Ian van der Linde is an Associate Professor at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (UK), where he works at the intersection of computer science, psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. His research explores the links between human and machine vision, with particular interests in visual cognition, neuropsychological assessment, image processing, and the philosophical foundations of AI — especially how computational systems can model, replicate, or diverge from human perception and reasoning. He holds a PhD in Human and Computer Vision and an MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Advance HE, a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council (CEng), and a Recognised Supervisor with the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE).