Prof Paul Whelan, Professor of Computer Vision, Director of Centre for Image Processing & Analysis, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Prof. Paul F Whelan his Ph.D. (Computer Vision) from the Cardiff University (UK). During the period 1985-1990 he was employed by Industrial and Scientific Imaging Ltd and later Westinghouse (WESL), where he was involved in the research and development of high speed computer vision systems. He was appointed to the School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University (DCU) in 1990 and has been the Professor of Computer Vision (Personal Chair) and director of  the Centre for Image Processing & Analysis since 2006. He also serves on the board of the RINCE Institute (an Irish national research institute focussed on innovation in engineering). He is the author of "Intelligent Vision Systems for Industry" (1997-Springer) and "Machine Vision Algorithms in Java: Techniques and Implementation" (2000-Springer). Prof. Whelan's computer vision research programmes have been funded by Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Amdahl, Technology Systems International Ltd., European Commission Wellcome and Science Foundation Ireland.

Presentation Title: Automated facial landmarking for craniofacial dysmorphology with a specific focus on intellectual disabilities.

Summary: This presentation will focus on the issues associated with 3D shape analysis and 3D facial landmarking in the context of craniofacial dysmorphology. This work is driven by a heightened interest in the resolution and quantification of craniofacial dysmorphology based on its association with, and ability to inform on, diseases of early brain development and intellectual disability.