Tim Cox lives in England with his wife and two young daughters and works as a software engineer. His passion for programming stems from a Sinclair Spectrum that sparked his interest in computers and electronics. At university, he earned a BEng in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and into a career in developing embedded software for a range of industries.
Supporting the vision behind the Raspberry Pi, to encourage a new generation of engineers, Tim co-founded the MagPi magazine (the official magazine for the Raspberry Pi) and produces electronic kits through his site PiHardware.com.
The Raspberry Pi community consists of an awesome group of helpful people from all over the world who were invaluable in researching this book. Thanks to my family, particularly my wife, Kirsty, who has supported me at every step of the way and suffered daily due to my obsession with the Raspberry Pi. The excitement that my daughters, Phoebe and Amelia, have as they discover new things inspires me to share and teach as much as I can.
Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes has Postdoctoral Research experience working in the area of Deep Learning at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. He has received the prestigious US award from Society for Design and Process Science for his outstanding service contributions in 2017 and Young Scientist Award by Vision Group on Science and Technology in 2014. He has also received Research Grant from The Institution of Engineers.
He has completed his B.E (Electronics and Communication Engineering) and M.Tech (Microelectronics) and Ph.D. (Computer Vision and Machine Learning). His Ph.D work Match Composite Sketch with Drone Images has received patent notification (Patent Application Number: 2983/CHE/2015).
I express my in-depth gratitude to Dr. Murat M. Tanik, Dr. Leon Jololian and Dr. Frank Skidmore from University of Alabama, Birmingham, for providing me with valuable guidance. I give a deep thanks to Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management; Dr. Rajinikanth Venkatesan; Mr. Manjunath Hebbar K; and Ms. Amrita Noronha for providing me with their constant support.
AshwinPajankar is a science popularizer, programmer, author, and YouTuber. He graduated from IIIT Hyderabad with MTech in computer science engineering. He has been programming for more than 15 years. He has an interest in promoting science, technology, engineering, mathematics education, and public understanding of science. He has written more than a dozen technical books published by Packt, Apress, BPB, and Leanpub. He has also reviewed four other books for Packt.
Dr. Hong Lin received his PhD in computer science in 1997 from University of Science and Technology of China. Before joining the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), he was a postdoctoral research associate at Purdue University; assistant research officer at National Research Council, Canada; and engineer at Nokia. He is currently a professor at UHD and assistant chair of Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technology. He has edited two books, Empirical Studies of Contemplative Practices and Architectural Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Techniques.
Thanks to Shweta Birwatkar for coordinating the review process of this book.
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