Professor Daniel Coca

MEng, PhD, CEng, MIEE

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Honorary Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems

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Research interests

My research work spans the broad area of nonlinear and complex dynamical systems. I am interested in developing novel mathematical, computational and analytical methods to analyse, model and control complex dynamical systems as well as apply the tools developed to complex systems in physics, engineering, life sciences and finance.

Complex systems modelling, identification and control:
Stem cell population dynamics; Crystal growth; Brain activity; Solar wind - magnetosphere interaction; Financial markets.

Bioimaging & biological data analysis:
Diffuse Optical Tomography; Protein Identification/Protein Mass Fingerprinting; Cell imaging data analysis.

Nonlinear Control Theory:
Controller design for nonlinear PDEs; Nonlinear predictive control.

Reconfigurable computers:
FPGA hardware acceleration of protein identification algorithms; FPGA implementation of computationally intensive control & optimization algorithms.
 

Publications

Journal articles

  • Nie X, Coca D, Luo J & Birkin M (2020) . Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 90.
  • Florescu D & Coca D (2019) . Neural Computation, 31(9), 1825-1852.
  • Whyte J, Fitzgerald J, Mayfield M, Coca D, Pierce K & Shah N (2019) . INCOSE International Symposium, 29(1), 542-542.
  • Fernandez-Musoles C, Coca D & Richmond P (2019) . Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 13.
  • Munir S, Mayfield M, Coca D & Jubb SA (2019) . Atmospheric Environment: X, 2.
  • Munir S, Mayfield M, Coca D, Jubb S & Osammor O (2019) . Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191.
  • Blundell I, Brette R, Cleland TA, Close TG, Coca D, Davison AP, Diaz-Pier S, Fernandez Musoles C, Gleeson P, Goodman DFM , Hines M et al (2018) . Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 12.
  • Tan LM, Arbabi H, Li Q, Sheng Y, Densley Tingley D, Mayfield M & Coca D (2018) . Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 138, 172-182.
  • Genes C, Esnaola I, Perlaza SM, Ochoa LF & Coca D (2018) . IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 10(4), 4057-4067.
  • Allison TF, Smith AJH, Anastassiadis K, Sloane-Stanley J, Biga V, Stavish D, Hackland J, Sabri S, Langerman J, Jones M , Plath K et al (2018) . Stem Cell Reports, 10(6), 1895-1907.
  • Neagu M, Coca D & Ong ACM (2018) . Am J Kidney Dis.
  • Nie X, Luo J, Coca D, Birkin M & Chen J (2018) . Journal of Nonlinear Science.
  • Florescu D & Coca D (2018) . Neural Computation, 30(3), 670-707.
  • Nie X & Coca D (2018) . Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 54, 248-266.
  • Friederich U, Billings SA, Hardie RC, Juusola M & Coca D (2016) . PLoS ONE, 11(6).
  • Vidal-Rosas EE, Billings SA, Chico T & Coca D (2016) . J Biomed Opt, 21(6), 66012-66012.
  • Florescu D & Coca D (2015) . Neural Computation, 27(9), 1872-1898.
  • Nie X & Coca D (2015) . Nonlinear Dynamics, 80(3), 1373-1390.
  • Barbaric I, Biga V, Gokhale PJ, Jones M, Stavish D, Glen A, Coca D & Andrews PW (2014) . Stem Cell Reports, 3(1), 142--155.
  • Vidal-Rosas EE, Billings SA, Zheng Y, Mayhew JE, Johnston D, Kennerley AJ & Coca D (2014) . J Biomed Opt, 19(2), 026008.
  • Guo Y, Guo LZ, Billings SA, Coca D & Lang ZQ (2013) . Nonlinear Dynamics, 1-13.
  • Guo LZ, Guo YZ, Billings SA, Coca D & Lang ZQ (2013) . Nonlinear Dynamics, 1-13.
  • Guo LZ, Guo YZ, Billings SA, Coca D & Lang ZQ (2013) . Systems and Control Letters, 62(2), 115-123.
