Stephen Hurley is a lecturer in computer science at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. He has previously worked for the Numerical Algorithms Group in Oxford and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. His research intersets include designing algorithms for distributed memory multicomputers, applying genetic algorithms, tabu search, simulated annealing and fuzzy logic to computationally hard problems and developing educational courseware for parallel computing. He received a B.Sc in mathematics from the University of Glamorgan and an M.Sc in applied mathematics from the University of Reading.
Dave Marshall is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Computing Mathematics at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. He current teaching interests include Computer Vision, Image Processing, C Programming, X Windows and Computer Graphics. In support of his lecture courses he has developed novel teaching packages primarily based on http hypertext systems.
Several of such packages can be viewed on the World Wide Web at URL: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk:/Teaching/ and have received much interest on the WWW recently.
He has research experience in the field of computer vision, particularly in the field of automatic inspection. He has gained this experience whilst working on his Ph.D. in collaboration with British Aerospace's Sowerby Research Centre. This project developed a prototype automatic geometric inspection system and has since spawned many other research projects including further internally funded and European ESPRIT funded projects. More recently, he has been engaged in research on data/sensor fusion technique for three-dimensional vision.
He has published several Intenational Journal and Conference papers on this subject and has also written a book on the subject.
Simon McIntosh-Smith is currently at Inmos in Bristol, UK. He received a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Wales College of Cardiff, and is completing a PhD in programming tools for parallel computing environments. He is currently working on the development of a multi-media oriented processor at Inmos. His research interests include parallel computing, distributed multi-media, and the development of fast graphics and audio algorithms.
Nelson Stephens is senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. He has previously worked at the University of East Anglia and Pembroke College in Oxford University. His research interests include solving computationally hard problems, algorithm design using genetic algorithms and tabu search, and cryptography. He received a B.Sc and PhD in mathematics from the University of Manchester.