He holds a BEng (Aerospace/Avionics), an MBA and a PhD in the field of computer vision. Clinton actively researches in the fields of computer vision and pattern recognition including biometrics, intelligent surveillance, airport security and operations. Clinton has attracted over $11.5M of cash funding for fundamental and applied research from external competitive sources and has published over 110 internationally peer-reviewed articles. He is a member of professional organisations including the IEEE. He is also an Australian Institute of Policy and Science Young Tall Poppy and an Australian Museum Eureka Prize winner.