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BIOGRAPHIES
Andrew Shacklock has 20 years of experience in mechatronics and sensor
guided robotic systems. He graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of
Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1985 and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol in
1994. He is now a research scientist at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology. His main research interest is in machine perception and sensor
fusion, in particular for visual navigation.
Jian Xu received the bachelor of engineering degree and master engineering
degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He received his Doctor of Engineering from
Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Germany in 1992. He is currently a research
scientist at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore.
His research interests include 3D machine vision using photogrammetry and
stereo vision, camera calibration, sensor fusion, subpixeling image processing,
and visual guidance system for autonomous vehicle.
Han Wang is currently an associate professor at Nanyang Technological
University, and senior member of IEEE. His research interests include computer
vision and AGV navigation. He received his bachelor of engineering degree
from Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute in 1982 and Ph.D. from Leeds
University in 1989. He has been a research scientist at CMU and research
officer at Oxford University. He spent his sabbatical in 1999 in Melbourne
University.

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