Alan P. Sexton

Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham

Research

My research interests are on various aspects of scientific and historical document analysis, optical character and mathematical formula recognition, mathematical knowledge management, and the application of machine learning and deep learning to these areas.

Some of my papers can be found in my list of publications.

See my research page for more details.

PhD students I have supervised:

• Conglun Yao (graduated 2010)
• Richard Swinbank (graduated 2008)
• Chu Ming Du (graduated 2003)

Teaching

I am the module leader on:

• 06-30175 Data Structures and Algorithms

I am supporting teaching on:

• 06-32254 Visualisation
• 06-34228 Mini Project

Student Project Supervision

My list of student project suggestions is available at student-projects.pdf

Administration

I am currently Head of Education for the School.

How to contact me

Alan P. Sexton
University of Birmingham
School of Computer Science
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
Office: Second floor, room 239
Tel: +44 121 414 3703
Fax: +44 121 414 4281
Email: a.p.sexton@cs.bham.ac.uk