Prof Reyer Zwiggelaar
Ir (Groningen), PhD (University College London)
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Assistant Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Contact Details
- Email: rrz@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-4360-0896
- Office: B61, Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 628691
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=NZldyesAAAAJ
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Reyer Zwiggelaar received the Ir. Degree in Applied Physics from the State University Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, in 1989, and the Ph.D. Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University College London, London, UK, in 1993. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, UK. He is the author or co-author of more than 180 conference and journal papers. His current research interests include Medical Image Understanding, especially Focusing on Mammographic and Prostate Data, Pattern Recognition, Statistical Methods, Texture-Based Segmentation, and Feature-Detection Techniques.
Additional Information
Responsibilities
As Head of the Graduate School, Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar is responsible for the provision of postgraduate education within the University as a whole, and also has a coordinating role in relation to the development of policy on postgraduate matters; the provision of facilities for postgraduates; and the monitoring of academic progress of postgraduate students.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- PGM2210 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
- PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
- PGM2610 - Reading and Writing Development Group
- PGM6310 - Subject Specific Research Skills
- PGM2610 - Reading and Writing Development Group
- PGM6410 - Writing your first Journal Article
- PGM2510 - Grants Development Workshops
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM8110 - How to Organise a Conference
Coordinator
- PGM6410 - Writing your first Journal Article
- PGM8110 - How to Organise a Conference
- PGM6310 - Subject Specific Research Skills
- PGM6410 - Writing your first Journal Article
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4820 - Orientation in Professional Research
- PGM4820 - Orientation in Professional Research
- PGM4820 - Orientation in Professional Research
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
- PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
- PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
- PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
- PGM4120 - Research Skills and Personal Development (0120)
- PGM4120 - Research Skills and Personal Development (0120)
- PGM4120 - Research Skills and Personal Development (0120)
- PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
- PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
- PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
- PGM2610 - Reading and Writing Development Group
- PGM2610 - Reading and Writing Development Group
- PGM2510 - Grants Development Workshops
- PGM2210 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
Tutor
- PGM5410 - Research Seminar Skills in Physical Sciences
- PGM6210 - Philosophy and Contemporary Culture
- PGM2610 - Reading and Writing Development Group
- PGM2710 - Theoretical Foundations of Research in Law and Criminology
- PGM2410 - Research Seminar Skills in the Life Sciences
- PGM2510 - Grants Development Workshops
- PGM2210 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
- PGM2010 - Specialist Research Skills for scientists
- PGM1910 - Leadership for Researchers
- PGM0910 - Statistics in context: collecting, handling and presenting data
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- PGM0720 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (0720)
- PGM0810 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (0810)
- PGM0210 - Principles of Research Design
Lecturer
- PGM6410 - Writing your first Journal Article
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM5060 - Pilot Doctoral Enquiry Project
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PGM4310 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
- PGM4310 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
- PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
- PGM4310 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
- PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
- PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
- PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
- PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
- PGM4005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
- PGM1010 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis (for social scientists)
- CS39440 - Major Project
Professor of the Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, UK.
Publications
Li, G, Zhou, M, Fu, Y, Alam, N, Denton, ERE & Zwiggelaar, R 2025, 'An interpretable CNN-based model for mass classification in mammography', Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 316, 113372. 10.1016/j.knosys.2025.113372
Maurya, L, Zwiggelaar, R, Chawla, D & Mahapatra, P 2025, 'Contactless apnea event detection using visible-thermal imaging', Signal, Image and Video Processing, vol. 19, no. 5, 389. 10.1007/s11760-025-03959-2
Suchak, T, Aliu, AE, Harrison, C, Zwiggelaar, R, Geifman, N & Spick, M 2025, 'Explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries, based on the NHANES US national health database', PLoS Biology, vol. 23, no. 5, e3003152. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003152
Dutta, SJ, Boongoen, T & Zwiggelaar, R 2025, 'Human activity recognition: A review of deep learning-based methods', IET Computer Vision, vol. 19, no. 1, e70003. 10.1049/cvi2.70003
Rahman, R, Reid, C, Kloer, P, Henchie, A, Thomas, A & Zwiggelaar, R 2024, 'A systematic review of literature examining the application of a social model of health and wellbeing', European Journal of Public Health, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 467-472. 10.1093/eurpub/ckae008
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