Student Name: Alastair Martin
Institution: Ulster University
Supervisors: Professor Huiru (Jane) Zheng, Professor Dewar Finlay and Dr Haiyang Wang
Project title: AIGait: AI-empowered wearable technologies for gait training and assessment
I have a degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences from Cambridge University. I worked as a software engineer in British Telecommunications’ Belfast Software Engineering Centre for many years. BT sponsored me to do a part time MSc in Artificial Intelligence at Ulster University (2022-2024), and I enjoyed it so much I decided to leave BT and do a PhD at UU.
I’m married with two daughters and I’m a keen cyclist (hence the picture).
For my MSc final year project I investigated using smart insoles and AI for gait analysis.
My research interests are around studying how people walk (more formally referred to as gait analysis). As part of my PhD I'm planning to create tools to help clinicians assess patients gait and diagnose problems, and to help patients understand their gait problems and carry out their rehabilitation exercises effectively.