Lyndon Smith (academic)

Lyndon Neal Smith (born 26 December 1964) is an English academic who is Professor in Computer Simulation and Machine Vision at the School of Engineering at the University of the West of England. He is also Director of the Centre for Machine Vision at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory.

Early life
Smith was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, on 26 December 1964 to Lionel Alfred Smith and Dorothy Smith. He received a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Wales in 1986, a Master of Science (MSc) from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in 1988, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of the West of England in 1997. His PhD thesis was entitled A knowledge based system for powder metallurgy technology. He completed a secondment at the Pennsylvania State University which lasted for a year.

Career
Smith is Professor in Computer Simulation and Machine Vision at the School of Engineering at the University of the West of England. He is also Director of the Centre for Machine Vision at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory.

He has developed a technique for the simulation of the packing densities of particles with irregular morphologies.

He helped develop 3D face recognition technology which he said was "on the verge of becoming really big" in 2017.

Smith has been involved in plans to replace turnstiles on the London Underground with a facial recognition system. He said that facial recognition technology under development could replace train tickets, and have applications in stores, train stations and banks.

Personal life
Smith lives in Wedmore, Somerset.