Scholar
Robert B Fisher
Google Scholar ID: LigYduEAAAAJ
Professor of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,515
H-index
35
i10-index
95
Publications
20
Co-authors
112
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published numerous papers, see Publication List or Google Scholar page for details. Has supervised many PhD students to completion.
Research Experience
- Has been researching 3D scene understanding since 1982 and has served as the principal investigator on several projects including euCognition: European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, DERMOFIT: A cognitive prosthesis to aid focal skin lesion diagnosis (funded by Wellcome Foundation), ChiRoPing: Dynamic shape capture of bats using a high-speed 3D range sensor, Fish4Knowledge: Investigating knowledge extraction from very large datasets (of fish), TrimBot2020: Exploring robotics and computer vision for gardening robots, and Advanced Care Research Centre: Focusing on improving care for ageing adults.
Education
- Received a BS in Mathematics from California Institute of Technology (1974), an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University (1978), and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh (1987) in the field of computer vision.
Background
- Research interests include 3D scene understanding, model-based object recognition, range image analysis, and parallel vision algorithms. Currently a professor at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, since 1984.
Miscellany
- Provides access to popular image analysis datasets/databases such as BEHAVE, CAVIAR, etc.
