Peter Corcoran is Vice-Dean of Research & Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering & Informatics; he is a Fellow of the IEEE and has authored/co-authored more than 300 technical publications & industry reports, including 40+ peer reviewed journal papers, 80+ International peer reviewed conference papers; is co-inventor on 80+ granted US patents, 20+ granted European patents, and has more than 100+ patents currently pending world-wide. He has been a member of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society for more than 15 years and is currently Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics 2011; ICCE is the No. 1 global conference for emerging innovations in the Consumer Electronics Industry. He has completed 20+ funded research projects and been directly involved in managing 2M in research funding over the last 5 years. Peter's research interests have included (i) embedded systems design, (ii) wireless communications, (iii) home networking technologies, (iv) biometric techniques, (v) image processing and analysis, (vi) video processing & analysis, (vii) cryptographic and encryption techniques; (viii) face detection, tracking and recognition; (ix) digital camera technologies inclusing flash-eye defects, in-camera face tracking, real-time panorama generation and high-bandwidth hardware architectures; (x) stereo & 3D imaging; Co-Founder of several start-up companies including FotoNation which is now are the core of the smart-imaging division of Tessera Inc - www.tessera.com Industry consultant & expert witness.

Peter's comments on ARAN: I've noticed that many of my research papers are more frequently cited in the patent rather than the academic literature. This is very common in Engineering circles as most Engineers engage in very practical problem solving and are less inclined to cite the research work of others than Scientists - after all the goal is to solve the problem and as long as they've achieved that why add more information than is necessary! Yes, that is how many of the best Engineers think! It also means that Engineering Journals tend to have lower impact factors and citation rates than their equivalents in Science and Medicine. I've found that having some of my less well-known research papers on ARAN has raised their citations and my personal academic profile and encouraged citations from areas where I would not have normally expected. I also encourage Engineers to cite more extensively in their published work as it helps raise the profile of Engineering research and of Engineering Journals. I'm lucky enough to have been recognized by my peers in the US and invited to be Technical Chair and General Chair of the IEEE ICCE conference in 2010 and 2011. I'm carrying the same message in my role as IEEE volunteer and technical champion - Engineers need to cite more and publish more. These days solving the technical problems of the World is not enough to build your career - you also need to tell people about it and encourage your fellow Engineering graduates to do the same!

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