Welcome to the Bristol Vision Institute

Introduction

The UK in general, and the University of Bristol in particular, is a world leader in vision science. Bristol has a long and rich tradition at the forefront of the study of human and animal vision, artificial vision systems and imaging more generally. The University recently identified vision science as one of its core “research themes” and underlined this with the creation, in 2007, of the Bristol Vision Institute (BVI).

BVI currently functions as a virtual research institute and has been highly successful in stimulating research interaction and collaboration. It is built on the belief that interdisciplinary research is central to the future development of the field. Since its inception, BVI has been the umbrella for many new research activities across the University.

BVI currently represents a grouping of around 36 permanent academic staff and some 60 researchers from 14 academic departments at Bristol working on vision and imaging research and its engineering applications. BVI staff have published around 200 leading journal papers over the past 5 years and hold 23 editorial positions on international journals.

BVI runs a seminar series with national and international speakers from Europe, Australia, Asia and the USA, and has organised a number of UK workshops and conferences. It also regularly hosts international visitors. The institute also runs a unique post-graduate training programme in vision research, funded by the EPSRC.

• About BVI
• People
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