Professor Ian Wells obtained the B.Sc. in Physics from Manchester University, Manchester, UK in 1982, the M.Sc. in Microelectronics and Digital Signal Processing from the University of Westminster, London, UK in 1986 and the Ph.D. in Signal Processing Architectures for Speech Recognition from the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK in 1996.

He is currently Professor of Digital Signal Processing and the Head of the School of Applied Computing at Swansea Metropolitan University, Swansea UK where he has worked since 1996. He was previously the Research director of Technium Digital, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK, which is a high technology incubator unit. He also worked as an electronic engineer in AB Electronics, South Wales, UK after completing his first degree.

Dr. Wells is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (SMIEEE), a Fellow of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and a chartered Engineer (C.Eng.).

Selected Research Publications

Che, X.; Wells, I.; Dickers, G.; Kear, P.; Gong, X.; , "Re-evaluation of RF electromagnetic communication in underwater sensor networks," Communications Magazine, IEEE , vol.48, no.12, pp.143-151, December 2010 doi: 10.1109/MCOM.2010.5673085

Wells, I.; Davies, A.; Xianhui Che; Kear, P.; Dickers, G.; Xiaochun Gong; Rhodes, M.; , "Node pattern simulation of an undersea sensor network using RF electromagnetic communications," Ultra Modern Telecommunications & Workshops, 2009. ICUMT '09. International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1-4, 12-14 Oct. 2009 doi: 10.1109/ICUMT.2009.5345555

Xianhui Che; Wells, I.; , "A selective-abstraction modeling approach for simplifying computer network studies," Ultra Modern Telecommunications & Workshops, 2009. ICUMT '09. International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1-4, 12-14 Oct. 2009 doi: 10.1109/ICUMT.2009.5345432

Xianhui Che; Wells, I.; Kear, P.; Dickers, G.; Xiaochun Gong; Rhodes, M.; , "A Static Multi-hop Underwater Wireless Sensor Network Using RF Electromagnetic Communications," Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, 2009. ICDCS Workshops '09. 29th IEEE International Conference on , vol., no., pp.460-463, 22-26 June 2009 doi: 10.1109/ICDCSW.2009.36

Xianhui Che; Wells, I.; Dickers, G.; Kear, P.; Xiaochun Gong; Rhodes, M.; , "Failure Tolerance Analysis of a Small Scale Underwater Sensor Network with RF Electromagnetic Communications," Sensor Technologies and Applications, 2009. SENSORCOMM '09. Third International Conference on , vol., no., pp.671-675, 18-23 June 2009 doi: 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2009.108

I. Wells and J. Beeton, "Acoustic Analysis of Snoring Sounds", IEEE First International Symposium on Audible Acoustics in Medicine and Physiology, Purdue University, USA Sept 8-9, 2008

Wells, I., Charlton, P. C., Mosey, S. and Donne, K. E. (2008), Background noise removal in ultrasonic B-scan images using iterative statistical techniques. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 24: 873-879. doi: 10.1002/qre.902

R. J. Beeton, I Wells ,P. Ebden, H.B. Whittet, J. Clarke, "Snore site discrimination using statistical moments of free field snoring sounds recorded during sleep nasendoscopy", (Institute of Physics Journal of Physiological Measurement 28 (2007) pp1225-1236.) doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/10/008

Wells, I.; Pell, D.; , "Implementation of Low Power Finite Impulse Response Primitive Operator Filters on FPGAs," Digital Signal Processing, 2007 15th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.323-326, 1-4 July 2007 doi: 10.1109/ICDSP.2007.4288584

The Second World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (EAM) and The Fourth International Conference on Condition Monitoring, 11-14 June 2007, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Wells, I., Charlton, P. C., Mosey, S. and Donne, K. E. (2008), Background noise removal in ultrasonic B-scan images using iterative statistical techniques. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 24: 873-879. doi: 10.1002/qre.902

R J Beeton and I Wells, "Predictive value of the Acoustic Analysis of Snoring Sounds for Identifying Sleep-arousal Events", 6th International Conference on Quality Reliability and Maintenance (QRM '07), March 15th to 16th 2007, Oxford

S Mosey, P C Charlton and I Wells, "Iterative Method for Background Noise Removal in Ultrasonic B-Scan Images", INSIGHT - NDT and Condition Monitoring, the Journal of the British Institute of NDT, Special Issue on Ultrasonics, October 2006 doi: 10.1784/insi.2006.48.11.677

S Mosey, P C Charlton and I Wells, "Iterative Method for Background Noise Removal in Ultrasonic B-Scan Images", INSIGHT - NDT and Condition Monitoring, the Journal of the British Institute of NDT, Special Issue on Ultrasonics, October 2006 doi: 10.1784/insi.2006.48.11.677

Wells, I and Dan-Asabe, T., "Modelling of the IEEE 802.11 MAC Layer using Finite State Machines", Eighth International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications (ISCTA '05), 17th - 22nd July, 2005, Ambleside, Lake District, UK

Qazi, B.R., Harikrishnan, Y., Ahmed, S.B., Wells, I., and Elmirghani, J.M.H., "Performance Analysis of a MAC Protocol for Speech transmission in Optical Wireless Communications", London Communication Symposium (LCS'03) (University College London 2003)

Wells, I, "A Novel Algorithm for FIR Filter Design", International Symposium on Digital Signal Processing (London) 1997

Wells, I, "A Novel Algorithm for IIR Filter Design", International Symposium on Digital Signal Processing (London) 1996

PhD thesis Digital Signal Processing Architectures for Speech Recognition University of The West of England, 1996

Wells, I,"FIR Filter Bank Multiplier Block Implementation" Signal Processing VI: Theory and Applications Vandewalle J. et al (Editors) 1992 EUSIPCO, Elsevier Science Publishers

Other Publications

Wells, I, "Sensing Erosion from Below", (Advances Wales Magazine, Welsh Assembly Government), Autumn 2009, issue 6, pp. 24-25

Wells, I, "Automated Sensing Technologies For Coastal Monitoring ( ASTEC)", (International Ocean Systems Magazine, Underwater World Publications Ltd), March/April 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2.