OmniPerception Limited exists to meet customer requirements in the fields of computer vision, facial biometrics and video analysis.
OmniPerception Limited exists to meet customer requirements in the fields of computer vision, facial biometrics and video analysis.
Professor Kittler heads the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing at the School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey. He received his BA, PhD and DSc degrees from the University of Cambridge in 1971, 1974 and 1991 respectively. During his career he held a number of personal research fellowships, including the IBM Research Fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1978-80. He conducts research in the subject area of Machine Intelligence, with a focus on Biometrics, and Video and Image Database Retrieval. He published a Prentice Hall textbook on Pattern Recognition: A Statistical Approach and several edited volumes, as well as more than 500 scientific papers. He received many awards and prizes including the IEE Achievements Medal in 2002, the Bolzano Medal for Merit in the Mathematical Sciences from the Czech Academy of Sciences in 2003, and the KS Fu Prize 2006 from the International Association for Pattern Recognition. Prof Kittler serves on the Editorial Board of several scientific journals in Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision. He was appointed Series Editor of Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science in 2004. He served as President of the International Association for Pattern Recognition 1994-1996.
Professor Kittler consulted for many companies including BT, BP, Mars and Qinetiq.
He is one of the founders of OmniPerception Ltd. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2001-2005. After a major VC investment in 2005 he assumed the role of Chairman of the OmniPerception Advisory Group.
Sir John served for 41 years in the Royal Air Force starting as a fast-jet pilot and later commanding a number of major flying units including the RAF’s two largest operational bases and the Central Tactics and Trials Organisation. He brought the Jaguar aircraft into service and commanded the initial training and operational units. At this time he had three of his inventions flying on RAF operational aircraft. After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies he was appointed Director of Forward Policy in the MoD from where he progressed to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Strike Command. Following a tour as Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations and Intelligence), Allied Air Forces, Central Europe in Germany he completed his service with six years in Intelligence, retiring in 1995 as Chief of Defence Intelligence and Deputy Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
A published author and media commentator he has been a volunteer with the Samaritans and since entering commerce is now Chairman of the Inkerman Group and of Structural Monitoring Systems plc and Deputy Chairman of Countermine plc.
Dr. Forrest holds degrees from Cambridge University and Oxford University. After a period at Stanford University, California, he became Professor of Electronic Engineering at UCL, building up an international research group in microwave and optical technologies. In 1984 he joined Marconi Defence Systems as Technical Director and later moved on to become Director of Engineering at the Independent Broadcasting Authority. In 1990, he led the privatisation to create the communications company NTL, of which he was Chief Executive and later Deputy Chairman.
In 1996 he became a non-executive director of the international venture capital company, 3i plc, and served until 2004 on the board and associated committees. He has held appointments as chairman or director of companies in the technology and financial services sectors and has taken a number through IPO on AIM and NASDAQ. In 2006 he was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Surrey.
He has worked extensively on government and public committees, for 5 years being the founder Chairman of the UK Government Spectrum Management Advisory Board. He is a long-standing Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Academy's publication "Ingenia" from 1998 to 2004. He has published many papers on microwave engineering and interdisciplinary aspects of technology and holds Honorary Doctorates in Science and in Engineering from two UK universities. He was awarded the CBE in H.M. the Queen's Jubilee Honours in 2002 and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.