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ICG Software Innovation Service

Research and application of software innovation

The Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation’s Software Innovation Service provides expertise in creating software that can handle vast data sets, complicated taxonomies and specific business needs. 

Our team of programmers and engineers provide help to researchers within the University and with external funding partners, from the UK Space Agency to citizen science projects. We can bring our big data expertise to bear on projects outside astrophysics too, such as our recent collaboration with DEFRA on species identification with managed fisheries. 

We’re experienced in joining projects as domain experts, learning the language of our partners - be it penguin conservationists or oil spill management teams - and turning diverse live data from multiple sources into a rapidly-functioning analytical project.

Our expertise

Expertise in the team includes

  • Understanding large, noisy data sets. 
  • Converting multiple live data sources - eg photos, GPS data - into an actionable aggregated data set with transition layers
  • Application of the SCIAMA Supercomputer [link] to your data
  • Machine learning / artificial intelligence
  • Citizen Science projects (Zooniverse)
  • Custom software engineering (Python)
  • Statistical understanding

Our projects

  • Zooniverse
  • Tactile Universe
  • DEFRA fish classification
  • Battery management software
  • Supervision of projects in industry
  • Postgraduate research in the University of Portsmouth

Our funding

Funders include:

  • UK Space Agency
  • Academic funders

Members

Coleman Krawczyk Portrait

Dr Coleman Krawczyk

Citizen Science and Outreach Fellow

coleman.krawczyk@port.ac.uk

Faculty of Technology

PhD Supervisor

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Xan Guilian Morice Atkinson Portrait

Dr Xan Guilian Atkinson

Research Software Engineer

Xan.Morice-Atkinson@port.ac.uk

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Christopher David Pattison Portrait

Dr Christopher Pattison

Research Software Engineer

Christopher.Pattison@port.ac.uk

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Gareth Stephen Davies Portrait

Gareth Cabourn Davies

Research Fellow

Gareth.Davies@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Working with us

Contact us if you’re interested in access to our lab and expertise, or have a data project you want to explore. We’re open to research and collaboration proposals from University colleagues and external partners. 

We’re part of RSE South, a research software engineering network founded in early 2022.

Where to find us

Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation

Dennis Sciama Building
Burnaby Road
Portsmouth
PO1 3FX