Background
I am a Lecturer in the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing at the University of Surrey, UK. I received the MEng degree (first class honours) in general engineering with specialisation in automatic control and robotics from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, in 2001, and the PhD degree in image-based object reconstruction from the University of Surrey, UK, in 2005.
I research novel techniques to advance the state-of-the-art in image/video-based reconstruction with an emphasis on 3D content production applications. More specifically, I am interested in developing more robust techniques which push the boundaries of existing algorithms by enabling reconstruction of complex dynamic scenes which have not been tailored for modelling such as outdoor scenes or scenes with non-trivial surface reflectance properties.
My PhD research focused on two essential aspects of image-based reconstruction: firstly, how to improve camera calibration accuracy and secondly, how to generalise reconstruction techniques, which are often limited to objects with simplistic surface properties, to real-life objects with arbitrary unknown surface properties. During my recent post-doctoral research, funded by the TSB/EPSRC projects i3DLive and iview, I developed a framework for joint reconstruction and segmentation of complex outdoors scenes. The focus of this work was on transferring studio based technology to natural scenes such as sports scenes.
I have contributed to programme committees of major conferences in the field of computer vision such as ICCV, CVPR, BMVC, 3DIM and 3DIMPVT. I am a member of the IEEE.