Education
He gained a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Reading and a Doctor of Philosophy in Image Processing in the department of Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Essex.
He gained a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Reading and a Doctor of Philosophy in Image Processing in the department of Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Essex.
While Arts Computing Lecturer at Birkbeck College London (1987-1996) he pioneered the digital imaging of paintings together with The National Gallery, London in the European project VASARI (1980s). This led to a continuous development of art imaging projects to print accurate art books (Machine-Readable Cataloging project), view high detail images on the web (Viseum project ) and find art images online (Artiste, SCULPTEUR and eCHASE). He has published this research in books on image processing and computer architecture as well as Transactions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers on content-based image retrieval He was an advisor on the imaging and image processing required for the Archimedes Palimpsest.
He is one of the founders of the Electronics and the Visual Arts: EVA Conferences
This now used widely worldwide and available in most Linux distributions as well as for Microsoft Windows.
lieutenant is particularly known for mosaicing, colour and parallel processing/performance. He is quite popular as a lecturer at Southampton, revered for his witty and quirky style of delivery.
His current research is on Environmental Sensor Networks which are wireless sensor networks for studying/monitoring the environment, particularly in relation to glaciers and climate change (Glacsweb project). This research featured on British Broadcasting Corporation technology news and the British Broadcasting Corporation"s News, his work to move the technology to landslide detection was also on British Broadcasting Corporation news.