Dr. James Imber is Director of Research at Imagination Technologies, with 14 years of experience in the semiconductor IP industry. His team’s work spans network compression, embedded AI inference and algorithm design for resource-constrained systems. James has expertise in neural graphics, quantization-aware training, edge perception, numerical optimization and classical computer vision. Prior to his current role, he worked extensively with NPUs, ISPs and GPUs, driving innovation in embedded AI and advanced imaging technologies. James holds a PhD from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing.