Professional Activities
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Conference & Journal Services
- Conference Chair of Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications 2022
- Conference Chair of ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2022 Watch on Youtube
- International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Guest Editor, Special Issue on Machine Vision and Deep Learning, 2020
- Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), Associate Editor, 2019 - 2023
- Conference Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games 2019 Watch on Youtube
- Program Chair of the British Machine Vision Conference 2018 Watch on Youtube
- Program Chair of the International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications 2018
- Program Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games 2016
- Co-Organiser of IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision Workshop on Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interaction 2025
- Demo and Poster Chair of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2018
- Area Chair of the British Machine Vision Conference 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020
- Conference Program Committee of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Eurographics, IEEE Virtual Reality, Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation, ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games
- Technical Reviewer of the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, European Conference on Computer Vision, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision
- Local Chair of the EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing 2018
- Local Chair of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2014
- IET Computer Vision, Associate Editor, 2024 - Present
- Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (CAVW), Associate Editor, 2017 - 2023
- 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 Services
- Expert Panel for FWO Strategic Basic Research Fellowships, 2026
- Expert Panel for EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Open Fellowships, 2025.
- Expert Panel for EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Open Plus Fellowships, 2025.
- Expert Panel for FWO Strategic Basic Research Fellowships, 2025
- Full Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, since 2021
- Associate Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College 2018 - 2021
- Grant Proposal Reviewer for EPSRC, Leverhulme Trust, Mitacs, Luxembourg National Research Fund, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, French National Research Agency (ANR), Dutch Technology Foundation STW, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), University Grants Committee
Advisory Board
- TORUS, Advisory Board Member, since 2024
- Centre for Visual Arts and Culture, Steering Group Member, since 2022
Media Coverage
- News and Events from Durham University, Convocation: Panel Discussion and Annual Review, 2026
- Inaugural lecture at Durham University, 2025
- Interviewed by Durham's 100 Faces of Science on AI for space research, 2024.
- Interviewed by the UK Catapult Network on how AI and computer vision enhance security, 2023
Keynotes & Invited Speakers
- Keynote speaker at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation 2026 Workshop on Pedestrian Behaviour Prediction
- Invited panel speaker at Durham Unviersity Annual Convocation, 2026
- Keynote speaker at the International Conference on Security, Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence 2025
- Invited panel speaker at the AI Knowledge Transfer Roundtable organised by Insights North East, 2025
- Invited speaker at the Healthcare AI Round Table, 2024
- Keynote speaker at the Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition 2020
- Invited speaker at Advanced Technology for Health and Care Services by Sunderland City Council, 2019
- Invited speaker at 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
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub AI and Robotics Research Best Paper Award Finalist - Interaction-Aware Decision-Making for Automated Vehicles using Social Value Orientation, 2025
- Durham University Computer Science Deparment Best PhD Thesis Prize for the co-supervised PhD Li Li's PhD thesis, 2025
- Best Paper Award in the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition DCAMI Workshop, 2024
- The Sullivan Doctoral Thesis Prize runner-up for the co-supervised PhD Li Li's PhD thesis, 2024
- Exceptional Achievement for Excellence in PhD Supervision by Durham University in 2023
- Exceptional Achievement for Excellence in Teaching by Durham University in 2022
- Best Paper Award in the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, 2021
- Best Student Paper Award in the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP), 2020
- Best Paper Award in the International Conference on Software Knowledge Information Management and Applications (SKIMA), 2019
- Best Poster Award in the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (MIG), 2019
- Best Paper Award in the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE), 2017
- Best Paper Award in the UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI), 2016
- Best Poster Award in the ACM SIGGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games (MIG), 2016
- Best Paper Award Runner Up in the Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents, 2008
- IEEE CIS Outstanding Student-Paper Travel Grants for the co-supervised PhD Jie Li in 2016
- IEEE CIS Outstanding Student-Paper Travel Grants for the co-supervised PhD Yao Tan in 2016
- Outstanding Teaching Performance Award from the University of Worcester in 2011
- Full PhD Scholarship from the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh in 2006
