Dr. Qureshi’s scientific and engineering interests center on the study and development of computational models of visual perception that underpin autonomous, purposeful behavior in the context of autonomous vehicles, self-organizing sensor networks, unmanned space robotics, and intelligent virtual characters. In his intellectual pursuits, he is inspired by the amazing biological systems around us, which are capable of sustained, unsupervised, sophisticated behavior in a world that is notoriously difficult to model. The Grand Promise of our field, he says, is systems that are smart enough to perform their tasks reliably with minimal or no human supervision. He finds the challenge of contributing to the development of such systems exhilarating. Building smart autonomous systems capable of purposeful behavior in unpredictable, dynamic environments that defy complete and accurate modeling is a formidable problem, one whose solution rests upon efficient, tractable, and robust computational models of synthetic intelligence, persistent perception, and life-like motor skills. He is interested in all  these facets of a smart system, be it perception, motor control, or decision making. Each is a difficult and interesting sub-problem in its own right, but thus far his focus has been on models and systems for visual perception to solve challenging problems in camera sensor networks, space robotics, low-level computer vision, vision streams, road traffic analysis, and attention. Dr. Qureshi joined Ontario Tech University in 2008 where he established the Visual Computing Lab (VCLab). VCLab focuses on problems residing at the intersection of computer vision, visual sensor networks, large-scale processing and computer graphics. Dr. Qureshi’s work has made significant strides towards the development of ad hoc networks of smart cameras capable of visual perception of extended public spaces. Dr. Qureshi’s work on intelligent perception for space robotics was used by MDA Corporation to develop a first of its kind in-orbit satellite capturing manipulator. This work led MDA to support Boeing’s team win the 12 million dollar Orbital Express contract.