Rabia Ince is a senior scientist in the Atomic Clocks and Sensors (ACS) group in the Time & Frequency Department, where her specialist area of research is artificial intelligence for holdover clocks. She joined NPL in 2023 from her previous role at Diamond Light Source, the UK's National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, in the Optical Metrology group, where she developed traceable sub-nano linear and angular positioning for the synchrotron systems and implemented advanced algorithms for Diamond systems. Prior to this, she held a post as a professor in physics at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she lectured in photonics and metrology, carried out research in nanophysics, and established an ISO 17025 accredited dimensional metrology laboratory (YUKAL).
At the start of her career, Rabia was a senior scientist at TÜBİTAK, ÜME the National Metrology Institute of Turkey, establishing ISO 17025 accredited microwave and electrical resistance laboratories to serve industry. Later, at TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, she had a post as optical metrology consultant. She was awarded a Royal Society short-term scholarship in 2006 to study quantum-confined Stark effects. In 1995, after a secondment automating the Quantum Hall system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, USA), she received an Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology from the US Department of Commerce.
Rabia previously undertook her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Manchester, being awarded her PhD degree in 1990 for the study of ammonia and water masers generated within a Fabry-Perot semi-confocal resonator glow discharge from UMIST’s Department of Instrumentation and Analytical Science. Following a year as a station scientist in high-energy X-rays at Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Rabia returned to UMIST as a postdoctoral fellow in laser-generated ultrasound.
Areas of interest
- Developing neural networks for clustering applications, time series analysis, anti-spoofing, jamming, and other applications within ACS
- Implementation of power spectral density algorithms for laser linewidth determination
- Quantum physics in time, optical, and electrical metrology
- Measurement uncertainty analysis and quality assurance, audits, compliance, and assessments
Key publications
- Introducing AI to Atomic Clocks for Improving Holdover
R. Ince, M. Haji
2024 European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), pp. 249-251, IEEE, June 2024.
- Generating-and-measuring-pico-radian-angles
S. Alcock, A. Yacoot, R. Ince, H. Patel
Metrologia, vol. 59, no. 6, 064002, 2022.
- Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Nanoporous Silicon Gas and Humidity Sensors
S. Aytekin, R. Ince
International Journal of Thermophysics, vol. 39, article 114, 2018.
- The Challenge to Develop Metrology at the Nanoscale
R. Ince
Low-Dimensional and Nanostructured Materials and Devices, Properties, Synthesis, Characterization, Modelling and Applications, Ch. 4, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-25338-1, 2015.
- Prediction of absolute Seebeck coefficients at ITS-90 temperatures using AI
R. Ince, H.S. Aytekin, A.T. İnce
Measurement, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 130-136, 2006.
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