BSc (Dunelm) PhD (Dunelm) CPhys CSci

• Head of Research for Dept of Engineering and Design

Research scientist in imaging, sensing, and computer vision.

I completed a PhD at the University of Durham in 1999 on Liquid Crystal Devices in Adaptive Optics. The systems built used various types of liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) to correct for phase aberrations introduced by atmospheric turbulence. This is important for astronomical imaging and free-space optical communications.

I have worked in industry developing rapid prototyping equipment, optical imaging and metrology systems.

Since working at the University of Sussex I have been researching computer-generated holograms (CGH), correlation pattern matching, and optical microscopy, as well as computer vision. I am interested in imaging technologies and interpreting those images to extract information. I have also worked with industrial partners in image processing, object detection and tracking. I have an academic interest in locating and tracking objects in difficult images using methods such as deep learning convolutional networks. These objects can be UAVs. animals, people, vehicles, etc. I then use this to infer understanding of what is happening in the video, e.g., what are people doing?

For more details, have a look at my website.

Consultancy

I am available for consultancy projects. I have a track record in optical design and computer vision applications, such as people tracking, counting, activity monitoring, etc. For more information, please get in touch.