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I am a Lecturer in Animal Sensing and Biometrics at Bristol Veterinary School. Before being appointed as a lecturer I was an EPSRC Innovation Fellow and principal investigator for a project concerning automatic disease detection and monitoring in calves.
My research interests centre on perception, very broadly defined, which have developed from my undergraduate research project. During my PhD I developed an account of the reward structure in perceptual decision making, based on three dimensions, rather than the single dimension usually considered. More recently my research has been based around deep learning and other mathematical modelling approaches. Currently I am teaching on the Case based learning (CBL) units of the Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme BVSc degree, together with teaching Communications Skills and Business Management in the Professional studies units of the BVSc.
I was awarded my PhD in 2012, which I studied after graduating with a joint honours degree in Psychology and Philosophy, also at Bristol. My third year project investigated natural aesthetics, subjective judgements and eye movements. Following my PhD I was a post doctoral researcher in the School of Experimental Psychology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and School of Biological Sciences, except for a short time working for AIG, a large insurance company, on a project integrating scientific psychological principles into business improvement. This was a valuable experience because it involved working with Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Laureate and father of Behavioural Economics, and Max Bazerman, Harvard professor and leading authority on negotiation. In 2018 I won a prestigious EPSRC Innovation fellowship and moved to the Bristol Veterinary School. Prior to studying at Bristol I spent more than 20 years in the software industry in positions from programmer to Technical Director.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Optimising high visibility patterns for bicycle apparel using deep learning
Fennell, J. G., Talas, L. & Stevanov, J.
1/11/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Other
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Automatic thermal and behavioural monitoring for disease detection in foals
1/04/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Automatic thermal monitoring of calves using low-cost infrared thermography
Talas, L. & Fennell, J. G., 29 Aug 2022, Precision Livestock Farming '22: Papers Presented at the 10th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming. Vienna: The Organising Committee of the 10th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF), p. 786 793 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
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Testing the Utility of Gaussian Mixture Models in Parataxonomic Classification of Fossil Eggs
Panades I Blas, X., Baddeley, R. J. & Fennell, J. G., 25 May 2021, In: PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 17, 3, p. 1-13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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The Camouflage Machine: Optimizing protective coloration using deep learning with genetic algorithms
Fennell, J. G., Tálas, L., Baddeley, R. J., Cuthill, I. C. & Scott-Samuel, N. E., 18 Jan 2021, In: Evolution. 75, 3, p. 614-624 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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The Camouflage Machine: Optimising protective colouration using deep learning with genetic algorithms
Fennell, J. G. (Contributor), Talas, L. (Contributor), Baddeley, R. (Contributor), Cuthill, I. C. (Contributor) & Scott-Samuel, N. E. (Contributor), Dryad, 30 Dec 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.31zcrjdjv, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.31zcrjdjv and one more link, https://zenodo.org/record/4404698 (show fewer)
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Data from: A method for detecting characteristic patterns in social interactions with an application to handover interactions
Bode, N. W. F. (Contributor), Sutton, A. (Contributor), Lacey, L. (Contributor), Fennell, J. G. (Contributor) & Leonards, U. B. (Contributor), Dryad, 13 Dec 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8j27n, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.8j27n
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Paving slab orientation induced veering
Redmill, D. (Creator), Leonards, U. B. (Creator), Fennell, J. G. (Contributor), Drake, A. (Contributor), Oliva, G. (Contributor) & Ludwig, C. J. H. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 15 May 2015
DOI: 10.5523/bris.8jnf6kn5dj6c1ky1nrgopc3r0, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/8jnf6kn5dj6c1ky1nrgopc3r0
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Thesis
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An expected utility theory that matches human performance
Author: Fennell, J., 2012Supervisor: Baddeley, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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