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Dr. Bashir Al-Diri (PhD., MSc., BSc. PGCE HETL, FHEA) School of Computer Science University of Lincoln Brayford Pool Lincoln LN6 7TS United Kingdom Email My Webpage Phone: +44 1522 837111 Fax: +44 1522 886974	Dr. Bashir Al-Diri joined the Lincoln School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln in 2009. His main research is concerned with the development of computer vision algorithms to analyse retinal blood vessels for characterization of diabetic retinopathy. Dr. Al-Diri developed a robust fully automated system for retinal vascular segmentation and measurement, which provides a unique combination of good segmentation and superior measurement performance. It is thus uniquely well-suited to act as a base for research into the diagnosis of vascular diseases that cause measurable changes to the geometry of retinal vessels. Dr. Al-Diri research includes computer vision, medical image analysis, automated surveillance, artificial intelligence, speech recognition, language corpus and lexical analysis, and applications of active contour models.

Prof. Andrew Hunter Pro Vice Chancellor Head of the College of Science The University of Lincoln United Kingdom ahunter@lincoln.ac.uk	Professor Andrew Hunter received his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computing in 1985, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1989, both from the University of Bath. He joined the University of Lincoln in 2004, founding the Centre for Vision and Robotics Research, and is currently the Dean of Research. His major research interests are in retinal imaging, including the segmentation of retinal vessels and lesions, in human behavioural analysis (including assistive care and surveillance), and in specialized hardware for vision and other sensor analysis, including FPGA-based neural architectures for segmentation, tracking and scene analysis.

David Steel consultant ophthalmologist Sunderland Eye Infirmary United Kingdom David.Steel@chs.northy.nhs.uk	David Steel is a consultant ophthalmologist at Sunderland Eye Infirmary in the North East of England. He is a vitreoretinal surgeon with clinical interests in all aspects of retinal disease and complex cataract surgery. He holds an honorary lectureship at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and is Speciality Group Lead for the Northumbria and Tyne and Wear Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN). David is an exit examiner for Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK (RCO) and a member of the RCO Surgical Skills Faculty involved with courses on phacoemulsification and retinal surgery. In addition to these duties, David leads the South of Tyne Diabetic Retinopathy Eye-screening Programme and is a member of the National External Quality Assessment (EQA) Team and Grading Group for diabetic retinopathy. His research interests include fundal image analysis in disease states, retinal repair and regeneration with cellular therapies and clinical vitreoretinal research.

Maged Habib MSc, FRCS(Ed) Ophth, FRCOphth, MD Consultant Ophthalmology and Retina Specialist Sunderland Eye Infirmary United Kingdom maged.habib@chsft.nhs.uk	Maged Habib is a consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Sunderland Eye Infirmary in the North East of England. Maged has special interest in medical and surgical retinal diseases, specially the managment of diabetic eye disease and retinal vascular disorders. Maged has been involved with the South of Tyne diabetic retinopathy screening programme for many years and leads the virtual imaging clinic service. He has been involved in many muticenter studies and his main MD research explored the role of retinal vascular geometry analysis in the detection and monitoring of diabetic retinopathy. He has special ongoing research interest in the retinal vascular analysis in various ocular and systemic diseases. Maged is a reviewer for the retinal section of different international journals and has many peer reviewed publications in medical and surgical retinal diseases.

Retinal Image Computing & Understanding