Dr Olga Duran

About

I received the MEng degree in Microengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) and PhD degree at King's College, London in 1996 and 2004, respectively. I was involved in the EPSRC project "A multi-sensor system for sewer inspection" as part of my PhD where I pioneered the use of camera and laser profiler for pipe inspection.  After that, I was a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey (2003-2005) and at the Communications and Signal Processing (CSP) Department, Imperial College (2005-2009), London,  where I worked for the Data and Information Fusion Defence Technology Centre (DIF DTC) established by the UK Ministry of Defence in the area of data and information fusion, in particular via multidimensional multi-and-hyperspectral imaging techniques. The research emphasis was to automatically detect anomalies with sub-pixel accuracy using airborne spectral images.

I have also industrial experience in instrumentation and calibration (Cetecom, Spain), metal detection (Protovale Ltd) and mine detection (Guartel Ltd) companies.

My research interests are centred on computational intelligence, signal processing and computer vision applied to remote sensed data. Projects include developing models in combination with remotely sensed data to develop algorithms that can automatically inspect and detect objects in real time.

Academic responsibilities

Head of Department

Qualifications

  • PhD in Mechatronics
  • MEng in Microengineering
  • PGCert in Teaching and learning in Higher Education

Teaching and learning

Research

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

Number of items: 52.

Article

Ruvinga, Stenford, Hunter, Gordon James Allan, Duran, Olga and Nebel, Jean-Christophe (2023) Identifying queenlessness in honeybee hives from audio signals using machine learning. Electronics, 12(7), p. 1627. ISSN (online) 2079-9292

Ahmed, Asmau M., Duran, Olga, Zweiri, Yahya and Smith, Mike (2019) Quantification of hydrocarbon abundance in soils using deep learning with dropout and hyperspectral data. Remote Sensing, 11(16), p. 1938. ISSN (online) 2072-4292

Hunter, Gordon, Howard, Donald, Gauvreau, Sylvain, Duran, Olga and Busquets, Rosa (2019) Processing of multi-modal environmental signals recorded from a "smart" beehive. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 41(1), pp. 339-348. ISSN (print) 1478-6095

Ahmed, Asmau M., Duran, Olga, Zweiri, Yahya and Smith, Mike (2017) Hybrid spectral unmixing : using artificial neural networks for linear/non-linear switching. Remote Sensing, 9(8), p. 775. ISSN (online) 2072-4292

Duran, Olga and Petrou, Maria (2014) Subpixel temporal spectral imaging. Pattern Recognition Letters, 48, pp. 15-23. ISSN (print) 0167-8655

Chan, K. Y., Ordys, A., Duran, O., Volkov, K. and Deng, J. (2014) Minimizing engine emissions using state-feedback control with LQR and artificial intelligence fuel estimator. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2(3), pp. 1-9. ISSN (print) 2319-8753

Howard, D., Duran, O, Hunter, G. J. A. and Stebel, K (2013) Use of spectrographic analysis to identify “Queenless” in Honey Bee colonies. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 35(1), 290 - 297. ISSN (print) 1478-6095

Chan, Kin Yip, Ordys, Andrzej, Volkov, Konstantin and Duran, Olga (2013) Comparison of engine simulation software for development of control system. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2013(401643), ISSN (print) 1687-5591

Duran, Olga (2012) Multi sensor platforms for sewer inspection. Water and Sewerage Journal, 3, p. 17.

Duran, Olga and Petrou, Maria (2011) Robust endmember extraction in the presence of anomalies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(6), pp. 1986-1996. ISSN (print) 0196-2892

Duran, O. and Petrou, M. (2009) Spectral unmixing with negative and superunity abundances for subpixel anomaly detection. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 6(1), 152 -156. ISSN (print) 1558-0571

Duran, O. and Petrou, M. (2007) A time-efficient method for anomaly detection in hyperspectral images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45(12), pp. 3894-3904. ISSN (print) 0196-2892

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L.D. (2007) Automated pipe defect detection and categorization using camera/laser-based profiler and artificial neural network. IEEE Transactions on Automation, Science and Engineering, 4(1), pp. 118-126. ISSN (print) 1545-5955

Duran, O., Althoefer, K. and Seneviratne, L.D. (2003) Pipe inspection using a laser-based transducer and automated analysis techniques. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 8(3), 401 -409. ISSN (print) 1083-4435

Duran, O., Althoefer, K. and Seneviratne, L.D. (2002) State of the art in sensor technologies for sewer inspection. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2(2), pp. 73-81. ISSN (print) 1530-437X

Book Section

Ahmed, Asmau M, Duran, Olga, Zweiri, Yahya and Smith, Mike (2018) Quantitative analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soils using spectroscopy, spectral unmixing and deep neural networks. In: Bruzzone, Lorenzo and Bovolo, Francesca, (eds.) Proceedings of SPIE : Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXIV. Washington, U.S. : SPIE. 10789 ISSN (print) 0277-786X ISBN 9781510621619

