Elizabeth Allen is a principal lecturer in Imaging Science at the University of Westminster. She specialises in digital imaging systems and processes and image quality and has been the course leader of the BSc Photography and Digital Imaging since 2005. Her work has been presented at a number of symposia and has been published in related journals. She received the Selwyn Award from the Royal Photographic Society in 2005 and is currently working towards a PhD in imaging science. She is also a contributing author in the 7th and 8th editions of Langford’s Advanced Photography.
Sophie Triantaphillidou is a principal lecturer and director of the Imaging Technology Research Group at the University of Westminster. She received the Selwyn Award from the Royal Photographic Society and her PhD in imaging science in 2001. She specialises in image quality, image archiving and colour imaging. She has been the chair of the Imaging Science Group of The Royal Photographic Society since 2007 and member of a number of conference programme committees related to imaging science. She has published numerous research papers and is a contributing author in the 7th and 8th editions of Langford’s Advanced Photography.
Geoffrey Attridge has been an Emeritus Professor in Imaging Science at the University of Westminster, since retiring in 2004 from over 30 years of teaching. He originally studied chemistry, obtaining a PhD in chemical photography and during his early career worked at ILFORD laboratories. He is specialised in sensitometry, chemical photography and colour imaging. He has authored and co-authored prolifically, and has been a contributing author of the Manual of Photography since its 6th edition, published in 1971. He served as the Chair of the Imaging Science Group of The Royal Photographic Society between 2000 and 2006.
Efthimia Bilissi is a Senior Lecturer in imaging science at the University of Westminster, specialising in imaging systems and image quality. She was awarded the Selwyn Award from the Royal Photographic Society and gained her PhD in imaging science in 2004. Her work has been presented at many national and international symposia and has been published in related journals. She is assistant editor of the Imaging Science Journal and the editor and co-author of Langford’s Advanced Photography, 7th and 8th editions.
Robin Jenkin works as a Senior Engineer for Aptina Imaging Corp. in San Jose, helping to develop image quality metrics by modelling, simulating and analysing imaging systems. He gained a PhD in imaging science from the University of Westminster in 2002 and has since worked as a university lecturer and researcher, publishing internationally in the field of image quality measurement. He received a Fenton Medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 2007 and is currently the Executive Editor of The Imaging Science Journal. Rob is additionally a Visiting Fellow in the field of Electro-Optics at Cranfield University and a keen practising photographer.
Sidney Ray was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster from 1966 until retirement in 2004, specialising in applied photography and photographic optics. He contributed to the four previous editions of the Manual of Photography and has authored numerous books and papers on photographic topics. He has had numerous consultancies and roles in the professional practice of photography and imaging and is an Honorary Fellow of both the British Institute of Professional Photography and the Royal Photographic Society.