  • Guo LZ, Guo YZ, Billings SA, Coca D & Lang ZQ (2012) . NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, 70(3), 1753-1765.
  • Song Z, Postma M, Billings SA, Coca D, Hardie RC & Juusola M (2012) . Curr Biol, 22(15), 1371-1380.
  • Coca D, Zhao Y, Billings SA, Guo Y, Rile R & De Matos L (2011) . International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 21(11), 3249-3258.
  • Zhao Y, Billings SA, Guo Y, Coca D, Dematos LL & Ristic RI (2011) . INT J BIFURCAT CHAOS, 21(2), 505-512.
  • Zhao Y, Coca D, Billings SA, Ristic RI & De Matos LL (2011) . PHYS LETT A, 375(7), 1084-1091.
  • Balikhin MA, Boynton RJ, Billings SA, Gedalin M, Ganushkina N, Coca D & Wei H (2010) . GEOPHYS RES LETT, 37.
  • Zheng Y, Pan Y, Harris S, Billings S, Coca D, Berwick J, Jones M, Kennerley A, Johnston D, Martin C , Devonshire IM et al (2010) . Neuroimage, 52(3), 1135-1147.
  • Olariu V, Harrison NJ, Coca D, Gokhale PJ, Baker D, Billings S, Kadirkamanathan V & Andrews PW (2010) . Stem Cell Res, 4(1), 50-56.
  • Tonge PD, Olariu V, Coca D, Kadirkamanathan V, Burrell KE, Billings SA & Andrews PW (2010) . PLoS One, 5(5), e10901.
  • Guo LZ, Billings SA & Coca D (2010) . INT J CONTROL, 83(1), 40-48.
  • Coca D, Bogdan I & Beynon RJ (2010) . Methods Mol Biol, 604, 163-185.
  • Olariu V, Coca D, Billings SA, Tonge P, Gokhale P, Andrews PW & Kadirkamanathan V (2009) . Bioinformatics, 25(21), 2824-2830.
  • Yan Y, Coca D & Barbu V (2009) . NONLINEAR ANAL-THEOR, 70(12), 4451-4475.
  • Bogdan IA, Coca D & Beynon RJ (2009) . IEEE T BIOMED CIRC S, 3(3), 142-149.
  • Barbu T, Barbu V, Biga V & Coca D (2009) . NONLINEAR ANAL-REAL, 10(3), 1351-1361.
  • Wei H-L, Zheng Y, Pan Y, Coca D, Li L-M, Mayhew JEW & Billings SA (2009) . IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 56(6), 1606-1616.
  • Bogdán IA, Rivers J, Beynon RJ & Coca D (2008) . Bioinformatics, 24(13), 1498-1502.
  • Yan Y, Coca D & Barbu V (2008) . NUMER FUNC ANAL OPT, 29(1-2), 225-242.
  • Bogdan I, Coca D, Rivers J & Beynon RJ (2007) . Bioinformatics, 23(6), 724-731.
  • Zhu D, Billings SA, Balikhin M, Wing S & Coca D (2006) . GEOPHYS RES LETT, 33(4).
  • Barbu V, Coca D & Yan Y (2005) . NUMER FUNC ANAL OPT, 26(4-5), 449-480.
  • Coca D & Billings SA (2003) . PHYS LETT A, 315(1-2), 61-75.
  • Coca D & Billings SA (2002) Identification of finite dimensional models of infinite dimensional dynamical systems. AUTOMATICA, 38(11), 1851-1865.
  • Billings SA & Coca D (2002) . INT J SYST SCI, 33(8), 623-634.
  • Coca D & Billings SA (2001) Non-linear system identification using wavelet multiresolution models. INT J CONTROL, 74(18), 1718-1736.
  • Coca D, Balikhin MA, Billings SA, Alleyne HSCK & Dunlop M (2001) Time domain analysis of plasma turbulence observed upstream of a quasi-parallel shock. J GEOPHYS RES-SPACE, 106(A11), 25005-25021.
  • Coca D, Zheng Y, Mayhew JEW & Billings SA (2000) Nonlinear system identification and analysis of complex dynamical behavior in reflected light measurements of vasomotion. INT J BIFURCAT CHAOS, 10(2), 461-476.
  • Coca D & Billings SA (2000) Direct parameter identification of distributed parameter systems. INT J SYST SCI, 31(1), 11-17.
  • Coca D & Billings SA (1999) A direct approach to identification of nonlinear differential models from discrete data. MECH SYST SIGNAL PR, 13(5), 739-755.
  • Billings SA & Coca D (1999) Discrete wavelet models for identification and qualitative analysis of chaotic systems. INT J BIFURCAT CHAOS, 9(7), 1263-1284.
  • Coca D, Zheng Y, Mayhew JE & Billings SA (1998) . Adv Exp Med Biol, 454, 571-582.