Howard, Donald, Duran, Olga and Hunter, Gordon (2018) A low-cost multi-modal sensor network for the monitoring of honeybee colonies/hives. In: Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis , Tobe, Yoshito , Novais, Paulo and Amft, Oliver, (eds.) Intelligent Environments 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press BV. pp. 69-78. (Ambient Intelligence and Smart Enviroments, (23)) ISBN 9781614998730

Chan, K. Y., Ordys, A., Duran, O., Volkov, K. and Deng, J. (2013) SI Engine Simulation Using Residual Gas and Neural Network Modeling to Virtually Estimate the Fuel Composition. In: Ao, S. I. , Douglas, Craig , Grudnfest, W. S. and Burgstone, Jon, (eds.) Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2013. Newswood Limited. pp. 897-903. II ISSN (print) 2078-0958 ISBN 9789881925312

Chan, K Y, Ordys, A. and Duran, O (2010) A system to measure gap distance between two vehicles using license plate character height. In: Bolc, Leonard , Tadeusiewicz, Ryszard , Chmielewski, Leszek J. and Wojciechowski, Konrad, (eds.) Computer Vision and Graphics: International Conference, ICCVG 2010 Warsaw, Poland, September 2010 Proceedings, Part 1. Berlin, Germany : Springer. pp. 249-256. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1(6374)) ISSN (print) 0302-9743 ISBN 9783642159091

Conference or Workshop Item

Lo Faro, J., Lanets, O., Liaskova, S., Augousti, A. and Duran, O. (2024) Autonomous textile sorting using hyperspectral imaging. In: Sensors and their applications 2024 : 20th Sensors & their Applications Conference co-located with 5th International Conference of Fibre Optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS); 11-14 Aug 2024, Limerick, Ireland. (Unpublished)

Ruvinga, Stenford, Hunter, Gordon, Duran, Olga and Nebel, Jean-Christophe (2024) Using acoustic signals and artificial intelligence to monitor the health and well-being of honeybees. In: 1st International Conference - BeSafeBeeHoney CA22105 BEekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the SAFEty of BEEs and HONEY; 28-29 May 2024, Larissa, Greece. (Unpublished)

Augousti, Andy, Liaskovska, S., Lanets, O., Duran, Olga and Velyka, O. (2023) Optimization solutions of a multistage balanced transport problem using a potential method. In: Energy-optimal technologies, logistics and safety on transport; 09-10 Nov 2023, Lviv, Ukraine. (Unpublished)

Ruvinga, Stenford, Hunter, Gordon, Nebel, Jean-Christophe, Duran, Olga and Busquets, Rosa (2022) Monitoring and predicting important events in honeybee hives using acoustic signals and machine learning. In: UKAN+ Monitoring UK Biodiversity Symposium; 15 - 16 Jun 2022, Manchester, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Ruvinga, Stenford, Hunter, Gordon, Nebel, Jean-Christophe and Duran, Olga (2022) Prediction of honeybee swarms using audio signals and convolutional neural networks. In: Workshop on Edge AI for Smart Agriculture (EAISA 2022); 20-23 Jun 2022, Biarritz, France.

Ruvinga, Stenford, Hunter, Gordon J.A., Duran, Olga and Nebel, Jean-Christophe (2021) Use of LSTM neural networks to identify 'queenlessness' in honeybee hives from audio signals. In: 17th International Conference on Intelligent Environments; 21 - 24 Jun 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (held online).

Kachole, Sanket, Hunter, Gordon and Duran, Olga (2020) A computer vision approach to monitoring the activity and well-being of honeybees. In: IE 2020 : 16th International Conference on Intelligent Environments; 20 - 23 Jul 2020, Online.

Nanayakkara, Visakha, Ataka, Ahmad, Venetsanos, Demetrios, Duran, Olga, Vitzilaios, Nikolaos, Nanayakkara, Thrishantha and Sahinkaya, Necip (2016) Kinematic Analysis of the Human Thumb with Foldable Palm. In: 17th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS-16); 28–30 June 2016, Sheffield, UK. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 9716) ISSN (print) 0302-9743 ISBN 9783319403786

Hunter, Gordon, Howard, Donald and Duran, Olga (2016) A User-Centred Design Approach Towards Developing an Intelligent Living Environment for Honeybees. In: BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference 2016; 11-15 July 2016, Bournemouth University, Poole, U.K.

Howard, Donald, Hunter, Gordon, Duran, Olga and Venetsanos, Demetrios (2016) Progress towards an Intelligent Beehive : Building an Intelligent Environment to Promote the Well-Being of Honeybees. In: 2016 12th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE); 14-16th September 2016, London, United Kingdom. ISSN (online) 2472-7571

Nanayakkara, Visakha, Venetsanos, Demetrios, Duran, Olga, Nanayakkara, Thrishantha and Sahinkaya, M. Necip (2015) Kinematic analysis of the human thumb with foldable palm to understand its role in grasp affordances. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Workshop on Affordances; 28 Sep 2015, Hamburg, Germany.

