Hubert Shum, Hubert PH Shum, Hubert P H Shum, H P H Shum, P H Shum, PH Shum, H P Shum

Prof. Hubert P. H. Shum


SMIEEE, FHEA, PhD, MSc, BEng

Professor of Visual Computing, Durham University
Director of Research of the Department of Computer Science
Co-Director of Durham University Space Research Centre

Research Interests:
Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering

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Biography

Prof. Hubert P. H. Shum is a Professor of Visual Computing and the Director of Research of the Department of Computer Science at Durham University, specialising in modelling spatio-temporal information with responsible AI. He has authored over 180 research publications in the fields of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning and Biomedical Engineering, covering major venues such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, SIGGRAPH, MICCAI, IEEE TVCG, IEEE TIP and IEEE TMM.

His research is fundamental to many disciplines, facilitating him to engage in multidisciplinary research related to healthcare, space technology and art. He is a Co-Founder and the Co-Director of Durham University Space Research Centre, a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, and a Steering Group Member of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture. He is an Advisory Board member of TORUS, a £6 mil EPSRC project supporting Parkinson's disease patients with sensing technologies.

To develop his team, he has led research projects as the Principal Investigator awarded by EPSRC, the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Society and Innovate UK. He has also been a Co-Investigator in NortHFutures, a £4.17 mil EPSRC project to establish a new digital health hub in North East England. These have facilitated him to have supervised more than 30 PhDs, recruited multiple Post-doctoral Researchers, and collaborated with international researchers from the UK, France, China, Japan and India.

To engage the academic and industrial networks, he has chaired international conferences such as Pacific Graphics, BMVC, ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics SCA and ACM SIGGRAPH MIG. Contributing to the research community, he has served as an Associate Editor for the Computer Graphics Forum, a Guest Editor for the International Journal of Computer Vision, and a Program Committee member in over 20 conferences such as Eurographics and Pacific Graphics. He also has also served in the EPSRC Peer Review College and has frequently review grant proposals from EPSRC, Mitacs, ANR, NSERC, FCT.


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Durham University

Durham University is a top British university ranked top-100 in the world and the 6th in the UK. As a member of the elite Russell Group, Durham University focuses on research excellence delivered by world-class academics. It is the third oldest university in England, following Oxford and Cambridge, with the campus's Cathedral and Castle being a UNESCO world heritage. It is located at Durham in North East England, one of the safest cities in the UK with an affordable living cost.

The Department of Computer Science is ranked the 7th in the UK, evidencing its achievements in research and education. It is supported by major investments in staff recruitment and academic infrastructure. 97% of its research outputs are considered as “world-leading” and “internationally excellent” by the UK Research Excellence Framework.


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I became the external examiner of Matthew Kent Myers, a PhD at Newcastle University.
Oct-24
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Our two ECCV papers, RAPiD-Seg and MAGR, are selected for oral presentation.
Aug-24
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I became the external examiner of Nefeli Andreou, a PhD at the University of Cyprus.
Jul-24
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Our CVPR DCAMI Workshop paper has received the Best Paper Award.
Apr-24
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I became an Area Chair in BMVC 2024.
Apr-24
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I became an Associate Editor of IET Computer Vision.
Apr-24
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I was invited to review a proposal from Mitacs Accelerate.
Apr-24
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I became an Advisory Board member of TORUS, a 6 mil EPSRC project led by the University of Bristol.
Mar-24
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I am recruiting an Associate/Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence for Space-Enabled Technologies for Durham University Space Research Centre.
Feb-24
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I became a technical reviewer in ECCV 2024.
Feb-24
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I became a member of Program Committee in IJCAI 2024.
Feb-24
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I was invited to review a fellowship proposal and a standard proposal from EPSRC.
Jan-24
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I have co-founded Durham University Space Research Centre, a multidisciplinary research centre that is worth 2.76 mil of Durham University's investment.
Dec-23
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I was invited to be the external examiner of the PhD Amirhossein Dadashzadeh at the University of Bristol.
Dec-23
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I became a member of Program Committee in EG 2024.
Nov-23
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I was interviewed by the UK Catapult Network on how AI and computer vision enhance security.
Oct-23
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I gave a seminar in INRIA, France, on geometry-informed visual understanding.
Oct-23
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I was invited to be the external examiner of the PhD Qian Li at the University of Rennes.
Oct-23
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I received a Certificate on Exceptional Achievement for Excellence in PhD supervision by Durham University.
Sep-23
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Dr Juan Zhang, an Associate Professor at Shaanxi Normal University, has joined our team as a Visiting Academic.
Sep-23
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Grant proposal success for the 4.17 mil Northern Health Futures (NortHFutures), an EPSRC Digital Health Hub pilot, as a co-investigator.
Jun-23
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I was invited to review an EPSRC fellowship proposal.
Jun-23
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Dr Thomas Winterbottom has joined our team as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow.
May-23
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Last updated on 24 October 2024
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