Professor Sophie Triantaphillidou

Dr. Sophie Triantaphillidou is a Reader in Imaging Science, member of the Computer Science Department in the Faculty of Science and Technology. She is the Director of the  Computational Vision and Imaging Technology research group, a DCDI cross-college group with members from the School of Computer Science and Engineering and the Westminster School of Arts.  She specialises in imaging science, image quality and imaging system performance, colour imaging and human vision. She has been a staff member of the University of Westminster since 1996 and has contributed to the design and development and course leadership of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes relating to Imaging. Her research output was submitted in RAE2008 and REF2014 to the UoA11.

After graduating from Control Data Institute in Athens with a Certificate in Computer Science and a BSc first class (Hons) in Photography and Electronic Imaging, she carried out PhD studies relating to the digitization of the historical W F. Talbot photographic collection, held by the Royal Photographic Society. In the early 2000's she worked with National Library of the Netherlands and the University of Westminster toward the evaluation of International Standards for image quality quantification for digitising library material and photographic collections and undertook post doctorate research in the quantification of the displayed image quality. 

Sophie’s research is interdisciplinary, exploring interrelationships between imaging system performance and visual image quality, image content and image perception. She has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, and numerous relevant research and textbook chapters.She is the co-editor and co-author of 10^th Edition, The Manual of Photography (Elsevier, 2011), covering topics related to visual psychophysics and image quality, spatial system performance, device color characterization and calibration, preservation and archiving.

Qualifications

• 1996-2001: PhD Imaging Science, University of Westminster, London, UK.
• 1992-1995: BSc Photographic and Electronic Imaging Science, First Class Honours, University of Westminster, London, UK.
• 1990-1991: Diploma in Photographic Arts and Practice, Photography Circle Institute, Athens, Greece.
• 1985-1987: Diploma in Computer Science, Control Data Institute, Athens, Greece.

Awards

• 2012: Davies Medal, awarded by The Royal Photographic Society, for"a significant contribution in the digital field of imaging science".
• 2012 and 2014: Student Appreciation Awards, awarded by the Student Union of the University of Westminster.
• 2000: Selwyn Award, for"those under the age of 35 years who have conducted successful science-based research connected with imaging", awarded by The Imaging Science Group of the RPS.
• 1998: D.W. Wright Award for best student paper of the year, awarded by Colour Group of Great Britain.

Fellowships

• 2016: Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy.
• 2006: Fellow Royal Photographic Society

Funded Projects

• 2009-2011 (PI): Video visual image quality, funded by Nokia UK, £53,000
• 2011-2016 (DoS): Usefulness of CCTV recording, PhD project funded by UK Home Office.
• 2011-2015 (PI): Spatiotemporal visual contrast sensitivity to complex scenes,  funded by the MoD's DSTL, £420,000.
• 2018-2019 (PI): Mobile Phone Camera Image Quality, funded by Huawei Telecommunications Ltd., China, £140,000. 

Current Research Interests

• Image quality and digital imaging system performance.
• Applied human vision and image quality modelling.
• Image analysis, image similarity and scene classification.

Editorial positions

• 2014 - present: Member of the Editorial Board of the University of Westminster Press.
• 2013: Nominated Guest Editor of special issue of SPIE's Journal of Electronic Imaging on Image/Video Quality and System Performance
• 2011- present: Member of the Editorial Board of Royal Photographic Society's Imaging Science Journal

Technical programme committees

• Programme committee member of SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging: Color Imaging Conference, San Jose and San Francisco, CA, USA.
• 2013, 2015: Co-Chair of IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging: Image Quality and System Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• 2007-2012 & 2015-present: Programme committee member of SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging: Image Quality and System Conference, San Jose and San Francisco, CA, USA.
• 2007-2011: Chair of RPS's Imaging Science Group Digital Futures Conferences, London, UK.

Advisory boards and committees

• 2014-present: Member Science Group committee, The Royal Photographic Society.
• 2009-present: UK representative in the International Committee for Imaging Science (ICIS).
• 2003 - 2005 & 2010- present: Member, Imaging Science Group committee, The Royal Photographic Society.
• 2007 - 2013: Member, Imaging Scientist Qualifications board, The Royal Photographic Society.
• 2007 - 2010: Chair, Imaging Science Group committee, The Royal Photographic Society.
• 2005 - 2007: Vice Chair, Imaging Science Group committee, The Royal Photographic Society.

For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.