Researcher

Adrian Hilton

Adrian Hilton studies visual and audiovisual machine perception. His research includes reconstructing moving scenes and people for media, manufacturing and healthcare. Hilton held a Royal Society industry fellowship with Framestore from 2008 to 2011. The work concerned digital doubles and multi-view or 3D video for film production. He became director of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing in January 2012. The program combines vision, audio processing and machine learning. Hilton co-founded Surrey’s People-Centred AI institute in 2021. His research includes 4D vision, which models three-dimensional shape together with motion.

Works
493
Citations
13,084
h-index
51

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. 2008–2011

    Digital doubles for film

    Hilton held a Royal Society industry fellowship with Framestore from 2008 to 2011. The work concerned digital doubles and multi-view or 3D video for film production.

  2. 2012

    Leading visual and signal research

    He became director of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing in January 2012. The program combines vision, audio processing and machine learning.

  3. 2021

    People-Centred AI institute

    Hilton co-founded Surrey’s People-Centred AI institute in 2021. His research includes 4D vision, which models three-dimensional shape together with motion.

Sources and credits

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  1. Prof Adrian Hilton | University of Surrey (https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/adrian-hilton) surrey.ac.uk. Checked 13 October 2026.