Prof. McKenna's research interests include the development and application of computer vision, pattern recognition and machine learning methods in domains such as intelligent human-computer interaction, content-based image browsing, medicine, biology, monitoring and surveillance. He co-authored the book Dynamic Vision and has published approximately 100 articles. He is an Associate Editor for the journals Machine Vision and Applications and Pattern Analysis and Applications. Details of his research, teaching and related activities can be accessed using the tabs at the top of this page.

Selected recent publications:

• Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A, Learning Active Shape Models for Bifurcating Contours, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 26(5):666-677, 2007
• Roberts T, McKenna S J and Ricketts I W, Human Pose Estimation using Partial Configurations and Probabilistic Regions, International Journal of Computer Vision 73(3):285-306, July 2007.
• Roberts T, McKenna S J and Ricketts I W, Human Tracking using 3D Surface Colour Distributions, Image and Vision Computing 24, 1332-1342, 2006.
• Nait Charif H and McKenna S J, Tracking the Activity of Participants in a Meeting, Machine Vision and Applications 17(2):83-93, May 2006. The original paper is available at www.springer.com
• McKenna S J and Nait-Charif H, Summarising Contextual Activity and Detecting Unusual Inactivity in a Supportive Home Environment, Pattern Analysis and Applications 7(4), 386-401, Springer-Verlag, December 2004. The original publication is copyright Springer-Verlag and is available here