Anthropometry, 3D body scanning, virtual garment, 3D point clouds

Dr. Pengpeng Hu is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling, Coventry University, Coventry, UK. Before his current role, he was a Senior Researcher at the Electronics and Informatics Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium. In 2016, he served as a Visiting Scholar at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. He continued his postdoctoral work in 2017 at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Since 2018, he has been affiliated with VUB. His research interests include biometrics, geometric deep learning, 3D human body reconstruction, point cloud processing, and vision-based measurement.  He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences, as well as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE and a member of the editorial board for Scientific Reports. He is also the Programme Chair for the 25th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2026) and an Area Chair for the 35th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC 2024). He is the recipient of the Emerald Literati Award for an outstanding paper in 2019.