Rami Qahwaji is a Reader in Visual Computing at the School of Computing, Informatics and Media at Bradford University (UK). Dr. Qahwaji received a first class BSc honours degree in Electrical
Engineering, followed by an MSc in Control and Computer Engineering, and a PhD in Computer Vision Systems in 2002 from the University of Bradford. He is the principal investigator 2 major EPSRC
grants (EP/F022948/1) and (GR/T17588/01) and also involved in 2 small EPSRC grants. He has done
consultancy work for Hines Engineering Ltd, which was funded by Yorkshire Forward. He is also
involved in research activities funded by the EU COST action ES0803, where he is the work package
(WP) manager for WP142, and by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) (Bern, Switzerland).
He has around 85 refereed publications including 2 edited books, 8 book chapters and 25 journal papers.
In addition, he has around 32 invited talks and conference presentations and 11 PhD completions. He
is Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a member of various professional organisations, and has refereed
research proposals for different national and international grant awarding bodies. He is also a reviewer
for several international journals and conferences and he is the conference Co-Chair for the International
Conference on Cyberworlds 2009 (UK) and also (CSAA09) (Egypt).
Roger Green received a BSc in Electronics from UMIST, Manchester University, and a PhD in Video
Communications from Bradford University, and then a DSc in Photonic Communications, Systems
and Devices from the University of Warwick. His research interests are very wide, including photonic
systems, communications, signal processing, and optoelectronics. He is a Fellow of the IET, a Fellow of
the Institute of Physics, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He currently holds the Chair in Electronic
Communication Systems at the University of Warwick, and is a member of the EPSRC College.
Evor L. Hines joined the School of Engineering at Warwick in 1984. He was promoted to Reader in 2005 and to a personal chair in 2009. He obtained his DSc (Warwick) in 2007 and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Higher Education Academy, in addition to being a Chartered Engineer. His main research interest is concerned with intelligent systems and their applications. Most of the work has focused on artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, neurofuzzy systems and genetic programming. Typical application areas include, inter alia, intelligent sensors such as the electronic nose, medicine, non-destructive testing, computer vision, and telecommunications. He has co-authored in excess of 230 articles and supervised over 30 research students in addition to currently leading the Information and Communication Technologies Research Group in the School of Engineering.