Dr Silvester Czanner
Principal Lecturer
My profile
Biography
I am a principal lecturer (international) at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, UK. I am interested in Computer Graphics/Multimedia and Digital Technologies, especially their applications in education and psychology such as using graphics, images and animations to enable and enhance learning. I am also interested in processing and visualisation of biological images, especially with applications in Embryology.
My formal education in Mathematics and Computer Graphics is from Comenius University, Slovakia where I obtained a MSc degree in Mathematics with specialization in Computer Graphics and Computer Science for Mathematicians, RNDr degree in Mathematics and PhD degree in Mathematics. After a positive and rich experience from working in Japan (U-Aizu), USA (CMU, Harvard), Germany (Leibinger GmbH), Slovakia (Comenius Uni), I won the RCUK Fellowship and joined the WMG/IDL at University of Warwick. In August 2011 I started as a lecturer in Computer Games at Manchester MET.
I am a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Senior fellow of High Education Academy (HEA) and a director of Eurographics, UK Chapter Ltd.
Academic and professional qualifications
Education
PhD (1998) in Mathematics (Geometry and Topology), School of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Mgr (1994) in Mathematics (Computer Graphics) and Computer Science for Mathematicians at School of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Additional Degrees
Postgraduate certificate (2010) in Academic and Professional Practice, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick, UK
Postgraduate certificate (2000) in International Relations, Approximation of Laws and Diplomacy, School of Law, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
RNDr (1999) in Mathematics (Computer Graphics) at School of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Professional Memberships
Senior member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Senior Fellow of High Education Academy (HEA)
Member of Eurographics (EG)
Director & executive committee member of Eurographics UK Chapter (EGUK)
Other academic service (administration and management)
2015 - present Faculty of Science and Engineering Lead for Internationalisation
2013 - 2016 MSc Computing Network Programme Leader
2013 - present Computer Games Curriculum Group Leader
Languages
Slovak - mother language
English, German, Russian, Czech
External examiner roles
2013 External assessor and panel member for Interactive Media degree, Programme approval, Birmingham City University (UK) and ICAT (India)
2014 External assessor and panel member for Creative Technology and Multimedia, Periodic Programme review, University of Portsmouth
2014 - 2017 External Examiner for Interactive Media degree, Birmingham City University (UK) and ICAT (India)
2015 External Panel Member for the Validation of the BSc(Hons) Computer Games Programming at the University of Gloucestershire
2015 External Panel Member for the Programme Collaboration Approval between DEI College, Greece and the University of Northampton
2016 External Panel Member for Course Approval of the MComp award and consequent revisions to UG provision at the University of Worcester
2016 -2019 External Examiner for BSc Games Software Development at University of Sunderland, Sunderland
2016 - 2017 External Examiner for BSc Computer Games Technology at Birmingham City University, Birmingham
Personal website address
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Tang, W. (2013) Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics.
(2012) Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics, Rutherford, United Kingdom, 2012. Proceedings. Eurographics Association.
vDurikovič, R., Czanner, S. (2001) Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, April 25-28, 2001, Budmerice, Slovakia: Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society.
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Chapters in books
Mölder, A.L., Drury, S., Costen, N., Hartshorne, G., Czanner, S. (2016) 'Three dimensional visualisation of microscope imaging to improve understanding of human embryo development.' pp. 249-264.
Durikovic, R., Czanner, S., Parulek, J., Srámek, M. (2008) 'Heterogeneous Modeling of Biological Organs and Organ Growth..' In Pasko, A.A., Adzhiev, V., Comninos, P. (ed.) Heterogeneous Objects Modelling and Applications. Springer, pp. 239-258.
vDurikovič, R., Czanner, S., Parulek, J., Šrámek, M. (2008) 'Heterogeneous modeling of biological organs and organ growth, In the book on" Heterogeneous Objects Modeling and Applications.' pp. 239-258.
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Journal articles
MacCormick, I.J.C., Zheng, Y., Czanner, S., Zhao, Y., Diggle, P.J., Harding, S.P., Czanner, G. (2017) 'Spatial statistical modelling of capillary non-perfusion in the retina.' Scientific Reports, 7(1)
Mölder, A.L., Persson, J., El-Schich, Z., Czanner, S., Gjörloff-Wingren, A. (2017) 'Supervised classification of etoposide-treated in vitro adherent cells based on noninvasive imaging morphology.' Journal of Medical Imaging, 4(2)
Moelder, A., Drury, S., Costen, N., Hartshorne, G.M., Czanner, S. (2015) 'Semiautomated Analysis of Embryoscope Images: Using Localized Variance of Image Intensity to Detect Embryo Developmental Stages.' Cytometry Part A, 87A
Durikovic, R., Czanner, S. (2014) 'Interior Modelling and Object Metamorphosis with Parametric Solids.'
Broome, M.R., Zányi, E., Hamborg, T., Selmanovic, E., Czanner, S., Birchwood, M., Chalmers, A., Singh, S.P. (2013) 'A high-fidelity virtual environment for the study of paranoia..' Schizophrenia research and treatment, 2013
Rafferty, K., Drury, S., Hartshorne, G., Czanner, S. (2012) 'Use of Concave Corners in the Segmentation of Embryological Datasets.' Review of Bioinformatics and Biometrics (RBB), 1pp. 1-8.
