Adrian K. Davison

Dr Adrian K. Davison is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing and Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research bridges Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Biomedical Engineering, focusing on facial expression recognition, medical imaging, and AI-driven healthcare solutions.

Research Interests:

• Facial Micro-Expression Analysis using deep learning
• Medical Image Processing for dermatological and orthopedic applications
• Development of mobile health apps for lesion verification
• Application of 3D-CNNs in macro/micro-expression spotting
• Interdisciplinary work connecting AI with clinical diagnostics

Scientific Contributions:

• Organized multiple ACM Multimedia Micro-Expression Grand Challenges
• Created the SAMM spontaneous micro-facial movement dataset
• Pioneered automated systems for foot collapse assessment and digital ulcer detection

His recent publications demonstrate expertise in temporal modeling, reference-guided style transfer, and lightweight neural network architectures for facial expression analysis.