Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Research Group, York
Our research spans a wide range of topics from theoretical aspects of pattern recognition to the practical application of computer vision. Read more about our research interests here.
Prizes
Conferences hosted
- BMVC 2016
- CAIP 2013
- 2nd International Workshop on Similarity Based Pattern Recognition (SIMBAD) 2013
- Mathematics of Surfaces 2009
- EMMCVPR 1999
- GbR 2003
- BMVC 1994
Previous Grant Funding
- 1990 £158,000 from DTI-SERC for Vision by Associative Reasoning
- 1992 £145,000 from EPSRC for “A Unified Bayesian Framework
- 1992 £136,000 from Defence Research Agency for “Relaxation Algorithms for SAR…”
- 1992 £9500 from DRA for CASE Studentship for Richard Wilson
- 1993 £5429 from Innovation and Research Priming Fund
- 1994 £105,000 from EPSRC for “Automatic Fish Ageing”
- 1994 £9500 from DRA for CASE Studentship for Andrew Cross
- 1995 £6500 from Shell BV, Netherlands for CASE studentship for Nigel Sharp
- 1995 £51,000 from Defence Research Agency for “Robust Graph Matching”
- 1996 £10,000 From DRA for studentship enhancement for Simon Moss
- 1996 £5,000 From DRA for studentship enhancement for Richard Myers
- 1996 £126,000 extension from Defence Research Agency for “Robust Graph Matching”
- 1997 £34,000 from Defence Research Agency for “ Contour Extraction from Radar Images”
- 1997 £234,000 from EPSRC for “Colour and Texture Selective Indexing”
- 1998 £523,687 from HEFCE for “Joint Research Equipment Fund”
- 1998 £214,000 from EPSRC for “Terrain Analysis using Radar Imagery”
- 1998 £5,000 from DERA for “Terrain analysis software”
- 1998 £33,000 from DERA for “Algorithms for radar image registration”
- 1998 £155,000 from EPSRC for “Relational Models for Recognition and Learning”
- 1999 £75,000 from DERA for “Graph Clustering”
- 2001 £215,000 from EPSRC for “Spectral Methods for Image Retrieval”
- 2002 £179,000 from EPSRC for “Surface Reconstruction from Gauss Maps”
- 2002 £100,000 from Qinetiq for “Learning Motion Behaviour”
- 2003 £185,000 from EPSRC for “Quantum Algorithms for Inexact Graph Matching”
- 2004 £1,000,000 from Wolfson Foundation for “York Brain Imaging Centre”
- 2005 £15,000 from EU for “Molecular Structure Matching”
- 2008 £280,000 from EU (FET) for “SIMBAD - Similarity Based Pattern Recognition”
- 2009 £75,000 from Royal Society for “Imaging Studies of Brain Structure and Brain Function”
- 2009 £10,000 from EU PASCAL2 Network of Excellence for Pattern Analysis at York
- 2011 £5,000 from Royal Society for International Scientific Meeting (Kavli)
- 2012 £2,500 from PASCAL network to film Royal Society International Scientific Meeting
- 2012 £119,000 from DSTL for Face Processing in High Volume, Low Quality Data Environments
- 2012 £6,000 from Royal Academy of Engineering for Distinguished visitting Fellowship (Horst Bunke)
- 2013 £12,000 from FAPESP (Brazil). for Evolution of Complex Networks
- 2014 £40,000 from DSTL for ”Light Field Imaging”
- 2015 £68,5000 from DSTL for ”Plenoptic Imaging
Honorary Graduates
- Prof. Narendra Ahuja, 2018
- Prof. Tieniu Tan, 2016
- Prof. Sir Michael Brady, 2015
Alumni
Staff
PhD Students
- Chao Zhang (Supervisor: Will Smith, 2014-2018)
- Frederico Limberger (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2014-2017)
- Anil Bas (Supervisor: Will Smith, 2014-2018)
- Hadi Dahlan (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2014-2018)
- JianJia Wang (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2014-2018)
- Hao Guan (Supervisor: Will Smith, 2013-2017)
- Cheng Ye (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2012-?)
- Furqan Aziz (Supervisors: Edwin Hancock/Richard Wilson, 2011-2014)
- Oswald Aldrian (Supervisor: Will Smith, 2010-2013)
- Bai Lu (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2010-2014)
- Zhihong Zhang (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2009-2013)
- Mohamad Haseeb (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2009-2013)
- Weiping Xu (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2008-2012)
- Lin Han (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2008-2012)
- Lichi Zhang (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2008-2012)
- Ankur Patel (Supervisor: Will Smith, 2008-2010)
- Rui Huang (Supervisor: Will Smith, 2008-2011)
- Lin Han (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2008-?)
- Weiping Xu (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2008-?)
- Gul e Saman (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2008-2012)
- Yang Fan (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2007-?)
- Peng Ren (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2007-2010)
- Tara Gilliam (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2007-2012)
- Simone Ceolin (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2006-2011)
- Jing Kan (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2006-2011)
- Howaida El Ghawalby (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2006-2010)
- Tom Haines (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2005-2009)
- David White (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2005-2009)
- Jing Wu (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2005-2009)
- Bartosz Ziolko (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2005-2009)
- Fan Zhang (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2004-2008)
- David Emms (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2003-2007)
- Will Smith (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2003-2007)
- Gary Atkinson (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2003-2007)
- Hongfang Wang (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2002-2007)
- Yang Li (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2002-2007)
- Xiao Bai (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2002–2006)
- Mario Castelan (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2002–2006)
- HuaiJun Qiu (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2002-2006)
- Alex Hughes (Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2001-2004)
- Antonio Robles Kelly (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1999-2003)
- Abdullah Al Shaher (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1999-2004)
- Hossein Ragheb (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1998-2003)
- Andrea Torsello (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1998-2003)
- Niklas Ludtke (Supervisors: Edwin Hancock/Richard Wilson, 1998-2002)
- Marco Carcassoni (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1998-2002)
- Bin Luo (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1997-2000)
- Eraldo Ribeiro (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1996-1999)
- Philip Worthington (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1996-1999)
- Simon Hickinbotham (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1995-1998)
- Simon Moss (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1995-1998)
- Richard Myers (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1995-1998)
- Kwang Nam Choi (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1995-1998)
- Benoit Huet (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1995-1998)
- Andrew Cross (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1994-1997)
- Richard Wilson (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1992-1995)
- Jose Leite (Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 1991-1995)
Masters research students
- Abhishek Dutta (MSc by research, Supervisor: Will Smith, 2009-2010)
- Touqeer Ahmad (MSc by research, Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2009-2010)
- Nitya Subramanian (MSc by research, Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2009-2010)
- Normawati Rahman (MPhil, Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2007-2012)
- Matt Dickens (MSc by research, Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2006-2008)
- Ping Zhu (MSc by research, Supervisor: Richard Wilson, 2004-2005)
- Ming Li (MSc by research, Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2003-2005)
- Hang Yu (MPhil, Supervisor: Edwin Hancock, 2003–2006)
Postdocs
- Supannee Tanathong (2014-2018)
- Arnaud Dessein (2013-2014)
- Roberto Fraile
- Antonio Robles-Kelly
- Simone Severini
- Bin Luo
- Marco Carcassoni
- Benoit Huet
- Andrew Cross
- Richard Wilson
- Andrew Finch
- Mick Turner
- Adrian Evans
- Wing Hung Lau