{"id":158450,"date":"2025-11-25T08:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/158450\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:02:11","slug":"ai-supercomputer-to-be-used-in-university-of-essex-eye-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/158450\/","title":{"rendered":"AI supercomputer to be used in University of Essex eye study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763998991_60_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1fa78300-c94a-11f0-8a95-4d52567d02bf.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"University of Essex Dr Javier Andreu-Perez is smiling. He has black hair and stubble. He is wearing a black suit jacket and a pale blue shirt. There is a wall behind him, although it has been blurred.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>University of Essex<\/p>\n<p>Dr Javier Andreu-Perez is leading the research at the University of Essex<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">One of the UK&#8217;s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers will be used by researchers in a \u00a31.2m ($1.5m) eye study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Academics at the University of Essex are investigating if mental fatigue and lapses in concentration are reflected through the eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">They have been granted access to the government-funded technology, known as the Isambard-AI, for 10,000 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Research lead Dr Javier Andreu-Perez said the machine would &#8220;offer new insights&#8221; into human behaviour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It will be used to power and explore large-scale models that integrate data from people and their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dr Andreu-Perez hoped it would then gain a detailed understanding of how the eye behaves, reacts and is influenced by cognition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Our project involves collecting and analysing eye movements on natural settings,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Thanks to the AI supercomputer, we will be able to quickly assess and predict fatigue levels and offer new insights into how cognitive strain affects behaviour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763998991_60_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/77895670-ea2a-11ef-bd1b-d536627785f2.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images A woman holding a laptop inside a data centre, which has lots of computer systems glowing blue in the background.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from across the UK are involved in the EyeWarn project<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Essex is due to be at the forefront of the UK&#8217;s AI innovation when <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c79vq1453r7o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a \u00a32bn data centre is built in Loughton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Academics from across the country and AI company the Solvemed Group are collaborating for the eye study, dubbed EyeWarn, at the University of Essex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">They wanted to bring &#8220;innovative research into real-world settings&#8221;, according to the university, which has campuses in Colchester, Southend-on-Sea and Loughton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dr Andreu-Perez, a computer science lecturer, said: &#8220;This project represents a significant advancement in the UK&#8217;s scientific efforts in human-centred artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;EyeWarn places a strong emphasis on enhancing our understanding and monitoring of human factors, such as fatigue and its effects on the body through the eye.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"University of Essex Dr Javier Andreu-Perez is leading the research at the University of Essex One of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-158450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}