Chan, Kinyip, Ordys, Andrzej, Duran, Olga, Volkov, Konstantin and Deng, Jiamei (2014) Adaptive neuro-fuzzy method to estimate virtual SI engine fuel composition using residual gas parameters. In: 10th International Conference on Control (Control 2014); 9 - 11 Jul 2014, Loughborough.

Duran, O (2014) Subpixel tracking using spectral data and Kalman filter. In: 6th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS); 24-27 June 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Duran, Olga and Petrou, Maria (2013) Applicability of robust unconstrained linear unmixing (RULU) to endmember extraction techniques. In: 2011 3rd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS); 11-14 Apr 2011, Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), Workshop on, no. 3) ISSN (print) 2158-6268 ISBN 9781457722028

Motamedi, Mohammadreza, Faramarzi, Farrokh and Duran, Olga (2012) New concept for corrosion inspection of urban pipeline networks by digital image processing. In: IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society; 25 - 28 Oct 2012, Montreal, Canada.

Martin, F., Duran, O. and Aguado, Jose A. (2012) Assessment of emerging faults in wind turbine power transformers using the S transform. In: European Workshop on Renewable Energy Systems,; 17-28 Sep 2012, Antalya, Turkey.

Zia, M.T, Curley, A., Duran, O. and Razmkhah, O. (2011) Application of LabView and cRIO for high precision positioning of Mars Rover using DC motors. In: 2nd International Conference on Space Technology (ICST 2011); 15-17 Sep 2011, Athens, Greece. (Unpublished)

Raju, V, Balu, K, Collier, G and Duran, O (2011) Automated testing of satellite data configuration modules using Labview. In: 2nd International Conference on Space Technology; 15 - 17 Sept 2011, Athens, Greece.

Duran, O., Onasoglou, E. and Petrou, M. (2009) Fusion of Kalman filter and anomaly detection for multispectral and hyperspectral target tracking. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium; 12 - 17 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 9781424433940

Duran, O. and Petrou, M. (2009) Robust endmember extraction in the presence of anomalies. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium; 12 - 17 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 9781424433940

Duran, Olga and Petrou, Maria (2007) Anomaly detection using spectral unmixing with negative and superunity abundance weights. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS07); 23-28 Jul 2007, Barcelona, Spain.

Duran, Olga, Petrou, Maria, Hathaway, David and Nothard, Joanne (2006) Anomaly detection through adaptive background class extraction from dynamic hyperspectral data. In: Signal Processing Symposium, NORSIG 2006; 7-9 June 2006, Rejkjavik, Iceland.

Duran, O and Petrou, M (2006) Statistical assessment for real-time background class identification in hyperspectral images. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS06); 31 July - 4 August 2006, Denver, USA. (IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS))

Duran, O and Petrou, M (2005) A time-efficient clustering method for pure class selection. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS05); 25-29 July 2005, Seoul, South Korea. (IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium) ISBN 0780390504

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L (2004) Automated pipe inspection using ANN and laser data fusion. In: IEEE International conference on robotics and automation; 24 - 27 April 2004, New Orleans, USA. (IEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2004; Proceedings ICRA, no. 5) ISSN (print) 1050-4729

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L (2004) Laser profiler model for robot-based pipe inspection. In: World Automation Congress (WAC'04), Tenth International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA-101); 28 June - 1 July 2004, Seville, Spain. (Robotics and Applications; WAC 2004; ISORA 2004; TSI Press Series, no. 15) ISBN 9781889335216

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L (2003) Experiments using a laser-based transducer and automated analysis techniques for pipe inspection. In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA03); 14 - 19 Sept 2003, Tapei, Taiwan. (International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2003; Proceedings ICRA '03, no. 2) ISSN (print) 1050-4729

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L (2003) A sensor for pipe inspection: model, analysis and image extraction. In: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP03); 14-17 September 2003, Barcelona, Spain. (International Conference on Image Processing, 2003. ICIP 2003 Proceedings, no. 3)

Duran, Olga, Althoefer, Kaspar and Seneviratne, Lakmal D. (2002) Automated laser-based profiler for sewer inspection. In: 7th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-7); 25-27 March 2002, Marina del Rey, California, USA.

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L (2002) Automated sewer inspection using image processing and a neural classifier. In: International Joint Conference in Neural Networks (IJCNN02); 12-17 May 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. (Proceedings of the 2002 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, no. 2)

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L (2002) Automated sewer pipe inspection through image processing. In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA02); 11-15 May 2002, Washington D.C., USA. (International Conference on Robots and Automation, 2002. Proceedings ICRA '02, no. 3)

Duran, O, Althoefer, K and Seneviratne, L.D. (2002) Pipe inspection using intelligent analysis techniques with high noise-tolerance. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS02); 30 Sept - 5 Oct 2002, Lausanne, Switzerland. (IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, no. 2)

Thesis

Duran, Olga (2004) Automated laser and pipe inspection. (PhD thesis), Kings's College, London, .

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