Sergio A. Velastin is a visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London/Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Prof. Dr. Velastin received his MSc in image processing from the University of Manchester in 1979 and received his PhD in 1981. He is a co-founder of Ipsotek LtdIpsotek Ltd. Prof. Dr. Velastin worked as a research professor at Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2013–2015). In 2018–2019, Prof. Dr. Velastin worked as a senior research scientist at CORTEXICA VISION SYSTEMS LIMITED, and since 2016, as a visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London/Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His research topics mainly include computer vision, video analytics (security, safety, traffic analysis, machine learning), object detection, higher education, PhD supervision, image processing, visual surveillance, intelligent transport systems, knowledge transfer, etc.