Dr Ivan Marin-Franch
Academic and Professional Qualifications / Membership
| 2009 | PhD in Visual Science, University of Manchester |
| 2000 | MSc in Statistical Science and Techniques, University of Granada |
| 1998 | BSc in Statistics, University of Granada |
Career Outline
| 2010 - present | Research Fellow, City University London and Indiana University |
| 2009 - 2010 | Research Associate, University of Torino |
| 2008 - 2009 | Research Assistant, University of Manchester |
| 2006 | Demonstrator in Geometrical Optics Laboratory Demonstrator, University of Manchester |
| 2001 - 2004 | Technology Consultant and Programmer, Coritel-Accenture |
Research Interests
- Statistical methods in medicine
- Functional and structural measures in glaucoma
- Image processing, colour vision, and information theory
- Multivariate analysis and non-parametric methods
Awards
| 2008 | Best presentation by The Colour Group of Great Britain at "WD Wright & MacDonald/Green Awards: An Educational Exercise" |
| 2008 | MacDonald-Green Travel Award by The Colour Group of Great Britain |
| 2008 | Postgraduate Research Travel Funds by The University of Manchester |
Selected Publications
Marín-Franch I, Malik R, Crabb DP, & Swanson WH. Choice of statistical method influences apparent association between structure and function in glaucoma (to be submitted)
Marín-Franch I & Foster DH. Estimating information from color signals: an application to digital cameras and natural scenes. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (resubmitted)
Marín-Franch, I. & Foster, D. H. Number of perceptually distinct surface colors in natural scenes. Journal of Vision, 10(9), 2010
Foster, D. H., Marín-Franch, I., Amano, K. & Nascimento, S. M. C. (2009). Approaching ideal observer efficiency in using color to retrieve information from natural scenes. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 26(11)
Presentations
Marín-Franch I, Crabb DP, Swanson WH, Malik R, & Garway-Heath DF. Does Least-Squares Regression Give Misleading Results When Applied To Data From Structure-Function Studies In Glaucoma? In ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, 2011
Links and websites
Professor Crabb
Professor Swanson
Application of psychophysical models to visual disorders