Dr. David Chesmore BSc, DPhil, CEnv, FIAgrE, FRES, FIOA
Email: edc1@ohm.york.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~edc1/
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Research Area: Intelligent Systems Group > Biological Systems Lab
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department teaching operational amplifiers (first year), transferable skills (first year), environmental engineering (second year) and instrumentation systems (third year – a new course for 2008-9).
My academic career started in this department when I studied for a BSc and then a DPhil between 1979 and 1986. I was in the first cohort of the Electronics Department. My DPhil project was the development of low rate speech communication systems for use over poor radio channels such as HF radio.
I was appointed as a lecturer in the Electronic Engineering Department (now the Engineering Department) at Hull University in 1986. Between 1986 and 2001, I taught a wide range of subjects including artificial intelligence, radar systems, error control coding, industrial electronics, telecommunication systems, environmental sensing, remote sensing and analogue signal processing. I was responsible for the introduction of the first environmental teaching initiative in an electronics degree. I also have an HNC in Countryside Management from Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire.
My research interests lie in the application of electronics and computing technology to biology, ecology and entomology, particularly in the areas of automated species identification and biodiversity informatics. My research at present includes:
– automated identification of quarantine insect species using acoustics (Defra-funded project);
– automated soundscape identification (EPSRC-funded and involving the Universities of Southampton and Newcastle);
– automated identification of vehicles using acoustic and seismic signals;
– development of very large scale ad hoc sensor networks for early detection of invasive insect pests;
– development of hand-held species identifiers using acoustics (e.g. insects, bats);
– investigation into light pollution and lightscape modelling for biodiversity studies (e.g. effects of light pollution on animals);
– automated identification of insects (flies, bees) and fungal pathogens of plants using image processing.
I have visited Japan twice as a visiting Fellow (Chiba Natural History Museum and FFPRI in Morioka) and China (Shandong University) in 2008 as a visiting Professor.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES), a Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (FIAgrE), a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics (FIOA) and a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv). I have served on the Council of the RES .
My main entomological interests are in Lepidoptera (moths) and Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) and I am actively involved with recording moth species in Yorkshire and am macro-moth coordinator for the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in Vice County 62 (North-East Yorkshire). I am also on the Selby Biodiversity Action Plan Committee and the East Riding of Yorkshire Biodiversity Partnership.
Latest 30 Publications
- , Instrument for soundscape recognition, identification and evaluation (ISRIE): technology and practical uses, Euronoise 2009, Edinburgh, October, 2009
- , Understanding the soundscape concept: the role of sound recognition and source identification, Edinburgh, October, 2009
- , Acoustic detection of statutory pests in hardwood material, EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation) Conference on Diagnostics, CSL, York, April, 2009
- , Developing acoustic detection and identification methods for Anoplophora spp., Second International Symposium on Anoplophora chinensis and A, glabripennis: Phytosanitory Strategies and Research, Vertemate Con Moniprio, Como,, April, 2009
- , Progress in Acoustic Detection of Statutory Pests in Hardwood Materials, Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate Technical Conference, Chester, January, 2009
- , Moths in Old Orchards -Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness: Fruit, food and wildlife in Yorkshire's countryside, PLACE,
978-1-906604-18-9, 2009 - , The distribution of Narycia duplicella (Goeze 1783) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) in Yorkshire, The Naturalist, 133(1066):101-106, July-Septemb, 2008
- , Automated acoustic identification of beetle larvae in imported goods using time domain analysis, Acoustics'08, Paris, June, 2008
- , Instrument for Soundscape Recognition, Identification and Evaluation; Signal Classification, Acoustics'08, Paris, June, 2008
- , Soundscape Source Extraction using Wavelet-Based Sparse Representations, Acoustics'08, Paris, June, 2008
- , Automated Identification of Vehicles using Acoustic Signal Processing, Acoustics'08, Paris, June, 2008
- , Automated Acoustic Identification of Vehicles, Widening Horizons in Acoustics Research, Institute of Acoustics, University of Reading, April, 2008
- , Instrument for Soundscape Recognition, Identification and Evaluation; Signal Classification, Widening Horizons in Acoustics Research, Institute of Acoustics, University of Reading, April, 2008
- , Bioacoustic identification of insect larvae in imported goods, Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate Technical Conference, nr Chester, January, 2008
- , New Records of the Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata from Yorkshire (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 21:243-246, 2008
- , Records of Cimbex connatus (Hymenoptera: Cimbicidae) in East Yorkshire, British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 21:263, 2008
- , Invasive Pest Detection, International Development, 11:21,
1744-179X, 2008 - , Automated bioacoustic identification of insects for phytosanitory and ecological applications -Computational Bioacoustics for Assessing Biodiversity, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany, 2008
- , AUTOMATED BIOACOUSTIC DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD-BORING INSECTS FOR QUARANTINE SCREENING AND INSECT ECOLOGY, 4th International Conference on Bioacoustics 2007, Institute of Acoustics, 201-208, Loughborough,
1 901656 85 3, April, 2007 - , ROBUST IN-FIELD AUTOMATED BIOACOUSTIC IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES FOR RAPID BIODIVERSITY STUDIES, 4th International Conference on Bioacoustics 2007, Institute of Acoustics, 61-68, Loughborough,
1 901656 85 3, April, 2007 - , The Automated Identification of Taxa: Concepts and Applications -Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics, CRC Press,
13:978-0-8493-8205-5, 2007 - , Automated bio-acoustic recognition of statutory qurantined insect pests: DFEFRA funded project PH0191 -PHSI Technical Refresher Course, course notebook 2006, Central Science Laboratory, Central Science Laboratory, 2006
- , Review of the Methods Frequently Used to Estimate the Abundance of Orthoptera in Grassland Ecosystems, Journal of Insect Conservation, 9(3):151-173,
1366-638X, September, 2005 - , Is the Automated Identification of Insect Species Feasible?, Ento'05 Royal Entomology Annual Conference, University of Sussex, September, 2005
- , Identification of Diptera species by image analysis of wing venation, Ento'05 Royal Entomological Society Annual Conference, University of Sussex, September, 2005
- , Acoustic Detection and Recognition of Wood-boring Insects, Ento'05 Royal Entomological Society Annual Conference, University of Sussex, September, 2005
- , Bioacoustic Detection and Recognition of Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) larvae underground using vibration sensors, Ento'05 Royal Entomological Society Annual Conference, University of Sussex, September, 2005
- , Automated Recognition of Moth Species using Image Processing and Artificial Neural Networks, Ento'05 Royal Entomological Society Annual Conference, University of Sussex, September, 2005
- , Is automated species identification feasible?, Algorithmic Approaches to the Identification Problem in Systematics, London, August, 2005
- , Records of the Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata (linn. 1758) (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) in Yorkshire, The Naturalist, 130:59-64, 2005