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Dr Hong Wei

Dr Hong Wei, Associate Professor in Computer Science

Undergraduate Programme Director (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology) 
Internationalisation and Study Abroad coordinator

Office

Room 133

Building location

Polly Vacher

Areas of interest

  • Computer vision and image analysis
  • Image/video-based pattern classification
  • Remotely sensed image/data interpretation and understanding for environmental monitoring and precision agriculture
  • Biometrics in automated border control

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Wei supervises PhD students in the area of computer vision and pattern classification.

Teaching

  • Computer Systems Architecture
  • Image Analysis and Visual Intelligence

 

Research centres and groups

  • Computational Vision Group

Research projects

Dr Wei is an author and co-author of over 100 academic papers and 3 textbooks. She has been involved in various research projects in the area of computer vision and image analysis, such as optical character recognition, criminal events detection, automated border control, and remote sensing for environmental monitoring and precision agriculture. She has been supervising PhD students in these projects.

Background

Dr Hong Wei had her first and master degrees in Tianjin University, China and her PhD degree in Birmingham University, UK. She worked on a few projects as a postdoc researcher before she joined in the University of Reading (UoR) in 2000. Since then, Dr Wei has been working in the UoR as lecturer and then associated professor.

Academic qualifications

  • BEng, Tianjin University, July 1983
  • MEng, Tianjin University, June 1986
  • PhD, Birmingham University, July 1996

Professional bodies/affiliations

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Member of British Machine Vision Association
  • Member of International Association of Pattern Recognition

Websites/blogs

Find Dr Wei on Google Scholar and LinkedIn.

 

Selected publications

 

Publications

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