Assoc. Prof. Akbar Sheikh-Akbari
Leeds Beckett University, UK

Biography: Akbar Sheikh-Akbari received the B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. (Hons.), and Ph.D. degrees in electronic and electrical engineering. He is currently an Associate Professor (Reader) with the School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing, Leeds Beckett University. After completing his Ph.D. at Strathclyde University, he joined Bristol University to work on an EPSRC project in stereo/multi-view video processing. He continued his career in the industry, working on real-time embedded video analytics systems. His main research interests include biometric identification techniques, color constancy techniques, image source camera identification, hyperspectral image processing, standard and non-standard image/video codecs, e.g., H.264 and HEVC, multiview image/video processing, image resolution enhancement methods, assisted living technologies, compressive sensing, camera tracking using retro-reflective materials, and signal processing.