He holds a BEng degree in Aerospace Engineering and PhD in Computer Science, both from the University of Southampton. Jonathon's research interests lie at the convergence of machine learning and computer vision in the area of multimedia information extraction. He has a particular interest in approaches for embedding multiple modalities of data in latent spaces that capture their semantics. The long-term goal of his research is to innovate techniques that can allow machines to understand the information conveyed by multimedia data and use that information for fulfil the information needs of humans. He has published over 90 articles in top peer-reviewed conferences and journals.