{"id":899,"date":"2019-09-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/?p=899"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T10:37:49","slug":"dr-bryan-m-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2019\/09\/01\/dr-bryan-m-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Bryan M. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr Bryan M. Williams, BSc MSc PhD AFHEA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecturer in Biometrics and Human Identification<br>Lancaster University<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/WilliamsBryan-736x736-1.png?resize=736%2C736\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/WilliamsBryan-736x736-1.png?w=736 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/WilliamsBryan-736x736-1.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/WilliamsBryan-736x736-1.png?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dr Bryan M. Williams is a Lecturer in Biometrics and Human Identification with the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University and honorary Lecturer in Ophthalmic Imaging with the University of Liverpool; he also holds an honorary contract with Royal Liverpool University Hospital for research in medical imaging. He obtained a PhD in mathematics from the University of Liverpool in 2015 and worked as a research associate at Universit\u00e4t des Saarlandes before returning to Liverpool as a research associate to work on medical device development. His research focusses on the development of automated image enhancement, analysis and processing techniques for <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/research\/#MedicalImaging\" data-type=\"page\">medical<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/research\/#BiometricsForensicIdentification\">biometric<\/a> applications. 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style=\"background:linear-gradient(315deg,rgb(91,9,14) 0%,rgb(0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"543\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-775\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Podium.jpg?resize=724%2C543\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Podium.jpg?w=724 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Podium.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Invited Talks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"is-flex-container columns-4 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-906 post type-post 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real world.&#8221; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/talks\/invited-talk\/\" rel=\"tag\">Invited Talk<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-06T11:26:41+00:00\">December 6, 2021<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-234 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-international-keynote tag-20 tag-bryan-m-williams\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2021\/06\/23\/h-unique\/\" target=\"_self\" >Intl Keynote at Virtual NextGen Forensics<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"> <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/talks\/international-keynote\/\" rel=\"tag\">International Keynote<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-06-23T09:00:00+00:00\">June 23, 2021<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-246 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-invited-talk tag-20 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-glaucoma tag-ophthalmic-imaging\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2021\/05\/24\/introduction-to-ai-in-ophthalmology\/\" target=\"_self\" >Introduction to AI in Ophthalmology<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Royal College of Ophthalmology Annual Congress, UK. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/talks\/invited-talk\/\" rel=\"tag\">Invited Talk<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-05-24T09:00:00+00:00\">May 24, 2021<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-35 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-invited-talk tag-20 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-h-unique tag-ricki-boswell-challand tag-sue-black\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow 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class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2020\/07\/02\/webinar-series-introduction-to-ai-for-ophthalmology\/\" target=\"_self\" >Webinar Series: Introduction to AI for Ophthalmology<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A gentle introduction for AI for ophthalmic clinicians <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/talks\/invited-talk\/\" rel=\"tag\">Invited Talk<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2020-07-02T09:00:00+00:00\">July 2, 2020<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(315deg,rgb(42,43,43) 0%,rgb(0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"422\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-612\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Publications.jpg?resize=422%2C422\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Publications.jpg?w=422 422w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Publications.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/Publications.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Recent Publications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"is-flex-container columns-4 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2459 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper category-publication tag-141 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2025\/06\/01\/3d-points-splatting-for-real-time-dynamic-hand-reconstruction\/\" target=\"_self\" >3D Points Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Hand Reconstruction<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jiang Z, Rahmani H, Black S, Williams BM. Pattern Recognition. 2025; 162:111426. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-01T09:00:00+00:00\">June 1, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper tag-141 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-forensics tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-plamen-angelov tag-ricki-boswell-challand tag-ritesh-vyas tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2025\/04\/01\/demonstrable-and-anatomy-driven-knuckle-identification-via-crease-map-segmentation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Demonstrable and Anatomy-driven Knuckle Identification via Crease Map Segmentation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ritesh Vyas1, Bryan M. Williams2, Hossein Rahmani2, Richard Boswell-Challand2, Zheheng Jiang3, Plamen Angelov2 and Sue Black4 1 School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India2 School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK3 University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK4 St John\u2019s College, St [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-01T09:00:00+00:00\">April 1, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2453 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-preprint category-publication tag-130 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-cam tag-class-activation-map tag-deep-learning tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-segmentation tag-sue-black tag-weakly-supervised tag-weakly-supervised-learning\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2024\/02\/27\/weakly-supervised-co-training-with-swapping-assignments-for-semantic-segmentation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Weakly Supervised Co-training with Swapping Assignments for Semantic Segmentation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Yang X, Rahmani H, Black S, Williams BM. arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17891. 2024 Feb 27. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/preprint\/\" rel=\"tag\">Preprint<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-02-27T09:00:00+00:00\">February 27, 2024<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2128 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-conference-paper tag-126 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-forensics tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2023\/05\/25\/a-probabilistic-attention-model-with-occlusion-aware-texture-regression-for-3d-hand-reconstruction-from-a-single-rgb-image\/\" target=\"_self\" >A Probabilistic Attention Model with Occlusion-aware Texture Regression for 3D Hand Reconstruction from a Single RGB Image<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jiang Z, Rahmani H, Black S, Williams BM. In Proceedings of the IEEE\/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023 (pp. 758-767). <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/conference-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Conference Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-25T11:40:45+00:00\">May 25, 2023<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1779 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper tag-bryan-m-williams tag-diagnosis tag-medical-imaging\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2022\/10\/20\/an-investigation-on-ecg-based-cardiological-diagnosis-via-deep-learning-models\/\" target=\"_self\" >An Investigation on ECG-based Cardiological Diagnosis via Deep Learning Models<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Meehan A, Zhang Z, Williams B, Jiang R. In Recent Advances in AI-enabled Automated Medical Diagnosis 2022 Oct 20 (pp. 304-316). CRC Press. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-20T01:00:00+00:00\">October 20, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1781 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper tag-bryan-m-williams\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2022\/10\/17\/visualizing-water-inside-an-operating-proton-exchange-membrane-fuel-cell-with-video%e2%80%90rate-terahertz-imaging\/\" target=\"_self\" >Visualizing water inside an operating proton exchange membrane fuel cell with video\u2010rate terahertz imaging<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Alves\u2010Lima DF, Williams BM, Schlegl H, Gupta G, Letizia R, Dawson R, Lin H. Fuel Cells. 2022 Oct 17. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-17T09:00:00+00:00\">October 17, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper tag-105 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-machine-learning\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2022\/07\/28\/robust-brain-age-estimation-based-on-smri-via-nonlinear-age-adaptive-ensemble-learning\/\" target=\"_self\" >Robust Brain Age Estimation based on sMRI via Nonlinear Age-Adaptive Ensemble Learning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Zhang Z, Jiang R, Zhang C, Williams B, Jiang Z, Li CT, Chazot P, Pavese N, Bouridane A, Beghdadi A. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 2022. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-07-28T10:42:53+00:00\">July 28, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1068 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-conference-paper tag-105 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-forensics tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-plamen-angelov tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2022\/06\/14\/graph-context-attention-networks-for-size-varied-deep-graph-matching\/\" target=\"_self\" >Graph-context Attention Networks for Size-varied Deep Graph Matching<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jiang Z, Rahmani H, Angelov P, Black S, Williams BM. In Proceedings of the IEEE\/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2022 (pp. 2343-2352). <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/conference-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Conference Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-06-14T09:00:00+00:00\">June 14, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(315deg,rgb(67,78,59) 0%,rgb(0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-570\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/JumboXL-Studentssurroundedbygreenery.jpg?resize=750%2C375\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/JumboXL-Studentssurroundedbygreenery.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/JumboXL-Studentssurroundedbygreenery.jpg?resize=300%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/JumboXL-Studentssurroundedbygreenery.jpg?resize=1024%2C512 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/JumboXL-Studentssurroundedbygreenery.jpg?resize=768%2C384 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/JumboXL-Studentssurroundedbygreenery.jpg?resize=1536%2C768 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"is-flex-container columns-4 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2292 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding tag-126 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-diagnosis tag-glaucoma tag-machine-learning tag-medical-imaging tag-segmentation\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2023\/09\/01\/artificial-intelligence-based-earlier-detection-of-glaucoma-via-retinal-images\/\" target=\"_self\" >Artificial intelligence-based earlier detection of glaucoma via retinal images<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Bryan M. Williams Award Amount: \u00a320,000 Project Start Date: 01\/09\/2023 Project End Date: 31\/08\/2024 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/funding\/\" rel=\"tag\">Funding<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-01T09:11:19+00:00\">September 1, 2023<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-31 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding tag-20 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-hossein-rahmani tag-impact-acceleration-account tag-sophie-nightingale\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2021\/07\/30\/biometric-based-artificial-intelligence-to-identify-suspects-of-serious-crime-in-large-datasets\/\" target=\"_self\" >Biometric-based artificial intelligence to identify suspects of serious crime in large datasets<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Joint ESRC-EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Bryan M. Williams, Hossein Rahmani, Sophie Nightingale Award Amount: \u00a315,000 Project Start Date: 01\/09\/2021 Project End Date: 31\/08\/2022 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/funding\/\" rel=\"tag\">Funding<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-07-30T13:19:03+00:00\">July 30, 2021<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-684 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding tag-18 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-forensics tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-plamen-angelov tag-sue-black\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2019\/01\/01\/h-unique-in-search-of-uniqueness-harnessing-anatomical-hand-variation-2\/\" target=\"_self\" >H-Unique: In Search of Uniqueness &#8211; Harnessing Anatomical Hand Variation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">ERC Award Amount: \u00a32,000,000 Project Start Date: 01\/09\/2019 Project End Date: 31\/12\/2024 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/funding\/\" rel=\"tag\">Funding<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2019-01-01T09:00:00+00:00\">January 1, 2019<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(315deg,rgb(138,87,28) 0%,rgb(0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-579\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/628-lancaster-city-mica-visual-night.jpg?resize=750%2C450\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/628-lancaster-city-mica-visual-night.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/628-lancaster-city-mica-visual-night.jpg?resize=300%2C180 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/628-lancaster-city-mica-visual-night.jpg?resize=1024%2C614 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/628-lancaster-city-mica-visual-night.jpg?resize=768%2C461 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/files\/2021\/11\/628-lancaster-city-mica-visual-night.jpg?resize=1536%2C922 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Latest News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"is-flex-container columns-4 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2883 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funded-phd-available tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-environment tag-funded-phd\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2025\/11\/10\/funded-phd-available-mechanisms-for-and-predictions-of-occurrence-of-ocean-rogue-waves\/\" target=\"_self\" >Funded PhD Available: Mechanisms for and predictions of occurrence of ocean rogue waves<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Project Supervisors Application Deadline 29 January 2026 Overview and Background \u200bRogue waves, exceptionally high ocean waves, whose height exceeds twice the significant wave height, are rare, short-lived events that pose serious risks to shipping, fishing, and maritime infrastructure, including offshore platforms and wind turbines. Understanding their formation and improving prediction [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/funded-phd-available\/\" rel=\"tag\">Funded PhD Available<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-10T11:24:08+00:00\">November 10, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2459 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper category-publication tag-141 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2025\/06\/01\/3d-points-splatting-for-real-time-dynamic-hand-reconstruction\/\" target=\"_self\" >3D Points Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Hand Reconstruction<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jiang Z, Rahmani H, Black S, Williams BM. Pattern Recognition. 2025; 162:111426. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-01T09:00:00+00:00\">June 1, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-journal-paper tag-141 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-forensics tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-plamen-angelov tag-ricki-boswell-challand tag-ritesh-vyas tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2025\/04\/01\/demonstrable-and-anatomy-driven-knuckle-identification-via-crease-map-segmentation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Demonstrable and Anatomy-driven Knuckle Identification via Crease Map Segmentation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ritesh Vyas1, Bryan M. Williams2, Hossein Rahmani2, Richard Boswell-Challand2, Zheheng Jiang3, Plamen Angelov2 and Sue Black4 1 School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India2 School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK3 University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK4 St John\u2019s College, St [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/journal-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Journal Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-01T09:00:00+00:00\">April 1, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2538 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-demo tag-andrei-banica tag-bryan-m-williams tag-hossein-rahmani tag-sue-black tag-xinyu-yang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2024\/06\/21\/h-unique-demo-at-cvpr\/\" target=\"_self\" >H-Unique Demo at CVPR<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Bryan M. Williams &#8211; Organiser, SpeakerXinyu Yang &#8211; SpeakerHossein Rahmani &#8211; ContributorAndrei Banica &#8211; ContributorSue Black &#8211; Contributor <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/demo\/\" rel=\"tag\">Demo<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-21T10:00:00+00:00\">June 21, 2024<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2453 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-preprint category-publication tag-130 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-cam tag-class-activation-map tag-deep-learning tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-segmentation tag-sue-black tag-weakly-supervised tag-weakly-supervised-learning\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2024\/02\/27\/weakly-supervised-co-training-with-swapping-assignments-for-semantic-segmentation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Weakly Supervised Co-training with Swapping Assignments for Semantic Segmentation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Yang X, Rahmani H, Black S, Williams BM. arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17891. 2024 Feb 27. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/preprint\/\" rel=\"tag\">Preprint<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-02-27T09:00:00+00:00\">February 27, 2024<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2292 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding tag-126 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-diagnosis tag-glaucoma tag-machine-learning tag-medical-imaging tag-segmentation\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2023\/09\/01\/artificial-intelligence-based-earlier-detection-of-glaucoma-via-retinal-images\/\" target=\"_self\" >Artificial intelligence-based earlier detection of glaucoma via retinal images<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Bryan M. Williams Award Amount: \u00a320,000 Project Start Date: 01\/09\/2023 Project End Date: 31\/08\/2024 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/funding\/\" rel=\"tag\">Funding<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-01T09:11:19+00:00\">September 1, 2023<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2128 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-conference-paper tag-126 tag-biometrics tag-bryan-m-williams tag-deep-learning tag-forensics tag-h-unique tag-hossein-rahmani tag-machine-learning tag-sue-black tag-zheheng-jiang\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2023\/05\/25\/a-probabilistic-attention-model-with-occlusion-aware-texture-regression-for-3d-hand-reconstruction-from-a-single-rgb-image\/\" target=\"_self\" >A Probabilistic Attention Model with Occlusion-aware Texture Regression for 3D Hand Reconstruction from a Single RGB Image<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jiang Z, Rahmani H, Black S, Williams BM. In Proceedings of the IEEE\/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023 (pp. 758-767). <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/news\/publication\/conference-paper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Conference Paper<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-25T11:40:45+00:00\">May 25, 2023<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2120 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-event tag-105 tag-bryan-m-williams tag-h-unique tag-ricki-boswell-challand tag-sue-black\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/2022\/12\/26\/royal-institution-christmas-lectures\/\" target=\"_self\" >Royal Institution Christmas Lectures<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"> <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/icvl\/category\/event\/\" rel=\"tag\">Event<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-12-26T01:57:00+00:00\">December 26, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Bryan M. Williams, BSc MSc PhD AFHEA Lecturer in Biometrics and Human IdentificationLancaster University Dr Bryan M. 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