Centre for Vision, Speech & Signal Processing (CVSSP)
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Paul Koppen
University of Surrey
+44 1483 686033
+44 1483 686031 (fax) p . koppen @ surrey . ac . uk
+44 1483 686031 (fax) p . koppen @ surrey . ac . uk
About me
I swim, snowboard, sail, play tennis and drums, and do a bit of kitesurfing too. I have a lovely fiancée with our baby in her belly. We recently moved to London, to an appartment with an even better view than we used to have in Amsterdam. Now hopefully the lift will not be jammed too much.
Oh, and I like espresso.
Employment
I am a PhD student at CVSSP under prof. Josef Kittler and Bill Christmas. In 2009 I graduated with an MSc degree in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam, in the ISLA group. The research focused on modelling real-life video data such that it can be instantaneously searched. The interest in models for computer vision led me to the CVSSP group, where I am now working on shape similarity in 3D face models. If a machine could learn the criteria that this similarity is based upon, then it might be able to see...
...that you have the eyes of your mother. :-)
Awards / Experiences
- EPSRC PhD studentship
- First prize in Logica's Working Tomorrow Graduate Awards, 2008
- IBM Best Student Recognition Event in Zürich, 2008
- IBM Extreme Blue summer internship, 2007.