PETRASOVA, A., CZANNER, S., CHALMERS, A., WOLKE, D. (2012) 'THE UTILITY OF THE VIRTUAL REALITY IN DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES OF INFANT FEEDING.' Journal of Applied Mathematics,
Petrasova, A., Czanner, S., Czanner, G., FARRER, V.J., Chalmers, A., Wolke, D. (2010) 'The influence of dynamic scene changes in geometry of virtual positioning tasks.' Aplimat-Journal of Applied Mathematics, 3pp. 259-268.
Zányi, E., Selmanovic, E., Broome, M., Czanner, S., Birchwood, M., Chalmers, A., Singh, S. (2009) 'Interactive highly realistic virtual reality as a tool for understanding the genesis and treatment of psychotic symptoms..' Stud Health Technol Inform, 144pp. 138-140.
Jovicich, J., Czanner, S., Han, X., Salat, D., van der Kouwe, A., Quinn, B., Pacheco, J., Albert, M., Killiany, R., Blacker, D., Maguire, P., Rosas, D., Makris, N., Gollub, R., Dale, A., Dickerson, B.C., Fischl, B. (2009) 'MRI-derived measurements of human subcortical, ventricular and intracranial brain volumes: Reliability effects of scan sessions, acquisition sequences, data analyses, scanner upgrade, scanner vendors and field strengths..' Neuroimage, 46(1) pp. 177-192.
Stugel, S.C.A.F.J., Nunukova, P. (2009) 'Applet Competition as an Educational Tool in Creating Novel e-Textbook.'
Durikovic, R., Czanner, S., Parulek, J., Sramek, M. (2008) 'Heterogeneous Modeling of Biological Organs and Organ Growth.' Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4889pp. 239-258.
Jovicich, J., Czanner, S., Greve, D., Haley, E., van der Kouwe, A., Gollub, R., Kennedy, D., Schmitt, F., Brown, G., Macfall, J., Fischl, B., Dale, A. (2006) 'Reliability in multi-site structural MRI studies: effects of gradient non-linearity correction on phantom and human data..' Neuroimage, 30(2) pp. 436-443.
Han, X., Jovicich, J., Salat, D., van der Kouwe, A., Quinn, B., Czanner, S., Busa, E., Pacheco, J., Albert, M., Killiany, R., Maguire, P., Rosas, D., Makris, N., Dale, A., Dickerson, B., Fischl, B. (2006) 'Reliability of MRI-derived measurements of human cerebral cortical thickness: the effects of field strength, scanner upgrade and manufacturer..' Neuroimage, 32(1) pp. 180-194.
Ďurikovič, R., Czanner, S. (2004) 'Modelling with three types of coons bodies.' International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 24(2) pp. 97-101.
Sindhi, R., Venkataramanan, R., Magill, A., Reyes, J., Zeevi, A., Wetzel, A., Czanner, S. (2004) 'Pharmacodynamic (PD) correlates of rejection with thymoglobulin (rATG) and tacrolimus monotherapy (TAC) in pediatric liver recipients.' AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 4pp. 446-446.
Durikovic, R., Czanner, S., Inoue, H. (2001) 'Growth animation of human organs..' Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds, 12pp. 287-295.
Durikovic, R., Czanner, S., Inoue, H. (2001) 'Functional representation of human embryo brain models.' Journal of Three Dimensional Images, 15pp. 96-101.
Czanner, R.S., Inoue, H. (2001) 'Growth Animation of Human Organs.' surfaces, 1pp. 10-10.
Czanner, R.S., Inoue, H. (2001) 'Functional Representation of Human Embryo Brain Models.'
Ruzicky, E., Sramka, M., Kajan, J., Czanner, S. (1997) 'New Approaches in Use of Brain Atlas for Planning in Stereotaxy.' STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY, 67pp. 37-37.
Mikulecky, M., Moravcikova, C., Czanner, S. (1996) 'Lunisolar tidal waves, geomagnetic activity and epilepsy in the light of multivariate coherence..' Braz J Med Biol Res, 29(8) pp. 1069-1072.
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Conference papers
Kovárová, A., Czanner, S. 'Multimedia Interactive Simulations of Physical Experiments.'
Zimányi, M., Czanner, S., Ferko, A. 'On Possible Extensions of Volume Reconstruction.'
Czanner, S., Nunukova, P. 'Java Applets as an Efficient Tool for Computer Graphics Education.'
Petrasova, A., Czanner, S., Wolke, D., Chalmers, A. (2016) 'Treatment of infant feeding problems through virtual reality.'
Mölder, A., Czanner, S., Costen, N., Hartshorne, G. (2014) 'Automatic detection of embryo location in medical imaging using trigonometric rotation for noise reduction.' pp. 3239-3244.
Mölder, A. (2013) 'Methods to improve the understanding of microscopic embryo data sets using image analysis.'
Hebecker, R., Schulz, S., Luimula, M., Czanner, S. (2013) 'A playful interface for children’s diabetes self-care.' MMU, pp. online-online.
Carr, H., Czanner, S. (2012) 'Preface.'
Petrásová, A., Czanner, G., Happa, J., Czanner, S., Wolke, D., Chalmers, A. (2010) 'Assessing a virtual baby feeding training system..' Gain, J.E., Marais, P.C. (ed.) ACM, pp. 37-44.
Petrásová, A., Czanner, S., Chalmers, A., Farrer, J.V., Wolke, D. (2010) 'The Playability Evaluation of Virtual Baby Feeding Application..' Debattista, K., Dickey, M.D., Proença, A., Santos, L.P. (ed.) IEEE Computer Society, pp. 95-100.
Happa, J., Artusi, A., Czanner, S., Chalmers, A. (2010) 'High Dynamic Range Video for Cultural Heritage Documentation and Experimental Archaeology..' Artusi, A., Joly, M., Lucet, G., Pitzalis, D., Ribés, A. (ed.) Eurographics Association, pp. 17-24.
Petrásová, A., Farrer, J.V., Czanner, S., Chalmers, A., Wolke, D. (2009) 'User Interface for Assisting Babies with Feeding Disorders..' Ugail, H., Qahwaji, R., Earnshaw, R.A., Willis, P.J. (ed.) IEEE Computer Society, pp. 287-291.
Kwon, J.H., Chalmers, A., Czanner, S., Czanner, G., Powell, J. (2009) 'A study of visual perception: Social anxiety and virtual realism.' pp. 167-172.
Czanner, S., PETRASOVA, A., Kwon, J.H., Chalmers, A. (2009) 'Mathematical modelling for development of egocentric virtual environments.' Aplimat,
Czanner, S., Ferko, A., Stugel, J. (2008) 'Computer graphics virtual textbook..' Myszkowski, K. (ed.) ACM, pp. 127-133.
Center, P.S., Deerfield, D.W., Pomerantz, S.M., Nave, D., Rapier, C., Mathis, M., Kar, A., Czanner, S., Badea, C.T., Brandenburg, J., others, (2007) 'An Adaptive, Scalable, and Secure I2-based Client-server Architecture for Interactive Analysis and Visualization of Volumetric Time Series Data.'
Kovárová, A., Czanner, S. (2004) 'Interactive simulations of elementary physical experiments.'
Wetzel, A.W., Nieder, G.L., Durka-Pelok, G., Gest, T.R., Pomerantz, S.M., Nave, D., Czanner, S., Wagner, L., Shirey, E., Deerfield, D.W. (2004) 'Photo-Realistic Representation of Anatomical Structures for Medical Education by Fusion of Volumetric and Surface Image Data..' IEEE Computer Society, pp. 131-140.
Durikovic, R., Czanner, S. (2002) 'Implicit Surfaces for Dynamic Growth of Digestive System..' IEEE Computer Society, pp. 111-118.
Czanner, S., Ferko, A., Grabner, M., Leberl, F.W., Štugel, J. (2002) 'Developing acm computing curriculum courseware on graphics & visual computing.'
Czanner, S., Durikovic, R., Inoue, H. (2001) 'Growth simulation of human embryo brain.' IEEE, pp. 139-145.
Czanner, S., Schopp, H., Boesecke, R., Roth, M., Pross, J., Haux, R. (1997) 'Correlation of the Talairach atlas based on the proportional grid system..' IEEE Computer Society, pp. 109-113.
Moravčíková, G., Czanner, S., Komorník, J., Mikuleck y, M. (1994) 'Common, partial and multiple coherence: computer program.' pp. 30-35.
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Posters
Czanner, S., Han, X., Pacheco, J., Wallace, S., Busa, E., van der Kouwe, A., Fischl, B., Jovicich, J. (2006) 'Test–retest reliability assessment for longitudinal MRI studies: Effects of MRI system upgrade on morphometric analysis of structural MRI data.' [Poster] Date viewed 2006.
Jovicich, J., Czanner, S., Han, X., Greve, D., Pacheco, J., Busa, E., van der Kouwe, A., Fischl, B., Dale, A. (2006) 'Reproducibility of automated brain morphometric estimates derived from multi-site structural MRI studies.' [Poster] Date viewed 2006.
Quinn, B., Fenstermacher, E., Han, X., Pacheco, J., Czanner, S., Van Der Kouwe, A., Magquire, P., Raunig, D., Albert, M., Makris, N., others, (2005) 'Test–retest reliability assessment for longitudinal MRI studies: a comparison of the effects of different T1-weighted protocols, scanner platforms, and field strengths on semi-automated hippocampal volume measures.' [Poster] Date viewed 2005.
Jovicich, J., Czanner, S., Greve, D., Pacheco, J., Busa, E., van der Kouwe, A., BIRN, M., Fischl, B. (2005) 'Test retest reproducibility assessments for longitudinal studies: quantifying MRI system upgrade effects.' [Poster] Date viewed 2005.