Book chapters

  • Coca D, Bogdan IA & Benyon R (2013) FPGA Co-processing solution for real-time protein identification using tandem mass spectrometry In Iniewski K (Ed.), Embedded Systems: Hardware, Design, and Implementation Wiley
  • Coca D, Bogdan IA & Beynon R (2010) Parallel FPGA search engine for protein identification In Schmidt B (Ed.), Bioinformatics: High Performance Parallel Computer Architectures (pp. 313-336). Taylor and Francis
Grants

Centre for Digital Built Britain, 'Analysing Systems Interdependencies using a Digital Twin', 01/04/2019, Â£48,864&²Ô²ú²õ±è;(24,432 apportioned)
EPSRC, 'CORONA', 09/07/2018,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;£208,411 (£62,523&²Ô²ú²õ±è;apportioned)
EPSRC, 'UKRIC - Urban Flows Observatories', 18/01/2018, Â£2.1²Ñ (£634,076&²Ô²ú²õ±è;apportioned)
BBSRC, 'Digital Fly Brain', 21/05/2015,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;£530,873&²Ô²ú²õ±è;(£504,329&²Ô²ú²õ±è;apportioned)
BBSRC, D. Coca, M. Juusola, S.A. Billings, `Reverse Engineering Drosophila´s Retinal Networks´, 15.08.10 to 14.08.13, Â£648,008
EPSRC, S.A. Billings, D. Coca, `Spatio-temporal systems estimation modelling and analysis´, 04.01.10 to 03.01.14, Â£566,226
EPSRC, S.A. Billings, M. Balikhin, D. Coca, V.Kadirkamanathan, Z.Lang, H. Wei, `System Identification and Information Processing for Complex Systems´, 02.01.10 to 01.01.15, Â£1,442,972
MRC Fellowship, D. Coca, `Stem Cell Dynamics: Exploration of the Stem Cell Attractor Landscape´, 1.10.09-30.09.10, Â£109,000
BBSRC, D Coca and R Beynon, `FPGA Supercomputing Technology for High-throughput Identification and Quantification in Proteomics´, 15.03.08 to 14.03.11, Â£515,001
BBSRC, D Coca, R Beynon, 'Hardware Accelerated Data Processing Pipeline For Proteomics', 15.03.08 to 14.03.09, Â£98,559
The University of Sheffield, D. Coca, R. Beynon, S. Smith, V. Hughues. Proof Of Concept Fund Award, `Hardware acceleration of data processing in proteomics´, 01.11.07 to 01.05.08, Â£10,000
EPSRC, Q Zhong, A Zolotas, D Coca, K Li and S Evangelou. `New-ACE: A Network for New Academics in Control Engineering´, 01.10.07 to 30.09.10, Â£87,800
EPSRC, S A Billings, D Coca, `System Identification and Model validation for Spatio-Temporal Dynamical Systems´, 01.08.06 to 31.07.09, Â£292,797
EPSRC, S A Billings, Y Zheng, J Martingdale, D Coca and J E W Mayhew, `System Identification and Signal Processing for Neuro-Imaging data Analysis´, 02.01.06 to 01.01.09, Â£264,277
EPSRC Platform Grant, S A Billings, V Kadirkamanathan, Z Q Lang, D Coca, M Balikhin, `System Identification and Signal Processing for Complex Systems´, 03.01.05 to 02.01.10, Â£422,571
EPSRC, D Coca, ` Adaptive Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems using Reconfigurable Computers´, 15.11.04 to 14.11.07, Â£132,014
BBSRC, R. Beynon and D Coca, ` Application of Field Programmable Gate Arrays to Eliminate Bottlenecks in Near-instrument Proteomics´, 15.11.04 to 14.11.07, Â£230,130
Royal Society, D. Coca and V. Barbu, `Optimal Control and Stabilization of Parabolic-like Equations´, 01.11.04 to 15.11.04, Â£1,400