UKIVA research membership strengthened
The Visual Systems Laboratory at The University of York, has become the latest Academic member of the UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA).
Part of the Intelligent Systems Research Group within the Department of Electronics, the laboratory concentrates on the development of adaptive algorithms for robust video processing. These are applied to video augmented environments and video content analysis. Specific research projects currently include, face image processing, image and video coding, motion-picture parsing and video-augmented technology.
Don Braggins, Director, UKIVA, said: "We are always delighted to welcome new research members, and Professor John Robinson, who is head of the Electronics Department, is well known to the UKIVA. John chairs the committee of the Institute of Engineering and Technology's Vision and Imaging Technical and Professional Network, on which both I and Mark Williamson, Chairman of the UKIVA, sit. John also promoted computer vision (and engineering more generally) to the public recently, when he had an hour on the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as part of artist Anthony Gormley's 'One & Other' project."
"The UKIVA has always taken a keen interest in promoting cooperation between academia and industry to ensure that graduates in vision-related subjects have the skills required by industry."
Braggins says that this type of cooperation has been brought into sharp focus by the Confederation of British Industry in a recently published report. The report states: 'With the UK's higher education system facing tough choices posed by recession and competition from abroad, business must do even more than it does to work with universities and the government to help maintain the UK's international competitiveness'.
Contact:
Jennie Harris
UK Industrial Vision Association
PO Box 25, Royston
Hertfordshire SG8 3TQ
UK
Phone: +44-1763-261419
Fax: +44-1763-261961
Email: jennie@ukiva.org
Web: http://www.ukiva.org
Part of the Intelligent Systems Research Group within the Department of Electronics, the laboratory concentrates on the development of adaptive algorithms for robust video processing. These are applied to video augmented environments and video content analysis. Specific research projects currently include, face image processing, image and video coding, motion-picture parsing and video-augmented technology.
Don Braggins, Director, UKIVA, said: "We are always delighted to welcome new research members, and Professor John Robinson, who is head of the Electronics Department, is well known to the UKIVA. John chairs the committee of the Institute of Engineering and Technology's Vision and Imaging Technical and Professional Network, on which both I and Mark Williamson, Chairman of the UKIVA, sit. John also promoted computer vision (and engineering more generally) to the public recently, when he had an hour on the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as part of artist Anthony Gormley's 'One & Other' project."
"The UKIVA has always taken a keen interest in promoting cooperation between academia and industry to ensure that graduates in vision-related subjects have the skills required by industry."
Braggins says that this type of cooperation has been brought into sharp focus by the Confederation of British Industry in a recently published report. The report states: 'With the UK's higher education system facing tough choices posed by recession and competition from abroad, business must do even more than it does to work with universities and the government to help maintain the UK's international competitiveness'.
Contact:
Jennie Harris
UK Industrial Vision Association
PO Box 25, Royston
Hertfordshire SG8 3TQ
UK
Phone: +44-1763-261419
Fax: +44-1763-261961
Email: jennie@ukiva.org
Web: http://www.ukiva.org
