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August, 2023
CVMP 2023
I am pleased to serve on the Programme Committee of the 20th ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2023) this year once again.
The conference has always been an excellent local event bringing together academics and industry practioners in the field of computer vision and graphics, with many interesting talks and impressive demos of cutting-edge
media production. The conference is also a friendly and accessible venue for postgraduates just starting out in research.
January, 2023
Long-overdue updates ...
I am delighted about the publication of
a past project's interdisciplinary journal paper
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)! The paper reports
exciting experimental psychology research findings on individual differences in emotion recognition.
To conduct human participant studies, our project partners at QMUL used our
EmoGen facial modelling tool, which employs genetic algorithms
to enable a non-expert user to evolve custom target expressions. The details of the tool's operating principles
can be found in this technical report.
I am pleased that the developed tool and the associated methods for facial expression quantification and similarity
assessment have been shown fit for purpose in experimental psychology research.
Another good news is that I have now obtained my Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA),
a form of accreditation for Lecturers and other teaching staff in Higher Education in the UK. The fellowship is awarded for conscious engagement with different aspects of teaching and
requires commitment to professional values and standards. Personally, I find both theoretical pedagogy
and its translation to application in practical situations fascinating to explore.
February, 2022
Supervision of MSc Dissertations (University of Bath)
This year I am offering to supervise a project on reflectance modelling. Prior research related to the project is illustrated here. Also relevant is the work on reflectance-independent geometry acquisition (including datasets).
December, 2021
Happy holidays!
I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a fantastic new year! The best is always yet to come.
October, 2021
New role: Lecturer in AI
I am now Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Computer Science, University of Bath.
September, 2021
Looking for opportunities ..
I am currently looking for new long-term opportunities to apply my knowledge and experience in academic research, teaching in Higher Education and/or scientific publishing. My areas of expertise include 3D reconstruction and modelling of dynamic scenes, graphics, image content analysis (low-level vision), Bayesian machine learning and artificial intelligence (machine vision). Some of my prior research work is outlined below with further details under Projects and Publications tabs.
August, 2021
Reviewing for CVMP 2021
As in the previous years, I am delighted to serve on the Programme Committee of the 18th ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2021).
Research overview
(selected projects)
EmoGen Tool for Facial Synthesis
Scalable Performance-Driven Facial Animation
Decoupled Shape and Reflectance Acquisition
Accurate 3D Reconstruction of Dynamic Scenes with Complex Reflectance Properties
About Me
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Experienced post-doctoral researcher
PhD in 3D computer vision
BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation
Historical affiliations
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