Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining

HEIF-5: Advancing Computational Frameworks for TeleHealth

The Department of Computer Science has a developing research focus in TeleHealth and Intelligent Systems in Medicine. Current research projects relevant to this HEIF-5 submission include:

  • 4 year EU Framework 7 Integrated project (BraveHealth) with a 3 year PDRA (commenced September 2010)
  • Rolling 2 year Phillips Healthcare funded Advanced Medical Informatics project, with a 2 year PDRA (commenced July 2011)
  • 3 year EU Framework 7 Network of Interest (SemanticHealth) commencing December 2011
  • SEED PhD Studentship in the Application of Fuzzy Logic in Clinical Decision Systems (commenced May 2010)
  • University PhD Studentship "Handling Complexities in Large Clinical Datasets" (commenced September 2011)
  • Thailand Government PhD Studentship "Data Mining and Decision Support in Life Lab" (commenced September 2009)

    • The BraveHealth and Phillips Healthcare project research has identified a range of topics that are beyond the resources of those projects, and two 2 year PDRAs are requested to complement the current work. The issues in the two projects described below will not only advance the success of the on-going research but also further the collaborations within the Department, across the University, and across Europe. These funded positions will lead to externally funded research and the development of telehealth tools that can ultimately be managed through the Enterprise activities of the Department.
    Telehealth is now of paramount interest to health and care providers. The University has a substantial track record in telehealth research, clinical service design, and delivery, and has the potential to incorporate expertise from multiple existing research groups. We therefore propose to develop a rigorous approach to telehealth, using the expertise and networks available to academic staff in Computer Science. This will help to further develop the Centre for Telehealth (CFT) as a cross-faculty group carrying out research, and capacity building exercises. This is to be achieved by a thorough analysis to identify and resolve the considerable computational challenges to telehealth in a rigourous manner. We aim to achieve this by tackling existing problems in two interrelated projects. The computational needs of the department in telehealth have grown and existing projects address immediate or specialised needs that have prevented the systematic investigation of a workflow methodology to support anytime physician or patient enquiries (see [Huser et al., 2011; Reiner, 2011; Roshanov et al., 2011]). The first project will look at the issues associated with generic telehealth frameworks, potentially linking legacy telehealth systems. The second project will address issues with workflow by means of a thorough investigation of a specific case study.
    The Department is currently involved in one EU Framework 7 Integrated project (BraveHealth), one Framework 7 Network of Interest (SemanticHealth), and a collaborative project with the Department of Cardiology at Castle Hill funded by Phillips Healthcare (Advanced Medical Informatics). These projects are lead by Dr Davis and Dr Kambhampati and employ two post-doctoral research associates. Other closely related projects include 3 PhD projects (one funded by a University Scholarship) which draw on the on-going collaboration between the Department of Computer Science and Cardiology.
    Clinical trials within BraveHealth will involve further clinicians in Gdansk and Rome (and potentially a number of other project partner countries in Europe). SemanticHealth draws on clinical and technical expertise in telehealth across Europe and elsewhere. The Phillips funded project is looking at the immediate needs associated with the clinical use of a large and varied dataset that has not been developed with ease of computation in mind.

    The Dept of Computer Science project overall lead is Dr Darryl N Davis. Within the project the two PDRAs will focus on specific themes.

  • Theme1: Dependable and Adaptive Frameworks for TeleHealth, is led by Dr Darryl N Davis, with Professor Yiannis Papadopoulos, Dr David Parker, Dr Martin Walker and Dr Jan Bohacik (FP7 PDRA).
  • Theme2: Computational Issues and Case Studies in TeleHealth , is led by Dr Chandra Kambhampati with Dr David Grey, Dr Darryl N Davis, Dr Bing Wang and Dr Yan Zhang (Phillips Healthcare PDRA)
    • File maintained by Dr D.N.Davis AT hull.ac.uk
    Last Updated December 2011