Join Our Research Team
I welcome enquiries from UK and international applicants whose research interests align with my work and who are interested in PhD, MPhil or MSc by Research study at Swansea University. Enquiries about distance-learning PhD study are also welcome.
I have supervised multiple PhD students to completion and regularly work with research interns, visiting researchers and collaborators. My research has appeared in leading international conferences and journals, including CVPR, ICCV, AAAI, IJCV, IEEE TVCG, IEEE TPAMI and ACM Transactions on Graphics.
I am particularly interested in working with motivated applicants who want to conduct rigorous research, explore new ideas and work towards high-quality publications.
Applicants may support their studies through self-funding, external scholarships or employer sponsorship. I am happy to discuss suitable external funding applications with candidates whose research interests closely align with mine. I do not currently have funded PhD, MPhil or MSc by Research positions available.
I also welcome enquiries from visiting researchers and research interns. Please include your proposed research interests, dates and funding arrangements when contacting me.
Research Interests
My research interests include:
Computer Vision
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Visual Computing
Human Attention and Eye Tracking
3D Reconstruction and Point Cloud Processing
Multimodal Learning
Visual Analytics
AI for Language Assessment
AI for Healthcare
Current Research Topics
Recent and ongoing research spans the following areas:
Computer Vision and Human Attention
Video mirror and glass detection, including motion and depth cues
Salient object detection and salient instance ranking
Human attention modelling, eye tracking and visual perception
3D Vision and Point Cloud Processing
Large-scale urban 3D reconstruction
Dynamic point cloud and LiDAR compression
Relevance-guided and region-adaptive point cloud compression
Robust point cloud completion and denoising
Point cloud saliency and 3D shape analysis
Multimodal Learning and Facial Dynamics
Welsh fluency assessment using audio and 3D lip movements
Talking face generation with lip and identity priors
Facial dynamics and temporal analysis
AI for Healthcare
Chronic kidney disease classification using longitudinal clinical data
Learning from clinical rules and expert annotations
Breast cancer metastasis detection in whole-slide pathology images
Visual Analytics and Applied Machine Learning
Visual analytics and human-in-the-loop learning
Pretraining methods for industrial spatial data
Financial forecasting using economic indicators and tokenisation
For related publications and project details, please see my Research page.
Previous Research and Internship Activities
I have secured small grants and internal funding to support short-term research projects and student internships. Previous student research, internship and collaborative activities in the group have included:
EPSRC Vacation Internships
Google DeepMind Research Ready Programme
Swansea Employability Fund Projects
EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Projects
Visiting Researcher Placements
These are examples of previous activities, not currently advertised vacancies. Funding for these activities supported specific short-term projects and is separate from funding for research degrees.
External Funding Opportunities
I welcome enquiries from applicants who already hold external funding or employer sponsorship, as well as those seeking a supervisor’s support for an external funding application.
Funding routes that applicants may wish to explore include:
UK Research Council-funded PhD studentships and projects
China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarships
Commonwealth Scholarships
Employer-sponsored research degree study
Other external scholarships and sponsorship schemes
These examples do not indicate that funded positions are currently available through me. Availability, eligibility and application procedures depend on the individual scheme.
If you would like to discuss a potential funding application, please include details of the scheme, its requirements and application deadline alongside the documents listed under Research Degree Enquiries. Your proposed research should closely align with my interests.
I am happy to discuss suitable applications where supervisory support is required. Support will depend on research fit, eligibility, the scheme’s requirements and the time available before the deadline. It does not guarantee admission or funding.
Research Degree Enquiries
Informal enquiries are welcome from applicants whose interests align with the research topics above. Please email me with:
Your CV.
Your degree transcripts.
A brief description of your research interests and how they relate to my work.
Your intended degree: PhD, MPhil or MSc by Research.
Your proposed study mode and start date, including whether you are interested in distance-learning PhD study.
Details of your funding arrangements or intended funding route. If you plan to apply for external funding, please include the scheme name, application requirements and deadline.
Before starting their studies, applicants will need financial arrangements covering tuition fees and living costs for the full programme.
Any future funded research degree positions available through me will be advertised separately on this page.
Visiting Researchers and Research Interns
I welcome enquiries about research visits and internships from candidates whose interests align with my research.
Please email me with:
Your CV and current institution or affiliation.
A brief description of your research interests or proposed project.
Your proposed dates and duration.
Details of your funding arrangements or proposed funding application.
The previous activities listed above do not indicate that funding for new internships or research visits is currently available.
Further Information
For programme details, entry requirements and information about study options, please see:
PhD, PhD Distance Learning, MPhil and MSc by Research in Computer Science at Swansea University