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Self-funded PhD Positions Available

• Deep Learning based Computer Graphics for Virtual Human Synthesis
• Computer Vision with Deep Learning for Human Data Modelling
• Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Understanding the People Context in Artworks
• Machine Learning based Human Motion Analysis for Automatic Diseases Diagnosis

Professional Activities

Journal Editorships

Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), Associate Editor, since 2019
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (CAVW), Associate Editor, since 2017
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Guest Editor, Special Issue on Machine Vision and Deep Learing, 2020
Computers and Graphics (C&G), Guest Editor, Special Section on Motion, Interactions and Games, 2020
Computers and Graphics (C&G), Guest Editor, Special Section on Motion in Games, 2017

Grant Proposal Reviews

EPSRC Associate Peer Review College 2018-2020
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal in 2020
EPSRC Standard Proposal in 2018
French National Research Agency (ANR) Project INVISCO in 2018
Dutch Technology Foundation STW in 2014
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology in 2012

Conference Services

Organization Committee

Area Chair of the British Machine Vision Conference 2020
Conference Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games 2019
Program Chair of the British Machine Vision Conference 2018
Program Chair of the International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management & Applications 2018
Demo and Poster Chair of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2018
Local Chair of the EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing 2018
Program Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games 2016
Local Chair of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2014

Program Committee

Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2020
Eurographics 2020, 2021
Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG) 2016, 2017, 2018
IEEE Virtual Reality 2020
Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV) 2020
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (MIG, formerly Motion in Games) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continnum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI) 2019
International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2021
International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG) 2019, 2020
International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) 2020
International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL) 2015
Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2018, 2019, 2020
IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) 2018
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Workshop on Data-Driven Animation Techniques (D2AT) 2017

Session Chair

ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2012, 2014, 2018
ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (MIG, formerly Motion in Games) 2016, 2019
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2018
International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA) 2018
JSPS UK/Japan Symposium on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality in 2014

Keynote/Invited Speaker

Keynote speaker in the Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition (RECPAD) 2020
Invited speaker in Advanced Technology for Health and Care Services by Sunderland City Council, 2019
Invited speaker in Innovation Showcase Digital by NHS South Tyneside and Sunderland Health Group, 2018
Invited speaker in the JSPS UK/Japan Symposium on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, 2014

Awards

Best Student Paper Award in the 2020 International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP)
Best Paper Award in the 2019 International Conference on Software Knowledge Information Management and Applications (SKIMA)
Best Poster Award in the 2019 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (MIG)
Best Paper Award in the 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE)
Best Paper Award in the 2016 UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI)
Best Poster Award in the 2016 ACM SIGGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games (MIG)
IEEE CIS Outstanding Student-Paper Travel Grants (USD 800) for a co-supervised PhD Jie Li in 2016
IEEE CIS Outstanding Student-Paper Travel Grants (USD 800) for a co-supervised PhD Yao Tan in 2016
Outstanding Teaching Performance Award from the University of Worcester in 2011
Best Paper Award in the 2008 Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents
PhD Scholarship (£37,000) from the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh in 2006

External Examinar

PhD External Examinar

Kfir Aberman from Tel Aviv University in 2020
Twin Karmakharm from Sheffield University in 2017
Ziyun Cai from Sheffield Unviersity in 2017
Andreas Stiegler from the University of the West Scotland in 2017
Lu Lou from Aberystwyth University in 2015

PhD Internal Examinar

Naif Alshammari from Durham University in 2021

Master Degree External Examinar

Michael Gillon from the University of Edinburgh in 2014

Last update: 20 January 2021