David Bull

Professor David Bull PhD, FIET, SMIEEE, CEng holds the Chair in Signal Processing at the University of Bristol. His previous roles include: Lecturer at the University of Wales (Cardiff) and Systems Engineer for Rolls Royce. He holds a BSc (University of Exeter, 1st class, 1980), an MSc (University of Manchester, 1983, Distiction) and PhD (University of Wales, Cardiff). He joined Bristol in 1992 and established its Signal Processing Research Group in 1994. He was Head of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department between 2001 and 2006 and is now Director of the Bristol Vision Institute (BVI).

Throughout his career, David has acted as a consultant to many companies including QinetiQ, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, MBDA, BSkyB, Sony, Group4 Security and the Metropolitan Police. In 2001 he co-founded ProVision Communication Technologies Ltd, a University spin-out specialising in wireless video communications, where he is now Chairman. This has undertaken various projects for high profile clients such as British Telecom, British American Racing/Honda, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, BSkyB and Cisco. ProVision launched the world’s first robust multisource wireless HD sender for consumer use in 2009.

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