Andrew Zisserman
Encyclopedia
Andrew Zisserman is a British
computer scientist
and a professor
at the University of Oxford
, and a world-renowned researcher in computer vision
. He is the only person to have been awarded the Marr Prize
three times.
United Kingdom
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computer scientist
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
and a professor
Professor
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at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and a world-renowned researcher in computer vision
Computer vision
Computer vision is a field that includes methods for acquiring, processing, analysing, and understanding images and, in general, high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical or symbolic information, e.g., in the forms of decisions...
. He is the only person to have been awarded the Marr Prize
Marr Prize
The Marr Prize is a prestigious award in computer vision given by the committee of the International Conference on Computer Vision. Named after David Marr, the Marr Prize is considered one of the top honors for a computer vision researcher....
three times.
Publications
Prof. Zisserman has published several articles, some of the most highly cited works in the field, and has edited a series of books. A selection:- 1987. Visual reconstruction. With Andrew Blake.
- 1992. Geometric invariance in computer vision. Edited with Joseph Mundy.
- 1994. Applications of invariance in computer vision : second joint European-US workshop, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, October 9–14, 1993 : proceedings. With Joseph L. Mundy and David Forsyth (eds).
- 1996. ECCV '96 International Workshop (1996 : Cambridge, England) Object representation in computer vision II : ECCV '96 International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, April 13–14, 1996 : proceedings. With Jean Ponce, and Martial Hebert (eds.).
- 1999. International Workshop on Vision Algorithms (1999 : Corfu, Greece) Vision algorithms : theory and practice : International Workshop on Vision Algorithms, Corfu, Greece, September 21–22, 1999 : proceedings. With Bill Triggs and Richard Szeliski (eds.).
- 2000. Multiple view geometry in computer vision. With Richard Hartley. Second edition 2009.
- 2008. Computer vision - ECCV 2008 : 10th European conference on computer vision, Marseille, France, October 12–18, 2008, proceedings, part I. Edited with David Forsyth and Philip Torr.
External links
- Andrew Zisserman Home Page at University of Oxford
- Andrew Zisserman at videolectures.net