David H Foster

David H Foster is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The University of Manchester. His research interests include image processing, colour vision, and visual search by colour. He has contributed to the fields of computational neuroscience and hyperspectral imaging, with a focus on understanding how surfaces are identified in changing environments and the role of uncertainty in surface identification. Foster has held various academic positions, including at Imperial College London, Keele University, Aston University, and UMIST, before joining The University of Manchester in 2006. He has served in leadership roles within the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and has been involved in numerous editorial and advisory roles in scientific journals.

David H Foster is a Professor of Vision Systems at the University of Manchester, specializing in hyperspectral imaging, color vision, information theory, nonparametric statistics, and visual psychophysics. His research explores color constancy, metamerism, and the statistical properties of cone-excitation ratios in natural scenes. Foster's work also investigates visual psychophysics, including psychometric functions and neural identification of colored surfaces. His publications address the operational aspects of color constancy and the use of hyperspectral imaging in color vision research. His studies contribute to understanding how the visual system processes color and light under varying conditions.