Professor Nigel Allinson
Professor of Vision and Information Engineering
email : n.allinson@sheffield.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0) 114 222 5412
Current Position
Appointed in May 2004 to head the Vision and Information Engineering Research Group within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering - an existing group with wide-ranging interests including digital signal processing, coding and encryption, VLSI design and novel packaging.
Personal research activities are focussed on image and data engineering - in particular novel imaging devices and systems for scientific applications, image and video compression, pattern recognition and data visualisation. Details of current and recent projects are provided below.
Previous Academic Positions
- Professor of Image Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMIST, Manchester (1995 – 2004). Founded the Vision and Information Processing Group.
- Reader, Department of Electronics, University of York (1983 – 1995). Founded the Image Engineering Laboratory.
- Lecturer in Electronics, Department of Physics, University of Keele (1978 - 1983)
Qualifications
M.Sc. (Cantab) 'Alkali Antimonide Photocathodes'
B.Eng. (Bradford) 'Electrical and Electronic Engineering'
HNC (Leeds Polytechnic) 'Applied Physics'
Professional Society Memberships
Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Member of Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Member of International Neural Network Society
Chartered Engineer
Selected Professional Activities
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble
- External board member of the CCLRC Centre for Instrumentation
- International panel member for the Hong Kong University Grants Committee Research Assessment Exercise
- Judge for The Royal Television Society Awards (Technical Innovation)
- Member of management committee of the International Research Centre 'Al-Khwarizmi', Uzbekistan
- Member of EPSRC College, and panel member and chair
- Editor of the International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education
- Visiting Senior Research Fellow. Department of Electronic Engineering, City University, Hong Kong
- Management of the assessment process for IEE Premium prizes.
- External examiner for electronic engineering undergraduate programmes, University of Kent, Brunel University, University of Bath, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge and University of Mauritius
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University of Mauritius: External examiner accommodation!
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Spin-off Companies
Video and Image Coding Specialists (VICS) Ltd - founded September 2000, to exploit low-bit rate video coding and streaming for Internet and mobile cellular networks. Non-exec founding director, previously Chairman
www.videocoding.com
Dmist Technologies Ltd - founded March 2002, to exploit novel technology, initiated by UMIST colleague, Dr John Oakley, for the real-time enhancement of video obtained in adverse weather conditions (haze, mist, fog, etc.). Founding joint director and currently Chairman
www.dmist.com
Paraytec Ltd - founded April 2005, to develop novel miniature analytic instruments in association with the University of York (Prof David Goodall). Non-exec founding director
www.paraytec.com
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