A senior lecturer in Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen, specialising in multimedia communications, Quality of Experience (QoE), and deep learning for computer vision. PhD from Tampere University of Technology (2006). Previously Research Assistant Professor at Shenzhen University (2017–2022), Associate/Assistant Professor at DTU Fotonik (2010–2017), and postdoc at NTNU and EPFL. Industry experience at Nokia Research Center (2001–2006). Teaches Java programming, computational intelligence, and web development at the Aberdeen-SCNU Joint Institute. Publishes on HDR display dimming and video quality assessment.