Associate Professor of computer science and software engineering. Researching computer vision for robotics, augmented reality and visual prosthetics.

Continuing my collaboration with the Bionic Institute's visual psychophysics team as part of Bionic Vision Australia

I developed and implemented vision processing algorithms to assist the visually impaired, and in particular, for patients implanted with a retinal prosthesis, or bionic eye, as part of the federally funded consortium, Bionic Vision Australia (BVA). From January 2013 I was seconded to Melbourne as a Visiting Researcher with BVA partner institutions: The Bionics Institute, and The University of Melbourne's Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. In this role my key responsibilities were to… Show more I developed and implemented vision processing algorithms to assist the visually impaired, and in particular, for patients implanted with a retinal prosthesis, or bionic eye, as part of the federally funded consortium, Bionic Vision Australia (BVA). From January 2013 I was seconded to Melbourne as a Visiting Researcher with BVA partner institutions: The Bionics Institute, and The University of Melbourne's Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. In this role my key responsibilities were to facilitate the translation of NICTA's core theoretical computer vision work into clinical testing with BVA's three implanted patients, as part of a first-in-human clinical trial of a 24 channel prototype retinal implant. This work contributed to the delivery of key functional outcomes for BVA's first clinical trial patients. My role also encompassed the facilitation of information flow across a diverse range of multi-disciplinary teams and programs within BVA as an active member of the vision processing, clinical, software, psychophysics and stimulation strategy teams. This often requires an understanding of complex concepts outside of my core field of expertise in order to communicate information across these teams. Show less

Responsible for the development, testing and dissemination of vision processing algorithms to support navigation with a visual prosthesis. Demonstrated achievements:- Delivery of algorithms and experimental results in human mobility trials (using simulation) showing potential benefits for implanted patients - project managed the development and building of a world class human mobility trial facility within NICTA's Canberra Research lab. I provided key input into the design of… Show more Responsible for the development, testing and dissemination of vision processing algorithms to support navigation with a visual prosthesis. Demonstrated achievements:- Delivery of algorithms and experimental results in human mobility trials (using simulation) showing potential benefits for implanted patients - project managed the development and building of a world class human mobility trial facility within NICTA's Canberra Research lab. I provided key input into the design of the environment, sourced all materials and fabric, and managed the hiring of engineers along with OH&S requirements to build the environment. Since 2010, this facility has been extensively used in simulation and BVA patient testing. - Delivery of high quality publications in top teir venues Show less

Continuing my collaboration with The University of Melbourne's computational neuroscience team, in particular the High Acuity stimulation strategy team as part of Bionic Vision Australia

Adjuct appointment with the Australian National University, allowing me to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students.

My PhD work examined the links between the study of biological vision systems (specifically the honeybee), and the building of robust algorithms for the visual control of an autonomous vehicle. My project looked specifically at how the honeybee's panoramic view of the world may be exploited to design better algorithms for robot navigation, given a similar digital spherical projection from two cameras.Demonstrated achievements:- Delivery of novel algorithms supporting real-time… Show more My PhD work examined the links between the study of biological vision systems (specifically the honeybee), and the building of robust algorithms for the visual control of an autonomous vehicle. My project looked specifically at how the honeybee's panoramic view of the world may be exploited to design better algorithms for robot navigation, given a similar digital spherical projection from two cameras.Demonstrated achievements:- Delivery of novel algorithms supporting real-time vision-guided robot navigation based on insect vision. The key contribution of this work was a novel algorithm for visually guiding a docking or landing manouuvre with a surface of arbitrary orientation without any knowledge of the surface depth or orientation. This was the first time this had been shown.- Delivery of new theoretical insights into the role of visual motion in biological perception- Delivery and presentation of a prototype “hazard detector” for driver assistance, featured on Australian Television's “The New Inventors” program (ABC1, May, 2008) Show less

Awarded an ANU PhD field work scholarship to conduct a 6 month lab placement with the IIT's Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences group, working on the EU funded humanoid robotics project, RobotCub.Demonstrated achievements:- Delivery of a novel algorithm predicting the time and location of impact from visual motion. This was included as a demonstration in the project's annual review. - Ability to adapt and deliver outcomes in a culturally unfamiliar environment and… Show more Awarded an ANU PhD field work scholarship to conduct a 6 month lab placement with the IIT's Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences group, working on the EU funded humanoid robotics project, RobotCub.Demonstrated achievements:- Delivery of a novel algorithm predicting the time and location of impact from visual motion. This was included as a demonstration in the project's annual review. - Ability to adapt and deliver outcomes in a culturally unfamiliar environment and foster international collaborations. Show less

Responsible for the coordination, delivery and assessment of large scale undergraduate lectures (200+ students) and tutorials for a wide range of computer science subjects. Demonstrated achievements:designed and delivered high quality lectures in a range of undergraduate courses, including introductory programming in Haskell, C++, Java as well as object oriented software design. Received “Excellence in Teaching” award for consistently high results in “Quality of Teaching” surveys… Show more Responsible for the coordination, delivery and assessment of large scale undergraduate lectures (200+ students) and tutorials for a wide range of computer science subjects. Demonstrated achievements:designed and delivered high quality lectures in a range of undergraduate courses, including introductory programming in Haskell, C++, Java as well as object oriented software design. Received “Excellence in Teaching” award for consistently high results in “Quality of Teaching” surveys filled out by studentsAbility to manage and coordinate teams of 10+ casual tutors Show less

Coordinated and delivered lectures and tutorials in programming (C/C++), software design and computer graphics. Demonstrated achievements:- Ability to design and deliver high quality lectures - Ability to explain complex concepts to a wide range of students, from a wide range of backgrounds- Ability to adapt and deliver outcomes in a culturally unfamiliar and diverse environment