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University of Sussex
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The
Centre for VLSI and Computer Graphics is located within the School
of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Sussex.
Research in the Centre is focused on the design and development
of high performance computer graphics rendering, visualisation,
virtual reality, and virtual environments. |
The
Centre has been a successful participant in many ESPRIT projects - Spirit,
Spectre, Smile, Monograph and GraphMem - involving the design of VLSI
devices (ASICs and FPGAs), software algorithms and systems applicable
to virtual reality and virtual environments. The Centre is expert in the
use of Visual Basic, C/C++ and Java used to develop new algorithms and
architectures for computer graphics including photo-realistic rendering
for image synthesis. The Centre researches into multimedia, virtual reality
and the generation of virtual environments using knowledge-based systems.
Professor
Paul Lister, Dr Martin White and Philip Watten, full-time faculty members
in the School of Engineering and Information Technology, will represent
the University of Sussex. Contract research and support staff as appropriate
will perform detailed technical work.
Professor
Paul Lister
Paul
Lister is a Professor of Electronics and Director of the Centre for VLSI
and Computer Graphics in the School of Engineering and Information Technology,
University of Sussex. Paul Lister has an MSc in Electrical & Electronic
Engineering (Aston 1972) and a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
(Aston 1975). He has authored or co-authored over 146 publications including
a textbook on microprocessors. Paul Lister has led, as Project Manager
for Sussex, nine ESPRIT projects. He acted as Project Coordinator for
the MONOGRAPH project. He is also acted as an ESPRIT reviewer in Framework
IV.
Dr.
Martin White
Martin
White is a Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering and senior manager
in the Centre for VLSI and Computer Graphics. He has held several posts
within the Centre on EU Esprit projects: MONOGRAPH as a Research Fellow,
SPECTRE as a Research Fellow, and SPIRIT as a Research Officer. Previously
he worked in the UK defence industry: the Royal Navy and Aeronautical
and General Instruments, and the Telecommunications industry with Landys
and Gyr. Martin has a PhD in Three Dimensional Computer Graphics Rendering
and a BSc (Hons) in Computer Systems Engineering both from the University
of Sussex. He has authored or co-authored 70 publications including conference
papers, journals and invited papers in computer graphics. His current
research interests include use of virtual and augmented reality in cultural
heritage applications.
Philip
Watten
Philip
Watten is the Media Technology Manager in the School of Engineering and
Information Technology and a Research Fellow in the Centre for VLSI and
Computer Graphics. He is currently writing up his research results for
his PhD. He has worked as a research officer on the GraphMem ESPRIT project,
during which time he has authored or co-authored 11 papers concerning
computer graphics. He currently manages the Media Technology Laboratory,
a new £300K+ investment by the University in multimedia teaching,
learning and research. His research interests lie in video, multimedia
and computer graphics.
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