Nick Pears
Professor

Interests

I'm a member of the Vision, Graphics and Learning research group. Current interests include 3D face/head shape modelling and analysis; safe and explainable computer vision for self-driving vehicles; computer vision for robot manipulators; medical image classification. My web home page is at: https://www-users.york.ac.uk/~np7/

Qualifications

BSc (Dunelm) Engineering, PhD (Dunelm) Robotics

Career

Post Doctoral RA (Robotics), University of Oxford (1990-1994). Fellow in Engineering, Girton College, University of Cambridge (1994-1998). Lecturer, University of York (1998-2009). Senior Lecturer, University of York (2009-2020). Reader, University of York (2020-22). Professor, University of York (2022-).

Departmental and University Roles

• Undergraduate prospectus editor
• Member of Departmental Management Committee
• Member of CS-EE JAPG
• Admissions Tutor for Undergraduate Degree Programmes
• Ombudsman for the Computing Infrastructure
• Deputy Director of Admissions (UG Admissions)