deployment configurations.
- Application focus
- Coverage extension and performance improvement through algorithmic system configuration.