University of Southampton
Andrea VedaldiProfessor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning · University of OxfordResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic
Philip Torr
University of OxfordProfessor
Born 1966
Torr is one of Britain's leading computer-vision researchers.[1] His work spans geometric reconstruction, visual recognition and mathematical optimization, with results transferred into camera tracking, autonomous driving and assistive vision; his Oxford group now also studies robustness and AI safety.
Career & education
Current roleUniversity of Oxford2013-presentProfessor
University of Oxford2013-presentPreviously
Oxford Brookes University2004-2013Professor
Microsoft Research1997-2004Researcher
FiveAI2016-2024
Chief Scientific AdvisorOxford Brookes University2004-2013Microsoft Research1997-2004Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations146,859As of Nov 1, '26
citations+1,313Since last snapshot, Oct 15, '26
References
- University of Oxford — Philip Torreng.ox.ac.uk
Oxford documents the Marr prize, Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering fellowships, and Turing AI World-Leading Researcher fellowship for contributions to computer vision.
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