About Me
Rae Earnshaw is Professor of Electronic Imaging at the University of Bradford, UK (now Emeritus). He is a chartered engineer (CEng) and a chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP). He was Dean of the School of Informatics 1999-2007 and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Systems Development) 2004-09. He has been a Visiting Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. He was a Director of the NATO Advanced Study Institutes on computer graphics and CAD in the UK in 1985 and in Italy in 1987. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, CGS, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He has been an expert Adviser to the European Commission, a Reviewer of Framework Proposals and an Evaluator of Long term Research Projects.
Prof. Earnshaw has authored and edited 43 books on computer graphics, visualisation, multimedia, design and virtual reality, and published over 200 papers in these areas. He is a member of the Advisory Board of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, former co-editor of Virtual Reality: Research, Development and Applications, former Vice-President of the Computer Graphics Society, and former UK representative to IFIP TC5. He was also a Director of Advance Visual Communications plc.
His current research interests centre on mixed reality and technology platforms for cultural and arts creative expression. This utilises the tools and techniques from virtual reality and augmented reality, supplemented by video and projection technologies, and tangible and ubiquitous sensors or interaction devices. The latter will enable the creative process to be accomplished in a more natural and intuitive manner than current interfaces allow. The objective is to develop generic platforms and tools for facilitating creative expression, accessing artistic and cultural material, and developing new forms of communication and interaction between humans and media spaces. Applications include creative work in media production, exploitation of cultural assets, new kinds of contemporary design, facilitating arts and performance, and developing new kinds of museums.
More information on Professor Earnshaw can be found at: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/raearnshaw
https://sites.google.com/site/raearnshaw/home
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Fellowships of Professional Institutions or equivalent
FBCS, FInstP, FRSA
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Other
Co-Editor of Special Issue of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol 27, No 5, 2007
External Examiner: Hull, Paisley, Heriot Watt Universities
Co-Editor (and Co-Founder) of Journal of Virtual Reality, Springer
QAA Subject Reviewer, QAA Institutional Auditor, QAA Foundation Degree Reviewer
Member Joint EU/National Science Foundation Research Strategy Board
Fellow, Leadership Foundation Top Management Programme, TMP8
[2005]
UK Council of Computing Professors and Heads of Computing
[2001]
Bradford Ambassador
[2000]
Editorial Board, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, USA
[2000]
Vice-President, Computer Graphics Society
[2000]
Chair, IFIP WG 5.10 Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds
[2000]
Expert Advisor, Proposal Reviewer, and Project Evaluator for EU
[2000]
UK Representative to IFIP TC5
[2000]
Prizes, Medals, Awards
Silver Core Award, International Federation of Information Processing, Austria
[2010]