James Connan

Senior Lecturer 
Computer Science
Rhodes University
South Africa

Academician Engineering
Biography

Mr Connan holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Stellenbosch University and is currently working towards his PhD. He heads the Integration of Signed and Verbal Communication: South African Sign Language Recognition, Animation and Translation Group.

Research Intrest

Computer vision, machine learning, ubiquitous computing, integration of signed and verbal communication with particular application to South African Sign Language.

List of Publications
Ralf C Staudemeyer, James Connan (2015) Burning money with firewalls. Viewpoint – SACJ 56: 165-167.
LN Darlow, J Connan, A Singh (2016) Performance analysis of a Hybrid fingerprint extracted from optical coherence tomography fingertip scans. International Conference on Biometrics (ICB), Halmstad, 1-8.
M Ghaziasgar, J Connan, AB Bagula (2016) Enhanced adaptive skin detection with contextual tracking feedback. Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference (PRASA-RobMech), Stellenbosch, 1-6.

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