Hello and welcome to my academic pages, here I will put a few links to interesting work from my Masters degree as well as relevant documents for the PhD I am starting in September 2009. From time to time I will post a few links to academic papers for general interest, particularly papers in the imaging field along with appropriate papers on sensor design and AVLSI. These pages are in themselves intended to be an online library of my best academic work but may also prove useful for others interested in similar academic fields.

Prospective Job Applications and CV:

Edward Fisher CV

Covering Letter

PhD Application Documents:

PhD Personal Statement

PhD Research Proposals

PhD Research Papers of Interest:

A CMOS Single Photon Avalanche Diode for 3D Imaging - Niclass

An Intra-Chip Electro-Optic Channel using SPADs - Sergio & Charbon

Time-Resolved Fluorescence Analysis using CMOS SPADs - Rae, Griffin & Muir

Validated Dark Current Spectroscopy for CMOS Imagers - Webster

Below are links to a number of pieces of academic work for my MEng Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from The University of Edinburgh. The 5 year course started with a very broad engineering base with first your modules in electronics, mathematics, mechanical and chemical engineering. The later years included a number of group design projects, a significant industrial research placement along with modules in FPGA programming, AVLSI, Economics and Game Theory. The course has sparked a number of interests including Fuzzy Logic, Exposure Control and a large interest in amplifier design and the continued use of old Valve amplifiers in hybrid Valve and Transistor integrated amplifiers.

Masters Thesis on Automatic Exposure Control:

Masters Thesis Phase 2

Masters Thesis Phase 1

ST Microelectronics Presentation

Viva Q&A with Extension Mathematics

AVLSI DAC Amplifier Design Report:

Amplifier Design Report

MEMS Accelerometer Group Design Project:

Group 1 MEMS Poster

Final MEMS Design Report

I will also be updating this web page in the future with a number of short but detailed articles that will be useful for photographers. My aim is to provide easily palatable information on the processes that go on within a camera, in particular the role of the camera OECF curve, how scene detection can be realised. My blog available at www.edfisher.wordpress.com sometimes has other technical articles about cameras along with articles on various Linux setup tasks and links to Linux applications and help documents.

Articles on Camera Technology for Photographers:

The Camera OECF curve

If I am accepted to study on one of the two PhDs that I have applied to I will be posting all relevant publications, interesting academic papers and various posters and reports on these pages.